Bajagypsy
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Happy Canada Day to All Canadian Nomad's
Just wanted to say Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Baja nuts! Where ever you may be have a great day!
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shari
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Gracias mi canuck amiga...and ditto that to all the canadian baja lovers here in nomadlandia. I'm gonna stick a little maple leaf flag in a planter
today(if I can find it) and raise a glass of tequila to my beloved country. (Since I've been living in mexico, I've learned how to be patriotic!!)
Viva Canada.
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capn.sharky
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What the hell is Canada day? Also, what is Boxer Day? Maybe you mean Canada Dry.
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David K
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Yes, please explain the meaning/ purpose of Canada and Boxing/ Boxer Day... thanks!
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Bajagypsy
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Canada Day is a National Holiday here in Canada celebrating Canada's Birthday.
[Edited on 7-1-2008 by Bajagypsy]
[Edited on 7-1-2008 by Bajagypsy]
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajagypsy
Canada Day is a National Holiday here in Canada celebrating Canada's Birthday.
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Birthday? But, the queen of England is still on your money... Tradition and the Commonwealth connection I guess?
Thanks... Now, what is Boxing Day?
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Chamaco
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I just wish you Canadians would think about the hurt that you have caused us Americans. You have been stealing our acid rain for years and have no
remorse.
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his own soul- J.C.
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Bajagypsy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajagypsy
Canada Day is a National Holiday here in Canada celebrating Canada's Birthday.
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Birthday? But, the queen of England is still on your money... Tradition and the Commonwealth connection I guess?
Thanks... Now, what is Boxing Day? |
I think Boxing Day is when you run around and Box the people that have caused you grief all year!!!
[Edited on 7-1-2008 by Bajagypsy]
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standingwave
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Happy Canada Day to you too, Bajagypsy and Shari.
100+ last couple of days here in Lytton, and Hwy 1 closed south due to fire.
& Chamaco... you're right - no remorse at all
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Bob and Susan
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didn't the french "birth" canada???
oh yea
when was canada born????
[Edited on 7-1-2008 by Bob and Susan]
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jls
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Here on Vancouver Island it is a beautiful, warm summer day to go to the beach and folick before the fireworks this evening.
The year of Canada's confederation was 1867.
We still keep the queen around because she is just so damn cute.... so retro! We officially left her behind in 1981 when we repatriated the
constitution. You don't really want to know about that... it is all so Canadian.
Thanks nomads for your greetings. I am lucky because I get to celebrate the 4th of July also... being dual and all. BBQ and beer all week.
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motoged
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Nomads,
Now that the Yanks recognize that Canada Day is like their July4th hoohah, hopefully they can appreciate that Boxing Day is something they don't
have....a day of generousity:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_Day
Boxing Day
The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term may come from the opening of
church poor boxes that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters' clients.
Nowadays, we often see, in certain families, gifts (boxes) given to those who provide services throughout the year.
"Boxing Day" is listed in the Canada Labour Code as a holiday.
Don't believe everything you think....
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shari
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Wow, ya learn something every day here...thanks motoged...must be pretty hot in Kamloops these days? I always thought boxing day was when we threw
out all the boxes our xmas presents came in and hurried downtown to the boxing day sales...more boxes came home that day. I can almost smell all the
salmon BBQ's from here....enjoy the fireworks paisano. wish I had a molson's just for old time sake!
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Hey Bajagypsy...tis a fine day over here in Vernon BC. And Sheri I am drinking enough beer for the both of us. I am doing my part. Reached 40 Cel
here yesterday.
Oh Sheri...Tim smoked up the last of our salmon yesterday. And guess what? He found a slab of yellowtail and used the same brine. Think he is onto
something. While the two of us were tasting it you could see him thinking...wondering what Juan would think of it.
Hugs to all.
Barb
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shari
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Juan thinks Tim had better get down here and build a smoker...Bajaboy figred if the hot tub doesn't work out we can make a live bait tank in it...or
maybe a smoker???? Have a great celebration kids...miss you tons...all of you! the more margaritas I drink, the more I'm getting post-canadian
syndrome I think...yearning for my homies! I sure am looking forward to having my paisanos here this summer. I'm not sure what will happen when we get
bajagypsy, barbarena, red mesa & I together...whoa nelly...could get pretty wild!
[Edited on 7-2-2008 by shari]
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
Wow, ya learn something every day here...thanks motoged...must be pretty hot in Kamloops these days? I always thought boxing day was when we threw
out all the boxes our xmas presents came in and hurried downtown to the boxing day sales...more boxes came home that day. I can almost smell all the
salmon BBQ's from here....enjoy the fireworks paisano. wish I had a molson's just for old time sake! |
Shari,
Your version of Boxing Day is pretty accurate...no praying to saints for most of us 
I had my quota of beer at the lake yesterday....so I had a nice Chilean merlot with my salmon supper.
I grilled the salmon....everytime I try to smoke salmon it doesn't work out too well....the rolling papers get too wet
Congrats on your new citizenship 
And yes, the mercury has been kissing 40 here the last few days....until a "dry" but windy lightening storm blew in around supper time today...from
the Fraser Canyon...I hope it dropped some rain on the forest fire at Lytton (burro Mountain to be precise)
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/06/30/bc-lytton-wildfire.html?ref=rss
Don't believe everything you think....
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...and a very Happy Dominion Day, to you all! Now that really dates me, eh?
Had a wonderful day in south-eastern Alberta, watering, weeding and enjoying the all the birdy babies squawking for grub!
Oh! Canada!
From the Great White North,
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When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
~ I-Ching
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