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Title: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:19:49 AM
Been invited to some distant relative's anniversary party in Ontario in July. Anyone situated thereabouts? Good place to go? Easy to get to other places? Languish Canuck meet?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Caliga on April 03, 2009, 09:22:05 AM
Where exactly?  Ontario = huge. :)
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: charliebear on April 03, 2009, 09:26:44 AM
You can spit and hit Detroit from some parts of Ontario. 
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:26:56 AM
Quote from: Caliga on April 03, 2009, 09:22:05 AM
Where exactly?  Ontario = huge. :)
The party's in Wingham ONT, but I think my second cousins are nearer Toronto. Well, an hour and a half away, which is "near" in Canuck terms.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:29:19 AM
Quote from: charliebear on April 03, 2009, 09:26:44 AM
You can spit and hit Detroit from some parts of Ontario.
I think that's happening a lot to Detroit.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:35:58 AM
Hockey fans: Paul Henderson (who scored the winning goal against Russian in the '73 world series) will be there.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 09:38:09 AM
I'm in Toronto, as is Sask and some others - naturally, I'd be up for a Toronto meet, and I'd be happy to suggest stuff to do.

Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 09:39:04 AM
Wingham is NW of Kitchener. not too far. but lacks train service, so its bus or car rental. but when you come, you'll land in Pearson in Toronto. best bet for a meet is to plan to have a few days before or after your family do.  :bowler:

I'm in on condition I get an autograph from Paul Henderson.  :P

anyhow, we have myself, HVC, Malthus and Josephus in the city. none of us bite. we all like beer.

need a crash pad?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 09:41:23 AM
I've got a spare room too, but you'd probably be better off staying with Sask - unless you want a three-year old crawling all over you.  :lol:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Cecil on April 03, 2009, 09:45:53 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 09:41:23 AM
I've got a spare room too, but you'd probably be better off staying with Sask - unless you want a three-year old crawling all over you.  :lol:

Brazen is totally into kids I hear so that shouldnt be any problem no?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 09:47:28 AM
we'll I have a floor  :D, but can get a bubble mattress on loan. My 'hood is probably a lot more fun and is an excellent slice of Toronto.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:47:57 AM
I'd probably be over 4-18 July, with the family party in the middle weekend (or might shift those dates by a couple of days so I have a full jetlag free Languish weekend).
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:48:44 AM
Quote from: Cecil on April 03, 2009, 09:45:53 AM
Brazen is totally into kids I hear so that shouldnt be any problem no?
I love 'em, but at 20 minutes a pound I seldom roast a whole one.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: charliebear on April 03, 2009, 09:49:08 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:29:19 AM
Quote from: charliebear on April 03, 2009, 09:26:44 AM
You can spit and hit Detroit from some parts of Ontario.
I think that's happening a lot to Detroit.


Sigh... I know.   :(
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Cecil on April 03, 2009, 09:52:01 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:48:44 AM
Quote from: Cecil on April 03, 2009, 09:45:53 AM
Brazen is totally into kids I hear so that shouldnt be any problem no?
I love 'em, but at 20 minutes a pound I seldom roast a whole one.

You seem slightly stressed out. Can I offer a massage?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:52:27 AM
Quote from: Cecil on April 03, 2009, 09:52:01 AM
You seem slightly stressed out. Can I offer a massage?
Do I get a happy ending?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Cecil on April 03, 2009, 09:56:18 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:52:27 AM
Quote from: Cecil on April 03, 2009, 09:52:01 AM
You seem slightly stressed out. Can I offer a massage?
Do I get a happy ending?

Always.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 09:59:44 AM
I have a football game on the afternoon of July 7th (Riders!!!@ Argos), but otherwise I am cool in humid July.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:03:56 AM
OK, so the best plan would be to arrive and leave midweek, then I'd have the second weekend (Around the 18th) free for Languishing. I'm liking this plan.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:12:20 AM
Brazen, when you are visiting our eastern cousins please keep in mind, as you are dripping in sweat in the unbearable humidity of their summers, that the climate in Vancouver is much more civilized.  Please don't go back home to tell everyone how horrible "Canada" is.  Keep in mind that you have only been in Ontario and it sucks there.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:17:06 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P

I can spare the room.  But it would be cheaper to fly London-Vancouver then Toronto-Vancouver.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:17:45 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:12:20 AM
Brazen, when you are visiting our eastern cousins please keep in mind, as you are dripping in sweat in the unbearable humidity of their summers, that the climate in Vancouver is much more civilized.  Please don't go back home to tell everyone how horrible "Canada" is.  Keep in mind that you have only been in Ontario and it sucks there.

Thanks for the recommendation.  :lol:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:19:04 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P

Keep in mind that it rains constantly in Vancouver. You'd feel right at home.  ;)
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: HVC on April 03, 2009, 10:21:23 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:19:04 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P

Keep in mind that it rains constantly in Vancouver. You'd feel right at home.  ;)
Don't forget the current surge in Gang Warfare :contract:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:22:31 AM
There's a spare room for you at our place Brazen.  And Whitehorse is neither humid or rainy in July.   :)
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Josquius on April 03, 2009, 10:22:50 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:17:06 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P

I can spare the room.  But it would be cheaper to fly London-Vancouver then Toronto-Vancouver.
Wow. Thats a bit crazy
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:23:14 AM
Quote from: HVC on April 03, 2009, 10:21:23 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:19:04 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P

Keep in mind that it rains constantly in Vancouver. You'd feel right at home.  ;)
Don't forget the current surge in Gang Warfare :contract:

Oh yeah - and the fact that it is Canada's Mecca for hardcore drug addicted street people.  :D
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Neil on April 03, 2009, 10:23:30 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:22:31 AM
There's a spare room for you at our place Brazen.  And Whitehorse is neither humid or rainy in July.   :)
Nor is Edmonton.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Neil on April 03, 2009, 10:25:18 AM
Quote from: Tyr on April 03, 2009, 10:22:50 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:17:06 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P

I can spare the room.  But it would be cheaper to fly London-Vancouver then Toronto-Vancouver.
Wow. Thats a bit crazy
Not really.  For one thing, it's a similar distance.  For another, you have to take into account the surcharge that is on there because of how much Canadians hate each other, in order to discourage internal travel.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:26:17 AM
Quote from: Tyr on April 03, 2009, 10:22:50 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:17:06 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P

I can spare the room.  But it would be cheaper to fly London-Vancouver then Toronto-Vancouver.
Wow. Thats a bit crazy

Hard to believe. Why would this be the case?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:27:01 AM
Quote from: Tyr on April 03, 2009, 10:22:50 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:17:06 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P

I can spare the room.  But it would be cheaper to fly London-Vancouver then Toronto-Vancouver.
Wow. Thats a bit crazy

Why do you think I've been taking holidays in Europe the last couple years?

It's cheaper to get to Europe than it is to a big chunk of Canada.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 10:28:20 AM
lots of periodic deals in flying Toronto to Vancouver/Alberta.

so if you were creative and got lucky you could: fly to T.O, fly the Edmonton, fly to Vancouver, then fly back to London.

forget Whitehorse. may as well goto the moon.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:28:51 AM
Quote from: Neil on April 03, 2009, 10:25:18 AM
Quote from: Tyr on April 03, 2009, 10:22:50 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:17:06 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P

I can spare the room.  But it would be cheaper to fly London-Vancouver then Toronto-Vancouver.
Wow. Thats a bit crazy
Not really.  For one thing, it's a similar distance.  For another, you have to take into account the surcharge that is on there because of how much Canadians hate each other, in order to discourage internal travel.

I think you are reading it wrong. London-Vancouver is much further, of course.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: HVC on April 03, 2009, 10:33:00 AM
"Come to BC. If the Crackheads don't get you, a stray bullet will.... but at least we have skiing... when  it's not raining"



*edit* so many typos :D
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:34:50 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 10:28:20 AM
lots of periodic deals in flying Toronto to Vancouver/Alberta.

so if you were creative and got lucky you could: fly to T.O, fly the Edmonton, fly to Vancouver, then fly back to London.

forget Whitehorse. may as well goto the moon.

If I could get a cheap flight to the moon AND a free place to stay I'd go in a heartbeat.  :mellow:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:35:35 AM
Current air canada prices make it a couple hundred dollars cheaper to fly to Toronto then to fly to London.  Now that West Jet is giving them more competition I guess prices are starting to drop.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:37:37 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:28:51 AM
I think you are reading it wrong. London-Vancouver is much further, of course.

When you consider the curvature of the earth its not as much further as you'd think.  But yeah it is further.

But it is still a fact that from WhitehorseI can get to Frankfurt for a lot less than I can get to Toronto.   :huh:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:40:25 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:37:37 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:28:51 AM
I think you are reading it wrong. London-Vancouver is much further, of course.

When you consider the curvature of the earth its not as much further as you'd think.  But yeah it is further.

But it is still a fact that from WhitehorseI can get to Frankfurt for a lot less than I can get to Toronto.   :huh:

Yep, its further but not by that much. 
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:44:57 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:40:25 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:37:37 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:28:51 AM
I think you are reading it wrong. London-Vancouver is much further, of course.

When you consider the curvature of the earth its not as much further as you'd think.  But yeah it is further.

But it is still a fact that from WhitehorseI can get to Frankfurt for a lot less than I can get to Toronto.   :huh:

Yep, its further but not by that much.

http://www.mapcrow.info/Distance_between_Toronto_CA_and_Vancouver_CA.html

2084 miles

http://www.convertunits.com/distance/from/London,+United+Kingdom/to/Vancouver,+Canada
4726 miles

http://www.convertunits.com/distance/from/London,+United+Kingdom/to/Toronto,+Canada

3561 miles

Edit: any source as to lesser diffence by air?

Edit: only a north american could with a straight face say that a distance of more that a thousand miles is "not that much".  :lol:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Josephus on April 03, 2009, 10:49:30 AM
Yeah..flying within CAnada is stupidly expensive...and you wonder why Air Canada is going bankrupt?

Anyways, I was unable to attend the last Toronto meet due to work pressures to complete before I flew to Europe on holidays. But I should be able to do it this time around.
I'd offer Brazen my extra space, but I live in Oshawa, which by summertime, will be a cesspool of violent, unemployed GM workers.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 10:52:04 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:34:50 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 10:28:20 AM
lots of periodic deals in flying Toronto to Vancouver/Alberta.

so if you were creative and got lucky you could: fly to T.O, fly the Edmonton, fly to Vancouver, then fly back to London.

forget Whitehorse. may as well goto the moon.


If I could get a cheap flight to the moon AND a free place to stay I'd go in a heartbeat.  :mellow:
yes. but that will never happen.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:53:42 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 10:52:04 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:34:50 AM
If I could get a cheap flight to the moon AND a free place to stay I'd go in a heartbeat.  :mellow:
yes. but that will never happen.

I know - damn moonmen aren't very welcoming. :angry:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 10:56:13 AM
I'll show up. And kidnap B & take her to the real Canada.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:56:49 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 10:56:13 AM
I'll show up. And kidnap B & take her to the real Canada.

You couldn't handle the real Canada when you were there. :alberta:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:59:18 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:44:57 AM



http://www.mapcrow.info/Distance_between_Toronto_CA_and_Vancouver_CA.html

2084 miles

http://www.convertunits.com/distance/from/London,+United+Kingdom/to/Vancouver,+Canada
4726 miles

http://www.convertunits.com/distance/from/London,+United+Kingdom/to/Toronto,+Canada

3561 miles

Edit: any source as to lesser diffence by air?

Edit: only a north american could with a straight face say that a distance of more that a thousand miles is "not that much".  :lol:

The difference if flying time is only about 3-4 hours depending on weather/wind conditions which is not that much when considering the flight to Toronto can take 5-6 hours depending on those same conditions.

In other words, for me sitting in Vancouver, why would I go to Toronto when I can be in London for about the same price and not much more travelling time.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 10:59:46 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:56:49 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 10:56:13 AM
I'll show up. And kidnap B & take her to the real Canada.

You couldn't handle the real Canada when you were there. :alberta:

I can handle Quebec city just fine.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 11:00:14 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:56:49 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 10:56:13 AM
I'll show up. And kidnap B & take her to the real Canada.
You couldn't handle the real Canada when you were there. :alberta:
GF sure as hell couldn't handle me. Besides, if I wanted to talk Frog I could just hop on the train to Paris :P
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:02:01 AM
Hey! I can handle my mom, I can handle you.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 11:03:08 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:02:01 AM
Hey! I can handle my mom, I can handle you.
That's... a very disturbing sentence.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Valmy on April 03, 2009, 11:04:10 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 11:00:14 AM
GF sure as hell couldn't handle me. Besides, if I wanted to talk Frog I could just hop on the train to Paris :P


Yeah but the Parisians do not say 'Tabarnac!' nor do they eat Poutine.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 11:07:36 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 10:59:18 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:44:57 AM



http://www.mapcrow.info/Distance_between_Toronto_CA_and_Vancouver_CA.html

2084 miles

http://www.convertunits.com/distance/from/London,+United+Kingdom/to/Vancouver,+Canada
4726 miles

http://www.convertunits.com/distance/from/London,+United+Kingdom/to/Toronto,+Canada

3561 miles

Edit: any source as to lesser diffence by air?

Edit: only a north american could with a straight face say that a distance of more that a thousand miles is "not that much".  :lol:

The difference if flying time is only about 3-4 hours depending on weather/wind conditions which is not that much when considering the flight to Toronto can take 5-6 hours depending on those same conditions.

In other words, for me sitting in Vancouver, why would I go to Toronto when I can be in London for about the same price and not much more travelling time.

Shrug, I'd rather go to London too, but it isn't accurate to say it is only a little further.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 11:11:28 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:02:01 AM
Hey! I can handle my mom, I can handle you.

:blink:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 11:13:01 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:53:42 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 10:52:04 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:34:50 AM
If I could get a cheap flight to the moon AND a free place to stay I'd go in a heartbeat.  :mellow:
yes. but that will never happen.

I know - damn moonmen aren't very welcoming. :angry:

:D I agree
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 11:15:09 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 11:03:08 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:02:01 AM
Hey! I can handle my mom, I can handle you.
That's... a very disturbing sentence.

well, this is going to be an interesting weekend. do I have another floor surfer now?

saskganesh's toronto hostel for internet indigents
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:16:57 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 11:15:09 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 11:03:08 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:02:01 AM
Hey! I can handle my mom, I can handle you.
That's... a very disturbing sentence.

well, this is going to be an interesting weekend. do I have another floor surfer now?

saskganesh's toronto hostel for internet indigents

Do you own Cats?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 11:17:34 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:02:01 AM
Hey! I can handle my mom, I can handle you.

You should make this your sig.  :lol:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 11:21:22 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:16:57 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 11:15:09 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 11:03:08 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:02:01 AM
Hey! I can handle my mom, I can handle you.
That's... a very disturbing sentence.

well, this is going to be an interesting weekend. do I have another floor surfer now?

saskganesh's toronto hostel for internet indigents

Do you own Cats?

not as such. no.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 11:24:21 AM
this thread needs visual aids
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 11:24:47 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 11:07:36 AM
[Shrug, I'd rather go to London too, but it isn't accurate to say it is only a little further.

Sure it is.  A few hours more isnt much longer when considering how long it takes to get to Toronto in the first place.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 11:26:17 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 11:11:28 AM
:blink:

Apparently a common saying in Quebec.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:30:53 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 11:21:22 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:16:57 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 11:15:09 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 11:03:08 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:02:01 AM
Hey! I can handle my mom, I can handle you.
That's... a very disturbing sentence.

well, this is going to be an interesting weekend. do I have another floor surfer now?

saskganesh's toronto hostel for internet indigents

Do you own Cats?

not as such. no.

Then you do.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: garbon on April 03, 2009, 11:37:07 AM
Why are Canadian planes so slow?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 11:40:54 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 03, 2009, 11:37:07 AM
Why are Canadian planes so slow?

:huh:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: katmai on April 03, 2009, 11:45:06 AM
Thank you Canadians for a funny read first thing this morningl :lol:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 11:46:38 AM
Quote from: katmai on April 03, 2009, 11:45:06 AM
Thank you Canadians for a funny read first thing this morningl :lol:

Its what we are here for.  Regional angst when there are more serious things to talk about is what we do best. :D
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on April 03, 2009, 11:50:13 AM
Quote from: HVC on April 03, 2009, 10:21:23 AM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:19:04 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 10:16:10 AM
Are internal flights affordable? And do you have a spare room? :P

Keep in mind that it rains constantly in Vancouver. You'd feel right at home.  ;)
Don't forget the current surge in Gang Warfare :contract:

A friend of mine from the east coast came here recently and his wife forbade him to leave the hotel for fear of a gangland hit (he's a healthcare bureaucrat)... We met up at a pub well known about ten years ago for people named "Gill" getting shot all the time... now it's just a sports bar... we kept the gang sign s to a minimum though.

I look fwd to B.'s take on Hogtown and it's environs. (I hate the new quoting thing... to easy to screw up.)
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on April 03, 2009, 11:59:22 AM
Quote from: Barrister on April 03, 2009, 10:56:49 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 10:56:13 AM
I'll show up. And kidnap B & take her to the real Canada.

You couldn't handle the real Canada when you were there. :alberta:


oooh Burn.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:01:03 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:30:53 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 11:21:22 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:16:57 AM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 11:15:09 AM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 11:03:08 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 11:02:01 AM
Hey! I can handle my mom, I can handle you.
That's... a very disturbing sentence.

well, this is going to be an interesting weekend. do I have another floor surfer now?

saskganesh's toronto hostel for internet indigents

Do you own Cats?

not as such. no.

Then you do.

no I don't. there's two animals at work who I take care of, but they don't live with me.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on April 03, 2009, 12:01:50 PM
You don't "own" cats anyway. They own you.

PS I'm thinking of maybe trying to get to TO this summer too. I'll need a good seatsale. But if it's do-able I will.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Josephus on April 03, 2009, 12:02:33 PM
I just went on Air Canada's website.

A direct flight, Vancouver to Toronto is 4 h.30 mins

A direct flight, Vancouver to Heathrow is 9 h10

I'm no lawyer, granted, and not as well educated, but just under 5 hours is more than "a bit". And Toronto has better food than London.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Neil on April 03, 2009, 12:03:40 PM
Quote from: Malthus on April 03, 2009, 10:28:51 AM
I think you are reading it wrong. London-Vancouver is much further, of course.
Possibly.  I'm hard at work.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:05:18 PM
buddha: fair enough. when I am at work, the little stinkers pwn me.

and despite flying times to London, the Moon, and North Vancouver, Toronto remains easier to get to than Regina.

so, come out for this weekend. all the cool kids are doing it!
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Josephus on April 03, 2009, 12:08:55 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:05:18 PM
buddha: fair enough. when I am at work, the little stinkers pwn me.

and despite flying times to London, the Moon, and North Vancouver, Toronto remains easier to get to than Regina.

so, come out for this weekend. all the cool kids are doing it!

Although Regina is a lot more fun to say than Toronto, after a few drinks.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 12:09:09 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:01:03 PM
no I don't. there's two animals at work who I take care of, but they don't live with me.

I was referring to this question : do I have another floor surfer now? when I said "Then you do"
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: katmai on April 03, 2009, 12:10:11 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:05:18 PM
buddha: fair enough. when I am at work, the little stinkers pwn me.

and despite flying times to London, the Moon, and North Vancouver, Toronto remains easier to get to than Regina.

so, come out for this weekend. all the cool kids are doing it!

What weekend is it?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Neil on April 03, 2009, 12:10:22 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 12:09:09 PM
I was referring to this question : do I have another floor surfer now? when I said "Then you do"
Crop your quotes, emo guy.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: katmai on April 03, 2009, 12:10:43 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 12:09:09 PM


I was referring to this question : do I have another floor surfer now? when I said "Then you do"

crop yer fricking quotes francis.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 12:12:11 PM
Quote from: Josephus on April 03, 2009, 12:02:33 PM
I just went on Air Canada's website.

A direct flight, Vancouver to Toronto is 4 h.30 mins

A direct flight, Vancouver to Heathrow is 9 h10

I'm no lawyer, granted, and not as well educated, but just under 5 hours is more than "a bit". And Toronto has better food than London.

I am going by experience.  It usually takes me from between 5-6 hours to fly to Toronto and 9 to London.  Three to Four more hours is not that big a deal for me, especially since London gives me cheap access to the rest of Europe.  Toronto gets me access to Detriot. :P
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on April 03, 2009, 12:15:01 PM
Quote
Possibly.  I'm hard at work.

TMI
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:23:26 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 12:09:09 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:01:03 PM
no I don't. there's two animals at work who I take care of, but they don't live with me.

I was referring to this question : do I have another floor surfer now? when I said "Then you do"
damn cat haters.

I have offered brazen, you, buddha and soon katmai. all will decline because of crowding and I am off the hook. or everyone will accept and we'll all wind up chainsmoking on metaphetamines and forgetting about sleeping logistics.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:24:09 PM
Quote from: katmai on April 03, 2009, 12:10:11 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:05:18 PM
buddha: fair enough. when I am at work, the little stinkers pwn me.

and despite flying times to London, the Moon, and North Vancouver, Toronto remains easier to get to than Regina.

so, come out for this weekend. all the cool kids are doing it!

What weekend is it?

July 17ish I believe. depends on Brazen's flights and stuff.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 12:24:43 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:23:26 PM
damn cat haters.

I have offered brazan, you, buddha and soon katmai. all will decline because of crowding and I am off the hook. or everyone will accept and we'll all wind up chainsmoking on metaphetamines and forgetting about sleeping logistics.

Cats deserve the treatment Goats/Sheep are getting in the Galapagos.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: katmai on April 03, 2009, 12:26:45 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:24:09 PM


July 17ish I believe. depends on Brazen's flights and stuff.

Ah, as i'll have just gotten back from two weeks in So Cal, can't make it back to TO.

Have fun and hopefully Malthus doesn't puss out on another meet.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:28:14 PM
fine. I'll just draft Norgy to replace you.  ;)
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on April 03, 2009, 12:28:27 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 12:24:43 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:23:26 PM
damn cat haters.

I have offered brazan, you, buddha and soon katmai. all will decline because of crowding and I am off the hook. or everyone will accept and we'll all wind up chainsmoking on metaphetamines and forgetting about sleeping logistics.

Cats deserve the treatment Goats/Sheep are getting in the Galapagos.

be careful what you say or you may wake up one morning on Sask's floor with KATmai sleeping on your chest.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: katmai on April 03, 2009, 12:31:27 PM
Quote from: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 12:28:14 PM
fine. I'll just draft Norgy to replace you.  ;)

I'm not so easily replaced!  :cry:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Jacob on April 03, 2009, 12:34:33 PM
Quote from: BuddhaRhubarb on April 03, 2009, 11:50:13 AMA friend of mine from the east coast came here recently and his wife forbade him to leave the hotel for fear of a gangland hit (he's a healthcare bureaucrat)... We met up at a pub well known about ten years ago for people named "Gill" getting shot all the time... now it's just a sports bar... we kept the gang sign s to a minimum though.

I was recently in a foreign city researching crime and gang violence.  Very frequently I was met with a "why are you HERE researching this topic, aren't you from Vancouver?"  :lol:

Nonetheless, it doesn't touch on the lives of ordinary citizens.  Mostly the gang people seem to kill each other, which is fine by me.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: crazy canuck on April 03, 2009, 12:37:18 PM
If I didnt hear reports in the paper that our city was violent, I would have no idea.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: garbon on April 03, 2009, 12:50:43 PM
Quote from: Josephus on April 03, 2009, 12:02:33 PM
I just went on Air Canada's website.

A direct flight, Vancouver to Toronto is 4 h.30 mins

A direct flight, Vancouver to Heathrow is 9 h10

I'm no lawyer, granted, and not as well educated, but just under 5 hours is more than "a bit". And Toronto has better food than London.

Thanks for that. I thought I was going crazy.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: viper37 on April 03, 2009, 01:20:15 PM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:26:56 AM
The party's in Wingham ONT, but I think my second cousins are nearer Toronto. Well, an hour and a half away, which is "near" in Canuck terms.
Oh, cool it's only 1087km from home!  Almost next door.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 01:24:18 PM
Quote from: viper37 on April 03, 2009, 01:20:15 PM
Quote from: Brazen on April 03, 2009, 09:26:56 AM
The party's in Wingham ONT, but I think my second cousins are nearer Toronto. Well, an hour and a half away, which is "near" in Canuck terms.
Oh, cool it's only 1087km from home!  Almost next door.

Train it? Ou on le co-voiture?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: viper37 on April 03, 2009, 01:31:05 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 01:24:18 PM
Oh, cool it's only 1087km from home!  Almost next door.

Train it? Ou on le co-voiture?

train is 275$ each, up to Toronto.  Although I can take the train from here, it seems this Wingham is such a remote place that there's no railroad there :P

Nah, probably can't go anyway.  July is usually busy.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on April 03, 2009, 01:36:24 PM
that's fine. the rest of us are meeting in Toronto anyway.
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: saskganesh on June 18, 2009, 12:55:16 PM
*Bump* for Brazen

still flying in July 17th?
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Admiral Yi on June 18, 2009, 03:50:14 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 01:24:18 PM
Ou on le co-voiture?
WTF ca veut dire? :huh:
Title: Re: Canadians, to me!
Post by: Grey Fox on June 18, 2009, 04:03:07 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on June 18, 2009, 03:50:14 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on April 03, 2009, 01:24:18 PM
Ou on le co-voiture?
WTF ca veut dire? :huh:

Co-Driving