Randy wrote:

Canadians don't typically interact with people based fundamentally
on money. It never occurs to us to build relationships that way.
That's a very american [sic] thing.

Most Canadians also rarely feel the need to bolster their egos by
tossing cash at people. That too is an American thing.

Thanks for clearing up all the confusion in such an even-handed,
non-chauvinistic manner. That's an American thing _too_.

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