Aliens from America

Went to Canada two weekends ago: Taylor's team for to bowl, me and Pearl for to find trouble. Canada is a strange and wonderful land, baffling to Amer-aliens.

Some Canadian similarities to US
* They have Starbucks shops everywhere.
* The hotel coffee was indescribably horrible.
* They have dollars, quarters and pennies.
* They have pranksters with dish soap.

Some differences in Canada:
* Gas is only $1.20
* Speed limit is 100.
* They call Canadian money "money".
* They have a $2 coin that looks a lot like a quarter, the first time.
* Restaurants offer abuse as their speciality.

On morning #1, I staggered out of the hotel and to the next door Starbucks. I ordered two coffees, paid with a Canadian $20, because American currency is not exactly welcome in Canada at the moment, got a handful of quarters and odd change, and dropped it in the tip jar. Then, I noticed that I had a five dollar bill left. WTF--I thought it was Europe where coffee is $8 a cup. Oh crap...those weren't quarters, they were $2 coins. Hey, have a nice weekend kids, pre-caffeinated Americans are great tippers!


Moulder and Scully ate at the elbow room. Wow, I wish I could have been the one abusing Scully...rarrrr.
Pearl & Xtine at the Elbow room, ready for breakfast and verbal abuse.



Fast times in Canada, eh?

Pearl does "Minnie Pearl", with a Canadian twist.

Oh, and Taylor bowled pretty well too. Out of a few hundred participants, she won 14th in singles and 4th in doubles. Soon, the valuable Canadian prize money will arrive and we'll be able to retire.

Bunch of other stuff happened too, most of it legal (I did commit at least one traffic infraction of which I am aware). But you know what they say, "what happens in Canada...st 'eh s in Canada."