Re: Wells Maine

"Roughrider50" <corkyf56@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Zeke" <psa@wookie.gob> wrote in message
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>> "Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
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>>> "Crazee KUJO" <iamcujo@webtv.net> wrote in message
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>>>>@ 4 pm on thursday at the grocery warehouse. anyone else heading up
>>>> there Hollar at me.
>>>>
>>>> HAVE A DAY!!!!
>>>
>>> I'm in Saskatoon.
>>>
>>
>> If you see any statues up there of Karl Marx, could you take a picture?
>>
>> Come back before you are converted into a frothing at the mouth
>> socialist.
>
>
> & after your conversion don't forget to come to the mean, evil nasty,
> uncaring USA for your quality health care............like a true socialist
> that doesn't want to wait for government provided services:o)

I've noticed a little uniqueness up here.

The broker was a royal (French) asshole, but the consignees have been
cool.

"It ees for me to caire who faxes dee papers. If I dyo not get dem, you
will sit at dee bor-daire and rot, American trucker peeg-dog"

The shipper faxes the PARS on Thursday, they lost it, I refaxed on Sunday,
they lost it again, and I had to do the whole routine at the border.

For people that don't believe in tipping, they sure don't mind -getting-
tipped.

They have no concept of what Pepperoni is, or (pre-packaged) deli
sandwiches, and seem to be about 20 yrs behind the curve in resealable food
packaging.

Asphalt for highways seems to be a precious commodity as well.

All the Canadian truckers have been cool, and helpful.

I was looking for a Canadian MCA in the rack, and there wasn't one.

A Canadian trucker found them in a different place after I had left, and
walked out to my truck with it to see if it was what I wanted.

Pretty decent.

Most places convert your money, but some places flatly refuse to do it,
and rip you off.

I'm sure if the rate difference was inverted, they'd find the time.

They arranged for two nice storms (so far) while I'm here.

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:34:00 -0500, "Douglas W \"Popeye\" Frederick"
<Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote:

>"Roughrider50" <corkyf56@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Zeke" <psa@wookie.gob> wrote in message
>> news:4580312d$0$15435$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
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>>> "Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
>>> message news:12o00rg234ko588@news.supernews.com...
>>>> "Crazee KUJO" <iamcujo@webtv.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:528-457FF0B8-21@storefull-3356.bay.webtv.net...
>>>>>@ 4 pm on thursday at the grocery warehouse. anyone else heading up
>>>>> there Hollar at me.
>>>>>
>>>>> HAVE A DAY!!!!
>>>>
>>>> I'm in Saskatoon.
>>>>
>>>
>>> If you see any statues up there of Karl Marx, could you take a picture?
>>>
>>> Come back before you are converted into a frothing at the mouth
>>> socialist.
>>
>>
>> & after your conversion don't forget to come to the mean, evil nasty,
>> uncaring USA for your quality health care............like a true socialist
>> that doesn't want to wait for government provided services:o)
>
> I've noticed a little uniqueness up here.
>
> The broker was a royal (French) asshole, but the consignees have been
>cool.
>
> "It ees for me to caire who faxes dee papers. If I dyo not get dem, you
>will sit at dee bor-daire and rot, American trucker peeg-dog"
>
> The shipper faxes the PARS on Thursday, they lost it, I refaxed on Sunday,
>they lost it again, and I had to do the whole routine at the border.
>
> For people that don't believe in tipping, they sure don't mind -getting-
>tipped.
>
> They have no concept of what Pepperoni is, or (pre-packaged) deli
>sandwiches, and seem to be about 20 yrs behind the curve in resealable food
>packaging.
>
> Asphalt for highways seems to be a precious commodity as well.
>
> All the Canadian truckers have been cool, and helpful.
>
> I was looking for a Canadian MCA in the rack, and there wasn't one.
>
> A Canadian trucker found them in a different place after I had left, and
>walked out to my truck with it to see if it was what I wanted.
>
> Pretty decent.
>
> Most places convert your money, but some places flatly refuse to do it,
>and rip you off.
>
> I'm sure if the rate difference was inverted, they'd find the time.
>
> They arranged for two nice storms (so far) while I'm here.
>
>
>
>

What border ? you gotta go up to Canada ? Has Mass actually opened
their weight stations again ?

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:34:00 -0500, Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
> The broker was a royal (French) asshole, but the consignees have been
> cool.

I noticed that about the one French Canadian that I met while up in
Toronto... John said that it wasn't uncommon... Must be the French genes,
I guess...

> They have no concept of what Pepperoni is

Hmmm... Guess you're going to have to go with Canadian Bacon instead...
<grin>

> or (pre-packaged) deli sandwiches, and seem to be about 20 yrs behind
> the curve in resealable food packaging.

On thing that I noticed differently up there was the the milk was sold in
bags instead of the jug-type containers that we see here in the US... Not
sure what the logic is about that though... Definitely milk is more
expensive up there for whatever reason...

"Grumman-581" <grumman581-rec-scuba@spambob.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:34:00 -0500, Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
> > The broker was a royal (French) asshole, but the consignees have been
> > cool.
>
> I noticed that about the one French Canadian that I met while up in
> Toronto... John said that it wasn't uncommon... Must be the French genes,
> I guess...
>
> > They have no concept of what Pepperoni is
>
> Hmmm... Guess you're going to have to go with Canadian Bacon instead...
> <grin>
>
> > or (pre-packaged) deli sandwiches, and seem to be about 20 yrs behind
> > the curve in resealable food packaging.
>
> On thing that I noticed differently up there was the the milk was sold in
> bags instead of the jug-type containers that we see here in the US... Not
> sure what the logic is about that though... Definitely milk is more
> expensive up there for whatever reason...

They have to import all of their milk... it's not like milkable animals would be able to live in
that environment.

I suppose it would work if you wanted all of your milk frozen...

Chris Guynn wrote:

> They have to import all of their milk... it's not like milkable animals would be able to live in
> that environment.
>
> I suppose it would work if you wanted all of your milk frozen...

You are trying to be funny, right? The goats up here are very hardy.

Chris Guynn wrote:
>
> They have to import all of their milk... it's not like milkable animals
> would be able to live in that environment.

Actually, the Vikings raised cows in their Greenland colonies for a
period of time before the colonies themselves went belly-up. One of
the things that archelogical research has found from the size of the
stalls was that they might have evolved to the smallest cows in the
world.

See: "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" (2005) by
Jared Diamond; I consider it the logical sequel to his "Guns, Germs &
Steel" (1999).


-hh

"Chris Guynn" <chris.guynn@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Grumman-581" <grumman581-rec-scuba@spambob.net> wrote in message
> newsan.2006.12.14.07.40.51.797000@spambob.net...
>> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:34:00 -0500, Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick wrote:
>> > The broker was a royal (French) asshole, but the consignees have been
>> > cool.
>>
>> I noticed that about the one French Canadian that I met while up in
>> Toronto... John said that it wasn't uncommon... Must be the French genes,
>> I guess...
>>
>> > They have no concept of what Pepperoni is
>>
>> Hmmm... Guess you're going to have to go with Canadian Bacon instead...
>> <grin>
>>
>> > or (pre-packaged) deli sandwiches, and seem to be about 20 yrs behind
>> > the curve in resealable food packaging.
>>
>> On thing that I noticed differently up there was the the milk was sold in
>> bags instead of the jug-type containers that we see here in the US... Not
>> sure what the logic is about that though... Definitely milk is more
>> expensive up there for whatever reason...
>
> They have to import all of their milk... it's not like milkable animals
> would be able to live in
> that environment.
>
> I suppose it would work if you wanted all of your milk frozen...

They got the coolest road signs:

"There's an intersection ahead"

"Slow down, or you'll die quick"

No shit. (should say "eh" at the end)

And they know what hot water is, -fuckin- -scalding-, everywhere I've been
(excellent), and they don't drive like pussies in inclement weather like
most Americans.

Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick wrote:

> They got the coolest road signs:
>
> "There's an intersection ahead"
>
> "Slow down, or you'll die quick"
>
> No shit. (should say "eh" at the end)
>
> And they know what hot water is, -fuckin- -scalding-, everywhere I've been
> (excellent), and they don't drive like pussies in inclement weather like
> most Americans.

Years of practise. On the other hand I'd rather see the uninitiated
drive like pussies in snowy conditions than blunder around as if they
actually know what they're doing.

JF

"Kari" <karibelle2001@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Chris Guynn wrote:
>
> > They have to import all of their milk... it's not like milkable animals would be able to live in
> > that environment.
> >
> > I suppose it would work if you wanted all of your milk frozen...
>
> You are trying to be funny, right? The goats up here are very hardy.

I was trying to be funny. Apparently it wasn't as funny as I thought.