Where I am - southern Illinois - if you wish to vote in a primary, you tell the poll worker which party's ballot you want. That person is the only one who knows which party's primary you vote in. You don't have to publicly declare anything, and which you pick this time has nothing to do with which you pick any other time. Now, my precinct doesn't have many voters (last primary election I went in late afternoon and was one of the first 20 voters) so the poll worker might remember me, but the process isn't really public.
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You brought up the matter of how to pronounce "Regina." Then when I replied, you went into a rant. A rant that gives the impression that the province of Saskatchewan had personally offended you by existing and not pronouncing the name of their capital city the way you thought they should.What??
I'm sorry that you have a stressful job and people are being idiots about the virus. I'm not one of them, and I don't believe I deserved that particular dig. I got my first vaccine dose last month and since March last year I have not left my building except for essential reasons like medical appointments and banking. Everything else is delivered and the only people who ever come here are delivery people and a housekeeper twice a month. I rarely even leave my apartment except for getting the mail and dealing with someone else's cat who occasionally wanders over (I give him a scratch and a cuddle and take him back home to a suite in another wing).
In the matter of "Regina" I was just flabbergasted how you could have lived in this country for so many years and not have heard anyone mention it before now. You should have heard it at some point when you lived in Alberta, at least. Mentions are made in the news/weather/sports.
And I still think it's a shame you missed out on saskatoon pie. There's a section of the trails in Waskasoo Park where the public can pick saskatoons without violating the rules in the wildlife sanctuary at Kerry Wood Nature Centre. The saskatoons in the sanctuary are not for humans to pick. They're reserved for the animals.
Just an example of something you know and I don't that can involve knowing place names. I would expect that if I lived there, I would become more familiar with them, because other people would mention them either in conversation or on the news. And you must have noticed that there are many words pronounced differently there than they are here. It's not only place names.
But here's something to cheer you up:
At least a carpet cleaning company agrees with you.
"Iqaluit" is easier to pronounce than a lot of place names, or at least the English pronunciation is. There's pressure in some regions of Canada to adopt more of the native place names. I don't even remember what Iqaluit used to be called (EDIT: Just looked it up; it was called Frobisher Bay, after Martin Frobisher, a 16th-century pirate/explorer who accidentally 'discovered' Baffin Island while looking for the Northwest Passage. There are several other places in Canada named for him as well).
This has baffled me, as well. Secret ballots aren't secret if you're compelled to reveal your political allegiance beforehand. But I guess the closest equivalent is stating which school board's ballot you want in municipal elections - public or Catholic. You can pick one or the other, but not both.
It's customary here for candidates - at least the incumbent candidates - to have volunteers on staff to give rides to voters who can't otherwise get to the polling station. Some people have been reluctant to take advantage of this, saying they don't support that candidate. I told them that they're not actually compelled to vote for that person, as secret ballots mean the only person who will ever see your ballot - with no identifying features that mean they know it's your ballot - is the Deputy Returning Officer (and possibly the scrutineer if they challenge the DRO's decision to accept or reject the ballot, but scrutineers aren't allowed to physically touch the ballot).
Zkribbler
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As a lifelong registered Democrat, I have voted for Democrats, Republicans, Greens, and independents.
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Play with me.
The US needs a rhinoceros party.
Sofista
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'Regina' being Latin for 'queen', the carpet cleaning company got it perfectly right.
Zkribbler
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This morning I learned it is not good thinking to, while wearing while pants, eat chocolate ice cream in the dark. 
I don't think it's a good idea to eat chocolate ice cream while wearing white pants anywhere.This morning I learned it is not good thinking to, while wearing while pants, eat chocolate ice cream in the dark.
(the idea of ice cream makes me shudder, as it was chilly enough last night that I had to check to see if the precipitation we were getting along with the wind was snow, rather than rain)
You could just eat it sitting with your legs open.
Then you are told to "sit like a lady."
It's a good thing we're not talking about my ice cream/laundry problems.
That sentence isn't a good one to take out of context. There are things called riding skirts, which are basically very wide-legged capri pants. They provide the modesty of a skirt while eliminating the absurdity of riding sidesaddle (how did women even stay on the horse? They must have needed an exceptional sense of balance... note to self: in my ongoing story do not force the female noblewomen to use sidesaddles even if it is anachronistic to time and place).Ah, yes, with the same motivations as side-saddle horseriding.
There are numerous episodes of Bonanza showing women wearing riding skirts that come to a little below knee-length and the women wear high boots. Modesty is preserved.
While we are on the topic of how to sit, I have always wondered if men have a difficult time sitting with their legs crossed at the knee? Physiology and anatomy being what they are.
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Personally, I have to shift position every few minutes. It's just so uncomfortable.
Zkribbler
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In the Philippines, it is not unusual to see a couple riding on a motorcycle, with the man driving and the lady behind, in a skirt/dress, with both legs on the same side.
Warpus has a photo like that in his Viet Nam travel thread.
Your legs/feet start itching or tingling if you don't move them? I often get that too.
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Yes. As if my bones and nerves were rebelling against their arrangement.
I'd like to know whether there's some physiological/psychological reason to cross one's legs, actually. It's not comfortable, it's not as stable as sitting with your legs apart. Why are we doing it?
I'd like to know whether there's some physiological/psychological reason to cross one's legs, actually. It's not comfortable, it's not as stable as sitting with your legs apart. Why are we doing it?
I think the frequency in which you see this happen should tell you everything ^^.
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