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oups.com... There's a popular TV show here in Canada that gets a lot of laughs about the ignorance of Americans. I'm sure thay have to talk to a LOT of Americans to find the material they need to get the laughs, but there are some hilarious stories about the misconceptions many have about Canada, Canadians and Canadian weather and topography. I'm not above perpetuating the stereotypes of Canada just like I do of Texas... Of course, for the stereotypes to have developed, there must be some truth in them... Cold is one of those. In the North the days are very long in the summer, with the result that there can be vast numbers of huge insects, hot weather, and people who can grow huge vegetables in their gardens. So much daylight, see. In the winter it can often be colder here in southern Alberta (near Montana) than it is 1000 miles north of here. In the winter in Vancouver and Victoria people are often golfing, on green grass. Toronto can have wicked winter weather but it's about as far south as southern Oregon. I grew up In Kamloops, BC, which is the northern tip of the Sonora Desert, with cactus and sagebrush and Ponderosa Pine trees and everything. Latitude often has nothing to do with weather; it's the presence of mountains and water that affects it. Hell, if you're gonna bring *logic* into this conversation, I'm leavin'... grin |
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