Hear, hear. And just to make a point: On the sixth day God turned to the angel Gabriel and said "Today I am going to create a land called Canada. It will be a land of outstanding natural beauty, it shall have tall majestic mountains full of mountain goats and eagles, beautifully sparkling lakes bountiful with carp and trout, forests full of elk and moose, high cliffs over looking sandy beaches with an abundance of sea life, rivers stocked with salmon.." God continued, "I shall make the land rich in oil so to make the inhabitants prosper, I shall call these inhabitants Canadians, they shall be known as the most friendly people on the Earth." "But Lord," asked Gabriel, "don't you think you are being too generous to these Canadians?" "Not really," replied the Almighty, "just wait and see the neighbors I am going to give them!" Feel free to be offended. I was, at Robert Handy's moronic comment masquerading as "good natured fun". Alex Avdichuk [log in to unmask] "The opinions expressed here are definitely my own, and if you don't like them, get some of your own." Sorry if I sound cranky, but Canadians are extremely proud of being different to Americans. Not better or worse, different. As a Canadian living in the US I get downright tired of the patronizing "aren't we all the same?" Nope, we aren't. Susan J. Wittrup Volunteer Coordinator Tate Geological Museum Casper College Casper WY 82604 "Robert T. Handy" wrote: > What?!!! I thought Canada was just another state in the Union! Are Canadians different from us? :=> > > ------ > Robert Handy > Brazoria County Historical Museum >> [log in to unmask] > http://www.bchm.org >