Spos, I'm sure that things are much different in Quebec now than they were then. The separatists had just made huge gains, maybe even a majority, in the Provincial Parliament and were sending a large delegation to Ottawa as well. On the road from Montreal to Quebec many, if not most, of the homes were flying fluer d' lis flags.

I do remember going into one roadside restaurant for breakfast. Except for one item, the menu was bilingual, a French column and an English column. The one item that was not translated from French to English was something I recall as "creton." I asked the waitress what it was and got the usual shrug. Being a stupidly curious person, I ordered it. It only cost about a buck, so how bad could it be, right? The server then asked me if I wanted toast. I said, "no, that isn't necessary" and got another shrug in response. Five minutes later she came back with a plate of lard and asked me triumphantly, "now, you want toast?" A half a piece of toast with a thin layer of "creton" was pretty much all I could stand.