Canada Trip Support

[Svend]

Well, I take it from your questions that you have never been to Canada.  So I will try to answer them for you.

Cars -- mostly we use dog sleds, so if you're a tourist, remember to bring little treats for the huskies, which will endear you to them.  A nice fat Wall Street banker will make them very happy.  Lynn could probably bag one for you, as she lives close by. 

Traffic signs -- see above.  No need to worry.  The dogs will know what they mean.

Banos -- toillettes exterieures, meaning outhouse, as we have no indoor plumbing.

Cell phones? Is that like a telegraph-type communication device?

Pepsi with ice -- not likely.  Refrigeration is rare.  If you have to ask, try "avec glace".

Any other questions? Just let me know....

[jim-ratliff]

OK.  Well, I guess I'll feel right at home, except for the dog part. Horses play that role in Kansas.  You know, Dodge City, Abilene, Wichita, Hays City, all the big name cow towns that we only know from TV days.


How many layers of wax do you use on the sled runners, or does it depend on temperature?




Actually, I have been to Canada, but that was Whistler-Blackcomb and Vancouver.  You know, the civilized half of the country (and very beautiful, on a serious note). Heck, they even spoke American and didn't say "eh" very much.

[jim-ratliff]

Cell phones? Is that like a telegraph-type communication device?

Pretty similar.  You tap on the keys and it sends a message somewhere, sort of like a telegraph.
Rumor has it that you can also talk into them, but all I see are people driving around in their cars tapping away.

Banos -- toillettes exterieures, meaning outhouse, as we have no indoor plumbing.

I've done that. However, what do you use for TP since Monkey Ward and Sears no longer send out Mail Order Catalogs?

[jim-ratliff]

Cars -- mostly we use dog sleds, so if you're a tourist, remember to bring little treats for the huskies, which will endear you to them.  A nice fat Wall Street banker will make them very happy.  Lynn could probably bag one for you, as she lives close by. 

Excellent idea.  Lynn, do you think your brother-in-law, Roger, would like to ride up to Canada with us?

[Svend]

Oh, by all means bring Roger if you think they will find him nutritious and appetizing. 

And layered waxes is a great idea. Anything to reduce friction.  Less friction = less calories burned = less food to carry from NYC, if you get my drift.

[midwif]

Hmm, Roger is not fat enough to be juicy and is old enough to be tough.
I'll stick with Quebecois meats! Fattened on all the good food.

If I remember correctly, tip is added on automatically?

I can see I'm going to have to do most of the talking in Canada.
Gotta try and keep Jim from fraternizing too much with the natives.
We don't need another war between the US and Canada.

[midwif]

Thanks Max
Good info.

Now all I have to do is tutor Jim about tipping.
In Kansas that means pulling a cow onto its side.

L.

[jim-ratliff]

Thanks Max
Good info.

Now all I have to do is tutor Jim about tipping.
In Kansas that means pulling a cow onto its side.

L.

Ohhh, you Big City folk.
Cows don't come with handholds so there isn't anything to pull on.  The back of a cow is too broad to get a grip.
Yeah, we call it cow tipping to sound sophisticated, but you PUSH the cow onto its' side. 
If you pull, the cow falls on you. 
And I imagine that getting 1500 pounds of sleeping cow off of you would then be a real ****.

And go ahead, tell them the story about me deciding to pee on an Electric Fence.   

NOTE:  This was all back in the "good old days" when I was 14 yrs old and got 2 cents a bale for picking up baled hay from the field and stacking it in the barn.  A good (hard) day for a crew of three was a thousand bales, i.e. $20 each.  The copperhead snakes that sometimes got caught in the bales were just a bonus.

[midwif]

I am sure that all the intelligent folk here on PeakSkiers know EXACTLY what happens
when an electrical conduit is applied to an electrical source.

Like I said. I will have my hands full keeping Jim from starting any new wars.

[meput]

I am sure that all the intelligent folk here on PeakSkiers know EXACTLY what happens
when an electrical conduit is applied to an electrical source.

I think you mean electrical conductor, not electrical conduit.  TMI thinking about the conduit being applied to an electrical source 

[midwif]

I STAND CORRECTED!

[LivingProof]

As we are on the subject of correct usage of grammar, check out the below link. It does relate to Lynn's new signature, which I am still confused as to it's relevance, but, I understand is a line spoken in the movie "The Princess Bride".

Write carefully, my friends.


http://www.prdaily.com/writingandediting/Articles/11715.aspx

[jim-ratliff]

Inconceivable.


That was fun, LP, thanks.

[midwif]

Good link.

My signature is a non sequitor. It has absolutely no relevance to skiing or me.
But I prefer it to "may the odds be ever in your favor".

Mandy Patinkin lives in my neighborhood. I have seen him here and there thru the years.
I read that when he does a concert, he always ends with "My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father. Prepare to die".

One of my favorite movies, ever. I almost always end up re-watching  it when I stumble across it on the tube.
L.

[jim-ratliff]

I think you mean electrical conductor, not electrical conduit.  TMI thinking about the conduit being applied to an electrical source 

OK, I think I need some education.
According to the definition below (Free World) Lynn's use of conduit was correct in both category 1 and 3.

con?duit

(knd-t, -dt)

n.
1. A pipe or channel for conveying fluids, such as water.
2. A tube or duct for enclosing electric wires or cable.
3. A means by which something is transmitted: