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Originally posted by ladyzekke:
Ryanamur - What I meant was, that I found it out of the ordinary that he did not call 911 locally. That he called a number so far away. And I also meant when I said the person in Canada who took the call might not have known yet what had happened, is because there are many people, anywhere in the world U.S included, that may not have had their TV or radios on, so may not have known what was going on, you never know.
Wasn't some dig on Canada at all. To the contrary, I look at the entire incident as a honest incidence of a human helping out a human, even if they are strangers living in different places. I have nothing but praise. 
I most certainly do not think that Canada is some backwater country, behind on the news, living in igloos LOL! Maybe the way I worded my post made you think that Ryanamur? Hard sometimes to make your point in text for others to read, as you know what you mean when typing, but sometimes that does not come across clearly to others. Doh! Did not mean to offend at all, was making a compliment, happy that something good happened in all this horror. But I truly honestly did not mean to make it sound like I was belittling Canada at all I swear... OK? I love Canada, yall are our "neighbors"! 
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Don't worry, I know that you didn't bash Canada in any way shape or form. I was just having a little episode of much needed light headed humor
The smilies should of given that away. But, as you said, sometime it's harder to make your point on paper (or on a screen)
. I don't think of American (or others) as ignorant. It's just that many have a misconception of Canada and the way we live.
It's funy sometime. On the third day of the crisis, CNN finaly clued in that Canada had over 400 flights that were destinied to the US. They interviewed our Prime Minister and the interviewer asked in a tone that was pretty much insinuating all that I said in my previous post if we were able to effectively care for poor straded Americans.
Like I said, I was just joking... I sure was insinuating anything out of it
BTW: the phone call to Toronto came in the second night... not the first.
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