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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 0:17:57 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 3:15:08 GMT
I WANT a glow in the dark dinosaur coin!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 4:32:48 GMT
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Post by mich64 on Apr 5, 2014 11:51:56 GMT
I can vouch for #19. Not only do you get a ride home, the volunteers arrive as a pair and the other drives your vehicle home for you. We have used it quite a few times.
I have always known of the Tulip Festival in Ottawa and that the tulip bulbs are sent from The Netherlands but I never new exactly why, now I do!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 12:57:52 GMT
Mich, I knew about the tulips in Ottawa because my father always kept us informed about all things WWII. I didn't know about #18, how parts of Canada have lower gravity than the rest of the world. Just think, living there could be the best anti-aging lifestyle going - fewer wrinkles and sags! And I can't say I have ever had a McLobster - that must only happen on the East Coast.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 14:08:47 GMT
$ 30 dollars for a quarter!! Mon Dieu! I imagine that price tag is because of it's uniqueness. I loved the story of the Poppy quarter. I have one, and had a good chuckle about it being suspected as a "spy coin". What a hoot. Also, the information about it having a "peculiar glow when under a UV light" I will most assuredly check this out!!
I was curious about the McLobster too and immediately surmised it had to be an East coast offering.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 5, 2014 14:09:59 GMT
Nez Rouge started in Québec City, to fund the Laval University swim team while reducing Christmastime road casualties.
It is free of charge, but tips are HIGHLY appreciated, and usually given.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 15:45:19 GMT
I think there are services like this in a lot of countries. I know that it has existed in France for years, although in certain cities a small fee is charged.
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Post by htmb on Apr 5, 2014 16:11:05 GMT
We have it here in Gainesville, and a lot of other cities as well, on New Years Eve. It certainly protects the other innocent people on the road by keeping the impaired from getting behind the wheel of an automobile. A great service to have available, but I've never heard of a second person to take your car home. How nice, though I rather like the idea of the owner having to find their car once sobered up.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 17:04:21 GMT
Another thing we have in France (although I don't want to make this thread stray from Canada), is the "Capitaine de soirée" (Night captain). When a group enters a club, the capitaine de soirée is identified as the driver for the group and drinks free non alcoholic beverages all night.
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Post by mich64 on Apr 5, 2014 20:38:58 GMT
We used to have that as well Kerouac when the R.I.D.E. program started and the bars feared a reduction in business. I have not seen it in years though.
The Red Nose drivers accept tips (we always pay more than what a cab costs) and the charity differs from year to year. Lagatta, I did not know it started in Quebec City.
Lizzy, yes, I think the McLobster is only offered on the east coast locations. We get some east coast channels and see the commercials, they do look good!
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Post by lagatta on Apr 5, 2014 22:30:29 GMT
The point of driving one's car home, and the "free" service - though it is understood that a "tip" is expected - is to combat the fuzzy thinking of the inebriated. Many become more afraid of losing their car than their life. Or they are out of cash, though nowadays it is easier to deal with debit and credit cards, which drivers usually have for emergencies.
The other point, I think, is absolutely NOT to guilt people for drinking, even to excess, but to make the salient point the incompatibility of petroleum and alcohol consumption. One of the things I like most about Nez Rouge, beyond the obvious fewer people killed and maimed, is its refreshing absence of moralism.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 22:34:55 GMT
In France, there has been a trend in recent years to require clubbers (out in the provinces) to deposit their car keys when they arrive. The car keys cannot be retrieved unless the driver passes a breathalyzer test. Otherwise, they must use the local transportation service.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2014 21:49:18 GMT
Aw.Sweet. Something Rob Ford can't mess with.
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Post by htmb on May 3, 2014 22:13:51 GMT
Speaking of Canada... The 100th Annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner is being held at the elegant Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC this evening.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2014 22:25:25 GMT
I did not know that!
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Post by lagatta on May 3, 2014 22:38:38 GMT
lizzy, it just goes to show what an embarrassment Rob Roared was... Hope Torontonians have seen the back of him, but the saga never seems to end.
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