Comments on: Oh Canada, I’ve Become Americanized

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:26:27 +0000

I had a similar Verizon experience… only I never left the country. I was in San Diego and my signal was bouncing off a tower in Mexico. After MANY hours working on the internet I too got a call from Verizon. They quickly cleared it up and took the $500 off my bill. WHEW!! Nice job Verizon! You just don’t see service like that too often these days.

By: Lissa Boles

Lissa Boles — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:01:35 +0000

A Canuck here who (dating myself here!) learned imperial measurement and still converts everything from temperature, mileage & MPH to feet, inches, pounds and ounces. Drives my honey nuts but there you go. Talk about stranger in a strange land: I live here!

As for good deal/bad deal price comparisons, checking out the cost of gas or Bananas in Paris helps adjust the noodle on that one! Ooo la la…

Though I have to say that ever since watching http://www.thestoryofstuff.com we’re approach cheap imports now - foodstuffs or otherwise - very differently. Puts a whole new sping on the idea of ‘cost’!

By: Mari

Mari — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:44:14 +0000

@rambn yep, you’re right about plenty to see in the US… I’m so excited for the day I get to “color in” all 49 states to show we’ve visited them in our RV (5 down, 44 to go. lol). We’ll just have to fly to Hawaii. hehe

@Rick oooh, the beer! I’m not much of a beer person, but I do know from my step-dad in the Kootenays, BC they do make fab brew in Canada!!

By: Mari

Mari — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:39:01 +0000

Another difference to manage with day-to-day life: grocery shopping and buying items by weight! Such as cold meats, fruit and veg.

Maybe it’s just Ty and me, but we like to purchase goods knowing we’re getting a reasonable price. A good deal on bananas is 39 cents per pound (yay Costco!); but at $1.09 per pound I expect them to be gold-plated (A&P in Ketchikan). LOL …

And with cold meats - you gotta stand there figuring out what $2.37 per 100 grams is in pounds. (I know, 100g is roughly a quarter pound so multiply by four and you got your approx per pound rate.)

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:58:31 +0000

I like the beer.
Looking forward to my next trip home to Newfoundland to have some.

And yes, I’m with Dave. Switch to metric.

By: rambn

rambn — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:21:47 +0000

thanks for the honest post. So many have a cavalier attitude about RVing in Canada. Myself, I may never go. Lot’s of places in the U.S. Although, I would like to take the Airstream to Alaska…