Americans and Canadians culture Q&A Thread.

[Buzz Rules]

Any questions for today?

 

[Frozen Canuck]

Any questions for today?

What day does winter start? This warm weather has been insane for the east coast. We haven't had a flake of snow last more than few hours and our yard has just been bare and brown and boring. I am one of the few people who actually like winter and I have really missed not having snow this year. Granted, I don't miss the snow blowing part, but my husband usually takes care of that for me so that I can just enjoy the winter wonderland part.

 

[Buzz Rules]

What day does winter start? This warm weather has been insane for the east coast. We haven't had a flake of snow last more than few hours and our yard has just been bare and brown and boring. I am one of the few people who actually like winter and I have really missed not having snow this year. Granted, I don't miss the snow blowing part, but my husband usually takes care of that for me so that I can just enjoy the winter wonderland part.

This year has been unusual for the Northeast. We normally have 3 nor’easters by now.

 

[Buzz Rules]

What day does winter start? This warm weather has been insane for the east coast. We haven't had a flake of snow last more than few hours and our yard has just been bare and brown and boring. I am one of the few people who actually like winter and I have really missed not having snow this year. Granted, I don't miss the snow blowing part, but my husband usually takes care of that for me so that I can just enjoy the winter wonderland part.

We (USA) can have snow as early as October and as late as April.

 

[ronandannette]

What day does winter start? This warm weather has been insane for the east coast. We haven't had a flake of snow last more than few hours and our yard has just been bare and brown and boring. I am one of the few people who actually like winter and I have really missed not having snow this year. Granted, I don't miss the snow blowing part, but my husband usually takes care of that for me so that I can just enjoy the winter wonderland part.

In Calgary? October 15th'ish. Ends around the second week of May. Was Saskatoon much different?

 

[Frozen Canuck]

In Calgary? October 15th'ish. Ends around the second week of May. Was Saskatoon much different?

I'm not sure when Saskatoon got their first snow. They are still digging out from a snowstorm they got a week or so back. They seem to have gotten their fair share.

We haven't even hardly gotten rain, which doesn't bode well for drought conditions.

A couple of days ago we got a wicked cold snap where we (uncharacteristically) dropped to -23C Friday night (pipes freezing kind of cold) and then shot back up to +10 by Sunday morning. Major weather whiplash from that one...but still no snow.

 

[declansdad]

What day does winter start? This warm weather has been insane for the east coast. We haven't had a flake of snow last more than few hours and our yard has just been bare and brown and boring. I am one of the few people who actually like winter and I have really missed not having snow this year. Granted, I don't miss the snow blowing part, but my husband usually takes care of that for me so that I can just enjoy the winter wonderland part.

Where on the east coast are you? We don't have a lot of snow here but it was -45 on the weekend.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Where on the east coast are you? We don't have a lot of snow here but it was -45 on the weekend.

@Frozen Canuck is in MA I believe. Where I am in NY, we haven’t had much snow all winter. Having two Nor’easters a season would be the norm. We were about -20 F on average last weekend. Happy the Arctic blast is done.

 

[ronandannette]

Okay here is my question for Canadians today:
Do you get as many advertisements to visit the USA as we do to visit Canada? Lately (at least where I live), I seen so many visit Canada commercials on tv it’s boggling to me. Well, I have seen a ton of visit Australia commercials too but on a much lesser scale. To be specific for the Canada commercials, I believe it’s advertising #mapleleave.
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Just now, we're watching the season premier of a Million Little Things on the ABC broadcast channel out of Spokane (not syndicated to a Canadian network or on streaming). It ran a commercial for "Discover South Carolina" several times. I've never seen it before.

***I deleted all the videos out of your quote to minimize lag.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Just now, we're watching the season premier of a Million Little Things on the ABC broadcast channel out of Spokane (not syndicated to a Canadian network or on streaming). It ran a commercial for "Discover South Carolina" several times. I've never seen it before.

***I deleted all the videos out of your quote to minimize lag.

Was it this one?

I’m curious if state tourism boards are recycling old USA tv ads in other countries to save money on advertising.

 

[ronandannette]

No - something different. It ends with a sailboat against a blue horizon.

 

[fab1976]

I’m curious if state tourism boards are recycling old USA tv ads in other countries to save money on advertising.

This would have been advertised on an American channel though, not a Canadian channel. Every so often we get shows that aren’t overridden by a Canadian signal, so get actual American advertising. If ronandannette was watching a channel from Spokane, it was broadcast in the USA.

 

[Buzz Rules]

This would have been advertised on an American channel though, not a Canadian channel. Every so often we get shows that aren’t overridden by a Canadian signal, so get actual American advertising. If ronandannette was watching a channel from Spokane, it was broadcast in the USA.

Interesting. Some states are targeted in advertising as popular tourism spots for popular states. South Carolina advertising in WA is kind of wild to me. NY and FL often advertise in each other’s state due to the snowbird relationship but that makes sense to me.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

Where on the east coast are you? We don't have a lot of snow here but it was -45 on the weekend.

@Buzz Rules is correct. We are in MA. We were -23 this past Saturday which, when coupled with the gale force winds, was enough to freeze one of our hot water pipes. When I woke up this morning (5:30 am), it was 8.8 C outside...for early February, that is crazy!!! It has been like this all winter.

 

[prairie_girl]

I don’t recall seeing any ads to visit the US. Maybe they figure we know they’re down there, and they know our market travels down to Grand Forks and Fargo and Minneapolis, so there’s not point in wasting money.

As far as weather, all I can say is YAY Global Warming /s

 

[Frozen Canuck]

As far as weather, all I can say is YAY Global Warming /s

Just checked my thermometer. 16.7 C IN MASSACHUSETTS IN FEBRUARY!!! (And not a chinook in sight to explain this away!!!)

 

[ronandannette]

I don’t recall seeing any ads to visit the US. Maybe they figure we know they’re down there, and they know our market travels down to Grand Forks and Fargo and Minneapolis, so there’s not point in wasting money.

As far as weather, all I can say is YAY Global Warming /s

What are you "yaying" about? I thought you loved winter? And comparing your current conditions to ours with the humidity, I'm feeling your damp chill down into my bones just thinking about it. Same thing with heat in the summer - I'd rather "air fry" than "steam bake".

 

[Frozen Canuck]

What are you "yaying" about? I thought you loved winter?

@prairie_girl used the /s in her post to indicate sarcasm...so yes, she still loves winter.

 

[ronandannette]

@prairie_girl used the /s in her post to indicate sarcasm...so yes, she still loves winter.

Sorry, all you cool cats (no pun intended) need to use regular words. I'm way to square to speak the lingo.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Sorry, all you cool cats (no pun intended) need to use regular words. I'm way to square to speak the lingo.

To be fair, the /s slang kind of became more of a Gen Z thing than Gen Y. Most of my Gen Y friends think the /s thing is kind of dumb. If you are being sarcastic, just write out the word. Just my opinion.