Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474

Well, when you consider the distance between Hawaii, Guam and the US mainland, it's not that much of a strrreeetttccchhh!

Just thinking out loud: Perhaps not as ridiculous as it sounds on first hearing it. Many of our smart, educated, professional young men and women have left for the USA for better careers and lifestyle. The children of four families, in my circle, have taken this step, settling in a number of states and are doing very well. Three of their children were educated in the USA, two with full ride scholarships. The others were recruited by the parent companies they were working for and transferred to the US. They have married in the US, are raising families and all are doing well. In one instance, the parents are considering moving to the US to be closer to their son, daughter and grand-children all living in the US. Alberta and Saskatchewan would likely be among the first to avail themselves of the Provisions of The Clarity Act, as handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada, S.C. 2000, C.26 A quick referendum and a 51% vote in favour would trigger the process. Many of their ties, financial and family, tend to run North/South rather than East/West. An error made is thinking the entire country would become the 51st state. It's too large. Alberta's population alone is around 4.8 million, while Saskatchewan's is about 1.2 million They and Ontario are the largest wealth producers. Here is the Flag of Alberta: It could be kept without change IMHO.

Is ALPO gathering information and details to avoid getting caught??? "Inquiring" minds want to know!

Well in some locations, I hear the doorstep has been used in an emergency.

Big Red is home sick, honking, coughing, blowing of the nose and it snowed here again. Sigh. So it's up to his olde Dad to fire up the snow blower, clear the drive and around the generator. Grump.

Those close ties, forged at that time, remain in effect today, (aided of course by the War brides who returned with Canadian servicemen!) Two of my Uncles, Doug and Lester, built long term friendships that lasted until they died. Uncle Lester's ties were even deeper, due to the wife he returned with at the end of the war. A little Tid-Bit: When Princes Juliana, of Royal Family of the Netherlands, was about to give birth here in Ottawa, Canada, the portion of the Civic Hospital effected was declared to be Dutch Territory, in order that a possible heir to the throne, Princes Margariet, would be born on Dutch territory. When the Princes was baptized, President Roosevelt was one of her God Fathers The ties between Canada and the Netherlands are remembered and reinforced every year with the present of tulip bulbs delivered to Ottawa, by the Netherlands and the Tulip Festival that occurs annually, when they are in full bloom.

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No! Cowboy Zombies!

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Just wasn't the same Saloon without you to pick on!

The Rationale in the preamble to the City By-Law: Melt water from a heated driveway will find it's way onto the road and re-freeze causing a hazard for others. The fellow who did the one I mentioned had a storm sewer in just the right spot to take the melt water form his heated drive.

You don't shoot CAS in winter??

Fellow up here had a storm sewer at the end of his driveway, so when he had the drive redone, he had heating cables buried under the asphalt. City later passed a by-law ag'in it, but TOO LATE! He was in before the bell.

Sleeping on the couch are we?

Did he have Canadian plates on the car? 12 F. here yesterday, when I was grocery shopping and one fellow was wearing short pants.

Any way to hold them to account? Even if it was only public ridicule and blame for the losses? Or like here, (until recently) would the media just ignore it?

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"Not Available in your country" (Canada, The 51st State?)

I've been using Titegroup in .45 Cowboy Specials, driving a 200 Gr. LRNFPBB I wasn't comfortable seeing how lost the Titegroup charge looked in .45 Colt, after being used to Trail Boss. Others in the Posses I shoot with are using W231.

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It missed us up here on Ottawa, Ontario. A little on the cool side though at 12 F. Still seeing the odd hardy soul wearing shorts. (No kidding!) Women's Hockey teams are out practicing.

I'm looking forward to Haggis, Taties and bashed Neeps at our Burns Night. I hope I still fit my kilt.

It was my first centre fire rifle. It was sporterized, and came from the Hudson Bay Store in Edmonton. I was 12 or 13. (Birthday/Christmas gift - My birthday is Dec. 25) Lots of them in Canada and they were very popular for decades. Sadly, most were sporterized and only a few were left in military configuration. Took a few deer with that rifle, while hunting with my Father.