 |
07-01-2014, 07:42 AM
|
#1
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
|
Happy Canada Day!
......to all the Canadians on the forum. Hey, Happy Canada Day to everybody!
|
|
|
 |
Join the #1 Early Retirement and Financial Independence Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
Are you planning to be financially independent as early as possible so you can live life on your own terms? Discuss successful investing strategies, asset allocation models, tax strategies and other related topics in our online forum community. Our members range from young folks just starting their journey to financial independence, military retirees and even multimillionaires. No matter where you fit in you'll find that Early-Retirement.org is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with our members, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create a retirement blog, send private messages and so much, much more!
|
|
07-01-2014, 07:51 AM
|
#2
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
Posts: 50,021
|
+1
In honor of Canada Day, from my "Quote of the Day" calendar...
 Quote:
Custer South Dakota police blotter:
10:10 - Suspicious people were reportedly doing something with flashlights by the side of North 5th Street in Custer. A deputy checked and found the people were not suspicious, but merely Canadian.
|
__________________
Numbers is hard
|
|
|
|
|
07-01-2014, 08:15 AM
|
#3
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
Posts: 17,263
|
I had a good pour of Canadian maple syrup on my pancakes today!
__________________
Comparison is the thief of joy
The worst decisions are usually made in times of anger and impatience.
|
|
|
|
|
07-01-2014, 08:37 AM
|
#4
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pacific latitude 20/49
Posts: 7,677
|
The weather seems to be cooperating. Should be good for the fireworks tonight.
__________________
For the fun of it...Keith
|
|
|
|
|
07-01-2014, 09:15 AM
|
#5
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
Posts: 25,357
|
Special meaning for me, because I first met DW on Canada Day many years ago.
The memory still makes me smile. 
|
|
|
|
|
07-02-2014, 02:31 AM
|
#6
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 7,733
|
Well it is still July 1 in Hawaii so happy Canada Day. I've actually been in Vancouver, and Montreal on Canada Day, it really is Canadian version of the 4th July, quieter and less showy 
I had to share this fun buzzfeed of Americans trying to identify the Canadian provinces. I screwed up the Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, and then there was the province of Nunavat which I must confess I never heard of before. Didn't use to be all Northwest Territories? Hopefully there aren't an ER forum members from the place.
|
|
|
|
|
07-02-2014, 07:11 AM
|
#7
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by clifp
Well it is still July 1 in Hawaii so happy Canada Day. I've actually been in Vancouver, and Montreal on Canada Day, it really is Canadian version of the 4th July, quieter and less showy
I had to share this fun buzzfeed of Americans trying to identify the Canadian provinces. I screwed up the Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, and then there was the province of Nunavat which I must confess I never heard of before. Didn't use to be all Northwest Territories? Hopefully there aren't an ER forum members from the place.
|
Thanks clifp. I used to live in Manitoba and I am not offended by the fact that many Americans have never heard of it. Nunavut is actually not a province but a territory. It was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1999. Territories have a more limited set of powers than provinces, and more direct involvement of the Feds.
BTW I'm not sure I would get 100% if I had to identify every US state on a map.
|
|
|
|
|
07-02-2014, 11:51 AM
|
#8
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pacific latitude 20/49
Posts: 7,677
|
They had a math question on Jeapardy giving the total number of provinces, and states in Mexico and the US. They asked how many states in Mexico. Only one contestant got the answer right. (31) The wrong guesses were 35 and 38.
__________________
For the fun of it...Keith
|
|
|
|
|
07-02-2014, 01:25 PM
|
#9
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,301
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadbh
Nunavut is actually not a province but a territory. It was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1999.
|
When clifp said Nunavut was a province I actually had to double check in wikipedia. I've been gone from canada a long time.
|
|
|
|
|
07-02-2014, 03:08 PM
|
#10
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Cooksburg,PA
Posts: 1,874
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by clifp
Well it is still July 1 in Hawaii so happy Canada Day. I've actually been in Vancouver, and Montreal on Canada Day, it really is Canadian version of the 4th July, quieter and less showy
.... |
Happy Canada day - belated
I guess no one used Dominion Day anymore. Colonial?
One Canada Day that I spent at a campground in Nova Scotia was definitely not quiet! Kind of like Woodstock without the main stage. The Rangers closed up shop early and headed for the hills.
__________________
Free to canoe
|
|
|
|
07-02-2014, 04:24 PM
|
#11
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,401
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Free To Canoe
I guess no one used Dominion Day anymore. Colonial?
|
Not since 1982.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Threads
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
» Quick Links
|
|
|
Linear Mode
