From Henry.Poras@ctp.com Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:59:54 -0800 From: Henry Poras Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 11:59:54 -0800 Subject: RE: Offtopic: Canada and America Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Names for James Fenimore. It's been too long since I've been there. Maybe in a few years I can take my daughter. I've been turning her into a Red Sox fan. Little does she suspect what that means. Pretty soon I'll start teaching her 'wait until next year'. As far as visiting cities goes, I should put in a plug for the Hub (boston), but for the time being I'll just include a neat little website. www.mappingboston.com Henry -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 12:46 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Upstate NY is great - Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Syracuse, and the best place in the world: COOPERSTOWN. (For those not familiar with baseball, this is the Baseball Hall of Fame). -Ari On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Rachel Carmichael wrote: > but you must come to NY as well! not just the city (although that's a > requirement) but upstate NY as well. > > one of the things I love best about living here is that I have the energy of > the city, and I can also have the beauty and peace of the mountains upstate > -- all within a 2 hour drive. > > But then, I'm prejudiced, I've never lived outside the greater NY > metropolitan area. :) > > > > >From: lerobe - Lee Robertson > >Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > >Subject: RE: Offtopic: Canada and America > >Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:17:38 -0800 > > > >Speaking as a neutral (English), I like both countries just fine and each > >has its good (and bad) points. > > > >Thoroughly enjoyed all of my trips over there (in fact, we have holidayed > >nowhere else since 1992) and the thing I like best was depending on where > >you go (in the same country), outlooks on life, habits and cultures seem to > >be as diverse as that between some countries. > > > >Been to British Columbia (x2) and Alberta in Canada > >Maine, Florida, Washington(x2), Hawaii(x2), California, Nevada and Arizona > >in the States. > > > >Out of the few places I have been to, I vote Vancouver No 1. I took a lot > >into consideration here but found it to be the place on top of all other > >things, where I would consider actually living and putting down roots > >(Honolulu was fantastic however !!). My wife wanted to live in Victoria on > >the Island, very pretty but a little sleepy for my liking. > > > >I've still got a hell of a lot to see and do (so little time and money). > > > >Cheers > > > >Lee > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >Sent: 15 March 2001 19:06 > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > >Where would the US be without Molsen's and Labatt's, Eh?, ya know? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:01 PM > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > > >Typical, a hotmail account spouting off what they know nothing > >about. > > > >Fact: The longest undefended border in the world is between Canada > > and the US. ( > 7000 miles) > > > >Granted this reflects better on the US than Canada, as we could put > >the whole Canadian population along the border and still couldn't hold > >hands. > > > >Question: > > Name any other state that has lived peacefully beside it's > > neighbour with 1/10 of the population for almost 200 years? > > > > Russia and the Ukraine? China and Tibet? Germany and Denmark? > > > >It is almost 200 years because one of the defining moments of > >Canadian history is the War of 1812. > > > > Canadian Geopolitical Summary: > > We kicked America's butt. > > American Geopolitical Summary: > > We kicked Britains butt. > > British Geopolitical Summary: > > We kicked Napoleons butt. > > > >Pierre Berton's "War of 1812" and "Flames Across the Border" provide > >a slightly biased but relatively fair view of this conflict from the > >Canadian viewpoint. There are no similar British or American texts > >because the Canadian theatre was a very minor and trivial part of > >this conflict. > > > > > >Please note that this is the only war America has ever lost. To a > >bunch of meek and mild Canadians... > > > > > >The truth is that the largest force in Canada at the time was > >the British army. > > > >Typically Canadian, one of our nation building moments hardly involved > >us. > > > >I am proud to be Canadian, I am proud to be best friends with America. > >Thank you, America for being our friend. > > > >Does Canada have problems, you bet. Does America have problems, more > >than us > >the poor fellows. > > > >We do not follow America, we guide it, help it, support it and party > >with it. > > > >And if the rest of the world was as reasonable as they are, Canada could > >help > >them too. ( Apologies to the citizens of many states I have slandered > >with > >the above comment ) > > > >Before you comment on cultures you have not experienced it would be > >advisable > >to at least visit there as a tourist. If you work there for a while you > >may even > >realize that what is "common knowledge" is wrong. After spending six > >weeks in > >Moscow, 2 years ago, I do not believe anything I read in the media (it > >is both > >better and worse than it is reported). > > > >And yes, there is a separate Canadian culture. 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