Why is worthless? My understanding is that the test at that moment will indicate whether you have the virus or not, irrespective of whether you exhibit symptoms. Now if you actually isolate for the subsequent 72 hours before departing, you should be at extremely low risk of being a carrier. Probably lower than the very people you will visit.
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Why is worthless? My understanding is that the test at that moment will indicate whether you have the virus or not, irrespective of whether you exhibit symptoms. Now if you actually isolate for the subsequent 72 hours before departing, you should be at extremely low risk of being a carrier. Probably lower than the very people you will visit.
An antibody test might tell you if you had a past infection. An antibody test might not show if you have a current infection because it can take 1–3 weeks after infection for your body to make antibodies. Having antibodies to the virus that causes COVID-19 might provide protection from getting infected with the virus again. If it does, we do not know how much protection the antibodies might provide or how long this protection might last.
go ahead roll the dice do you feel lucky i don't
this infection is what like 5 months old in canada
think they know everything about it
if they did they would have a vaccine
and there have been reports of faulty test kits to compound problems
Perhaps Legault has shown he has a bigger pair of testicles than you think by doing the right thing and keeping his province safe even at the cost of all those US tourist dollars.
Unfortunately many US hobbyists will have to walk around with holding on to their blue ones for a while longer.
I do miss traveling to Montreal from the states. But, for me, after crossing the border and driving an hour to Montreal I was only really interested in pussy and poutine. I don’t have any family that I know of and the only sites that ever interested me were the hot young ladies walking around the Old Port area. Although according to the border patrol I was going to visit museums, a concert, etc. . What I’ve come to realize is that I would make plenty of stops on my way to Montreal but mostly in the upstate NY area, along with Vermont and Massachusetts. So, with the border being closed it was clear to me that it was about the journey and not necessarily the destination. That’s not saying I don’t miss the destination, far from it, but since many of us on MERB are stuck in the states for now we might as well enjoy it and give back to the small businesses that are in desperate need of some dollars.
Selecting certain states or provinces to get the OK to travel across the border would be logistic nightmare. Great idea, but there’s no way to police it. Travel will open up when the states get their shit together and if Canada maintains their numbers.
For now, I’m gonna get out of the NYC area and head north of Albany and enjoy what I can. When the border does finally open up I’ll be on the first flight to Montreal so I can enjoy a beer in Old Port, with an order of poutine and enjoy the sites.
Selecting certain states or provinces to get the OK to travel across the border would be logistic nightmare. Great idea, but there’s no way to police it. Travel will open up when the states get their shit together and if Canada maintains their numbers.
For now, I’m gonna get out of the NYC area and head north of Albany and enjoy what I can. When the border does finally open up I’ll be on the first flight to Montreal so I can enjoy a beer in Old Port, with an order of poutine and enjoy the sites.
For once Thegreatwaloo, I have sympathy for you.
Because with what is happening in the USA, I am afraid that the borders with the United States will remain closed for a long time.
I realize how lucky I am to live in the greater Montreal area.
Because with what is happening in the USA, I am afraid that the borders with the United States will remain closed for a long time.
I realize how lucky I am to live in the greater Montreal area.
disagree most of you guys come here because face it we have the hottest whores in the world
1/2 of americans are unemployed
your country is in chaos
What are you going to find in maine some plow puller off duty
I am bringing a lady friend of 3 years so no need to look for anything. Going there because it's the best seafood anywhere, great restaurants, bars, microbreweries, just a very hip city, one of the best small cities I have visited. Montreal may have an edge on bagels, crepes, and smoked meat, but Portland fucking blows Montreal out of the water on seafood, lobster, and quite possibly on the beer scene as well. Microbreweries are best anywhere in northeastern USA. For some reason, Gelato is really big there. I found some exclusive Gelato parlors, no ice cream, just Gelato. You do not see that often although Gelato is a superior frozen dessert. For lobster and oysters, there is no place in the world better to be.
We have some plans to rent bikes and do some other things. We are slowly working up an itinerary.
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Perhaps you should visit Halifax then. ( for lobster) I don’t know about oysters apparently the best oysters in the world are in Belgium I was treated to some by a supplier, problem is it was wasted on me I don’t like oysters
Best clam chowder I have ever had was at a small truck stop 15 miles outside of Halifax for $2 a bowl, yes it was a long time ago.
I will agree that seafood is fabulous in Maine but I would still take Halifax over it.
Thank you, that's very interesting. As you have obviously tasted seafood all over the world, how would you compare Maine oysters with those from, say, the Delta de l'Ebre (between Barcelona and Valencia) or Bluff in New Zealand?
The border to Halifax is closed. It's not just Montreal and Quebec. Whole Canadian border is shut down.
I realize the border is closed, I was talking in general after everything gets to some kind of normal.
Right now the border is even closed to us they are only open to the Maritime provinces as they are almost COVID free.
Right now the border is even closed to us they are only open to the Maritime provinces as they are almost COVID free.
What’s the clam chowder like up there? Is it New England style, Manhattan style or a breed in itself? There’s good hunting up there innit? My boss was trying to get me to go moose huntin with him a few years back
The one I had was New England style.
Nova Scotia Is a beautiful province for scenery and the best seafood I have ever eaten. Fabulous little seaside towns all over the province. Halifax is a University town 6 have their main campus there with 4 more close by lots of attractive young women and they love to party and drink. Some real wild times back then.
Best lobster ever was in a little church right on the shore where they were having a lobster festival, all you could eat for $4.
The fishermen were bringing it in and the women were making it on the spot, can’t get fresher than that.
I don’t know about hunting I never liked anything to do with guns, tried fishing in a couple of the streams but never caught anything.
Lived in Halifax and Dartmouth for a year in my younger days
Nova Scotia Is a beautiful province for scenery and the best seafood I have ever eaten. Fabulous little seaside towns all over the province. Halifax is a University town 6 have their main campus there with 4 more close by lots of attractive young women and they love to party and drink. Some real wild times back then.
Best lobster ever was in a little church right on the shore where they were having a lobster festival, all you could eat for $4.
The fishermen were bringing it in and the women were making it on the spot, can’t get fresher than that.
I don’t know about hunting I never liked anything to do with guns, tried fishing in a couple of the streams but never caught anything.
Lived in Halifax and Dartmouth for a year in my younger days
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sorry Gia from celines fantasie retired many years ago haha
Quebec cannot decide to open the border with the USA, it is a federal jurisdiction. Maine cannot decide to let quebecers in their state neither.
Quebec had a referendum on seceding from Canada as recently as 1995, a political movement that still has large grass roots support.Our own Halloween Mike has often stated that he would like to see Quebec become a sovereign nation.
Quebec could choose to act unilaterally on the issue as a healthy and safety matter and as well as a matter that has bearing on its economy. Please note I am not advocating that course of action. If Legault declared the Quebec border open to the "Sensational 6" States, as Maine has done, what do you think Trudeau will do about it? He wouldn't send in troops. He would likely do absolutely nothing. Except maybe order borders with Quebec closed to the rest of Canada. Then we would be "off to the races."
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Fradi,
I think your post is a little confused. Fishermen from Maine and Nova Scotia are fishing essentially the same waters. Look at a map, these territories are neighbors that are sharing a large gulf of the Atlantic Ocean. When I was in Maine, "local seafood" was from both Maine and Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. I am not distinguishing what's local in the same way you are. While on Commercial Avenue in the Old Port in Portland I saw a 30 year old guy who had a cart at which he was shucking around 7 varieties of "local oysters" which were from Maine, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. He opened up his cart and within 10 minutes there was a line 2 blocks long. And all he was selling was raw oysters on the half shell which were served with fresh lemon and cocktail sauce or Tabasco. When my time came to get to his cart he explained to me the differences in tastes of the various oysters. He explained that some of the ones from Maine came from the brackish waters of a river and were "briny" in taste. He seemed extremely knowledgeable. The point is that all this seafood is "local" and there is no national component to it. Only jingoistic chest beaters think otherwise.
I think the oysters and lobsters fished from these waters don't know whether they are in Maine or Nova Scotia or "international waters", nor do the fishermen who catch them distinguish them by national origin. The rest is just marketing bullshit. What you likely ate was a Maine lobster or international lobster slapped with an arbitrary origin. You and I will never know.
In any event- all the great seafood you claim to have eaten in Nova Scotia is also being sold in Maine, and you not only have New England chowder but Maine chowder which is known to have half the dairy of the New England style, or in some cases just a "splash" of milk.
Also popular in Maine are an assortment of blueberry vodkas made from Maine wild blueberries. This is a key ingredient in many local cocktails.
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look at these recent polls results from abacus:
the border aint gonna open anytime soon
get over it
the border aint gonna open anytime soon
get over it
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A reminder that is thread is about the reopening of the Canada - US border. Not about who has the best chowder, oysters, or lobsters. This should rather be discussed in a culinary thread in the Lounge, and is therefore off-topic as this thread is concerned. Any further off-topic posts will be deleted.
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A reminder that is thread is about the reopening of the Canada - US border. Not about who has the best chowder, oysters, or lobsters. This should rather be discussed in a culinary thread in the Lounge, and is therefore off-topic as this thread is concerned. Any further off-topic posts will be deleted.
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