Herring in eau? Maybe salt water . . .
Moi prefers packed in simple eau. Sleep with the fishes...
That was a strange double post...
Canada is going to be a "alternative" destination for our vacation on August 2. choo choo.......
I am sure you will have fun c.i.
I work in the U.S. for a Canadian company. I have a lot of Canadian friends. Funny thing is most of them want to move to the U.S. I'm not sure why but that's what they tell me. As for the original story. Why does it not surprise me that a puppeteer likes the health care system up there better? Is it because she can get healthy care for free while still maintaining her "puppeteer" job? In other words, have someone else pay for her healthcare? How much do puppeteers make anyway?
Are we talking people actually making a living working with puppets, or satellite countries run by US-instated nasty dictators?
The srhub prefers "marionette," if you don't mind.
Just don't ask him to spell it.
(Is it too early in the morning for cheap shots?)
pd, Quit embarassing us. I "don't" know how to spell that word!
c.i.
the OED has it with one "n" -- perhaps you've been around too much mayonnaise and other such anathemae to Undercover Brother...
Well, back to the topic at hand, and ignoring the polemical crap that starts the thread--in Canadia you can drive fast as hell for hundreds of miles, and usually get away with it; they don't expect to get a much in tips, because they pay servers a decent wage--but the food prices are so ridiculously low, you feel guilty if you don't leave a big tip; the food is even cheaper in the grocery stores (except for seafood and cheese) makin' the Great White North one helluva great country to me; they got four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and construction, and as i like cold weather, that's just fine by me; they talk funny, but not as funny as people in other countries, and you can usually understand 'em; they are almost always polite and helpful, which means you can be a dickhead and still have a nice day; one 'Merican dollar is worth more than a dollar in Canadia, so my money goes further still; the Chinese, the Indians, the Pakistanis, the Vietnamese, the Portugese, the Poles and the Russians all sell clothing, shoes, luggage and small household items very cheaply, and i don't give a damn whether or not they got the appropriate license . . . there are just so many reason why i love Canadia, and therefore find Canajuns to be tolerable company . . .
Gimme me sand, lots of sand, and a blazing sun above...
And welcome to it . . .
Oh give me snow lots a snow
Under starry skies above
Don't sweat me out
I wanna slog the drifts to where the snow is bitchin'
Can't stand the heat, i want out of the kitchen
One thing i ask you, mister please
Don't sweat me out
It's tornado season up here.
I know of several Vietnam vets who moved to Canada after they'd served 'time', as it were. Most came home to a country that despised the Vets as much as the war. They missed out on the parades and yellow ribbons and were unable to get jobs.
Canadians gave them a warmer welcome.
OOps, didn't realize there were more pages to go...
Cav, you kill me.
You can't keep Mike Myers. Help yourself to Celine though....
Myers for Prime Minister.
Celine Dion? I'm pretty sure she's not canajun. I just saw a picture of her the other day - she looks like E.T. E.T. go home.
( ok - i know she was born in Quebec - she just looks like a wrinkly martian now )
Set, The country up north has more seasons than just "winter." Believe it or not, when my wife and I go up there next month, we're expecting 80 degree weather.
c.i.
Yeah, Boss, that's construction season--
Almost Winter -- season 1
Winter -- season 2
Still Winter -- season 3
Construction -- season 4
Well, I'm sold.
I don't have any real ties to my current location, beautiful though
Lake Tahoe is, and I'm just tired of all the crap in the U.S.
My resume is going to companies in Canada at this moment. A truck and a trailer and I'm so outta here! Not to worry, I'll still campaign and participate in U.S. elections, but I'd rather not be a citizen because I'm discouraged by what America has become in the last couple decades. The U.S. is not by the people, for the people anymore.
Too crass, pushy, manipulative, political, bureaucratic, commercial, deceitful, superficial, disconnected, frantic, non-free, out of balance, and inhuman for my taste. I know three other people who used to work in Silicon Valley who are also in the process of moving to Canada. These are bright, sharp, talented people leaving the country --- entrepreneurs who create jobs and hire people. Hard work gets ripped off or abused too often in our business environment. So many things are scams in the U.S., without integrity or honesty.
Plus I'd rather have a sense of community, and I've always found Canadians to much more friendly and real. Good folk, stunningly beautiful country, and lots of unspoiled nature! :-)
Those are my reasons anyways. I have to imagine there might be a lag, but I think Mr. Bush's presence will be increasing the emigration statistics over the next year or two.
