<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Happy Fourth Carl and all!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Moffatt & Sons Piano </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Calgary, Alberta</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Canada</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:cmpiano@home.com" title=cmpiano@home.com>Carl = Meyer</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 04, 2001 = 5:14 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: So, what do = Canadians have to be proud of?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gosh!! another lurker.  Your = name isn't in the directory.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No problem.  I take it that you = are canydian due to your spelling of Humor.  I like to know who and where the = posts are from.  Not that I want to come beat the crap out of = you,  I just find it interesting to know  the source.  I actually liked = your post.  If we can make fun of each other we can be fast friends, right?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't think canadians invented = velcro.  Wasn't that invented by black parents who put it on the ceiling to = keep their kids from jumping on the bed????  OMG! now I'm in trouble with = the politically correct crowd.  Most of my black friends realize that = when I make fun of them,  that means I really care about = them.  The PC crowd can go fish.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:moffattr@cadvision.com" = title=moffattr@cadvision.com>Robert Moffatt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:MPT@talklist.com" title=MPT@talklist.com>MPT</A> ; <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 04, = 2001 3:22 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> So, what do = Canadians have to be proud of?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope you see the humour in this ;~) = </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: So, what do Canadians = have to be proud of?<BR><BR>1. Smarties<BR>2. Crispy Crunch & Coffee = Crisp<BR>3. The size of our footballs fields and one less Down<BR>4. Baseball is = Canadian<BR>5. Lacrosse is Canadian<BR>6. Hockey is Canadian<BR>7. Basketball is Canadian<BR>8. Mr. Dress-up kicks Mr. Rogers ass<BR>9. = Tim Hortons kicks Dunkin' Donuts ass<BR>10. In the war of 1812, started = by America, Canadians pushed the Americans<BR>back...past their 'White = House'. Then we burned it... and most of<BR>Washington, under the command of = William Lyon McKenzie who was insane and<BR>hammered all the time.We got = bored because they ran away, so we came home<BR>and partied<BR>11. Canada = has the largest French population that never surrendered = to<BR>Germany.<BR>12. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered or<BR>withdrew during any war to anyone, anywhere.<BR>13. Our civil = war was a bar fight that lasted a little over an hour.<BR>14. The only = person who was arrested in our civil war was an American<BR>mercenary who slept = in and missed the whole thing...but showed up just in<BR>time to get = caught.<BR>15. We knew plaid was cool far before Seattle caught on.<BR>16. The = Hudsons Bay Company once owned over 10% of the earth's surface and<BR>is still = around as the worlds oldest company<BR>17. The average dog sled team can kill = and devour a full grown human in<BR>under 3 minutes.<BR>18. We still = know what to do with all the parts of a buffalo.<BR>19. We don't marry our kin-folk.<BR>20. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, = insulin, penicillin,<BR>zambonis, the telephone, and short wave = radios.<BR>21. We ALL have frozen our tongues to something metal and lived to = tell<BR>about it.<BR>BUT MOST IMPORTANT!<BR>22. ....the handles on our beer cases = are big enough to fit your hands with<BR>mitts on.<BR><BR>Oh yeah, and our = elections only take one = day.<BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>