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#51

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:27am

It's a cluster of shacks and chinese people in eastern canada.

"T.O." = Total Oriental

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#52

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:28am

Type_A_Tiff, that's so funny! (And so true, when you think about it!)

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#53

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:30am

my chinese relatives out here are always talking about how great Toronto is for Asian people nowadays. some "auntie" i can't remember lives up in T.O. i think we even have a Chinatwon bus service that heads up there now.

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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#54

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:31am

Did you all walk over from Asia on the Bearing Straight? I know that was a while back, but from what I hear, culture hasn't evolved much.

#55

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:31am

HEY WE BUILT THE RAILROADS!!!! THINK ABOUT THAT NEXT TIME YOU RIDE AMTRAK!

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

#56

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:32am

those chinatown buses scare me! iwas gonna take one from nyc to boston, and chickened out and sprung for greyhound instead. t.o.'s really great for asians, but vancouver's really saturated with asians. in richmond, my suburb (where the vancouver international airport is), the population is 70% asian.

#57

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:34am

We don't have amtrack, Matt.

That's wierd, there's almost no Asians here. I mean, there are some, but they're like barely a blip on the race population chart.

#58

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:35am

awww you shoulda taken it. that's the Fung Wah Bus, the Boston line. they're all legit now, they even use the big bus terminal in boston, right alongside all the greyhounds. but the chinatown bus is totally licensed and legal now that they're so well-known. they're actually mostly owned by the same company, people from a specific village in China with a difficult dialect, but they operate each destination as a different business name ro make it less confusing and i'm sure to evade some sort of tax issue.

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

#59

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:35am

BRIAN REGAN!!! My favorite comedian!
I was definitely thinking that, Govr!

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#60

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:38am

"I've been working on the railroad...all the livelong day...I've been working on the railroad...just to pass the time away..."

Dude. Asians ROCKED that song, baby.

#61

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:38am

Matt, that made no sense to me.

#62

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:40am

Probably because it was directed at me.

What, do all posts have to revolve around you or something, cracker?

#63

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:42am

Oh.

#64

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:43am

#65

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:45am

I have to go soon... I have homework.

#66

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:49am

i get it. the canadian outsmarts the yank and now the yank wants to go home.

good lord, wasn't there a topic originally for this thread??

#67

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:51am

the amtrak was directed at insomniak, the bus thing toward tiff.

and i can't picture life without lots of asian people. i don't have many asian friends but my high school was a good 65-70% asian, probably more now, and I'm living in the heart of chinatown these days.

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

#68

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:53am

are you based in nyc?

#69

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:55am

yep, i'm 1 block off canal street. my high school was in silicon valley, CA area.

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

#70

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:57am

TELL ME SOMETHING!!

how much could i get a rip-off LV bag on Canal Street?? My last visit, I didn't go to Chinatown, it was 3 hours before my flight, I was on 5th Avenue and bought a tiny LV purse from $20, and the bellboy at my hotel told me I should've went ot Canal Street and gotten it for like $10.

#71

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 12:58am

Did you all walk over from Asia on the Bearing Straight?

Well, I know I've never beared anything straight.

#72

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 1:01am

i'm not sure what the asking price is, but we've got the bargaining skills in our blood. it's all about the bargaining with anything you buy on the street in chinatown. if your bellboy knew of them going for $10, I'd say you coulda gotten at least that good a price. or if you had the right approach, as low as $8 or maybe 2 for $15.

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

#73

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 1:09am

98 posts till I'm a legend

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

#74

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 1:18am

the bargaining would only work if i was bartering with another asian though, right? the bellboy was white. i thought they usually upped the price for white folk, don't they?

LOL @ Blue WIzard.

#75

re: Canadian ignorance vs. American stupidity - Reality or myth?

Posted: 10/12/04 at 1:33am

it really depends on how you come across. if a white person is obviously from NY or a similar urban or bazaar-type setting (basically if they know what's goin on either in NY or with bargaining) they'll get offered the same price as the average asian customer, who it is assumed will haggle persistently.

but anyone who goes up and is obviously out of their element or has an accent from anywhere else in the country or europe, might get offered an initial higher price just to squeeze a few extra bucks if they aren't the haggling type. good bargaining is the equalizer, to take the price as low as possible or at least try and get some freebie trinkets or whatever.

"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers

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