you know you're Canadian when....

[Reef Supplies]

...you take your first step outside at 8AM, its below 7 degrees and the first thing that comes to mind is "it's going to be a warm day"

[Delphinus]

LOL, true dat.

I'll take 7 over what we have here this morning!!!! And the worst is, at -20, it's not the coldest it has been in the last few weeks. AND, I hear the amount of snow we've had so far surpasses the record set 112 years ago. *sigh* gonna be a long winter. (Although on the upside, long winters for me means "nicer reef tanks" because they get way more attention..)

[saltcreep]

...you take your first step outside at 8AM, its below 7 degrees and the first thing that comes to mind is "it's going to be a warm day"

Unless you're from the Wet Coast where the mere thought of freezing temperatures invokes terror in all human inhabitants.

[Reef Supplies]

we just finished 4-5 days of -20 not factoring in the wind chill. This is T-shirt weather lol

[Borderjumper]

Unless you're from the Wet Coast where the mere thought of freezing temperatures invokes terror in all human inhabitants.


Why yes! here in Victoria we don't like frost on our palm trees!

[jorjef]

You're all a bunch of fancies. I don't zip up my jacket until -30.

[spit.fire]

Why yes! here in Victoria we don't like frost on our palm trees!

Gotta use the remote start too if it's below 2 degrees

[matt_C]

my favorite is when there's a blizzard out, -35 temp and the tim horton drive-thru is packed!

[Treebeard]

It's been very cold here too. It hit -30 and I had to put on a hoodie to go out and BBQ my steaks! Brrr! Not to mention the hassle it was shovelling the white stuff off the a Weber.

[Sebae again]

You know you are Canadian when ..... you go across the line and the American border guard calls Canadians '' cheese heads ''. What's wrong with bringing back 6 lbs of cheese each time ?

[Skimmer Juice]

when you're happy gas is $1.05

[Dearth]

Block heaters and dragging the extension cord on the road because you forgot to unplug.

I think the lower mainland is the only place in Canada where block heaters are not used and few know what a block heater is

[spit.fire]

when you're happy gas is $1.05

Phhhh ya right like it'll ever go that low

[craigwmiller]

I paid 0.99 today :D

[spit.fire]

I paid 0.99 today :D

Lowest I've seen it out here in a long time was 111.9

[Reef Supplies]

LOL at cheese heads!

[Dearth]

Before Costco put their pumps in this fall PG was amoung the highest places in BC to buy gas at 134.9 within 3 days of Costco pumps opening gas in PG dropped to 112.9 a drop of 22cents right now Costco is 112.9 most of the rest of PG is 118.9

[Reef Pilot]

"What do you pay for your hydro?"

Still remember when we had some American friends over, and they didn't know what "hydro" meant...

[Magickiwi]

"What do you pay for your hydro?"

Still remember when we had some American friends over, and they didn't know what "hydro" meant...

In the rest of Canada we say "electricity".

[TimT]

You know your Canadian when you know heated car seats are not just for people with back pain.

[Reef Pilot]

When you see people walking with umbrellas when it snows.

[Magickiwi]

You know your Canadian when you know heated car seats are not just for people with back pain.

Second best feature for cars ever... (Remote start being #1 in my book)

[Proteus]

Slush machines are still going strong at -20

[spit.fire]

you know you're in the lower mainland when even the plow trucks are crashing and theres only 2" of snow

[Proteus]

It's funny that the plows are out for only 2"

[sphelps]

http://www.flubu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Meanwhile_in_Canada.jpg

[Dearth]

Did this one this afternoon 5 of us standing outside talking 3 guys 2 women nobody wearing a jacket full on snowstorm -6 and we all were warm

[Dearth]

Double post

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

You know you're a Canadian when you can build an igloo on your front lawn that fits a family of four in Lotus Land North (i.e. Metro Vancouver/Burnaby).:wink:

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh524/SHFanatic/1989_zpsea22136e.jpg

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh524/SHFanatic/1968_zps49f26a2e.jpg

[spit.fire]

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh524/SHFanatic/1989_zpsea22136e.jpg

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh524/SHFanatic/1968_zps49f26a2e.jpg
i think someone has too much time on their hands


ps: are you comin out for boxing day?

[yellowworld]

its been so nice here!! i leave back to work on monday and i know I'm walking into the weather i left a week back…-58 over night and -67 with the windchill

I work nights:sad:

[Reef Supplies]

its been so nice here!! i leave back to work on monday and i know I'm walking into the weather i left a week back…-58 over night and -67 with the windchill

I work nights:sad:

Holy s**t! Now that IS cold!

[Dearth]

its been so nice here!! i leave back to work on monday and i know I'm walking into the weather i left a week back…-58 over night and -67 with the windchill

I work nights:sad:

Reminds me of a story of when my Grandpa was stationed at Alert in the mid '70's middle of winter and he said it was so cold that any metal you grabbed virtually shattered due to the extreme cold -50 daytime high equipment that was left outside would break when moved vehicles would literally fall apart from the bumpy roads and the polar bears

[yellowworld]

Reminds me of a story of when my Grandpa was stationed at Alert in the mid '70's middle of winter and he said it was so cold that any metal you grabbed virtually shattered due to the extreme cold -50 daytime high equipment that was left outside would break when moved vehicles would literally fall apart from the bumpy roads and the polar bears

hahaha sounds about right!! all our pipe racks are in heated sea cans or as soon as the connections lock up they would crack or shatter, nothing gets shut down or its not going to start again, so far we have had 3 hydraulic rams on the grader that keeps the road from camp to the rig looking pretty just sheer off when he's hit a chunk on ice on the side of the road haha everyday is an adventure haha