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Do you ever feel REALLY Canadian? Like, you actually think to yourself - “I feel really Canadian right now?”
I remember golfing in Banff a few years ago - and just standing on the green - looking at the Rocky Mountains - thinking “I have NEVER felt more Canadian than I do right now.”
Does that make sense?
It’s almost always tied into the weather, right?
I mean, how can you not feel Canadian with all this snow around?
Like on Friday…I’m shovelling my driveway - and when I’m done, I go over to help my neighbour, Bob, shovel his. We “get ‘er done” and then stand around chatting - the snow pounding down on us - we’re both leaning on our shovels a la Ken Dryden - the snow is freezing to our eyebrows - I can’t even see his eyes, he’s squinting so much from the wind and snow - a few inches of snow has accumulated on his hat already - it’s absurd - sane people would go inside, make some coffee, have a conversation, but not us - we’re freezing and waving to others as they make their way to their own driveways….and THAT’S when I think - “this is SO Canadian”.  It’s so wonderfully Canadian.
Jeez - I eventually get sick of the snow too - but what are you gonna do? It comes with the territory - literally!

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