Take_1
Well-known member
Boy... you can say that again.
Any Canadians here?
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dory_breaux
Todd Wannabe
Infact, I'll say it. Too bad Panasonic Canada sucks so much.
French Canadian born in the US represent! Woohoo!
French Canadian born in the US represent! Woohoo!
JConnors
Veteran
Are you going to travel all the way across the country?
I did that years ago and it was pretty sweet. Went from Charlottetown PEI to Tofino BC over the course of the summer, one Island to the other, was pretty amazing to see the entire country (although I missed Newfoundland and have heard great things about the people and culture there), the biggest thing that stood out to me was regardless of what province, city or small town you were in, everyone was exactly the same, friendly, courteous and willing to help. My car broke down in a remote part of Ontario and I had some guy pull over and offer to help pay, just some random guy, walked up, asked if everything was alright, opened his wallet and tried to hand me like 500 bucks, I declined cos I had the money, but, I couldn't believe it, just some guy, didn't even think about it, bam here's some money, and nearly every car that passed pulled over to offer help. The only place I didn't like was Thunder Bay and that was because some asshole cop decided to search my car at the Terry Fox Memorial thinking I had a bunch of drugs in my car and then proceeded to follow me out of town, that really pissed me off (also the same day the car broke down), found that very disrespectful, the fact he pulled that **** in the parking lot where I came to check out a Canadian Hero's memorial site. It really left a bad taste in my mouth, still does.
So all in all, rest of Canada good, Thunder Bay not good.
I did that years ago and it was pretty sweet. Went from Charlottetown PEI to Tofino BC over the course of the summer, one Island to the other, was pretty amazing to see the entire country (although I missed Newfoundland and have heard great things about the people and culture there), the biggest thing that stood out to me was regardless of what province, city or small town you were in, everyone was exactly the same, friendly, courteous and willing to help. My car broke down in a remote part of Ontario and I had some guy pull over and offer to help pay, just some random guy, walked up, asked if everything was alright, opened his wallet and tried to hand me like 500 bucks, I declined cos I had the money, but, I couldn't believe it, just some guy, didn't even think about it, bam here's some money, and nearly every car that passed pulled over to offer help. The only place I didn't like was Thunder Bay and that was because some asshole cop decided to search my car at the Terry Fox Memorial thinking I had a bunch of drugs in my car and then proceeded to follow me out of town, that really pissed me off (also the same day the car broke down), found that very disrespectful, the fact he pulled that **** in the parking lot where I came to check out a Canadian Hero's memorial site. It really left a bad taste in my mouth, still does.
So all in all, rest of Canada good, Thunder Bay not good.
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Gord.T
Still "Senior Member"
Oh great, now I'm acting like friggin scarface. Gotta love dutch brewers.
Yeah, I hitched cross Canada too. Some good, some bad.
I spent a little time in Quebec & New Brunswick and must admit I was surprised that the horror stories I had heard (80's-90's) were just not true.
In fact not one single unpleaseant experience the time I was there.
Nothing but absolute politeness.
This is not the first time I hear about that myth and this is not the first time I hear about someone saying it's not true at all and even the opposite. You're welcome anytime.