I have a complaint

Well, I'd like to say "for the record" that I invite the views, opinions and information from our Canadian friends and valued members here, about American politics and other things. There are a couple of Canadian folks here who are well informed about not only our government and its issues, but those world wide. Some have a more realistic insight as to what's happening here in the United States, than some of us do.

Canada is an absolutely beautiful country, with very nice people. I don't ever intend to leave the US, as I was born and raised here and I love it....but if I did, I could easily settle in as a resident of Canada and enjoy the beauty of my surroundings in my golden years. I've enjoyed a couple of vacations there over the years and they were awesome!
 

Debby said:
Well ac, we are soooo interested because your country has such a huuuuuuuge impact on our little country and the rest of the world. Remember, you aren't living in a vacuum all by your lonesome.
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I'm glad you're interested Debby, I've learned so much from you, and highly respect your opinions.
 
Thank you so much for your kind and supportive words SB. There are only a few Canadians on the site, I am glad that our views can be viewed as something other than intrusive. If the circumstances warranted, Canada would love to have you as a resident.
 
I'm completely flabbergasted that someone would actually come right out and say they are not interested in what Canadians think or have to say on this forum that is not restricted to only Americans. Everyone else here freely offers their opinions, positive and negative, left right and center. I believe that the person who would say such a thing is demonstrating an impaired mindset, perhaps through no fault of their own or owing to some nervous or medical condition.
 
Canada is a wonderful place. I had a great time there in my sweep from Vancouver BC to Lake Louise and beyond. I had a wonderful, first class dinner in Kamloops at a restaurant overlooking that beautiful lake, I spend several nights in lodges and was treated like a king. If I had to leave the states, I would look to Canada.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Well, I'd like to say "for the record" that I invite the views, opinions and information from our Canadian friends and valued members here, about American politics and other things. There are a couple of Canadian folks here who are well informed about not only our government and its issues, but those world wide. Some have a more realistic insight as to what's happening here in the United States, than some of us do.

Canada is an absolutely beautiful country, with very nice people. I don't ever intend to leave the US, as I was born and raised here and I love it....but if I did, I could easily settle in as a resident of Canada and enjoy the beauty of my surroundings in my golden years. I've enjoyed a couple of vacations there over the years and they were awesome!
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And we would love to have you SeaBreeze and you too Jim! The more the merrier you know ;)! But Jim, you're so comfy in your warm and sunny Arizona, that I think you'd hate our winters. And the only area where they aren't so atrocious is on fire right now!!!!! And SeaBreeze, I'm not even sure where you are in the States so I have no idea if you'd adjust easily either, but hey, you can always visit and we'll put a pot on, eh!


And thanks for the props (whatever that means, I've heard it before and it sounds good right???)


Hey just as an aside, I was in the supermarket a few months ago and there was a bottleneck at the bulk baked goods section and suddenly a man said, "well you can sure tell you're in Canada, listen to all the excuse me's and I'm sorries". And I listened and sure enough ....... I thought it was quite funny that we'd all demonstrated the stereotype unconsciously :D!
 
Eh, Debby, good stereotypes, I think? Where's my Kokanee and poutine? Got any Maple Sugar candy, and Nanaimo Bars???
BTW, I live in the place designated as the warmest place in Canada. It is not on fire, but a bit smoky off and on from those fires in Okanogon County USA.
 
Debby I live in the 8000' mountains of Idaho and spent 10 years in South Dakota. I once had snow literally to my roof on one side of my house.I know winter, that is why I am where I am.
 
Debby said:
And SeaBreeze, I'm not even sure where you are in the States so I have no idea if you'd adjust easily either, but hey, you can always visit and we'll put a pot on, eh!
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Thanks for the invite Debby, would be nice to have a cup with you for sure! I'm in Colorado, if you look at my photos in my albums, you'll see plenty of snow there, mostly from camping pictures, and some of them are in May/June. I love the four seasons, and wouldn't trade them for anything. Don't know about the stereotype, but I'm the 'excuse, please, thank you and sorry' type of person too. :)
 
Oh yeah, if you are in Colorado then I think you could manage very nicely! Goodness, if you were comfortable with snow in May/June, then the August snow in Calgary probably wouldn't be too tough either.
 
AZ Jim said:
Debby I live in the 8000' mountains of Idaho and spent 10 years in South Dakota. I once had snow literally to my roof on one side of my house.I know winter, that is why I am where I am.
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Then it would be a deja vu experience for you Jim, so you're welcome to come too, anytime you want to head north, we'd love to have ya!

I was sitting in Don's office the other day and as I glanced out the window and was gazing in a sort of abstract way at the purple coneflowers by the gate and seeing the sunshine play off the tops to the gold spirea and noticing the breeze gently rustling the purple and white foxgloves and I suddenly remembered looking out the same window and seeing a total wall of white just a few months back! One of those weird kind of moments when you just really become aware. And then I remembered climbing up the snow drift that started in the driveway, so I could get to the back of the house and clear the snow drift off the top of the satellite arial at the top of the wall....and had to lay down on my belly and reach DOWN to it because the drift was as tall as the house at its peak.

I was just in the yard and I noticed a huge number of cones on the firs behind the house and the Farmers Almanac says that is a sign of a hard winter!! Yikes, are we going to get blasted again?
 
Debby, those days were a experience I am glad I had but I am even happier I won't have them again. I was born in sun country and it's where I'll die....
 
applecruncher said:
And I want to say - for the record - that I could not possibly care less what Canadians think of American politics or American anything. I confess to not ever having lost one minute of sleep worrying about it. But it's nice that some Canadians are soooooo interested in us!
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What about Australians? or English people? Are they allowed to comment?
 
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