27-02-2002 12:57									#91
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quote: Originally posted by Kaak Kaak too? (but you don't have to worry, i assure you i'll find somewhere else to stay )

Hmm...yeah, sure, why not.
You just have to always walk infront of me.

	27-02-2002 13:00									#92
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quote: Originally posted by Asher If anybody comes up here on vacation I'll be more than happy to give them a tour of the local Rockies. That even includes you, Horsie.

Thanks I've always wanted to see a doctored country.

Now I know what's wrong - this time of year Canada is one giant white out.

	27-02-2002 13:12									#93
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quote: Originally posted by Asher It's Moraine Lake.

Hey, I was right on my first guess.

Is there hotel now at Moraine Lake? Haven't been back for about 15 years.

	27-02-2002 13:13									#94
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quote: Originally posted by Tingkai Hey, I was right on my first guess. Is there hotel now at Moraine Lake? Haven't been back for about 15 years.

Nope.
There's a really cool trail built all around it, and they let you take paddleboats and rowboats out on it too.

	27-02-2002 13:19									#95
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quote: Originally posted by Asher There's a really cool trail built all around it, and they let you take paddleboats and rowboats out on it too.

On the 2 days a year when its sunny and not howling a gail or lashed by blizzards

	27-02-2002 13:19									#96
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I was born and lived much of life in Salmon Arm, BC on the shore of the Shushwap. The Indian problem I was refering to was not the roadblocks, but the crime, particularly breakins and vandalism. We lived right next to the Little Shushwap Indian Band reserve.

I have lived in Vancouver for only 1 year, in a dingy appartment on Commercial Drive.

I have lived in Ontario for 8 years.

I have only been to Quebec (Montreal and Quebec City) and the Maritimes (PEI, Nova Scotia) once.

My sister lives in Winnipeg, and it is full of inuits.

I guess I just call 'em as I see 'em, we must move in different circles.

Toronto: A lot of pro-Toronto propaganda. The worst experiences of my life have been in Toronto. It was the first place: I ever saw panhandlers, even before the 90s, I ever saw a real junky, I ever saw streets covered in garbage with people wading through it, homeless lying on the streets. I remember last year I was in Toronto with a girl from Sudbury, we met on the Greyhound and she wanted me to walk with her around the city because she was afraid of all the blacks. And Younge Street!! A cesspool of corruption, AIDS, 'trendy' cafes for pretend communists, leather fetishists, etc. You would never see the kind of things I saw walking around in broad daylight on Young Street in Salmon Arm, I can tell you that for free. And the appartments! All the smells of people from countries without soap, atrocious conditions, young hoodlums running wild. Toronto reminds me of Robert de Niro's line from Taxi Driver about scum and filth....

Have I gone off on a rant?? Oh dear, well at any rate I hate Toronto. It was good once, about 20 years ago.

	27-02-2002 13:21									#97
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse On the 2 days a year when its sunny and not howling a gail or lashed by blizzards

Yes, gail storms are very common in landlocked provinces.

And the weather here isn't nearly that bad. Not by a longshot. You're acting like we're in the frozen tundra or something.

	27-02-2002 13:22									#98
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If anyone ever visits Asher, get him to take ya to Lake O'hara. Only about 50 people per day are allowed into the area due to the fragile environment.

The great thing about the limit is that it means you don't have to deal with the crowds.

	27-02-2002 13:25									#99
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I passed your immigration test so I guess I'll see it for myself soon

	27-02-2002 13:30									#100
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Squilax mountain on Shushwap lake.

	27-02-2002 13:32									#101
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From mein Father's deck

http://www.shuswaplake.ca/photos.htm

	27-02-2002 13:39									#102
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looks cold...

	27-02-2002 13:39									#103
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Seeker, ya fit perfectly in with the stereotype of a UWO student.

There are a lot of native Indians in Winnipeg, but most of them come from isolated reserves within the province. Quite frankly, your sister doesn't know what she is talking about. I lived in Manitoba for two years and I know for a fact that Winnipeg is not "full" of Inuits.

As for crime, I lived in Penticton for four years and as you likely know, there is a reserve right beside the town. Most of the crime was committed by whites. I know that because I was a court reporter.

But, of course I constantly heard white folks talking about how all the crime was committed by natives. And one of the more ironic anti-indian lines was a guy in a bar complaining how they're all drunks cause he sees them every day when he's drinking beer.

There is massive amounts of poverty within the reserves and a lot of crime committed by native people, but there is also a lot of poverty among the white folks and a lot of crime committed by them.

That girl from Sudbury sounds like an idiot. She sees a black person and she gets scared and thinks he's a criminal. Talk about a redneck.

If you're talking about people who don't use soap then you must be talking about Salmon Arm. I've been there and I've seen the local wildlife. The surprising thing is that you made it out of there and got into UWO. (And that is a compliment. Very few people from the Interior towns have the guts or the brains to go to university).

For those of you who don't know, Salmon Arm is a two-bit town on the Trans-Canada. Blink and you'll miss it. And sadly, Seeker is a prime example of the attitudes you'll encounter among the locals.

For those of you who are not Canadians, let me say that Seeker represents the minority. Most Canadians are tolerent and cosmopolitian.

	27-02-2002 14:09									#104
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"Salmon Arm is a two-bit town on the Trans-Canada"

Now I must take exception to this part, what about the Salmon Run? Gold Rush Days? The Biker Stomp? Harvest Fest?

We are at least a 3 or 4 bit town, much more sophisticated than the benighted denizens of Chase or Revelstoke. Squilax Craft Post is a historic site! There is a cinema, the Salmar. And fancy restaurants, the whole deal. And Costco.

	27-02-2002 14:50									#105
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quote: Originally posted by Seeker "Salmon Arm is a two-bit town on the Trans-Canada" Now I must take exception to this part, what about the Salmon Run? Gold Rush Days? The Biker Stomp? Harvest Fest? We are at least a 3 or 4 bit town, much more sophisticated than the benighted denizens of Chase or Revelstoke. Squilax Craft Post is a historic site! There is a cinema, the Salmar. And fancy restaurants, the whole deal. And Costco.

And IIRC, Salmon Arm is a well-known base for neo-Nazis, and, to be fair, the base for an Anti-Racism coalition.

	27-02-2002 14:51									#106
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well that settles it. they have a costco

	27-02-2002 15:35									#107
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All that beauty and a great sense of humour too, those Canadians!!

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	27-02-2002 15:46									#108
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My God Drekkus!
If this is not just damn "luck" or fake it is one of the meanest things to do.

They propably murdered him too

	27-02-2002 15:52									#109
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The lines are too far fetched to be 'lucky'.

Either this guy was a serious ***** in his lifetime, or he and his friends really had a great, though morbid, sense of humour. I like to think it's the latter.

	27-02-2002 20:06									#110
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I'll be able to tell you later today whether that headstone actually exists or not, since I'll be going by that cemetery anyway. That thing deserves to be a national landmark.

	27-02-2002 20:38									#111
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Seeker, inuit referrs to natives from up north. Winnipeg is full of indians. It has the highest native population of any city in Canada.

	27-02-2002 21:00									#112
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I only got 24 in that test thing



It doesn't seem like Canada is as friendly to foreigners as my country is

	27-02-2002 21:13									#113
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Yeah but it's easier to come over as a student. I don't know what the restrictions are but they aren't the same as for an economic immigrant. There were quite a few foriegn students when I went to university and I'll bet few of them would have done better at that test.

	27-02-2002 22:13									#114
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I can't say whether the colors of Asher's photos are touched up or not, but they are accurate. I moved to Calgary 6 months ago and was amazed at the great views. Like any place, you could take some shots that look ugly but for the most part, the view is amazing ( stops . . . turns to office window and gazes at the Rockies . . . ) simply beautiful.


and Asher, in summer it was bit dusty here. It hardly rained and with all the new homes being built . . .

overall my impression of Calgary is that of a growing thriving city that is becoming more metropolitan and sophisticated. Minority populations are growing fast as there are lots of jobs. Despite the boom, trafiic congestion is still manageable and the crime rate does not seem very high (product of available work). Like any city it has its homeless and strip of strung out hookers and a few less preosperous parts but those are minor compared to its good qualities ( like the bike trail system that allows one to ride to work in the downtown while having to cross zero roads)

	28-02-2002 06:16									#115
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quote: Originally posted by Flubber and Asher, in summer it was bit dusty here. It hardly rained and with all the new homes being built . . .

My neighborhood isn't under construction, so there's little to no dirt to be flying around here to make it very dusty.

Another thing is the public transportation system here. The city is relatively new, and was mostly designed around the system. Works really well for me, as I don't have a car.
Busses are almost always on time, the trains are all functioning, and the busses and trains are very well maintained.

	28-02-2002 08:55									#116
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quote: Originally posted by Asher Another thing is the public transportation system here. The city is relatively new, and was mostly designed around the system. Works really well for me, as I don't have a car. Busses are almost always on time, the trains are all functioning, and the busses and trains are very well maintained.

How often do the buses run? I was there many years ago and the buses on a main route ran every 20 minutes! Has the service improved?

	28-02-2002 08:59									#117
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quote: Originally posted by Tingkai How often do the buses run? I was there many years ago and the buses on a main route ran every 20 minutes! Has the service improved?

Depends on the route and time of day.
During rushhour in the mornings they run every 5-10 minutes or so here.

During the day it's every half an hour here. They've got the phone system set up so you can call the number, punch in your stop number, and it'll tell you when the next three busses are coming and if there's any delays. The website's also interactive like that: www.calgarytransit.com

	28-02-2002 09:11									#118
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Every half-hour? There are ferries in Hong Kong with better schedules.

One thing great about Calgary's mass transit system is its LRT system (I don't the proper name). It's kind of like an above-ground subway.

On another note, one time I was driving out of Calagary on the Trans-Canada. Ahead of me the sky was clear and sunny. The Rockies were lit up like a bright grey wall. The land about me was low rolling hills of gold. And then I looked in the rear view mirror, and a storm was coming up, turning everything dark. It was like I was riding a wave. Had the tunes going full-blast. Life was good.

	28-02-2002 09:14									#119
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quote: Originally posted by Tingkai Every half-hour? There are ferries in Hong Kong with better schedules.

The busses are like 1/10th full even when it runs every half-hour. There are hundreds of routes, if you make them run every 10 minutes the cost is enormous.

The half-hour thing is for the bus I take (route 76: Hawkwood to Brentwood/University)

quote: One thing great about Calgary's mass transit system is its LRT system (I don't the proper name). It's kind of like an above-ground subway.

The LRT is now 100% emission-free too. All wind-powered.

quote: On another note, one time I was driving out of Calagary on the Trans-Canada. Ahead of me the sky was clear and sunny. The Rockies were lit up like a bright grey wall. The land about me was low rolling hills of gold. And then I looked in the rear view mirror, and a storm was coming up, turning everything dark. It was like I was riding a wave. Had the tunes going full-blast. Life was good.

	28-02-2002 09:20									#120
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I'm getting the impression that Canada is a lot like Finland.