For My Canadian Friends......

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  1. Benggolf

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    You know you're from Canada when...

    You only know three spices: salt, pepper and ketchup.
    You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
    Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
    You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.
    Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.
    You think sexy lingerie is tube-socks and a flannel nightie with only 8 buttons.
    The local paper covers national and international headlines on 2 pages, but requires 6 pages for hockey.
    You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
    You find -40c a little chilly.
    The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freeze.
    You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your Sorels.
    You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.
    You perk up when you hear the theme from "Hockey Night in Canada".
     
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  2. efusco

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    Works for Alaska too...loved going out to a play or show in the middle of winter and seeing the interesting outfits...everything from coveralls to tuxes!
     
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  3. TonyPSchaefer

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    Happy Thanksgiving, Tideland Prius and all you other Canucks!
     
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    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    I can't believe the OP is admitting that he has Canadian friends. :rolleyes:

    Tom
     
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    Only a Canadian understands that part!
     
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  6. fuzzy1

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    Some of us south of 49N have them too.

    Though I must admit, half of my use of them has been north of that line.
     
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    I've had boots very similar to Sorels before... and that was back when i was in Ohio!
     
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  8. Tideland Prius

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    What about


    - You're proud about your cross-country highway even though it only has 1 lane each way at certain parts of the country?


    Oh and I got this off another forum

    Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

    50°F (10°C)
    Floridians shiver uncontrollably. Texans dies of exposure. Canadians plant gardens.

    35°F (1.6°C)
    Italian cars won't start. Canadians drive with the windows down.

    32°F (0°C)
    American water freezes. Canadian water gets thicker.

    0°F (-17.9°C)
    New York City landlords finally turn on the heat. Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

    -60°F (-51°C)
    Mt St Helens freezes. Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.

    -100°F (-73°C)
    Santa Clause abandons the North Pole. Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

    -173°F (-114°C)
    Ethyl alcohol freezes. Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

    -460°F (-273°C)
    Absolute zero: all atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "cold eh?"

    -500°F (-295°C)
    Hell freezes over. The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.
     
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  9. fuzzy1

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    Which is the real cross-Canada highway -- Highway 1, or I-90?
     
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    :lol:
     
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    For the benefit of ignorant bird brained Aussies, can I have a picture?
    Sorels. ???
     
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    Be happy you do not need them
    Sorel
     
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  13. qbee42

    qbee42 My other car is a boat

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    Most Sorels are rubber and leather outer boots with a felt inner boot, although some models are all synthetic. If I get a few free minutes I'll pull a pair out of the closest and take a photo for you .We have several pairs, despite not being Canadian.

    Tom
     
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  14. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    Oh, those are just for people who live in the parts of Canada where it snows. The rest of us have rubber boots. :p
     
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    markderail I do 45 mins @ 3200 PSI

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    Sorel + Canuck coat

    Installing new winter tires with METAL spikes....soon !

    HYO - how do you deal with the FOG !?!
     
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    Isn't THAT the truth! At least it isn't gravel

    Well, it IS gravel sometimes in summer, during construction

    :pound:

    Of course, they can't even spell correctly. "Leafs"

    Well, technically the Trans Canada Highway is.

    But you'll get there MUCH quicker by crossing the border and taking I-90!

    Don't forget that passport or NEXUS card

    You will NOT regret it!

    [​IMG]
     
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  17. Tideland Prius

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    And parts are unlit.... esp. when you need them the most like the mountain passes. Holy crap that was not fun (esp. trying to keep up with a semi that was speeding through).

    1 lane, twisty curves, no lampposts through the Rockies and it's a major highway. Oh the joys of being in a 1st world country.
     
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  18. fuzzy1

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    You want lit roads out in the countryside, between the major population centers?

    In the areas I usually travel, that would waste much more energy than the Prius saves. And research down here claims that it does not improve safety.

    As for one lane twisties, well, it is nice not of have those expensive and destructive mega-highways going absolutely everywhere.
     
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    Truckers use the route 24/7 to move things across the country. While I would prefer a tunnel through the Rockies (shorter distance, saves fuel by not having to go up and down valleys and ridges), I can understand the immense cost of a tunnel through a mountain range.


    Ok fine no lampposts. But would it hurt to have at least cateyes installed? there are absolutely no markers along the road. When you come upon a curve, you'll get maybe 5 yellow/black arrows. I can't imagine it in the winter. How do those truckers do it?
     
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    Cateyes -- you mean those reflectors on posts? While I've seen many damaged or badly marked stretches, having no marker reflectors at all is just plain wrong.
     
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