# It's official, we're off to Canada!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799 "2006-01-13T08:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/21 "2006-01-14T20:27:49Z")
Where in BC are you headed to? Blinking greens… Hm. I am pretty sure that’s “go, with caution”. Blinking reds are stop, look, then go. I think. We are very close to breaking our record for “continuous days with rain” here on the coast. But today is sort of brighter, and though the ground is very wet, I don’t think it’s rained in Victoria yet today. In Canada, we say “you’re welcome” after hearing “thank you”, instead of “uh-huh” during commercial transactions. Toss your extra loonies and toonies in a pretty dish and you will soon have enough money for a meal out. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/22 "2006-01-14T20:52:47Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > Toss your extra loonies and toonies in a pretty dish and you will soon have enough money for a meal out. …or a plot of land up the coast. Welcome aboard, **Seven**. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/23 "2006-01-14T23:36:07Z")
Thanks, **Seven**. I’ll check those links out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/24 "2006-01-14T23:48:05Z")
Welcome to Canada, **Seven**! Why are you going to moldy old BC, instead of sunny, non-depressed Alberta? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/25 "2006-01-14T23:49:44Z")
Oops, hit reply too soon - you might think we’re kidding about BC being depressing with all the rain (unless you’re moving from some place like Seattle which is just as bad). Let us know your thoughts on it after you grow mushrooms between your toes, hokay?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/26 "2006-01-15T00:37:28Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > Warnings/ announcements from a yank in month 6: > > Blinking green lights-- still somewhat mysterious. They’re unique to Vancouver, I think. You see them on the main arterial roads, which, since Vancouver urban planners have rejected the concept of arterial roads, just means the main roads that get you from Richmond to downtown Vancouver. The reason for them is that they signal that the cross street does not have a traffic signal. The cars on the cross-streets are supposed to yield to the main road, but things being what they are, sometimes cars will pop out unexpectedly from the cross streets. You have the right of way, but be careful, as **Savanahh** says. In other parts of Canada, a blinking green light when combined with a red light is an “advanced green” - cars in the left hand turning lanes can enter the intersection and turn, because the traffic in the facing lane has a red light. “Advanced greens” of this sort can be a green arrow, or just a regular round green light that flashes. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/27 "2006-01-15T01:13:35Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Oops, hit reply too soon - you might think we’re kidding about BC being depressing with all the rain (unless you’re moving from some place like Seattle which is just as bad). Enjoy the snow tonight, sweetie. I’d bit a lot more depressed if I was fifteen degrees colder. 😛 Actually, the amount of rain we’re getting this year _is_ a bit of a bummer. During the rainy season, I sometimes forget why I live here. I always remember in June, though. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/28 "2006-01-15T02:39:36Z")
> [@Declan](#): > > Yeah , I do em at the same time and on the same sheet as the Fed tax, like everyone else, but the money goes to the feds first and they divy it up, not like I send a second check to Toronto for McSquintys cut. > > Declan Yes, the money gets sent to the feds, but it is still the **provinces** that decide how much provincial income tax they want and any special deductions on the provincial taxes to implement - in this regard the feds are just acting as middlemen. So, your original statement about none of the provinces having their own versions of income taxes is incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/29 "2006-01-15T04:11:59Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > Where in BC are you headed to? > > Blinking greens… Hm. I am pretty sure that’s “go, with caution”. Blinking reds are stop, look, then go. I think. > > We are very close to breaking our record for “continuous days with rain” here on the coast. But today is sort of brighter, and though the ground is very wet, I don’t think it’s rained in Victoria yet today. > > In Canada, we say “you’re welcome” after hearing “thank you”, instead of “uh-huh” during commercial transactions. > > Toss your extra loonies and toonies in a pretty dish and you will soon have enough money for a meal out. I’ve already got a small bucket of loonies and toonies from the various pre-planning trips up there. I hardly ever spend change when I buy things and on the way home I found I’d aquired about 40 bucks in loose change. I love it really. My current change jar acts as a lazy man’s savings account. We’re moving to Vancouver. I grew up in Seattle, lived on the coast of oregon and currently live in Portland Oregon. NW climate is fine with me. I don’t do well in heat. I don’t mine the rain [until there is TOO much](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354097). Then I get a tad worried. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/30 "2006-01-15T19:26:07Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > Enjoy the snow tonight, sweetie. I’d bit a lot more depressed if I was fifteen degrees colder. 😛 > \ Why oh why don’t we have a loud raspberry smiley? 😃 Course, you guys can always tweak us in early spring, when you have flowers and we have, well, more snow. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799/31 "2006-01-16T08:08:28Z")
You should do just fine, then, given you’re getting the same rain as we are here! I’m on Vancouver Island, and the sun came out today. We went to the park and watched the dogs romped. It was wonderful. It’s supposed to start raining again tomorrow… Enjoy Vancouver! It should get interesting as the Olympics move closer. (And more expensive, alas.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-were-off-to-canada/339799.md?page=1)