Canada Thanksgiving
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My calendar says today is Thanksgiving for Canada. Is this true? Either way, have a nice day. :)
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
Yes.
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Yes, Canadian Thanksgiving is always the 2nd Monday in October; in the U.S., today is Columbus Day. In that thanksgiving is largely a harvest celebration, it would make sense that the Canadian festivities would occur now. The temperature is dropping and the harvest should be in before the frost hits. As a Canadian living in the U.S., my family celebrates in October and again in November. Some years back, we decided to invite friends to join us in October. The first year, there were 10 people in attendance; by the third year, there were 64. We traditionally provide a turkey and ask others to bring whatever they can. Every year, we have a handful or two of turkey left - regardless of the number of people in attendance. In November, we will travel to West Virginia to provide meals for a community - travel there the night before, cook, prepare plates, clean up, go home. As we have been blessed, so we try to bless others in return.
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Yes, Canadian Thanksgiving is always the 2nd Monday in October; in the U.S., today is Columbus Day. In that thanksgiving is largely a harvest celebration, it would make sense that the Canadian festivities would occur now. The temperature is dropping and the harvest should be in before the frost hits. As a Canadian living in the U.S., my family celebrates in October and again in November. Some years back, we decided to invite friends to join us in October. The first year, there were 10 people in attendance; by the third year, there were 64. We traditionally provide a turkey and ask others to bring whatever they can. Every year, we have a handful or two of turkey left - regardless of the number of people in attendance. In November, we will travel to West Virginia to provide meals for a community - travel there the night before, cook, prepare plates, clean up, go home. As we have been blessed, so we try to bless others in return.
Tim Carmichael wrote:
Columbus Day
Or Bartolomé day[^]. :)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I'm always thankful for Canadia; Merca not so much these days.
veni bibi saltavi
Someone from the UK hating people that don't think like them? Yeah, that never happens. :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm always thankful for Canadia; Merca not so much these days.
veni bibi saltavi
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Canadia
Is that a new spelling for Canada? or is that some other mystical, fantastical locale?
#SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Someone from the UK hating people that don't think like them? Yeah, that never happens. :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
Go on then, give us some examples of it actually happening. (Dont forget, the British empire was not an ideology, not an attempt to spread religion, language or culture, but to make money so your list might be short. :) )
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My calendar says today is Thanksgiving for Canada. Is this true? Either way, have a nice day. :)
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
One of the side benfits working for a Canadian company are the extra holidays every year. Even though I'm in the US I get Canadian Thanksgiving and Boxing Day off. And I still get 2 days for US Thanksgiving!
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Go on then, give us some examples of it actually happening. (Dont forget, the British empire was not an ideology, not an attempt to spread religion, language or culture, but to make money so your list might be short. :) )
Munchies_Matt wrote:
Go on then, give us some examples of it actually happening.
Reread this post. Pay attention on CP.
Jeremy Falcon
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
Go on then, give us some examples of it actually happening.
Reread this post. Pay attention on CP.
Jeremy Falcon
So soon? I thiught you might even try to put up an argument. :)
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So soon? I thiught you might even try to put up an argument. :)
I'm a changed man... I'm more mature-er-er now. Sorta. :~
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm a changed man... I'm more mature-er-er now. Sorta. :~
Jeremy Falcon
The thing is the US thinks pretty much exactly the same as the UK. So your reply to Nagy wasn't even logical.
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The thing is the US thinks pretty much exactly the same as the UK. So your reply to Nagy wasn't even logical.
Nice try. :thumbsup:
Jeremy Falcon
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Nice try. :thumbsup:
Jeremy Falcon
Why do yo think our economies are exactly the same, why we have identical tastes in music, food and drink? The US and the UK think pretty much exactly the same.
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Tim Carmichael wrote:
As we have been blessed, so we try to bless others in return.
But, but, but surely you're *entitled* to all you have and there is no obligation on you to society. Oh wait, you're over 30 - as you were.
veni bibi saltavi
Nagy, I really had to think about your post... insert sad face here. yep, I'm over 30 and I look at some of my kids and think :wtf: Wait.... just wait a moment. Entitled I get, wtf is an obligation to society? Seriously, obeying laws? Not littering? No farting in elevators?
Charlie Gilley Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I'm always thankful for Canadia; Merca not so much these days.
veni bibi saltavi
Yeah... you watch who Europe comes looking for when the SHTF. You think Barrack is a pussy, he man's up on most of European leaders....
Charlie Gilley Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
