Matt Rain said:You're probably being facetious, but I have to say that since I moved in downtown Montreal, I'm amazed at how easy it is for someone to navigate the whole downtown core without ever having to speak or understand a word of French. West of St-Laurent blvd is an English-speaking city. East of it is 90% French, but only the most hardcore of anglo residents/tourists venture there to visit the Olympic Stadium.
Oh, we do drive on the left side on the road. When we're piss-drunk.
Matt Rain said:As long as you guys realize that our current PM is essentially Dubya's puppet. He just might follow suit on the anti-gambling bill and submit his own.
Woody0 said:Not if he wants to avoid another Oka.
Besides we Canadians are well behaved and I'm sure signed up for the Sports and Entertainment section of WTO, just as the US did, and would not breach an international agreement.
EverFresh said:to live in Canada you need to be able/willing to speak french at all times. The Queen owns everything and there is no right to personal property in the American sense
They drive on the left side of the road, have an odd accent and use an incomprehensible french measuring system involving "metres" whatever that is
It is cold and snows year round with only a brief "warming period" over a couple of weeks in late July in which the ice turns to slush. Temperatures stay in the 20's and 30's even in mid July and August
Their money is worthless and tax is 90% of everything you earn
Still want to live there?
Best wishes EF :howdy:
xpanda said:You don't even need a Canadian address. I called them a few weeks ago to ask about this, for another poster. The woman told me an American mailing address is fine.
I am telling you that moving here permanently is very tough for Americans.
EverFresh said:Southern Canada 09/25/06
Extreme Cold in Canada
Cold, dry arctic air swept down over Canada, bringing chilling temperatures to much of the country. As the cold air moved out over the Atlantic Ocean, it met warmer, moist air, and clouds formed. The clouds are thin near the coast, and thicken as the air picks up more moisture over the ocean. The ice in the clouds tint them a light orange in this false-color Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image.
Since visible light is assigned to red in this false-color image, ice appears dark red and water is black. Red over the Gulf of St. Lawrence, top center, and the St. Lawrence River, upper left, attests that both are covered in a layer of ice. The ice has caused problems upstream, beyond the left corner of this image. Ice jams in the Riviere des Prairies, a tributary of the St. Lawrence River, have dammed the river, causing flooding in Montreal and Laval. The Terra satellite acquired this image on September 25, 2006.
Image courtesy of Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC.
Text courtesy of NASA's Earth Observatory.