Why Canadians Almost Never Leave Their Basements

KB

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I don't blame them as the 10 month long winter cold would keep me indoors too.
 

Tormac

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I thought they were just hiding from the Polar Bears and Arctic Wolves that roam the frozen North.
 

BoomerD

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Canucks have basements? :eek:

My gawd...how do they dig through the permafrost with their little sticks?
 
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Mayne

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It's true. We love our basements. I spent 10 hours today installing duct work today.
 

Red Squirrel

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They probably interviewed GTA or Vancouver people. They hardly know what nature even is while living in a concrete jungle. :p

Though to be fair even where I live it's not like I go in the great outdoors that often because I have to work, like most people. I don't have to go far to be in nature and do go for walks in trails etc often enough though. Most people only get 2-5 weeks off a year so only so much time for planned camping trips. Kinda a sad thing when you think about it. All this nature, but we're stuck at work most of the time so can't fully enjoy it.

One thing I do miss about my childhood is before I worked summers I used to spend almost all summer with my grandparents at camp. And this was a real camp, no power (other than generators/battery) and hardly no communication except for CB radio and bag phone. Fun times were had there. National/provincial parks are nice, but I find it's not really "real" camping. I go to one every year with a friend and it's still a good time though. Easiest way to go camping if you don't own land for it.
 
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IronWing

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They probably interviewed GTA or Vancouver people. They hardly know what nature even is while living in a concrete jungle. :p

Though to be fair even where I live it's not like I go in the great outdoors that often because I have to work, like most people. I don't have to go far to be in nature and do go for walks in trails etc often enough though. Most people only get 2-5 weeks off a year so only so much time for planned camping trips. Kinda a sad thing when you think about it. All this nature, but we're stuck at work most of the time so can't fully enjoy it.

One thing I do miss about my childhood is before I worked summers I used to spend almost all summer with my grandparents at camp. And this was a real camp, no power (other than generators/battery) and hardly no communication except for CB radio and bag phone. Fun times were had there. National/provincial parks are nice, but I find it's not really "real" camping. I go to one every year with a friend and it's still a good time though. Easiest way to go camping if you don't own land for it.
Guess where you learned the term! :D
 

FeuerFrei

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Because socialism pays them to sit on their asses - if they qualify.
 
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FeuerFrei

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How does their postal system even function?

In the U.S. > "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"
 

glenn1

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They probably interviewed GTA or Vancouver people. They hardly know what nature even is while living in a concrete jungle. :p

That's what, like 80% of the population? 95% if you include Montreal and Quebec? Considering you guys have entire provinces with less people in them than my daughter's elementary school (see Nunavut) or people of questionable nature (see Newfies)?
 

sdifox

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That's what, like 80% of the population? 95% if you include Montreal and Quebec? Considering you guys have entire provinces with less people in them than my daughter's elementary school (see Nunavut) or people of questionable nature (see Newfies)?

Nunavut is 2M square km. Most of it is melting permafrost. And it's a territory.

Your daughter's elementary school has 36k students? :eek:
 

Jaskalas

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Rain, snow and insects. :eek:

"Three-quarters of respondents said they found it easier to stay inside."

^^^ Suspiciously sticky socks and abnormally high rates of Kleenex usage point towards certain indoors activities. ;)

As an American, allergies make it miserable to be outdoors for any extended period of time. Then there's the sun. That bloody life giver, eye strainer, and skin destroyer. Insects are terrible, but mostly just bees / wasps. Those things are _everywhere_.

I am officially a domesticated human. Life outdoors is wild, and detrimental to our health.
 

BarkingGhostar

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They probably interviewed GTA or Vancouver people. They hardly know what nature even is while living in a concrete jungle. :p

Though to be fair even where I live it's not like I go in the great outdoors that often because I have to work, like most people. I don't have to go far to be in nature and do go for walks in trails etc often enough though. Most people only get 2-5 weeks off a year so only so much time for planned camping trips. Kinda a sad thing when you think about it. All this nature, but we're stuck at work most of the time so can't fully enjoy it.

One thing I do miss about my childhood is before I worked summers I used to spend almost all summer with my grandparents at camp. And this was a real camp, no power (other than generators/battery) and hardly no communication except for CB radio and bag phone. Fun times were had there. National/provincial parks are nice, but I find it's not really "real" camping. I go to one every year with a friend and it's still a good time though. Easiest way to go camping if you don't own land for it.
Tell the truth, is this you in basement playtime gear?
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