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Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 7/21/2017 4:46 PM, wrote: Yikes: http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/...ook%3Anational. Yow. And many Americans believe all Canadians are nice, calm and polite. My theory is that Canadians are nicer on average because we're spread out more thinly. With a quarter of a square kilometre for every person, there aren't as many people in your face, so it's easier to be friendly. |
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On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:06:32 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 7/21/2017 4:46 PM, wrote: Yikes: http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/...ook%3Anational. Yow. And many Americans believe all Canadians are nice, calm and polite. And they all speak French too :-) -- Cheers, John b |
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On 7/22/2017 4:43 AM, Jon B. Slocomb wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:06:32 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/21/2017 4:46 PM, wrote: Yikes: http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/...ook%3Anational. Yow. And many Americans believe all Canadians are nice, calm and polite. And they all speak French too :-) I may have mentioned this, but: On a road trip in Canada a few years ago, we passed through New Brunswick. (It's a good place to, um, pass through.) Their road signs were bilingual, in English and French. Then we went into Nova Scotia, and especially Cape Breton, our intended destination. Their road signs were in English and Gaelic. On the way home we went through Quebec. Their signs were in French. ONLY in French! -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Friday, July 21, 2017 at 11:54:29 PM UTC-5, Ralph Barone wrote:
Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/21/2017 4:46 PM, wrote: Yikes: http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/...ook%3Anational. Yow. And many Americans believe all Canadians are nice, calm and polite. My theory is that Canadians are nicer on average because we're spread out more thinly. With a quarter of a square kilometre for every person, there aren't as many people in your face, so it's easier to be friendly. Bigger than the U.S., with 10% of the population, and it is highly concentrated near the U.S. Border. Lots of areas with no roads. Even between major routes only major roads connect between them, incomplete side road network. |
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On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 12:47:35 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 7/22/2017 4:43 AM, Jon B. Slocomb wrote: On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:06:32 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/21/2017 4:46 PM, wrote: Yikes: http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/...ook%3Anational. Yow. And many Americans believe all Canadians are nice, calm and polite. And they all speak French too :-) I may have mentioned this, but: On a road trip in Canada a few years ago, we passed through New Brunswick. (It's a good place to, um, pass through.) Their road signs were bilingual, in English and French. Then we went into Nova Scotia, and especially Cape Breton, our intended destination. Their road signs were in English and Gaelic. On the way home we went through Quebec. Their signs were in French. ONLY in French! Years ago I played golf with a gentleman from the Canadian embassy (in Bangkok) who spoke with a very definite French accent who told me that in, at least some of, Canadian government services you were required to be bi-lingual. Of course, I also knew a fellow from Louisiana who talked with a definite French accent. Said he never spoke English until he went to school :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 22/07/2017 5:44 PM, wrote:
On Friday, July 21, 2017 at 11:54:29 PM UTC-5, Ralph Barone wrote: Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/21/2017 4:46 PM, wrote: Yikes: http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/...ook%3Anational. Yow. And many Americans believe all Canadians are nice, calm and polite. My theory is that Canadians are nicer on average because we're spread out more thinly. With a quarter of a square kilometre for every person, there aren't as many people in your face, so it's easier to be friendly. Bigger than the U.S., with 10% of the population, and it is highly concentrated near the U.S. Border. Lots of areas with no roads. Even between major routes only major roads connect between them, incomplete side road network. I think lots of rednecks. Even if they speak french. There are areas in Quebec where they don't like cyclists. We were in a stretch yesterday hitting a headwind. We were on a two lane road and there is a 2-way bike path on the other side of the street. But we were doing 30-35km/h and the limit on the path is 20k/h. It was filled with kids and families. Several idiots in wide ass pickups buzzed us yelling at us to get off the road. They were ****ed because they have to give us 1 1/2 meters and couldn't without waiting for the oncoming lane to clear enough for them to move over. We have the right to take the road in Quebec but a lot of these drivers don't bother with things like traffic codes. |
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On Saturday, July 22, 2017 at 9:47:40 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 7/22/2017 4:43 AM, Jon B. Slocomb wrote: On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 19:06:32 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 7/21/2017 4:46 PM, wrote: Yikes: http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/...ook%3Anational. Yow. And many Americans believe all Canadians are nice, calm and polite. And they all speak French too :-) I may have mentioned this, but: On a road trip in Canada a few years ago, we passed through New Brunswick. (It's a good place to, um, pass through.) Their road signs were bilingual, in English and French. Then we went into Nova Scotia, and especially Cape Breton, our intended destination. Their road signs were in English and Gaelic. On the way home we went through Quebec. Their signs were in French. ONLY in French! In Toronto, the red LED walk-don't-walk figure is not asexual. He has broad shoulders. He's just a vertical bar with a circle above him in the US. |
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