Well did you know:

The TransAlta Stage is the largest outdoor production facility of its kind anywhere in the world. The cost of the project was in excess of $6 million.

During the Stampede, approximately 1,844,286 Mini Donuts are consumed.

Caravan Committee Stampede Breakfasts consume more that five tons of pancake batter, two tons of bacon and sausage, 5,000 bottles of pancake syrup and 85,000 containers of juice.

Harry the Horse Mascot makes 75 appearances during the 10 days of Stampede and wears size 38.5 shoes.

The Calgary Stampede is Canada's largest annual event.

In October 2005, the rodeo prize money was increased to $1.6 million with $1 million of that being paid out on Final Showdown Sunday.

In 2005, attendance for the 10-day event was 1,242,928.

The Stampede Casino needs nearly six tons of coins to open and operate.

Calgary's economic benefit from the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede is $300 million annually.

Some of these facts really gross me out!

Steve

:rolleyes:

Uh. This thread was about our snowy climate compared to the opposite out there.

Not about Alberta chest thumping.:lol:

It's Gods country.. we can't help but draw attention to ourselves ;)

i apoligize i go off topic pretty easily.

I can honestly say i do not miss the snow one bit!

Steve

Hey doug..Alberta chest thumping is good. Calgary only wishes to be as good as Edmonton....thats why they keep talking about us cause they wanna be like us too ....

sorry guys had to put that in there.

calgary aint that bad

george

Steve, its the lounge, there is not topic to go off of! :)

:smile: Thats ok. Just giving you the gears.

Sure, there,s my topic in the thread title. :razz:

I wish this pic was taken in Edmonton.
 

Doug, I'm glad that this got dropped on you instead of us. :)

If you need to have a bunch of it sent our way............ Please feel free to send it to Edmallton. :)

*thump, thump, thump*

J/K

Well while you Alberians are busy thumping your chests I wish some of that snow would drift over you and dump on us. I bought a new sled this fall (Polaris 700) and have only been able to ride it like 3 times 'cause we have barely any snow! I want some!!!!!!!:twised: