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<p>I've gotten deep enough into Canada to hear their distinct speech patterns,
the classic "sorry"s and "eh"s are accurate. I love how they twist their
vowels.</p>

<p>I had taken this moment to capture some thoughts that I hadn't had a chance
to write down yet:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Back in the boonies of Minnesota, power line poles had signs posted:
	"Do not climb! High voltage." And I thought to myself, only in a place
	like this would a sign like that be necessary! Of <em>course</em> these
	people would try to climb those poles.</li>
	<li>When I first came into Canada, power line poles had signs posted:
	"Caution! Look Up! Power Lines Above." And I thought to myself, how tall
	are these Canadians??</li>
	<li>Michigan has super lax booze laws. Convenience stores are lined with
	enormous walls of liquor. Canada is the opposite--alcohol is unavailable
	in stores. You have to go to a "Beer Store" for beer and I don't even
	know where they keep the liquor.</li>
	<li>I passed through a town in Michigan and below the welcome sign was
	the town's two claims to fame. The second of these was "2010 Girls
	Bowling Runners Up". What a strange claim to fame... they weren't even
	the 2010 Girls Bowling champs. Later in the day I went through a town
	that similarly displayed their accomplishments: "2012 Girls Bowling
	Champions". Girls Bowling must be unbelievably competitive in
	Michigan.</li>
	<li>In Canada, I biked past a sign: "Blind Person Area". I wonder if the
	blind person is aware that the sign is there. Later I saw a "Deaf Child
	Area" sign. Canadians are a thoughtful people.</li>
</ul>