All Things Canadian

[Eilsel]

I thought it would be fun to have an all-Canadian thread. Let's start posting.

[Eilsel]

Canadian Comebacks - some are funny, some are not:

1. The light bulb was developed by Henry Woodword, a Canadian in 1874, then he sold the patent to Thomas Edison.
2. If the American looks consipracy/militia minded (and most of them are), try this one: Canadians are the ones who led the way in high-altitude, super sophisticated MACH2 interceptors, such as the AVRO ARROW which the USA wanted so badly that they did everything possible to stop us from producing them. They failed.
3. Most modern navy in the world. I'm not kidding.
4. You tried to invade us once. Once.
5. CANADA won the War of 1812, not the USA. Why? I believe that if a country can get into a nation's capital by killing the country's army off and burn down the White House, then they have basically won the war.
6. If I'm not mistaken, Canada has burnt down the White House . . . not once, but twice! Only country to do so.
7. Nuclear meltdowns. We haven't had one. Nuclear crisis? None of those either.
8. You test your missiles on us, and we don't complain!
9. Quick, name a country that has dropped atomic bombs on real, live people! (hint: it rhymes with Bunited Strates of Bamerica.
10. We are the leaders in telephone technology.
11. Canadian diplomats smuggled a bunch of American hostages out of the Middle East. I don't know why we bothered, but we did. Your welcome!
12. Canadian spies have completed some astounding missions, from stealing Japanese codes from embassies during WWII, to the capture of a Nazi enigma machine.
13. In the early 1900's, when alcohol was still illegal in the USA, Canadians risked their lives to smuggle beer and other alcoholic substances down to America.
14. "Eh" sounds a lot better than "huh", eh?
15. We know how, and when to use the word, "eh".
16. At least we have a legitimate claim to be interested in the Royal Family!
17. Canadian flag? We don't have to change it every time we add a province.
18. We have never flown another country's national flag upside down before. (1992 World Series ring a bell?)
19. Our cities don't shut down because of a bit of wimpy frost.
20. Canada has more clean water than any other nation.
21. At least our inner cities are still habitable.
22. We have the world's longest bridge.
23. We have the world's longest street.
24. We have the world's tallest totem pole.
25. Canada is ranked the NUMBER ONE nation in the world by the UN eight years in a row.
26. Superman, blindly stolen by the USA for their own propoganda purposes.
27. No one here likes 90210. there will never be a show named M5W 1L6.
28. Japanese tourists just love Anne of Green Gables.
29. Much Music kicks MTV's ***.
30. X-Files was filmed in Vancouver.
31. Mike Myers is not only Austin Powers, but he is Dr. Evil and Fat ******* as well.
32. Celine Dion performed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic opening ceremonies. Where was American, Gloria Estefan? Oh, right, I remember now. She was sitting in a corner, pouting because her country decided to pick a Canadian singer to sing in THEIR Olympic Games instead of her.
33. We kicked your *** in the 100m and in the 150m. Ohh baby, it hurts to be this good, eh?
34. When was the last time the USA won an international curling match?
35. We've got better hockey players than you do.
36. Two words for you: Wayne Gretzky.
37. The 98-99 All-Star Game as well as the 99-00 North American team had an all-Canadian starting line-up, voted in by the fans, I might add. So, um, whatever happened to the so-called "American takeover" of Canada's game?
38. We invented basketball.
39. We invented hockey.
40. We invented lacrosse.
41. We invented 5-pin bowling.
42. We were the first to play modern football.
43. Socialized health care, so there!
44. I've never had to go through a metal detector at school.
45. Canada introduced peace-keeping to the world.
46. We discovered the effects of insulin on diabetes.
47. Let's put it this way: 3 Coors = 1 Canadian beer.
48. We may have an accent, but at least I've never spelled "thru", "nite", "glo" or "EZ" quite like you do.
49. Largest unguarded border in the world? Hey buddy, we're sharing it with you.
50. The river in my city? I can swim in it.
51. We invented the telephone - maybe you've heard of it.
52. I'm not afraid to walk down the street at night.

[Eilsel]

I don't think this one needs an explanation:
http://universalcountry.ca/site/media/shaniatwain/slideshows/chumnov112002/art/chum111102_1.jpg

[Eilsel]

Canadian Inventions:

BOARD GAMES
- Balderdash
- Puzz-3D
- Tabletop hockey game
- Trivial Pursuit

CARS
- air-conditioned vehicle
- electric car
- snowblower
- snowmobile - invented by Joseph-Armand Bombardier

COMPUTERS
- Commodore computers
- computerized braille
- Java script - invented by James Gosling
- APL computer programming language - invented by Kenneth
Iverson

FOOD
- butter substitute
- ice brewed beer
- MacIntosh apples - discovered by John MacIntosh growing
wild on his farm
- Red Rose tea
- Smarties

MILITARY
- helicopter trap (for landing on ships)
- helium as a substitute for hydrogen in airships
- machine gun tracer bullet
- submarine telegraph cable

SCIENCE
- Black Hole Theory
- Candu nuclear reactors
- Cardiac intensive car unit (world's first)
- Cardiac pacemaker
- electric hand prosthesis for children
- Electron Microscope - James Hillier was the co-designer
- heart valve operation (world's first)
- Murray Llewellyn Barr discovered the sex chromatin
- 1923 Nobel Prize - Sir Frederick Grant Banting successfully
isolated insulin
- 1971 Nobel Prize - Gerhard Herzberg for his work with
Molecular Spectroscopy
- 1981 Nobel Prize - David Hubel mapped the visual cortex
- 1983 Nobel Prize - Henry Taube for his work with electron
transfer reactions
- 1986 Nobel Prize - John C. Polanyi for Chemiluminescence.
- 1989 Nobel Prize - Sidney Altman for the discovery of the
catalytic RNA
- 1990 Nobel Prize - Richard Taylor for verifying the Quark
theory
- 1992 Nobel Prize - Rudolph Arthur Marcus for his contribution to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems.
- 1993 Nobel Prize - Michael Smith for his work in site-based
mutagenesis.
- 1994 Nobel Prize - Bertram Neville Brockhouse invented the
constant Q method of inelastic neutron scattering.
- GRAY (international unit of radiation measurement) - invented
by Joseph Alexander Gray
- MacPherson gas mask
- Myoelectric prosthesis
- standard time

SPORTS
- Baseball - believe it or not, we played it first. British immigrants living in Canada invented baseball as a spin-off from the
English game of cricket.
- Basketball - Dr. James Naismith invented the game using a
peach basket.
- 5-pin bowling
- goalie mask - invented by Jaques Plante and Fibreglass
Canada in the 1950's.
- Hockey - British immigrants invented the game while living in
Canada. It's Canada's unofficial national sport, and will forever
be known as "our game", no matter how many times the
Russians beat us.
- Lacrosse - Canada's national sport
- rollerskates
- ski-bindings

TELEVISION, RADIO, ETC . . .
- AM radio
- battery-less radio
- cable TV
- commercial motion picture (world's first)
- IMAX projector and system
- Panoramic pictures and camera
- telephone (plus the first long-distance phone call)
- transceiver (walkie-talkie)

MISCELLANEOUS
- abdomenizer
- Actar 911 CPR Dummy
- beer cases with tuck-in handles
- cigarette box
- degradable plastic
- dental mirror
- ear piercer
- electric cooking range
- flight simulator for pilot training
- fog bell
- Jolly Jumper - invented by Olivia Poole
- Kerosene oil - invented by Abraham Gesner, who is also a
founder of the modern petroleum industry.
- measure for footwear
- oil well
- paint roller
- pulp paper plant - invented by Charlies Fenerty.
- Robertson screw
- sewage recycling system
- Superman
- Wonderbra
- zipper

[Logan]

Oh! My kinda' thread!!! :D:D:D
Remember my "Canada is #1" thread a while ago? :p

First of all, let me give you canucks a big tap on the back for this one -Wonderbra :D:D:D :up::p:D

Now I'm gonna' re-post that list I posted back then :) Canada still kicks *** :D;)

Here are some things which make Canada such a great country:
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Great variety in seasons

Great world-wide reputation with other countries

We invented Hockey

We invented Basketball

We invented the telephone

We invented cable T.V.

There are over 2 million Canadian patents

We are one of the G-7 countries

We are a part of NATO

We are a part of NAFTA

We are one of the only countries that can put up with Americans

We have a low crime rate

Canada doesn't have the highest national debt (The U.S. does, ha!)

We have a slightly lower debt per-capita than the U.S.

We can understand American-English. (Well most of us anyway)

Canadians are polite

Canada is easy to spell

Canada is easy to pronounce

We have one of the top education systems

Canada has one of the fastest growing populations in the world

Canada introduced peace-keeping

Our government pays for medicine. In other words, no hospital bills

We have nice cities

We have clean cities

We are at peace with many countries

We are the leader in telephone technology

We have better technology than the U.S.

We made those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park

We are not stupid

We invented refinning

Canada has more clean water than any other nation

Canada is a free and democratic society

Hockey is Canada, Canada is hockey

We know how, and when to use the word, "eh"

We have two official languages, and a leader that speaks his own

Unlike what many people think, Canadians are patriotic

We are probably the least biased country

There's a lot of famous Canadians

We don't have to worry about nukes or bombs

Lots of ski resorts

We have the world's longest brige (P.E.I. to the mainiland)

We have the world's tallest self-supported structure (CN Tower, Toronto)

Most of us know what the CN Tower is for

We have the world's longest street (Yonge St., Toronto to somewhere near Manitoba)

We are great world-leaders withour beer

Canadians are 300% less likely to be murdered than Americans

Economy living up to most of its potential of all G7 nations

Falling crime rate

We have the 'Smarties' candy unlike Americans (Very important, isn't it?)

Our schools have less of a dicipline problem than American schools

Canadian students rank higher than American students in Math, Science, English, ...

1/3 of Microsoft programmers come from the University of Waterloo

Canadian invented the baseball glove

Canadian invented insulin

Canadian invented the kitchen stove

Titanic, written, directed and produced by a Canadian, James Cameron

Nelvana Corp. of Toronto hired to produce all American cartoons on CBS

Canadian woman second in comand at UN (American not 1st or 3rd or 4th or... in command)

Canada is the only country at the Atlanta summer olympics that sent more women than men, meaning we aren't sexist

Canada is one of the few countries with women in the millitary

Canada has a trade surplus, unlike our southern friends

Canada is slated to get rid of the deficit and debt before the U.S.

Canadian music is world reknowned

Unemployed Canadians receive higher welfare cheques than unemployed Americans

Average life expectancy of a Canadian is 79 years, the highest in the world (U.S. is 75 years)

Canadian cities lead the world in quality of life. Vancouver (1), Toronto (3), Montreal (15). Closest American city was Atlanta at thrity-something

Canadian discovered Pablum (Baby food)

Women in Ontario can walk around topless legally (For men: YES! For women: Your freedoms are expanded)

Canadian doctor at the Montreal General Hospital was able to map the human brain

Recovered bodies of the Titanic are buried in Halifax (not really something to demonstrate patriotism but an interesting fact)

Canada never owned slaves (there were slaves in Canada in the 18th century but they were owned by the British government)

Many American slaves came secretly to Canada during the American civil war

Canada receives more immigrants per capita than the U.S. (almost twice as much)

Canada among most popular tourist destinations in the world

Canadian universities are world-reknowned for quality education and cheap tuitions

Canada is one of few countries at the UN to be apart of the security counsil, giving Canada a strong voice

Canada has teh lowest crime rate among major industrialized countries

Canada leads all economic powers in economic growth

World's best infrastructure

Very low inflation (0.9%)

Falling unemployment rate

Canadian social programs are unsurpassed

Stocks reaching new records

Major profits among Canadian companies

Canada is home to the world's third largest food franchise--Fogen Frutz

More medals per capita than any other country at the Atlanta Summer Olympics

Canadian troops lead the invasion of Normandy

Invasion planned in Quebec City by Mackenzie King, Winston Churchill, and Roosevelt

Canadian attack at Vimy Ridge during WWI; one of the turning points of the war

You know the nuclear bombs the U.S. prides itself on? Well they get the essential uranium from Canada

More drinkable water in Canada then anywhere else in the world

The longest inclined tower in the world (Olympic Tower, Montreal)



Here are some terms which are unique to Canada, so all of us can finally understand what the heck are those canucks saying :p:

CANADIANISMS
Words and phrases that are unique to Canada


anglophone- person who's first language is English
backbacon- Canadian Bacon
beaver tail- Deep fried pastry resembling a beaver's tail
two-four a case containing 24 bottles of beer
toque- a knitted hat worn in the wintertime
toonie- two dollar denomination
timbits- doughnut holes from Tim Hortons, a coffee shop that is worshipped by Canadians
skidoo- snowmobile
serviette- napkin
seperate schools- catholic schools
Screech- type of rum found in NFLD
PST- Provincial Sales Tax
poutine- dish consisting of french fries covered in gravy and cheese curds
Postal Code- canadian equivalent of a zip code
pogey- Unemployment benefits, term used mostly in the maritimes
Ogopogo- a Loch Ness Nellie type of creature said to live in Lake Oganakan BC
mountie- a member of the RCMP
Molson muscle- the potbelly one gets from drinking too much beer
mickey- 13oz bottle of liquor
maritimes- eastern provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
loonie- one dollar denomination
icing- sugar powered sugar
hoser- simple unsophisticated person
homo- milk homogenized milk
GST- Goods and Services Tax
Grit- member of the Liberal party
ghost car- an unmarked police cruiser
fracophone- person who's first language is french
elastic- rubber band
Eh?- commonly used phrase said at the end of sentences
eavestrough- rain gutters
chesterfield- couch
Canuck- affectionate nickname for a Canadian
brown bread- whole wheat bread



Last, but not least, I AM Canadian Rant #1 :D:

Hey, I'm not a lumberjack, or a fur trader.... I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber, or own a dogsled.... and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzy from Canada, although I'm certain they're really really nice.

I have a Prime Minister, not a president. I speak English and French, not American. And I pronounce it 'about', not 'a boot'.

I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in peace keeping, not policing, diversity, not assimilation, and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfied is a couch, and it is pronounced 'zed' not 'zee', 'zed' !!!!

Canada is the second largest landmass! The first nation of hockey! and the best part of North America

My name is Joe!! And I am Canadian!!!

[Annette]

:shocked:And you guys atcually expect people to read these too long lists??:uhh::p

[Troll]

Thanks Leslie and Raul for the wondeful facts about Canada.

[Logan]

I'd also give my signature a look if I were you :D My all time fave Canada qute :D

[Marine]

Canada: America #2

Hey, it was Canadian related.

[canoilers]

You guys forgot Football, the first game played by an american team was when havard sent a team to play the University of Mcgill. The oldest pro team in North America is the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

[Logan]

Originally posted by Marine
Canada: America #2

Hey, it was Canadian related.

Hmpf.... :zzz:

[Laura48]

I like saying the word eh ... am I not allowed to 'cause I'm not Canadian?! :p

[Eilsel]

Originally posted by Laura48
I like saying the word eh ... am I not allowed to 'cause I'm not Canadian?! :p
You can say it, but just make sure you use it the right way.:D

[Eilsel]

I just want to people to know that I don't pronounce about "a-boot".:D

[Eilsel]

More about "aboot":

To American ears, the Canadian pronunciation of about often sounds like aboot, but this is only an illusion. Because the more familiar pronunciation of /aw/ is articulated with the tongue in a low position, and because it raises to a mid position in Canadian English when the vowel precedes the voiceless obstruents listed above, speakers of other varieties of English will immediately detect the vowel raising, but will sometimes think that the vowel has raised farther than it actually does, all the way to /u/, which is a high vowel--hence the mishearing (and not-quite-right imitation) of this pronunciation as aboot.

[Logan]

Very interesting fact, Les ;)

[Eilsel]

Some Canadian words/terms you may or may not have heard before:

beavertail - deep-fried dessert pastry resembling a beaver's tail

Canuck - nickname for a Canadian

chesterfield - couch or sofa

eh? - similar to American "huh?", but with more meanings

Glosettes - brand name for chocolate-covered raisins

Great White North - nickname for Canada

loonie - Canadian one-dollar coin

mountie - a member of the RCMP

Nanaimo bar - resembles a brownie, but is topped with a layer of white butter cream icing and another layer of solid chocolate. It has coconut in it too. It is named for the town of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in BC

pop - soda

postal code - equivalent to ZIP codes. Postal codes are six characters long and include 3 letters and 3 numbers

poutine - french fries covered with cheese curds and gravy

RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Smarties - resembles M&Ms, but sweeter (and better, in my opinion). You eat the red ones last

Timbits - donut holes from Tim Horton's, a popular donut chain across Canada.

toonie - the $2 coin. Gold in the middle, with a silver ring around the outside. The Queen is one one side, and a polar bear is on the other.

toque - rhymes with "kook". A kind of hat, ubiquitous in the wintertime

[Eilsel]

Originally posted by Eilsel
Glosettes - brand name for chocolate-covered raisins

Smarties - resembles M&Ms, but sweeter (and better, in my opinion). You eat the red ones last


Two of Shania's favourite treats. Can you get these anywhere besides Canada?

[Eilsel]

SIGNS YOU MIGHT BE TOO CANADIAN: If you're not Canadian, most of these won't make sense.:D

You know all the words to "If I Had a Million Dollars" by The Barenaked Ladies, including the interstanza banter between Steven & Ed.

You dismiss all beers under 6% as "for children and the elderly."

You hum David Foster's '88 Calgary Olympics theme in the shower.

You make up patriotic lyrics to go along with David Foster's '88 Calgary Olympics theme.

You cried when Gus "drowned" on Road to Avolea.

You remember when Alanis Morissette was "Too Hot To Hold".

You think there isn't enough Peter Gzowski to go around.

You think it's normal to have a grain elevator in your backyard.

You wonder why there isn't a $5 coin, as you can only use more change.

You spend hours in the dark, making scale models of the Avro Arrow, and cursing the Diefenbaker government.

You watch MuchMusic constantly, in the hopes of occasional fleeting glimpses of The Tragically Hip.

You think there isn't enough Queen on our currency.

You send angry letters to the CBC demanding the return of the Hinterland Who's Who spots so you can finally find out what happened to the arctic ptarmigan in the winter.

You think Peter Mansbridge is sexy.

You think Freddie Prinze, Jr. is so-so.

You stood in line for hours for Another Roadside Attraction tickets.

You killed your best friend for Another Roadside Attraction tickets.

You think Great Big Sea isn't Maritime-centric enough.

Your graduation formal dress was made of flannel.

Your backpack has more than one Canadian flag iron-on.

You know the names of all the guys in Sloan.

You have been on Speaker's Corner.

You think Ashley MacIssac isn't celtic enough.

You remember "Jodie" from Today's Special, and wonder why you keep seeing her reading news on CBC.

You can do the hand actions to Sharon, Lois and Bram's "Skin-a-marinki- dinki-do".

You can eat more than one maple sugar candy without feeling nauseous.

You had a huge crush on Joey Jeremiah from Degrassi Junior High.

You actually watch The Gemini Awards, The Genie Awards, and The Juno Awards.

You think Stompin' Tom is a God.

You think -10 C is mild weather.

You have twins named Donovan and Bailey.

You have twins named Wayne and Gretzky.

You substitute beer for water when cooking.

You know that "Extra Creamy" in Kraft Extra Creamy Dinner means "add more milk".

You can never have enough Canadian Tire money lying around.

You spit angrily when Americans say 'ruff" instead of the correct "roof".

Your gravy boat is shaped like the Bluenose.

You know the difference between real snow and "television" snow (the white stuff that passes for snow on TV and in movies). You scream, "For ******sake! That should be sticking to their pants!" and "Lookit, it's not melting! That's *SO* not snow!" when watching "winter" scenes.

Someone accidently stepped on your foot. You apologize.

You stepped on someone's foot. You apologize, then apologize for making them apologize.

You know who Foster Hewitt is.

You think the 1972 Summit Series was the best sporting event in the history of Canada.

[Annette]

Originally posted by Eilsel
Two of Shania's favourite treats. Can you get these anywhere besides Canada?

you can get smarties in Denmark too

[Eilsel]

I don't think they have them in the USA because in the People article they mentioned that Shania "occasionally allows herself the comfort of her favourite Canadian candy, Smarties."

[Eilsel]

OK, I guess that Smarties are different in some countries, so this is what I mean:
http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jungle/555/ray/nielsen_smarties.jpg

[canoilers]

Originally posted by Eilsel
Some Canadian words/terms you may or may not have heard before:

beavertail - deep-fried dessert pastry resembling a beaver's tail

Canuck - nickname for a Canadian Just like Yankee

chesterfield - couch or sofa

eh? - similar to American "huh?", but with more meanings

Glosettes - brand name for chocolate-covered raisins

Great White North - nickname for Canada

loonie - Canadian one-dollar coin Also known as a American half doller :p

mountie - a member of the RCMP Don't forget to mention they don't actually wear the red uni's anymore and don't ride the horses unless its a parade of something.

Nanaimo bar - resembles a brownie, but is topped with a layer of white butter cream icing and another layer of solid chocolate. It has coconut in it too. It is named for the town of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island in BC Oh man! YUMMY

pop - soda

postal code - equivalent to ZIP codes. Postal codes are six characters long and include 3 letters and 3 numbers

poutine - french fries covered with cheese curds and gravy

RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police also known as RC's

Smarties - resembles M&Ms, but sweeter (and better, in my opinion). You eat the red ones last. What they don't get those in the states? They also end up in your hands:p

Timbits - donut holes from Tim Horton's, a popular donut chain across Canada. Owned by WENDY'S named after hockey player

toonie - the $2 coin. Gold in the middle, with a silver ring around the outside. The Queen is one one side, and a polar bear is on the other.

toque - rhymes with "kook". A kind of hat, ubiquitous in the wintertime

[hockey_fan]

I'm sorry, but all of this boasting is well, UN-CANADIAN

...eh!

Ok, true story...

Me and my wife (then girlfriend) are vacationing in Cancun. At a restaurant, we order our food, and the server says to us, "So you are Canadians!".

We are mildly surprised, so I ask "How, could you tell?". He replies, "It's not hard... eh!".

It still took us a minute to figure it out ;)

(My wife is a true hoser, she's says "eh" a lot!)

[Andrew]

Hmm, I found this interesting. http://www.xs4all.nl/~hnetten/tallest.html :p

[Andrew]

Originally posted by Eilsel
I don't think they have them in the USA because in the People article they mentioned that Shania "occasionally allows herself the comfort of her favourite Canadian candy, Smarties."

Nope, go here to see all the different types of USA Smarties :) http://www.smarties.com/

[Eilsel]

Originally posted by hockey_fan
I'm sorry, but all of this boasting is well, UN-CANADIAN

...eh!

I'm not boasting; just wanted an all-Canadian thread.

[canoilers]

Originally posted by Andrew
Nope, go here to see all the different types of USA Smarties :) http://www.smarties.com/ WE do too, the pink one the christmas ones now, but they still end up in your hands, tie died hands.:p

[hockey_fan]

Originally posted by Eilsel
I'm not boasting; just wanted an all-Canadian thread.

Ah, well, then... I'll givyah dat wun bye!!!

... and "Bob's yer uncle" ... ;) ... eh

[Laura48]

Yes, we have Smarties in America. :p They're goooood.

[razorbac]

Originally posted by Eilsel
I don't think this one needs an explanation:
http://universalcountry.ca/site/media/shaniatwain/slideshows/chumnov112002/art/chum111102_1.jpg Shania :D:D

[Annette]

Originally posted by Eilsel
OK, I guess that Smarties are different in some countries, so this is what I mean:
http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~jungle/555/ray/nielsen_smarties.jpg

Yep, got them in Denmark too:D Just didn't know they were Canadian

[Matt]

Originally posted by Marine
Canada: America #2

Hey, it was Canadian related.
A generic version of America?

But I mean that in the best way possible. :p

[Heather]

Originally posted by Eilsel
6. If I'm not mistaken, Canada has burnt down the White House . . . not once, but twice! Only country to do so.


Actually the White House survived that little attempt at military arson;) The inside structure was damaged badly but the original walls survived and still stand:):up:

[Matt]

Originally posted by Heather
Actually the White House survived that little attempt at military arson;) The inside structure was damaged badly but the original walls survived and still stand:):up:
Is that something for Canadian's to be proud of?? :uhh:

[Eilsel]

Not really. I didn't really read all of the "comebacks" and now that I have, a lot of them are stupid.