Having a great Canadian time!

Renegade 13 · #1 November 14th, 2003, 01:25 AM

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
No thank you. I'll stick to living in Florida! At least we don't get snow.

WHAT!!!

Snow makes life worth living!! Winter is the best season!! Bring on the blizzards, snowstorms, and -40 degree weather

Renegade

[ November 13, 2003, 23:26: Message edited by: Renegade 13 ]

DavidG · #2 November 14th, 2003, 02:14 AM

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Originally posted by Renegade 13:

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Originally posted by gregebowman:
No thank you. I'll stick to living in Florida! At least we don't get snow.

WHAT!!! Snow makes life worth living!! Winter is the best season!! Bring on the blizzards, snowstorms, and -40 degree weather

Renegade

Let us know if you still love it when you have to drive to work in it.

Fyron · #3 November 14th, 2003, 02:17 AM

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Originally posted by Captain Kwok:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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You've defended your property from trespassers with a lacrosse stick because you don't own a gun.

Actually... a vastly larger percentage of Canadian homes have at least one gun than US homes.
What?

I think not my Californian friend.

The guns per capita here are about 25% vs 75% in the US. It's about 20% vs 50% for typically firearms and, here is where there is a really big difference, about 5% in Canada have handguns and 20% have handguns in the US. Overall, US owns about 3x the guns per person as we do here.

I didn't say handguns... and guns per capita is totally different than percentage of househods with a gun...

Captain Kwok · #4 November 14th, 2003, 02:56 AM

I'd figure that Canada has about the same amount of people per household as the US so it'd be just about the same per household - plus I included all guns - just pointing out that the number of handguns is the most significant difference.

It's probably a bit closer if we look at rural communities through.

DavidG · #5 November 14th, 2003, 03:49 AM

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Originally posted by Captain Kwok:
I'd figure that Canada has about the same amount of people per household as the US so it'd be just about the same per household - plus I included all guns - just pointing out that the number of handguns is the most significant difference.

It's probably a bit closer if we look at rural communities through.

Of course the big difference is Canadians do not buy guns for 'home defense'. More likely they would use a lacrose stick.

I know several people who own guns and none of them store them in a maner that they would be of the slightest bit of use for home defense.
If the numbers quoted in that movie Bowling for Columbine are true then the difference between Canada and the US is not so much the number of guns but the number of crimes comitted with guns which is much higher in the US.

SpaceBadger · #6 November 14th, 2003, 04:18 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
'candy bars' is a rediculous name. there made out of, generally, chocalate, caramel, and nuts. sometimes, there may be wafer's of some sort inside. but there definitly not candy.

That rather depends on your definition of the terms. My definition of "candy" would include something made of chocolate, caramel, and nuts. Apparently your definition is different; perhaps what I would call "hard candy" (peppermints, LifeSavers, etc)?

SpaceBadger

SpaceBadger · #7 November 14th, 2003, 04:24 AM

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Originally posted by Wardad:
You Know You're Canadian When:

You eat chocolate bars, not candy bars, and drink pop, not soda.

The "pop v. soda" thing is different in different areas of the US as well. When I was a kid living in Georgia, Alabama, and Virginia, it was pop. Here in Missouri it is usually soda, although some call it pop or soda-pop. Some places it is just a coke, even if it is not a Coke. I don't remember what they called it when I lived in Texas - probably different things in different counties.

SpaceBadger