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lighten up Francises
Geez iamacunuck and nosewheel, your sense of humors seems to be seriously lacking. You must be part of that politically correct crowd that's as sensitive as a Soccer Mom. My advice, don't ever watch a show like "Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher" or listen to a radio comedy morning show. In fact forgo all communication; it's the ultimate issurance policy against offensive material. Most importantly, never ever watch "South Park - The Movie"; you might have the mother of all mental breakdowns. By the way, I posted originally with a few beers in my system and the tone of the post was meant to be humorous, you should try drinking a few yourself. Just like that American Airlines pilot, I'll be praying for God to bestow some humor into you. I realize as you go farther north in the hemisphere, there's less daylight, but please find a way to lighten up. You want rip on the United States, go ahead, but don't put it in an Al Gore tone and Gore us...I mean bore us to death. Then once were all on the same page on the taking it seriously scale, I'll buy you a Sam Adams, and you can buy me a Labatt Blue and we'll proactively figure out a way to improve each other's countries .
Geez iamacunuck and nosewheel, your sense of humors seems to be seriously lacking. You must be part of that politically correct crowd that's as sensitive as a Soccer Mom. My advice, don't ever watch a show like "Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher" or listen to a radio comedy morning show. In fact forgo all communication; it's the ultimate issurance policy against offensive material. Most importantly, never ever watch "South Park - The Movie"; you might have the mother of all mental breakdowns. By the way, I posted originally with a few beers in my system and the tone of the post was meant to be humorous, you should try drinking a few yourself. Just like that American Airlines pilot, I'll be praying for God to bestow some humor into you. I realize as you go farther north in the hemisphere, there's less daylight, but please find a way to lighten up. You want rip on the United States, go ahead, but don't put it in an Al Gore tone and Gore us...I mean bore us to death. Then once were all on the same page on the taking it seriously scale, I'll buy you a Sam Adams, and you can buy me a Labatt Blue and we'll proactively figure out a way to improve each other's countries .
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And on a serious tone...
This editiorial was written by Canadian Gordon Sinclair back in 1973 and its content still spreads today.
Good reading, from a Toronto newspaper's editorial page!
Widespread, but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States Dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tristar, or the Douglas 10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon — not once, but several times - and safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the American who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.
I can name you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**ed tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those.
This editiorial was written by Canadian Gordon Sinclair back in 1973 and its content still spreads today.
Good reading, from a Toronto newspaper's editorial page!
Widespread, but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States Dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tristar, or the Douglas 10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American planes?
Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon — not once, but several times - and safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the American who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.
I can name you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**ed tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those.
FLY2Scuba
I have a great sense of humor, I fly a 747 freighter around the world with little or no sleep for 18 days a month straight with mostly US crews.We also have crewmembers from other parts of the world including the middle east, Pakistan and Europe.Working 20-30 hrs duty days takes extreme Humor and most of the time we have alot of fun doing our jobs. We sometimes have a different crew every trip or the same crew for the entire time. They all know I'm a Canuck and kid me all the time and we have great fun doing it. 99% of them dont give a rats ass if I'm Canadian as long as we all do our jobs and stay alive.Your post rubbed me the wrong way, thats all. I do silly things too when I've had a few beers but posting on this forum when you have had a few to many and discussing your political veiw's may not be the right thing to do. I accept your vague apology if thats what is was.
I have a great sense of humor, I fly a 747 freighter around the world with little or no sleep for 18 days a month straight with mostly US crews.We also have crewmembers from other parts of the world including the middle east, Pakistan and Europe.Working 20-30 hrs duty days takes extreme Humor and most of the time we have alot of fun doing our jobs. We sometimes have a different crew every trip or the same crew for the entire time. They all know I'm a Canuck and kid me all the time and we have great fun doing it. 99% of them dont give a rats ass if I'm Canadian as long as we all do our jobs and stay alive.Your post rubbed me the wrong way, thats all. I do silly things too when I've had a few beers but posting on this forum when you have had a few to many and discussing your political veiw's may not be the right thing to do. I accept your vague apology if thats what is was.
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Cowboy McLoskey
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In a train car there was a Canadian, an American,
a spectacular
looking blonde and a frightfully awful looking
fat lady.
After several minutes of the trip, the train
happens to pass
through a dark tunnel and the unmistakable sound
of a slap is heard.
When they leave the tunnel,the American had a big
red slap mark on his cheek.
>1) The blonde thought - "That American son of a
bitch wanted to
touch me and by mistake, he must have put his
hand on the fat
lady, who in turn must have slapped his face."
>2) The fat lady thought - "That dirty old
American laid his hands
on the blonde and she smacked him."
>3) The American thought - "That dumb Canadian put
his hand on that
blonde and by mistake she slapped me."
>4) The Canadian thought - "I hope there is
another tunnel soon so
I can smack that stupid **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**in' American again."
........ I AM Canadian.............
a spectacular
looking blonde and a frightfully awful looking
fat lady.
After several minutes of the trip, the train
happens to pass
through a dark tunnel and the unmistakable sound
of a slap is heard.
When they leave the tunnel,the American had a big
red slap mark on his cheek.
>1) The blonde thought - "That American son of a
bitch wanted to
touch me and by mistake, he must have put his
hand on the fat
lady, who in turn must have slapped his face."
>2) The fat lady thought - "That dirty old
American laid his hands
on the blonde and she smacked him."
>3) The American thought - "That dumb Canadian put
his hand on that
blonde and by mistake she slapped me."
>4) The Canadian thought - "I hope there is
another tunnel soon so
I can smack that stupid **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**in' American again."
........ I AM Canadian.............
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It does not take much to get some people all worked up.
Canada and the USA to all intents and purposes are already one country.
The regional differences are their main differences. Our politicians are every bit as crooked as yours and can in fact steal more on a percentage of GNP than the Americans.
I also fly the world and no longer think or judge individualy by what nationality they are.
And last but not least anyone who thinks having a Canadian maple leaf on their clothes or luggage is going to work in your favour just told me they really have not been very many places.
Cat Driver
Canada and the USA to all intents and purposes are already one country.
The regional differences are their main differences. Our politicians are every bit as crooked as yours and can in fact steal more on a percentage of GNP than the Americans.
I also fly the world and no longer think or judge individualy by what nationality they are.
And last but not least anyone who thinks having a Canadian maple leaf on their clothes or luggage is going to work in your favour just told me they really have not been very many places.
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"And last but not least anyone who thinks having a Canadian maple leaf on their clothes or luggage is going to work in your favour just told me they really have not been very many places."
Come on. You know it's not the Maple Leaf that does the trick. It's the Tim Horton's mug you use for every liquid intake!
Granted, I think you can only pull off the Maple Leaf sticker/badge if you do the student/aimless traveller thing. As a professional, I doubt it has the same effect. Don't know for sure though, haven't done the latter.
Come on. You know it's not the Maple Leaf that does the trick. It's the Tim Horton's mug you use for every liquid intake!
Granted, I think you can only pull off the Maple Leaf sticker/badge if you do the student/aimless traveller thing. As a professional, I doubt it has the same effect. Don't know for sure though, haven't done the latter.
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Re: FLY2Scuba
Dude sounds like your life sucks. Dont bag on Scuba, he's standup. Just a bit of tongue and cheek.
Oh, about political discussion on flightinfo... have you been under a rock?
nosewheel said:I have a great sense of humor, I fly a 747 freighter around the world with little or no sleep for 18 days a month straight with mostly US crews.We also have crewmembers from other parts of the world including the middle east, Pakistan and Europe.Working 20-30 hrs duty days takes extreme Humor and most of the time we have alot of fun doing our jobs. We sometimes have a different crew every trip or the same crew for the entire time. They all know I'm a Canuck and kid me all the time and we have great fun doing it. 99% of them dont give a rats ass if I'm Canadian as long as we all do our jobs and stay alive.Your post rubbed me the wrong way, thats all. I do silly things too when I've had a few beers but posting on this forum when you have had a few to many and discussing your political veiw's may not be the right thing to do. I accept your vague apology if thats what is was.
Dude sounds like your life sucks. Dont bag on Scuba, he's standup. Just a bit of tongue and cheek.
Oh, about political discussion on flightinfo... have you been under a rock?
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I got 20 out of 20 and at the end it said if I'm an american, the only way I could get that score is by memorizing the answers. I did the test as other than american and scored 20 again, this time it said I was an intellectual giant. Go figure.
By the way has anyone ever seen the movie" Canadian Bacon?"
Very funny movie.
By the way has anyone ever seen the movie" Canadian Bacon?"
Very funny movie.
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Crizz
Like I said, Fly2scuba's comments rubbed me the wrong way, political views or not, nothing to do with hiding under rocks. First of all the comments about his FA and her record for writing bad checks and having to pay $250 for citizenship sounds like a bunch of crap to me. Many Canadians are not allowed into the US because of there past records but paying $250 isn't going to get them into the States. I have also never heard of any of my collegues in the US including myself, having to pay $40 for an FCC license in Canada. As for Canada supporting terrorist's, all I can say to him is take a look in your own back yard. And Crizz, my life really dosn't Suck at all. I have a good paying job doing what I love to do, Fly. Some of us have to work a little harder than others for a paycheck, thats all.
Like I said, Fly2scuba's comments rubbed me the wrong way, political views or not, nothing to do with hiding under rocks. First of all the comments about his FA and her record for writing bad checks and having to pay $250 for citizenship sounds like a bunch of crap to me. Many Canadians are not allowed into the US because of there past records but paying $250 isn't going to get them into the States. I have also never heard of any of my collegues in the US including myself, having to pay $40 for an FCC license in Canada. As for Canada supporting terrorist's, all I can say to him is take a look in your own back yard. And Crizz, my life really dosn't Suck at all. I have a good paying job doing what I love to do, Fly. Some of us have to work a little harder than others for a paycheck, thats all.
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let me tell you something "fly2scuba" if i came on here and started saying crap about the USA like you did about Canada i would get (and expect) the exact same response.....for example...
"While every terrorist group uses Canada as their North American chalet, the moronic/greedy government is after Susey homemaker. Novel idea, make criminals become citizens to enter your "country".
This is hardly a joke as you claim, and i do have a good sense of humor when something is actually funny. And BTW South Park the movie was hilarious.
Like i said before, it's everything except the people (and the sunny states) that i don't like about the USA. Anyways i don't think you saved any face by coming on here trying to blame your dumbass post on the beer, nice try though.
"While every terrorist group uses Canada as their North American chalet, the moronic/greedy government is after Susey homemaker. Novel idea, make criminals become citizens to enter your "country".
This is hardly a joke as you claim, and i do have a good sense of humor when something is actually funny. And BTW South Park the movie was hilarious.
Like i said before, it's everything except the people (and the sunny states) that i don't like about the USA. Anyways i don't think you saved any face by coming on here trying to blame your dumbass post on the beer, nice try though.
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I scored a shameful 16/20. It told me what an idiot I am.
Then I looked at "all" the results and saw that "other countries" scored only 6/10 of a point better on average than Americans... And I scored better than that average (well, either of them).
Curious.
I guess the rest of the world isn't that much smarter than we are here in the dumb old USA? Hmmmm???
What a crock this "test" is.
Then I looked at "all" the results and saw that "other countries" scored only 6/10 of a point better on average than Americans... And I scored better than that average (well, either of them).
Curious.
I guess the rest of the world isn't that much smarter than we are here in the dumb old USA? Hmmmm???
What a crock this "test" is.
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iamcanuck said:
First off you're not a pilot, and second of all you're not an American. Thank God, right? Last time I checked this was a pilot board operated in Eden part II...I mean the United States. So if a post indicating dispeasure with American policies was posted on a Canadian Mechanic Forum, guess what, I would never read it because I don't scour the web for such sites on my free time. However if for some prophetic reason I were to come across such said material on a Canadian Mechanic Forum, I probably wouldn't go ape s__t. Once again, my humorous grudge is against the Canadian government who I view is way to liberal on many issues (because we have a conservative President, the love is lacking) and especially the attitudes of many in Quebec. I just mentioned the beer drinking cause someone indicated I must have posted drunk, well I wasn't and aren't now. This is an example of a drunk post....
"Whilez evey terrorific group uses Canabu as theyre North American shalet, those maronic/greedy sun'of'a'beetch govement is after goods people. Goooooooooooooooooooooood f'ing idea, make ciminals come members to jon you're county.
Vote in better politicians and take some anti-sensitivity training; you could use more humor in your life.
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All I know is, don't trust our neighbors north of the border. Check out this website. All U.S. citizens need to be vigilent...
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17 out of 20. Can't help but notice the pilot group here beating the averages. We could post a link from "journalisminfo.com" and see how far they bring us down...
What I'd really like to see is a similar site visited by people all over the world w/only one question: "What is your annual salary?" Obviously would require a conversion factor to change those toll booth slugs (Canadian quarters) into real money.
Like Dennis Miller recently pointed out: This country is so rich it is truly disgusting. You can't turn around w/out seeing an ATM machine just about everywhere. Almost every wall in America literally sh!ts money!!!
What I'd really like to see is a similar site visited by people all over the world w/only one question: "What is your annual salary?" Obviously would require a conversion factor to change those toll booth slugs (Canadian quarters) into real money.
Like Dennis Miller recently pointed out: This country is so rich it is truly disgusting. You can't turn around w/out seeing an ATM machine just about everywhere. Almost every wall in America literally sh!ts money!!!
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