I don’t think that’s just a Canadian thing, nor just English language. I’ve seen & experienced it in many countries. The French & Quebecois do it too, for example.

I agree. It depends on the person, their personal communication style, and their exposure to foreign speakers. Nothing to do with nationalities.

Sexism, Ageism, racism all alive and well in my place of work, comment from Manager yesterday: We are never hiring a guy again, or at least, if we do he's got to be white and no more High School kids.

Not the 1st time she's come out with this kind of thing and it never fails to shock me. The business is service industry, minimum wage, you will only attract unskilled, 2nd job, or working for something to do people, or someone like me that is too busy to have a full time job but still wants to earn some pennies.

Yep, ads galore for me as well from Sears. But I won't be going to any of their stores, I haven't bought anything from Sears in a long time, we did go through a store last spring, but it was so unpleasant we left, half the store was empty with nothing in it.

The writing was on the wall for years.

The US with population of 330 million didn't qualify for the World Cup but Iceland with 330k did. Good thing, it'll be nice quiet in the office next June.

You too...I only ordered from them when the mother in law was still in Quebec (until 2011) and it was convenient to have stuff delivered there.

I used to get about two emails a year but lately it's been 2 or 3 times a week.

I was hoping one of the offers was a power recliner but not so far and I wouldn't risk it now.

However, if the number of emails was an indication of going bust, goodye Amazon, Staples and BestBuy.

So Trump hasn't made the US soccer team great again then, first failure to qualify since 1996

Grrrrr Trump!

Surely it’s 86 as I don’t think the US failing to qualify for Euro 96 was that much of a surprise.

A page from a Sears catalog in 1954



Seems like a different item, wonder how accurate they were?

Yes, wrong date..

Yes, a bit surprising of a comment. Why the racism?

It seems these days that identifying anybody by anything other than their name these days can be considered racist, homophobic, sizist or some other negative. It's a mine field!

It can even be Nameist too. Or should that be namist or name-ist.

Like when someone says "little Tarquin or Jolyon"

Hmm. Poor kids!!!

If political correctness has gone mad do you think at some stage it will go full circle and at some stage we will be able to identify people again?