Homesick For North America
<p> I am writing this blog from Scotland. Retirement boredom followed me to Europe for this winter vacation. An old oil patch buddy from Canada now running a company operating in the North Sea talked me into looking at a problem he is having with a well. Fascinating stuff for me. I am spending time on a production platform out in the British sector of the North Sea. My wits are being taxed by a complicated problem. I am hanging out with guys who talk the language of my 45 year career. How sweet it is!<p> No time for the Aberdeen SCs. Time for the occasional wee dram in a pub, however. Should you ever come across a Scotch called Princess Mary, treat that whisky with reverence. It is the finest "eau de vie" I have ever sampled.<p> An email from a friend back home had the following attachment:<p> http://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/p… I have talked often about my place in Alberta that I call Rancho farmerart. My place is about 20km from where the photo in that link was taken. The drama of that photo is what I see around me daily for the six months of good weather at Rancho farmerart. I love that part of Canada but winters are not quite so enticing. This winter has seen the heaviest snowfall in my little rural neighbourhood since 1974. Sure hope my neighbour is keeping my driveway plowed as he promised!<p> The vacation from North American SCs has tested me. I shall stop in Toronto for a short stay when I come back to North America in March. God help that janitor at the Cannonball if he interrupts me on my first visit to the VIP after this celibate sojourn in Europe!!
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<p>If LE in Canada runs across pimping or prostitution being done out in public, then they usually will respond negatively...but they don't go out of their way (in general) to find such activities. Escorting is almost exclusively done indoors anyways.</p>
<p>As we've talked about before on the discussion board, the prostitution laws in Canada are likely on their way to being liberalized even more, and I think LE can see that writing on the wall.</p>
<p>What I can say is that LE seems waaaay more laid back about things like small amounts of pot possession, prostitution, AMPS, etc. than U.S. LE is. Don't get me wrong, they take drug trafficking VERY seriously at the U.S. border (on both sides), but I've yet to hear of an escort agency being taken down by LE in Canada. Street prostitution is another thing, especially in the Canadian Midwest & (to a lesser extent) in Ontario.</p>