Frozen Arctic Wasteland

[DSP_Geek]

DSP Geek, (aka Francois),

When did the State of California start using the Canadian Flag?
Nice looking flag ain't it?!

I lived in Montreal, but the separatists had managed to totally screw up the economy to the point where the best salary offer I got as an engineer was 20% below what I'd been making five years previously. Hmm. An insulting pittance in Quebec, or bongo bucks Stateside? Think, think.

Anyway, it's part of my mission here to inform USAians that no, contrary to what they hear from various mouthpieces, the Canadian health care system was not collapsing, yes, we have no deficit, no, gun control doesn't mean criminals are jacking us at will, and that despite Pat Buchanan caliing us Soviet Canuckistan we actually had it pretty good (modulo Blacque Jacques Parizeau and his crowd).

On the other hand, DSP gigs aren't real thick on the ground in the Great White North. They're not terribly common here either outside the defence industry, but I've been able to build a nice little niche.

And my sister keeps me in 22 Minutes tapes.

Anyway, if the mods want to throw this to Everything Else under Frozen Arctic Wasteland...


Francois.

"Congratulations Canada on your national igloo!"

 

[SY]

Actually, it's more like "Off Topic."

I love Canada, since it's the land that gave us Joni Mitchell and Terrence & Philip.

 

[ace3000_1]

Frozen Arctic Wasteland...

Heh, i had to check this thread out, i thought someone had spotted my sisters freezer.

Trev

 

[Cal Weldon]

And my sister keeps me in 22 Minutes tapes. "Congratulations Canada on your national igloo!"

For those not familiar, 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes' is a news and political satire show done by our national TV CBC.

Excellent show.

I love Canada, since it's the land that gave us Joni Mitchell and Terrence & Philip.

Not to mention Pamela Anderson and Wanye and Schuster.

Cheers
Cal

 

[planet10]

and Diana Krall & Captain Kirk...

dave

 

[SY]

and Diana Krall & Captain Kirk...

dave

Mrs. Elvis Costello and the largest slab of ham in the Western Hemisphere? I'll try to forgive you for them; Joni makes up for a lot.

 

[Geek]

and Diana Krall & Captain Kirk...

dave

Little known, but James Doohan (Scotty) is one of us too, aye laddy!


--
-= Gregg "t3h g33k" =-
Who lives in a little igloo court with a little two-dog sled transport

 

[zinsula]

You had Gilles Villeneuve
You have Jacques Villeneuve
And we have Sauber

Bye, Tino

 

[planet10]

Peter Jennings

Sy, except for her one album, i like Diana Krall.

And then there is Shania Twain, Alanis Moriset, The Guess Who, KD Lang

And Mr. Kirk was the harbinger of all the Star Treks.... so he is more than just himself (ie a goof)

Live Long & Prosper

dave

 

[SY]

Peter Jennings

You're not strengthening your case!

 

[Cal Weldon]

John Candy
Alex Trebek
Whinnie the Pooh

Cal

 

[planet10]

Basketball

 

[SY]

Basketball

Hockey.

Hey, why is it that when I talk with Canadians, they often refer to it as "the hockey" rather than just "hockey"? (As in, "Oh, yah, the wife and I are going oat tonight at aboat seven o'clock to watch the hockey, eh?")

I will give the Quebecoises credit for a major linguistic advance over the French- a well-rationalized set of numbers. Instead of calling 97 "four twenty ten seven", they actually say "ninety seven." (quatre-vingnt dix sept versus nonante sept)

 

[pinkmouse]

Basketball

Schoolgirl game...

Hey, why is it that when I talk with Canadians, they often refer to it as "the hockey" rather than just "hockey"? (As in, "Oh, yah, the wife and I are going oat tonight at aboat seven o'clock to watch the hockey, eh?")

It is a very common expression in the UK, THE football, THE rugby, THE snooker...

And nobody mentioned Rush yet?

 

[Cal Weldon]

Sy,

You have to get out more. Try the west coast of Canada. There's no funny pronunciations like you're alluding to.

Noo doot aboot it eh!

Cal

 

[SY]

I will admit to having visited Canada about two dozen times, and never anywhere except Ontario and Quebec.

 

[planet10]

never anywhere except Ontario and Quebec.

You are missing the best parts <duck>

You'd think with all the wine happening in Napa North (i just heard the Okanogan refered to as this on the news), you'd have an excuse to come up to this end of Canada.

dave

 

[SY]

Actually, the bulk of Canadian wine production is over on the NY side. But I use "bulk" in a loose sense; the total output is pretty small. My visiting excuses have always been (sadly) industrial rather than gustatory.

I've been wanting to see Vancouver for a long time- I hear the food is outstanding and it certainly seems to be physically beautiful. Ah well, one day...

 

[planet10]

Vancouver ... I hear the food is outstanding and it certainly seems to be physically beautiful. Ah well, one day...

We call Vancouver the big smoke... dirty, noisy, hectic... but everything is relative. The ferry ride is very nice (if you haven't done it a thousand times already)

dave

 

[Geek]

<risking sin-bin>
Hey, nobody has mentioned the BEST marijuana in the WORLD!

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