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Lynell(VA by way of MD&DC)'s avatar

My apologies on behalf of my country for making Canada feel the way you describe. I love Canada...in the summertime! While my husband and I went for a short visit to the outskirts of Toronto (Scarborough) to visit our nieces, our best trip was when we packed our bikes one summer and headed up to Nova Scotia for two weeks of bicycling from one end (Yarmouth) to the other (Cape Breton-Cheticamp). I was "wide-eyed" the entire time.

As for the last four years, many of us were also appalled, terrified and amazed, and are still a bit worried about the next election.

Anyway, say hi to Ed for me when you see him!!

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Eric O'Donnell's avatar

Haha. Love your finish.

I am a veteran of Scarberia, as it is not so politely known in much of southern Ontario. My old running route took me deep into it.

No apologies needed. I wouldn’t be in this post if I wasn’t fascinated by your great (and sometimes not so great) country. It is spectacularly larger than life in its totality.

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Roland (CA->WA)'s avatar

Thanks for adding "VA by way of DC," it might be helpful to others, but I have you pegged now, since our conversation about Alexandria and Stuart's mention of Potomac.

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Roland (CA->WA)'s avatar

Not that I needed to remember who you are or anything!!

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Lynell(VA by way of MD&DC)'s avatar

I think it's a great idea that I stole from some guy on this page who went "back to CA" 😉

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Roland (CA->WA)'s avatar

Credit goes to "Kelly Sullivan (FL)" from St. Augustine, Florida, born and raised Alabama. Her brilliant idea. She started an HCR fad, inspired by a naive guy who thought a handful of people would just post the words "MA" or "Washington state" or "Texas" or "NC" and be done with it, who did not expect to find himself in the middle of a giant discussion that is threatening to pre-empt immigration and border policy.

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Roland (CA->WA)'s avatar

"Anyway, say hi to Ed for me when you see him." Sheesh. (rolling my eyes to the heavens)

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