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stephensmom
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/22/2009, 5:07 AM
Boston marriage: in the19th and 20th centuries, was an arrangement in which two women lived together, independent of any man's support. These relationships were not necessarily sexual; the existence of platonic Boston marriages has been fairly well documented. However we know that some were not platonic.  Today, the term sometimes describes two women living together without a sexual relationship. Many suggest that Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickock shared such a bond, a relationship that involved intimacy and commitment without sexuality.

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evergreen
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/21/2009, 10:56 AM
I love that one Sleddog!

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sleddog
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/21/2009, 10:51 AM

 

  

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TammyinTO
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/14/2009, 1:48 PM
What's a Boston Marriage?

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Mtagrad
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/11/2009, 9:32 AM

If you like Hazel, you would have love an old Ottawa Mayor-Charlotte Whitton! She was the toughest bird around, at a time when very few women held positions of influence. She also lived in what was then called a 'Boston Marriage' ;)

jan,eh!

born and raised in Ottawa, now living in Newmarket Ontario

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littledoc
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/07/2009, 5:15 PM

I want her for our Mayor!

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sleddog
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/06/2009, 2:19 PM

Hey brewmax ~ thanks for sharing that video ~ that was fun!

The mayor sure is one “Hot Child In The City!”

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evergreen
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/06/2009, 10:02 AM

Hey Tammy. We lived in Toronto, at Bayview & Eglinton, until 1995. Then moved to SW Ontario. Still miss much of Toronto...not the traffic.

The night of the Streetsville evacuation, Nov 10, 1979, I was having a surprise party for Phyl's birthday. I remember so vividly that half the guests had to leave shortly after midnight because most of them worked for Bell & got called in to work. I myself had to go into the office very early next morning...my office was near Streetsville.

I think Mayor Hazel got a lot of commendations for her efforts in that well organized evacuation.

Long time ago!

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TammyinTO
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/06/2009, 9:27 AM

I'm a Toronto Girl, born and bred.  I just moved to Mississauga three years ago this July.  Mel, my partner, is a Mississauga Gal though.  She went through an evacuation when she was a kid but she lived down closer to the lake.  Actually, we live in her old neighbourhood (more or less).  She went to Cawthra High School and we live a few blocks from there.

I wouldn't petition for lower taxes though honestly.  I've seen what low property taxes can do from living in Toronto. 

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evergreen
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/06/2009, 9:20 AM

Good point TammyinTO, but I don't know when this interview took place & what she did with the "moolah".

She sure is a person to be reckoned with though. Were you around at the time of the Streetsville evacuation?

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TammyinTO
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/06/2009, 9:15 AM
If we have 700 million in reserves I think it might be time to lower municipal taxes.  Just sayin'.

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evergreen
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/06/2009, 7:21 AM

Yes, she's wonderful isn't she? The pride of Mississauga.

$7 million in the bank eh? I didn't know that. Takes a woman!!!

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brewmax
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/06/2009, 7:06 AM

This just rocks my world.  Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY79KbCptTo

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sleddog
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/03/2009, 9:00 PM

Tammy ~ you are so right!  I don't think we stop partying/moving/marching for Sat morning till Mon morning!  It was surely a great time!!!

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TammyinTO
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Re: OH !!...Canada!
04/03/2009, 6:13 PM
Toronto Gay Pride rocks!  It is absolutely crazy!  It's actually turned into a weeklong festival now with all kinds of events going on.  We usually go down on the Saturday instead of Sunday.  It's "slightly" less crowded and it's kinda unoffically women's pride day.  Plus we're usually pretty hurtin' from partying on Saturday night and just end up chilling in the back yard.

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