>>>And I think there is some kind of mukluk dance ...
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>>>>They play hockey and curling, eh? Food is bacon...who hasn't heard of Canadian Bacon and drink LaBatt's beer? Music? They listen to Gordon Lightfoot and Ann Murray. Perhaps Rush.
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>>>>>Hello Canada
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>>>>>for some reason today is Canada day in London so as I cycle past Trafalgar square this evening g it will be full of Canadians doing whatever it is they do in Canada and eating traditional Canadian food (whatever that is)
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>>>>>http://www.canadadaylondon.com/
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>>I'm leaving in 45 minutes so I shall stop for a labatts, some poutine and a quick round of mukluk. OTOH I could pop in the national gallery and gaze at the paintings for half an hour.
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>My one and only complaint about my girlfriend is no matter where we go, I can expect to be there forever. She doesn't seem comfortable leaving a store before examining every last piece of merchandise. Whereas moi, to steal a line from Dan Freeman, don't go shopping, I go buying -- in and out in a flash. The worst was our visit to the Art Institute downtown. She is an artist (has some stuff on exhibit at a fabrics exhibition in NYC now) so maybe that explains it. But OMG, that was painful. I have been there many times and am generally in and out in an hour or two. Uh uh. We were there for hours. Then when I thought I was going to breathe fresh air again she wanted to "pop into" the gift shop, which was another half hour.
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>Don't even get me started about her and garage sales and thrift shops. My interest in looking at other people's discarded junk is zero. I have too much junk of my own.
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>The stuff we put up with from the opposite sex! ;-)

Its easier if you get interested. Anything can be absorbing if you look into it in great detail.
Personally I can never get interested in cars.