Up There (Near Canada).

[Richard Prowse]

Up There (Near Canada)
Hi, just flew up to visit Pieter. The good news is that the snow is melting.
The bad news is that it'll probably snow tomorrow.
Richard from 'Down Here (NZ)'.
I don't know if you know much about life near the Canadian border, so let me fill you in with the details.
They have four great lakes that spell the word 'HOME' and it gets a bit cold.
Don't forget that they're on the yankee side of the border and that all that 'lumberjack macho stuff' is a few miles north. There are no 'mounties' down south of the border. They have a local sheriff who is a little like 'deputy dog'. Their area is home to the famous "Yellow Stone Park', which is a park that has a yellow stone within its perimiters. South of the border they don't have a lot of time for Canadians. Canadians are sort of English, but have stolen the yankee accent.

[Richard Prowse]

canada is a beautiful country.
One of their main cities is sort of named after the Lone Ranger's friend Tonto. I'm talking about Toronto.

[Richard Prowse]

This thread doesn't seem to be catching on.

[Robert Prowse]

There is new interest coming soon ... maybe a story .... a tale of the Condike where men tramped for months to reach the gold under the Urilian Mountains!

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Robert Prowse

There is new interest coming soon ... maybe a story .... a tale of the Condike where men tramped for months to reach the gold under the Urilian Mountains!

Robert, your signature, is Paganni making stationery?

[Richard Prowse]

Up There (Near Canada).
I think that Canada needs to be moved as this sight is not really taking off.
Maybe we need to pretend that Canada is really Australia.

[Richard Prowse]

trying to edit

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Richard Prowse

This thread doesn't seem to be catching on.

Well, I can see this thread maybe catching on fire but other than that, I have no clue what else it can catch on to!

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Well, I can see this thread maybe catching on fire but other than that, I have no clue what else it can catch on to!

Good turn of phrase Ken!

[Robert Prowse]

Correct me if I'm wrong ... but isn't this thread really about the good old USA

What else is up there near Canada but Alaska and the other 52 states ...

[Robert Prowse]

I've always thought USA has the best Anthem ...


Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!