> wrote .........
>
> Thanks for the advice about taking notes on the different wines. BTW
> I'm not familiar with the slang word "stickies" is it a canadian slang
> expression?. I've been to Canada a few times years ago.
>
> I still find it very strange that Canadians use vinegar on their french
> fries instead of ketchup.
>

I think that "sticky" originated in Australia, as a descriptor to sweet
wines (high sugar content, the wine is of stickier consistency.)

As to the use of [malt] vinegar on "chips" - that is a frightfully English
abomination, old chap.

Bear in mind that Canada, Australia and New Zealand were British colonies
who inherited the best and worst of England.

Americans, on the other hand, originated from English stock, rebelled and
threw out the Poms; stole everything they could from the native Americans;
sat on the fence during the first world war (while selling arms to both
sides!); highjacked German scientist to perfect jet/rocket propulsion;
bribed NZ scientists to produce nuclear bombs to end WW2; made Christian
fundamentalism into an artform to oppose Communism and declare war on all
other forms of religious fundamentalism, all the while wondering why the
world rolls on the ground laughing at the thought that the "ruler of the
free world, with his finger on the button to launch sufficient missiles to
destroy civilisation" cannot even pronounce the word "nuclear".

As my dear friend Louis Armstrong correctly surmises - "It is a wonderful
world"

NOTE SMILEY ;-)))))

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st.helier