O.T. Oh, Canada! - Our latest political scandal ... ;)
La N
Harper spokesman says prime minister did not pocket communion wafer
Module body
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper consumed a communion wafer given him
by a Roman Catholic priest last week and did not put it in his pocket as
critics allege, says a spokesman.
"At the end of the service, he was offered communion. He accepted communion
and he consumed it," Dimitri Soudas said Wednesday from L'Aquila, Italy,
where Harper was attending a G8 meeting.
The prime minister has come under fire from a senior priest in New
Brunswick, who is demanding an explanation about what happened to the wafer,
considered sacred by the church and supposed to be swallowed.
Harper accepted the wafer at the Roman Catholic funeral last Friday of
former governor general Romeo LeBlanc in Memramcook, N.B.
Msgr. Brian Henneberry, vicar general and chancellor in the Diocese of Saint
John in New Brunswick, said it was unclear what happened to the wafer - and
that it would be scandalous if the prime minister put it in his pocket.
A video posted on YouTube shows Harper taking the host, but does not show
him swallowing it afterward. Soudas said he consumed the wafer "immediately"
after taking it.
Harper is a Protestant and would not normally receive Roman Catholic
communion, though it was unclear whether it could be appropriate on special
occasions.
If Harper accepted the host but did not consume it "it's worse than a faux
pas, it's a scandal from the Catholic point of view," Henneberry told the
New Brunswick Telegraph Journal.
The YouTube video shows Harper reaching out with his right hand and
accepting the wafer from a priest. Harper does not consume the wafer before
the camera cuts away several seconds later.
Henneberry also questioned whether Harper, a non-Catholic, should even have
accepted the wafer, known as a host.
"If the prime minister is not a Catholic, he should not have been receiving
communion and if he comes up it places the priest in an awkward position,
especially at a national funeral because everyone is watching," Henneberry
said.
But another Roman Catholic priest, Rev. Arthur Bourgeois, who delivered the
homily at the funeral, did not have a problem with the prime minister
accepting the host.
"Usually, to partake in holy communion in the Catholic Church, you have to
be a member of it. But if you're not, exceptionally sometimes at major
occasions (it is different)," Bourgeois told the newspaper.
Soudas defended Harper's acceptance of the communion wafer: "Who is he to
judge a priest offering him communion?"
A receptionist with the Diocese of Saint John said Wednesday no one would be
commenting further on the issue, including Bishop Robert Harris.
Harper is spending five days in Italy and has an audience Saturday with Pope
Benedict, head of the Roman Catholic church.
Gernot Hassenpflug
> http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090708/national/harper_host
>
> Harper spokesman says prime minister did not pocket communion wafer
> Module body
OK, this is ridiculous :-) How about the latest Aussie parliamentary
squabbles. Here from a friend down in there:
"...for the last few weeks our parliament here in Canberra has had
nothing better to "debate" than a (really trivial) scandal relating to
the Prime Minister allegedly receiving an unlawful favour in the form of
a lend of a ute (utility vehicle) from a used car salesman. Opposition
leader proceeds to quote e-mail (that he was given by one of his
assistants) proof of this "scandal" insisting Prime Minister
resigns. Federal Police demonstrate that e-mail was a fake / never
existed. PM suggests opposition leader resign..... Getting a little
silly here."
LOL
Gernot
Frogwatch
Reminds me of a saying about academic squabbles "The arguments are so
contentious because the issues are so small".
Roger Conroy
"La N" <nilita20...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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If this is rates as a "scandal" it just confirms my belief that Canada is
the most boring country on earth.
Eugene Griessel
I do not think it is even a contender if New Zealand is in the race.
And Oz ain't all that much more exciting.
Eugene L Griessel
Time is the best teacher; unfortunately, it kills all its students.
- I post only from Sci.Military.Naval -
dott.Piergiorgio
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Personally I think what was in the involved Priest's mind, Denomination
of Rt.Hon. Harper being perhaps well-known (AFAICT, giving the Eucharest
to a known "heretic" is an automatic suspension "a divinis" for the
Priest(s) involved......)
I can't exclude some peculiar rules in Canada (I guess that the RC curch
in Canada is mainly Gallican...)
Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.
Andrew Chaplin
message news:jFl5m.4812$vG4...@tornado.fastwebnet.it...
> Eugene Griessel ha scritto:
>
> [cut]
>
> Personally I think what was in the involved Priest's mind, Denomination of
> Rt.Hon. Harper being perhaps well-known (AFAICT, giving the Eucharest to a
> known "heretic" is an automatic suspension "a divinis" for the Priest(s)
> involved......)
>
> I can't exclude some peculiar rules in Canada (I guess that the RC curch in
> Canada is mainly Gallican...)
"Gallican"? Never heard tell of that. ;^) Actually, they are closer to the
Ultramontanes, but I suspect that is because of the change in management in
1763.
In most of Canada, the RC church is largely Irish in bent. In areas where
francophones are endemic, such as Quebec, north and eastern Ontario, north and
eastern New Brunswick, Cape Breton and south-eastern Manitoba, its members
have, for the most part, French ancestry. In some places, the RC congregations
split on language lines, so that in Ottawa you had St. Patrick's "Cathedral"
for anglophones, and Notre Dame Basilica for the francos. The basilica is the
seat of the RC archbishop, so you can see who wears the pants in that
relationship.
Memramcook, where the funeral service was held, is on the Acadian Shore. Many
Acadians have Huguenot ancestry, but this denomination was surprised in Acadia
and New France following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. It is now
unusual to find a protestant among them who isn't a convert or who doesn't
have a protestant parent.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
(If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.)
Andrew Chaplin
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> Memramcook, where the funeral service was held, is on the Acadian Shore.
> Many Acadians have Huguenot ancestry, but this denomination was surprised in
That should, of course, be "suppressed in Acadia." Damn speelchacker!
La N
"Eugene Griessel" <eug...@dynagen.co.za> wrote in message
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What is it going to take for you to get excited by us (Canada)? Do we need
to invade another country or something? :)
- nilita
Frogwatch
> "Eugene Griessel" <eug...@dynagen.co.za> wrote in message
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> > On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:16:19 +0200, "Roger Conroy"
>
> >>"La N" <nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
Every winter Florida gets invaded by Canadians. FL ought to declare
war.
Andre Lieven
Oh, like Florida could find Canada on a map...
(And, for those complaining about the wafer "theft", it's a cookie !)
Andre
La N
> On Jul 9, 10:25 am, "La N" <nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> "Eugene Griessel" <eug...@dynagen.co.za> wrote in message
>>
>>>
>>> And Oz ain't all that much more exciting.
>>
>> What is it going to take for you to get excited by us (Canada)? Do
>> we need to invade another country or something? :)
>>
>> - nilita
>
> Every winter Florida gets invaded by Canadians. FL ought to declare
> war.
Anyway, can't our Prime Minister do *anything* right???? Scandal after
scandal after scandal ...
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090709/national/g8_cda_harper_photo
Stephen Harper momentarily absent for another summit photo
2 hours, 16 minutes ago
L'AQUILA, Italy - Better late than never.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper appears to have an issue with the traditional
"family" photo at international summits. In April, outraged staff in the
Prime Minister's Office had to squelch reports that Harper was "in the
loo" - in the words of the British Broadcasting Corporation - when he missed
a group photo at the G20 meeting in London.
Now Harper has kept his fellow leaders waiting again, this time for a family
photo at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy.
The Group of Eight major industrialized countries, plus the added Group of
Five developing nations, plus Egypt, were all scheduled to convene for the
photo after their morning meeting.
U.S. President Barack Obama was noticeably late, holding up the proceedings,
and finally literally jogged into the photo area to cheers from the other
leaders. But there was still no Canadian prime minister.
"Harper? Harper?" could be heard from the dais as they craned their necks
over the sea of photographers.
Harper finally arrived almost two minutes later and walked to his position
in the back row beside German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The prime minister's officials stonewalled repeated inquiries about why he
was late - again - for a photo op.
"I don't think you're paying attention to the summit . . . . The prime
minister was at the photo op," snapped spokesman Dimitri Soudas.
He had a point. At least the prime minister arrived.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak pulled up in a golf cart after the group
photo had disbanded.
Roger Conroy
Contrast that with our prez who doesn't ever miss an opportubity to get his
shiny dome and toothy grin into print.
I havn't seen the aforementioned snapshot yet but I'd bet that JZ is in the
front row!
Eugene Griessel
wrote:
Exciting is a minimum of one murder, one rape, one bankrobbery and one
break-in per week within easy walking distance of one's abode. The
occasional shoot-out is also thrown in for extra fun. Although this
week's bankrobbery was nastily foiled by the spoil-sport security
people who caught the would be bankrobbers as they were trying to get
into ABSA through the ceiling. In New Zealand they have to keep
re-hashing 5 year old murders in the papers just to give the plebs a
thrill. Here the papers do not even report them as there would be no
space for anything else if they did.
Eugene L Griessel
Improve mail delivery... mail the postman their pay!!
Eugene Griessel
Freshly showered, I hope?
Eugene L Griessel
We protest against unjust criticism but we accept
unearned applause.
Andrew Chaplin
> Exciting is a minimum of one murder, one rape, one bankrobbery and one
> break-in per week within easy walking distance of one's abode. The
> occasional shoot-out is also thrown in for extra fun. Although this
> week's bankrobbery was nastily foiled by the spoil-sport security
> people who caught the would be bankrobbers as they were trying to get
> into ABSA through the ceiling. In New Zealand they have to keep
> re-hashing 5 year old murders in the papers just to give the plebs a
> thrill. Here the papers do not even report them as there would be no
> space for anything else if they did.
Yep, it's boring here, and we like it that way.
La N
> "Eugene Griessel" <eug...@dynagen.co.za> wrote in message
> news:fd5c55di5l50cq10q...@4ax.com...
>
>> Exciting is a minimum of one murder, one rape, one bankrobbery and
>> one break-in per week within easy walking distance of one's abode. The
>> occasional shoot-out is also thrown in for extra fun. Although
>> this week's bankrobbery was nastily foiled by the spoil-sport
>> security people who caught the would be bankrobbers as they were
>> trying to get into ABSA through the ceiling. In New Zealand they
>> have to keep re-hashing 5 year old murders in the papers just to
>> give the plebs a thrill. Here the papers do not even report them as
>> there would be no space for anything else if they did.
>
> Yep, it's boring here, and we like it that way.
Amen!
- nilita (bar fights are the closest thing to terrorist acts we get, and
usually the combatants are back to being friends when recovered from their
hangovers)
William Black
> Exciting is a minimum of one murder, one rape, one bankrobbery and one
> break-in per week within easy walking distance of one's abode. The
> occasional shoot-out is also thrown in for extra fun.
That's about a year's supply of serious crime where I live, and only
then if a youth with an air rifle shooting pigeons illegally counts as
a shoot-out.
"Exciting" is the local village show starting a grumbling competition...
Which is exactly how I like it and exactly why I moved here.
Now before that I lived in Moss Side, which probably makes any other
place of residence look tame...
--
William Black
So I looked at the script
It was six weeks filming in the desert.
No girls, no dialogue, just guys with guns.
They said "Do you want wages or a percentage?"
It looked like a certain turkey.
When they came the second time I was ready.
I haven't had to work since...
Eli Wallach on his roles in
"The Magnificent Seven"
and "The Good the Bad and The Ugly
Eugene Griessel
wrote:
>Andrew Chaplin wrote:
>> "Eugene Griessel" <eug...@dynagen.co.za> wrote in message
>> news:fd5c55di5l50cq10q...@4ax.com...
>>
>>> Exciting is a minimum of one murder, one rape, one bankrobbery and
>>> one break-in per week within easy walking distance of one's abode. The
>>> occasional shoot-out is also thrown in for extra fun. Although
>>> this week's bankrobbery was nastily foiled by the spoil-sport
>>> security people who caught the would be bankrobbers as they were
>>> trying to get into ABSA through the ceiling. In New Zealand they
>>> have to keep re-hashing 5 year old murders in the papers just to
>>> give the plebs a thrill. Here the papers do not even report them as
>>> there would be no space for anything else if they did.
>>
>> Yep, it's boring here, and we like it that way.
>
>Amen!
Just remember that oysters don't make pearls unless there is
irritation! I do however get the raw side of the story, I have a
police inspector pal who drops in for coffee now and then and regales
me with the latest outrages in the valley.
Eugene L Griessel
Statistics is the art of drawing a crooked line from
an unproved assumption to a foregone conclusion.
Jack Linthicum
> On Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:27:21 GMT, "La N" <nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com>
Well my Indialantic is the scene of a large demonstration outside the
"Surf Wear" shop. Sign says "Bikinis 50% off"
La N
"Jack Linthicum" <jackli...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>Well my Indialantic is the scene of a large demonstration outside the
>"Surf Wear" shop. Sign says "Bikinis 50% off"
Florida is not like Canada. Which is a good thing ... for Canada ... :P
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2009/07/only_in_florida.html
"Only in Florida"
Excerpt:
By Matt Schudel:
I spent way too many years in Florida, which is by far the strangest,
most violent state in the country -- and, therefore, a great place to
be a journalist. I began to collect what I called "Weird Florida"
stories about all the crazy things that were all too common in the
manic, overheated, shoot-first-and-think-later state that I loved and
loathed in equal measure.
For several years, I wrote an annual roundup story capturing a few of
the bizarre events that pass for daily life in the Sunshine state....
Here's how I opened the 1998 version: "In a state that perennially
leads the nation in crime, in lightning strikes and in attacks by
deadly reptiles -- both the four-legged and two-legged varieties --
things strange are never in short supply. After all, this is where
Santa Claus catches on fire, where convicts break into prison, where
people scheme to import drugs on submarines, where a grandmother in a
convertible becomes the getaway driver for a couple of lame-brained
but heavily armed bank robbers.
"Sometimes the headlines are enough to send you into titters of
wonderment, shock or disgust: "Criminology student accused of bank
heist"; "Lawyer attacks client in court, witnesses say"; and -- one of
our favorites -- "Police say woman used chicken, saw as weapons." And
you thought California was weird? Welcome to Planet Florida, a
parallel universe unto itself."
These stories came to mind when I ran across a recent story that is
sad and horrible in a peculiarly Floridian way. It seems a 2-year-old
girl in central Florida was recently strangled to death in her crib by
a 9-foot python. The St. Petersburg Times reports that the boyfriend
of the girl's mother woke one morning to find his pet python missing
from its terrarium. He also apparently owns a 6-foot-boa constrictor
named Dixie.
"Our stupid snake got out in the middle of the night and strangled the
baby," the boyfriend said.
Ray O'Hara
Oz has kangaroos and surfing.that is plenty exciting.
telling though that Kiwiland and Frostbackistan might be the two most scenic
countries on earth.
Ray O'Hara
"Frogwatch" <ohar...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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and in the summer they head to Old Orchard Beach in Maine.
the Quebecois get treated better in New England than they do in Anglo-Canada
so they come here.
Jack Linthicum
> "Jack Linthicum" <jacklinthi...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
Many TV shots of the police trying to stretch the python out so they
could measure it. The fun part comes when you realize that when these
Burmese Pythons get too big for the family pet, unless they eat it,
they are transported off to the nearest swamp or bad place. Since
Florida is about 66% swamp there are probably Burmese Pythons in every
grove next to a school.
La N
"Ray O'Hara" <raymon...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> and in the summer they head to Old Orchard Beach in Maine.
> the Quebecois get treated better in New England than they do in
> Anglo-Canada so they come here.
>
I dunno. "Some" Quebecois claim they are treated badly by the Anglos, and
"some" Anglos say they are treated badly by the French when they go to
Quebec. Personally, I think it is an urban legend. Coz I've never seen it.
Lots of Quebeckers visiting in these parts, and they are treated very well.
- nilita
Jack Linthicum
> "Ray O'Hara" <raymond-oh...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
I was on a bus for a night ski trip at Mount Tremblant, many years
ago. Ski instructor, a Brit, told the classic story "why do the Yanks
have Negros and Canada Quebecoise"? "The Yanks got first choice", boos
but no real rough language. Kind of neutral.
Mark Borgerson
c0c931...@k19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, andre...@yahoo.ca says...
As for its government, why should it have to know where to find Canada?
The Post Office or FEDEX could figure out where to deliver the
declaration. ;-)
Florida could capture 100,000 hostages in the first winter! OTOH,
Canada might not miss them for months. If Florida provided beach access
and NHL TV in the camps, the Canadians might not complain at all! ;-)
A real war between Florida and Canada, might be an interesting
contest---depending on which ships are in port (assuming that
Florida gets to use all US forces in the state). Infantry wouldn't
count much for either side as I don't think there would be much
chance of airborne or amphibous forces invading the other. Florida
has SOCOM and some air bases and naval air stations---and might
get a carrier from Mayport. Any wargamers out there want to set
up the scenario?
>
> (And, for those complaining about the wafer "theft", it's a cookie !)
>
The cookie monster did it! ;-)
Mark Borgerson
Mark Borgerson
willia...@hotmail.co.uk says...
> Eugene Griessel wrote:
>
> > Exciting is a minimum of one murder, one rape, one bankrobbery and one
> > break-in per week within easy walking distance of one's abode. The
> > occasional shoot-out is also thrown in for extra fun.
>
> That's about a year's supply of serious crime where I live, and only
> then if a youth with an air rifle shooting pigeons illegally counts as
> a shoot-out.
What are the criteria for legally shooting pigeons wiht an air rifle?
Is it OK if they're on your property and you're outside city
limits? IIRC, that's pretty much the case for bluejays, starlings,
and crows in Oregon.
I regularly shoot nutria in the back yard using a .22 without problems.
They're a pest and I'm outside city limits.
>
> "Exciting" is the local village show starting a grumbling competition...
>
> Which is exactly how I like it and exactly why I moved here.
>
> Now before that I lived in Moss Side, which probably makes any other
> place of residence look tame...
>
>
Mark Borgerson
Mark Borgerson
says...
Most merchants seem to think that neither US nor Canadian dollars have
much of an accent! When properly used, their bearers generally get
treated well.
Mark Borgerson
Mark Borgerson
@k19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, jackli...@earthlink.net says...
Mark Borgerson
William Black
> In article <h35asm$bsc$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
> willia...@hotmail.co.uk says...
>> Eugene Griessel wrote:
>>
>>> Exciting is a minimum of one murder, one rape, one bankrobbery and one
>>> break-in per week within easy walking distance of one's abode. The
>>> occasional shoot-out is also thrown in for extra fun.
>> That's about a year's supply of serious crime where I live, and only
>> then if a youth with an air rifle shooting pigeons illegally counts as
>> a shoot-out.
>
> What are the criteria for legally shooting pigeons wiht an air rifle?
I have no idea.
But shooting at them in a public park, indeed, discharging an airgun
in a public park, is an offence.
Any adult in a public place in the UK with anything that looks like a
weapon is probably going to get some official attention.
Jack Linthicum
> In article <58de1027-5937-429f-b427-
> c0c9315e4...@k19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, andrelie...@yahoo.ca says...
Second Front in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. They have Canadian Days
and flags on some of the hotels and condos. Myrtle Beach is like a
tropical island for most Canadians, even at 65 degrees.
Jack Linthicum
> In article <e0855bff-1b35-4674-95c8-ef112fa267c1
Yes. I was with a bunch of linguists from NSA.
Ray O'Hara
I was up in Montreal for the F1 race,
we were being cheap and were sleeping in a park along the river when 2 cops
woke us up.
they asked one thing "Are you from Ontario" I said "no, we're from Boston"
and they said Ok you can go back to sleep.
if we'd said yes I think we'd have had sa nights lodging on the Crown.
and I've seen Ontarians{nd NYers too} act up there plenty.
I always found it helps to get across I'm frpm Boston quickly, the service
improves.
Mark Borgerson
587750...@h18g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>, jackli...@earthlink.net
says...
was no inadvertent slip of the tongue! (That goes back to
an old DLI saying: A cunning linguist never have a slip of
the tongue, lest he end up in the s*it!)
Mark Borgerson
La N
> Mark Borgerson wrote:
>> In article <h35asm$bsc$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
>> willia...@hotmail.co.uk says...
>>> Eugene Griessel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Exciting is a minimum of one murder, one rape, one bankrobbery and
>>>> one break-in per week within easy walking distance of one's abode.
>>>> The occasional shoot-out is also thrown in for extra fun.
>>> That's about a year's supply of serious crime where I live, and
>>> only then if a youth with an air rifle shooting pigeons illegally
>>> counts as a shoot-out.
>>
>> What are the criteria for legally shooting pigeons wiht an air rifle?
>
> I have no idea.
>
> But shooting at them in a public park, indeed, discharging an airgun
> in a public park, is an offence.
>
> Any adult in a public place in the UK with anything that looks like a
> weapon is probably going to get some official attention.
Awwwwwww ... I'm getting sentimental for one of my old favourite songs ...
maybe you know it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY
- nilita
Dennis
>>>If this is rates as a "scandal" it just confirms my belief that
>>>Canada is the most boring country on earth.
>>>
>>
>> I do not think it is even a contender if New Zealand is in the race.
>> And Oz ain't all that much more exciting.
That's probably a blessing. Remember the Chinese curse: "May you
live in interesting times!" As the leader of the globe, times are *always*
interesting for the USA!
> What is it going to take for you to get excited by us (Canada)? Do we
> need to invade another country or something? :)
Why don't you do what the Duchy of Grand Fenwick did, and invade the
USA? We'd beat you and then give you aid! :-)
Dennis
Eugene Griessel
<jackli...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Well my Indialantic is the scene of a large demonstration outside the
>"Surf Wear" shop. Sign says "Bikinis 50% off"
Bikinis? How quaint!
Eugene L Griessel
In the republic of medocrity, genius is dangerous.
Andrew Chaplin
news:MPG.24c0195cc...@news.eternal-september.org...
Successful people in the hospitality industry, regardless of whichever side of
the border they're on, know full well that Roman dictum: "pecunia non olet."
Gernot Hassenpflug
> On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:37:37 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum
> <jackli...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>Well my Indialantic is the scene of a large demonstration outside the
>>"Surf Wear" shop. Sign says "Bikinis 50% off"
Which 50% is the only question...
Joe Osman
> In article <gqt5m.34153$Db2.22170@edtnps83>, nilita2004NOS...@yahoo.com
> says...
>
>
>
> > "Ray O'Hara" <raymond-oh...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:h35mnt$thc$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > > and in the summer they head to Old Orchard Beach in Maine.
> > > the Quebecois get treated better in New England than they do in
> > > Anglo-Canada so they come here.
>
> > I dunno. "Some" Quebecois claim they are treated badly by the Anglos, and
> > "some" Anglos say they are treated badly by the French when they go to
> > Quebec. Personally, I think it is an urban legend. Coz I've never seen it.
> > Lots of Quebeckers visiting in these parts, and they are treated very well.
>
> Most merchants seem to think that neither US nor Canadian dollars have
> much of an accent! When properly used, their bearers generally get
> treated well.
>
> Mark Borgerson
My New York Boy Scout troop went to watch the Blue Jays play about ten
years ago. The vendors would take a ten dollar American bill for an
eight dollar Canadian hamburger and give the kid two dollars Canadian
in change. That's hardly being treated well.
Joe
Jack Linthicum
Now you would have to cough up the extra two bucks. The Canuck Buck is
85 cents.
Mark Borgerson
fab76d...@n30g2000vba.googlegroups.com>, Joseph...@verizon.net
says...
money itself.. Would a vendor in Yankee Stadium have taken Canadian
dollars at all?
In 1999, the exchange rate was about $1.46Cdn per US$, so you certainly
would have gotten a better deal if you'd changed your money
at a bank beforehand. As it was, you paid quite a hefty currency
exchange fee.
I've been going to BC for yacht charters for about 25 years. It used
to be because there was a big advantage in the exchange rates. Now
the dollars are a lot nearer par---but the Canadian charter rates are
still lower. Over the years, I'd accumulated nearly a hundred
Cdn$ purchased at favorable exchange rates. Last summer, I remembered
to take them back to BC----where they had gained significant
value. Unfortunately, the profits were lost to the cost of
gasoline to drive from Oregon to the BC border---even in a Prius!
Mark Borgerson
Andrew Swallow
> La N wrote:
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>
>> What is it going to take for you to get excited by us (Canada)? Do we
>> need to invade another country or something? :)
>
> Why don't you do what the Duchy of Grand Fenwick did, and invade the
> USA? We'd beat you and then give you aid! :-)
>
This method of getting money may be out of date. Have a look at what
happened to Afghanistan.
Andrew Swallow
Andrew Swallow
Either is good porn. ;)
Andrew Swallow
Peter Skelton
The Afghans did not attack and forgot to surrender.
Peter Skelton
Ray O'Hara
"Joe Osman" <Joseph...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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Joe
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1} you're from New York, no offense but everybody hates NYers.
2}why didn't you exchange your money before you went up? any bank can do
it.
do tou think some hotdog vendor is going to have american money laying
around and is going to know the daily exchage rate? that was all on you.