"Chris Marksberry" > wrote in message
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>
> "Jeff Rainer"
>
>> Canada is a cold country. It was an insulin free country until we
> leaglized
>> this medicine last year. I can now stock up with medicine for the whole
>> winter; witness the Montreal ice storm a few years back. It is not
> unusual
>> for us to get 'weathered in' for weeks at a time. In autumn we load up
> with
>> dried beans and smoked meats and treated water and of course wood in case
>> our natural gas or heating oil supply is shut off. Lots of red beans and
>> rice and creative soups. Sometimes we are lucky and a moose is driven
> down
>> from the mountains and we can shoot him if he ends up in our
> neighbourhood.
>> Male moose only though. My brother shot a female one year and was
> arrested
>> for it and did time and had to attend classes in moose sexism. We keep
> this
>> 'woods meat' outside in a meat shed. It's always frozen. Also we store
>> limes and lemons in order to prevent scurvy; much like the Englishmen on
> the
>> high seas in years past.
>>
>>
>
> Hmmm... I find your post a bit odd as I've been to Canada a number of
> times
> and have not seen the situations you mentioned (especially the part about
> insulin). Perhaps I was ill informed by my friends!
>
> Our Canadian friends have access to grocery stores, beef, restaurants, and
> have no concern whatsoever about scurvy.
>
> I assume your brother is now out of prison regarding his crime for moose
> sexism and I wish him well and hope he is more PC now!
>
> Chris in Pearland who seems to have her tongue stuck in her cheek <g>
>
My brother gets out in 30 days and will do 300 hours of community service
in Moose Factory, Ontario.