I'm AmeriKKKan born,living in Canada (as a Permanent Resident) married to a European from a former communist (gasp)! country, socialist/democratic / liberal-minded mixed race pinko, and ummmmm.... what was my point here guys? help me out here, i got lost there....
Oh yeah!! I'm never going back!!!!,( even though the prospect of buying an "MTV Crib" for <$100k is appealing) unless of course, Republican Tent-Cities start sprouting up. Canada's 'socialist' postal service, SUCKS bigtime, we can't UPS because of the BRUTAL "handling and brokerage' fees applied to anything coming across the border, our postage $$$, and Nazi-like customs service, not to mention Cable, internet, and cell phone providers are so overpriced compared to the rest of the developed world.... I don't see how shipping here could be seen as a problem, I'm jealous when I see how little it costs you guys to ship up here! Fr'instance: I get records shipped up from third man, they're paying about $5 bucks to ship from Nashville... that's a double LP, and a t-shirt. For me to ship one LP in a mailer... to Nashville? Ready for this??
$14 to $15!!! It'd ri-god-damned-diculous!!! What are we, Uzbekistan?
I don't get it. Yes, I enjoy the overpriced but freely available Cuban cigars, the stellar health care, and public education system, the multitudes of myriad cultures and diversity, yadda yadda yadda, but the prices for basic modern-day services, our constricted content (HBO Canada, anyone)?, our Government's ridiculous insistence of pushing "Canadian Culture" on the rest of the world, only to turn around and loudly proclaim how ignorant those Americans are... thinking we live in igloos, love curling, have mounted police on every corner, and moose roaming the streets freely... (sheesh, wonder where they got THOSE crazy ideas... COrner Gas, anyone?, Due South,anyone)? Sigh.... what I'm trying to say here is.... We're ALL Americans, ok? North Americans.
Oh yeah!! I'm never going back!!!!,( even though the prospect of buying an "MTV Crib" for <$100k is appealing) unless of course, Republican Tent-Cities start sprouting up. Canada's 'socialist' postal service, SUCKS bigtime, we can't UPS because of the BRUTAL "handling and brokerage' fees applied to anything coming across the border, our postage $$$, and Nazi-like customs service, not to mention Cable, internet, and cell phone providers are so overpriced compared to the rest of the developed world.... I don't see how shipping here could be seen as a problem, I'm jealous when I see how little it costs you guys to ship up here! Fr'instance: I get records shipped up from third man, they're paying about $5 bucks to ship from Nashville... that's a double LP, and a t-shirt. For me to ship one LP in a mailer... to Nashville? Ready for this??
$14 to $15!!! It'd ri-god-damned-diculous!!! What are we, Uzbekistan?
I don't get it. Yes, I enjoy the overpriced but freely available Cuban cigars, the stellar health care, and public education system, the multitudes of myriad cultures and diversity, yadda yadda yadda, but the prices for basic modern-day services, our constricted content (HBO Canada, anyone)?, our Government's ridiculous insistence of pushing "Canadian Culture" on the rest of the world, only to turn around and loudly proclaim how ignorant those Americans are... thinking we live in igloos, love curling, have mounted police on every corner, and moose roaming the streets freely... (sheesh, wonder where they got THOSE crazy ideas... COrner Gas, anyone?, Due South,anyone)? Sigh.... what I'm trying to say here is.... We're ALL Americans, ok? North Americans.