[Alberta's Child]

Second-Best Quote About Americans Ever Heard in the Province of Alberta (from the same wise old rancher out near Water Valley):

"What the hell ya doin' takin' a trip up to Banff and Lake Louise? No self-respectin' Albertan goes there anymore -- yer more likely to hear some Neezer language up there than English!"

(Note: "Neezer" was a term used by said rancher to describe all things Oriental in nature -- Chinese Japanese, Taiwanese, etc.)

[ArneFufkin]

AC, I had a mad blast a couple of years ago at the Golden Nugget in Vegas partying with 5 or 6 fugitives from lawful instituionalization in Calgary. What a blast ... couple of us still keep in touch. I make fun of their country, they agree ... LOL. We broke down the 80s Calgary Flames in detail and you know what? Jim Peplinski was really a handsome and dashing rogue.

These guys owned and operated a large "coring and cutting" operation outside Calgary.

It was fun. I apologized to them for America's patronizing and dismissive attitude and they apologized for Loverboy.