A Canadian friend once told me about a Newbie who asked what “HBC” stood for, as he had seen it almost everywhere he went. The laconic answer was “Here Before Christ”.
5 posted on 01/21/2012 5:42:56 PM PST by Oatka
(This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
A Canadian friend once told me about a Newbie who asked what “HBC” stood for, as he had seen it almost everywhere he went. The laconic answer was “Here Before Christ”.
I don't think I'd guess Hudson Bay Company. That's kinda long ago.