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Or a four foot Canadian

Bob

I knew a girl named Phyllis. Wonder if she is related? :shrug::angel:;)

Bob

Oh gawd, lucky you. They are so ugly not even a mother would luv them.

Bob

Now you know where the term "playing possum" came from. There are Virginia possums in the lower mainland of BC.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/play+possum

Bob

We used to build Quinzhee snow shelters on winter schemes with the Naval Reserve. They will keep you warm but not as much room as an igloo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinzhee

Bob

The 10 cm/4 in of snow we had the other day did not have much impact on the remaining snow on the ground. So far this winter 9.5 meters/ 31.2 feet of snow has fallen here. This is what is still left...

Yup, Ladas were licensed built copies of an Italian a Fiat. Even came with a hand crank in case the battery died iirc.

Looks like I did remember correctly.
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Yea, all kidding aside, nothing wrong with treating yourself to some well deserved luxury. Enjoy it in good health.

Bob

Now, there is a contradiction in terms if I ever saw one.

Bob

Some parts of the mill still had the old MSA Chemox sets and the Navy used those on ships when I joined the Naval Reserves. I remember using those in fire fighting and damage control school. The scba...

Yea, you have not lived till you have gassed by chlorine, ask any pulp and paper mill worker. Nasty stuff that.

Bob

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Yes, a different animal but a very big one. The petrochemical industry is one and the same in both countries. Think of how many more Americans would have been out of work had the tar sands shut down....

No problem Steve. I always had in my mind that for me abroad meant you had to cross an ocean to get there. That is why I said "in the usual sense". Needing passports to cross the border either way...

Well, 98% of Canada's oil production is exported to the US where it is refined and some gets exported abroad from there which counts for some of US exports abroad. Hard to think of exporting oil to...

Even when the price of oil tanked the Alberta/Athabasca tar sands, which has 10% of the known oil reserves in the world, kept producing and selling at a loss. To shut down and start up later would...

Don't tell anyone but Canada ships about 4 million barrels a day of oil to the US iirc. Having the oil does not mean you have cheaper gas.

Bob

We just Skyped with a friend in the Netherlands and she told us they are paying 2 Euro a litre for gas. If my math is correct, that would make it $8.85 US for 1 US gallon. Nobody in North America...

If it makes you feel any better, we are paying $4.76 US per US gal for regular when you convert our dollars to US dollars and litres to US gallons.

Bob

Unfortunately that looks and smells familiar. Hang in there Jerry.

Bob

Germany had a bit of experience building swimming cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBcxg-xcg7E

Bob

True but with an Amphicar the lake better be flat calm or the next best thing. There ain't much freeboard iirc.

Bob

Someone had one of these Amphicars in Thunder Bay in the early 1960s and I was lucky enough to get a ride in one back then at the owner's summer camp on Lake Superior. It was interesting but I still...

What a great idea for a photo for then and now.

Bob

Cats can be so strange at times.

Bob