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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Books Featuring Frigid, Icy Worlds
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 07:53:41 -0700
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jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) writes:

> In article <87wmkz3awb.fsf@comcast.net.invalid>,
> Don_from_AZ  <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:
>>The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> writes:
>>
>>> RrOn Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:30:02 -0400, William Hyde
>>> <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Many people from Ontario spend winter or part of winter in Florida.  So 
>>>>there's plenty of opportunity for cross-contamination.
>>>
>>> Could be worse - some 30-40 years ago they ran a tourist promotion
>>> inviting people to Ontari-air-io.
>>>
>>I recall a ditty that ended:
>>
>>   "A place to stand, a place to grow...
>>    Ontari-airi-airi-o"
>>
>>back about 1968 or so; it's been stuck in my head for 56 years!
>
> 1967: the Canadian Centenial. 

Yes, you are probably right about it being 1967, James. Some friends and
I drove up to Montreal from Troy NY for Expo '67. Aside from someone
snapping off my radio antenna, probably because the car had a NY license
plate, it was a fun trip.
  -Don-