You know you're in Canada when...

**starbkjrus** · 19th February 07, 05:24 PM

I can say this because my Partner is Canadian.....

You know you're in Canada when no one cares what your hair looks like because EVERYONE is wearing a toque. (Or would it be touque?)

You know you're in Canada when you realize that the sky has been grey for three months and thats GOOD weather.

You know you're in Canada when you are going out and you say "Let me put my on Chesterfield" and everyone else wonders if you are wearing the living room sofa out to a pub...

And you really know you're in Toronto when you wonder just why there are so many Queen Street exits off the Gardiner Expressway! We've finally gotten so we know to go to the end of the Gardiner until we turn. (Unless the traffic is bad....then get off as early as possible.

(Disclaimer: I'm from the USA, my Partner is Canadian and I LOVE Canada. We go there several times a year. I don't live there but its my adopted country nontheless. Just move it down near Mexico for the weather and I'M THERE! )

PS. Put a hockey rink in the backyard and I'll throw the party!!!

PPS. Grant, I've still not gotten my certificate and flag.

**Canuck** · 19th February 07, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by starbkjrus

And you really know you're in Toronto when you wonder just why there are so many Queen Street exits off the Gardiner Expressway! We've finally gotten so we know to go to the end of the Gardiner until we turn. (Unless the traffic is bad....then get off as early as possible.

Well first off there's Brown's line, Kipling (To IKEA), Islington, Parkside, Lakeshore (As the name suggests), Jamison, (Gets you to the CNE) Spadina (Gets you to the CN Tower and The Rogers Centre Sky Dome), Young and York (To the downtown core and Bay street), Jarvis(Downtown, DVP (gets you back north to the 401 then the 416 to Ottawa for the worlds largest rink!!) and then the end of the Gardiner. Queen runs parallel with the Gardiner.
However you can get onto the Gardiner from The QEW (Queen Elizabeths' Way)
That's what I remember from my last commute. tongue in cheek whilst wearing a toque....cheers just a razzin ya mate!!

**cloves** · 19th February 07, 06:53 PM

There are times I miss living in the Big Smoke......but mostly not.

**starbkjrus** · 20th February 07, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Canuck

Well first off there's Brown's line, Kipling (To IKEA), Islington, Parkside, Lakeshore (As the name suggests), Jamison, (Gets you to the CNE) Spadina (Gets you to the CN Tower and The Rogers Centre Sky Dome), Young and York (To the downtown core and Bay street), Jarvis(Downtown, DVP (gets you back north to the 401 then the 416 to Ottawa for the worlds largest rink!!) and then the end of the Gardiner. Queen runs parallel with the Gardiner.
However you can get onto the Gardiner from The QEW (Queen Elizabeths' Way)
That's what I remember from my last commute. tongue in cheek whilst wearing a toque....cheers just a razzin ya mate!!

Actually you're right. When we were last in Toronto we were staying with friends at their new (to them) house we had not been to yet. (Off Queen but out near the beaches). It was Lake Shore Blvd. with all the exits. Our directions brought us down the 427 to the Gardiner and then said get off on Lakeshore. They should have said go to the END of the Gardiner where it puts you on Lake Shore. We knew better than to get off in Etobicoke but we still ended up having to cross most of downtown at rush hour on Lake Shore. Passing expressway exit after expressway exit. Arghhh.