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Title: Canada Day
Post by: Masterjack on July 01, 2008, 05:49:31 AM

For all you Canadian Layo Fans like me out there


HAPPY CANADA DAY

Title: Re: Canada Day
Post by: lonnarin on July 01, 2008, 11:18:38 AM

WHoohoo!  As a Canadian raised in Florida, going to have to do without the Aero bars and the Hostess ketchup potato chips, but I found a tin of Tim Horton's coffee my grandparents sent me to celebrate with.  Now if only Swiss Chalet would come south of the border... love that place! :D

Happy Canada Day, eh?

Title: Re: Canada Day
Post by: Carillon on July 01, 2008, 11:56:33 AM

Just so all you non-Canadians have a good excuse to share in the Canada love today, here are a few things we can thank Canada or Canadians for:

• Basketball
• Electric Light Bulb (apparently Henry Woodward invented an electric light bulb in 1874 and sold the patent to Thomas Edison!)
• Heart pacemakers
• JAVA
• Bone Marrow Compatability Test
• The electron microscope
• Instant mashed potatoes
• Lawn sprinklers
• Plexiglas
• The walkie talkie
• Standard time (okay, some of you might not thank us for this, but a Canadian is still to blame!)
  
• The telephone
• The Robertson screw
• Electric cooking ranges
• Zippers!

So think about THAT when you do up your pants this morning!

Happy Canada Day!

Title: Re: Canada Day
Post by: minerva on July 01, 2008, 12:16:05 PM

Don't forget Banting and Best's 1921 University of Toronto discovery of insulin that saved the lives of millions....
 
 Happy Canada Day !

Title: Re: Canada Day
Post by: Leanthar on July 01, 2008, 01:00:02 PM

Enjoy your day! :)

Title: Re: Canada Day
Post by: Hellblazer on July 01, 2008, 02:04:36 PM

Quote from: lonnarin

Swiss Chalet
Happy Canada Day, eh?

that still exist??? :\\

thought they all closed down, none left in Quebec from what i remember.

your forgetting a few

pacemakers
wonderbra
lacross (yes that where hockey comes from but a bit more violent hehe)
pablum
instant replay (hockey night Canada 1955 cbc)
snowblowers
self propelled combined harvesters
java programing language
la poutine (thats from quebec weee)
uv degradable plastics
and more