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Old July 30th, 2004, 06:23 AM
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Default Canadian flag on the backback myth

In article oVXuc.45$793.43@newsfe3-gui,
"nick" wrote:

"Xomicron" wrote in messag

I was just wondering, is it really true that most Canadian's believe

the
myth that people in the rest of the world will treat them better if

they
know they are Canadian.

Don't Americans pretend to be Canadians while travelling to avoid

being spat
at and abused?



A few years ago while I was in Scotland we visited one of the fishing
ports on
the east coast. All of the fishing boats were flying at least one
Canadian flag
because that was just after the Canadian gov't had kicked the Spanish
off the
Grand Banks for overfishing. Apparently the Spanish fleet had the same

reputation in European waters as well so the Scottish fishermen were
happy when
Canada took action that they thought their gov't should have been
doing too.

We stayed at B&B's and the biggest apology I ever got was from an
owner who
originally thought we were Americans and then realized we were
Canadian. The
reservation had been made through a district tourist office earlier in
the day
and I guess the person making the reservation said we were American.
Many of the
B&B's in both Scotland and Ireland would ask the person making the
reservation
where we were from. This gave us the impression that certain
nationalities were
less welcome than others.

--
Don Dickson
--multiplaza.nl.nu--
  #547  
Old July 30th, 2004, 06:23 AM
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Posts: n/a
Default Canadian flag on the backback myth

In article oVXuc.45$793.43@newsfe3-gui,
"nick" wrote:

"Xomicron" wrote in messag

I was just wondering, is it really true that most Canadian's believe

the
myth that people in the rest of the world will treat them better if

they
know they are Canadian.

Don't Americans pretend to be Canadians while travelling to avoid

being spat
at and abused?



A few years ago while I was in Scotland we visited one of the fishing
ports on
the east coast. All of the fishing boats were flying at least one
Canadian flag
because that was just after the Canadian gov't had kicked the Spanish
off the
Grand Banks for overfishing. Apparently the Spanish fleet had the same

reputation in European waters as well so the Scottish fishermen were
happy when
Canada took action that they thought their gov't should have been
doing too.

We stayed at B&B's and the biggest apology I ever got was from an
owner who
originally thought we were Americans and then realized we were
Canadian. The
reservation had been made through a district tourist office earlier in
the day
and I guess the person making the reservation said we were American.
Many of the
B&B's in both Scotland and Ireland would ask the person making the
reservation
where we were from. This gave us the impression that certain
nationalities were
less welcome than others.

--
Don Dickson
--multiplaza.nl.nu--
  #548  
Old July 30th, 2004, 06:23 AM
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Posts: n/a
Default Canadian flag on the backback myth

In article oVXuc.45$793.43@newsfe3-gui,
"nick" wrote:

"Xomicron" wrote in messag

I was just wondering, is it really true that most Canadian's believe

the
myth that people in the rest of the world will treat them better if

they
know they are Canadian.

Don't Americans pretend to be Canadians while travelling to avoid

being spat
at and abused?



A few years ago while I was in Scotland we visited one of the fishing
ports on
the east coast. All of the fishing boats were flying at least one
Canadian flag
because that was just after the Canadian gov't had kicked the Spanish
off the
Grand Banks for overfishing. Apparently the Spanish fleet had the same

reputation in European waters as well so the Scottish fishermen were
happy when
Canada took action that they thought their gov't should have been
doing too.

We stayed at B&B's and the biggest apology I ever got was from an
owner who
originally thought we were Americans and then realized we were
Canadian. The
reservation had been made through a district tourist office earlier in
the day
and I guess the person making the reservation said we were American.
Many of the
B&B's in both Scotland and Ireland would ask the person making the
reservation
where we were from. This gave us the impression that certain
nationalities were
less welcome than others.

--
Don Dickson
--multiplaza.nl.nu--
  #549  
Old July 30th, 2004, 06:23 AM
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Canadian flag on the backback myth

In article oVXuc.45$793.43@newsfe3-gui,
"nick" wrote:

"Xomicron" wrote in messag

I was just wondering, is it really true that most Canadian's believe

the
myth that people in the rest of the world will treat them better if

they
know they are Canadian.

Don't Americans pretend to be Canadians while travelling to avoid

being spat
at and abused?



A few years ago while I was in Scotland we visited one of the fishing
ports on
the east coast. All of the fishing boats were flying at least one
Canadian flag
because that was just after the Canadian gov't had kicked the Spanish
off the
Grand Banks for overfishing. Apparently the Spanish fleet had the same

reputation in European waters as well so the Scottish fishermen were
happy when
Canada took action that they thought their gov't should have been
doing too.

We stayed at B&B's and the biggest apology I ever got was from an
owner who
originally thought we were Americans and then realized we were
Canadian. The
reservation had been made through a district tourist office earlier in
the day
and I guess the person making the reservation said we were American.
Many of the
B&B's in both Scotland and Ireland would ask the person making the
reservation
where we were from. This gave us the impression that certain
nationalities were
less welcome than others.

--
Don Dickson
--multiplaza.nl.nu--
  #550  
Old July 30th, 2004, 06:23 AM
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Canadian flag on the backback myth

In article oVXuc.45$793.43@newsfe3-gui,
"nick" wrote:

"Xomicron" wrote in messag

I was just wondering, is it really true that most Canadian's believe

the
myth that people in the rest of the world will treat them better if

they
know they are Canadian.

Don't Americans pretend to be Canadians while travelling to avoid

being spat
at and abused?



A few years ago while I was in Scotland we visited one of the fishing
ports on
the east coast. All of the fishing boats were flying at least one
Canadian flag
because that was just after the Canadian gov't had kicked the Spanish
off the
Grand Banks for overfishing. Apparently the Spanish fleet had the same

reputation in European waters as well so the Scottish fishermen were
happy when
Canada took action that they thought their gov't should have been
doing too.

We stayed at B&B's and the biggest apology I ever got was from an
owner who
originally thought we were Americans and then realized we were
Canadian. The
reservation had been made through a district tourist office earlier in
the day
and I guess the person making the reservation said we were American.
Many of the
B&B's in both Scotland and Ireland would ask the person making the
reservation
where we were from. This gave us the impression that certain
nationalities were
less welcome than others.

--
Don Dickson
--multiplaza.nl.nu--
 




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