The barrel is a standard 205 L. There is only one size. They are that size for shipping to 70 other countries. 205 L of maple syrup is a lot of maple syrup.
I assume that there are multiple people in any country importing it and packaging it so 205 L is useable size and it's convenient for shipping.

Canada has the world's only maple syrup strategic reserve.

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I said it so it's true. Isn't that how Donald Trump works?

The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed.

Do you know that Donald Trump voted by mail just last week?
It was a special election in Florida in which a democrat won
a State legislative district that contains Mar-a-Lago.

Donald Trump has surrendered to Iran.

Trump
Always
Chickens
Out

I sold appliances for 10 years. One of the biggest mistakes that the laundry companies made was to put a glass door on the washer so that you could see inside it!
It sounds to me like it is a top load washer, probably an LG. I never sold the top load HE washers because I don't like them. The front load washer uses considerably less water but it goes around and around and everything gets cleaned by the friction of the clothes inside the washer rubbing against each other.
I don't know how big your rug is but it could be that you need to take it to a dry cleaner or a heavy duty washing machine at a laundromat.

Your sarcasm is coming out of the phone and dripping on my cock!

Here's my take on your take.
Greenland is part of a NATO country and Donald Trump threatened to go in there and take it by force. Canada is a NATO country and Donald Trump kept talking about Canada becoming part of the US without asking us what we thought.
He has been nothing but a rude bully to all NATO countries especially regarding the illegal tariffs. No NATO countries were briefed on his plans to attack Iran nor were any NATO countries asked to contribute. It was strictly the US in Israel.
In short, he has been an asshole and we don't want to play in his sandbox.
Suddenly he needs help because of his ill planned war with Iran. This is a US war not a NATO war.
Who has the constitutional right to start a war in the United States? Certainly not the president, congress does.
It's easy to get into a war but it's very complicated to get out of one.

It's your mess, deal with it.

...and NATO says fuck Trump!

Hey, Donald Trump:
You shit all over every country that used to be your ally and now
you're asking for help because you fucked up.

On behalf of all of those people that you fucked around with,

GO FUCK YOURSELF!

Kristi Noem got deported… from her job!

Good move Donnie.

And some Canadian bacon?

Since the American war machine is busy, Canada is planning on making the USA our 11th province. We will overtake America with kindness and maple syrup. 🇨🇦

phart I have to say that you have one of the most
appropriate thumbnails on this site. 👍

But perfectly within the rules of the game... and no trans athletes!! 😏

... and it keeps your feet warm because the floors are warm!

My friend Google says:

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When I was 8-12...

If I was able to read your post I would be able to respond to it.

Trump on Greenland: TACO

"We are on the verge of going to war because of the Nobel prize for peace."

-Jimmy Kimmel

That one is dated a week earlier.

Well finally Donald Trump has managed to bring Americans together.
According to a CBS News/YouGov Poll, January 14–16:

86% of Americans are opposed to using military force to take Greenland
70% of Republicans are opposed to using military force to take Greenland

Way to go Lame Donald Duck!

Phart, I didn't realize that you hired a spokesperson.

They were presented as facts, not musings.

Those are two pretty bold assumptions based on exactly zero factual information.

I was just thinking the same thing leopoldij!

When the minimum wage goes up in a Canadian province it covers all employees in all sectors.
Taxi and Uber drivers, delivery people and others,also known as gig workers, a.k.a. "independent contractors" are not covered by minimum wage laws because they work for themselves. There is a big push to change that because they are also responsible for paying their own taxes and are not covered by many benefits that employees are covered by like employment insurance or workers compensation if they are injured on the job.

Did you know that Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark were at war between 1973 and 2022? The Whisky War.

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"You can maybe buy the president of the United States but you cannot buy the people of Greenland."

-Citizen of Greenland

"RFK Junior, the man with a face for radio and a voice for closed captioning."

-Jordan Klepper

When I eat eggs I'm usually having quiche or an omelette.

That's a basted egg. You would get the same result if you put the egg in a frying pan and cooked it with a lid on. It needs a little water to steam it.
I don't like my eggs sunny side up but I don't like the yolks broken so I cook my egg basted.

ICE will have to be notified of the presence of two foreign drug dealers on US soil. They are sitting in a New York jail so it won't be hard to find them.
They probably don't even have passports!
Apparently the US government helped facilitate their relocation from Caracas Venezuela to New York City.
--------------------------------------- added after 3 hours

"The US committed an act of armed aggression against Venezuela, which gives rise to deep concern and warrants condemnation.
The pretexts used to justify these actions are untenable.
Russia reaffirms its solitary with the Venezuelan people."
-Russian ministry of foreign affairs

That's rich coming from Russia.

The words "we" and "our" are words that I use often to describe the activities at the restaurant owned by somebody who I have known for 13 years. I am not an owner but I am very much involved in making things happen.
I don't consider myself to be nearly as creative as he is. Most things are his vision and I make sure that his vision ends up on plates for a guests.

Happy new year! I am resting today after spending 12 hours doing something really cool yesterday. We have a lower level of our restaurant that is used occasionally for super exclusive dining. It holds 22 people and last night we did an eight course meal with drink pairings (some non-alcoholic).
You don't know what you're having for dinner until you arrive for your reservation (which has a $100 nonrefundable deposit).
You eat and drink what you are served and there are no options. It is a 2.5 hour service and costs $175 per person.
We do this once a month and we always sell out the day we announce it. We have never had a customer forfeit their deposit by not showing up.

I think that before he is done Donald Trump will contest the constitutionality of his inability to pardon people convicted at the state level. I think he would win that battle in the (his) Supreme Court.

When I want to see someone who can change my life I look in the mirror.

Do you make New Year's resolutions?
I never have but it was July when I quit drinking 13 years ago in September when I quit smoking 14 years ago.
When you have a habit that you need to ditch it doesn't matter what time of the year it is but you do have to want to do it and not because somebody is telling you should make a change in your life.

You would have to buy a bigger mattress to put your money under phart! 😄

I'm sure somebody could get by on this.

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That sounds like a lot of work!
I know that after dinner the cleanup is huge but once they're in your house you have many volunteers and of course many hands make light work.

The gravy would be used for the turkey and/or mashed potatoes so if it is too salty just tell people not to put salt on their turkey or mashed potatoes.
Another thing to do would be to add some wine or water to water it down. If it becomes too thin a little bit of cornstarch and water will thicken it back up.

My Golden rule of spicing anything has always been that you can always add more but you can never take it back.
As an aside, the same rule applies to anger.

I had Christmas dinner with seven people that call me uncle. It was an awesome time When cleanup time came somebody said to make sure that the dog doesn't get the carcass in the garbage. That's what I stepped in to help.
I brought it home (the turkey not the dog!) and it is in my fridge now and tomorrow it will be turkey stew.
I told my niece that I will take her lunch to work one day next week.

I hope everyone had a great day.

58.5M. I would fix the road that you live on if I won that! 😘

My best friend Google knows everything!

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"Sausage". 🤢

In Canada the Lotto Max jackpot is $80 million (tax-free) for tomorrow's draw and that is the maximum it ever gets. After the $80 million they do a thing called Max millions. Tomorrow night there are also 46 separate $1 million dollar draws.
Of course the winner of the Powerball has the option of taking 29 equal payments but they never choose that. I suppose that when you get to a certain age 29 equal payments might outlast your life.
If you win$820 million and I suppose about half of that will go to tax which pockets you $410 million. I could get by on that.
What government takes half of it; is it state or federal?

For a time during World War II the maternity ward of the
Ottawa Hospital was declared Dutch territory so that
princess Marguerite could be completely a Dutch citizen.
This has led to Holland sending thousands of tulips to
Ottawa every year for the tulip festival.

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Lame Donald Duck

I just heard somebody referred to him as a lame duck president and thought that was a good name for him.