On Tue 30 Aug 2005 02:34:51p, rosie wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> It all makes me very sad. We help everyone. Where something bad happens
> to us, where are those we helped ? Where is the rest of the world?? We
> get lectures, not help..
> Rosie

I was thinking that myself, but then I began to wonder if they think we're so
big and powerful that we don't actually need outside help. (The German
article notwithstanding.)

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Tue 30 Aug 2005 02:34:51p, rosie wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>
>>It all makes me very sad. We help everyone. Where something bad happens
>>to us, where are those we helped ? Where is the rest of the world?? We
>>get lectures, not help..
>>Rosie
>
>
> I was thinking that myself, but then I began to wonder if they think we're so
> big and powerful that we don't actually need outside help. (The German
> article notwithstanding.)
>


Precisely. That goes over our bigotted mentalmidgets' heads. I'm bettin'
that offers have been made. I'm also thinking I saw an article on
foreign rescue crews that offered on 9/11 and were turned down due to
our paranoia at the time (Canadian and Mexican crews). I'll have to dig
and find that. I have seen an article or two on a Mexican crew that goes
internationally. In fact, they are private and the article mentioned
they were stuck due to lack of funds on something - perhaps the tsunami
thing.


jim

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
...
| On Tue 30 Aug 2005 02:34:51p, rosie wrote in rec.food.cooking:
|
| > It all makes me very sad. We help everyone. Where something bad happens
| > to us, where are those we helped ? Where is the rest of the world?? We
| > get lectures, not help..
| > Rosie
|
| I was thinking that myself, but then I began to wonder if they think we're
so
| big and powerful that we don't actually need outside help. (The German
| article notwithstanding.)

Canadians send utility crews all the time to help when hurricanes and other
such disasters hit. We also send fire fighters to help fight your forest
fires. And fire fighters from our area also went to help out after 9/11.
That is from my area.. a smaller populated area. I know that many more were
sent from other areas as well. Sure we don't send the amount of dollars or
perhaps even the numbers that the US sends areas.. but with 10% of your
population it would be impossible.

Debbie

Debbie wrote:

> Canadians send utility crews all the time to help when hurricanes and other
> such disasters hit. We also send fire fighters to help fight your forest
> fires. And fire fighters from our area also went to help out after 9/11.
> That is from my area.. a smaller populated area. I know that many more were
> sent from other areas as well. Sure we don't send the amount of dollars or
> perhaps even the numbers that the US sends areas.. but with 10% of your
> population it would be impossible.

Not only did Canada send crews after 9/11, many Canadian
families opened their homes to stranded American passengers
after all America's planes were grounded.

Then there's the infamous "Canadian Caper", wherein the
Canadian Govt hid several American diplomats then smuggled them
out of Iran while The Ayatollah was trying add them to his list
of hostages. All this at the risk of losing their own lives,
of course.

Canada rocks.

--
Reg email: RegForte (at) (that free MS email service) (dot) com

Reg wrote:

> Debbie wrote:
>
>> Canadians send utility crews all the time to help when hurricanes and
>> other such disasters hit. We also send fire fighters to help fight
>> your forest fires. And fire fighters from our area also went to help
>> out after 9/11. That is from my area.. a smaller populated area. I
>> know that many more were sent from other areas as well. Sure we don't
>> send the amount of dollars or perhaps even the numbers that the US
>> sends areas.. but with 10% of your population it would be impossible.
>
>
> Not only did Canada send crews after 9/11, many Canadian
> families opened their homes to stranded American passengers
> after all America's planes were grounded.
>
> Then there's the infamous "Canadian Caper", wherein the
> Canadian Govt hid several American diplomats then smuggled them
> out of Iran while The Ayatollah was trying add them to his list
> of hostages. All this at the risk of losing their own lives,
> of course.
>
> Canada rocks.
>
Canada does indeed rock IMO, it's the best country around but I'm a
little biased. We have great food too. What about a thread on
Canadian foods?

"~patches~" > wrote in message
...
> Reg wrote:
>
>> Debbie wrote:
>>
>>> Canadians send utility crews all the time to help when hurricanes and
>>> other such disasters hit. We also send fire fighters to help fight your
>>> forest fires. And fire fighters from our area also went to help out
>>> after 9/11. That is from my area.. a smaller populated area. I know
>>> that many more were sent from other areas as well. Sure we don't send
>>> the amount of dollars or perhaps even the numbers that the US sends
>>> areas.. but with 10% of your population it would be impossible.
>>
>>
>> Not only did Canada send crews after 9/11, many Canadian
>> families opened their homes to stranded American passengers
>> after all America's planes were grounded.
>>
>> Then there's the infamous "Canadian Caper", wherein the
>> Canadian Govt hid several American diplomats then smuggled them
>> out of Iran while The Ayatollah was trying add them to his list
>> of hostages. All this at the risk of losing their own lives,
>> of course.
>>
>> Canada rocks.
>>
> Canada does indeed rock IMO, it's the best country around but I'm a
> little biased. We have great food too. What about a thread on Canadian
> foods?

One of my favorites:
I was in Canada on your holiday, I think it was Boxer Day, (or your similar
Thanksgiving day) (or our Thanksgiving Day) and went to a restaurant that
touted 'gourmet' food. I must admit there was nothing that was fixed 'good
enough for me.' But one thing I did enjoy was the pea soup. It took me a
long time to research what kind of soup this was. I heard later it was
considered Canadian's national soup. It's still a little difficult to find
this type of pea (for me).
Dee Dee

"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
...

> One of my favorites:
> I was in Canada on your holiday, I think it was Boxer Day, (or your
> similar Thanksgiving day) (or our Thanksgiving Day) and went to a
> restaurant that touted 'gourmet' food. I must admit there was nothing
> that was fixed 'good enough for me.' But one thing I did enjoy was the pea
> soup. It took me a long time to research what kind of soup this was. I
> heard later it was considered Canadian's national soup. It's still a
> little difficult to find this type of pea (for me).

I would never consider pea soup the national soup of Canada. I do associate
it with the province of Québec.

Gabby

"Gabby" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> One of my favorites:
>> I was in Canada on your holiday, I think it was Boxer Day, (or your
>> similar Thanksgiving day) (or our Thanksgiving Day) and went to a
>> restaurant that touted 'gourmet' food. I must admit there was nothing
>> that was fixed 'good enough for me.' But one thing I did enjoy was the
>> pea soup. It took me a long time to research what kind of soup this was.
>> I heard later it was considered Canadian's national soup. It's still a
>> little difficult to find this type of pea (for me).
>
> I would never consider pea soup the national soup of Canada. I do
> associate it with the province of Québec.
>
> Gabby

Yes, I believe it WAS in Quebec City. I will make no further observations as
it would probably relate to politics and pea soup which may put the whole
national soup question/debate (on my part) in jeopardy :-)
Merci,
Dee Dee

Gabby wrote:

> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>
>>One of my favorites:
>>I was in Canada on your holiday, I think it was Boxer Day, (or your
>>similar Thanksgiving day) (or our Thanksgiving Day) and went to a
>>restaurant that touted 'gourmet' food. I must admit there was nothing
>>that was fixed 'good enough for me.' But one thing I did enjoy was the pea
>>soup. It took me a long time to research what kind of soup this was. I
>>heard later it was considered Canadian's national soup. It's still a
>>little difficult to find this type of pea (for me).
>
>
> I would never consider pea soup the national soup of Canada. I do associate
> it with the province of Québec.
>
> Gabby
>
>
It is a very French soup I make it but I used died peas in a
traditional soup.

Debbie wrote:
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> ...
> | On Tue 30 Aug 2005 02:34:51p, rosie wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> |
> | > It all makes me very sad. We help everyone. Where something bad happens
> | > to us, where are those we helped ? Where is the rest of the world?? We
> | > get lectures, not help..
> | > Rosie
> |
> | I was thinking that myself, but then I began to wonder if they think we're
> so
> | big and powerful that we don't actually need outside help. (The German
> | article notwithstanding.)
>
> Canadians send utility crews all the time to help when hurricanes and other
> such disasters hit. We also send fire fighters to help fight your forest
> fires. And fire fighters from our area also went to help out after 9/11.
> That is from my area.. a smaller populated area. I know that many more were
> sent from other areas as well. Sure we don't send the amount of dollars or
> perhaps even the numbers that the US sends areas.. but with 10% of your
> population it would be impossible.
>
> Debbie

And Canadian donations etc. are not widely publicized by the
media....

"biig" > wrote in message ...
|
|
| Debbie wrote:
| >
| > "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > | On Tue 30 Aug 2005 02:34:51p, rosie wrote in rec.food.cooking:
| > |
| > | > It all makes me very sad. We help everyone. Where something bad
happens
| > | > to us, where are those we helped ? Where is the rest of the world??
We
| > | > get lectures, not help..
| > | > Rosie
| > |
| > | I was thinking that myself, but then I began to wonder if they think
we're
| > so
| > | big and powerful that we don't actually need outside help. (The
German
| > | article notwithstanding.)
| >
| > Canadians send utility crews all the time to help when hurricanes and
other
| > such disasters hit. We also send fire fighters to help fight your
forest
| > fires. And fire fighters from our area also went to help out after
9/11.
| > That is from my area.. a smaller populated area. I know that many more
were
| > sent from other areas as well. Sure we don't send the amount of dollars
or
| > perhaps even the numbers that the US sends areas.. but with 10% of your
| > population it would be impossible.
| >
| > Debbie
|
| And Canadian donations etc. are not widely publicized by the
| media....

No they are not, which is much how Canadians like it. Canadians do.. they
don't spend alot of time talking about it.

Debbie