Look out, Canucks...
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I lived in Collingwood, a ski tourism area, for years. Worked in a SkiShop/Driving Range. In the summer, we flipped to the driving range for the season. I'd be out there workin my tail off in 30c weather, and EVERY FREAKING YEAR a couple carloads of Americans would pull up wanting to know where the hills are, or can they get rentals.
It happens. People don't read or...somethin 
but that's a far stretch from a 'journalist' insisting it's true innit?
It happens. People don't read or...somethin but that's a far stretch from a 'journalist' insisting it's true innit?
Gato_Solo
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Leslie said:I lived in Collingwood, a ski tourism area, for years. Worked in a SkiShop/Driving Range. In the summer, we flipped to the driving range for the season. I'd be out there workin my tail off in 30c weather, and EVERY FREAKING YEAR a couple carloads of Americans would pull up wanting to know where the hills are, or can they get rentals.
but that's a far stretch from a 'journalist' insisting it's true innit?
There's stupid people in every country. Ours just drive further to prove it. 
MrBishop
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Reminds me of a story that my Bro-in-law told me about training exchanges with American grunts 
Canadian troops (including ym bro-in-law) went down to California to play with the newest toys and guns (including a hovercraft the size of Nebraska). The California troops were coming up for winter battle-training.
Petawawa (my broin-laws base) went all out for the visiting troops based on prior interview as to what the American grunts could expect up here.
So...using the 'assumptions'...an old airstrip was cleared of snow and 30 igloos were build up plus one really large one! The local kennel provided huskies and sleds were borrowed from Lord knows where. The APCs drove up to the edge of the tarmac and let the troops off...into 3 feet of loosly packed powder. Snowshoes were tossed their way and they were told where their headquarters were.
About 1 hour later...they were picked up again and brought to their real barracks..but the look on their faces, I'm told, was priceless!!
Much beer-drinking ensued thereafter
Canadian troops (including ym bro-in-law) went down to California to play with the newest toys and guns (including a hovercraft the size of Nebraska). The California troops were coming up for winter battle-training.
Petawawa (my broin-laws base) went all out for the visiting troops based on prior interview as to what the American grunts could expect up here.
So...using the 'assumptions'...an old airstrip was cleared of snow and 30 igloos were build up plus one really large one! The local kennel provided huskies and sleds were borrowed from Lord knows where. The APCs drove up to the edge of the tarmac and let the troops off...into 3 feet of loosly packed powder. Snowshoes were tossed their way and they were told where their headquarters were.
About 1 hour later...they were picked up again and brought to their real barracks..but the look on their faces, I'm told, was priceless!!
Much beer-drinking ensued thereafter
Gato_Solo
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MrBishop said:Reminds me of a story that my Bro-in-law told me about training exchanges with American grunts
Canadian troops (including ym bro-in-law) went down to California to play with the newest toys and guns (including a hovercraft the size of Nebraska). The California troops were coming up for winter battle-training.
Petawawa (my broin-laws base) went all out for the visiting troops based on prior interview as to what the American grunts could expect up here.
So...using the 'assumptions'...an old airstrip was cleared of snow and 30 igloos were build up plus one really large one! The local kennel provided huskies and sleds were borrowed from Lord knows where. The APCs drove up to the edge of the tarmac and let the troops off...into 3 feet of loosly packed powder. Snowshoes were tossed their way and they were told where their headquarters were.
About 1 hour later...they were picked up again and brought to their real barracks..but the look on their faces, I'm told, was priceless!!
Much beer-drinking ensued thereafter
They probably were expecting the real barracks first, and your bro-in-law got the "WTF" expressions when they got dumped out in 'igloo-land'.
Nice trick, though. 
Winky
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Gato_Solo
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unclehobart said:
What's all this, then?
I guess those Canucks only like to read about the US killing unchecked, rather than the truth.