kelownabomberfan

So that's greater than France? Here's a great article on Norway I found. http://www.sovereignman.com/expat/why-norway-is-a-bs-argument-for-higher-taxes-8235/ Just one guy's opinion. Take it or leave it.

I don't think so re the vacation time requirements but I'm not sure. I do know when I worked there that no one paid me to go on vacation - that has to be a purely French "innovation".

I agree. Though the day a socialist teaches me anything is the day that pigs actually fly.

LOL - well I guess I should have prefaced the story with the fact that you could take it or leave it, or even worse, make a smart-arsed comment instead. Look - I see tons of propaganda in the media about how Norway is better than Canada because they tax the living **** out of everyone and everything, and I just don't buy it. That's not a society I want to live in, to be sure, and I don't like how that kind of society stifles all independent thought and innovation. I saw in one media report that 50% of Norway's population is on some kind of government subsistence right now, thanks to their incredibly generous social programs. That's not "healthy" in my view, and it is setting up that country for a big fall down the road. The point of my story about the Norwegian who wanted to stay in Canada was simple. Our society appeals to people who have an instinct to take care of themselves. Norway's appeals to people who want to suck on a giant government nipple. To each their own. The one thing I know is that you really have to travel around the world to see what works and what doesn't, and how other societies do things. I really like Australia, having spent a lot of time there. They are very similar to us, only their country is way warmer. They do a lot of things like we do, only some things I think they do better, such as health care. Anyway, just my two cents - take it or leave it!

When you are competing against Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal you really aren't saying much by saying you have the healthiest economy in Europe. That's like saying that you are the best hockey player in Equador. I don't get the Germans though, they bust their butts and pay all of Europe's bills just so Greece can elect a nutbar leftist who tells them that he won't pay back all the money they loaned him. Brilliant- don't like the fact that you have debt? Just vote it away!

And yet my buddy, who works for a Norwegian company, always has to bring suitcases with clothes and shoes back to the head office over there because the people ask him to, as their prices are so high they can't afford to buy new clothes and shoes. Norway is ridiculously expensive, and needlessly so, because their VAT are so high. It's just stupid. People who always go on about how great the Scandinavian countries are, and how "happy" they are, really should go live there so that they get some perspective outside of the socialist propaganda they are being fed. When my buddy got the job, the company in Norway sent over a Norwegian to supervise the set up of their branch office in Calgary. At the end of his one year term, he called the office in Norway and told them to stick it, he was staying in Canada. My buddy asked him why, and he said "Because here I can afford to buy a house and a car and a trailer and when I get my paycheque, there's still money left after taxes. You guys are doing things right here." So there you go.

I always shake my head at people who think this is a "good" thing, and even more at people who think this is even remotely sustainable. You can't keep an economy going paying people not to work.

I spent a year in Estevan called July and August in 1990. That town makes Honey Boo-Boo look like Stephen Hawking.

yes talk about bringing in a culture of suck

Rockets draw great here. Great team this year too.

I agree. If he keeps this up he may wake up one day and find himself writing a sports column at the Sun.

You are from Winnipeg. See if they will go to 80 cents.

OK - now it all makes perfect sense. Plus there are no doubt thousands of tickets available, that also helps.

They are still trying to figure out how to spell "TSN".

I think I am going to change my name to Prince McJunkins. Or maybe King McJunkins. I am thinking of a Troy Stoudamire reference here but have been informed that that meme is now dead. So I won't.

This picture makes more sense than that.

I think I made that joke on the old OB forum the day he was drafted.

Shouldn't Drew be a bit more careful about exposing Marcel's playbook?

Olli Jokinen - "OH NO!! I MIGHT HAVE TO PLAY PAST APRIL 11th THIS YEAR!!"

Yeah with Huff's track record he's allowed a Jade Etienne once in awhile.

Yeah during that Dallas game Klingberg looked lost. Good to see the Jets get a starter for a guy that was permanently a third liner on the Ice Caps.

That OT loss to the Leafs was like being hoofed in the balls with a frozen boot at -34C.

Apparently he was released to explore his NFL options. He is leaning toward Sunday Ticket.

It won't be done this season - he's still under contract to his KHL team. I thought the KHL was having problems.. Teams folding and whatnot.. I really haven't followed it at all.. Burmi with Ak Bars and KHL playoffs start this week. Earliest they be done is March 4th. The "Ak Bars"? They must have fun going through airport security....

This just in - Air Canada just announced twice weekly direct flights between Winnipeg and Kladno.