What Do You Love About Canada? (And What Don't You Love?)
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That is so true, lone wolf but part of what makes this forum such an interesting place to spend time.
But then, that's just my opinion. ;-)
If you watch the game, but turn down the volume, and listen on team1040, (our local one in Vancouver), the broadcast is much moreknowledgeable and interesting, as long as voice and picture are same.Can't stand Rod Black doing any sports at all.I've tried to do that with nhl games, but they are not melding into each other properly, so it doesn't work.
Both of them? (the rats)... :smile:
Good: The colorful language(s) of Newfoundland
Bad: I can only understand some of it (less, in a bar!)
It is not the commentators that bug me, talloola, it is the video broadcast. I learned to tune out most commentators long ago. TSN is using the same camera techniques they do when broadcasting NFL games, I know, I checked. In the NFL, for some reason, fans like to have eternal close-ups of the coaches faces, or the guys on the field. They also concentrate on field close-ups instead of showing the entire field.
I couldn't care less about seeing the coaches face during a game, even our dear Rider coach, Ken Miller can wait till half-time or after the game. Likewise, I am not interested in seeing every little grimace on a players face after a play or the camera stuck in the face of receiver who just ran the ball back for 60 yards and is catching his breath.
Give me the broadcasts of CBC with their overview of the field so one can see the sidelines and know where the ball is being placed. Give me on field action every second of the game, as the action doesn't always stop when the ball is whistled dead. TSN just doesn't deliver.
I have noticed one thing in this tread. While posters have posted what is good about Canada, nobody has really been able to come up with something really bad about Canada. When I posted that I really cannot think of anything bad (about Canada), most posters seem to be in agreement.
No doubt there have been scandals, injustices etc. in Canada. However, there is very little that is institutionally, intrinsically bad about Canada.
Or it could be that this forum is just loaded with a bunch of patriotic positive people that don't like to dwell on the negatives. Whatever the reason, I agree, there are lots of good things we can be proud of here in Canuck-land. :canada:
What's REALLY scary is the snowblower/rotary snowplow concept were created by an Orangeville DENTIST!
Good - opportunity for those with ambition, ingenuity and energy.
Bad- devisiveness between different geographic regions.
Ouch! Is there a specific phobia to describe the fear of a snowblower in your mouth!?!?
Good: We have a big country with tons of natural resources
Bad: We don't use those resources to establish ourselves as the world leader in environmental stewardship (which, if done right, could become our own "economic miracle", a la Japan with cars and electronics)
Bad: We don't use those resources to establish ourselves as the world leader in environmental stewardship (which, if done right, could become our own "economic miracle", a la Japan with cars and electronics)