O Canada, I Miss Thee Very Much!
Things I Miss About Canada:
1. Bread Tabs: Twist-ties are unacceptable means to close bags of bread! I want my plastic squares. ;( They are a danger to children but as long as I don't eat them, we're all good.
2. Canadian Tire: Where else could you go to buy an elusive 3 quart casserole pan, fuel injector cleaner, a pup tent and an awesome shower curtain? Wal-mart, Target and other places failed me. :( Besides, no one else has pretty Canadian Tire money!
3. Shabusen: All-you-can-eat sushi lunch for $12 where you can have all the tuna and salmon sushi you want... *_* I miss it! I wants it! ;_;
4. Pedestrian Islands: These are, for lack of a better term, the triangular cement "islands" on the right-hand side of the road that you walk to to get on the crosswalk. They hold the traffic signals. These separated the right-hand turn lane from the rest of the road and didn't impede right turns. Why don't they have them here?
5. Proper Merge Signs: The signs that they use here in Illinois for "merge lane" is equivalent to Canada's "road narrows, but you still have the same number of lanes." Merge as "road narrows" is a bit of an understatement, don't you think?
Examples:
6. Debit Card Machines: These were all over Canada. Even piddly little grocery stores in the boonies had them. Why aren't they more common down here? The plastic wave is good!
7. No need for SSN: Companies in the US ask for SSN (social security numbers) for everything from setting up cable to adopting cats to renting movies. That's a number that should not be given out, what right does Hernando Cabledude have to it?
8. Free health care: I miss being able to jaunt down to the doctor's to renew a prescription. Not that I really needed to see a doctor much.
9. Mountains: God forgot to install something on the Inland Empire. Thanks.
10. Rain: I honestly miss the rain. Where is my rain? It barely rains here.
1. Bread Tabs: Twist-ties are unacceptable means to close bags of bread! I want my plastic squares. ;( They are a danger to children but as long as I don't eat them, we're all good.
2. Canadian Tire: Where else could you go to buy an elusive 3 quart casserole pan, fuel injector cleaner, a pup tent and an awesome shower curtain? Wal-mart, Target and other places failed me. :( Besides, no one else has pretty Canadian Tire money!
3. Shabusen: All-you-can-eat sushi lunch for $12 where you can have all the tuna and salmon sushi you want... *_* I miss it! I wants it! ;_;
4. Pedestrian Islands: These are, for lack of a better term, the triangular cement "islands" on the right-hand side of the road that you walk to to get on the crosswalk. They hold the traffic signals. These separated the right-hand turn lane from the rest of the road and didn't impede right turns. Why don't they have them here?
5. Proper Merge Signs: The signs that they use here in Illinois for "merge lane" is equivalent to Canada's "road narrows, but you still have the same number of lanes." Merge as "road narrows" is a bit of an understatement, don't you think?
Examples:
6. Debit Card Machines: These were all over Canada. Even piddly little grocery stores in the boonies had them. Why aren't they more common down here? The plastic wave is good!
7. No need for SSN: Companies in the US ask for SSN (social security numbers) for everything from setting up cable to adopting cats to renting movies. That's a number that should not be given out, what right does Hernando Cabledude have to it?
8. Free health care: I miss being able to jaunt down to the doctor's to renew a prescription. Not that I really needed to see a doctor much.
9. Mountains: God forgot to install something on the Inland Empire. Thanks.
10. Rain: I honestly miss the rain. Where is my rain? It barely rains here.