Northern Memories.......missing home bad now.

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Originally Posted by Cangooner

Very true... but there's nothing quite as hilarious as watching a society try to cope with a few cm of snow when absolutely no one has any idea what to do.

And I'm not in any way just having a go at other countries. Come of the best snow-related entertainment can be had watching places like Toronto and the Lower Mainland. :)

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Hey Toronto is full of immigrants lol!! Some of who haven't even seen snow yet lol!! That's all done in a year or two :) So be gentle :)

As for the army having to come and bail out the city of Toronto. Man I was there! There was no place left to put the snow lol.

I can't find it right now as streaming video is blocked at work but I know Rick Mercer did a pretty good thing on that Toronto storm.

And there's a definite wildcard in Ottawa traffic every year when the first snow hits: diplomats! There are cars with red plates all over the place, and not in a good way :)

Same problems w/driving in snow in MI. Everyone thinks "OH, I got a Blazer/Hummer, I can go thru anything!" Yeah, right.

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Originally Posted by Cangooner

I can't find it right now as streaming video is blocked at work but I know Rick Mercer did a pretty good thing on that Toronto storm.

And there's a definite wildcard in Ottawa traffic every year when the first snow hits: diplomats! There are cars with red plates all over the place, and not in a good way :)

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Special Report: Snow in Toronto - YouTube

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Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Same problems w/driving in snow in MI. Everyone thinks "OH, I got a Blazer/Hummer, I can go thru anything!" Yeah, right.

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Sounds familiar ... those types are everywhere, I guess.

My history is a little different, I grew up in southern Illinois, so when I think of childhood and yoot it's a different kind of landscape in some ways. But a few months after college I moved to Chicago and have been here ever since (a long, long time now). I've gotta say, I love the Great Lakes. There is something about this part of the world that I don't know if you'd find anywhere else. And I got to know Michigan a little when my middle daughter went to college there (way south though, in Kalamazoo). I may not share your memories, but I can feel that bit of sadness for what you've had to leave behind. And hey ... winter beats summer, any time.

~Rich

Ahhh, summer in MI: where the State Bird is the mosquito and the State Tree is the orange traffic barrel!

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Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Ahhh, summer in MI: where the State Bird is the mosquito and the State Tree is the orange traffic barrel!

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Sounds like Ohio to me.;)

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Originally Posted by Theseus

Sounds like Ohio to me.;)

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"Ohio: the Mistake by the Lake!"
-Michigan Welcome Centre banner off U.S. 23 in Samaria

Just kidding, Theseus!

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Originally Posted by rastewart

My history is a little different, I grew up in southern Illinois, so when I think of childhood and yoot it's a different kind of landscape in some ways. But a few months after college I moved to Chicago and have been here ever since (a long, long time now). I've gotta say, I love the Great Lakes. There is something about this part of the world that I don't know if you'd find anywhere else. And I got to know Michigan a little when my middle daughter went to college there (way south though, in Kalamazoo). I may not share your memories, but I can feel that bit of sadness for what you've had to leave behind. And hey ... winter beats summer, any time.

~Rich

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Did you grow up around Cairo ("Little Egypt")?