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Angelo 
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 Posted: February 03 2008 at 16:30 |
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Then you were way off - as you can see in my sig I was admiring Anneke van Giersbergens voice...
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ISKC Rock Radio
I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
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mystic fred
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 07:07 |
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PETER.....
if you pay for my return air fare, put me up in a 5 star hotel and the hire of a Limo I'll shovel your driveway FOR FREE !!
 HOW'S THAT FOR SERVICE? Edited by mystic fred - February 04 2008 at 07:07 |
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 07:20 |
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MF - are you sure?
This is what constitutes a 5* hotel in Peter's neck of the woods: 
And that's after it was renovated last year... Hardy lot, these Ontarians. |
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Dean
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 09:06 |
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^ I see the Hilton Ontario staff have been using photoshop to glamorise their hotel, I've managed to find an unaltered version of the same photo:
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mystic fred
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 13:55 |
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your Stretch Limo, Sir......
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 14:17 |
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I guess I should be more thankful for living in the southeast US. Here the driveway does actually shovel itself sort of. Well, when the snow happens it doesn't hang around too long. Of course we get the fun of ice storms, which you in the snowier climates don't get the joy of...
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Utah Man
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 14:24 |
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Peter...I'll help you if you will help me  these images are 5 minutes old. it has not stopped snowing for about 5 days now... All I have done is shovel... shovel... shovel... with my bear hands...  Since I'm already a "character" it hasn't improved my character...   . Edited by Utah Man - February 04 2008 at 14:29 |
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cuncuna
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Posted: February 05 2008 at 11:58 |
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I live far away from any snowy point of my country... the closest I've been to snow was this one time when it was raining. I left my aunt's house after a visit with only a sweater. Suddenly, it stars raining while I was walking to the bus stop. The air became really cold and before I realized, a "stone" hit me in the head. I don't know the name for that, but the rain became solid and there was nothing around that I could use as shelter. I just start runnig for it. Those things hit really hard. Ah... the memories of a whole neighborhood with damn too short roofs...
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¡Beware of the Bee!
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rushfan4
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Posted: February 05 2008 at 12:07 |
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FYI, the word for hard rain is "hail". It is both a blessing and a curse living in an area with 4 seasons. The snow is beautiful, but it can be a real pain to shovel, and when it is cold outside and the wind is blowing the cold can be extremely painful. Definitely a time to be glad to have a roof over one's head and a furnace to keep the house warm.
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cuncuna
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Posted: February 07 2008 at 09:55 |
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Well, then, I got "hailed" for a good 15 minutes. My aunt's house is somehow away from any bus stop, given that people who lives in that area doesn't need public transportation.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 08 2008 at 11:44 |
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Is "bear" hands a Canadian in-joke? 
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Neil
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Posted: February 08 2008 at 11:47 |
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Just don't type bear into Google!
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 07:23 |
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Could it be...?
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 07:27 |
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Ewww!
 I was just about to get some lunch... now I'm not hungry. It's the wings that are the problem for me. |
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Utah Man
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Posted: February 19 2008 at 11:57 |
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Actually, I am Papa Bear, my wife...Mama Bear. We caught Goldilocks in our home doing you know what... so we forced her to shovel all the snow off the driveway... then we ate her... MMMmmmm...yummie . |
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Peter
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 08:57 |
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 ! Poor Goldilox! Where's a heroic woodcutter when you need one?  Well, I guess that if one lacks thumbs -- and consequently the ability to grip a shovel -- having the upper extremities of a large ursid would aid immensely in the shifting of snow....
 (As for me, I clear my driveway with my BEER hands!)
We had quite the dump of snow on Sunday night & Monday -- about a foot and a half, to you backward, non-metric Yanks & Brits. Man, I was out there for hours, and with only two beer left (Monday was a new holiday here in Ontario -- "Family Day" -- so the beer stores were closed.) Did you know that shoveling snow & hauling wood without beer is just (retch) WORK???
 As it is now, my front yard is a veritable mountain. When I stand atop my snow pile (built by hand, in the ancient Egyptian manner -- though I lack the droves of slaves... send me some teen-aged metalhead striplings from the VR. I'll whip 'em into line!), I can almost reach the overhead power lines! Quite the view from up there, but the lack of oxygen soon forces me down to more human-friendly altitudes....
I simply cannot get the snow up there anymore -- the hill is too steep & lofty -- so now all snow from the drive has to be shifted to the back yard! I've had enough!
On top of that, we've had about three-four weeks of very cold temperatures (-20 to -30C), and my woodpile is in imminent danger of disappearing. I need a break soon!
On the plus side, though, apparently all of this unseasonable extreme cold has been good for Arctic ice conditions -- the sea ice has been coming back where it should, houses in the far north are not falling into melting permafrost, and the polar bears will be able to reach the seals via the ice. (Heck, they may soon just stroll down and reach me -- might be a good place for you to pick up a date, Utah!
 Well, that's all I can BEAR to write now -- I'm off to walk to work. (brrrrrr!)
Dreamed I was an Eskimo.....
I leave you with a picture of a city bus here, and one of my new neighbours:
  Awwww! He wants a hug, Utah! Edited by Peter - February 20 2008 at 09:03 |
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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cuncuna
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 10:49 |
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 There's Mr. Bear for you. |
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Jim Garten
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 12:22 |
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I don't know Peter - this time last year you were complaining it was too mild, now you're moaning it's too cold; some people, eh... As Judas Priest would say you're "never satisfied" (but if you play it backwards, the lyrics are "kill yourself, dude - it's really cool")
So therefore, hopefully really good for a couple of Brits to go all teary eyed & say "wow" a lot when watching the icebergs from a vantage point on The Rock in summer... ...with the obligatory beer, of course 
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Utah Man
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 12:38 |
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"Help Me. I've fallen and I can't get up... ...a great big Grizzly visiting from the States pushed me over..." . |
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Utah Man
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Posted: February 20 2008 at 12:47 |
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 "OK Guys...you keep 'em busy while I puncture their tires" . |
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