Canada Week

[Poster X]

Canada gave us Bieber,



Hayden Christensen with his terrible version of Darth Vader. 

   


However, there has been some good stuff that came from north of the border like Canadian bacon, 


John Candy who was a great actor (see the movie Candian Bacon too), and part owner of a winning CFL team known as the Toronto Argonauts,

.


the legendary Roddy Piper...



and William Shatner.

[21isSuperman]

Canada gave us Bieber,

Hayden Christensen with his terrible version of Darth Vader. 

   

However, there has been some good stuff that came from north of the border like Canadian bacon, 

John Candy who was a great actor (see the movie Candian Bacon too), and part owner of a winning CFL team known as the Toronto Argonauts,

.

the legendary Roddy Piper...

and William Shatner.

We also gave the world the telephone, light bulb, insulin, the artificial pacemaker, and basketball, among many other things.

[jvan1973]

We also gave the world the telephone, light bulb, insulin, the artificial pacemaker, and basketball, among many other things.

Basketball and the discovery of insulin, without a doubt.

I'm curious to know who you believe invented the pacemaker, telephone and lightbulb

[21isSuperman]

Basketball and the discovery of insulin, without a doubt.

I'm curious to know who you believe invented the pacemaker, telephone and lightbulb

 

Pacemaker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cardiac_pacemaker

 

An external pacemaker was designed and built by the Canadian electrical engineer John Hopps in 1950 based upon observations by cardio-thoracic surgeon Wilfred Gordon Bigelow at Toronto General Hospital

 

Light bulb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Woodward_%28inventor%29, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Evans

 

On July 24, 1874, Woodward and his partner, Matthew Evans, a hotel keeper, filed a Canadian patent application on an electric light bulb. It was granted on August 3, 1874 as Canadian patent number 3,738

It's actually a common misconception that Edison invented the light bulb.  He just bought the patent.  Also, Tesla >>>>> Edison.

 

Telephone: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/innovations/023020-3020-e.html

 

Bell claimed the telephone was invented in Canada but made in the United States of America.

 

You can find more Canadian inventions here and here

[jvan1973]

Pacemaker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_cardiac_pacemaker

Light bulb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Woodward_%28inventor%29, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Evans

It's actually a common misconception that Edison invented the light bulb. He just bought the patent. Also, Tesla >>>>> Edison.

Telephone: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/innovations/023020-3020-e.html

You can find more Canadian inventions here and here

the history of the light bulb goes WAY back before Edison.

[Valpo2004]

Justin Bieber is living every young mans dream of dreams. Any bad things or judgement one could launch at him comes from pure, unfiltered jealousy imo. I believe the idea that Justin's average day is an experience few men that exist will ever know. 

 

As for his music.....have you people heard what most music sounds like these days? R&B, Hip-Hop etc....sounds like talentless robots to me. Not liking the music is one thing, but to display "hate" for an artist who's music you don't like is just silly. 

 

I'm with you there . . . I've never listened to his music because honestly I know it's not directed at me or written for me.  It's for teen and pre-teen girls.  And he's really good at that.  

 

Being mad at him for his music not being to your liking is sort of like a man being mad at Cosmo for writing stuff that isn't to their liking.  Not only is it silly to hate someone for producing something you don't particularly like but it completely fails to recognize that you arn't even in the target market in the first place.

 

Just as Cosmo isn't writing for men, Bieber isn't singing for adults.  

[21isSuperman]

the history of the light bulb goes WAY back before Edison.

Yeah, that's true.  It also depends on what your definition of invention is, I guess.

[21isSuperman]

Happy birthday, Canada!  One of the best countries on the planet

 

Video contains some strong language

[CanuckColtsFan]

I personally enjoy the CFL. It's a nice dose of football early on. I actually have team in my city, the Stampeders. We're good, it's exciting and fast paced. The NFL is better but you can get good seats on the 30 up 50 rows for 50$. We need more teams though. There are plans for a tenth team and possibly up to 12. That would improve the competition. Saskatchewan fans are crazy, in Calgary they come and fill up to Half our stadium when we play them.