Canada Day plans?
 

I'm having a bbq for my Canadian friends, where there won't be a hotdog or hamburger in sight. It's going to be marinated lamb chops with mint sauce, rosemary chicken, a thai green mango salad and pistachio ice cream sundaes for pudding. And I might even break out the cricket set and have a knock about.

Anybody doing anything special for Canada Day?

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You actually have Canadian friends?

How do you stand the mediocrity?

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I like to stand out in a crowd. ;)


Are you doing anything nice for Canada Day? Getting your face paintd with a maple leaf, letting off some fireworks?

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I imagine that a BBQ round at Oink's would be rather like this:

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Encouraging my kids and friends kids to win at the mutton and calf rustlin at Airdire rodeo.

They won't have a problem cos no-one else will be intersted in winning

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Helping an Australian move house.

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Work in the morning, Golf in the afternoon, Mexican in the evening :thumbup:

The latter two with stereotypical West Coast Canadians - 1x Mexican, 1x Filipino, 1x Chinese, 1x White Canadian, and none of them drive a taxi. :thumbsup:

I'd like to say it's multicultural but they have bugger all to do with their birth culture :)

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To the park with the kids, afternoon nap, to the fireworks with the kids. What can I say, its for the kids innit...

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If any of us are sober enough by that point I think we will also go and watch the fireworks in Coal Harbour.

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"Come on kids, up to bed. Mum and Dad are going for a ... nap... too." :lol:

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I wonder if he keeps his socks and sandals on?

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No plans here. I am off for a holiday for the first time in 15 years, but I dont have any plans as everyone I know is working.

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Its Canada day,why should we be celebrating it isn't our day:confused::confused:
So will mow the lawn,lay on freshly mown lawn and whatch as my puppy eats the freshly mown klippings:confused::confused: she loves fresh cut grass strange dog that:rofl:

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I'm not exactly going to be shoving maple leaf flags up my backside but it seems as good day for a party. And in comparison of all the excessive bugle blowing 4th of July bollox I had to endure down there, Canada Day is a refreshingly low key affair.

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Depends on the weather.

- If it's nice I'm gonna spend it in the garden; either working on it or sitting about in it with booze.

- If it's nasty, it's a PS3 weekend.

I suspect it will be a combination of the two.

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Probably a bit of work during the day. A drink or two in the evening, then wander down to the promenade to watch the fireworks.

I'll probably do the same on Monday as the fireworks in Blaine are usually better and we get a great view from the pier.

We will fly the Maple Leaf tomorrow.

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Oink you make me laugh!
We will be going to a car show, attending a BBQ and watching fireworks with our new Canadian buddies, I reckon there wont be a lamb chop in sight :(

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You know better than that:frown: One doesnt wear outdoors footwear indoors in Canada, Slippers in the house innit:p

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I can't karma you so here's a public one.

*karma*

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Becoming a Canadian Citizen! :thumbsup:

Celebratory lunch with a bunch of friends then try and catch some fireworks later.

:)

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Not literally I hope!

Congratulations! And there will be a holiday every year to celebrate the anniversary of your swearing in!

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This is my first Canada Day, i'm not sure what i'm meant to be doing....:confused:

Weather looks good tho so i might just drag the mob to the beach for a bit of summer sun ...:unsure:

Do Canadians have a thing for Fireworks?

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Watch parades and fireworks, eat BBQ, drink, repel bugs and catch some rays while wearing a maple leaf.

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Its day one of the Robbie soccer torniment, so all day at the soccer fields, then off to a bbq and fire works with a cradle, his family and friends in Whitby.

Then back to soccer on sat and if we do ok finals on sundy.

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Whilst watching the 'football', try taking along a dictionary and giving it a read.

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Is that all you're wearing? :rofl::rofl:

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There has to be a joke in there somewhere about the size of the leaf, but I just can't seem to fnd it :confused:

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Proves he's a man otherwise a woman would be wearing three maple leafs.

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Prude :thumbdown:

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Going to Olympic Plaza to watch the fireworks, first time I get to do it because it's on a Friday this year! :thumbup:

And no doubt be subjected to non-stop coverage of their RHs over the weekend.

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Not here in Ottawa.

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I went to the Distillery district in Toronto today. Amazingly, they had made the whole area licensed - which explained the heavy security at entry and exit points. However, it did mean you could wander the streets while drinking a beer :thumbup: I still couldn't shake the feeling that I was doing something wrong though - it just felt un-Canadian....

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Must be a small joke then.

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We spent all week end with my lads soccer team, west rouge storm, playing in the robbie international torniment. A charity soccer comp, raising cash for kids with sistic fibrosis.

Well im glad to report we won u 16 final today against whitby 4-1. Final was at birchmount stadium nr kingston/birchmount, scarborough. We also raised the most cash ever in the 45 years of the robbie.

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We had a lovely time. There was a great free celebration in the park in Belleville with live music, loads of inflatables for the kids to play on, petting zoo and pony rides,face painting and craft and the fire department had set up a great water slide. The kids had a riot. Weather was perfect. Canadian Forces supplied a flyby and there was a big cake and free hotdogs from the local MP. Total cost for a family of 4, $2 for parking, which went to the lions charity. Cant knock that.

In the evening after a very late and short nap we took the kids to the fireworks in Trenton, which was as ever a really good show. (There is a firework factory in Trenton who supply stuff at cost I suspect, its quite a show for a relatively small community)

Loads of fun in the sun, and no trouble to be seen anywhere, it really makes me proud to be an adopted Canadian when I see the way the nation celebrates its birthday.

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Helped some one move house, Spent a few hours at the beaches and then down to the Ampitheatre to watch free fireworks.

Carried a cooler bag with us and just filled up "travellers" with beer. The OPD turned a blind eye- I wasn't too concerned as I carried some gold to pay them off anyway.

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Canada's not so uncool, eh?

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Spent Canada Day grubbing out the roots of a diseased apple tree I cut down on Thursday. It took all day. It was in clay and the tosser who planted it put it directly on top of a water line and a power line. Clever.

Saturday mostly spent on the road to get pissed in the woods outside Quebec City (BIL's 50th). Sunday mostly spent coming back. Our fault, really, for using the Chemin du Roy (well pretty but adds a couple of hours to the trip).

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Its just small town living. Not cool, not uncool, just "good clean fun". It suits me. I swear reading posts here there are (at least) two different Canadas. I like the life I have here.