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Susie Liz Housemate	posted 01-21-2003 10:07 AM Gee Yam, if only you lived here you could stay home today! The sun is shining and it's -14 with a -23 wind chill and gusts to 65 km/hr. Ahhhh......a good old fashioned winter. IP: Logged
abrokenangelwing Housemate	posted 02-07-2003 05:31 AM OH WOW!! Fellow Canadians!!! I am sooo pleased now. I am from Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, that's abooot an hour out of Vancouver. I'm so glad!! Hey, I was reading past posts...are you telling me you don't have Smarties, Aero's, Crunchies...etc down there?? And how do you live?? Ah, and Thrills. My great grandmother used to stuff us with them. I never really did like them though...hehe. Oh yes and I am a very avid 'Nucks watcher - hockey is almost my life! Anyhoo, great to see fellow Canucks out here! IP: Logged
Chele75 Housemate	posted 03-05-2003 09:26 PM bump IP: Logged
astrogirl Housemate	posted 03-13-2003 01:08 PM I am from Toronto - born and raised I am surprised to see so many Canadians IP: Logged
Mello Subletter	posted 03-24-2003 11:44 PM Smarties, Coffee Crisp, the Gum That Tastes Like Soap (can't remember the name)... yum. The Gum that tastes like soap is called "thrills", and for some strange reason, I love it!!! I am from Abbotsford, BC, about an hour from Vancouver! IP: Logged
abrokenangelwing Housemate	posted 03-28-2003 11:06 AM bumping to see if we have any more Canadians IP: Logged
bs Housemate	posted 03-28-2003 12:27 PM HEY I AM CANADIAN although many other "real" Canadians don't even consider Windsorites Canadaian--due to the fact that we are so Americanized. Anybody else from my way? IP: Logged
abrokenangelwing Housemate	posted 03-28-2003 08:25 PM quote: Originally posted by bs: HEY I AM CANADIAN although many other "real" Canadians don't even consider Windsorites Canadaian--due to the fact that we are so Americanized. Anybody else from my way? Hey man welcome. Actually, from BC here. IP: Logged
jazzberry Housemate	posted 03-29-2003 12:58 AM quote: Originally posted by bs: HEY I AM CANADIAN although many other "real" Canadians don't even consider Windsorites Canadaian--due to the fact that we are so Americanized. Anybody else from my way? I don't think Windsorites are any more american than Detroit people are Canadian, so don't worry 'bout it bs IP: Logged
jazzberry Housemate	posted 04-04-2003 03:12 AM are we still Canadian? I thought so... bump IP: Logged
bs Housemate	posted 04-06-2003 07:23 PM anybody excited about the 6 inches of snow we are suppose to be getting? I don't believe the weatherman but hey if it gets me out of school for one more day, I will be happy. Especially really happy right now concidering it's finals. IP: Logged
jazzberry Housemate	posted 04-06-2003 09:46 PM snow? yikes! It's April! I thought it was still cold here, and it was 11 degrees...hehehe...though, that is a little cold for April in Vancouver. I kinda forget that the rest of the country has a different climate than we do...hehe. IP: Logged
Farmgirl Subletter	posted 04-16-2003 10:11 AM Hi Everybody! I think I'm the only current 'Toban on this site. I live half way up the province and a little less than 20 km's from the Saskatchewan border (that's about 10 miles for those who don't use metric ). I've lived my whole life where I am now (except for 4 years in Winnipeg at U of M, Faculty of Agriculture). I travel often accross our great country. My favorite haunts are Calgary, Red Deer, Saskatoon, Brandon, and South Eastern Manitoba (towns are too small to bother mentioning names). My home town is made up of farmers and loggers. I can actually show you on the highway just north of us where Canadian Shield starts (roughly) and farming stops. IP: Logged
bs Housemate	posted 04-16-2003 03:05 PM wow--I have only ever learned in school about the Canadian Shield. I have never actually witnessed it. (ok, Im exagerating) but that is interesting. Our country is so vast. Yesterday was almost 80 here, tomorrow they are calling for snow/freezing rain. When will this chaos stop? IP: Logged
PB&J Housemate	posted 04-18-2003 09:25 PM quote: Originally posted by Farmgirl: Hi Everybody! I think I'm the only current 'Toban on this site. I live half way up the province and a little less than 20 km's from the Saskatchewan border (that's about 10 miles for those who don't use metric . I am a 'Toban too, Farmgirl! I live farther south than you do--in the middle of the Prairies, about (aboot?) a 2-hour drive from the US border. We hopefully had our last snowfall two days ago. IP: Logged
kana Subletter	posted 04-19-2003 05:24 PM hey, i'm originally from thunder bay, ontario, and moved to toronto a couple years ago for school. i like toronto, but i'm kinda missing home - it never fails to amaze me how much ontario varies even across the province, nor how few torontoians even seem to realize how much of their province is up north. one day i would love to drive across the country - apart from seeing most of ontario, i've been to montreal, winnipeg and vancouver, but haven't seen any of the prairies or the mountains or the eastcoast. i would love to go out there sometime... IP: Logged
jazzberry Housemate	posted 04-20-2003 01:38 PM wow. I just read the thread about soda/pop...man did it ever rub me the wrong way. I didn't want to post there, because I didn't want to bump it, but...geez. IP: Logged
bs Housemate	posted 04-22-2003 11:08 AM I remember reading that thread; I found it quite funny. Why did it make you mad? Where is it anyway? I can't seem to find it. IP: Logged
Farmgirl Subletter	posted 04-22-2003 11:42 AM quote: Originally posted by PB&J: I am a 'Toban too, Farmgirl! I live farther south than you do--in the middle of the Prairies, about (aboot?) a 2-hour drive from the US border. We hopefully had our last snowfall two days ago. Hi PB&J, pretty sure I know exactly where you live and I'm pretty sure you know exactly where I live. Also pretty sure you're the one who told me about this site. Ruin any good lipsticks while driving around in a little red 4x4 lately ? IP: Logged
jazzberry Housemate	posted 04-22-2003 04:28 PM quote: Originally posted by bs: I remember reading that thread; I found it quite funny. Why did it make you mad? Where is it anyway? I can't seem to find it. oh, the parts about Canada being an extension of the States seemed really ignorant to me. But, I suppose everyone's entitled to their own opinion. IP: Logged
PB&J Housemate	posted 04-23-2003 06:43 AM My partner in crime has been too busy talking on the phone or picking up cowboys in Alberta lately. IP: Logged
Farmgirl Subletter	posted 04-23-2003 08:23 AM Hmmmm... Not sure how to answer an unimpressed Manitoba Southerner... Perhaps she needs to come with me on a road trip to Alberta to understand the beautiful scenery out there (oh, and the mountains are kind of nice too ). It's a weakness, I'm a cowboy connoisseur and proud! IP: Logged
yam Housemate	posted 04-23-2003 09:22 AM I lived in red deer for awhile! Either we have really different tastes or you know better cowboys than I do. All the ranches my host family dragged me to had ancient balding pot-bellied cowboys with pet poodles. Snore. Okay well only one had a pet poodle. The scenery out towards the rockies is pretty nice, but I was unimpressed with the rest of the province other than its astounding flatness. And the rockies, well, they're pretty but I we get all that stuff 15 minutes from downtown here, so I'm spoiled. (Though admittedly I didn't get to see the badlands out Drumheller way, which I understand are something to see.) IP: Logged
Farmgirl Subletter	posted 04-23-2003 02:39 PM Funny you should mention Red Deer, I've spent some rockin'good times in Billy Bob's (in case you couldn't tell, I've never been accused of being classy). Lately I've been spending quality vacation time in Calgary and meeting some beautiful specimens of cowboys. I think you must have been spending time with their fathers. There is nothing like a line of Wrangler jeans perched on the chutes at a rodeo. I'm drooling just thinking about it ! IP: Logged
PB&J Housemate	posted 04-23-2003 10:12 PM FG-I'd probably just cramp your style. Women who are almost 8 months pregant aren't exactly guy magnets!! (Or happy to travel across two provinces in a truck) IP: Logged
yam Housemate	posted 04-24-2003 07:40 AM Billy Bob's (in case you couldn't tell, I've never been accused of being classy) Is that the cowboy bar? Bwahaha, I was in red deer with a government youth volunteer program (katimavik), and two of my group-members got kicked out for going linedancing there, getting pissed out of their minds, and coming home and puking on the shoes of the program leader. Niiiice. IP: Logged
Farmgirl Subletter	posted 04-24-2003 08:02 AM So, to answer two replies. PB&J: You are never a drag, I always have a blast with you (think about your stagette party). I would never dream of making a pregnant woman do anything she doesn't want to do (not that that's even humanly possible). yam: As for B.B.'s... yup, that sounds about like the place. It's not strictly "cowboy," but they are definitely a big majority. It's a lot of displaced farmboys from accross the Prairies that are now working the rigs. There's actually an unofficial "Manitoba Alley" there for the boys from here. IP: Logged
kena Housesitter	posted 04-24-2003 10:44 AM quote: Originally posted by yam: The scenery out towards the rockies is pretty nice, but I was unimpressed with the rest of the province other than its astounding flatness That's strange, I had the absolute opposite feeling. I mean, the Rockies are great in a "what a great postcard view" sense, but I was totally in awe at the Prairies. I've always lived in a rather hilly place (The Appalachians and Canadian Shield might be a little more eroded than the Rockies, but they're still pretty nice) and I've seen the Alps (ok, I'm a mountain snob), but it was the first time I actually saw land this flat. Sometimes, my mom stopped the car by the side of the road and we just looked all around us, amazed to actually see the horizon all around us. I still have very vivid memories of watching for hours (ok, minutes, I'm not very good at contemplation) the wind in the fields, making it look like golden sea. And the sky! It was the first time of my life I could see that many stars at the same time. BTW, that was ten years ago, when my mom decided that despite her recent divorce, she'd do the road trip she's always dreamed of with her two daughters. Fantastic experience. [This message has been edited by kena (edited 04-24-2003).] IP: Logged
yam Housemate	posted 04-24-2003 12:04 PM I never got far enough in to the prairies to be a spot that was all horizon all around, maybe that would be cool. Mostly I just saw the area around the highway from edmonton to calgary, which, ehh, it's a highway, nothing too scenic. I was pretty freaked out by the flatness at first, though. There are areas of vancouver that I consider flat, like, Tsawwassen, but they are downright mountainous compared to parts of alberta, like, I don't think I'd ever been to a place where you couldn't see a mountain in the distance SOMEWHERE before. IP: Logged
Farmgirl Subletter	posted 04-24-2003 03:14 PM Wow, never seen horizon on all sides before? As flat as Saskatchewan is, there is nothing as flat as the Red River Valley south of Winnipeg to the US border (north of Grand Forks). Don't let the name fool you, it makes the #1 highway look rolling and scary between Regina and the SK/AB border. IP: Logged
Chele75 Housemate	posted 05-04-2003 09:11 AM Anyone getting in on that awsome deal they have going in Toronto for Mamma Mia or Lion King tickets, Jays tickets, dinner and hotel for $125? I really really want to get in on it, but I'm broke right now. It looks like Toronto is getting back on its feet after the SARS nightmare. [This message has been edited by Chele75 (edited 05-04-2003).] IP: Logged
bs Housemate	posted 05-04-2003 12:44 PM Someone just told me about this deal yesterday. Wow; $125 for a trip to TO. I'm in for sure. IP: Logged
jazzberry Housemate	posted 05-06-2003 12:53 PM one of my girlfriends in Toronto went to a Jays game a little while ago for a $1!! Nuts! If all this stuff doesn't get Toronto's tourism back on track, a bunch of people are going to be in some serious money trouble... IP: Logged
Chele75 Housemate	posted 05-22-2003 07:15 PM Ok so.....Sars, the threat of West Nile, and now Mad Cow disease. BUT the Canadian dollar is doing well. Go Figure. IP: Logged
jazzberry Housemate	posted 05-23-2003 02:25 AM I know! It's crazy! The media is stupid, though. They blow everything out of proportions which doesn't help any. I'm in shock at how great our dollar is right now...it's nuts! I booked a B&B for $60US per night...it's only $81 Cdn after the exchange! If we'd booked a year ago, it'd cost around $95...crazy! IP: Logged
ebayerdg Housemate	posted 05-28-2003 01:23 PM Hi there Candadians! I'm hoping for a tip, feel free to email me if you'd rather that than to post. Is the best time to visit Quebec and surrounding area in August, September or October? I'm reading conflicting suggestions on various travel websites. Thanks in advance! IP: Logged
Andree Housemate	posted 06-02-2003 08:18 PM ebayerdg: I would say September. August is still high tourist season, and can be hot, while October is fall already and can be cold. Early/mid September is when I would go. Farmgirl: I am originally from a small town in the south of Manitoba, halfway between Winnipeg and the US border. And it is FLAT. I adore it. The sky just amazes me everytime I go back. IP: Logged
Juliet Housemate	posted 06-11-2003 08:15 PM I'm Canadian, - Born in Montreal, raised just outside Ottawa (Osgoode Village) and I'm presently at school in St. Catharines. IP: Logged
Juliet Housemate	posted 06-11-2003 08:19 PM quote: Originally posted by ebayerdg: Hi there Candadians! I'm hoping for a tip, feel free to email me if you'd rather that than to post. Is the best time to visit Quebec and surrounding area in August, September or October? I'm reading conflicting suggestions on various travel websites. Thanks in advance! Hey ebayerdg - I agree with September - possibly even early October shouldn't be THAT cold . . though I remmeber snow at Halloween. . . . You should check out the Gatineau's while you're there in the fall - it's Gorgeous with all the tree's all different colours. (So happy noone here's going to correct my spelling of colours ) IP: Logged
Chele75 Housemate	posted 06-23-2003 06:10 PM Anyone planning on going to the SARS benefit concert at the end of July? The Stones are headlining and I've heard rumors U2 might be there. It's going to be a 6 hour show....should be interesting. $20 is a really good deal, if I can actually get tickets I think I'll go. I didn't attend the ones held this past weekend at the Dome and the ACC, but heard that was good as well. I hope all this effort is actually improving tourism. (but I think it's actually just getting its permanent residents to spend more $$) [This message has been edited by Chele75 (edited 06-23-2003).] IP: Logged

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