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Re: Odd thought

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From: Danny
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:54
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Oh the eastern states for sure: Maine, Vermont, NY... but in general, I 
think it'd be best to stay close along the borders, like Washinton State, 
Montana, Michigan... don't forget Alaska, we should just get that northern 
region out of site ^_^


"Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler" <nicoya@ubb.ca> wrote in message 
news:nicoya-FDFEA4.10390029122006@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net...
> In article <l2blh.533580$5R2.422080@pd7urf3no>,
> The Wizard of Oz <wizard@emeraldcity.gov> wrote:
>
> : Which state do you think
> : they'd put up and which state would we (as Canada) want?
>
> They'd probably only offer one of the Hick states like North Dakota.
>
> I'd say grabbing New York would probably be the most profitable border 
> state to
> get, lots of big business there.
>
> If I could grab any state into Canada, it'd probably be California though. 
> Get
> the "fun in the sun" factor of Baja Canada, all the high-tech jobs of 
> silicon
> valley, the delicious irony of exporting the entire movie/music industry 
> to a
> country that doesn't have the DMCA, and the fruitcakes aren't much worse 
> than
> what we already have in BC.
>
>
> Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :)
>
> -- 
> Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler - Master of Code-fu
> -- nicoya@ubb.ca -- http://www.ubb.ca/ -- 
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From: "Danny" <smdannie@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Odd thought
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:54:45 -0600
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