Calgary Experiences Pls
Oct 8th 2012, 4:13 am
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Re: Calgary Experiences Pls
Regular posters should be aware that Steve_ hasn't developed the psychological condition that most people who live here seem to suffer from where they manage to con themselves into thinking it isn't as cold as it actually is.
I've lost count of the number of times I've encountered that phenomenon. It appears to be a coping mechanism a lot of people here develop.
Shall we share stories?
So one day I was driving down 22X, I think in March and the temperature dropped from 9C to -2C in about a minute and there was a loud BANG and a crack appeared across the windshield of my car. Caused by the rapid change in temperature, apparently it happens all the time according to the place I went to to have it replaced.
Or driving along and the drink in the centre console turns into a slushy.
Or going to collect the mail and it's so cold I can feel the inside of my lungs.
I've lost count of the number of times I've encountered that phenomenon. It appears to be a coping mechanism a lot of people here develop.
Shall we share stories?
So one day I was driving down 22X, I think in March and the temperature dropped from 9C to -2C in about a minute and there was a loud BANG and a crack appeared across the windshield of my car. Caused by the rapid change in temperature, apparently it happens all the time according to the place I went to to have it replaced.
Or driving along and the drink in the centre console turns into a slushy.
Or going to collect the mail and it's so cold I can feel the inside of my lungs.
Oh yes and I had to "embrace" an equipment cabinet which had just been brought in from standing outside in -20 once and that led to my hand freezing to said cabinet.
This is another thing I hear, "embrace" winter. Yes, I remember thinking that to myself once when I was downtown and stepped out into the street, my foot went through a sheet of ice and my shoe filled up with freezing water. Embracing winter I was.
This is another thing I hear, "embrace" winter. Yes, I remember thinking that to myself once when I was downtown and stepped out into the street, my foot went through a sheet of ice and my shoe filled up with freezing water. Embracing winter I was.
I suggest you attend Banff or Lake Louise in winter to see how many visitors there are.
I am confident that you will agree that there are a number of ways of ensuring that one's hands do not freeze to items picked up in freezing temperatures: the wearing of gloves is the best one
As my training corporal during basic training used to repeat: "Any fool can be cold, wet and hungry; it takes skill to be warm, dry and fed"
Oct 23rd 2012, 5:10 am
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Re: Calgary Experiences Pls
HI
So apart from the cold weather and other stuff, which jobs are in demand at Calgary ?
So apart from the cold weather and other stuff, which jobs are in demand at Calgary ?
Oct 23rd 2012, 5:18 am
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Oct 23rd 2012, 5:21 am
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Oct 23rd 2012, 6:23 am
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Oct 23rd 2012, 9:41 pm
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Re: Calgary Experiences Pls
SORRY, I just thought it would be more appropriate to use the same thread as its named CALGARY EXPERIENCES. Ill wait until almost Canadian replies an then ill add this in a new thread
Oct 24th 2012, 6:43 am
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Let's please get this thread back on track for the OP, thx.
Oct 24th 2012, 9:57 am
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Re: Calgary Experiences Pls
winter city , of course ; but always someone else to blame
good ol boys blae the asians
the more liberal ol boys blame the folks from out east
the fast drivers blame the slow drivers
the slow drivers blame the city for not clearing the roads
lemming syndrome
Oct 26th 2012, 1:57 am
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Re: Calgary Experiences Pls
I know people who've lived here all their lives who moan about it.
As my training corporal during basic training used to repeat: "Any fool can be cold, wet and hungry; it takes skill to be warm, dry and fed"
As my training corporal during basic training used to say: "Sod this, it's too cold, I'm going to the guardhouse for a cuppa."
Oct 26th 2012, 11:32 am
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Re: Calgary Experiences Pls
OK I'm going to chime in as I hated the winters in Calgary. Although I agree with a previous poster, -9 in Calgary is better than +3 in the UK.
Most Canadians deal with it as they don't know any different and for immigrants so many other boxes have been ticked that the weather isn't a big deal.
Visiting in the winter will give you an idea but until you live through a winter with a commute and other aspects of daily life, you won't really know if the weather will wear you down or just be part of life.
Most Canadians deal with it as they don't know any different and for immigrants so many other boxes have been ticked that the weather isn't a big deal.
Visiting in the winter will give you an idea but until you live through a winter with a commute and other aspects of daily life, you won't really know if the weather will wear you down or just be part of life.
Oct 26th 2012, 11:34 am
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Re: Calgary Experiences Pls
Were there any GPs not from South Africa? The two I had both started off in Fort Mac and then made the move to Calgary.
