This just in. Today it was announced by alexa.com that nearly half of the readers of rpls.com are now ... Canadian! Yes, it's true. According to alexa.com which no longer bothers to publish a US web traffic rank for the site:
>the site has attained a traffic rank of 48,382 among users in Canada, where we estimate that 46% of its audience is located.
One may speculate, but the slow load times for the site are apparently not as noticeable in Canada where the average thoughtful reader is usually lost in contemplation even while surfing the internet.
This would be consistent with the following statistic that alexa.com reports for rpls.com
>This site has a bounce rate of about 24% (i.e., 24% of visits consist of only one pageview)
The largely Canadian readers probably read one thread and then spend the rest of the day thinking about ... stuff.
The Molson's ads can't be far behind!
that's just Derek and Scott hoping someone will post a pic of Susan Sarandon......
I wonder if that counts Canadians, living in the US.........
IMWTK
Radar
Perhaps the Canadians are just a bit more discerning in their tastes or such. I understand they still have a bit of tiff over the lackluster performance of the OWM but that has not stopped them from perusing the board.
And perhaps the traffic from Canada has had a push since Sir Derek trained a couple of hundred chickens to use the internet.
But to keep the interest up on BL from Canada then here you go. And yes, she is enjoying Oklahoma and riding on the back of an American Iron.
> I wonder if that counts Canadians, living in the US.........
Douglas, as you know perfectly well, the insidious thing about Canadians is that they can pass for Americans if they make the effort to seem a bit less thoughful. We've gone through the "Spot the Canadian" contest before. Without the flannel shirts or the kilts, most are pretty difficult to pick out in a lineup. So, one day you wake up and discover that everything is being run by Canadians. First, they get the internet message boards and its geomatics this and geomatics that. It all proceeds from there.
Nice Picture, Deral
I got a real kick out of the theory that Derek taught his chickens how to surf the web.
McMoundfinder-
Yessiree me'n Oswald II wuz jest a setting on da porch wif our'en genwine McMoundfinder Republic of Texas wide brimmed baret go'wn over a few tips on us'n de Zed Max super dooper findyerself a cwardnut er three popsukle stick.
Dizcussin' was so goowde gown wez gonna consider exportation of our wizdum to Awstun fer the Fall Fair competishun at McMoundfinder Freres Emporyum.
Weez best getonner, as soown Scotty McPartridge is gonna need assistunce setting up da Winner 2010/2011 iglew forms as weez got a wever reeport sayn 'tiz darn nippy in Alburrta at knites nowe.
Soon too we've gotta figure our cwardnuts to annex Laskhu, soasto stoppem fightn over Bowfart Seeze awl patches.
Tradja 2 Saruw Paleins fera Teethin'Harpur
Hugs and Handshakes,
Your North Aboyne Correspondent
TNAI
Derek:
From the picture, the chicken knows that there is something wrong with the Z-Max set-up.
From the picture, I don't think that you may know. I am worried.
No, it is not upside down either.
It's also true that with some care an American can pass for Canadian. I know a guy who occasionally travels internationally and usually tells everyone who doesn't need to see his passport that he is Canadian. He gets a much friendlier welcome that way in many places.
The term American is interesting. I used to hear Canadians protest that "we're all Americans" if we live in North America, and telling us that the USA shouldn't try to exclusively claim the term. Now I think they have given up that fight, figuring we have soiled the name so badly they don't want it any more.
> The term American is interesting. I used to hear Canadians protest that "we're all Americans" if we live in North America, and telling us that the USA shouldn't try to exclusively claim the term.
Well, they were traditionally British North Americans and have kept the "North" and dialed back on the "British" after "Bay Watch".
eh Kent
Better be on the look out, eh!
That picture must be 30 years old.
...and that old "we're all Americans" thingy gets my undies in a twist. United States citizens are called American because the name American is in the title of our country. No other country in North or South America uses American in their country's name.
> No other country in North or South America uses American in their country's name.
Well, the United States of America used to be bordered on the North by British North AMERICA until 1867, eh?
> that's just Derek and Scott hoping someone will post a pic of Susan Sarandon......
Follow the link (but not at work...)
> Well, they were traditionally British North Americans and have kept the "North" and dialed back on the "British" after "Bay Watch".
British except for the Québécoise, mon frère...
Last I heard they're called Canadian
>No other country in North or South America uses American in their country's name.
United States of American?
How Canada Got its Name
Back in the 1500s three guys were sitting around a campfire. One looked up and said, "We need to name this great land. Do either one of you have any ideas?"
After about an hour of hashing it over, nobody could think of what to name this new land. Finally, one of the guys had an idea. He said, "Lets put all of the letters of the alphabet in a hat and draw letters. We will name the country that way." The other two agreed that this would be a good idea.
All the letters of the alphabet were put into one of their hats.
The first guy reached in and picked a letter and said "C, eh".
The second reached in and drew a letter. "N, eh".
The third reached in and drew his letter, "D, eh".
Hence the name "Canada"
