Hello Canadians! Hope you all made it OK through the storm.
There's an East-West Canada Smackdowngoing on at the Straight Dope Message Board I thought you might find amusing.
Willow: Happy hunting. Buffy: Wish me monsters.
'Beneath You'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
[NAFDA] We used to get Buffy the day before everyone else, now we get Angel a week after everyone else. And Firefly every Monday!
Caroma - Nov 13, 2002 11:12:11 am PST #423 of 6793
Hello! I must be going.
Elena - Nov 13, 2002 5:14:04 pm PST #424 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
Ouise, that is so eciting! I love house hunting.
I see that the other thread seems to consider Ontario the East.
Ouise - Nov 13, 2002 6:50:03 pm PST #425 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Heh, yes. My friend Nico (from Alberta) and I had some discussions on that point. He seemed to feel that only the exact east-west midpoint of Canada could be referred to as "central Canada" and was very surprised that I did, in fact, know where that midpoint was.
I tend to consider Quebec and the Atlantic provinces "eastern Canada", Alberta and B.C. "western Canada" and Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan "central Canada", but the really important division is into "has a coastline" vs. "is unimportant" :)
Megan E. - Nov 13, 2002 6:54:37 pm PST #426 of 6793
I see that the other thread seems to consider Ontario the East.
Most people west of Quebec think of Atlantic Canada as a big national park.
Elena - Nov 13, 2002 7:16:50 pm PST #427 of 6793
Thanks for all the fish.
See, BC is 'pacific', AB, SK & MB is 'western' ON & PQ is 'central' and the Atlantic provinces are, ah, 'atlantic'... Though, I suppose one could lump Quebec and points East as 'eastern'.
Manitoba is generally not considered central because, well, Manitoba is generally not considered.
Megan E. - Nov 14, 2002 4:00:40 am PST #428 of 6793
I thought that Winnipeg was the dead centre of the country. And by dead centre I don't mean *dead* centre.
Ouise - Nov 14, 2002 8:13:45 am PST #429 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Does anyone want to get together this weekend? There are several options - going out for dinner, meeting for drinks or meeting for coffee. Also, Nora and I now have the extended version DVD of Fellowship of the Ring, so if anyone wanted to come over to watch it, that might be fun. What do you say?
Sue - Nov 14, 2002 10:19:47 am PST #430 of 6793
hip deep in pie
I'd love to, but I probably shouldn't. i have a big-assed project due in two weeks that we are DOOMED on. DOOMED, I say!!!
That said, procrastination was always my best subject.
Edit: 'Ouise, I was at your place of employ this morning.
Ouise - Nov 14, 2002 10:23:48 am PST #431 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Edit: 'Ouise, I was at your place of employ this morning.
Really? Were you at the workshop in the library? I noticed something going on there.
Good luck with the project. We'll still have the DVD when you're done with it, and any excuse to rewatch is welcome!
Sue - Nov 14, 2002 10:27:42 am PST #432 of 6793
hip deep in pie
Really? Were you at the workshop in the library? I noticed something going on there.
Yeah, it was a disaster preparedness and recovery workshop put on my folks from the National Library.