Re: Re Strategic Reserve.

[Wes Leatherock <wleath@sandbox.dynip.com>]

     Being a Westerner myself, although in the U.S.A., I
understand your point of view, but as a matter of
geographical accuracy a very large percentage of the
population of Canada lies south of the 49th parallel.

     "Dominion of Canada"?  Several decades ago news
stories reported that switchboard operators in Ottawa
had changed from answering "Dominion of Canada" to
"Government of Canada."

     And, of course, I certainly do not consider
myself a Yankee.


Wes Leatherock
wleath@sandbox.dynip.com


On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Don Wilkie wrote:
>     Ah Say Der, The same sentiments are expressed by residents of the
> Dominion of Canada concerning their lumping together with 'the huddled
> masses south of parallel 49. It seems to me that, in the word of some long
> dead philosopher, '...east is east and west is west and ner the twain(train)
> shall meet.....'  The same sentiment can, judging by the number of postings
> in this ng, can be said to exist between individual states/provinces in this
> part of the world !!
> Don, from the top end of the E&N
> 
> Douglas Smith wrote:
> 
> > And Smitty replies:
> >
> >     For anyone who feels allegiance south of the Mason-Dixon Line,
> > "Yankee" is an insult, sir.  We are Southerners and claim little kinship
> > with Yankees, though we will take their money in exchange for cheap
> > souvenirs and rental property.  Or as the Confederate battle flag bumper
> > sticker on my Saturn (built with pride in the South) says, "If at first
> > you don't secede........."
> >
> > Tobias Brox wrote:
> >
> > > What's wrong with "Yankee"?