Is there anything in Edmonton I should see? I am going there for a few days for work in a couple weeks. It seems very...remote.
Neil and beeb?
Are they in Edmonton? Really? I thought they were somewhere further north...
Indeed I think they are in Calgary.
Quote from: Berkut on September 19, 2013, 07:48:28 PM
Is there anything in Edmonton I should see? I am going there for a few days for work in a couple weeks. It seems very...remote.
The air above it is particularly well suited to flying planes in.
Quote from: Berkut on September 19, 2013, 07:48:28 PM
Is there anything in Edmonton I should see? I am going there for a few days for work in a couple weeks. It seems very...remote.
I believe that the Royal Museum has awesome dinosaur exhibits.
Quote from: katmai on September 19, 2013, 08:17:31 PM
Indeed I think they are in Calgary.
:lol:
@Berk, they both live in Edmonton.
Cool. Definitely have to see if we can get together then.
They got the biggest (and possibly most boring) mall in the world.
Is that the mall they showed in FUBAR: Balls to the Walls?
Quote from: Berkut on September 19, 2013, 07:48:28 PM
Is there anything in Edmonton I should see? I am going there for a few days for work in a couple weeks. It seems very...remote.
As long as you have a return ticket, there's nothing to worry about.
There's nothing super special in Edmonton apart from me. But I'm not really a joiner, so maybe it might be better to ask BB.
I will grudgingly admit there are some nice aspects to Edmonton. All of the summer festivals, the river valley.
But none of that so much applies to early October.
You better just come and drink beer (maybe play some sort of games) with Neil and me.
Go to the museum. :contract:
http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 19, 2013, 10:27:04 PM
Go to the museum. :contract:
http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/
They're building a brand new Royal Alberta Museum right across the street from my work.
Quote from: Barrister on September 19, 2013, 10:29:58 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 19, 2013, 10:27:04 PM
Go to the museum. :contract:
http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/
They're building a brand new Royal Alberta Museum right across the street from my work.
Do you work at the provincial building near Chinatown?
Quote from: Neil on September 19, 2013, 10:37:24 PM
Quote from: Barrister on September 19, 2013, 10:29:58 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 19, 2013, 10:27:04 PM
Go to the museum. :contract:
http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/
They're building a brand new Royal Alberta Museum right across the street from my work.
Do you work at the provincial building near Chinatown?
Yup. It's kitty-corner to the courthouse which is convenient, but otherwise it's in a very sketchy area of town.
Aren't you worried about getting murdered? That's a pretty bad area.
Quote from: Neil on September 19, 2013, 10:51:34 PM
Aren't you worried about getting murdered? That's a pretty bad area.
Berkut... don't meet BB near his workplace.
Quote from: Neil on September 19, 2013, 10:51:34 PM
Aren't you worried about getting murdered? That's a pretty bad area.
Not in daylight it isn't. :)
But isn't daylight about 12 minutes long in December :huh: ?
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 20, 2013, 01:47:08 AM
But isn't daylight about 12 minutes long in December :huh: ?
Those southerners get waaay more than that in Dec.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 20, 2013, 01:47:08 AM
But isn't daylight about 12 minutes long in December :huh: ?
No, we get at least 4-5 hours a day of good daylight in December.
I'm actually on the same line of latitude as you guys, give or take a few minutes.
A bit warmer here in winter though.
Edmonton. In October. You poor bastard. What did you do wrong?
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 20, 2013, 11:09:55 AM
Edmonton. In October. You poor bastard. What did you do wrong?
October's not bad at all.
January, of course, is a different story.
Based on my experience in Thunder Bay, I recommend hanging out as much as possible with First Nations(tm) folks.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 20, 2013, 12:58:02 PM
Based on my experience in Thunder Bay, I recommend hanging out as much as possible with First Nations(tm) folks.
I'm curious what your experience in TBay was, and why you make that recommendation.
Quote from: Barrister on September 20, 2013, 12:51:49 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on September 20, 2013, 11:09:55 AM
Edmonton. In October. You poor bastard. What did you do wrong?
October's not bad at all.
January, of course, is a different story.
October is terrible. They're scrambling to try and finish all the construction projects before the snow flies, and if they have to shut the city down to do it, so be it.
Quote from: Barrister on September 20, 2013, 01:15:56 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 20, 2013, 12:58:02 PM
Based on my experience in Thunder Bay, I recommend hanging out as much as possible with First Nations(tm) folks.
I'm curious what your experience in TBay was, and why you make that recommendation.
Yi likes to get high!
Quote from: Barrister on September 20, 2013, 01:15:56 PM
I'm curious what your experience in TBay was, and why you make that recommendation.
I was being ironic.
Edmonton. Read the following in today's paper:
One of only two Canadian cities to have free wi-fi in its city core.
Has the highest proportion of Netflix subscribers.
Interesting. :hmm:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 19, 2013, 10:27:04 PM
Go to the museum. :contract:
http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/
QuoteFeature exhibits:
•Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design
June 15 - October 6, 2013
•Chop Suey on the Prairies
April 20, 2013 - April 27, 2014
•Milton and Cheadle Plates
July 2 - December 9, 2013
:rolleyes:
Go here instead: http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/
I was just there last weekend. It remains awesome (especially the Burgess Shale exhibit and the Great Hall), but it's a three-hour drive each way.
Quote from: Neil on September 21, 2013, 10:04:17 AM
I was just there last weekend. It remains awesome (especially the Burgess Shale exhibit and the Great Hall), but it's a three-hour drive each way.
Yeah. The Royal Tyrrell is super-awesome, but Drumheller is not close to Edmonton.
I used the navigation in the car to get there this time, and it took me via a bunch of secondary highways. I discovered that there's a ferry across a river in Alberta. How quaint.
Quote from: Neil on September 21, 2013, 10:14:50 PM
I used the navigation in the car to get there this time, and it took me via a bunch of secondary highways. I discovered that there's a ferry across a river in Alberta. How quaint.
There's a ferry across the Peace River in northern Alberta. :)
Quote from: Kleves on September 21, 2013, 09:27:54 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 19, 2013, 10:27:04 PM
Go to the museum. :contract:
http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/
QuoteFeature exhibits:
•Art of Seating: 200 Years of American Design
June 15 - October 6, 2013
•Chop Suey on the Prairies
April 20, 2013 - April 27, 2014
•Milton and Cheadle Plates
July 2 - December 9, 2013
:rolleyes:
Go here instead: http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/
Got my Albertan museums mixed up :blush:
Still, it seems to have a natural history wing
Quote
Natural History Gallery
More than a billion years of powerful forces have produced Alberta's rocks, minerals and fossils. The Natural History Gallery is an exploration of the wonders of our natural world.
The Bug Room
Meet some of the most exotic and largest bugs on the planet - up close and alive!
Reading The Rocks
See and feel the evidence of the forces which shape our landscape.
Treasures of the Earth
Experience exquisite gems and minerals whose shape and colour almost defy belief.
The Bird Gallery
With its impressive mounts, The Bird Gallery is a 3-dimensional guide to the birds of Alberta. It also features bird eggs from around the world - from the eggs of the tiny Costa's hummingbird to the giant Ostrich.
Fossils: Creatures from the Depths of Time
Glimpse into two remarkable periods in this region's past - the Cretaceous and Quaternary era. Remarkable dinosaurs to the giants of the Ice Age are on display in this fascinating gallery, which recently underwent a redesign and opened anew on April 15, 2005.
Our Green World - The Diverse Vegetation and Flora of Alberta.
This realistic and colourful gallery illustrates the unique diversity of Alberta's four ecological regions. Here you can see a huge cross section of a 381-year-old Douglas fir tree, observe beautiful mountain flowers or stand at the edge of a tranquil pond.
Met up with Berkut and Neil tonight. We drank beer and ate burgers (well actually I think Berkut drank cider - he must be a communist <_<)
Teh List(tm):
Ray Lewis
last nights Jets game
our waitress' country of origin
refereeing
oil and gas industry
what crime is committed when you blind someone
smart kids vs dumb kids
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on September 20, 2013, 08:18:51 AM
I'm actually on the same line of latitude as you guys, give or take a few minutes.
A bit warmer here in winter though.
Yeah, it's a few minutes south of where I used to live.
How many more Languishites do we have living (or having lived) between 53° and 54° N? :unsure:
Quote from: Barrister on October 02, 2013, 11:20:27 PM
Met up with Berkut and Neil tonight. We drank beer and ate burgers (well actually I think Berkut drank cider - he must be a communist <_<)
Teh List(tm):
Ray Lewis
last nights Jets game
our waitress' country of origin
refereeing
oil and gas industry
what crime is committed when you blind someone
smart kids vs dumb kids
I am outraged I wasn't discussed!
I bet Berkut just went on and on about how much he admires and loves Ray Lewis.
Quote from: katmai on October 02, 2013, 11:43:13 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 02, 2013, 11:20:27 PM
Met up with Berkut and Neil tonight. We drank beer and ate burgers (well actually I think Berkut drank cider - he must be a communist <_<)
Teh List(tm):
Ray Lewis
last nights Jets game
our waitress' country of origin
refereeing
oil and gas industry
what crime is committed when you blind someone
smart kids vs dumb kids
I am outraged I wasn't discussed!
Who the fuck are you? :huh:
Quote from: Syt on October 02, 2013, 11:42:05 PM
How many more Languishites do we have living (or having lived) between 53° and 54° N? :unsure:
I'm at 53° 13′.
53° 46' here.
Used to be 53°55 (now 48°12).
Bah at you southeners. 59° 31′ N here. Not quite as northenly as Alaska but then I´m living in the southern parts of the country. :)
Also good on you all for having a decent time now when the evenings are getting dark and the weather is growing chilly.
61° 13' N here in Anchorage.
Good chance i'll be spending part of winter @ 70° 12' N
40.11 N here. :)
Had a very nice chat and dinner with Beebs and Neil. Barrister was kind of annoying, what with the constant checking of the phone like he had something else potentially going on that was more important or something.
We did mention Katmai, I think he came up in our list of "Languishites you've met but wish you hadn't".
Katmai definitely came up. :(
You know, Berkut and Beeb were exactly as I expected them to be. Berkut was able to give me an interesting perspective on the US Civil War, and recommended a naval history book. We also discovered that our waitress was from Nova Scotia.
Uh hadn't you met Beeb Before mr. Neil.
And don't you forget it Berkie!
Quote from: katmai on October 03, 2013, 12:23:24 PM
Uh hadn't you met Beeb Before mr. Neil.
And don't you forget it Berkie!
I had. That definitely helped me set my expectations of him.
Berkut drinks cider?
Quote from: PRC on October 03, 2013, 03:17:42 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 03, 2013, 01:06:31 PM
Berkut drinks cider?
Cider is goooood.
Good as a drink for girls. Good for drinking yourself? Not so much.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 03, 2013, 03:18:48 PM
Good as a drink for girls. Good for drinking yourself? Not so much.
How... caveman-ish.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sociologyinfocus.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F09%2FiStock_000014151135Small.jpg&hash=1f4d93029d97993ef6a52154c4821e16106c53c2)
Quote from: Barrister on October 02, 2013, 11:20:27 PM
Met up with Berkut and Neil tonight. We drank beer and ate burgers (well actually I think Berkut drank cider - he must be a communist <_<)
Teh List(tm):
Ray Lewis
You get The Lecture(tm)?
Quote from: merithyn on October 03, 2013, 03:27:42 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 03, 2013, 03:18:48 PM
Good as a drink for girls. Good for drinking yourself? Not so much.
How... caveman-ish.
A girl would say that :P
Did a quick google search and it turns out more men than women drink cider in England. I think we can explain Berkut's behaviour by him being contaminated by whatever it is that causes that disorder when he was there.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 03, 2013, 03:32:33 PM
A girl would say that :P
Did a quick google search and it turns out more men than women drink cider in England. I think we can explain Berkut's behaviour by him being contaminated by whatever it is that causes that disorder when he was there.
Or maybe he's not in need of "proving" his manhood and is comfortable drinking what he actually likes. I know, novel concept.
Quote from: Berkut on October 03, 2013, 09:15:14 AM
Barrister was kind of annoying, what with the constant checking of the phone like he had something else potentially going on that was more important or something.
Fighting crime and suppressing evil is a 24/7 job. That's why Cap Mihali's never bothered during after-hours, that defense shit can wait until tomorrow.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 03, 2013, 03:37:43 PM
Quote from: Berkut on October 03, 2013, 09:15:14 AM
Barrister was kind of annoying, what with the constant checking of the phone like he had something else potentially going on that was more important or something.
Fighting crime and suppressing evil is a 24/7 job. That's why Cap Mihali's never bothered during after-hours, that defense shit can wait until tomorrow.
Or... making sure his wife wasn't in labor, I'm guessing. :D
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 03, 2013, 03:30:26 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 02, 2013, 11:20:27 PM
Met up with Berkut and Neil tonight. We drank beer and ate burgers (well actually I think Berkut drank cider - he must be a communist <_<)
Teh List(tm):
Ray Lewis
You get The Lecture(tm)?
I represented.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 03, 2013, 03:32:33 PM
Did a quick google search and it turns out more men than women drink cider in England. I think we can explain Berkut's behaviour by him being contaminated by whatever it is that causes that disorder when he was there.
I bet more women than men drink wine in Canada.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 03, 2013, 03:47:06 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 03, 2013, 03:32:33 PM
Did a quick google search and it turns out more men than women drink cider in England. I think we can explain Berkut's behaviour by him being contaminated by whatever it is that causes that disorder when he was there.
I bet more women than men drink wine in Canada.
:lol:
What kind of cider did Ragey drink?
Quote from: The Brain on October 03, 2013, 04:47:16 PM
What kind of cider did Ragey drink?
If I was a betting man i'd put money on Rock Creek Dry Cider by Big Rock.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on October 03, 2013, 03:37:43 PM
Quote from: Berkut on October 03, 2013, 09:15:14 AM
Barrister was kind of annoying, what with the constant checking of the phone like he had something else potentially going on that was more important or something.
Fighting crime and suppressing evil is a 24/7 job. That's why Cap Mihali's never bothered during after-hours, that defense shit can wait until tomorrow.
Actually, fighting crime is government work, which means I don't look at shit after closing time. Ironically it's those poor saps on the defence side who have to stay glued to their cellphones. :D
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 03, 2013, 03:47:06 PM
I bet more women than men drink wine in Canada.
You also talk to your cat.
There has been a huge cider revival over here in England, lots of quality stuff available, I think we were in the early stages of that last time Berkut was over. I recall him drinking Magners cider.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on October 04, 2013, 02:36:42 AM
There has been a huge cider revival over here in England, lots of quality stuff available, I think we were in the early stages of that last time Berkut was over. I recall him drinking Magners cider.
It was all going so well, until your last sentence. :(
:P
Quote from: Cecil on October 03, 2013, 02:37:25 AM
Bah at you southeners. 59° 31′ N here. Not quite as northenly as Alaska but then I´m living in the southern parts of the country. :)
Also good on you all for having a decent time now when the evenings are getting dark and the weather is growing chilly.
Stockholm ?
Quote from: katmai on October 03, 2013, 02:58:10 AM
61° 13' N here in Anchorage.
Good chance i'll be spending part of winter @ 70° 12' N
Kaktovik?
So they OK'd the the sequel to 'The Thing', but were too tight to go to Antarctica so went with you guys instead? :P