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137 years young

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happy canada day to my fellow canucks! :)
First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you need to do. ~Epictetus

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And Happy Canada Day to you from the kid next door. :wink:

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What is Canada day? :? Just a random bank holiday, or does it have a special history? I mean like '137 years ago on this day exactly...' or is Canada just 137 years old but they just randomly chose a day to celebrate Canada's birthday on?

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Post by klewlis »

lol.

It's the day we confederated.

(is confederated a word? :)

The day Canada was born... July 1, 1867.

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Ah, ok, thanks for enlightening me. :)

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Post by Geoff »

I had no idea, Thanks. It takes news a long time to get down to the nation of Texas :wink:

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A belated Canada Day to you too!

"nation of Texas"

You wish Geoff ;)

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