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Re: CHAT: "have a nice day"

From:Robert Hailman <robert@...>
Date:Thursday, March 2, 2000, 22:22
"Thomas R. Wier" wrote:
> > Nik Taylor wrote: > > > Barry Garcia wrote: > > > In all seriousness, most Americans (at least in my experience) don't think > > > they're better than Canadians. > > > > In fact, in my experience, most Americans that I know of simply consider > > Canadians polite versions of Americans, who also say "eh?" and things > > like "oot and aboot" alot. ;-) > > Yeah, but the analogy I hear more often is that Canada is like one > giant suburb of the US: everyone has access to healthcare, and > everyone pays much higher property and income taxes. They even > speak differently there! ;-) >
I can't say I know what you are talking aboot. The thing about healthcare and the taxes is true. We also pay 15% sales tax on most things in Ontario. Of course, for the taxes we get free healthcare, so it all evens out, eh? I can't agree with the suburb thingie, because the roads in Canada for the most part don't loop back on them selves and end suddenly, as they do in all of the suburbs I've been to. -- Robert