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2004-03-25 Great White North

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Posted by Mike 2004-03-25 4:48:45 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Am I alone or do Canadians have WAY to much time on their hands? Hand me a molsen plz!

Posted by Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-03-25 5:02:42 PM|| 2004-03-25 5:02:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Why? The Esquimeaux getting uppity?

Posted by BH 2004-03-25 5:03:32 PM|| 2004-03-25 5:03:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I actually think China might be licking its chops...all that resource rich open land must look pretty good to an overcrowded Asian nation right about now. Especially considering that there will be around 70 mil frustrated single young men coming out of there in the next 20 years...look out Baby Seals!

Posted by mjh 2004-03-25 5:07:25 PM|| 2004-03-25 5:07:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Don't laugh... when Global Warming kicks in, and the US is a desert, today's worthless frozen tundra will be tomorrow's fruitful bread basket.

Just kidding, go ahead and LYAO with the rest of us!!!

Posted by Hyper 2004-03-25 5:21:05 PM|| 2004-03-25 5:21:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The country that ought to be nervous about some one else wanting "Lebensraum" is Australia. Between China, India and Indonesia I would think Canberra is thinking really hard about its strategic future. Plus the thing with Canada is I wonder if there has been some oil exploration going on, on the sly up north.

Posted by Cheddarhead 2004-03-25 5:42:29 PM|| 2004-03-25 5:42:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Does anyone know why/how the old rifles are more reliable in the cold.

You'd think of all places, Canada would have some modern rifles that work in the cold.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-03-25 5:48:40 PM|| 2004-03-25 5:48:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 JarHead... you got any chilly trainning? You may have to defend O'Canada against the aggressor state Ming.

Posted by Shipman 2004-03-25 7:29:45 PM|| 2004-03-25 7:29:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Oil, diamonds, and mosquitos.

Posted by .com 2004-03-25 7:34:00 PM|| 2004-03-25 7:34:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 China's not too far off. Posted a story someplace last year about the Canadians getting a call from up North. Seems a bunch of Chinese sailors were wandering around town. China had sent a ship to the Northwest Passage and it made port in one of the villages up there. The first the gov't knew was the call.

Posted by Chuck 2004-03-25 8:36:40 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-03-25 8:36:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Ha ha ha ha ha ha.......... EH!

Posted by Texan 2004-03-25 8:45:09 PM|| 2004-03-25 8:45:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 carrying antique rifles (which are more reliable in the biting cold),

The reason I think is fewer moving parts to bind up. But I've never shot a rifle at 50 below either.

Posted by Bill Nelson 2004-03-25 9:28:47 PM|| 2004-03-25 9:28:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Don't laugh...most of America's drinking water comes from Canada!

Posted by Rafael 2004-03-25 9:55:15 PM|| 2004-03-25 9:55:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Spent two weeks of pure misery in March one year at a place called Cold Lake, Ontario. The name fit. We were about 20 miles from Hudson's Bay, it was -40F, the wind never stopped blowing, and I've never seen diesel fuel freeze so fast before. I don't know if rifles of any kind would have fired, but touching bare metal with bare hands was a definite no-no! Was VERY glad to get back to South Carolina!

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-03-26 12:15:34 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-03-26 12:15:34 AM|| Front Page Top

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