Wanted to be the first!

[Softhearted]

A big hello from the land of maple syrup, poutine, hockey and any other canucky clichés!! (like canadian beacon, can someone please tell me what the hell is canadian beacon ??? )

Well, I wanted to be the first canuck to post in the Canada Forums... (and a french-canuck mind you ROFLOL) :p

Laters, tourlou, à plus, etc...

xxx

[Linus]

I don't know what a Canadian Beacon but Canadian Bacon is a thin slice of ham (thicker than regular bacon). It may or may not have been rolled in ground yellow pea meal (sometimes called peameal bacon).

I'm an wayward Canadian Anglophone-Acadian (who understands more french than he let's on) living in the US.

[Softhearted]

Maudite marde :eek:! I knew that I should have used the dictionary... bacon not beacon (slapping myself on the forehead.... I'm a real "gougoune" at times!!!) Thank you for the answer Linus !!!

Ooops, I hope you don't mind the "frenglish" :)

[Linus]

I grew up on "frenglish". I think it's my mothertongue (largely due to being in a family of bilingual Acadians who flip back and forth like it's normal).

[The_Lady_Snow]

Ms Soft!!!!!:D

[Softhearted]

Hey there Lady Snow! Welcome to virtual Canada lol!

[Leigh]

Yay more fellow Canadians on the BFP :)

[foxyshaman]

:nixon:

A fellow Canadian currently enjoying the +C November!!

[Tommi]

Looking for the beacon from Canada..while I eat Canadian Bacon;).
Oh , there's the Softhearted beacon..Welcome from So. California :theisland:

[Softhearted]

In a few weeks the Softhearted "beacon" will look like this :cold:

[Leigh]

I live in "Winterpeg" so I know that feeling all too well Softhearted

[Isadora]

Does being in love with a Canadian count? *waves my brand new passport* Canadians save lives. I know, hy saved mine.

[Softhearted]

Sure it counts Isadora! Being in love with a canadian is a great thing :)! Welcome into the tribe :welcome:

[Isadora]

Sure it counts Isadora! Being in love with a canadian is a great thing :)! Welcome into the tribe :welcome:

Thank you. I so appreciate it.

[Linus]

And just because we all know that anything that goes wrong means "Blame Canada" I found this smiley: :canadian:

[suebee]

"Gougoune!" :simplelaugh: I haven't heard that since I left Quebec.

And :cigar: , (you know who you are;) ) I'm in southern N.B., but lived in Campbellton for a few years. You from around our way?

Glad to be here, glad to see other Canadians here! Now, who brought the beer? :boink: MOOSEHEAD of course! :eek:

[Linus]

"Gougoune!" :simplelaugh: I haven't heard that since I left Quebec.

And :cigar: , (you know who you are;) ) I'm in southern N.B., but lived in Campbellton for a few years. You from around our way?

Glad to be here, glad to see other Canadians here! Now, who brought the beer? :boink: MOOSEHEAD of course! :eek:

OMG! My grandmother is from Campbellton (well, Atholville). My parents are from Shediac and my grandmother is now in McLeods. Such a small world! :)

[Softhearted]

And both my parents are originally from a small village near Edmunston, NB!

[fever]

Waving at all of you from the lush and tropical BC! I am hoping to meet some of you during the Olympic Winter Games. Give a holler if you are heading west!

Hys babygirl

[FR]

--um fever we dont go to canada when its snowy and cold--our oo oohs will fall off-smoochy

[Greyson]

Just popping in to say hello to all of my Canadian friends. It's no secret I have Canadian envy. I am an American that has wished so many times that my country could be a little more like your country.

Go Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics. :canada:

[suebee]

Just popping in to say hello to all of my Canadian friends. It's no secret I have Canadian envy. I am an American that has wished so many times that my country could be a little more like your country.

Go Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics. :canada:

Okay. Get up here. I'm gonna have to marry your U.S. :spank: and make a Canadian out of you! ;)

[suebee]

OMG! My grandmother is from Campbellton (well, Atholville). My parents are from Shediac and my grandmother is now in McLeods. Such a small world! :)


Too funny! I used to live two blocks away from Atolville, and visited clients in McLeods. Small world indeed!


And both my parents are originally from a small village near Edmunston, NB!

Now, you're going to have to be more specific than that! I've driven by Edmuston (in the Republic of Madawaska) ;) dozens of times!
Do you know the story of the "Republic of Madawaska"?

I'm in southern New Brunswick now, and I'm afraid that my French is going to be so rusty that nobody is going to be able to understand a word I say!

[Wryly]

:canada:
Another Canadian sigining in!

Damn, I think winter is finally here! Why are there no snow smilies? ;)

[Softhearted]

Don't we love winter?

:snowballfight:

:cold:

:cough:

I think I need some Grandma's chicken soup! :cooking:

[la_la]

Hello from a brand new and very proud Canadian

[Softhearted]

I want to wish Happy Holidays to all my fellow canadians!

Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) !

:smileyXmasTree:

[ONLY]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from the freakin freezing province of Ontario....oh and all the snow......friiiggg ;) be safe

[LieslKate]

Another Canadian here... freezing her ass off in Southern New Brunswick too !

[sylvie]

another canuck here, southern NB as well :-)

:hanging:

[musicman]

hi fellow Canadians. Wanted to drop in a say hi, i'm fairly new to this site. Thanks to RNguy directing me to the site.

Musicman

[Linus]

A little bit of funny:

YouTube- Comedy Now! Russell Peters LIVE 1/5 (very funny)

[amiyesiam]

I am 1/8 french Canadian, one of my great grandmothers was from Quebec.

[Andrew, Jr.]

Hi and Welcome to all the :canada:

Andrew

[tippy]

Canadian here! :):canada:

[ONLY]

Ok so a few canadians......where bouts? If you all don't mind me asking. Ontario here ;)

[Linus]

I'm originally from Ottawa/Toronto but live in NYC. Family is from New Brunswick (french Acadian)

[sylvie]

french acadian here too.. i'm in New Brunswick, Saint John to be precise.. but my family is in Petit Rocher, just outside of Bathurst.. i also lived in Tracadie for awhile...

it's been so cold here, brrr lol.. ready for spring, i don't care if mr groundhog seen his shadow or not! LOL

[ONLY]

HEY ;)

ya it's been FREEZING here...then gets mild...then FREEZING....but hey that is Canadian weather for ya ;) Just hope spring is just around the corner..I AM READY for it ;) Keep warm......

[Leigh]

Its good to see more Canadians here :)

I'm probably one of the only western canadians here, and possibly the only prairie dweller on the Planet lol

Just a Winterpeg guy here :thumbsup:

[sylvie]

ahhh, i am so ready for spring as well.. this passed few days it's been so mild and beautiful out, i couldnt resist going out today, was nice not to freeze my rear off for a change, but ahhh would it be too much to ask for it to stay this nice throughout til Spring arrives?
heh..

[sweetsexyboi]

Salut a tous!!

Une Quebecoise qui est maintenant au US! J'adore la poutine, le porto et les belles femmes!!! ....pas necessairement dans cet ordre:winky:
Softhearted merci pour avoir commencer ce "thread"!!

vive le:canada:
:canadian:

[2myladyblue]

Its good to see more Canadians here :)

I'm probably one of the only western canadians here, and possibly the only prairie dweller on the Planet lol

Just a Winterpeg guy here :thumbsup:

Not anymore Braedon!
:newbie:

[Linus]

Ok. Not quite queer or anything but I wanted to let everyone know about a CBC radio drama/comedy my aunt is voicing on. It's called Backbencher. And they are looking for more listeners. It's a 30 min show (and available on iTunes as a podcast if you want): http://www.cbc.ca/backbencher/ So if you get a chance, listen to it and let CBC know what you think.

She is playing Renee, the parliamentary assistant on the show.

[Andrew, Jr.]

Linus,

I will try to pick up the signal on my radio. I am not sure if I can get it or not. Thanks for telling me about this. :groucho:

[Leigh]

Not anymore Braedon!
:newbie:



Wow you mean I'm finally not the only winnipegger here anymore? Sweet .......... welcome to the Planet ladyblue :rose:


Hope all of My other canadian friends are having a good day today :)

[foxyshaman]

Braedon,

A fellow praire dweller. Two provinces over.... hailing from good ol central Alberta. I recently went to a large workshop is WI and there were more people from Australia than Canada... I was the only one... I did not even bother to say where I was from, I just said Canada... not that that has ANYTHING to do with this thread... just sharing Canadian attitude :superfunny:

[Leigh]

Braedon,

A fellow praire dweller. Two provinces over.... hailing from good ol central Alberta. I recently went to a large workshop is WI and there were more people from Australia than Canada... I was the only one... I did not even bother to say where I was from, I just said Canada... not that that has ANYTHING to do with this thread... just sharing Canadian attitude :superfunny:



LOL @ foxy, canadian attitude rawks :)

[Softhearted]

Woot Woot!!! Go Habs Go.... to the Stanley Cup we go!!!! (well, a girl can dream lol)

:hockey:

[Leigh]

I hope that the Canadiens go as far as possible :D

[freyja]

i won't root specifically for hockey, but i will support any team with the red maple leaf on it :)

[LieslKate]

i won't root specifically for hockey, but i will support any team with the red maple leaf on it :)


Glad to see you found the thread Freyja... just logged in and saw your message, went looking for and found the thread and here you are !

Now... did you subscribe to the thread ?

[suebee]

My girl, who lives in Maine, asked me one day if I'd ever thought about living in the south. I told her I already lived in the south: Southern New Brunswick. She went like this: :|

:formalbow: It's all a matter of perspective, isn't it?

[Curley]

well shame on me!!!!! lol I missed this thread :wtf: but I'm here now. Vancouver right in the "gay getto" Hi everyone:cheer:

[2myladyblue]

Wow you mean I'm finally not the only winnipegger here anymore? Sweet .......... welcome to the Planet ladyblue :rose:

*Buries my nose in that beautiful rose & inhales deeply* :heartbeat: Awwww......sweet....thank you, Braedon! :lips:

~Blue
:waitinggirl:

[2myladyblue]

*smiles & waves to all the other Canadians* :canada:
TIMMY'S ALL AROUND!!! :bringcoffee: ~Blue

[Softhearted]

Olé olé olé olé!!!! Woohooooo !!!!! GO HABS GO!!!!!! Like we say in Montréal, ça sent la Coupe! (It smells like the Cup... which doesn't translate well lol!)

[babybutch775]

GO HABS! hello fellow Canadians!

[2myladyblue]

:canada: ...Just wanted to say :cheer: HEY!!! :cheer: to my fellow canadiens, eh!
I've been wonderin' where ya'll are & what yer up to....how's the weather where you are?
~Blue in Winterpeg...possibly the only city in Canada where you need to use air conditioning & heat in the SAME DAY....lol
(I wanted to dig up some more garden space, but its a little too damp & cool today *brrrrr*)

[foxyshaman]

Hey LadyBlue..:canada:

It is a whopping 6 here today. Southern Alberta is getting between 10 - 12cm of snow.... but whatever we can use the moisture... maybe this will be the year we break the drought?

I like the cool rainy weather... actually i just love rain!!!

I haven't stopped in Winnipeg, drove through it heading east, flown over it a bunch... but nope never actually stopped.

Some people were lulled a couple of weeks ago when it was 30... and planted...they must be transplants cause true Alb's never plant early, we just know its gonna snow again...

ahhh well I am not complaining... whateva...

[babybutch775]

Winterpeg? Still makes me giggles after 7 years of being here, and yes..the only place ive been where AC and heat are required within the same day...Weird!
hehehe most fabulous storm last night! Cracks booms and some brilant flashes!
What happened to out sunny hot day today?

[2myladyblue]

Hey LadyBlue..:canada:

Heya Foxy!

It is a whopping 6 here today. Southern Alberta is getting between 10 - 12cm of snow.... but whatever we can use the moisture... maybe this will be the year we break the drought?

SNOW?? :explode: Ugh...noooooo......
*nods* Here's to an end to the drought...

I like the cool rainy weather... actually i just love rain!!!

:cheer: OOOHH! OOOHH! ME TOO! ME TOO! :cheer:

I haven't stopped in Winnipeg, drove through it heading east, flown over it a bunch... but nope never actually stopped.

You don't know what you're missing! There are SO MANY reasons to come to Winnipeg!

Some people were lulled a couple of weeks ago when it was 30... and planted...they must be transplants cause true Alb's never plant early, we just know its gonna snow again...

*tsk*tsk* Never, never, never plant BEFORE the May long weekend...or later, by the sounds of it!

ahhh well I am not complaining... whateva...

Wouldn't do ya much good if ya were, anyway! LOL

Stay warm, Foxy!
~Blue

[2myladyblue]

Winterpeg? Still makes me giggles after 7 years of being here, and yes..the only place ive been where AC and heat are required within the same day...Weird!
hehehe most fabulous storm last night! Cracks booms and some brilant flashes!
What happened to out sunny hot day today?

NO WAY!!! You're in The Peg too???
:happyjump: I know! I :heartbeat: thunder storms!! They're Mother Nature's fireworks! :sparklyheart:
'Scuse me a moment, won't you? :byebye:
Braedon! Braedon! Where are you? I FOUND ANOTHER ONE OF US!
~Blue

[Simply_me]

Hello my fellow Canadians.
I think I'm the only one from Saskatchewan (say that 3x fast lol)
How is everyone doing?

[2myladyblue]

Hello my fellow Canadians.
I think I'm the only one from Saskatchewan (say that 3x fast lol)
How is everyone doing?

SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan! Hello Simply! :welcome: We're practically neighbors! :canada:
Timmy's? :bringcoffee:
:blueheels:
~LadyBlue

[Simply_me]

SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan! Hello Simply! :welcome: We're practically neighbors! :canada:
Timmy's? :bringcoffee:
:blueheels:
~LadyBlue

Hahahahahaha only my neighbor can say it 3x fast lol. :)

[oblivia]

Hey all!! :-)

oblivia here in Vancouver!! :) Nice to see other Canadians here. I'm not a Canadian officially yet (though I have filed the paperwork!) but have been a landed immigrant for three and a half years or so, and happily married to an ACTUAL Canadian.

I actually truly adore Canada, and Vancouver especially - though I find that there doesn't seem to be much in the way of a local butch-femme community here, which I found surprising. Coming from the PNW (Washington), I expected it to be quite similar...... but not really. Culture shock in many ways but it's a neat place to live.

~oblivia

[Leigh]

I can't believe that I missed the fact that there is yet another Winnipegger here on BFP, heck we could begin to have our own little group for hanging out together :)

[babybutch775]

I can't believe that I missed the fact that there is yet another Winnipegger here on BFP, heck we could begin to have our own little group for hanging out together :)
YES! lets do that start a Winnipeg room..im sure a few more might pop out of the woodwork!

[babybutch775]

NO WAY!!! You're in The Peg too???
:happyjump: I know! I :heartbeat: thunder storms!! They're Mother Nature's fireworks! :sparklyheart:
'Scuse me a moment, won't you? :byebye:
Braedon! Braedon! Where are you? I FOUND ANOTHER ONE OF US!
~Blue
I so am in Winnipeg TOO!! woohoo

[2myladyblue]

YES! lets do that start a Winnipeg room..im sure a few more might pop out of the woodwork!

I so am in Winnipeg TOO!! woohoo

:musicnote: :LGBTQFlag: :musicnote:
HA P P Y
P R I D E ! !
:musicnote: :LGBTQFlag: :musicnote:
:aslpeacelove:

[Linus]

They need to update this one:


BRI-A3vakVg

[suebee]

Were we sold?

[morningstar55]

mawning Ontario ians..hmmm not sure if that spelling is right.... but anyways ya'll know what I mean......lol
i'll be cruzzzzin.... up to Alliston Ontario via from Detriot up the 401..... yeHaaa...
i have a lil time for a pit stop... not much though.. lol

[Morice Diesel]

southwestern ontario here...need to work on my profile

[Softhearted]

They need to update this one:


BRI-A3vakVg


Lol and I need to put this one too! It is a spoof of the I AM CANADIAN molson ads but with a Québec twist :)!

I was laughing so hard!!! Stereotyped but darn, I know some people like that!

YouTube - Quebec - I am Canadian ad Spoof

[EnderD_503]

Lol and I need to put this one too! It is a spoof of the I AM CANADIAN molson ads but with a Québec twist :)!

I was laughing so hard!!! Stereotyped but darn, I know some people like that!

YouTube - Quebec - I am Canadian ad Spoof (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySRf8m3plrM&p=717B56E23531437B&playnext=1&index=12)

"My name is Guy and I am NOT Canadien...mautadit tabarnak esti!" lol, saw that one a while back. Love it! :D

Good to see other French Canadians about, btw :cool:

[greeneyedlady]

Single femme from London, Ontario taking applications from mature Butches.

[Leigh]

Just came in to say hi to My fellow Canadians :)

[oblivia]

Hey all! :) Anyone in the Vancouver area... there's a casual coffee/tea butch/femme gathering sorta deal trying to get going in the area. If you're around and want to meet up with us, come join! I think the idea is to have it the second Sunday of every month. I'm not the organizer but thought I'd share the details... please consider coming... I miss connecting with b/f community in person!

When:
Second Sunday of the month at 4pm (first one November 14th)

Where:
Shaktea
3702 Main Street (at the corner of East 21st Ave)
Vancouver, BC V5V 3N7

Hope to see you there!!

~oblivia

[oblivia]

Ooooh and have also discovered there is another event - a High Femme Tea at 1pm on the same day (Nov 14th). Wow!

[suebee]

Ooooh and have also discovered there is another event - a High Femme Tea at 1pm on the same day (Nov 14th). Wow!

I may be late. The bus from New Brunswick doesn't get there until the spring thaw. :|

[oblivia]

Oh dear... lol Well yeah that *IS* a bit far to go... ;)

[Converse]

I was writing a letter to some family I have in England and thought I might share an extract with you...

Hello folks
Its cold here- but I think I’m adapting because I am beginning to assume that a “minus” is at the beginning of any number I’m told when I ask what the temperature is.

I shovelled my first driveway! And I have to say I did an excellent job- though after, I did immediately go and price an electric snow blower. Did you know that Canadians carry bags of kitty litter in their car – which they throw in front of the tires to help get traction when stuck in a snow bank? (a little bit of trivia for you- just in case you are ever asked).

Canadians are funny people- I had no idea but apparently they invented everything:

• The Walkie-Talkie
• The television camera
• Standard time
• The BlackBerry
• The Pager
• The Telephone
• The hydrofoil boat
• The electric streetcar
• The snowmobile
• The Electric wheelchair
• The snow blower
• The foghorn
• The gas mask
• SONAR
• Table hockey games
• Basketball
• IMAX .
• Five pin bowling
• Ice hockey
• Insulin
• Peanut butter
• The candy bar
• Easy-Off Oven Cleaner
• The garbage bag
• The paint roller
• The Robertson screwdriver


See what happens when you live somewhere that gets snowed in. They remind me of Australians a little- nothing seems to perturb them, they don’t get over excited about much except hockey… everything is about hockey, they are like the English with their soccer, but a little more extreme- you have no idea how many Christmas decorations I found with hockey themes. Its odd, seeing as they share a continent with the USA- Americans are so hmmm emotional- and over the top about everything, and a Canadian, living 15 minutes away- just kinda shrugs at the same thing the Americans would call in emergency services and news crews for.

Canadians love nature, everyone goes camping and hiking. I’ve decided that if the world was flattened by some disaster, that you should have a Canadian with you. They know about weather and surviving in the wilds. Did you know that there are things called “bear bells”? I’m not sure what you are suppose to do with them, but apparently they keep you from being eaten by a bear- maybe bears don’t like music, I must find out.

I was told that there was bear spray- though I was mistaken in thinking that you spray it on yourself to keep bears away, like mosquito spray, in fact you are suppose to spray it at the bear when he is coming for you. My thoughts are that if he is close enough to spray, I don’t care what he smells like.

There is a local coffee chain called “Tim Hortons’- know as “Timmies” to the locals- Canadians think of Timmies as family. I’m trying to think of a comparison in England- but the only thing I can come up with is the Queen Mother. The thing is- the coffee is absolutely horrible, and I’ve discovered that for a nation of very tolerant people- they can get quite upset if you say anything negative about Timmies… it’s a lesson I had to learn the hardway.

There is a food thing too. It’s called poutine. Poutine is chips served with this nasty cheese curd and gravy over the top. Also another lesson learned- don’t spit out poutine and grab your throat while you gasp for water to wash away the taste. Other than these couple of foibles I seem to be settling in well.

We went to a Christmas tree farm and despite (my babygrrls) protests for a larger tree, we came home with a 9ft noble fir (please note my newly acquired knowledge of fauna and flora) tied to the top of the car. I also climbed up a ladder and in the dark and freezing rain, hung Christmas lights on the roof- now if I hadn’t become acclimatized, I might have waited till the weather was fit for warm blooded homo sapiens before putting up the lights- however, as a Canadian I know that only a sissy would wait and that “a spot of rain never hurt anybody” ( I’m guessing they aren’t familiar with the Noah and ark story – I mention this only because while on the roof I was keeping an eye out for animals walking by two by two- just in case).

I love this place. I don’t remember ever being this happy. Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Signing off now ( I have to go and smash the ice in the dogs water bowl- apparently they want liquid. Sissy dogs!)

[sylvie]

alllooo Canucks!

New Brunswick here, brrrr...

[girl_dee]

whew it's cold in Ontario! :cold:

makes the hot tub and snuggling way more interesting!! :cheesy:

[sylvie]

whew it's cold in Ontario! :cold:

makes the hot tub and snuggling way more interesting!! :cheesy:

<---- jealous of the hot tub Dee! *laughs*

[girl_dee]

<---- jealous of the hot tub Dee! *laughs*

lol we have great times in there! It's hard to get out of it when it's so nice and warm!

3 dykes in a hot tub =Dyke Soup!

[aurora]

mmmmm it is very cold outside but life between the roaring fire and the bubbling hot tub is sooooooo very good! It just don't get much better den dis! EH?:chocolate: oh and good yummy stuff too.

[sylvie]

lol we have great times in there! It's hard to get out of it when it's so nice and warm!

3 dykes in a hot tub =Dyke Soup!

LOL @ dyke soup Dee!

and Aurora, yer right, with this cold it couldn't get much better than that!

[sylvie]

allooo Canucks!

it's friggin brrr here in New Brunswick today, definitely the coldest winter we've had this winter, and i shouldn't complain because we've really had a pretty mild winter this time around.. but , om'garsh i hate the cold LOL..

*shivers*

< ---- contemplating hot cocoa for this evening!
Hope those of you dealing with cold temperatures are finding ways to keep warm!

[fever]

I just heard that the Gay Games 2011 is here this year! So, all of you who would like to play tour guide, meet tourists, and be awarded Miss Congeniality of the gay sect, check it out! I will post more info as I get it. I can still remember line dancing on the stage of BC Place at the Games here in 1990.

Hooray!!!!

[Softhearted]

What?!? No hockey thread?!!!

Way to go Vancouver and hopefully Montreal will beat the big bad Bruins!

[Softhearted]

Oh noooooo! The Habs are eliminated!!!!!



I hope that the Flyers are going to "take care" of the Big Bad Bruins... Am I vindicative? Hmmm, maybe...

Go Flyers Go!!!

[sylvie]

<<< sad for my HABS =(

& Softhearted, there is a hockey thread indeed.. erm, i'm subscribed to it, but hasn't been any posting in it.. i'm not sure which section of the forum it's in, i can't recall LOL..

but it's around, here....someplace!

[Leigh]

I was sad that the Habs lost but now I'm rooting even more for the Canucks :-)

[Spanky]

*comes in and looks around*

hello? another prairie girl here... everyone back from their camping trips and summers at the cabin? had a little snow here on the ground this morning... if winter's coming i hope it comes fast! time to get out the cross country skis and head out to the woods.