Canada is not a state of the USA ... RE: [Ailist] Examining mental models

[Lionel Boxer]

I like Bobbi's idea a lot.  I will likely give it a try.

On another matter, in the interest of preventing misinformation from becoming established fact - and being a Canadian by birth - I feel obliged to remind her about the Sovereign demarkation that distinguishes Canada from USA. That is, Canada is not a state of the USA (as is implied by the text below).  That will be made clear if if you do try to "go to Canada" from the USA, as you need to go through customs to get there and again to get back to the USA.

Of course I realise this confusion is simply a discursive slip and I am sure that you realise my sense of humour is at work again.

We experienced the customs issue in 1980, when we left Toronto to attend an industrial engineering university conference in North Carolina State University.  We drove down in a pickup truck - 3 of us in the cab and 3 others in the back asleep.  When we stopped in Washington for breakfast our Hong Kong born team member (who owned the pickup truck) remembered that he left his passport at home (at that time Canadians just needed to show their drivers licence).  So, two weeks later, after attending the conference and diverting to Fort Lauderdale for Spring Break, we put him in the back of the pickup under sleeping bags and dirty laundry and the Customs guard had one look (smell) as he opened the lid of the pickup and passed us through.  So, what does that make me ...?

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>>> "Bobbi Bilnoski ~ Concinnity" <bilnoski at swbell.net> 10/01/08 3:09 AM >>>
Hi everyone,

Close your eyes and take 1 minute to imagine a map of the US, laid out in
this room. Visualize the west coast, the east coast, the Canada and Mexico
borders, how about Hawaii? 

Now, stand up. Got your mental map in mind? Everyone go stand on California,
now go to Washington DC, now go to Canada, how about Texas, Idaho, etc ?
(Pick any state you like)