Fuckholes Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Bah!!! Atleast we got hockey... Aieeeee!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 quote: Originally posted by piegin: Bah!!! Atleast we got hockey... Aieeeee! ! Dont forget also: -we're a peace keeping nation -welcome just about everywhere,if not everywhere -resepected -fair immigration -health care -EI -great educational instutions -free speech -great food -beautiful women -great humor -the coolest flag -great beer -diverse wildlife -longest unprotected border -tons of freshwater -lots of untouched wilderness We invented(I know theres more,some obvious that are missin' also): acrylics (Plexiglas/Perspex/Lucite) - William Chalmers Actar 911 CPR Dummy - Dianne Croteau, Richard Brault and Jonathan Vinden air-conditioned railway coach - Henry Ruttan (1858) antigravity suit - Wilbur R. Franks (1940) Balderdash - Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne (1984) basketball - James Naismith (1892) batteryless radio (AC radio tube) - Edward Samuel Rogers Sr. (1925) bovril butter substitute Canadarm - SPAR and the National Aeronautical Establishment (1981) calcium carbide and acetylene gas (production of) - Thomas L. "Carbide" Wilson (1892) carcino embryonic antigen (CEA) blood test - Dr. Phil Gold (1968) cardiac intensive care unit (first) cobalt bomb - University of Saskatchewan and Eldorado Mining and Refining (1951) compound marine engine - Benjamin Franklin Tibbets compound revolving snow shovel (trains) computerized braille crash position indicator (C.P.I) - Harry T. Stevinson and David M. Makow (1959) dental mirror disintegrating plastic ear piercer electric cooking range - Thomas Ahearn (1882) electric hand prosthesis for children - Helmut Lukas (1971) electrical car (North America's first) electric wheelchair - George J. Klein electron microscope - Prof. E. F. Burton and Cecil Hall, James Hillier and Albert Prebus (late 1930s) electronic wave organ - Frank Morse Robb (1927) explosives vapour detector - Dr Lorne Elias (1990) fathometer - Reginald Fessenden film developing tank five pin bowling - Thomas E. Ryan (1909) foghorn - Robert Foulis (1854) frozen fish - Dr. Archibald G. Huntsman (1926) arbage bag (green plastic) - Harry Wasyluk and Larry Hanson (1950s) Gestalt Photo Mapper - G. Hobrough (1975) gingerale - John J. McLaughlin (1904) goalie mask - Jacques Plante (1959) Green ink - Thomas Sterry Hunt (1862) hair tonic heart valve operation (first) helicopter trap (for landing on ships) helium as a substitute for hydrogen in airships hydrofoil boat - Alexander Graham Bell and Casey Baldwin (1908) IMAX - Grahame Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr (1968) instant potato flakes - Dr. Edward Asselbegs and the Food Research Institute (1962) insulation insulin (as diabetes treatment) - Dr. Frederick Banting, Dr. Charles Best and Dr. Collip (1921) Java - James Gosling Jetline jolly jumper - Olivia Poole kerosene - Abraham Gesner (1840) lacrosse - played since the 1600s; William George Beers set out standard rules (1860) laser (sailboat) - Bruce Kirby, Ian Bruce and Hans Fogh (1969) lightbulb (first patented) - Henry Woodward (1874) liposomes machine gun tracer bullet MacPherson gas mask measure for footwear Muskol Newtsuit - Phil Nuytten newsprint - Charles Fenerty (1838) Nursing Mother Breast Pads - Marsha Skrypuch (1986) pablum - Drs. Alan Brown, Fred Tisdall, and Theo Drake (1930s) pacemaker - Wilfred Bigelow paint roller - Norman Breakey (1940) panoramic camera - John Connon (1887) Phi (position homing indicator for aircraft) Pictionary - Rob Angel (1986) pizza pizza telephone computer delivery services portable high chair Puzz-3D (A) Question of Scruples - Robert Simpson (1984) radar profile recorder - NRC (1947) radio compass retractable beer carton handle (Tuck-away-handle Beer Carton) - Steve Pasjac (1957) rollerskate screw propeller ski-binding snowblower - Arthur Sicard (1927) snowmobile - Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1937) snowplow (rotary) - invented by J.W. Elliot (1869), first built by Leslie Brothers (1883) steam foghorn standard time - Sir Sanford Fleming (1879) Stanley Cup - (Canada's Governor-General) Lord Stanley of Preston (1893) Stol aircraft - de Havilland Canada (1948) submarine telegraph cable Superman - Joe Shuster and Jerome Siegel (1938) table hockey - Donald Munro (1930s) telephone - Alexander Graham Bell (1874) Trivial Pursuit - Chris Haney, John Haney and Scott Abbott (1982) variable Pitch Propeller - Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1918) Walkie-Talkie - Donald L. Hings (1942) washing machine wirephoto - Sir William Stephenson (1921) Yachtzee zipper - Gideon Sundback (1913) Diversity is the keynote of Canada's geography, which includes fertile plains suitable for agriculture, vast mountain ranges, lakes and rivers. Wilderness forests give way to Arctic tundra in the Far North. There are many climatic variations in this huge country, ranging from the permanently frozen icecaps north of the 70th parallel to the luxuriant vegetation of British Columbia's west coast. Canada's most populous regions, which lie in the country's south along the U.S. border, enjoy four distinct seasons. Here daytime summer temperatures can rise to 35ºC and higher, while lows of -25ºC are not uncommon in winter. More moderate temperatures are the norm in spring and fall. Canada's terrain incorporates a number of mountain ranges: the Torngats, Appalachians and Laurentians in the east; the Rocky, Coastal and Mackenzie ranges in the west; and Mount St. Elias and the Pelly Mountains in the north. At 6050 m, Mount Logan in the Yukon is Canada's tallest peak. Canada maintains 38 national parks, which cover about 2% of the country's landmass. Banff, located on the eastern slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountains, is the oldest (est.1885); Tuktut Nogait, in the Northwest Territories, was established in 1996. There are 836 national historic sites, designated in honour of people, places and events that figure in the country's history. Canada also has over 1000 provincial parks and nearly 50 territorial parks. Canada is the world's second-largest country (9 970 610 km2), surpassed only by the Russian Federation. Canada has 10 provinces and 3 territories, each with its own capital city (in brackets): Alberta (Edmonton); British Columbia (Victoria); Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown); Manitoba (Winnipeg); New Brunswick (Fredericton); Nova Scotia (Halifax); Nunavut (Iqaluit); Ontario (Toronto); Quebec (Quebec City); Saskatchewan (Regina); Newfoundland (St. John's); Northwest Territories (Yellowknife); and Yukon Territory (Whitehorse). There are some two million lakes in Canada, covering about 7.6% of the Canadian landmass. The main lakes, in order of the surface area located in Canada (many large lakes are traversed by the Canada-U.S. border), are Huron, Great Bear, Superior, Great Slave, Winnipeg, Erie and Ontario. The largest lake situated entirely in Canada is Great Bear Lake (31 326 km2) in the Northwest Territories. The St. Lawrence (3058 km long) is Canada's most important river, providing a seaway for ships from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. The longest Canadian river is the Mackenzie, which flows 4241 km through the Northwest Territories. Other large watercourses include the Yukon and the Columbia (parts of which flow through U.S. territory), the Nelson, the Churchill, and the Fraser--along with major tributaries such as the Saskatchewan, the Peace, the Ottawa, the Athabasca, and the Liard. Canada has six time zones. The easternmost, in Newfoundland, is three hours and 30 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The other time zones are the Atlantic, the Eastern, the Central, the Rocky Mountain and, farthest west, the Pacific, which is eight hours behind GMT. Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a federal state with a democratic parliament. The Parliament of Canada, in Ottawa, consists of the House of Commons, whose members are elected, and the Senate, whose members are appointed. On average, members of Parliament are elected every four years. Canada's constitution contains a Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which sets out certain fundamental freedoms and rights that neither Parliament nor any provincial legislature acting alone can change. These include equality rights, mobility rights, and legal rights, together with freedoms such as speech, association, and peaceful assembly. Canada ranks sixth in the world in standard of living (measured according to gross domestic product per capita), behind only the United States, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany, and Japan. Canada's rank among nations tends to rise even higher in assessments that consider GDP per capita along with other factors (e.g., life expectancy, education) that contribute to "quality of life." Basic health care, with the exception of dental services, is free at the point of delivery. And prescription drugs are in most cases dispensed without charge to people over 65 and social aid recipients. Canada also has an extensive social security network, including an old age pension, a family allowance, unemployment insurance and welfare. In 1996, about 3% of Canadians belonged to one or more of the three Aboriginal groups recognized by the Constitution Act, 1982: North American Indian, Métis, or Inuit. Of this percentage, about 69% are North American Indian, 26% Métis, and 5% Inuit. Canada has two official languages: English, the mother tongue of about 59% of Canadians; and French, the first language of 23% of the population. A full 18% have either more than one mother tongue or a mother tongue other than English or French, such as Chinese, Italian, German, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Ukrainian, Arabic, Dutch, Tagalog, Greek, Vietnamese, Cree, Inuktitut, or other languages. The Official Languages Act makes French and English the official languages of Canada and provides for special measures aimed at enhancing the vitality and supporting the development of English and French linguistic minority communities. Canada's federal institutions reflect the equality of its two official languages by offering bilingual services. In 1996, about 19% of the population reported "Canadian" as their single ethnic origin, with 17% reporting British Isles-only ancestry and 9% French-only ancestry. About 10% reported a combination of British Isles, French, or Canadian origin, with another 16% reporting an ancestry of either British Isles, French or Canadian in combination with some other origin. Some 28% reported origins other than the British Isles, French or Canadian. Canada's most popular sports include swimming, ice hockey, cross-country and alpine skiing, baseball, tennis, basketball and golf. Ice hockey and lacrosse are Canada's national sports. The principal natural resources are natural gas, oil, gold, coal, copper, iron ore, nickel, potash, uranium and zinc, along with wood and water. Leading Industries These include automobile manufacturing, pulp and paper, iron and steel work, machinery and equipment manufacturing, mining, extraction of fossil fuels, forestry and agriculture. -Doug Freakin Feaver!! -nero -Fat Cats -GTB -JSB -Diesel Dog -Slammin' Jack -The Masses -TWC -FOH -Mark Wilson & The Way Its is -Uncle Seth -Electric Meat -BNB ....and so many more fine bands that we get to see on a regular basis. Big Names:(a few anyway) -Neil Freakin Young! -Joni Mitchell -Jerry Alfred -Rush -Gordon Lightfoot -The Band -Bruce Cockburn -Tragically Hip ....so many more but my info is foggy at this hour of the mornin' I'm gonna add to this list,as I hope others do... I agree...way to go Canada!! Actually Canada kicks ASS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 So you don't like hockey ay.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Don't forget that Canada has the best pot in the whole country! Oh, and South Korea has the coolest flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze-0 Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 The headest nuggets i've ever smoked came from Arcata Cali. But i can make do with the Diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Thats good shit B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 if you dont mind paying more than crack prices, the nugs from the states are the best. but for these nugs, its not uncommon to pay 20-30 A GRAM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 canada rocks,, plain and simple best pot in north america but the juniors lost the hockey to the fucking USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 quote: Originally posted by Velvet: Don't forget that Canada has the best pot in the whole country! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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