Forum: USA & Canada
December 7th, 2007, 08:23 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Views: 999
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Forum: USA & Canada
December 3rd, 2007, 01:26 AM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,580
Why is Poutine so rare in Canada?
Smiles wrote:
In the past 20 years, I've been to Canada about 19 times & never found
one place serving poutine. For my last trip to Vancouver, I
researched the internet for over a...
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Forum: USA & Canada
December 1st, 2007, 08:25 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,580
Why is Poutine so rare in Canada?
Prue's Doux wrote:
Funny how I can find donair, a Turkish dish (called 'gyro' by the
Greeks), in every Canadian city but not poutine.
That's not funny. It makes perfect sense. Donairs /...
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Forum: USA & Canada
December 1st, 2007, 12:39 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,921
Niagara Falls in February
"Frank F. Matthews" wrote:
I've never seen the water flowing over the falls frozen, and maybe the
mist freezes but I've not seen it like an ice storm
I would think that the mist...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 30th, 2007, 03:30 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,921
Niagara Falls in February
Gareth Slee wrote:
I live in South Wales where the average lows in winter and around 5.C
and where we get very little snow.
I wasn't planning on driving anyway but taking a bus.
The bus...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 29th, 2007, 11:49 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,921
Niagara Falls in February
wrote:
I understand it can get a little cold that time of the year?
Niagra Fall's average temperatures in February a
High 34F (1C)
Low 17F (-8C)
Toronto is...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 29th, 2007, 09:12 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,921
Niagara Falls in February
Gareth Slee wrote:
We're travelling from the UK in February and staying 7 nights in
Toronto.
I understand it can get a little cold that time of the year? Are there
possible problems in...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 29th, 2007, 04:25 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,580
Why is Poutine so rare in Canada?
BrianK wrote:
I wonder if Celine Dion knows how to make it. She's French Canadian.
She lived in and played Las Vegas for several years. Wouldn't it be
funny if Celine Dion opened poutine...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 29th, 2007, 03:55 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,580
Why is Poutine so rare in Canada?
James Silverton wrote:
I would dispute the words "good poutine". As someone just said
it's "heart attack central" and even worse than Dutch French
Fries with mayonnaise (IMHO of course).
I...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 28th, 2007, 11:18 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,580
Why is Poutine so rare in Canada?
Prue's Doux wrote:
In the past 20 years, I've been to Canada about 19 times & never found
one place serving poutine. For my last trip to Vancouver, I
researched the internet for over a...
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Forum: Europe
November 28th, 2007, 11:14 PM Posted to rec.travel.europe
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Replies: 18
Views: 1,957
visit Paris during stopover at CDG
"H.S." wrote:
Hello,
We have a stopover at Paris CDG airport of around 11 hours (6am till
around 5pm). Our baggages will be already checked in and we don't have
to retrieve them during...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 25th, 2007, 10:49 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 7
Views: 489
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 25th, 2007, 09:31 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 7
Views: 489
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 25th, 2007, 09:22 PM Posted to rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 7
Views: 489
Toronto: Something to do during 4 hour layover?
Greg Guarino wrote:
We're not visiting Toronto, but we have a pretty inconvenient flight
itinerary. Is a decent meal (luinch) OUTSIDE the airport possible to
do in that much time?
There...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 25th, 2007, 06:15 PM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,903
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
cuddly wuddly wrote:
That man, Dave Smith, is a Police officer himself and is not interested in
an open discussion.
I am not a police officer, and never was. You on the other hand, are...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 24th, 2007, 06:44 PM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,113
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
TopPoster wrote:
That is to become a citizen, you can live in Canada as a landed immigrant
speaking whatever language you like
That's true. A lot of people seem to think that we should...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 24th, 2007, 06:37 PM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,113
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
downtown Jack wrote:
"Dave Smith" wrote in message
...
Greg Carr wrote:
No it isn't a requirement to be a citizen to...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 24th, 2007, 02:03 PM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,113
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
Greg Carr wrote:
No it isn't a requirement to be a citizen to know either of the official
languages. I think it should be but it isn't and why the deceased failed to
learn English in the yrs...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 23rd, 2007, 09:49 PM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,113
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
RJ wrote:
Dave Smith wrote:
An RCMP officer? I am not, never was.
I'm guessing shopping mall security guard.
In which case you would be wrong again.
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 23rd, 2007, 02:05 PM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,903
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
Smells like Poutine wrote:
That's far from a stupid word trap. It's a direct question that you refuse
to answer.
If you had just been tased twice, and had 3 officers kneeling on you in a
...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 23rd, 2007, 02:12 AM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,903
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
Smells like Poutine wrote:
That's not what I asked.
Would YOU lay still if you'd been zapped twice and had 3 officers on top
of
your back and neck, and you couldn't...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 23rd, 2007, 12:52 AM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,903
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
Smells like Poutine wrote:
That's not what I asked.
Would YOU lay still if you'd been zapped twice and had 3 officers on top of
your back and neck, and you couldn't breathe.
The...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 22nd, 2007, 10:27 PM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,903
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
Smells like Poutine wrote:
Call it spin if you want, but I have been through use of force training.
The use of force continuum, which you apparently are not aware off,
indicates taser in...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 22nd, 2007, 07:39 PM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,903
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
Smells like Poutine wrote:
Try and spin it however you want.
The fact is the officers didn't do what they were trained to do.
They are not trained to tase first, without trying...
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Forum: USA & Canada
November 22nd, 2007, 07:14 PM Posted to van.general,can.general,bc.general,rec.travel.usa-canada
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,903
Tasers NEVER killed Anyone
Smells like Poutine wrote:
He may have been struggling - to breathe.
Officers are trained to, after tasing someone, get him upright. The
officers didn't follow their training in...
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