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One of my other "Larryisms" fits well in this....keep in mind:

"You can never get along with someone, who does not wish to be gotten along with"

Hey you promised pictures @ 11 and it’s past that now.

Is this the Bowden we’re talking about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowden,_Alberta

Which brings up a question I’ve wondered about since I graduated from Marine Corps boot camp. Our Company “Honour Man” at graduation was Canadian and when they announced where he was from they said Saskatoon Saskatchewan. Since many if not most countries I’ve been to use city and country I wondered if using city and province like the U.S uses city and state is the common way to refer to a Canadian city.

That would be the Bowden we are talking about.

Yes, for clarity to those not aware of Canadian geography I would say Saskatoon Saskatchewan or Calgary Alberta especially on an international stage, but for the most part cities, towns etc. are just refered to as Saskatoon or Calgary or Banff or the center of the universe Toronto

I think Florida State asked him to step down?

That was inexcuseable, no way to treat one of the best coaches they have ever had.

Wow, I'm actually stunned that Bowden made the Wikipedia... they really do have a little something about EVERYTHING don't they!

The golf coarse is nice, my grandmother lived in a house directly across from it. So I have many memories of it from my childhood. One of my favorites being jumping the fence in the winter on a Skidoo (the snow drifts went up over the top of thhe fence), with the Skidoo going one way, and me the other, and laughing so hard I had to do it again, and again, and again!

But being a youngster I didn't visit the golf course much beyond that experience. The only other great thing to do around Bowden was go visit the dump. Ah how could childhood memories get any better than sorting through other peoples trash for fun?

One of the stories I've always told people down here in the US is when I'm asked about if the myth of Canadian's being obsessed with hockey is true. I say look, I was raised from age 5 to age 10 in a dusty little town in Alberta with around 800 (I see in that Wikipedia post that it's grown 50%) inhabitants. We had a general store, a gas station a school that went from kindergarden to grade 13 (when there still was a grade 13) in one building, and not much else. But by golly they had themselves an indoor, climate controlled hockey arena in that tiny little town, and all the towns people, the neighboring farmers and anyone else with transportation was packed into that place every friday night for hockey night!

Oh yeah, Canadian's love them some hockey!!!

Kind of like Kiwis and Rugby Football.

The Leafs have been trying to change this for several decades now.

It always sounds weird to me when someone says, "Vancouver, Canada."

I guess it depends on where you are in relation to the country and how well you know it. We don't say "Sydney, New South Wales", we say "Sydney, Australia".

I would agree, it depends on where you are located. In North America, I would say Toronto, Ontario or Toledo, Ohio or Los Angeles, California but if I were in Europe, say, I would generally substitute the country in place of the Province or State.