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06-24-2010, 06:35 AM

#91

keesha_ont

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Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Southern Ontario

Posts: 164

From Ontario Canada and no there is no snow all year round when you hit the border. I live further south than some american states and they probably get more snow. Yes we are metric.

06-24-2010, 06:37 AM

#92

clem55

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: Lexington,Kentucky

Posts: 6,163

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Originally Posted by mhunt1717

Not every female in Kentucky is barefoot or pregnant at 14. Bourbon is not served for breakfast. We're not all hicks--some of us are well-educated. We do, however, ALL love UK basketball!!

(I'm SURE that's not true--some Kentuckians live in Louisville--which can be mispronounced by people who live anywhere in the state...!)

And bluegrass isn't really blue, most of us watch the Derby on TV like the rest of the world, we aren't uneduacated, and we don't all raise horses. But, we do love our KY Wildcats!! Unless you live in Loull-vull And we are basketball fanatics!!

06-24-2010, 06:39 AM

#93

kwhite

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Join Date: Apr 2009

Location: North East USA

Posts: 4,949

I guess I will have to represent rural central PA. Contrary to popular beleif the "tooth brush" was not invented here. The saying goes it must have been invented here cause if it were invented anywhere else it would have been called a "teeth brush".

Some of us have more then one.

06-24-2010, 07:15 AM

#94

Beth33

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Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Buffalo, N.Y.

Posts: 383

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Originally Posted by raptureready

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beth33

It doesn't snow 365 days a year in Buffalo.

But doesn't it take take the 37 days a year that it doesn't snow to melt what's there???

Actually, here it is only June and I finally got most of it cleared from the driveway....just a few more summer days above 32F and we will be fine!! :lol:

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06-24-2010, 07:44 AM

#95

wickn34

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Posts: 100

What is hot in Canada? It has been 100 for the last few days and there is no end in sight.

06-24-2010, 07:47 AM

#96

wickn34

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Posts: 100

I love your avator.

06-24-2010, 07:51 AM

#97

wickn34

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Posts: 100

Mississippi has income tax bit not on SS. Gotta love that.

06-24-2010, 07:59 AM

#98

GamaSusan

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Join Date: May 2010

Posts: 24

West Virginia is one of the 50 states. It is not a western area of Virginia. Just like North Carolina and South Carolina there is a West Virginia and Virginia.

06-24-2010, 08:11 AM

#99

Ripped on Scotch

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Join Date: Apr 2010

Location: Ontario Canada

Posts: 1,328

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Originally Posted by wickn34

What is hot in Canada? It has been 100 for the last few days and there is no end in sight.

Last night was 86 at 9pm... but we are normally around the high 80s - 100's for the summer. The best laugh i have ever had is watching the cars drive over with skis on the roof thinking that we have snow all year round. Some one once asked if we have washrooms or outhouses? Really it's Canada it's not like we live in a time warp. Silly silly things really.

06-24-2010, 08:29 AM

#100

Jim's Gem

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Join Date: Jun 2008

Location: Camarillo, California

Posts: 35,242

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Originally Posted by raptureready

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Originally Posted by Kimcatlou

What is a Chinese fire drill?

At a stop light eveyone jumps out of the car, runs around it and gets back in before the light changes to green. We have them in Illinois too. Just a silly thing that kids and young adults (or older ones that are still young at heart) do. Why is it called a Chinese fire drill? I haven't a clue.

We did these as kids in California too!!!