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   >   >> think of what is mostly a Northern or Eastern accent actually used by   
   >   >> very few of us. You expect us to say 'aboot' instead of about. For the   
   >   >> most part the bulk of us have no true accent, we just say words exactly   
   >   >> as they are spelled but, like in the USA, there are areas that do have   
   >   >> a distinctly different accent and often use different words for things.   
      
   >   >no accent.  They were sometimes difficult to understand, though, because   
   > by   
   >   >no accent I mean they also didn't accent any of their syllables.  If they   
   >   >spoke fast, it was difficult to catch some words.   
      
   > I was about to say you must have hit an area that speaks a little differently   
   > but then I thought, one thing I notice about a lot of American accents is   
   > that they draw out vowels so maybe you were hearing our usual 'accent' and   
   > to us (like for most people) we feel WE Don't have an accent..   B)   
      
   > That covers a lot of area. I grew up in Southern Ontario never more than   
   > a few miles from the Great Lakes. The last 39 years I've been on the   
   > shores of Georgian Bay, which is on Lake Huron. We are considered Central   
   > Ontario although treated like Northern Ontario by most government plans   
   > that change with where you live since anyone much more than 150 miles   
   > North of Toronto have the same basic living problems, a long distance   
   > between places and much colder temperatures in Winter, so we tend to   
   > get small rebates on energy used to heat the house and such.   
      
   >   >character, sounded slighly British, or sounded slightly French.  That was   
   >   >very few people.   
      
   > Yes, a lot of Northern areas are like that, and probably similar things   
   > in Alberta, which is sort of the 'Texas' of Canada.. (Not the French part)   
      
   > This year for the first time in many years I am staying through the   
   > winter in my cabin on the bay. For many years because they needed my   
   > help in winter I stayed with my parents in Parry Sound over the winter   
   > but they have both passed now and I had to decide what to do. I spent   
   > winters here for 13 years quite a while back so I had a rough idea of   
   > what to expect but it's a bit more of a challenge now that I'm older.   
      
   > This place has poor insulation and, for now, I can't use anything but   
   > the inadequate electric heat (60 AMP service) after the insurance company   
   > banned my use of the old wood stove I put in 40 years ago. Last night the   
   > temperature dropped down to at least -25c (-13f) and pails of water I had   
   > on the floor in the kitchen froze quite a bit. It was down near 40f when   
   > I woke up. I turn off the bigger heater and use just a single 2000 watt   
   > baseboard heater at night. It's actually left set to about 68f but it   
   > can't manage on its own when it drops much below freezing. On several   
   > cold nights I've woken up to it being near 40f in here, and most mornings   
   > it starts off closer to 50f than 60f.   
      
   > There's no practical way to keep running water going so I have a 'box'   
   > about 200 feet out on the ice covering a hole I break through each day   
   > to get pails of water and I have an out house (privy?) for a toilet so   
   > I am 'roughing' it a little bit here..   
      
   > BTW, this is not a money thing. I could easily afford to rent a house   
   > or apartment for winter or even year round but I would go stir crazy I   
   > think living in town all the time. Here, I spend so much time and energy   
   > just staying alive that I don't have much time to get bored..    B)   
      
   > Oh, and I sort of read with amusement what some people there say when   
   > you get a little snow. 3 or 4 times this year withing a day or two I   
   > have gotten 20 to 30 inches of snow at a time, which can make trudging   
   > out to get water even more fun.. 6 to 8 inches of snow is nothing..  B)   
      
   > ---   
   >  * SLMR Rob  * Celibacy is NOT hereditory   
      
      
   Once I. visited a family near Buffalo and they took us to Niagara Falls Canada.   
   I can't remember having trouble talking to workers in the Visitors Center .   
      
   I have a Amateur Radio (Ham) license and once talked with a Canadian who said   
   he was fixing frozen plumbing in his Summer home, this was in April.   
   I think the Summer home was North of where he andhis family lived.   
      
   Ed   
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