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DaveC said:


I'm from Nova Scotia. You wouldn't understand unless you live here.

And yes, we are starting to get a hate on for Calgary/Alberta in general now, too.

It's a cultural thing, not a personal thing.
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I understand group tendencies to be resentful of another area - specifically, the eastern provinces vs Ontario and the west. Economically and politically, there's very good reason for it.

On a personal or tourist level, it's a little hard for me to understand how one could judge a city without ever having been there, that's all. :shrug:
 
LarryMullen's_POPAngel said:
One of my bosses just informed me that because of workload at my primary job, they want me to go back to full time so as of Monday no more going upstairs and no more :killintheface: guy (who all of a sudden thinks we're friends, ugh, lol)! :hyper:
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:hyper: yay - Sounds like that's a good thing!
 
VintagePunk said:


I understand group tendencies to be resentful of another area - specifically, the eastern provinces vs Ontario and the west. Economically and politically, there's very good reason for it.

On a personal or tourist level, it's a little hard for me to understand how one could judge a city without ever having been there, that's all. :shrug:
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I agree. Like right now everywhere is having droves of people move to ALTA, so there is some attitiude about that, but I personally have never been there and I would love to visit Calgary etc. to see if I like it for myself.

When we first moved to London, everyone here talked shit about Windsor, what a dirty city is is, people etc. I was nearly afraid to go there. I get there and it's fantastic - London could take a page from it's book - Riverside, the outdoor cafes etc. Much better trails along the lake than anything we have here.

I understand it's a very industrial city - which to all the WASPS here make it automically an economic hole, but beyond that, as VP said, tourist wise it's great. Same thing just on a smaller scale :shrug:
 
gabrielvox said:
For my friend Dave:


last summer PEI and Cape Breton

you're right man, if you come from there you understand it
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I don't have time to look at the pics now, but I will when I get back from class in a couple of hours.

I spent Canada Day weekend in Charlottetown. For the record, PEI cops are jerks - they made us dump 13 beers into the harbour, even though they were closed and in a plastic bag. :angry: They're lucky the countryside is so nice - the beaches on PEI are unbelievable too (and the water's like bath water on the south shore)!

Off to Civil War History - see you all at 3:30. :)
 
I'm actually in London all next weekend, for my son's Provincial basketball finals (major atom rep). We'll be there for 3 days, staying at some hotel there with the team.

Honestly though without the schools and the spring tournaments in almost every sport imaginable happening there, London would tank, don't you think?
 
snowbunny00774 said:


I agree. Like right now everywhere is having droves of people move to ALTA, so there is some attitiude about that, but I personally have never been there and I would love to visit Calgary etc. to see if I like it for myself.

When we first moved to London, everyone here talked shit about Windsor, what a dirty city is is, people etc. I was nearly afraid to go there. I get there and it's fantastic - London could take a page from it's book - Riverside, the outdoor cafes etc. Much better trails along the lake than anything we have here.

I understand it's a very industrial city - which to all the WASPS here make it automically an economic hole, but beyond that, as VP said, tourist wise it's great. Same thing just on a smaller scale :shrug:
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Agreed about Windsor. I stayed there for a weekend several years back, when the first casino was in operation and they were just in the process of building the new one. I went there expecting filth and grime, but to the contrary, it was awesome! We stayed in the downtown area, and walked the streets at night. Almost every restaurant and bar had outdoor patios, the streets were filled with people. The atmosphere was very fun and festive. :up:

And for the record, I have more of a desire to visit eastern Canada than the west. Sorry, Thora. :wink:
 
DaveC said:

I spent Canada Day weekend in Charlottetown. For the record, PEI cops are jerks -
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You should look up my brother in Charlottetown Dave! He's your age and a cool cat...he tries to stay away from the keystone cops out there lol



My entire lineage on my dad's side is actually from NS...L'Ardoise in Cape Breton to be exact all the way back to the late 1600s, my original ancestor was Lieutenant in the French Navy who came from France to be stationed at Louisbourg. I'm named after Gabriel Pate (with some accents on the a and e thta I cant figure out how to do on this thing), a great great great great (not sure how many greats) grandfather...

ETA the Halifax connection: my great grandfather Isadore left L'Ardoise in 1904 and headed to Halifax to find work. It was there that my grandfather was born (and buried) and met my grandmother...her father was a rum-runner from Newfoundland..

sorry if that's boring, I'm pretty deeply rooted to Halifax and the east coast :wink:
 
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LarryMullen's_POPAngel said:


ETA: Those are great pics, Gabe! Looks like a beautiful place. :yes:
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Sigh. Yeah. I miss it everyday.

The pic in the restaurant is a real tradition. It's a New Glasgow lobster supper place. Very down-home type setting. All you can eat mussels for appetizers...they come in buckets..and just keep coming till you say stop ...:drool: :drool:

The pic where it looks like the camera is overlooking the beach..that was taken from right in front of our tent. You can actually tent on the small cliff overlooking the ocean. Believe me, it's completely to die for :drool:


and further down, likely the only pic you'll ever see of me in a bathing suit...taken jumping off the bridge at Basin Head beach in Souris
 
VintagePunk said:

And for the record, I have more of a desire to visit eastern Canada than the west. Sorry, Thora. :wink:
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:lol: No worries. I've barely been anywhere in Canada, so I do want to see more, especially the east coast.

I've only been to a few cities outside the Vancouver area in BC, and I went to Edmonton twice. :lol: I need to see more of Canada, but I do love traveling internationally.
 
ThoraSEB said:


:lol: No worries. I've barely been anywhere in Canada, so I do want to see more, especially the east coast.

I've only been to a few cities outside the Vancouver area in BC, and I went to Edmonton twice. :lol: I need to see more of Canada, but I do love traveling internationally.
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I've never been to any other province. :shh: :reject: I suck. :sad:
 
gabrielvox said:
I'm actually in London all next weekend, for my son's Provincial basketball finals (major atom rep). We'll be there for 3 days, staying at some hotel there with the team.

Honestly though without the schools and the spring tournaments in almost every sport imaginable happening there, London would tank, don't you think?
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No, I don't think. In the summer we have festivals almost every weekend, smaller ones in the winter. We also have a lot of conferences here so that helps too. Sports are a big part of our visitor $$, but there is always other stuff going on too.
 
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UberBeaver said:
I feel like in a foreign country. What are you people talking about? PEI? ALTA? Windsor? NS? Are you just making this stuff up? Calgary - lol, that's not even a word.
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:lol:


Much better than all the boring names I passed in upstate NY on the way home :zzzzzz:
 
VintagePunk said:


I'm seriously ashamed. :( If I left right now, I could be in Quebec in 6 or 7 hours. :hmm:
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I've only ever been to Quebec. I am going to Van in Just though, so maybe I'll try for the other coast later this year too. It's embarrassing :(
 
snowbunny00774 said:


No, I don't think. In the summer we have festivals almost every weekend, smaller ones in the winter. We also have a lot of conferences here so that helps too. Sports are a big part of our visitor $$, but there is always other stuff going on too.
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Well I don't mean that in any bady way...my perspective is probably a bit limited...where I grew up if one single industry or attraction changed, entire families would likely starve, or they have to leave to bigger cities..I'm serious, that's how bad it is on the east coast in some places..

I often wonder though what makes all these organizations pick London...no offense, but it's $$$ to have to go there every year with a family...and let's face it, it's pretty drab anywhere in southern ontario at the end of March...lol!
 
For UberBeaver Canada from east to west

PEI - Prince Edward Island
NS - Nova Scotia
NFLD - Newfoundland
QB (I think? hell I was only born there lol) - Quebec
ON - Ontario
MB - Manitoba
SK - Saskatchewan
AB - Alberta
BC - British Columbia

and there's some territories too...NWT I think? Did I miss anything fellow Canucks?

lol
 
snowbunny00774 said:



:lol:


Much better than all the boring names I passed in upstate NY on the way home :zzzzzz:
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Did you pass Coxsackie? When my friends went to college upstate, and we used to drive up there on weekends, we'd always pass Coxsackie, and being stoned pretty much all the time, laughed everytime we saw the sign. It was always as funny as the very first time!

Upstate NY is like a big....forest. I dunno. It's strange. People downstate always forget it exists. When we do go there it's to go camping or something, and we're always amazed to find that people live there year round.

"So, where ya'll from?"
"Long Island. You?"
"Right here. Born and raised."
"Here? You mean, like, New Jersey?"
"No, right here. I'm a New Yorker."
"lol."
"Yep. Still live here."
"But....how? I mean, like.....where do you eat?"
"Goddamn Long Island people. There's a reason everyone hates you."
"Dude - I think he's gonna make us squeal like pigs, let's get out of here!"
"HEY - Where ya'll goin?"
"Uhhh....Calgary!"
"Calgary?....that ain't even a word."
 
You know what I hate about NY?

Noone knows where they goddamn live. Ask someone in Manhattan how to get off the island. You'll drive for hours. Ask someone in Brooklyn how to get to even East NY, much less the Bronx. They have no clue. I could give better tri-state directions than 80% of native New Yorkers, it's obscene.

LOL



:wink:


ETA: NY route 17 - now that's one pretty stretch of road. I never take the Interstate way to NYC, way too boring...390 to 17 all the way!!
 
gabrielvox said:


Well I don't mean that in any bady way...my perspective is probably a bit limited...where I grew up if one single industry or attraction changed, entire families would likely starve, or they have to leave to bigger cities..I'm serious, that's how bad it is on the east coast in some places..

I often wonder though what makes all these organizations pick London...no offense, but it's $$$ to have to go there every year with a family...and let's face it, it's pretty drab anywhere in southern ontario at the end of March...lol!
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I've heard about how bad it is on the east coast - some places are like that here too - Sarnia would be a ghost town w/o petrochemicals.

London is pretty central, (generally)good facilities from hosting all of the games etc. we host, lots of hotel rooms, and it's close for US teams if you want your tournament to be international lol.

I agree about the drab - I was grateful for the rain yesterday - giving everything a good wash, now we just need the sun & some greenery :drool:


gabrielvox said:
For UberBeaver Canada from east to west

PEI - Prince Edward Island
NS - Nova Scotia
NFLD - Newfoundland
QB (I think? hell I was only born there lol) - Quebec
ON - Ontario
MB - Manitoba
SK - Saskatchewan
AB - Alberta
BC - British Columbia

and there's some territories too...NWT I think? Did I miss anything fellow Canucks?

lol
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Nunavut, and Yukon. - Not sure what they are abbreviated as :shrug:
 
gabrielvox said:
For UberBeaver Canada from east to west

PEI - Prince Edward Island
NS - Nova Scotia
NFLD - Newfoundland
QB (I think? hell I was only born there lol) - Quebec
ON - Ontario
MB - Manitoba
SK - Saskatchewan
AB - Alberta
BC - British Columbia

and there's some territories too...NWT I think? Did I miss anything fellow Canucks?

lol
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:hmm: Yukon. Nunavut (or however the hell you spell that place). I can't think of anything else.
 
gabrielvox said:
For UberBeaver Canada from east to west

PEI - Prince Edward Island
NS - Nova Scotia
NFLD - Newfoundland
QB (I think? hell I was only born there lol) - Quebec
ON - Ontario
MB - Manitoba
SK - Saskatchewan
AB - Alberta
BC - British Columbia

and there's some territories too...NWT I think? Did I miss anything fellow Canucks?

lol
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Thanks, Gabe. What am I looking at here? These are provinces - which are different than territories, right? What's the difference?
 
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