CANADIAN HOLIDAY WEEKEND THREAD!!!!

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feeds@yuku.com (Penelope McBagpipe) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:20:34 GMT

A Newfie is an Indian/Cape Breton half Breed. This is all you need to know.

Two of my best friends are newfies and both would punch your lights out for that.

and pahrump, when you dock in Halifax there's a bar there on the waterfront called the Lower Deck that you HAVE to go see, especially if they have live fiddle music. It's a popular spot for...

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feeds@yuku.com (Jakob Speed) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:20:39 GMT

Newfies are mostly Irish/U.K in origin.

There ancestors were completed fucking drunk and partying when the English said 'hey son, how would you like to go to a frozen fucking rock, fish in the shittier weather than the U.K ever saw, build your own subpar shelter and have the British Navy fuck you like whore anytime they wish?'

The poor bastards laughed, and said 'suuuuuuuure buddy,...

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feeds@yuku.com (Axle the Bulldog) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:56:32 GMT

My husband put his back out (fucker!) so I will have to find a way to entertain myself outdoors. It's supposed to be very nice so I need to be outside. What can I do by myself and not get bored?

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feeds@yuku.com (hatebrigade) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:21:44 GMT

I have the whole week off because I took my vacation. I don't have any plans yet, but I will most likely end up on my ass drunk (like most days).

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feeds@yuku.com (bluesboi) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:44:29 GMT

Pahrump Mania wrote:
I'm going to be taking a cruise to Canada in a couple of weeks. We will dock in St John and Halifax, should I bother getting off the ship? What are the local customs? What;s the local food like? What language do they speak? What's a Newfie?

When you dock in SAINT JOHN, make sure you go to the City Market. Make sure to buy nose plugs, the Irving paper refiney literally...

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feeds@yuku.com (merkyl) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:17:11 GMT

I heard if you treat them like people, they will exchange trinkets with you.

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feeds@yuku.com (Pahrump Mania) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:16:00 GMT

I'm going to be taking a cruise to Canada in a couple of weeks. We will dock in St John and Halifax, should I bother getting off the ship? What are the local customs? What;s the local food like? What language do they speak? What's a Newfie?

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feeds@yuku.com (RoMa) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:45:01 GMT

I have Monday off, and Friday, and half a day Thursday but no Tahoe for me

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feeds@yuku.com (merkyl) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:22:33 GMT

I have a Canook in my van pool. Seems like a nice enough guy, AND HE EVEN KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE!

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feeds@yuku.com (HugItOut) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:39:50 GMT

merkyl, for some weird reason when a canookian hooks up with a yank, it's usually one from texas. Pretty much every canadian I know who made that colossal mistake has ended up with a texan. (even here, see buggles, corky etc)

only the lucky ones, my dear, only the lucky ones...

We're celebrating Canada Day at the only bar here that acknowledges it. The owner is apparently quite excited that we will be bringing a real live Canadian to the...

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feeds@yuku.com (Aunt Pappy) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:39:07 GMT

Play dead with TC. Make yourself big and scary with Weems. Stay 3 bus lengths away from Powers.

Fixed.

Re: CANADIAN HOLIDAY WEEKEND THREAD!!!!

feeds@yuku.com (Jakob Speed) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:34:46 GMT

Yeah we had three builds, two oiltowns and a much smaller town filled with rig pigs, which I won't name as it is the only recent build there, and I like anonymity.

Coyotes avoid people. Wolves like to circle and pick off stragglers. When we would have just 2 or 3 guys alone in the evenings, it wasn't uncommon for 5 to 10 of the uglies to test us. Bears tend to scramble when they hear a nail gun firing, or warning shots.

Wolves lower their heads and move in. Truly...

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feeds@yuku.com (Penelope McBagpipe) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:19:55 GMT

Ooooooooo fun story. A couple weeks ago, there was a guy camping alone at the lake and a grizzly poked his head into the guy's tent.

I never EVEN want to begin to know what a fight or flight response would be right there and then in that situation. Either way, you'd need a change of clothes.

jakob, when we were out on the acreage the coyotes would howl like 2 feet from the house at times, but I've never ever heard of a wolf...

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feeds@yuku.com (NewOrleansIsSinking) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:13:56 GMT

Wow, we have basically no wolves here. There are I think 3 packs in the park. The Fairholme pack between Canmore and Banff and then a couple north of us but that's about it. Between 3 and 6 in the pack.

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feeds@yuku.com (Jakob Speed) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:11:03 GMT

NewOrleansIsSinking wrote:
Play dead with bears. Make yourself big and scary with cougars. Stay 3 bus lengths away from Elk.

When we broke ground two years ago we were having a worse problem than bears... wolves. It got so bad that we made sure there was always a couple rifles handy. (hidden from the Man and inspectors) The third night I picked off 3 out 5 who were circling us. We eliminated a good 15 wolves over...

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feeds@yuku.com (NewOrleansIsSinking) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:04:09 GMT

Cougars are evil. They've gotten a bunch of dogs lately in Canmore and have gotten really close to some kids. Around here, we usually just see a dead deer killed by a cougar over by the rec grounds. Actually, strike that:

The cougar alert was issued after a deer carcass, which had been feasted on by a cougar, was found in a high human use area near Middle Springs behind Kootenay Avenue on June 16.

Just one day earlier, a cougar came within 20 feet of a...

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feeds@yuku.com (Penelope McBagpipe) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:44:06 GMT

I have heard that cougars are sneaky little pricks that will stalk you without you even realizing untill they're on ya.

That pretty much makes them way scarier than a loud ass clumsy bear.

Why elk though? I guess if you drove your mustang into the side of one it would fuck up your car, but do they have the same temper as a moose? Now there's an animal you do not want to piss off.

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feeds@yuku.com (NewOrleansIsSinking) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:40:13 GMT

Play dead with bears. Make yourself big and scary with cougars. Stay 3 bus lengths away from Elk.

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feeds@yuku.com (Penelope McBagpipe) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:37:28 GMT

You can get eaten by a bear anywhere. There was one on the train tracks 50 feet from the crossing two months ago.

So I guess if you're gonna have a happy period,-Always, you should probably delay the trip by a week or so then?

I work with a woman whose husband was mauled by a bear over around there years ago (black bear I think) when he was a boy scout. The training in the scouts works I guess because even when he was 11 he knew to play...

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feeds@yuku.com (NewOrleansIsSinking) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:14:07 GMT

You should check on Expedia and Hotels.ca

The prices are ridiculously low for some reason right now. Like way too low. Like a room last night off Expedia was $97 and in my system, it was originally supposed to be $209. Tonight the expedia rate is closer to that but there are some deals out there right that management is soon going to put a stop to.

You can get eaten by a bear anywhere. There was one on the train tracks 50 feet from the crossing two months ago. You have to...

CANADIAN HOLIDAY WEEKEND THREAD!!!!

feeds@yuku.com (Penelope McBagpipe) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:36:29 GMT

We are operating on a skeleton crew that day and since everybody who wanted that day off was going camping etc, I said fuck it and told them I'll come in since we had no plans to go away anywhere anyway.

STUPID STUPID STUPID

Now I have to break up a 4 day weekend and drag my sorry ass in there at the first of the week.

So how many of you lucky fucks got Monday off?