Canadian Health Care

As much as I would like to see you folks, I've been told by reliable sources that the standard of living in Canada is lower than that in the U.S.

I'm just not sure I'm ready to put up with single-payer health care, more vacation days, fewer crazies....

Um, hmmm. Anyone know a website that sells bullet-proof vests for rabbits? 

Rico, don't leave out our freedom of speech that doesn't allow utterances of hate or threats.  We also are not keen on wars.  But we have lots of doughnut shops, most of them Tim Hortons! 

Lewing -So I was really rockin to the Canada song "Whoa Whoa-Oh Whoa!" Very energetic.

Lindasa - Eve of Destruction - now THAT was a protest song!

Hi My Canadian Friends,

Sorry to be a little off topic .. but has anyone heard from Gracie1?  She started this topic.  The last post was about a week ago from her husband on a thread in the hospice section. She was looking for some info in the palliative care thread.

Elizabeth .. if Canada wasn't so far north (not warm enough for me), I'd head up there. 

Holy smokes .. Rico got reported and is on limited posts now.  Ouch!  She's my hero!

Yessirree .. lately freedom of speech has taken on a whole new meaning in the lower 48!

"Eve of Destruction"  OMG .. we're dating ourselves! 

Hugs Canadian Buddies,

Bren

Yep -- We've got her and her bunny buddy tucked in behind the furnace, far away from the prying eyes of the border choppers that regularly patrol the Niagara River, searching for wayward and misguided Americans seeking asylum LOL

Hey Bren -- what makes you think it's so cold up here?  Ah, more misinformation being spread by right-wing media I guess!

Bren, come on up.  Don't forget the DD coffee though!

Well now here is the beauty of our border guards....you don't have to smuggle the coffee.  We usually come back with at least 12 bags and never have a problem.  But while you are shopping for your journey, could you pick up some chocolate mini wheats?  We are denied such luxuries in our socialist country.  

Mich -- thanks for the compliment (calling us "ladies", that is)!  As for the other thread...well...it's entertaining, for sure LOL.  Passions abound when it comes to American politics, and that's a good thing, usually. 

Rico -- keep in touch with us!  And all others who share our philosophy of universal healthcare.  One day you'll have it too.

Free at last, free at last!!! Thank God, I'm free at last. In an undisclosed location. And no, Dick Cheney is NOT with me. 

And not a minute too soon. Melissa denied my request for parole so I'm still under free speech house arrest. 

But I gotta ask. How the heck do Canadians communicate without throwing bricks through windows? And how do you get someone to listen if you don't throw in a good old-fashioned death threat or a picture of a noose? 

I'm SO confused! 

Rico has begun to end every sentence with "eh" like a good Canuck.  She's wearing a touque and eating Canadian maple syrup and pancakes with a side of poutine at an undisclosed location.  She is being moved daily in search for a somewhat temperate location (heading west).

BTW -- sure we're mostly north of the US.  But if you look on a map or globe, Canada's most southern location (Windsor, Ontario) lines up with Rhode Island and southern Oregon.  So, depending where you are, some Canucks live further south than some Americans.  Then there's Alaska...  Just saying...

Our hockey players act out our feelings of violence. We live vicariously through them. The rest of us can then be more polite. Although it was interesting that during the Olympics, when we were seen as too aggressive, we were criticized for being un-Canadian......pity!!! 

On another note, I didn't realize that Gracie was in a difficult place. Sorry to hear that.

Oh crap -- I didn't put 2 and 2 together on the palliative thread.  This really sucks.

This disease really sucks.

I have to admit, I'm surprised by the references to Dunkin Donuts coffee on this thread.  I thought Tim Horton's coffee was a source of national pride, and Dunkin Donuts were the imperialist enemy??  (FWIW, it's easier for me to get TH coffee than DD.  Timmy's moved into a shuttered Starbucks just a few blocks from my office.  At our gag gift exchange last December, the two most popular presents - we do this thing where you can choose to take someone else's gift and make them draw another - were a Tim Horton gift card and a T-shirt mocking Sarah Palin.  You'd have thought we were Canadian!)

Linda

Do any of you know how to reach Gracie1?  I know she's been on these boards for a long time .. and had a different screen name a few years ago. 

I could use a Krispy Creme about now.  Nothing like a sleepless night to bring on a donutty sugar attack in the a.m.

I heard from Layne .. your other honorary Canadian .. her mom is in hospice and holding her own. Layne has just returned home after spending 10 days with her.  Hopefully, she'll check in soon. 

I'll see if I can get some of that chocolate cereal and get it sent up north!

love,

Bren