You just made me laugh out loud in my office and some of my team members were wondering if I was ok ;)
You got almost all it right except the China factories….. they make almost $10/week now haha > On Sep 19, 2016, at 7:18 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > > I said once that I lived in Ithaca, New York, and then I was asked how close > I was to the World Trade Center collapse. I've talked about hunting in NY and > gotten a (dead serious) response of "How do people hunt with all the > buildings around?" People also assume that a person from New York has to > cope with gangs, gridlock, daily shootings, etc. I met a kid from NY State > who briefly went to school in England, he said one of the teachers pulled him > aside to ask him how many people he'd killed. To be fair, it is stupid that > they gave a city and a state the same name. > > Iowa is cows and corn fields. > New York is a city. > Any place in the middle east is deserts and camels. > Transylvania == Dracula in gloomy castle. > Old China is straw hats and kung fu. > Modern China is communist soldiers parading and people working in factories > for $5 a week. > > I think for any place we haven't seen, we'll invent an image based on > whatever scraps of information we've seen/heard. I also think we'll cling to > the images of things we don't have where we live. That image isn't likely to > pass the most minimal mental scrutiny, but applying logic is something a lot > of folks don't practice at. > </amateur psychology> > > Maybe we should update the US's Canadian stereotype: Igloos, sled dogs, snow, > and potent DFS events. > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Paul Stewart" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: 9/19/2016 6:39:27 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5.4 DFS - For the Canadians on the list > >> I’m always amazed when I still meet people who think that’s true…. >> >> When I was younger I can remember being in Florida for winter holidays and >> bumping into some folks who would always ask where you were from. When you >> said Canada you would sometimes get: >> >> “hey, we met a guy named Joe from Canada - do you know him?” >> “what do you feed your dogs in Winter?” (not meaning normal family pets, >> they meant sled dogs) >> “how do you heat the inside of your igloos?” >> >> You get the idea… but the worst part is that some of these folks actually >> believed that all of Canada was covered in ice/snow and we lived in igloos…. >> >> >> >> >>> On Sep 18, 2016, at 9:34 PM, George Skorup <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Why would we invade Canadia, it's cold and snows there year round. >>> >>> On 9/18/2016 8:18 PM, Adam Moffett wrote: >>>> Loose lips sink ships, Sir. >>>> >>>> >>>> ------ Original Message ------ >>>> From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> Sent: 9/18/2016 8:28:47 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 5.4 DFS - For the Canadians on the list >>>> >>>>> Prelude to the attack... >>>>> >>>>> From: Andreas Wiatowski <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 6:27 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] 5.4 DFS - For the Canadians on the list >>>>> >>>>> Anyone seeing the crazy amount of DFS events in 5.4 that started last >>>>> Monday? >>>>> >>>>> They are not going away…and they are happening from Toronto all the way >>>>> to Woodstock, Ontario. Anyone else seeing this? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Andreas Wiatowski, CEO >>>>> Silo Wireless Inc. >>>>> 519-449-5656 x-600
