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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| ohahakehte wrote: |
| i found northerners in ontario to be much more into outdoors activities - makes sense with all the beautiful parks and rivers and lakes up there. many in the south would see northerners to be "hickish" and theres some truth to that, but they see southerners as stuck up and eccentric in their tastes. |
Overall, you're right.
But I'm a Northern Ontario boy and I think nature bites. Screw the outdoors, we've evolved. |
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ohahakehte
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The State of Denial
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| ohahakehte wrote: |
| i found northerners in ontario to be much more into outdoors activities - makes sense with all the beautiful parks and rivers and lakes up there. many in the south would see northerners to be "hickish" and theres some truth to that, but they see southerners as stuck up and eccentric in their tastes. |
Overall, you're right.
But I'm a Northern Ontario boy and I think nature bites. Screw the outdoors, we've evolved. |
dont you miss the north? i planted in northern ontario for 2000, 2001 and 2002 and this past summer i missed it so much. not really the planting, but the forests and lakes and bears. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| ohahakehte wrote: |
| dont you miss the north? i planted in northern ontario for 2000, 2001 and 2002 and this past summer i missed it so much. not really the planting, but the forests and lakes and bears. |
I don't mind my hometown, but the forests, lakes and bears I can live without (actually, I kinda like the bears, but I didn't come across them all that often anyway). |
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ohahakehte
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The State of Denial
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| you from thunder bay? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 5:50 am Post subject: |
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| you from thunder bay? |
Different bay. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 6:58 am Post subject: |
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Michigan does have that same thing going on as Ontario. For example, Ontario has a row of small cities - Windsor, Kitchener, London, etc. Michigan has Flint, Saginaw, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, etc. Not to mention the big 'world' cities of Toronto or Detroit (although Detroit is definetely a 'has been' city however).
But anyhow.. up north of that belt it does seem to be more lake culture and outdoorsiness. Up in my area - on Lake Huron.. lots of 'city-folk' come up with their nice cars buying nice lake front property. They're around in the summers and such. The rest of the year we have it all to ourselves - which basically means lots of shanties, ice-fishing, and whatever else. Just small-town stuff.
If you go way up there near Lake Superior (Upper Peninsula) its mostly federal land.. just tons and tons of pine trees mixed with poplar and birch (those white trees) with who knows how many lakes all over the place.. and particularly the conjecture of the Great Lakes - Mackinaw Island, Mackinaw Bridge, Sault Stainte Marie, etc.
Actually I've been to both sides of Lake Huron (Michigan side and Ontario side). The Ontario side is better for beaches. Its much more like the Michigan side of Lake Michigan - more sand and such as the winds blow eastward.
I'm more near Port Huron/Sarnia.. but one year when I was young I lived near Sault Stainte Marie.. another international border.. its pretty cool up there.. I like it up there better.. but of course winters bite.
Detroit is kind of the 'scarey' city.. but I've also heard the techno scene is really good there - heard moreso from Windsor-ites about the tecno scene. Detroiters would probably agree, but I seldom meet people from Detroit very often. |
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:01 am Post subject: |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 9:08 am Post subject: |
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The Drakensberg is usually cold...gorillas there too...but I miss sitting on the top of a mountain listening to music while melting on mushrooms...yeah, Korean culture is cool...watching the clouds enshrouded by fog...yearning for the days of no responsilibity...kicmchi is nice when fresh...and when Nintendo wasn't all Donkey Kong but real, you know?...
Uh, what was the topic about again? |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: ...Enlightenment...
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 11:34 am Post subject: |
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Too much time, the part of my post that you quoted looks a little different when you tack on what comes next, I'll highlight the bit you left out ...
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| you could say nothing white america has done was unique to america because they are all immigrants from Europe, but that's kind of meaningless as they have been there a long time and developed a culture of their own. |
Proving beyond doubt the perils of quoting out of context.
BTW, just a thought I had while in a taxi today, I finally realised that "Trot Music" ain't that bad, I quite like it actually. So if you're looking to get into a bit of Korean culture, and find the contempory pop music just so much carbon copy rip offs of US top forty style without the originality, then I'd suggest getting into Trot. It's old traditional Korean folk melodies and words, but given a bit of a modern treatment. I personally can hear originality, and a bit of something that's unique and quite asian in the melodies of Trot songs. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| ohahakehte wrote: |
| the_beaver wrote: |
| ohahakehte wrote: |
| i found northerners in ontario to be much more into outdoors activities - makes sense with all the beautiful parks and rivers and lakes up there. many in the south would see northerners to be "hickish" and theres some truth to that, but they see southerners as stuck up and eccentric in their tastes. |
Overall, you're right.
But I'm a Northern Ontario boy and I think nature bites. Screw the outdoors, we've evolved. |
dont you miss the north? i planted in northern ontario for 2000, 2001 and 2002 and this past summer i missed it so much. not really the planting, but the forests and lakes and bears. |
I lived in Northern Quebec for 3 years. I've been to everywhere in Northern Ontario/Quebec several times.
Seems like the beaver is from North Bay? Been there so many times I can't count.
I hate the north. I'll tell you why in one word: WINTER. Yup you go up in the summer when it is beautiful...(yeah the most beautiful time of year up there is summer). But in winter it sucks. I remember having two weeks in a row of -40 days, no school, no going outside, just bored inside.
I am originally from Toronto, and that place isn't so nice nature wise or weather wise, but at least you dont get trapped at home because of constant -40 days.
I think if I ever do return to Canada I would be one of those city boys who lives in the GTA and buys a cottage somewhere between Barrie and North Bay. |
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