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  1. I need a good bike shop to service my Serotta/Campy bike. any suggestions?
    How's
    WEST POINT CYCLES
    3771 West 10th Ave.
    Vancouver, BC V6R 2G5
    (604) 224-3536

    --
    JF

    "Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with
    the life he is living, with the thoughts he is thinking, with the deeds he
    is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some
    great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and
    made to do because he is still, in spite of all, the child of God. "
    - Phillip Brooks

  2. Jim F said:

    I need a good bike shop to service my Serotta/Campy bike. any suggestions?
    How's
    WEST POINT CYCLES
    3771 West 10th Ave.
    Vancouver, BC V6R 2G5
    (604) 224-3536

    I'd ask on the bike forums at the local craigslist:
    http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/
    or more specifically:
    http://vancouver.craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=95

  3. In article
    <[email hidden]>,

    landotter said:
    Jim F said:

    I need a good bike shop to service my Serotta/Campy bike. any suggestions?
    How's
    WEST POINT CYCLES
    3771 West 10th Ave.
    Vancouver, BC V6R 2G5
    (604) 224-3536

    I'd ask on the bike forums at the local craigslist:
    http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/
    or more specifically:
    http://vancouver.craigslist.org/forums/?forumID=95

    The short answer is La Bicicletta because they're road specialists,
    Campy experts, and sponsor my bike team.

    The long answer is maybe also Mighty Riders, because they have a very
    good head mechanic (Ed). Campione, which is the other road-specialty
    shop in town, I have no experience with.

    All three shops are within a few blocks of each other in Vancouver.

    --
    Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
    "My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
    Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing

  4. Jim F said:

    I need a good bike shop to service my Serotta/Campy bike.  any suggestions?
    How's
    WEST POINT CYCLES
    3771 West 10th Ave.
    Vancouver, BC V6R 2G5
    (604) 224-3536

    From where I sit (in Vancouver), that's about 300 miles:
    http://tinyurl.com/2s3ume
    A little far, unless the mechanic is very, very good:
    http://home.comcast.net/~jeff_wills/tedgod/tedgod.htm

    Jeff

  5. In article
    <[email hidden]>,

    JeffWills said:
    Jim F said:

    I need a good bike shop to service my Serotta/Campy bike.  any suggestions?
    How's
    WEST POINT CYCLES
    3771 West 10th Ave.
    Vancouver, BC V6R 2G5
    (604) 224-3536

    From where I sit (in Vancouver), that's about 300 miles:
    http://tinyurl.com/2s3ume
    A little far, unless the mechanic is very, very good:
    http://home.comcast.net/~jeff_wills/tedgod/tedgod.htm

    Jeff

    That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city

    --
    Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
    "My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
    Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing

  6. Ryan Cousineau said:


    That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city

    Get along with you. We were here first!

    (Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
    founded 1881. So there.)

    Jeff

  7. JeffWills said:
    Ryan Cousineau said:


    That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city

    Get along with you. We were here first!

    (Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
    founded 1881. So there.)

    Jeff

    Dear Jeff,

    Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
    domination.

    I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
    Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:

    "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
    (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
    sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
    incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
    Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
    was first used."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington

    The Evil Beaver of the North requires constant vigilance!

    Cheers,

    Carl Fogel

  8. <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    JeffWills said:
    Ryan Cousineau said:


    That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city

    Get along with you. We were here first!

    (Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
    founded 1881. So there.)

    Jeff

    Dear Jeff,

    Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
    domination.

    I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
    Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:

    "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
    (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
    sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
    incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
    Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
    was first used."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington

    The Evil Beaver of the North requires constant vigilance!

    Plus Vancouver BC is way cooler.

    --
    JF

    "Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with
    the life he is living, with the thoughts he is thinking, with the deeds he
    is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some
    great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and
    made to do because he is still, in spite of all, the child of God. "
    - Phillip Brooks

  9. In article <[email hidden]>,

    Quoted message said:
    JeffWills said:
    Ryan Cousineau said:


    That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city

    Get along with you. We were here first!

    (Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
    founded 1881. So there.)

    Jeff

    Dear Jeff,

    Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
    domination.

    I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
    Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:

    "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
    (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
    sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
    incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
    Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
    was first used."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington

    Google Duel tells the tale:

    <http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/pear/battle.php?word1=Vancouver%2C+BC
    &word2=Vancouver%2C+WA&key=&B1=Submit>

    Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
    able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
    has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
    expropriation.

    Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,

    --
    Ryan Cousineau [email hidden] http://www.wiredcola.com/
    "My scenarios may give the impression I could be an excellent crook.
    Not true - I am a talented lawyer." - Sandy in rec.bicycles.racing

  10. On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:36:45 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Quoted message said:
    JeffWills said:

    On Jan 5, 5:38 pm, Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote:
    >
    > That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city
    >

    Get along with you. We were here first!

    (Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
    founded 1881. So there.)

    Jeff

    Dear Jeff,

    Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
    domination.

    I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
    Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:

    "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
    (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
    sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
    incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
    Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
    was first used."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington

    Google Duel tells the tale:

    <http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/pear/battle.php?word1=Vancouver%2C+BC
    &word2=Vancouver%2C+WA&key=&B1=Submit>

    Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
    able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
    has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
    expropriation.

    Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,

    Dear Ryan,

    We free-born patriots scorn your royalty-ridden subterfuge!

    Do a google duel, pitting plain "Vancouver" against "Vancouver BC":
    http://www.googleduel.com/original.php

    Plain "Vancouver" beats the web-toed Canadian imitation with 130
    million hits to less than 5 million.

    The forthright "Vancouver" obviously refers to the older U.S. city,
    since there aren't even 130 million Canadians on the planet.

    Fifty-four forty, or fight! Polk for President! Erase the shame of 49
    degrees north latitude!

    Cheers,

    Carl Fogel

  11. Quoted message said:

    On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:36:45 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,
    [email hidden] wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:04:05 -0800 (PST), JeffWills
    <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    >On Jan 5, 5:38 pm, Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    >> That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    >Get along with you. We were here first!

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    >(Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
    >founded 1881. So there.)

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    >Jeff

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Dear Jeff,

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
    domination.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
    Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
    (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
    sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
    incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
    Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
    was first used."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington

    Quoted message said:

    Google Duel tells the tale:

    Quoted message said:

    <http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/pear/battle.php?word1=Vancouver%2C+BC
    &word2=Vancouver%2C+WA&key=&B1=Submit>

    Quoted message said:

    Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
    able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
    has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
    expropriation.

    Quoted message said:

    Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,

    Dear Ryan,

    We free-born patriots scorn your royalty-ridden subterfuge!

    Do a google duel, pitting plain "Vancouver" against "Vancouver BC":
    http://www.googleduel.com/original.php

    Plain "Vancouver" beats the web-toed Canadian imitation with 130
    million hits to less than 5 million.

    The forthright "Vancouver" obviously refers to the older U.S. city,
    since there aren't even 130 million Canadians on the planet.

    Fifty-four forty, or fight! Polk for President! Erase the shame of 49
    degrees north latitude!

    Cheers,

    Carl Fogel

    Ryan: hand over the name and nobody gets hurt. Except the pig.

    -Hank (who's amazed he remembers that lesson from Washington State
    History in 9th grade)

  12. On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 00:30:27 -0800 (PST), Hank <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:36:45 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,
    [email hidden] wrote:

    Quoted message said:

    > On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:04:05 -0800 (PST), JeffWills
    > <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Quoted message said:

    > >On Jan 5, 5:38 pm, Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Quoted message said:

    > >> That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city

    Quoted message said:

    > >Get along with you. We were here first!

    Quoted message said:

    > >(Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
    > >founded 1881. So there.)

    Quoted message said:

    > >Jeff

    Quoted message said:

    > Dear Jeff,

    Quoted message said:

    > Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
    > domination.

    Quoted message said:

    > I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
    > Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:

    Quoted message said:

    > "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
    > (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
    > sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
    > incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
    > Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
    > was first used."
    > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington

    Quoted message said:

    Google Duel tells the tale:

    Quoted message said:

    <http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/pear/battle.php?word1=Vancouver%2C+BC
    &word2=Vancouver%2C+WA&key=&B1=Submit>

    Quoted message said:

    Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
    able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
    has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
    expropriation.

    Quoted message said:

    Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,

    Dear Ryan,

    We free-born patriots scorn your royalty-ridden subterfuge!

    Do a google duel, pitting plain "Vancouver" against "Vancouver BC":
    http://www.googleduel.com/original.php

    Plain "Vancouver" beats the web-toed Canadian imitation with 130
    million hits to less than 5 million.

    The forthright "Vancouver" obviously refers to the older U.S. city,
    since there aren't even 130 million Canadians on the planet.

    Fifty-four forty, or fight! Polk for President! Erase the shame of 49
    degrees north latitude!

    Cheers,

    Carl Fogel

    Ryan: hand over the name and nobody gets hurt. Except the pig.

    -Hank (who's amazed he remembers that lesson from Washington State
    History in 9th grade)

    Dear Hank,

    If we hadn't stopped the Hudson's Bay Company cold in its porcine
    little tracks at San Juan Island, Canadian bacon would be fattening on
    Idaho potatoes!

    I say let Kaiser Wilhelm appoint another commission to arbitrate
    Canada's ceasless expansionist claims.

    Cheers,

    Carl Fogel

  13. "Ryan Cousineau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:rcousine-9FD174.22364205012008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...

    Quoted message said:

    Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
    able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
    has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
    expropriation.

    Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,

    I feel I have to stand up for my Vancouver here in the 'ol US of A. If any
    of you Canadians think of coming down here . well we have Hillary!

    Well actually you are down here already in hordes shopping at our Wal Marts
    since the formerly worthless Canadian Peso is now has some value. Not for
    long! And we know that Hollywood is staffed by pinkos from the North.

    How to defend against the Canuck threat:

    Taking on the frostbacks here will be difficult, in that it is hard to tell
    Canadian from an extremely boring regular white person unless he's dressed
    to go outdoors. Then Canadians can be spotted by their ubiquitous mukluks,
    toques, ear warmers and checked hunting jackets. A significant flaw in the
    Canadian character is deep conservatism. This is evidenced in how Canadians
    play their mongrelized version of football. In Canadian football there
    really are 4 downs, but the teams up there punt the ball on the third down -
    just to be on the safe side.

    An outright invasion should be ruled out, in that little is known about
    Canada. Only illiterate sport fishermen and the Queen have been known to
    visit. From captured Canadian screen writers, this is what we know: that
    Canada features uninhabitable sub-arctic conditions in the winter (10
    months). Think of a colder and less culturally developed version of Fargo,
    North Dakota. Canadians claim that they have a summer, but this is just a
    ruse to attempt to lure unsuspecting tourists into their frostly lair.
    Think of the reason why the Vikings named Greenland: green land. Don't be
    fooled. Any time the temperature rises above zero in their
    sarcastically-named 'summer', the thawing tundra unleashes hawk-sized
    mosquitoes which have been known to carry away small pets.

    Strategy: a stealth preemptive strike. We sneak across the border during
    their winter hibernation and plug up the air holes in their igloos. Or as
    most Canadian drivers are drunk, we could repaint the yellow lines on the
    few paved roads to veer into walls and trees.

  14. <[email hidden]> wrote...

    Quoted message said:


    Dear Ryan,

    We free-born patriots scorn your royalty-ridden subterfuge!

    Do a google duel, pitting plain "Vancouver" against "Vancouver BC":
    http://www.googleduel.com/original.php

    Plain "Vancouver" beats the web-toed Canadian imitation with 130
    million hits to less than 5 million.

    The forthright "Vancouver" obviously refers to the older U.S. city,
    since there aren't even 130 million Canadians on the planet.

    Logic only a Lafferty could be proud of.

    Taking the road less traveled by,

    --
    JF

    "Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with
    the life he is living, with the thoughts he is thinking, with the deeds he
    is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some
    great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and
    made to do because he is still, in spite of all, the child of God. "
    - Phillip Brooks

  15. Ryan Cousineau said:

    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Quoted message said:

    On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 20:04:05 -0800 (PST), JeffWills
    <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    On Jan 5, 5:38 pm, Ryan Cousineau <[email hidden]> wrote:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    > That's not the real Vancouver. Please change the name of your city

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Get along with you. We were here first!

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    (Vancouver, Washington founded 1824. Vancouver, British Columbia
    founded 1881. So there.)

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Jeff

    Quoted message said:

    Dear Jeff,

    Quoted message said:

    Thank you for exposing yet another insane Canadian scheme for world
    domination.

    Quoted message said:

    I fell for Ryan's sly propaganda, hook, line, and sinker, but
    Wikipedia supports your claim to U.S. precedence:

    Quoted message said:

    "The larger city of Vancouver, British Columbia is located 305 miles
    (491 km) north of Vancouver, Washington. Both cities were named for
    sea captain George Vancouver, but the Canadian city was not
    incorporated until 1886, nearly thirty years after Vancouver,
    Washington, and more than sixty years after the name Fort Vancouver
    was first used."
     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%2C_Washington

    Google Duel tells the tale:

    <http://cgi.sfu.ca/~gpeters/cgi-bin/pear/battle.php?word1=Vancouver%2C+BC
    &word2=Vancouver%2C+WA&key=&B1=Submit>

    Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
    able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
    has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
    expropriation.

    That is so true, and so sad. But, Vancouver Washington is the perfect
    place to live for tax dodgers. No income tax in Washington and no
    sales tax in Oregon. Live in Washington, and shop in Oregon. Pisses
    me off, because us Oregonians end up subsidizing the Washingtonians.
    Now, if you want to have a really good East Indian meal, go to
    Vancouver BC. That is a great city.-- Jay Beattie.

  16. In article <iUagj.17035$EA5.7596@pd7urf2no>,

    Dave Mayer said:

    "Ryan Cousineau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:rcousine-9FD174.22364205012008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...

    Quoted message said:

    Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
    able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
    has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
    expropriation.

    Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,

    I feel I have to stand up for my Vancouver here in the 'ol US of A. If any
    of you Canadians think of coming down here . well we have Hillary!

    Well actually you are down here already in hordes shopping at our Wal Marts
    since the formerly worthless Canadian Peso is now has some value. Not for
    long! And we know that Hollywood is staffed by pinkos from the North.

    How to defend against the Canuck threat:

    Taking on the frostbacks here will be difficult, in that it is hard to tell
    Canadian from an extremely boring regular white person unless he's dressed
    to go outdoors. Then Canadians can be spotted by their ubiquitous mukluks,
    toques, ear warmers and checked hunting jackets. A significant flaw in the
    Canadian character is deep conservatism. This is evidenced in how Canadians
    play their mongrelized version of football. In Canadian football there
    really are 4 downs, but the teams up there punt the ball on the third down -
    just to be on the safe side.

    An outright invasion should be ruled out, in that little is known about
    Canada. Only illiterate sport fishermen and the Queen have been known to
    visit. From captured Canadian screen writers, this is what we know: that
    Canada features uninhabitable sub-arctic conditions in the winter (10
    months). Think of a colder and less culturally developed version of Fargo,
    North Dakota. Canadians claim that they have a summer, but this is just a
    ruse to attempt to lure unsuspecting tourists into their frostly lair.
    Think of the reason why the Vikings named Greenland: green land. Don't be
    fooled. Any time the temperature rises above zero in their
    sarcastically-named 'summer', the thawing tundra unleashes hawk-sized
    mosquitoes which have been known to carry away small pets.

    Strategy: a stealth preemptive strike. We sneak across the border during
    their winter hibernation and plug up the air holes in their igloos. Or as
    most Canadian drivers are drunk, we could repaint the yellow lines on the
    few paved roads to veer into walls and trees.

    Don't mess with Canada or we'll come over and burn the White House down
    (again).

  17. On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:38:18 GMT, Ralph Barone <invalid@not_real.ca>

    Quoted message said:

    Don't mess with Canada or we'll come over and burn the White House down
    (again).

    Dear Ralph,

    Promises, promises!

    It was a gracious gesture and deeply appreciated, but you let
    Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court escape unharmed.

    I don't recall Canadians ever thanking the U.S. for our earlier
    gesture of goodwill when we burned the Parliament buildings in York.

    Cheers,

    Carl Fogel

  18. In article <iUagj.17035$EA5.7596@pd7urf2no>,

    Dave Mayer said:

    "Ryan Cousineau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:rcousine-9FD174.22364205012008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...

    Quoted message said:

    Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
    able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
    has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
    expropriation.

    Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,

    I feel I have to stand up for my Vancouver here in the 'ol US of A. If any
    of you Canadians think of coming down here . well we have Hillary!

    Well actually you are down here already in hordes shopping at our Wal Marts
    since the formerly worthless Canadian Peso is now has some value. Not for
    long! And we know that Hollywood is staffed by pinkos from the North.

    How to defend against the Canuck threat:

    Taking on the frostbacks here will be difficult, in that it is hard to tell
    Canadian from an extremely boring regular white person unless he's dressed
    to go outdoors. Then Canadians can be spotted by their ubiquitous mukluks,
    toques, ear warmers and checked hunting jackets. A significant flaw in the
    Canadian character is deep conservatism. This is evidenced in how Canadians
    play their mongrelized version of football. In Canadian football there
    really are 4 downs, but the teams up there punt the ball on the third down -
    just to be on the safe side.

    An outright invasion should be ruled out, in that little is known about
    Canada. Only illiterate sport fishermen and the Queen have been known to
    visit. From captured Canadian screen writers, this is what we know: that
    Canada features uninhabitable sub-arctic conditions in the winter (10
    months). Think of a colder and less culturally developed version of Fargo,
    North Dakota. Canadians claim that they have a summer, but this is just a
    ruse to attempt to lure unsuspecting tourists into their frostly lair.
    Think of the reason why the Vikings named Greenland: green land. Don't be
    fooled. Any time the temperature rises above zero in their
    sarcastically-named 'summer', the thawing tundra unleashes hawk-sized
    mosquitoes which have been known to carry away small pets.

    Strategy: a stealth preemptive strike. We sneak across the border during
    their winter hibernation and plug up the air holes in their igloos. Or as
    most Canadian drivers are drunk, we could repaint the yellow lines on the
    few paved roads to veer into walls and trees.

    No worries. Canuckistan bans possession of firearms.
    Cross the border into a cross-fire.

    --
    Michael Press

  19. In article <invalid-67860F.20381406012008@shawnews>,

    Ralph Barone invalid@not_real.ca said:

    In article <iUagj.17035$EA5.7596@pd7urf2no>,

    Dave Mayer said:

    "Ryan Cousineau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:rcousine-9FD174.22364205012008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...

    Quoted message said:

    Vancouver, WA has done so little with that noble name that we should be
    able to expropriate it. I believe the Kelo decision in your fair nation
    has established a useful precedent regarding valid causes for
    expropriation.

    Hand it over, and nobody gets hurt,

    I feel I have to stand up for my Vancouver here in the 'ol US of A. If any
    of you Canadians think of coming down here . well we have Hillary!

    Well actually you are down here already in hordes shopping at our Wal Marts
    since the formerly worthless Canadian Peso is now has some value. Not for
    long! And we know that Hollywood is staffed by pinkos from the North.

    How to defend against the Canuck threat:

    Taking on the frostbacks here will be difficult, in that it is hard to tell
    Canadian from an extremely boring regular white person unless he's dressed
    to go outdoors. Then Canadians can be spotted by their ubiquitous mukluks,
    toques, ear warmers and checked hunting jackets. A significant flaw in the
    Canadian character is deep conservatism. This is evidenced in how Canadians
    play their mongrelized version of football. In Canadian football there
    really are 4 downs, but the teams up there punt the ball on the third down -
    just to be on the safe side.

    An outright invasion should be ruled out, in that little is known about
    Canada. Only illiterate sport fishermen and the Queen have been known to
    visit. From captured Canadian screen writers, this is what we know: that
    Canada features uninhabitable sub-arctic conditions in the winter (10
    months). Think of a colder and less culturally developed version of Fargo,
    North Dakota. Canadians claim that they have a summer, but this is just a
    ruse to attempt to lure unsuspecting tourists into their frostly lair.
    Think of the reason why the Vikings named Greenland: green land. Don't be
    fooled. Any time the temperature rises above zero in their
    sarcastically-named 'summer', the thawing tundra unleashes hawk-sized
    mosquitoes which have been known to carry away small pets.

    Strategy: a stealth preemptive strike. We sneak across the border during
    their winter hibernation and plug up the air holes in their igloos. Or as
    most Canadian drivers are drunk, we could repaint the yellow lines on the
    few paved roads to veer into walls and trees.

    Don't mess with Canada or we'll come over and burn the White House down
    (again).

    You and whose army?

    --
    Michael Press

  20. Jay Beattie said:


    That is so true, and so sad. But, Vancouver Washington is the perfect
    place to live for tax dodgers.  No income tax in Washington and no
    sales tax in Oregon.  Live in Washington, and shop in Oregon. Pisses
    me off, because us Oregonians end up subsidizing the Washingtonians.
    Now, if you want to have a really good East Indian meal, go to
    Vancouver BC. That is a great city.-- Jay Beattie.- Hide quoted text -

    Oh, geez... that's a whole 'nother arguement. As a point of fact, us
    Washorgonians help support you sorry webfoots since we pay income tax
    one way or another. I work in Portland (as does my wife) so I end up
    paying for services I don't receive.

    OTOH, it's a great downhill going into Portland on the I-205 bridge. I
    did that today- across the I-205, along Marine Drive, back into
    beautiful Washington on the I-5 bridge. A great little ride with the
    little woman.

    Vancouver BC might have great Indian food, but do they have Almdudler
    Krauterlimonade? You can get this (and more) at Moxie's on Main:
    http://wweek.com/editorial/3339/9372/ .

    Jeff

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