Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
Jan 25th 2010, 12:50 am
#106
Slob
Joined: Sep 2009
Location: Ottineau
Posts: 6,342
Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
The tangled planks issue has been resolved to a large extent by getting shorter poles. My original ones were ear-height and I spent more time trying to control them than anything else. Using shoulder-height ones has made a huge difference. She won't admit it but she cocked up. I'm learning classic skiing; she got me poles for skating. I'm nowhere near ready for skating.
Jan 26th 2010, 4:00 am
#108
Joined: Mar 2008
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Posts: 6,842
Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
Become a workaholic 
Jan 26th 2010, 6:20 am
#110
YAY! Here and Loving it!
Joined: Apr 2008
Location: Toronto, ON (Formerly Wales)
Posts: 83
Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
Owned a people carrier!!
Got snow tires
Driven an automatic car
Been skiing just for the afternoon!
Owned skis
Lived in an apartment
Had a Canadian boyfriend! LOL!
OOh could go on for hours here.....!!!
Got snow tires
Driven an automatic car
Been skiing just for the afternoon!
Owned skis
Lived in an apartment
Had a Canadian boyfriend! LOL!
OOh could go on for hours here.....!!!
Jan 26th 2010, 6:39 am
#111
Just Joined
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 21
Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
Agree! I've driven in the UK and in Italy, so I am familiar with two different sets of roundabout rules but I've still seen some very strange roundabout navigation in Vancouver - what is the actual, real, genuine roundabout rule here?!
Jan 26th 2010, 6:54 am
#112
Just Joined
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 21
Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
...saw stars when I was thumped on the forehead by a boat cooker in the middle of English Bay (while trying to light a gas ring in order to boil water for coffee)
...felt proud and all capable that I didn't actually throw up while making aforementioned coffee
...but found myself way too seasick to drink the third of a cup of coffee that was still in our mugs after I staggered back up the stairs, slopping it all the way
...wondered why my husband had a quilty look on his face.
He later admitted that as soon as I'd disappeared down below, he had started to 'race' another boat. Hence the problems while I was down in the kitchen!
...felt proud and all capable that I didn't actually throw up while making aforementioned coffee
...but found myself way too seasick to drink the third of a cup of coffee that was still in our mugs after I staggered back up the stairs, slopping it all the way
...wondered why my husband had a quilty look on his face.
He later admitted that as soon as I'd disappeared down below, he had started to 'race' another boat. Hence the problems while I was down in the kitchen!
Jan 26th 2010, 9:28 am
#113
half a century
Joined: Mar 2008
Location: Sarf Lundun to East Van :)
Posts: 10,222
Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
...saw stars when I was thumped on the forehead by a boat cooker in the middle of English Bay (while trying to light a gas ring in order to boil water for coffee)
...felt proud and all capable that I didn't actually throw up while making aforementioned coffee
...but found myself way too seasick to drink the third of a cup of coffee that was still in our mugs after I staggered back up the stairs, slopping it all the way
...wondered why my husband had a quilty look on his face.
He later admitted that as soon as I'd disappeared down below, he had started to 'race' another boat. Hence the problems while I was down in the kitchen!
...felt proud and all capable that I didn't actually throw up while making aforementioned coffee
...but found myself way too seasick to drink the third of a cup of coffee that was still in our mugs after I staggered back up the stairs, slopping it all the way
...wondered why my husband had a quilty look on his face.
He later admitted that as soon as I'd disappeared down below, he had started to 'race' another boat. Hence the problems while I was down in the kitchen!
oooh the bugger!!
Jan 27th 2010, 3:52 am
#114
happy daisy
Joined: Oct 2009
Location: French Alps
Posts: 690
Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
skated on a frozen lake and the little river (Bowness Park) while on our recce trip - something I've wanted to do my whole life 
Jan 27th 2010, 4:13 am
#118
happy daisy
Joined: Oct 2009
Location: French Alps
Posts: 690
Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
and i bought a cowboy hat. now that is not something i ever thought i would do 
Jan 27th 2010, 4:55 am
#119
Sawdust making harpy
Joined: Sep 2007
Location: Alberta
Posts: 11,291
Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
Rode a tenessee walker in a poker rally, in full western garb, with real cowboys.
Shot a gopher
Go on a deer hunt
Learned (loose term!) to shoot a compound bow
Kept cows
Used a quad daily
Nearly crashed a snowmobile
Go fishing on the Montana border
Hauled bales of hay all day then drank all night (ok the drinking may have occured once or twice in the UK)
Wore Carrharts
Skated on a frozen pond
Tubed down a river
spent time at a lakeside cabin
Seen a moose wandering from my backyard
Had deerheads hanging from the wall
Been to a rodeo
Tried barrel racing
Hauled water at minus 35 twice a day
Met my soulmate
Need me to go on I love it here
Shot a gopher
Go on a deer hunt
Learned (loose term!) to shoot a compound bow
Kept cows
Used a quad daily
Nearly crashed a snowmobile
Go fishing on the Montana border
Hauled bales of hay all day then drank all night (ok the drinking may have occured once or twice in the UK)
Wore Carrharts
Skated on a frozen pond
Tubed down a river
spent time at a lakeside cabin
Seen a moose wandering from my backyard
Had deerheads hanging from the wall
Been to a rodeo
Tried barrel racing
Hauled water at minus 35 twice a day
Met my soulmate
Need me to go on
I love it here
Jan 27th 2010, 5:00 am
#120
Assimilated Pauper
Joined: Mar 2005
Location: Ontario
Posts: 40,023
Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
Used an emoticon.
