Bad weather for playing in the driveway!
December 9th, 2009, 10:03 AM
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Wolfman, you're a curler too? Yay not alone.
Cornbrooms were REALLY noisy like you said, but they were also really messy. The chaff flew everywhere. 2 years ago I was at a bonspiel in Saskatoon and one of the guys 2 sheets down decided to use is corn just for fun. Lasted all of 1 rock. EVERYONE stopped curling and waited for him to stop. The new brooms (mine is a Reactor 11) are superior in every way. I'd never go back to a corn broom. Its bad enough when you've got 10 sheets of ice going at the same time trying to hear what the skip is calling. Mostly, it's in the hands of the sweeper once it's on its way anyhow. You still play? I alternate between 3rd and Skip.
whoa!!!! No line at all.....gotta bend .... NOW!!! Go, Haaaarrdddd, real hard.....every inch!!!!
Cornbrooms were REALLY noisy like you said, but they were also really messy. The chaff flew everywhere. 2 years ago I was at a bonspiel in Saskatoon and one of the guys 2 sheets down decided to use is corn just for fun. Lasted all of 1 rock. EVERYONE stopped curling and waited for him to stop. The new brooms (mine is a Reactor 11) are superior in every way. I'd never go back to a corn broom. Its bad enough when you've got 10 sheets of ice going at the same time trying to hear what the skip is calling. Mostly, it's in the hands of the sweeper once it's on its way anyhow. You still play? I alternate between 3rd and Skip.
whoa!!!! No line at all.....gotta bend .... NOW!!! Go, Haaaarrdddd, real hard.....every inch!!!!
December 9th, 2009, 11:59 AM
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Yup, took the whole week off. I know already, to you curling is as exciting as watching chess, or was that chests? I don't mind not being at work. Last year I didn't get much holidays and worked on some of my off days so I accumulated a lot of banked time. I still have another 8 weeks of accumulated vacation time to use up. Might as well be now cause I can stay inside instead of being out in the cold. Mind you, Rexall isn't really that cold, and they do serve (expensive) beer! If I play my cards right with all the holidays, I could take off close to 4 months next year and just use up my vacation allotment for 2010.
December 9th, 2009, 02:56 PM
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OH Wow! So you're actually at the rink and not watching it on TV. That's different. Most events (except chess and poker) are better in person. Now is a good time to be off work since it's so cold. Boy they sure got dumped on in Toronto/Montreal. At least in Montreal they can still shop and go "out" to bistros and movies in the sub-terranian levels.
December 9th, 2009, 04:53 PM
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Didn't understand a damn thing you said after "... watching some of the games at home is you can drink all you want for next to nuthin, and you don't have to drive home." but glad you're enjoying yourself. 
December 10th, 2009, 03:56 PM
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Allan, all that snow is why Canada has over 25% of the planets fresh water. In 50 years from now we'll be exporting water instead of oil and gas.
I don't know what it is. When someone asks me about temperature I use Celcius (Metric). If they ask distance I use miles (Old English System). I was 16 when Canada made the switch so I guess I can't make up my mind.
I don't know what it is. When someone asks me about temperature I use Celcius (Metric). If they ask distance I use miles (Old English System). I was 16 when Canada made the switch so I guess I can't make up my mind.
I tell them that if we don't get water we will all move to northern ca. ...
After we suck up all that water, it's Oh Canada ...
With 25% of the water you should have 25% of the earths population ...
It's only logical ...
December 10th, 2009, 07:57 PM
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I hear a lot of complaints from northern ca. residents on how the water should stay in northern ca. ...
I tell them that if we don't get water we will all move to northern ca. ...
After we suck up all that water, it's Oh Canada ...
With 25% of the water you should have 25% of the earths population ...
It's only logical ...
I tell them that if we don't get water we will all move to northern ca. ...
After we suck up all that water, it's Oh Canada ...
With 25% of the water you should have 25% of the earths population ...
It's only logical ...
I don't know...53% of the country is forests, we have the largest oil reserves in the world, the largest uranium deposits, largest nickle deposits, the third largest natural gas reserves, fifth place for amount of diamonds that were discovered in 1998 with quality that rivals South Africa....
We're the second largest country in the world in land size with 33 million people about the same size as California. We haven't had enough time to exploit everything yet. We've been pretty blessed with a country that's very rich and parts of that haven't even been discouvered yet.
December 10th, 2009, 08:30 PM
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Ken, I think it's because the weather is hostile for part of the year. That's why your natural resources have not been fully developed. In about 1998(?) I had the chance to travel to Northern Alberta to help work on a Forest Fire. We were in the oil fields and it seemed like that plus bear and moose were the only things we saw
The housing was a camp for the oil workers and we stayed in trailers with doors like meat lockers
They told us working in -20 to -40 degrees was common in the winter. I've been to Alaska too and believe that has a large quantity of natural resource as well. The question is what will our societies do with them. John
The housing was a camp for the oil workers and we stayed in trailers with doors like meat lockers
They told us working in -20 to -40 degrees was common in the winter. I've been to Alaska too and believe that has a large quantity of natural resource as well. The question is what will our societies do with them. John
December 10th, 2009, 10:01 PM
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Ken, I think it's because the weather is hostile for part of the year. That's why your natural resources have not been fully developed. In about 1998(?) I had the chance to travel to Northern Alberta to help work on a Forest Fire. We were in the oil fields and it seemed like that plus bear and moose were the only things we saw
The housing was a camp for the oil workers and we stayed in trailers with doors like meat lockers They told us working in -20 to -40 degrees was common in the winter. I've been to Alaska too and believe that has a large quantity of natural resource as well. The question is what will our societies do with them. John
The housing was a camp for the oil workers and we stayed in trailers with doors like meat lockers
They told us working in -20 to -40 degrees was common in the winter. I've been to Alaska too and believe that has a large quantity of natural resource as well. The question is what will our societies do with them. JohnTo better understand us here's a chart:
The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart
50° Fahrenheit (10° C)
· Californians shiver uncontrollably.
· Canadians plant gardens.
35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C)
· Italian Cars won't start
· Canadians drive with the windows down
32° Fahrenheit (0° C)
· American water freezes
· Canadian water gets thicker.
0° Fahrenheit (-17.9° C)
· New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
· Canadians have the last cookout of the season.
-60° Fahrenheit (-51° C)
· Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
· Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.
-109.9° Fahrenheit (-78.5° C)
· Carbon dioxide freezes makes dry ice.
· Canadians pull down their earflaps.
-173° Fahrenheit (-114° C)
· Ethyl alcohol freezes.
· Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg
-459.67° Fahrenheit (-273.15° C)
· Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
· Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"
-500° Fahrenheit (-295° C)
· Hell freezes over.
· The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup
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December 10th, 2009, 10:43 PM
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Not in my back yard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact
December 11th, 2009, 04:48 AM
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A Canadian company tried that already and it sent up red warning flags to the people that live around the Great Lakes, U.S. citizens and Canadian alike, our treasure is ours.
Not in my back yard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact
Not in my back yard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact
December 11th, 2009, 04:44 PM
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We're down in Windsor Ontario, and seemed to have missed most of the snow. It has been really cold this week though....why it's been so cold I saw a politician with his hands in his own pockets.....
December 11th, 2009, 05:15 PM
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Wolfman, you're a curler too? Yay not alone.
Cornbrooms were REALLY noisy like you said, but they were also really messy. The chaff flew everywhere. 2 years ago I was at a bonspiel in Saskatoon and one of the guys 2 sheets down decided to use is corn just for fun. Lasted all of 1 rock. EVERYONE stopped curling and waited for him to stop. The new brooms (mine is a Reactor 11) are superior in every way. I'd never go back to a corn broom. Its bad enough when you've got 10 sheets of ice going at the same time trying to hear what the skip is calling. Mostly, it's in the hands of the sweeper once it's on its way anyhow. You still play? I alternate between 3rd and Skip.
whoa!!!! No line at all.....gotta bend .... NOW!!! Go, Haaaarrdddd, real hard.....every inch!!!!
Cornbrooms were REALLY noisy like you said, but they were also really messy. The chaff flew everywhere. 2 years ago I was at a bonspiel in Saskatoon and one of the guys 2 sheets down decided to use is corn just for fun. Lasted all of 1 rock. EVERYONE stopped curling and waited for him to stop. The new brooms (mine is a Reactor 11) are superior in every way. I'd never go back to a corn broom. Its bad enough when you've got 10 sheets of ice going at the same time trying to hear what the skip is calling. Mostly, it's in the hands of the sweeper once it's on its way anyhow. You still play? I alternate between 3rd and Skip.
whoa!!!! No line at all.....gotta bend .... NOW!!! Go, Haaaarrdddd, real hard.....every inch!!!!
December 11th, 2009, 05:18 PM
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Politican with his hand in his own pockets???? unbelievable......
Ever wonder how you can tell when a politician is lying??? Easy, his lips are moving
Why did the Politican cross the floor?
He didn't, he just said he did......
How many Politicians get caught in check stops for DUI?
Answer after Christmas.........that's when the official numbers will come in. Just think, we voted these yahoos in.....Maybe we should put them to work with snow clearing crews.
December 11th, 2009, 05:35 PM
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Sure, which part don't you understand? Probably the whole thing so here goes.
Curling is a game played on ice. But it's not like hockey. We drink a lot while curling. We throw rocks at houses. Also, we like to drinks a lot at curling. We laugh, curse and tell jokes. And we likes to drink a lot at the rink-a curling term for watering hole. Women think we're good housekeepers cause we use broom to sweep the ice clean. They would be wrong, if I could use my dustbuster I would. Did I menshun dat we gets ta drink a lot while curling. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins. Did I say already? Deres never a dry moment cause we gets ta hoist da anchor a hole shitload at crulsing? Hurrryy??? means get that damd picher o bere hear rightnow!! WE like to drink wen we curles. NO line at all??? dat meens we gotta come up with a good one fer the lttle women wen we gett home potally tissed! Damn, it's a good time to go drinkin and curln... Every inch?? Why wood ya leave even aanich of bere in the bottom of the glass? Curling is a drinking mans sport!
Curling is a game played on ice. But it's not like hockey. We drink a lot while curling. We throw rocks at houses. Also, we like to drinks a lot at curling. We laugh, curse and tell jokes. And we likes to drink a lot at the rink-a curling term for watering hole. Women think we're good housekeepers cause we use broom to sweep the ice clean. They would be wrong, if I could use my dustbuster I would. Did I menshun dat we gets ta drink a lot while curling. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins. Did I say already? Deres never a dry moment cause we gets ta hoist da anchor a hole shitload at crulsing? Hurrryy??? means get that damd picher o bere hear rightnow!! WE like to drink wen we curles. NO line at all??? dat meens we gotta come up with a good one fer the lttle women wen we gett home potally tissed! Damn, it's a good time to go drinkin and curln... Every inch?? Why wood ya leave even aanich of bere in the bottom of the glass? Curling is a drinking mans sport!
December 11th, 2009, 07:03 PM
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A Canadian company tried that already and it sent up red warning flags to the people that live around the Great Lakes, U.S. citizens and Canadian alike, our treasure is ours.
Not in my back yard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact
Not in my back yard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Compact
I can see us (Canada and the US) saying that we will not export water to other countries but if I read that right to deny other US states (and probably provinces too) is not right. I can see Canadian companies wanting this. 300 million people us more water that 33 million. I'm not sure but I suspect that if the US side uses more water our protion of the Great lake will not have a higher water level on our side of the border...downhill water skiing?? Besides if we use all the water, who is going to make Allan's beer!
December 11th, 2009, 07:07 PM
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Haha. I'll see that and raise you. Tomorrow morning is going to be -38C (-43C with the wind). That's sooooo cold (how cold is it? ) It's sooo cold that the flashers downtown are showing pictures of themselves!
December 11th, 2009, 08:11 PM
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Your point???
I'm having a hard time understanding the down side of what yer trying ta say....OH, it's a statement!! You are the perceptive one aren't ya? Btw...would ya bee a real darlin an git me another bere??? That'd be just grand......
December 12th, 2009, 01:13 AM
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An Indian returns to his tribe. He tells them he good and bad news. The good news is that he signed a Treaty. The bad news...
It was in English ...
December 12th, 2009, 11:30 AM
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What a change. In the summer it was in the high 90'sF and in parts of BC 105F. Today it's - 30C but "Feels Like" -40C/F I'm in a warm house and the wood will be cracklin tonight.http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caab0275
December 12th, 2009, 11:35 AM
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December 12th, 2009, 09:02 PM
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How wude of me....
Now dats whut I likes, a lass wit a bit of spirit! And a triple dog dare challenge trown down!! I sees by yer spleling dat youse already tipped a bere back. Dat was soooo rude and untinkable of me darlin....be a sweethart and fetch 2 beres - 1 fer me and 1 fer you....tanks eh?
That makes me shiver.... Burrrrrrr
December 13th, 2009, 10:49 PM
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Actually set a record today at -46.1C ambient temp. Car is plugged in for the night. As for the van I can't find the plug and I'm not looking for it. I'll start it before I go to bed for 15 minutes and then start it again for 15 min. before I go to work so Karen can drive the kids to school. Thursday -3C and on Saturday calling for 0C (32F). Starting to think of Mexico.
December 14th, 2009, 12:29 AM
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Man, it's cold here in San Diego too! I think it went all the way down to 50 last night. We got lots of rain the last three days as well. Oh well, sunshine was back today.
Think I'll drive my car in to work tomorrow!
Think I'll drive my car in to work tomorrow!
December 14th, 2009, 04:27 AM
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Actually set a record today at -46.1C ambient temp. Car is plugged in for the night. As for the van I can't find the plug and I'm not looking for it. I'll start it before I go to bed for 15 minutes and then start it again for 15 min. before I go to work so Karen can drive the kids to school. Thursday -3C and on Saturday calling for 0C (32F). Starting to think of Mexico.
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