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On this Day i say Happy Canada Day to everyone

 

I know its one day early. 

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Elevation 43 feet above sea level

Happy Canada Day, everybody!

Enjoy whatever plans you have made for today.

Have a beauty of a day (or end of a looong weekend)! Cheers!!

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"... The night was filled with magic as they bid the sea goodbye. They swam into the heavens-they stayed up in the sky and all the island people when they wish upon a star, see the Dolphin and the Jolly Mon, who tell them where they are..." - Jimmy Buffett

Happy Canada Day y'all!

yes Happy Canada Day to all ... Cheers to all

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...in essence we are the universe
trying to understand itself.

Even if its days late,i'll add some reasons why you should be proud to be Canadian
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SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?

1.    Smarties
2.    Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp
3.    The size of our footballs fields and one less down
4.    Baseball is Canadian
5.    Lacrosse is Canadian
6.    Hockey is Canadian
7.    Basketball is Canadian
8.    Apple pie is Canadian
9.    Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers' butt
10.  Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts' butt
11.  In the war of 1812, started by America, Canadians pushed the Americans back...past their 'White House'. Then we burned it...and most of Washington, under the command of William Lyon McKenzie who was insane and hammered all the time. We got bored because they ran away, so we came home and partied
12.  Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany
13.  We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere
14.  Our civil war was a bar fight that lasted a little over an hour
15.  The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing... but showed up just in time to get caught
16.  We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on
17.  The Hudson's Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the world's oldest company
18.  The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3 minutes
19.  We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo
20.  We don't marry our kin-folk
21.  We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless lives each year
22.  We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell about it
23.  A Canadian invented Superman
BUT MOST IMPORTANT!
24. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on 

Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day.

 

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Elevation 43 feet above sea level

LOL. This is great.  I have to add my two loonies worth. For simplicity, I inserted my comments into the list.

MapleDog:

Even if its days late,i'll add some reasons why you should be proud to be Canadian
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SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?

1.    Smarties
2.    Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp       (I did not know that.)
3.    The size of our footballs fields and one less down
4.    Baseball is Canadian        (No, Baseball is a slightly modified British schoolgirl's game.  )
5.    Lacrosse is Canadian
6.    Hockey is Canadian
7.    Basketball is Canadian  (Well ... invented by a Canadian working in the U.S. for the YMCA.  )
8.    Apple pie is Canadian    (Nope, apple pie was first eaten in France in the middle ages. )
9.    Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers' butt  (Mr. Rogers began his career working for Mr. Dress-up. Also, give the Friendly Giant some respect - great show.  )
10.  Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts' butt.  (Hmm, I prefer Robin's Donuts and CountryStyle Donuts.  )
11.  In the war of 1812, started by America, Canadians pushed the Americans back...past their 'White House'. Then we burned it...and most of Washington, under the command of William Lyon McKenzie who was insane and hammered all the time. We got bored because they ran away, so we came home and partied.  (haha. It was caused by bickeriing between the Brits and the U.S.  Canada won almost all the battles the first year, the Americans did better the second year.  The best General in the war was General Brock.  Many of the others, on both sides, were incompetent.  After Brock died, the Americans were able to regain some ground.  But at war's end Canada (and the British) had seized a lot of territory.  These gains were given back by Wellington, who was then the Brits PM and had lost his taste for war.  )
12.  Canada has the largest French population that never surrendered to Germany. (haha. Poor French.  It was actually just the Vichy government which surrendered.  There were French armies in the field, still fighting, and most of the populace had no intention of surrendering.   )
13.  We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere.   (Interesting. How are you excluding the British?  )
14.  Our civil war was a bar fight that lasted a little over an hour.     (There were several revolts and short-lived insurrections. The most serious was the North-West Rebellion, lasting most of 1887, involved several major battles, and threatened to become much worse. )
15.  The only person who was arrested in our civil war was an American mercenary, who slept in and missed the whole thing... but showed up just in time to get caught.     (haha. Like i said, this was minor, but there were more serious conflicts.  )
16.  We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on. 
17.  The Hudson's Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and is still around as the world's oldest company.     (Not in another few months.  )
18.  The average dog sled team can kill and devour a full grown human in under 3 minutes
19.  We still know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo
20.  We don't marry our kin-folk.      {But dude!!! I've got this third cousin who's a bikini model!  :(  }
21.  We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin, penicillin, zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless lives each year.      (Well ... the Telephone and Short wave were invented by Europeans who happened to be working in Canada.  The other stuff, sure.  Also pea soup, clam chowder, dry-roasted eel, the mechanical principles behind the hovercraft, much of the tech for the Apollo space modules, something called a fathometer, the Robeson screwdriver, the carbine used by the British SAS since the last few years, and etc.   )
22.  We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to tell about it
23.  A Canadian invented Superman   (Also Nelvanna, the first female comic book superhero - yes before Wonderwoman  - the original ironman, Johnny canuck, Mr Monster, Commander Steele, and many other heroes.   )
BUT MOST IMPORTANT!
24. The handles on our beer cases are big enough to fit your hands with mitts on 

Oh yeah... and our elections only take one day.    (You only pay attention to the one day. lol.  )

 

Canada Day was really bad this year.  They cancelled the fireworks and festivities because they called a state of emergency, due to lots of rain,  and I got called away to help deal with the flooding.

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