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DJ88
06-28-2002, 02:39 AM
Was it as bad as you figured? ;)

StirCrazy
06-28-2002, 02:52 AM
Ahhh good old Sask, I spent a summer there working on a farm.. watched the dog run away from home for 3 days :D :D

Steve

EmilyB
06-28-2002, 03:06 AM
Hmmmm...

Let me just say, what I had imagined, wasn't so bad. It was what I didn't imagine that was harsh.

I'll never take a sleepeye or whatever those stupid flights are called again. I threw my luggage in a grey car after talking to the rental agency - they said they were sending a GREY car.

Grampa Farmer did say he would drive me anywhere if I would pay....after his grandson walked up... :rolleyes:

My only regret is missing the closeout sale at the one and only petshop I saw. I can't imagine how my dogs could have scored from that...

They built this HUGE liquor store in North Battleford - damn, why didn't I get a PIC of that ? Anyway, it looked like a cathedral....but no beer coolers. All warm beers. Can you imagine ? :D

EmilyB
06-28-2002, 03:13 AM
I might have the odd landfill story....

Like the woman who arrived there with a list to build a garage, and wanted the scrap lumber cut to fit...

Or the neat birdhouses a guy there makes from the scrap lumber (that wasn't given to the garage builders...)

ah...yeah..I guess all cool, albeit in a different way smile.gif

DJ88
06-28-2002, 03:18 AM
lol.. a garage out of scrap lumber? ok..

well as long as you had fun.. and have good memories.. if they are interesting so much the better. :D

EmilyB
06-28-2002, 03:30 AM
Originally posted by DJ88:
lol.. a garage out of scrap lumber? ok..

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Darren, this is the land of the First Nations....they throw away the houses the white man builds...then they build more beautiful structures from the landfill.......

:D

Troy F
06-28-2002, 07:12 PM
Isn't there significant irony in someone from Alberta making fun of Saskatchewan? :confused: It's like someone in Moose Jaw making fun of the size of mosquitoes in Winnepeg. I mean if they are both capable of carrying off small children and pets what difference does it make? smile.gif

AJ_77
06-28-2002, 10:49 PM
It only follows - the father "left" you go on the map, the greater the sense of self-importance. This is how B.C. becomes superior to us all.

:D

EmilyB
06-29-2002, 01:32 AM
AJ - lol

You're absolutely right Troy, separation should begin at the BC border !!

My husband, who grew up in Terrace, couldn't agree more.... :D

[ 28 June 2002, 21:33: Message edited by: EmilyB ]

Troy F
06-29-2002, 03:08 AM
It only follows - the further "left" you go on the map, the greater the sense of self-importance. This is how B.C. becomes superior to us all.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah except someone allowed some inferior politicians to run our economy into the ground and we're a little overcrowded. People east of BC don't actually think that BCians feel superior do they? It's not like we're from Toronto smile.gif . Just about everyone in BC is originally from the pairies. Maybe we think we're a little wiser for getting away from wind and the winter but certainly not superior :D . (BTW it's raining but my 80 pound lab doesn't have to be tied down so the mosquitoes don't fly off with her)

Truth be told, I love the prairies, I was born in Saskatoon. Half my family live in Saskatchewan and Alberta. If I could find work out there I'd move to a small town in Saskatchewan and watch the clouds in the Summer and play hockey outside in the Winter (maybe I should just put Lisa to work, early retirement suits me). Of course I also love all the different regions in B.C., Wyoming, Montanna and the Dakotas are beautiful and there are some places in the foot hills west of Calgary that are pretty nice too. There is even beauty in the badlands. I'm a bit of a whore I guess.

EmilyB
06-29-2002, 03:15 AM
Troy, you obviously have not visited in a while. I can't remember my last mosquito bite ??? Well, it has been pretty dry for a FEW years....plus, Calgary erradicates those...

I'm sure you could get into the politician thing with hubby, he does that on a Friday nite if I mention BC.. tongue.gif

Doug
06-29-2002, 09:42 AM
Hey easy on us out here in the flatlands. :D Troy, move here to Clear Lake. Its beautiful. We can early retire together and compare reef notes. :D

stephane
06-29-2002, 12:45 PM
Sorry I realy dont get a word of this! Waht is Sask Emily? pardon my ingnorance :(

Quebec is so far and I have heard so much about province batle here the only ting it came in my mind when I heard the word separation is http://canflag.ptbcanadian.com/images/animated/waving/canadaa.gif :D :D

[ 29 June 2002, 08:47: Message edited by: stephane ]

Troy F
06-29-2002, 01:42 PM
Thanks for the offer Doug smile.gif , I'll tell you, if things don't pick up for me at work I may be "retiring" sooner than I want.

Emily, I was in Saskatchewan last summer and there were very few skeeters. Hopefully they have more skeeters again soon because without a little moisture it sure is gonna be tough to grow any crops.