C.B.’s Comments (group member since May 01, 2015)

C.B.’s comments from the Support for Indie Authors group.

Charles wrote: "So you're telling me there are other countries? I thought 'murica was the only one!"

“I get to go to overseas places, like Canada.”
― Britney Spears

G.G. wrote: "Ok, now I'm hungry for some poutine. ;)"

How very Canadian of you. +5 'eh' points!

Christina wrote: "Okay, just gonna step in here to say that no country where Englsh is the default language gets to claim their chocolate is better than anything. Too much sugar. Yes, even you, Canada! Give me some ..."

I must step in and agree. For pure eating, enjoy a single bar over the course of a month, rich and delicious chocolate, nothing beats the actual good stuff, that is for sure.

But for candy coated, mass-produced, highly advertised, eat this cause you are bored and don't feel like pretzels chocolate... Canadian chocolate bars are pretty high up on the list.

Jenycka wrote: "C.B. wrote: "Jenycka wrote: "Sounds good. Instead of alternating though, I'm thinking Sandwich Saturdays. "

American Cheese and Canadian Bacon Sandwich!"

I suppose we could eat those to keep up o..."

We scared away the Americans!

Jenycka wrote: "Sounds good. Instead of alternating though, I'm thinking Sandwich Saturdays. "

American Cheese and Canadian Bacon Sandwich!

Owen wrote: "I believe Gary Larson solved this case for dogs. ;-) "

Every dog word translates to 'Hey!'.
(Every cat word translates to 'Me!'.)

Jenycka wrote: "Oh yes. Add him to the list. Can we share him? Or is he all yours? "

Standard man sharing contract?

You can have him Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. I will take Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Alternating Saturdays. Special dates, such as birthdays and weddings, must be booked 2 weeks in advance.

Jenycka wrote: "I maintain that Terrance and Phillip aren't worth it either. There are few pop culture icons that would motivate me to take up arms. Gordon Pinsent. Ryan Gosling. Ellen Page. "

I'd take up arms over Captain America. I want to steal him from the USians.
(I mean, have you seen him box? I mean, seriously. Like, I mean, seriously.)

Jenycka wrote: "Well, personally I chug a beer or two first. The syrup and the guy... that works well together."

Jenycka wrote: "are you guys really a lot kinkier than Americans? (Answer is yes, btw)"

You are proving your point here nicely! :D
I think we might indeed be kinkier. Everyone that has stumbled upon Elfrotica here has demanded to read it.

Owen wrote: "At least Canadian bacon is good! "

I think the same person named Canadian Bacon, French Fries, and American Cheese.

...

Someone needs to stop this person.

Jenycka wrote: "A. wrote: "I think we are now officially at war with Canada."

Oh, honey, the Beibs isn't worth going to war over."

Terrance and Phillip on the other hand...

Jenycka wrote: "Maple syrup, sex with a Newfoundland guy, and Molson is an AWESOME combination! Really. Try it. Right now. CB, I'm talking to you. "

All three at the same time?

Owen wrote: "Matt wrote: "I like "ridiculous but reasonably pronounceable". I don't want Tkqgurey'vfhekl or something like that..."

Tkqgurey'vfhekl aka "Tink". ;-)"

Easily one of those Foreign Exchange Students (Aka F.E.S.) situations.

G.G. wrote: "C.B. wrote: "haha When the butcher here told us to use Canadian Bacon for our stuffing and showed us what he meant, my reaction was something like this: THAT'S NOT BACON! While I've had that while living in Canada, we never called THAT bacon. Why? Simple. Because that's NOT bacon!"

You are absolutely right, I was very confused when asked that for the first time. It isn't bacon. Not even close! (well I guess the same animal is closer than say, a goose or something, but still.)

G.G. wrote: "Chocolate: I have one name (or two words) for chocolate bar: COFFEE CRISP!"

Oh yes, that one is marvelous. Always the first to go in the 4 pack of Halloween nut free bars! So many good Canadian chocolate bars out there, they are very akin to British chocolate bars.

G.G. wrote: "Don't they still sell the 3 bags of milk in a larger bag?"

The milk bags may be different in different parts of Canada. :) I have never seen anyone with one of those milky pitchery thingies in their house around here. I live in BC though, it may be different elsewhere as we tend to fight the Canadian government on key things like milk bags!

I have seen lots of people buying bags of milk for milk baths though, or the 4 Litre jugs. Always the yellow topped one, so homogenized milk. I imagine it is the preferred milk to bathe in, but I don't really have stats to back that up.

Riley wrote: "We call ourselves the greatest nation that ever lived! *shoots bald eagles from his AK47 while eating a turducken dog and drinking copious amounts of mountain dew and budweiser.* "

I've played Cards Against Humanity... so naturally I want to end your statement with ... the card about squealing hogs that I will not type in here...

I took the day off yesterday so I missed this post. :D

Some fun facts!

1. We do not call Canadian Bacon Canadian Bacon. It is a ham steak.

2. We do not call American Cheese American Cheese. It is a cheese slice.

3. You can buy bags of milk, that is true. You can also buy milk cartons, and jugs of milk. From what I've seen the bags are bought mostly by restaurants, food manufacturers, and people that bathe in it.

4. Canadian chocolate makers have much tighter guidelines for what they are allowed to put into chocolate bars. If you haven't eaten Canadian chocolate before, tread carefully, they are potent.

5. Ketchup flavoured potato chips are amazing.

Happy almost American Day! (July 4th)

Morris wrote: "You can alter font size with CSS script. How it works is by relating the base font size as 1em, and if you want to make a font bigger, either 1.25em, 1.5em, etcetera. the em is the width of the let..."

I wasn't sure if anything can be done, but I don't have any experience with the files or html at all.

That sounds really great Morris! I will do that after work. Thanks so much!

Micah wrote: "eReaders are nothing more than trimmed down, specialized web browsers. I was shocked at how hard even things like altering font size was to accomplish.

Like having a title like "PleshaCore" where ..."

Simple is probably better for ebooks.

I just never considered readers when I started to write! (e-readers) :D

I suppose I could release two different .pdfs for download. One for ereaders and phones, and one for tablets. Sizing isn't that bad to format once the rest is done. :)

Kindle Publishing does accept .pdfs, I checked. They say there may be problems on certain readers and that other formats are better, but they still accept them.

I also found something called the Kindle Textbook Creator. Which makes kindle files out of .pdfs. So I can try that if something doesn't work.

*Throws a movie prop blaster at the side of a barn*
*Misses*
Dang. That is hard.