August1991

Disagree. Lennon advised McCartney to substitute fake words until the good lyrics arrived. ==== Imagine if Mozart had met Pushkin.

Strongly disagree. Newfoundlanders foolishly, typically believe that they "own" gold. ===== Ownership belongs to the person who can borrow, make it happen.

And of all places, Labrador. Newfoundlanders never gave a f*ck about Labrador - except the coast.

What is the value of Churchill Falls? -the water falling -the technology to bring the electricity to market -the reputation to borrow the money to make it happen === Too many Nflders think that Churchill Falls is the water falling.

Sinclair had several daughters. One of them supposedly asked, "Why did he pick the crazy one?"

Nowadays. In the 1960s, Pierre Trudeau was a Catholic, a French-Canadian, a Quebecer. But he was a federalist. He knew that to win votes in English-Canada, he had to date an American starlet: Barbra Streisand

Trust me. When he spoke English, his supposed French accent was a play. And when Pierre Trudeau spoke French, he was no Quebecer. ===== I raised my kids to speak like him, in public: international French. My wife raised them to speak a different French.

Huh? I know the cost of cheese in Canada.

Let me try to explain: Trudeau Jnr can speak English/French in a bland way; he has no accent in English or French. But when Trudeau Snr spoke, I always listened. ==== Somerset Maugham, a misogyne, famously said: "I know a woman who can speak seven languages fluently. Unfortunately, she can't say anything intelligent in any one of the them."

Agreed. Charest has no accent in either language. By grammar, Trudeau Snr mastered both languages well. Levesque made mistakes in English, never in French. ==== But both Trudeau Snr and Levesque used language in ways that were original, new. English Canadians all know of the Trudeau Snr, "Just watch me!".

Newfoundlanders are like the guys in Iceland, crazy risk takers. Hogan got a good deal - but Nlders want more, push the envelope.

This forum is proof. We disagree but get along. I reckon this forum - like Canada - could survive with automatic translation.

Disagree. This is an arena, a forum, where anonymous posters disagree - yet get along.

I agree.

Gimme a break. The lumber scheme is like our dairy scheme.

carepov is an AI poster. Ignore.

Some foreigners living abroad are described as "expats" Other foreigners living abroad are "immigrants". What's the difference? Americans living in the Philippines are referred to as "expats" (expatriates)? But Filipinos living in the US are referred to as "immigrants"? Choose your country: what's the difference between an expat and an immigrant/emigrant?

Disagree. Carney was ambitious, wanted to be PM, top dog. Young, he married a woman to help him to win. Trump was competitive. In any game, he just wanted to be first.

Northern BC. ==== This may become an issue in the next Quebec election.

When Pierre pulled that stunt, he sent a clear message to everyone in English Canada. Quebecers at the time were confused. But then, when he married Margaret - the message was clear.

Precisely. === Evil? Napoleon invaded Russia. Hitler tried to conquer Russia, subjugate the Slavic people. Heck, the Mongols occupied Russia for several centuries. === Soviets, Leninist, Communist? It I were Trump, I'd do deal.

Barely. ==== But I was sarcastic about Quebec. Norwegians too have lots of hydro-power. Low cost, easy, virtue signaling.

To clarify, in the 1960, the Churchill Falls had huge potential. But the project posed engineering problems, and how to send this electricity to market. How to borrow the money to build such a project? Levesque met Smallwood and said: let's do this. Smallwood answer was no. ===== Smallwood finally got the money to build the project on the guarantee of a different Quebec minister.

True. Levesque said exactly this to Smallwood in the early 1960s. === But Smallwood, thinking he owned the gold on the moon, wanted it all.

Rather confused here, guys. ===== I buy a property. OK. Call this number paid $X. I also agree to pay for regular monthly services, property taxes. Call this number $Y. X can be zero, or Y can be zero. I'm confused.