So I Forgot that Canada is a Foreign Country

[Documad]

I'd never flown to Canada before. It didn't occur to me that I'd have to go through immigration. I'm such a dumbass. I did remember to bring my passport. But I didn't factor in the long lines. There wasn't much to it the last time I drove in.

Oh, and did you know that the metric system actually caught on there? :rolleyes: Everything seems so much further away in kilometers.

[zorra_chiflada]

metric system 4 lyfe

[Documad]

When I was little, there were a few years where they tried to teach us American school children about the metric system. I suspect that it was President Jimmy Carter's doing but I don't remember the details. So in math(s) class, they made us do metric problems in our workbooks. I don't remember when it stopped, but the movement was dead before I got to high school.

The only thing in my life that's measured using the metric system now is the size of a mechanical pencil's lead.

[zorra_chiflada]

i think time should be metric. how messed up would that be??!!

[Bob]

i think time should be metric. how messed up would that be??!!

aw jeez, i gotta go to bed! it's 5 kiloseconds past 2 meg o' clockometer

[befsquire]

bob, don't you have 200 centipages to read?

[befsquire]

The only thing in my life that's measured using the metric system now is the size of a mechanical pencil's lead.
and your ring(s)

[Pres Zount]

People that come into work asking for a pair of trousers in inches - GO BACK TO THE WAR.

[HEIRESS]

metric is my bitch

[paul jones]

I hope to make it to Canada one day and get drunk with Heiress and pull faces(y)

[jabumbo]

but the metric unit for torque is so stupid it makes up for everything else

[monkey]

but the metric unit for torque is so stupid it makes up for everything else

but torque is such a cool word that no one cares how its measured. i especially like the little t. blame force. or r.

[jabumbo]

its notated with the greek letter tau

[Documad]

In Canada, they use the same outlets, so you don't need a converter or adapter. Isn't that lovely?

I still don't have any Canadian money. :(

[TurdBerglar]

i was taught the metric system all through school since 6th grade. it's still definitely being taught.

[Bob]

someone at work once asked "what time zone is canada in?"

[Documad]

The trivia question at my coffee shop a week or so ago was "how many time zones does Canada have?" I meant to look it up.

[DroppinScience]

The trivia question at my coffee shop a week or so ago was "how many time zones does Canada have?" I meant to look it up.

Same amount of time zones as the continental U.S., only with one extra time zone in the east (Newfoundland is a half-hour ahead of EST).

Diana actually thought that Americans aren't allowed to drive in Canada (and vice versa), I guess that's why you have to park your car and walk when you reach the border. :rolleyes:

Have fun in this "foreign" land, Documad! (y)

[Bob]

Same amount of time zones as the continental U.S., only with one extra time zone in the east (Newfoundland is a half-hour ahead of EST).

Diana actually thought that Americans aren't allowed to drive in Canada (and vice versa), I guess that's why you have to park your car and walk when you reach the border. :rolleyes:

Have fun in this "foreign" land, Documad! (y)

WHAT? I DONT WANT NO GODDAMN BEAVER LOVERS CLOGGIN UP MY ROADS THAT I PAID FOR WITH MY TAX DOLLARS

GIT ON OUT Y'HEAR

[Documad]

Same amount of time zones as the continental U.S., only with one extra time zone in the east (Newfoundland is a half-hour ahead of EST).

Diana actually thought that Americans aren't allowed to drive in Canada (and vice versa), I guess that's why you have to park your car and walk when you reach the border. :rolleyes:

Have fun in this "foreign" land, Documad! (y)
Wow, for a minute, I forgot "mountain time." I know that I set my watch ahead an hour when I go to NY and behind two hours when I go to Seattle, but I forgot that there are people who are living in that missing hour. :o

I know about the driving, because for my whole life, we would drive north from Minnesota when we went camping. It's just that the family camping trips stopped years ago and I can't imagine that my parents carried any documentation for me. I remember it being pretty easy except that we would eat all our bananas really fast while we were waiting in line and we saw some filthy hippies getting their car torn apart.

When I drove into the US from Canada on Thursday, the Americans wanted to know if I had purchased "groceries." Today when I drove back to Canada, the Canadians wanted to know if I was bring back liquor or cigarettes. :p I scarfed down my last slim jim for nothing!

[icy manipulator]

i think security is very laxed for australians going to New Zealand and vice versa. i think you need a passport still, but it's very easy getting in and out and staying for ages is no problems

[QueenAdrock]

Diana actually thought that Americans aren't allowed to drive in Canada (and vice versa), I guess that's why you have to park your car and walk when you reach the border. :rolleyes:

GODDAMMIT I DIDN'T SAY THAT! :mad: :mad: I'm not an idiot, I know other people can drive in other countries.

What I did say was I wasn't sure if YOU were allowed to drive here, because you just have a permit and I don't know how/if the laws change. I know here you have to be driving with someone who's 21 or older, and had their license for at least 5 years. I don't know how permits work in Canada, if they require someone older or more experienced or what. Plus here, to get your permit you need a competency test which tests whether or not you're knowledgeable of Maryland state driving laws. I don't know if driving laws are different in Canada (i.e. if you're allowed to turn right after stopping on red, etc), so I wasn't sure how that would work if YOU were to drive here.

[mickill]

Canada's like the torso of North America.

[Freebasser]

And The U.S. is the anus!

[icy manipulator]

canada's the cool roof top party that the us didn't get invited to

[Freebasser]

Canada, the U.K. and Australia all talk shit about the U.S. behind its back while standing at the punch bowl.

Canada passes out.

[The Notorious LOL]

canada's the cool roof top party that the us didn't get invited to


....at a gay bar.

[icy manipulator]

some canadian on xbox live told me that one. i had a good laugh

[mickill]

Canada is the heart of planet Earth.

[Pres Zount]

And Tasmania is the iron fist that comes crashing down on it.

[HEIRESS]

OMG BC!

[na§tee]

i would <3 to go to canada. me and heiress would drink cocktails, mickill would suck my toes, and droppin would show us where all the albino wolves are. yessir. you knows it! (y)

[The Notorious LOL]

Canada sucks incredibly bad. People there like to think they are residing in the upper echelon of society when in reality they are in a giant frozen trailer park.

[DroppinScience]

Canada sucks incredibly bad. People there like to think they are residing in the upper echelon of society when in reality they are in a giant frozen trailer park.

Dude, you're from Minnesota anyways, so that's practically Canada. So ergo, you hate Minnesota too. ;)

[The Notorious LOL]

I dont hate it but theres no sense of pride about it, as there shouldnt be regarding Canada.

[skra75]

it's true, Canada, besides being a source of reasonably fresh water and bears is pretty much useless, like Mexico, except Mexico is at least a little better due to their bitchin' food, beaches, and ancient temples.

[DroppinScience]

it's true, Canada, besides being a source of reasonably fresh water and bears is pretty much useless, like Mexico, except Mexico is at least a little better due to their bitchin' food, beaches, and ancient temples.

You're forgetting weed, gay marriage, universal health care and William Shatner.

[HEIRESS]

CLAIRE THOSE ALBINO WOLVES WERE FROM A PICTURE I TOOK GEEZ!
IM ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS HERE ADMIT IT YOUNG LADY!

fuck the rest of Canada, BC is just fucking asdhfaslkhdfasljdfsakjfklaskjf
<3

[Documad]

Canada sucks incredibly bad. People there like to think they are residing in the upper echelon of society when in reality they are in a giant frozen trailer park.
I thought so too, because the lower middle part of Canada is just horrible. It's full of Kmart shoppers.

British Columbia is a whole other kettle of fish, I'll tell you. I was poo pooing all the buzz. I thought it was just like Seattle. I thought it as mostly a port for cruise ships going to Alaska. I was as wrong as wrong can be. It's just gorgeous. And the people are all so lovely that I feel kind of bad about myself.

Oh, and I learned that Errol Flynn is from Tazmania. A tour guide said that today but I can't remember why. I think he stayed at a hotel in Canada once. I hate when tour guides try to point out things they think American tourists will be interested in because it's so embarrassing. I'm sure there are people who want to know what bridge was featured in the Fantastic Four but I hope that I don't look like one of them.

[QueenAdrock]

I'M GOING TO CANADA FOR THANKSGIVING!!!

Okay, that's all.
:D

[DroppinScience]

I'M GOING TO CANADA FOR THANKSGIVING!!!

Okay, that's all.
:D

Let the record note it's during CANADIAN Thanksgiving (in October), too.

[QueenAdrock]

Yeah, so I guess it's like, roasted moose with beaver giblets or something.

[DroppinScience]

I thought so too, because the lower middle part of Canada is just horrible. It's full of Kmart shoppers.

Where did your parents take you when you went camping in Canada? Minnesota borders Manitoba and Saskatchewan, so it has to be one of those provinces, right? If so, yeah, Saskatchewan totally sucks.

If you like Vancouver and such, visit the Rocky Mountains in Alberta (Jasper and Banff and such), you'd dig it if you love them mountains!

[HEIRESS]

just don't exchange bodily fluids with anyone in Banff, Im warning yah

[yeahwho]

You Canadians and your Eiffel Towers and London Bridges, go put on some clogs and chase the bulls.

[QueenAdrock]

just don't exchange bodily fluids with anyone in Banff, Im warning yah

Speaking of exchanging bodily fluids with Canadians, is you gonna be visiting me bebbe girl?

[yeahwho]

Let the record note it's during CANADIAN Thanksgiving (in October), too.

Yeah I did that once, we splashed vinegar all over the bird.

[HEIRESS]

ahahahha visitng northern alberta past October 1st ahahahahaha

SORRY KITTEN!
Ive only crossed the alberta border to visit family ONCE in the past seven years
but its true, I have cousins in bretts hometown and many more other reletives in a town 2 hours from him
I will be visiting sometime in the near future, jes not this winter
EEK!

[Documad]

Where did your parents take you when you went camping in Canada? Minnesota borders Manitoba and Saskatchewan, so it has to be one of those provinces, right? If so, yeah, Saskatchewan totally sucks.

If you like Vancouver and such, visit the Rocky Mountains in Alberta (Jasper and Banff and such), you'd dig it if you love them mountains!
Almost every time I've been in Canada, it was Ontario. I swam in some perfectly lovely falls and we always bought this exotic jam in cans. Yes, in cans not glass jars. That's what Canada meant to me.

I should probably apologize to the people of Ontario right now. :o

I finally got me some Canadian money today! It's very colorful. I have to give Britian the edge on coins but the Canadian bills are just fine. And I like that they feature a realistic, older queen. Some countries are still pretending that she's 30 years old.

[DroppinScience]

Dude, Edmonton isn't Northern Alberta. Have you looked at a map of the province?

It's smack dab in the CENTER. Not north, not south, right in the middle. Actual people from northern Alberta go to me: "What the hell you doin' saying you're part of northern Alberta? WE are in the north!" and I'm all like: "Hell yeahs, sing it, brotha!"

[The Notorious LOL]

Where did your parents take you when you went camping in Canada? Minnesota borders Manitoba and Saskatchewan, so it has to be one of those provinces, right?



we went camping in Minnesota. Cant speak for Documad...

[The Notorious LOL]

actually nevermind one time we went camping in Canada and went to this stupid place called Old Fort William with a bunch of boring stupid historic shit in Thunder Bay which was basically the biggest dump I have ever been to.

[Documad]

actually nevermind one time we went camping in Canada and went to this stupid place called Old Fort William with a bunch of boring stupid historic shit in Thunder Bay which was basically the biggest dump I have ever been to.
Exactly. There is more to Canada than Voyageur reenactments, but that's what they expose you to as a kid.

(I do love history and I met a crazy reenacter two years ago up there and he was so into it that it was kind of fun.)

[Documad]

Ever since I was a little girl, I longed for a Hudson Bay Blanket though. I finally got one, but it was a black and red one instead of the traditional kind. I should have held out for a traditional one.

[The Notorious LOL]

Im a total history buff but that was about as amusing as a tour of the Iron Ore Museum.

[HEIRESS]

Dude, Edmonton isn't Northern Alberta. Have you looked at a map of the province?

It's smack dab in the CENTER. Not north, not south, right in the middle. Actual people from northern Alberta go to me: "What the hell you doin' saying you're part of northern Alberta? WE are in the north!" and I'm all like: "Hell yeahs, sing it, brotha!"

Dude to anyone outside of your area, anywhere above calgary is basically a leg shake away from Slave Lake

SHHHT DONT TELL ANYONE I TOLD YOU!!!!

[HEIRESS]

Im a total history buff but that was about as amusing as a tour of the Iron Ore Museum.

we are a pretty "young" country so that can't really be helped

AND IRON ORE IS AWESOME!

[Documad]

I've never been to an iron ore museum. I was outside ironworld but it was closed. It reminded me of "autoworld" in Roger & Me. It was depressing to see a glorification of the industry that is now extinct.

But I did see the largest open pit mine once.

[The Notorious LOL]

we passed by Ironworld once when I was like 8 and I said "whats that?" and a family friends kid in the car compared it to Valleyfair. My parents debunked that.

[icy manipulator]

i wouldn't mine going to VC and Whistler. a couple of my friends are going again at the end of the year for the 3rd time. The only problem is that i've never skiied before!

oh and documad, Tasmania also has Princess Mary of Denmark, Ricky Ponting (the Australian Cricket Captain and one of the best batsmen in the world) and Martin Bryant, australia's worst mass murder and the reason why we dont have any automatic and semi automatic weapons anymore. I'm sure zount and zorra can tell you more about any 'famous' tasmanians

[zorra_chiflada]

oh and documad, Tasmania also has Princess Mary of Denmark, Ricky Ponting (the Australian Cricket Captain and one of the best batsmen in the world) and Martin Bryant, australia's worst mass murder and the reason why we dont have any automatic and semi automatic weapons anymore. I'm sure zount and zorra can tell you more about any 'famous' tasmanians

beaconsfield mining disaster! how could you forget that?!
david boon!
errol flynn!
the greens party (and the start of the worldwide greens political movement)

[icy manipulator]

beaconsfield mining disaster! how could you forget that?!
david boon!
errol flynn!
the greens party (and the start of the worldwide greens political movement)
you wanna know something really bad, i didn't know about the Beaconsfield miners until the day they got out. :o no one cares about them now, they got enough compensation from the bloody interviews they did(n)

edit: we still have our talking boonie doll you get with a carton of VB!

[zorra_chiflada]

you wanna know something really bad, i didn't know about the Beaconsfield miners until the day they got out. :o no one cares about them now, they got enough compensation from the bloody interviews they did(n)

remember how dave grohl did some kinda tribute to them or something for being brave? i wonder what eventuated of that? i want the fucking foo fighters to come to tasmania.

[icy manipulator]

remember how dave grohl did some kinda tribute to them or something for being brave? i wonder what eventuated of that? i want the fucking foo fighters to come to tasmania.
well, i heard on Triple M that next time foo fighters come to australia he's gonna buy a beer for those 2. so you never know, they'll prolly play in tasmania! or they'll just realise how much of a hole it is and play an extra show in melbourne :p

[DroppinScience]

Dude to anyone outside of your area, anywhere above calgary is basically a leg shake away from Slave Lake

SHHHT DONT TELL ANYONE I TOLD YOU!!!!

Haha! Somehow this doesn't surprise me. :rolleyes:

Oh and if you're never returning to Alberta, I think Diana and I are just gonna have to make our way over to B.C. and pester you! :D

[zorra_chiflada]

well, i heard on Triple M that next time foo fighters come to australia he's gonna buy a beer for those 2. so you never know, they'll prolly play in tasmania! or they'll just realise how much of a hole it is and play an extra show in melbourne :p
no...it isn't a hole.

[icy manipulator]

no...it isn't a hole.
oh sorry, it's the turd that's being excreted by the mainland.........

[fucktopgirl]

actually nevermind one time we went camping in Canada and went to this stupid place called Old Fort William with a bunch of boring stupid historic shit in Thunder Bay which was basically the biggest dump I have ever been to.

I agree, thunder bay is not the best town in canada. LOts of industry dumping their shit in the grands lakes.
I cross canada in car many time, and i can safely say that the two best province in canada are QUebec and British Colombia, the rest is just the rest. Well Alberta got the rockies so i guess they are alright too. The prairies are fun to see the first time i guess, that about it. It is empty and is terribly cold in the winter, nothing to protect you from the cold dry wind.

MAybe the atlantic is nice too,i mean any city near the ocean must be special in a way but i never was attracted to visit it.

Anyway, quebec et bc are the diamond of canada!

[icy manipulator]

we have a couple of girls from Vancouver staying with friends of ours and everytime i cant help but make them say Out or About in a conversation. it's fucking hilarious the way Canadians say it:p but i still love canadians

[QueenAdrock]

Haha! Somehow this doesn't surprise me. :rolleyes:

Oh and if you're never returning to Alberta, I think Diana and I are just gonna have to make our way over to B.C. and pester you! :D

Yah we were going to go to the BC next year anyways, eh?

[HEIRESS]

DO IT DO IT