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xXsoumisXx -> Oh Canada... (10/29/2011 10:48:52 PM)
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Another thread brought this to mind...( and certain Maple Leaf bikinis) [:D]
I grew up on the border. (Lynden/Abbottsford) Looking out a window, I could see Canada, or the ocean, or the mountains..
Every year at the Fair, they sang both National Anthems. Canadian flags flew next to American Flags.
I lived there until 2003. Being Canadian was like... being blonde.. or Catholic, or short, or tall, etc.. just a minor descriptive.
until 9-11 it was a very open border, and we enjoyed all that Canada had to offer, like:
Tylenol 3's otc..lol
and the beer.. stronger! ..and the drinking age 19 vs 21 ( it was easy to go across the border and drink.. very difficult to come home!)
Twassesen Ferries ;)
Stanley Park
Vancouver Game Farm
A certain asian garden..
MacIntosh Carmels..
Looneys and Tooneys (sp)
as a child, i loved buying something with my American money, and getting the item.. and MORE money back in Canadian!
We had field trips there in school, as did my children.
9-11 changed a lot.
i received my first kiss, at 13, from a Canadian, and many years later, many BDSM 1sts from a Canadian.. (yum!)
There is a west coast/east coast difference.. and now that I am in Louisiana, it is a whole different issue with the Acadians, and French Influence.
I am enjoying learning the history here!
What fond memories.. or differences do you appreciate? Or not?
~soumis~
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