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Yeah... we grew up (not done that yet!), the highlight of the year was when the Canadian Tire Catalogue came out. One of the best things about Canadian Tire was that when you walked in the door (some stores anyway) you actually got that "new tire" smell. They've sort of gone soft in recent years selling furniture, appliances, homestyle stuff and even food. Back in the say if you wanted food in a Canadian Tire, they might have a Coke machine, but you had to go outside to a chip wagon - there was usually one not far away.
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It is an addiction for sure-eh ?
Actually Canadian Tire is also addictive
BIG AL
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I don't know how I would survive in hose white places! Can't understand why there are still people actually living there, for that matter, why they even went there in the first place. It is raining here today, finally,(So Cal), but not enought to make puddles yet; first time since December really. Temps dropped into the 60s, maybe dip into the 50s tonight. The absolute worst thing about my new place is water's so expensive, the second highest cost district in the state. I'm on 25 acres of dirt and rocks, some cactus, no lawn; I do have a 2 gallon tub near the porch for the Coyotes and Road runners,(alternately). both neighbors had to drill 350 feet plus, to get their water. Me so "lucky" to have piped-in county water, Quote for a turn-key well was 25,000 with no guarantee of hitting water. Either way, can't afford to take a shower. Still......gotta be so much better than sub zero snow..........
Love the Lucas pun!!!
I'd rather freeze to death than die of thirst. Frost-bite isn't all that painfull (though the thawing process is antoher matter) - as a kid I had the top half my ears freeze solid as a pork chop from the deep-freeze.
We've got water... lots of it. Lying around in piles at the moment. Can't seem to get rid of the stuff. The climate up here is sometimes described as "6 months of winter and 6 months of lousy skating."
Seriously, real winter only lasts from about December through March in most of Canada and it isn't always desparately cold and snow bound. Just last week, a couple of girls from Toronto were skating on the canal here in Ottawa, went out of bounds and broke through the ice. And we do get other seasons like spring, fall and glorious summer. So most of the year is Mini season, which is what really matters.
Just for a teaser, have a look at my sailing club https://www.ldsc.ca/
It is located on the Ottawa River in the City of Ottawa. The river broadens out into several large lakes. Lac Seschenes (french for Lake of Oaks) is about 22 miles long, anoyt 1.5 miles wide in places and somewhere over 200 feet deep at one location. Most of that water is drinkable - if you get a mouthful while swimming it won't hurt you. The City takes the drinking water from it, filters it, adds a bit of chlorine and aerates it before piping it to somewhere around a million people. Average cost per household somewhere around $750/year which includes sewer costs and the infrastructure costs for both. The waree itself is cheap.
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I don't know how I would survive in hose white places! Can't understand why there are still people actually living there, for that matter, why they even went there in the first place. It is raining here today, finally,(So Cal), but not enought to make puddles yet; first time since December really. Temps dropped into the 60s, maybe dip into the 50s tonight. The absolute worst thing about my new place is water's so expensive, the second highest cost district in the state. I'm on 25 acres of dirt and rocks, some cactus, no lawn; I do have a 2 gallon tub near the porch for the Coyotes and Road runners,(alternately). both neighbors had to drill 350 feet plus, to get their water. Me so "lucky" to have piped-in county water, Quote for a turn-key well was 25,000 with no guarantee of hitting water. Either way, can't afford to take a shower. Still......gotta be so much better than sub zero snow..........
Love the Lucas pun!!!
I don't live in the great white north...I'm near NC/KY/TN,WV...
The jetstream dropped down and let all this white stuff and sub temps in...
It happens sometimes... Not the normal....
See I don't know what I would do if I had to pay for my water !!!
I have livestock and they drink a lot of water ...
My whole farm has spring water ..
I'm just very happy that it's the end of Feb and not the first of Nov LOL...
We have had worse winters here... 132" of snow for a season...
But my land doesn't shake, don't get many droughts, Summers are under 100*f
We live at 3500'+ above sea level.... In some of the oldest mountain ranges ...
View off the front porch/driveway ..
Life is what you make of it~If it don't fit make alterations...
It's a poor craftsman,that blames his tools
TISE
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We're literally NA's breadbasket.....so we need to be here.(blah) Summer is as warm here in SK, CA as it is in the US
"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May
"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge
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I don't know how I would survive in hose white places! Can't understand why there are still people actually living there, for that matter, why they even went there in the first place. It is raining here today, finally,(So Cal), but not enought to make puddles yet; first time since December really. Temps dropped into the 60s, maybe dip into the 50s tonight. The absolute worst thing about my new place is water's so expensive, the second highest cost district in the state. I'm on 25 acres of dirt and rocks, some cactus, no lawn; I do have a 2 gallon tub near the porch for the Coyotes and Road runners,(alternately). both neighbors had to drill 350 feet plus, to get their water. Me so "lucky" to have piped-in county water, Quote for a turn-key well was 25,000 with no guarantee of hitting water. Either way, can't afford to take a shower. Still......gotta be so much better than sub zero snow..........
Love the Lucas pun!!!
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We had 30" of snow in 5 days...
I have had enough.....
Carry on...
Life is what you make of it~If it don't fit make alterations...
It's a poor craftsman,that blames his tools
TISE
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Snowblowed 15cm on Friday after work. Snowblowed another 15cm again this morning. Temp topped out @ about 2*C....warmest in about a month.
It has been -20>-28*C for the past month and we keep getting walloped with snow over and over and over.
Granted, it's not -36*C either, so it's one evil over another, LOL !
~ 30 minutes in a Mini is more therapeutic than 3 sessions @ the shrink. ~
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Presently -36 and no wind....good grief. (-33F)
I'll take more snow over this
Was hoping to tinker on a mnii today....not
"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May
"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge
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Pretty much describes NB..... !
~ 30 minutes in a Mini is more therapeutic than 3 sessions @ the shrink. ~
Mike NB, Canada
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What's not to understand????????? Looks normal to me.
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My closest Princess Auto is just a hop from KMS Tools and the Greyhound depot (for parts shipped from Vancouver Island) in Port Coquitlam...always hit both Princess & KMS when I go that way as they tend to be complimentary stores.
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Got down to 65f in the shop today had to put the heater on and wear sweat shirt.................who wants to pick up cold spanners??
Cold spanners....I take it you have a Lucas Spanner Warmer rack?
I didn't know Lucas made refridgerators :-)
33 degrees this am here in Florida
Lucas also make vacume cleaners..............It's the only thing they make that doesn't suck...........Boom Boom......
Unlike our really bad puns which do............. (Rimshot please maestro!).
If it's not Scottish....it's crap! (Cry of the Mini Tartan Owners' Clan)
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Got down to 65f in the shop today had to put the heater on and wear sweat shirt.................who wants to pick up cold spanners??
Cold spanners....I take it you have a Lucas Spanner Warmer rack?
I didn't know Lucas made refridgerators :-)
33 degrees this am here in Florida
Lucas also make vacume cleaners..............It's the only thing they make that doesn't suck...........Boom Boom......
Mini's are like buses they come along in a bunch
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Maybe a bit OT but...
Based out of San Francisco, I just picked up "West" Canada for my sales territory this week only to find that it is Manitoba and West..to Pacific. I'm used to BC but my team freaked a bit about heading from San Francisco to Winnipeg in the next couple of weeks since current temps are -14C. So, Anyone in CA do any business with Canadian company called Princess Auto?? I also now will spend a lot of time in BC/Vancouver whis is great since I may be able to preview the MMWest site at Abbotsford. I'll be there for sure..
We have a store here in Ottawa, on the far side of the province east of Manitoba, so technically I'm out of your zone. But Princess is based in Western Canada. The Ottawa store is at the opposed side of the city from me, so I don't get there much. Which is a good thing or I might go broke.
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Got down to 65f in the shop today had to put the heater on and wear sweat shirt.................who wants to pick up cold spanners??
Cold spanners....I take it you have a Lucas Spanner Warmer rack?
I didn't know Lucas made refridgerators :-)
33 degrees this am here in Florida
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make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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Got down to 65f in the shop today had to put the heater on and wear sweat shirt.................who wants to pick up cold spanners??
Cold spanners....I take it you have a Lucas Spanner Warmer rack?
If it's not Scottish....it's crap! (Cry of the Mini Tartan Owners' Clan)
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It was once again -7*f here in VA...
I'm so ready for spring....
Life is what you make of it~If it don't fit make alterations...
It's a poor craftsman,that blames his tools
TISE
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Got down to 65f in the shop today had to put the heater on and wear sweat shirt.................who wants to pick up cold spanners??
OK Paul, I was being nice for our cold friends up North. But, yes, I'm wearing shorts in SF East Bay this week and actually mowed the yard this weekend. Sucks to be cold.