Originally posted by mrblack
I mean where do you get off coming from canada I mean what has canada givin the world besides a bunch of moose chit?
Ask western Europe for one. More Canadians have partipated in UN peacekeeping operations that any other country for two.
How about two out of four US major team pro sports? How about: acrylics (Plexiglas/Perspex/Lucite), batteryless radio (AC radio tube), calcium carbide and acetylene gas (production of), carcino embryonic antigen (CEA) blood test, cardiac intensive care unit (first), compound marine engine, computerized braille, dental mirror, disintegrating plastic, electric cooking range, electric hand prosthesis for children, electrical car (North America's first), electric wheelchair, electron microscope, electronic wave organ, explosives vapour detector, fathometer, film developing tank, five pin bowling, foghorn, frozen fish, garbage bag (green plastic), Gestalt Photo Mapper, gingerale, goalie mask, heart valve operation (first), helicopter trap, helium as a substitute for hydrogen in airships, IMAX, insulin (as diabetes treatment), kerosene, laser (sailboat), lightbulb (first patented), liposomes, machine gun tracer bullet, MacPherson gas mask, newsprint, pablum, pacemaker, paint roller, panoramic camera, Phi (position homing indicator for aircraft), radar profile recorder, radio compass, screw propeller, snowblower, steam foghorn, standard time, Stol aircraft, submarine telegraph cable, Superman, variable Pitch Propeller, Walkie-Talkie, zipper.
And we trained the first members of the US airforce "The Warbirds".
Your ignorance is showing.