Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States.
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Re: Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States
Um.
I said "stubborn".
That was me.
I was asking if I was talking in code.
If I ever paid attention to myself, I really should know the answer to that question without verbalization.
All men are constantly measuring the threats posed by other penises, in inches.
I blame this on the educational pedigree of Hollywood.
If national preference is determined by a referendum, that's real, otherwise it's not like 200 million people have made any other choice than than to abide by the dictum "If it's not broke, don't fix it."
Um.
I said "stubborn".
That was me.
I was asking if I was talking in code.
If I ever paid attention to myself, I really should know the answer to that question without verbalization.
All men are constantly measuring the threats posed by other penises, in inches.
I blame this on the educational pedigree of Hollywood.
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I like your idea of starting from "scratch," but your implementation is wildly off. We could use about seven billion people fewer so those things would not be necessary. We continue to breed as if the worldwide population were in the thousands or millions and resources were unlimited. From "scratch" would be placing a higher value on natural, community and multi-generational household living than bulldozing the planet in favor of concrete and asphalt to support our addiction to growth.^How would that work with wall some want to errect along the USA/Canadian border, though I suspect it's less about keeping Canadians out but Americans in.
Who needs to be a wall, when there won't even be a need for a border. Then we can use the money saved towards something more important, like a high speed rail system.
Our roads and highways could also use some work. Then again, I'd like nothing better than for us to just start again from scratch, and rebuild our highways based off the systems used in Germany and Italy. Speeding down large stretches of highways at 100+ MPH in American muscle cars, in America (and I guess Mexico and Canada should get them too)!
We'll also need all the money we can save for that hyperloop system.
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Well the UK does use a hybrid system.
Ask most people how tall they are they'll likely tell you in feet and inches, similar for weight it'll be stones and pounds.
However you fill up your car by the litre, yet measure fuel efficiency by miles pe gallon.
Ask somoene how far away X is from them and if they'll likely say miles unless it's very close where depending on age they might say 100 metres or 100 yards.
Tempatrue more often or not is talked about in celsius, though once again it's an age thing the older generation might use F.
You can still buy a pint of milk in a shop except it'll be sold as 568ml
I suspect the US if it ever fully adopted metric would use a hybrid system like the UK. And at the end of the day it doesn't really matter which system you use so long as the unite of measurement is specified. i.e it was 90F today
Well the UK does use a hybrid system.
Ask most people how tall they are they'll likely tell you in feet and inches, similar for weight it'll be stones and pounds.
However you fill up your car by the litre, yet measure fuel efficiency by miles pe gallon.
Ask somoene how far away X is from them and if they'll likely say miles unless it's very close where depending on age they might say 100 metres or 100 yards.
Tempatrue more often or not is talked about in celsius, though once again it's an age thing the older generation might use F.
You can still buy a pint of milk in a shop except it'll be sold as 568ml
I suspect the US if it ever fully adopted metric would use a hybrid system like the UK. And at the end of the day it doesn't really matter which system you use so long as the unite of measurement is specified. i.e it was 90F today
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Actually, most people in Britain use Celsius when it's cold (crikey, it's minus three!) and Fahrenheit when it's hot (Christ on a bike it's hot...85 degrees you know).
Our love of hyperbole.
Actually, most people in Britain use Celsius when it's cold (crikey, it's minus three!) and Fahrenheit when it's hot (Christ on a bike it's hot...85 degrees you know).
Our love of hyperbole.
Re: Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States
Really?
I thought that passports were always necessary to cross any national border - even the US/Canada one. Got any links?
Really?
I thought that passports were always necessary to cross any national border - even the US/Canada one. Got any links?
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I did it twice. Both times were in the 1970s. Not one person in our parties had a passport.
One time, a mom and a car full of kids crossing in Detroit (her child and the child's friends, I was one of the friends), no one had to show any picture ID at all. She just explained to the border guard that she was taking her kid and his friends over to visit Canada for a couple of hours.
I did it twice. Both times were in the 1970s. Not one person in our parties had a passport.
One time, a mom and a car full of kids crossing in Detroit (her child and the child's friends, I was one of the friends), no one had to show any picture ID at all. She just explained to the border guard that she was taking her kid and his friends over to visit Canada for a couple of hours.
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That's interesting. I had no idea it was ever that easy.
And 9/11 was the tipping point?
That's interesting. I had no idea it was ever that easy.
And 9/11 was the tipping point?
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Here's an article from the Washington Post from back in 2005.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28188-2005Apr5.html
Here's an article from the Washington Post from back in 2005.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28188-2005Apr5.html
Re: Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States
Well I would say that depends on your age, if you are of a certain age you were brough up with either
Imperial
Imperial & Metric
Metric
I was brought up with both but for tempature if given in F I convert to C, BTW 85F ~30C. If asked the temp I would give it in C
Well I would say that depends on your age, if you are of a certain age you were brough up with either
Imperial
Imperial & Metric
Metric
I was brought up with both but for tempature if given in F I convert to C, BTW 85F ~30C. If asked the temp I would give it in C
Re: Name 3 countries you'd consider inviting to join the United States
You could mess with someone by saying "I am 2 meters and 3 inches tall." "I would like a 1 liter 8 oz drink, please." "The distance to the target is 1 kilometer and 157 yards."
"My, it's 38 degrees out here!"
"What the *$^# are you talking about?! It's gotta be a hundred in the shade!"
"I was talking Celsius."
You could mess with someone by saying "I am 2 meters and 3 inches tall." "I would like a 1 liter 8 oz drink, please." "The distance to the target is 1 kilometer and 157 yards."
"My, it's 38 degrees out here!"
"What the *$^# are you talking about?! It's gotta be a hundred in the shade!"
"I was talking Celsius."
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The Canadian Border was just a trick for young people to buy cheap beer.
The Border Guards job back in the 70s was just to confiscate beer from 19 year old children.
The Canadian Border was just a trick for young people to buy cheap beer.
The Border Guards job back in the 70s was just to confiscate beer from 19 year old children.
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I remember a few winters ago, after a prolonged cold snap of temperatures in the -30s (yes, that's cold!), and then the temperature warmed up to -12C, with no wind chill. I didn't even bother putting on a coat that day when I took my garbage out. Everyone I talked to was remarking on what a nice day it was - so warm!
I haven't been back to the States since then, and don't expect I ever will.
Here, we're apt to say that a place is 2 hours away, an 8-hour drive, or something like "I'm 5 minutes away."
-3C is not cold. In fact, as winter temperatures go, it's downright balmy. It's not even real winter coat weather.
I remember a few winters ago, after a prolonged cold snap of temperatures in the -30s (yes, that's cold!), and then the temperature warmed up to -12C, with no wind chill. I didn't even bother putting on a coat that day when I took my garbage out. Everyone I talked to was remarking on what a nice day it was - so warm!
I'm speaking from personal experience. The first few times I crossed the border into the States, the only thing I worried about was getting health insurance. No ID was necessary. The last time there were rumblings about photo ID, so that's when I got my ALCB card (most places don't accept that anymore, since privatization of liquor sales went into effect in my province), but some places still accept it as legitimate government-issued photo ID that's got my photo, name, birth date, and signature on it. Even though it was issued in 1987, I still look like my photo.Really?
I haven't been back to the States since then, and don't expect I ever will.
Yes, and yes. People generally had more trouble with not being allowed to bring snacks across the border (my aunt told us about one time when she'd been eating potato chips and they wouldn't let her bring the half-finished bag across the border; so she finished eating them, and after that she was allowed to cross).
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Yeah, my family used to visit Mexico all the time without a passport, and my friends and I did it during college too.
I did it twice. Both times were in the 1970s. Not one person in our parties had a passport.
One time, a mom and a car full of kids crossing in Detroit (her child and the child's friends, I was one of the friends), no one had to show any picture ID at all. She just explained to the border guard that she was taking her kid and his friends over to visit Canada for a couple of hours.
Yeah, my family used to visit Mexico all the time without a passport, and my friends and I did it during college too.
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White People Problems.
White People Problems.
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Who said it was a problem? I just said you didn't used to need a passport, which is a statement of fact, not a complaint.
Who said it was a problem? I just said you didn't used to need a passport, which is a statement of fact, not a complaint.
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Yeah, the few times I had gone to the States I didn't need anything more than my driver's licence. My last such visit was... summer of 2001. After that there were of course heightened security concerns, and I pretty much stayed away because of various border crossing horror stories I heard. Then the passport requirement came around, and, well, I didn't have one, and didn't really feel the need to spend the money to get one. So I don't suspect I'll be visiting anymore, either.
Although now Ontario has something called an Enhanced Driver's Licence, which can apparently be used instead of a passport for land or sea crossings. (Air still requires a passport.) If I ever find myself needing to back to the States, I'd probably go this route. I don't know if other provinces have these or not.
I'm speaking from personal experience. The first few times I crossed the border into the States, the only thing I worried about was getting health insurance. No ID was necessary. The last time there were rumblings about photo ID, so that's when I got my ALCB card (most places don't accept that anymore, since privatization of liquor sales went into effect in my province), but some places still accept it as legitimate government-issued photo ID that's got my photo, name, birth date, and signature on it. Even though it was issued in 1987, I still look like my photo.Really?
I haven't been back to the States since then, and don't expect I ever will.
Yeah, the few times I had gone to the States I didn't need anything more than my driver's licence. My last such visit was... summer of 2001. After that there were of course heightened security concerns, and I pretty much stayed away because of various border crossing horror stories I heard. Then the passport requirement came around, and, well, I didn't have one, and didn't really feel the need to spend the money to get one. So I don't suspect I'll be visiting anymore, either.
Although now Ontario has something called an Enhanced Driver's Licence, which can apparently be used instead of a passport for land or sea crossings. (Air still requires a passport.) If I ever find myself needing to back to the States, I'd probably go this route. I don't know if other provinces have these or not.
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I don't drive, so this isn't anything I ever needed to know.
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I have no interest in adopting the Metric system. Standardization can be taken too far. I'd rather live in a world where countries have their own language, measurements, customs, architecture, et cetera, rather than just a homogenized lump.
I have no interest in adopting the Metric system. Standardization can be taken too far. I'd rather live in a world where countries have their own language, measurements, customs, architecture, et cetera, rather than just a homogenized lump.
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Golly? You've never heard someone say "white people problems" before? Not quite up there with "That's what she said" but it's getting there.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=White+People+Problems
Yes, I know what you said was not a complaint, but I stretched the definition just a little bit. Sorry.
Golly? You've never heard someone say "white people problems" before? Not quite up there with "That's what she said" but it's getting there.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=White+People+Problems
Yes, I know what you said was not a complaint, but I stretched the definition just a little bit. Sorry.
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