Saying good things about our northern neighbor.

[Magus]

Well, I have to say the quality of their exports is far better than the stuff we get from Chyna or bumpokeistan by leaps and bounds, sometimes better than ours! They're decent, friendly, and mostly moral people who mind their own business, I have a couple of lifelong friends up there; I like Poutine and Molsen golden beer when I can find it, but really guys, much love here, your president sucks. Get rid of turdo so we can be best buds again. he's like a girlfriend who hates everybody you know!

 

[Tirediron]

Well, I have to say the quality of their exports is far better than the stuff we get from Chyna or bumpokeistan by leaps and bounds, sometimes better than ours! They're decent, friendly, and mostly moral people who mind their own business, I have a couple of lifelong friends up there; I like Poutine and Molsen golden beer when I can find it, but really guys, much love here, your president sucks. Get rid of turdo so we can be best buds again. he's like a girlfriend who hares everybody you know!

well said, especiallythe get rid of turdboy,but also the whole left side if the government and the idiots that vote for the socialist idiots

 

[DrHenley]

I've only been to the western provinces. I have only good things to say about the people I've met there. Actually, other than their neutral accents, they could pass for Southerners.

 

[elkhound]

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[Mountain trapper]

I used to buy draft horses and horse drawn farm equipment from some Amish people in BC. Also bought tractors from a JD dealer up there. I still have family in Ontario too.

 

[dademoss]

The people in Canada are uniformly friendly and helpful. I enjoyed the plant/line start ups there, except the frigging cold winters . The politicians not at all.

 

[havasu]

I had a member on a sister forum who was from the Canook region. He decided that he now hated America because of the tariffs. He them realized the forum was USA based, and decided to quit being a member.
Geez, go cry elsewhere!

 

[Tirediron]

we are grumpy and cantakerous, oh maybe that is just me. when we build stuff we do it very well, we just don't build much since the greeny 's sent a lot of our industry off shore, it is coming back though. We are also for the most part very resourseful

 

[Peanut]

I believe trade should be fair to all, from all I’ve read it hasn’t been. How the particulars get worked out…? that’s above my business acumen.

Also, I apologize up front for any slights I might have committed by painting all Canadians as Trudeau. To be fair many around the world painted all of us as biden, a natural thing to do… it wasn’t personal though it may have felt that way.

Soooo, a thought came to me yesterday after reading various articles on these trade matters. Specifically about anger from Canadians for various things trump has said or done.

There’s something I’ve sensed from our northern neighbors here in the forum over the last few years. The same frustration and resigned commiseration many of us felt and expressed under biden. Exasperation because there was little any of us could do about the insanity in washington. As bad as many of us felt having biden for 4 years our canadian friends have been stuck with trudeau for 10 years. From many of them I see resigned hopelessness… not knowing when the nightmare will end. Their national pride at an all time low from a couple polls I saw, as was ours.

One way to make this sense of hopelessness end is for canadains to get p**** off and get united. We did it here. Enough americans finally got p**** off and stood to put a stop to the our version of nonsense.

The thought or realization I had yesterday… Trump has p*** off a lot of canadains. Everyone knows the best way to unite a nation is to p*** them off! I wonder, is it enough to start a rebellion against their leadership? Are they angry enough to stand together and take their nation back from the radicals? Can trump make the case trudeau is the real problem here?

History teaches that all it takes is a spark to change a nation… It also teaches the spark is usually from a surprising source. Time will tell if trump has caused a spark on the northern side of our border.

Thought continued… I’ve seen several articles in the last few days that trudeau is trying to play this trade dispute to stay in power. Sounds reasonable, I’m sure he is.

Trump is all about securing our nation. How secure are we with trudeau guarding our back? Maybe this ‘trade dispute’ isn’t about trade at all. Maybe there’s a much bigger game underway?

 

[Mountain trapper]

Don't much care for the cops up there. I was pulled over once near Creston just because the cop wanted to check the load of hay I was hauling. He didn't like the way I had it secured. He even waited around until I had it tied down to his satisfaction. Little POS wannabe dictator.

 

[M0del_31]

Remember any and all Canadian anger toward Trump is greatly exaggerated by the media in both countries.

 

[INresponse]

Growing up in Detroit I can say, what most people don't understand who are not familiar with the area is that the auto industry and MANY manufacturing businesses did 100 years ago was build manufacturing plants on both sides of the Detroit river to double their port capacity. If they used both sides of the river they could load and unload twice as many ships. As all these businesses expanded so did the cities and surrounding areas and new manufacturing facilities and new businesses in both countries.
Also, there are probably many hundreds or thousands of Canadians who cross the river to work in Detroit and just as many Michiganders wo cross the river to work in Windsor, Canada because their job was transferred or they accepted a new position or a promotion.
I suspect this is very similar along the St Lawrence seaway/river in the upper New England states. And possibly in some areas on our northern border, most likely in Washington where the bigger cities border Canada.

I don't have a problem with Canadian "imports" in these area, or even ranching or farming trades, and probably many others. Without disrespect we usually referred to Canada as "our little brother to the north", even though Windsor is actually south of Detroit.

It is the political BS of unfair trade agreements our prior admins made that benefitted Canada and penalized the USA that caused this current situation. It will be resolved, friendly and soon enough.

 

[INresponse]

Don't much care for the cops up there. I was pulled over once near Creston just because the cop wanted to check the load of hay I was hauling. He didn't like the way I had it secured. He even waited around until I had it tied down to his satisfaction. Little POS wannabe dictator.

Growing up in Michigan, and certainly still true today, when you cross into Canada you OBEY every law, say "yes sir" or Yes ma'am" at the border and to everyone in authority, and know before you even get there they WILL enforce every law to the fullest.
I understand your point though. But the same thing when traveling here is some/many small towns, obey the laws and be polite. They don't "make" money fining the locals they "make" money fining the outsiders so new money can come in to the community. Dad taught us that, over and over again, when we were kids. I still follow these guidelines today.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Growing up in Michigan, and certainly still true today, when you cross into Canada you OBEY every law, say "yes sir" or Yes ma'am" at the border and to everyone in authority, and know before you even get there they WILL enforce every law to the fullest.
I understand your point though. But the same thing when traveling here is some/many small towns, obey the laws and be polite. They don't "make" money fining the locals they "make" money fining the outsiders so new money can come in to the community. Dad taught us that, over and over again, when we were kids. I still follow these guidelines today.

I didn't get a ticket, and I've never lost a load of hay before. I think the cop could tell that I knew what I was doing by the way I had the load tied down. It just wasn't Canada approved, whatever that was.
He was probably just bored.

 

[Binky]

Remember any and all Canadian anger toward Trump is greatly exaggerated by the media in both countries.

That's probably true but there is still some fun to be had with it.

Before:

And After:

 

[Magus]

Satan himself would run from Canadian geese.
By the way, we seem to have several million of your geese here in Georgia. Could you come get them as soon as possible? The local tree huggers get pissy when we BBQ them.

 

[Binky]

Satan himself would run from Canadian geese.
By the way, we seem to have several million of your geese here in Georgia. Could you come get them as soon as possible? The local tree huggers get pissy when we BBQ them.

You're welcome to keep them, we have more than enough millions of them of our own. Give them to the tree huggers, they'll appreciate that.

Word of warning - I wouldn't handle or eat those geese. It would appear a lot of them are carrying the avian flu now. Last autumn we had a 14 y.o. girl here in BC who has achieved the distinction of becoming Canada's first human victim of contracting the bird flu from directly handling them. She got the bird flu from plucking and dressing some Canada geese (her family hunted them) and she ended up in hospital in Vancouver in the ICU extremely ill for 3 weeks. It was touch and go for her for awhile, she nearly died. I guess her family won't be hunting and eating any more Canada geese.

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[Magus]

I use gloves when I dress game, I don't want anthrax or black plague in the middle of nowhere!

 

[Binky]

I use gloves when I dress game, I don't want anthrax or black plague in the middle of nowhere!

The virus is air borne too so it's necessary to wear full face and eye covers too, it's contracted when the virus gets into a person's eyes, nose or mouth or is inhaled. The virus transmission can occur from 3 types of exposure: fomite-contact transmission, including contact with contaminated surfaces; droplet transmission, in which large (>5 μm) particles contact a person’s conjunctiva or respiratory mucosa; and droplet nuclei transmission (or aerosol transmission), in which a person inhales small (<5 μm) particles suspended in the air.

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[Haertig]

Over the decades, America has turned itself more into the giver than the recipient. It's been slow and gradual. I think it is starting to dawn on America that we just can't afford to be this way any more. To all the countries America has been giving to, any attempts now to "put America first" will take something from them that they are used to getting. So it will seem unfair to them. They end up on the losing end of the stick. But they don't seem to realize that America has been on the losing end of the stick for a long long time. I don't think these countries have intentionally taken advantage of America (but in some cases they probably have). However, that's kind of what it has morphed into over time.

What has taken decades to develop Trump is now working to undo in a matter of months. The speed of that is shocking to countries suddenly finding themselves being moved to a more fair position, and having no say in that movement themselves. Their benefactor has simply decided not to benefact any more (I know that's not really a verb, but it sounds cool!) This is a reasonable step for America to take. But it still hurts those who have grown accustomed to the benefits. And they are angry, and unfairly calling the USA "unfair" for cutting back on their benefits.

The same idea goes for Ukraine. I don't like the fact that Russia attacked Ukraine. Russia is the aggressor IMHO. However, I question why the US should be paying more for Ukraine's defense than it's next door neighbors over there in Europe? The same goes for NATO. Why does the US pay more for Europe's defense than Europe itself? European countries committed to pay more of their budgets for defense eons ago. But they never actually did that. They just sat back and enjoyed the benefits of the US paying for just about everything, without contributing much themselves. They will no doubt whine about Trump cutting NATO spending - which I think he will inevitably do - and they will not be apologetic for not meeting their commitments to pay their share of the costs.

This is the position that America now finds itself in. Getting out of this position, as we must if we want to survive, is going to piss off just about everybody else on the planet who has been benefiting from our country. It's not just the Canadians who are going to be booing our flag. Before long, everybody will be doing that. But that's part of the deal to remake the world situation into something that is fair. It's not fair at all right now. We finally have a leader who is willing to try to make it so.

I think Canadians are a group of good people. I don't want to hurt them. But the fact is, we have a good sized trade deficit with Canada. Economists go back and forth on the goodness/badness of this, but in general I see that deficit as an unfair thing for America. Same with Mexico. Same with China. America has a trade deficit with the entire world. That's not fair. Not only do we have a trade deficit, but we pump money into other countries at a phenomenal rate. Humanitarian aid, military support, you name it. Then we borrow money from them to pay for the money that we dumped into them, causing us to be trillions of dollars in debt. It's ridiculous. Those booing us for trying to stop this nonsense need to have their own heads examined.

 

[Caribou]

I’ve been traveling through Canada since 1959. Great people but there is a reason that while traveling around the world I’ve never seen a restaurant advertising great Canadian cuisine. The only time I had a problem crossing the border was during covid when brandon and turdboy decided to see who was a bigger ****. I even chewed out one of our border guards for not treating the Canadians right.

 

[Tirediron]

you guys are pretty spot on about law inforcement north of the border, especially B.C.. Canada has always been divided politicaly and culturally and even regions in each area have divisions. Cities tend to draw those who vote Liberal (which used to mean middle of the road supposedly,but they have always been control freaks) Less government on all levels would be good. People who watch TV news are convinced that Trump is planning to take over the whole of north america, which would be better than what we have now, by a long way, as long as he fixes the IRS.

 

[Magus]

The virus is air borne too so it's necessary to wear full face and eye covers too, it's contracted when the virus gets into a person's eyes, nose or mouth or is inhaled. The virus transmission can occur from 3 types of exposure: fomite-contact transmission, including contact with contaminated surfaces; droplet transmission, in which large (>5 μm) particles contact a person’s conjunctiva or respiratory mucosa; and droplet nuclei transmission (or aerosol transmission), in which a person inhales small (<5 μm) particles suspended in the air.

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So if I pitch one into boiling water for a minute like I was dumb enough to try to pluck it, I should be OK?

 

[Alaskajohn]

I’ve been traveling through Canada since 1959. Great people but there is a reason that while traveling around the world I’ve never seen a restaurant advertising great Canadian cuisine. The only time I had a problem crossing the border was during covid when brandon and turdboy decided to see who was a bigger ****. I even chewed out one of our border guards for not treating the Canadians right.

For kicks and grins, I will ask the boarder guard if they are excited about becoming our 51st state when I pass through the next time.

 

[UserNameTaken]

All I can say is if he messes with my Canadian Maple Syrup, there's gonna be WAR!!

 

[Magus]

Who doesn't love maple syrup?

 

[DrHenley]

I didn't get a ticket, and I've never lost a load of hay before. I think the cop could tell that I knew what I was doing by the way I had the load tied down. It just wasn't Canada approved, whatever that was.
He was probably just bored.

No matter how you feel about it, just say "Thank You for catching that, I'll be more careful next time."

 

[DrJenner]

We were just down in Mexico last month and met a ton of Canadians - super friendly lot, even with everything going on. They have always been the most polite and accommodating folk. I've never been so glad to have dual citizenship.

 

[Magus]

Slightly off-topic, but what is this huge bone the industrialized countries have for trying something that every variation of has failed? (Socialism) It always ends in slavery and bloodshed!

 

[SoulSeeker]

Both we and the Canadians need to remember we are not doing this. It's our governments doing it. I have great respect and admiration for the Canadian people. We can make jokes and cracks at each others government but please, not at each other. It only hurts those who wish to remain good and decent.