NYOB,

Read your post, didn't quite agree with what you said, and thought I'd
make a joke. Sorry, I hope you realize it was more at the expense of our
current policies than it was at you personally.

But -

What is probably less relevant than you think, is the relationship of
migrating Canadians versus their viewpoints. Obviously I can't speak for
everyone, but we tend to excercise more politeness and tact when visiting
somewhere else, as tourists are in part "at the mercy" of their hosts.

For example, If you live in Cleveland, you're likely to be express an
opinion that the Browns are great and the Pittsburg Steelers suck.
However, if you travel to Pittsburg, and walk into a bar you've never been
in before, you'd be an idiot if you said "Steelers Suck" without
solicitation. Even with solicitation, you would most likely express your
viewpoint in a more tactful manner such as: "Yeah, the Steelers are okay,
but I like the Browns".

In our area we routinely have Canadian guests. The smart ones will be
polite and respect the viewpoints and customs of the country they're
visiting. But as you get to know them and their comfort level increases,
you find that they are their own countrymen and do not wholeheartedly
agree with us on alot of topics. They don't agree with American
policies, but don't hold any American individual accountable, any more
than we should hold canadians at large accountable for a few of the less
intelligent people who would visit without restraining their point of
view.

In other words the people who travel to the US are indeed the same people
who sit and have anti-American viewpoints. However, most of these people
are smart enough not to express their viewpoint in discourteous manner,
and/or do not disklike the American people despite their viewpoints.

I also take exception with labeling those with "anti-American" viewpoints
as idiots. I'm sorry, but with "reality TV" shows such like "Joe
Millionaire", or "American Idol", congressmen who take pride in renaming
fried potatoes, tabloid news media, and often self-serving foreign
policies, thinly guised as altruistic motives, we supply more than enough
fodder for their anti-American snipping attacks.

Bob Dimond

In article .net, "NOYB"
wrote:

"Bob D." wrote in message
...
Don,

Aren't you relieved to have a choice?

Either come down to Florida and patronize NYOB's practice, or be
anti-American liberal blow-hard.

Read my post again, Bobdee. People who travel to the US for leisure are
usually not the same as the idiots that sit up in Canada and just keep
sniping at America. Whether they "patronize my practice" or not, is
irrelevent.

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 17:05:31 +0000, Don White wrote:

Forgot to mention... in today's local paper a small article on Conde Nast
Traveler magazine naming Cape Breton Island as the second best island in
North America...after Vancouver Island.
Take that NOYB!

Hee Hee...West Coast is still the best!

Lloyd

Let me visualize this for a moment...
Here I am strapped into his 'chair' and I see him aproaching with sharp
instruments.....
Think I'd better stay up here where I can feel cosy and safe in our social
safety net.


Bob D. wrote in message
...
Don,

Aren't you relieved to have a choice?

Either come down to Florida and patronize NYOB's practice, or be
anti-American liberal blow-hard.

In light of recent events on US foreign policy, I guess for me it would
down to his rates ;^)

Bob
"I don't have political leanings, just political staggerings"
Dimond



In article , "Don White"
wrote:



NOYB wrote in message
.net...

blah...blah
The ones that stay up in Canada,
bitch about the arrogance of Americans, didn't support us in Iraq, and
recently voted to legalize marijuana and same-sex marriages, are the
ones
that *need* "bagging on". Are you a snowbird, Don...or are you one of
the
anti-American blow-hards?

Don White wrote:

Let me visualize this for a moment...
Here I am strapped into his 'chair' and I see him aproaching with sharp
instruments.....
Think I'd better stay up here where I can feel cosy and safe in our social
safety net.


Bob D. wrote in message
...
Don,

Aren't you relieved to have a choice?

Either come down to Florida and patronize NYOB's practice, or be
anti-American liberal blow-hard.

In light of recent events on US foreign policy, I guess for me it would
down to his rates ;^)

Bob
"I don't have political leanings, just political staggerings"
Dimond



In article , "Don White"
wrote:



NOYB wrote in message
.net...

blah...blah
The ones that stay up in Canada,
bitch about the arrogance of Americans, didn't support us in Iraq, and
recently voted to legalize marijuana and same-sex marriages, are the
ones
that *need* "bagging on". Are you a snowbird, Don...or are you one of
the
anti-American blow-hards?








I prefer my own dentist in the Washington, D.C., area. Not only is he a
fabulous dentist, he devotes an entire month of his life each year to
doing charity dental work on kids in his native Korea. My kind of guy.




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That would be quite the charitable donation. Equivalent to12th of your
income...and if he has to pay his own way over...
would he be able to claim that as a deduction on his income??

Harry Krause wrote in message
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I prefer my own dentist in the Washington, D.C., area. Not only is he a
fabulous dentist, he devotes an entire month of his life each year to
doing charity dental work on kids in his native Korea. My kind of guy.




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I hear you...for every one you save...Dubya greases two or three.

Harry Krause wrote in message
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It takes an awful lot of this kind of work to counter the ugly American
image the current U.S. administration is promulgating.


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Don,
Why does a Canadian like yourself have such a stong interest in US politics?


"Don White" wrote in message
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I hear you...for every one you save...Dubya greases two or three.

Harry Krause wrote in message
...

It takes an awful lot of this kind of work to counter the ugly American
image the current U.S. administration is promulgating.


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Why does a Canadian like yourself have such a stong interest in US
politics?

Many of us do.

The U.S. is the elephant in the room, it's sometimes difficult to pretend
there isn't one.

NOYB wrote:

Don,
Why does a Canadian like yourself have such a stong interest in US politics?


"Don White" wrote in message
...
I hear you...for every one you save...Dubya greases two or three.

Harry Krause wrote in message
...

It takes an awful lot of this kind of work to counter the ugly American
image the current U.S. administration is promulgating.



Take a look at a map of North America.


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Harry Krause wrote:
Joe Parsons wrote:

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:32:04 GMT, "Jim -" wrote:


Glad you had a nice day Harry but it is sad you have to tell it to a bunch of strangers
what you did today to achieve any satisfaction in it.

Don't you have a wife, family and friends you can relive your trip with? Or why not
just relish the day and tuck it away for future fond remembrance? Do you rely on the
NG as your only outlet in life?

Telling a Usenet newsgroup something does not prevent one from telling the same
story to people in The Real World(tm). I think it's safe to say that many of us
have multiple "outlets" in our lives besides Usenet.

Joe Parsons



I know you will flame me for this, and frankly I could care less if you do, but I am
really being honest in my question to you.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

Actually got out of the house at 7:30 this morning and was at the marina
before 8, waiting for one of the forklift operators to launch Yo Ho. He
showed up on time.

The weather was beautiful today, with bright sunny skies, a light breeze
and the usual 1' to 2' chop on Chesapeake Bay. Bought some squid and
some spot from JJ's Bait and Tackle, along with 50 gallons of regular,
and headed south. I was going to run down to Buoy 72 and the Holland
Bar, but it was such a nice day, we went sightseeing along the way, and
only got as far as the Gas Docks. Went back north to the Nuke Plant and
caught almost a dozen small blues, what we used to call "snapper blues"
in Connecticut. They were about 12" to 15" long, and great fighters on
really light tackle.

On the way back, we stopped at Breezy Point, just to see how it fared
from Isabel. The camper park lost a few trees; they are still there and
toppled. Everything else looked about the same.

Only a few more weekends of good weather until I put the boat away for
the winter. Yo Ho did very well in this, her maiden season. I've got a
couple of very minor things for the dealer to attend to - this Parker is
a solid boat.

Ciao.



The short answer is that "Jim," aka "Dennis," is a horse's ass.



& you're a liar who does not "own" Yo Ho nor any other boat.


"If" you did even go out on it on the weekend it was just another of
your paid charters.


K