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I remember a guy with bicycle selling milk, door to door..Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
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gollee, yuk, yuk, know wander we aint gets alungThirty Bills Unpaid said:
Proud to say I was born in Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)!PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
Easy TB.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Just for the record... snow days are complete linked to risk: keeping everyone off the roads until they are safe to travel (at least here they are).HughFreakingDillon said:it really bugs me when people talk about "today's youth" and how spoiled they are and weak they are and whatnot. how did that happen? they didn't just come out of the womb that way. they were TAUGHT that way by the generation bitching about them! as someone else said, each generation has it easier than the last as a result of technology and innovation. it doesn't mean they are weaker, it means they are used to fewer hardships. I'm sure they'd be just as resiliant in a time of crisis as any of us. it's not like millenials are that much different from gen x-ers. a school cancelling for a snow day isn't because the kids are whiners. it's because the adults making the rules think the kids can't handle it. and that's whose fault it is.
I think we also tend to suffer from revisionist history a bit. did I have to walk to school in the freezing cold and blizzard like conditions? yep. did I whine about it? of course I did. I wasn't walking to school with a pipe in my mouth and my fists clenched and a scowl shouting "you won't beat me!" to the heavens.
and I'm from the coldest shithole in NA.
anyway, back to the thread.
Winterpeg. Eesh. Was there coaching a few years back. Sorry, Hugh. It never left a great impression with me. It was cold. And flat. I wanted out of there.
Winterpeg isn't a tourist hotspot but damn can they handle the cold.
Not as well as people from Saskatchewan though.
Folks moved west before I knew my ass from a hole in the ground. Going back to visit relatives was always fun. Xmas was cold. Summer was nice.
borne and razed in regina
I would take a Saskatchewan winter over any coastal winter fullstop.
I don't remember the last time I heard the distinct crunch of walking on frozen snow while at the same time dealing with nostrils frozen shut.0 -
I remember when we had to start dialing 10 digits. It happened when Metro Vancouver got a second area code sometime around 2000 or 2001. Everyone went nuts, lol. It was horrifying to those of us who got stuck with 778 instead of 604. I was legit upset over it (within reason) - It took me months to get used to that when I got my first cell phone, and people made fun of me for it.deadendp said:Remember when you could dial a local number and not have to use the area code? Or! Remember when you could look at someone's phone number and know the section of town that they lived in? Not so much anymore.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
You guys had area-code shaming?? Man.. Canadians are ruthless.PJ_Soul said:
I remember when we had to start dialing 10 digits. It happened when Metro Vancouver got a second area code sometime around 2000 or 2001. Everyone went nuts, lol. It was horrifying to those of us who got stuck with 778 instead of 604. I was legit upset over it (within reason) - It took me months to get used to that when I got my first cell phone, and people made fun of me for it.deadendp said:Remember when you could dial a local number and not have to use the area code? Or! Remember when you could look at someone's phone number and know the section of town that they lived in? Not so much anymore.
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Oh yeah,mrussel1 said:
You guys had area-code shaming?? Man.. Canadians are ruthless.PJ_Soul said:
I remember when we had to start dialing 10 digits. It happened when Metro Vancouver got a second area code sometime around 2000 or 2001. Everyone went nuts, lol. It was horrifying to those of us who got stuck with 778 instead of 604. I was legit upset over it (within reason) - It took me months to get used to that when I got my first cell phone, and people made fun of me for it.deadendp said:Remember when you could dial a local number and not have to use the area code? Or! Remember when you could look at someone's phone number and know the section of town that they lived in? Not so much anymore.
I remember when I lived in Victoria and the 250 came out. It was a ridiculous concept of adding three new numbers, outrage!
If you really want to see outrage wait until another area code is introduced to the island.
604 are better people0 -
MAN: You're probably one of those women who doesn't like to give out her number.
ELAINE: No, I'm not. Here you go.
MAN: 646?
ELAINE: It's a new area code.
MAN: What area? New Jersey?
ELAINE: No, no. It's right here in the city. It's the same as 212. They just multiplied it by 3, and then they added one to the middle number. It's the same.
MAN: Do I have to dial a one first?
Elaine nods and the man crumples up her number.
MAN: I'm really kinda seein' somebody.
ELAINE: Yeah? Well, so am I!0 -
Thank you, Hedo! That's what I was thinking of!2014: Cincinnati
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 10 -
Lol, I love that episode! Do people in NYC really have to dial a 1 before the number if they get a new area code though??? That makes it long distance!With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0
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Still dialing 7 digits here...deadendp said:Remember when you could dial a local number and not have to use the area code? Or! Remember when you could look at someone's phone number and know the section of town that they lived in? Not so much anymore.
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:bow:hauntingfamiliar said:
Still dialing 7 digits here...deadendp said:Remember when you could dial a local number and not have to use the area code? Or! Remember when you could look at someone's phone number and know the section of town that they lived in? Not so much anymore.
2014: Cincinnati
2016: Lexington and Wrigley 10 -
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Agreed.
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I had that tonight.PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
gollee, yuk, yuk, know wander we aint gets alungThirty Bills Unpaid said:
Proud to say I was born in Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)!PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
Easy TB.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Just for the record... snow days are complete linked to risk: keeping everyone off the roads until they are safe to travel (at least here they are).HughFreakingDillon said:it really bugs me when people talk about "today's youth" and how spoiled they are and weak they are and whatnot. how did that happen? they didn't just come out of the womb that way. they were TAUGHT that way by the generation bitching about them! as someone else said, each generation has it easier than the last as a result of technology and innovation. it doesn't mean they are weaker, it means they are used to fewer hardships. I'm sure they'd be just as resiliant in a time of crisis as any of us. it's not like millenials are that much different from gen x-ers. a school cancelling for a snow day isn't because the kids are whiners. it's because the adults making the rules think the kids can't handle it. and that's whose fault it is.
I think we also tend to suffer from revisionist history a bit. did I have to walk to school in the freezing cold and blizzard like conditions? yep. did I whine about it? of course I did. I wasn't walking to school with a pipe in my mouth and my fists clenched and a scowl shouting "you won't beat me!" to the heavens.
and I'm from the coldest shithole in NA.
anyway, back to the thread.
Winterpeg. Eesh. Was there coaching a few years back. Sorry, Hugh. It never left a great impression with me. It was cold. And flat. I wanted out of there.
Winterpeg isn't a tourist hotspot but damn can they handle the cold.
Not as well as people from Saskatchewan though.
Folks moved west before I knew my ass from a hole in the ground. Going back to visit relatives was always fun. Xmas was cold. Summer was nice.
borne and razed in regina
I would take a Saskatchewan winter over any coastal winter fullstop.
I don't remember the last time I heard the distinct crunch of walking on frozen snow while at the same time dealing with nostrils frozen shut.
Went night skiing (cross country). What a bad idea: poor wax, freaking cold, hands numb, nostrils sticking... eesh.
All good now! Triumphantly braved the cold and sitting here by the fire with a nice IPA.
Canada."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Nice, Thirty. That made me smile when I needed to.
Cheers!0 -
Cheers to you, Hedo!hedonist said:Nice, Thirty. That made me smile when I needed to.
Cheers!
You've been kind of quiet lately. This hasn't been lost on me. Hope things are well."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
I love skiing but I've never cross country skied. It sounds like a horribly painful amount of work.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I had that tonight.PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
gollee, yuk, yuk, know wander we aint gets alungThirty Bills Unpaid said:
Proud to say I was born in Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)!PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
Easy TB.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Just for the record... snow days are complete linked to risk: keeping everyone off the roads until they are safe to travel (at least here they are).HughFreakingDillon said:it really bugs me when people talk about "today's youth" and how spoiled they are and weak they are and whatnot. how did that happen? they didn't just come out of the womb that way. they were TAUGHT that way by the generation bitching about them! as someone else said, each generation has it easier than the last as a result of technology and innovation. it doesn't mean they are weaker, it means they are used to fewer hardships. I'm sure they'd be just as resiliant in a time of crisis as any of us. it's not like millenials are that much different from gen x-ers. a school cancelling for a snow day isn't because the kids are whiners. it's because the adults making the rules think the kids can't handle it. and that's whose fault it is.
I think we also tend to suffer from revisionist history a bit. did I have to walk to school in the freezing cold and blizzard like conditions? yep. did I whine about it? of course I did. I wasn't walking to school with a pipe in my mouth and my fists clenched and a scowl shouting "you won't beat me!" to the heavens.
and I'm from the coldest shithole in NA.
anyway, back to the thread.
Winterpeg. Eesh. Was there coaching a few years back. Sorry, Hugh. It never left a great impression with me. It was cold. And flat. I wanted out of there.
Winterpeg isn't a tourist hotspot but damn can they handle the cold.
Not as well as people from Saskatchewan though.
Folks moved west before I knew my ass from a hole in the ground. Going back to visit relatives was always fun. Xmas was cold. Summer was nice.
borne and razed in regina
I would take a Saskatchewan winter over any coastal winter fullstop.
I don't remember the last time I heard the distinct crunch of walking on frozen snow while at the same time dealing with nostrils frozen shut.
Went night skiing (cross country). What a bad idea: poor wax, freaking cold, hands numb, nostrils sticking... eesh.
All good now! Triumphantly braved the cold and sitting here by the fire with a nice IPA.
Canada.0 -
Downhill is funnier for sure, but cross country gets you out of the house and tooling through the forest instead of staring out the front windows of your house.mrussel1 said:
I love skiing but I've never cross country skied. It sounds like a horribly painful amount of work.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I had that tonight.PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
gollee, yuk, yuk, know wander we aint gets alungThirty Bills Unpaid said:
Proud to say I was born in Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)!PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
Easy TB.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Just for the record... snow days are complete linked to risk: keeping everyone off the roads until they are safe to travel (at least here they are).HughFreakingDillon said:it really bugs me when people talk about "today's youth" and how spoiled they are and weak they are and whatnot. how did that happen? they didn't just come out of the womb that way. they were TAUGHT that way by the generation bitching about them! as someone else said, each generation has it easier than the last as a result of technology and innovation. it doesn't mean they are weaker, it means they are used to fewer hardships. I'm sure they'd be just as resiliant in a time of crisis as any of us. it's not like millenials are that much different from gen x-ers. a school cancelling for a snow day isn't because the kids are whiners. it's because the adults making the rules think the kids can't handle it. and that's whose fault it is.
I think we also tend to suffer from revisionist history a bit. did I have to walk to school in the freezing cold and blizzard like conditions? yep. did I whine about it? of course I did. I wasn't walking to school with a pipe in my mouth and my fists clenched and a scowl shouting "you won't beat me!" to the heavens.
and I'm from the coldest shithole in NA.
anyway, back to the thread.
Winterpeg. Eesh. Was there coaching a few years back. Sorry, Hugh. It never left a great impression with me. It was cold. And flat. I wanted out of there.
Winterpeg isn't a tourist hotspot but damn can they handle the cold.
Not as well as people from Saskatchewan though.
Folks moved west before I knew my ass from a hole in the ground. Going back to visit relatives was always fun. Xmas was cold. Summer was nice.
borne and razed in regina
I would take a Saskatchewan winter over any coastal winter fullstop.
I don't remember the last time I heard the distinct crunch of walking on frozen snow while at the same time dealing with nostrils frozen shut.
Went night skiing (cross country). What a bad idea: poor wax, freaking cold, hands numb, nostrils sticking... eesh.
All good now! Triumphantly braved the cold and sitting here by the fire with a nice IPA.
Canada.
Once you kind of get it... it's easier. It doesn't take long, but there's a bit of a learning curve that might serve as a deterrent to future attempts.
There's something to be said for sweating at -20."My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Like sweating in a swimming pool...feels odd0
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Thank you for noticing, my good sir. Though I have poked my head / mind / ears and eyes on the politico front, I'm SO tired of it all right now and my energy is better spent...well, better spentThirty Bills Unpaid said:
Cheers to you, Hedo!hedonist said:Nice, Thirty. That made me smile when I needed to.
Cheers!
You've been kind of quiet lately. This hasn't been lost on me. Hope things are well.. I love the passion but not willing to give much to the splitting (and spitting!) of people. Not all people, thank goodness.
There IS still much goodness here, there, and everywhere. I count you among them!0 -
dirty it's going to be 55 here in a few days. absolutely zero snow.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Downhill is funnier for sure, but cross country gets you out of the house and tooling through the forest instead of staring out the front windows of your house.mrussel1 said:
I love skiing but I've never cross country skied. It sounds like a horribly painful amount of work.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
I had that tonight.PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
gollee, yuk, yuk, know wander we aint gets alungThirty Bills Unpaid said:
Proud to say I was born in Saskatchewan (Saskatoon)!PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
Easy TB.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Just for the record... snow days are complete linked to risk: keeping everyone off the roads until they are safe to travel (at least here they are).HughFreakingDillon said:it really bugs me when people talk about "today's youth" and how spoiled they are and weak they are and whatnot. how did that happen? they didn't just come out of the womb that way. they were TAUGHT that way by the generation bitching about them! as someone else said, each generation has it easier than the last as a result of technology and innovation. it doesn't mean they are weaker, it means they are used to fewer hardships. I'm sure they'd be just as resiliant in a time of crisis as any of us. it's not like millenials are that much different from gen x-ers. a school cancelling for a snow day isn't because the kids are whiners. it's because the adults making the rules think the kids can't handle it. and that's whose fault it is.
I think we also tend to suffer from revisionist history a bit. did I have to walk to school in the freezing cold and blizzard like conditions? yep. did I whine about it? of course I did. I wasn't walking to school with a pipe in my mouth and my fists clenched and a scowl shouting "you won't beat me!" to the heavens.
and I'm from the coldest shithole in NA.
anyway, back to the thread.
Winterpeg. Eesh. Was there coaching a few years back. Sorry, Hugh. It never left a great impression with me. It was cold. And flat. I wanted out of there.
Winterpeg isn't a tourist hotspot but damn can they handle the cold.
Not as well as people from Saskatchewan though.
Folks moved west before I knew my ass from a hole in the ground. Going back to visit relatives was always fun. Xmas was cold. Summer was nice.
borne and razed in regina
I would take a Saskatchewan winter over any coastal winter fullstop.
I don't remember the last time I heard the distinct crunch of walking on frozen snow while at the same time dealing with nostrils frozen shut.
Went night skiing (cross country). What a bad idea: poor wax, freaking cold, hands numb, nostrils sticking... eesh.
All good now! Triumphantly braved the cold and sitting here by the fire with a nice IPA.
Canada.
Once you kind of get it... it's easier. It doesn't take long, but there's a bit of a learning curve that might serve as a deterrent to future attempts.
There's something to be said for sweating at -20.I'll ride the wave where it takes me......0 -
when CT had only one area code0
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