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Garrette
SFN Regular
USA
562 Posts |
 Posted - 01/03/2002 : 12:38:54 [Permalink]
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Not my out to take; I'm not the one who quoted it. Howsumever, I advise you to beware of that young lad in sheepskin creeping up behind you.
Be ware; be ware; be very very ware.
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PhDreamer
SFN Regular
USA
925 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2002 : 22:02:09 [Permalink]
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Oh hell, haven't you guys ever seen UHF with Weird Al? Classic.
"Today, we are teaching poodles how to fly."
"Supplies!"
Adventure? Excitement? A Jedi craves not these things. - Silent Bob |
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Badger
Skeptic Friend
Canada
257 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2002 : 11:41:14 [Permalink]
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Thanks for the warm welcome, folks!
With regard to my 'accent', (use of you all) be prepared. My father was from Barbados, my mother is 1st generation Canadian of Ukranian descent, I learned French in school, and I do not come with subtitles.
Glad to spark such lively discussion about Canadian weather, and misquotes about badgers (except for the quote from Weird Al's movie UHF....Michael Richards was hilarious in that)
We Canadians are very proud of the weather as it keeps the riff raff out. Seriously, it provides a nice variety to life. I read that we have the widest temperature range on the planet over a year from -40C winters and 40C summers (-40F, 120F). To us, Global Warming sounds like a good plan.
RickM, where abouts are you from? I send natural gas that way (no, not that.....the real stuff in pipes and everything)
Nubiewan, I tried concussions but prefer my homemade wine.
Trish, and everyone else, make it your business to come to the Calgary Stampede some time. 10 days in July, cows, horses, a town gone mad. You can also visit the mountains, and see the prairies. I highly recommend it for a nice little slice of this part of the world and our culture.
Tonio K - Greatest star that never was. Born in southern California, started out with "The Crickets" of Buddy Holly fame in the early 70's, first big solo album "Life in the Foodchain". Not for everyone, but I like him.
It's not about NEEDING badgers. They're just nice to have around.
Just because we're hypnotized, that don't mean we can't dance. - Tonio K. |
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Donnie B.
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 01/04/2002 : 14:47:37 [Permalink]
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Hey, I've been to the Stampede. It was a loooooooong time ago... to give you some idea, the grand marshall that year was Walt Disney.
I have some distant relations in Saskatoon...
maybe in Calgary, too, but I'm not sure about that.
-- Donnie B.
Brian: "No, no! You have to think for yourselves!" Crowd: "Yes! We have to think for ourselves!" |
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Snake
SFN Addict
USA
2511 Posts |
Posted - 01/04/2002 : 20:19:20 [Permalink]
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quote:
my mother is 1st generation Canadian of Ukranian descent............
Tonio K - Greatest star that never was. Born in southern California, started out with "The Crickets" of Buddy Holly fame in the early 70's, first big solo album "Life in the Foodchain". Not for everyone, but I like him.
My father was born in an area near the Black Sea(Kiev in the Ukran, but I've always said Russia). My mother was 1st generation Canadian too. Her father was born in Romaina.
Big deal I guess, but there's something about meeting someone who knows where you are 'from'.
I'm from Los Angeles, never heard of Tonio. That doesn't mean much, 'cause I don't know much about pop American culture anyway. Just curious that you mentioned LA*.
Rap Crap is to music what Paint by Numbers is to art.
*Whoops I meant S. Calif.
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Trish
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 01/05/2002 : 03:31:20 [Permalink]
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Trish, and everyone else, make it your business to come to the Calgary Stampede some time. 10 days in July, cows, horses, a town gone mad. You can also visit the mountains, and see the prairies. I highly recommend it for a nice little slice of this part of the world and our culture.
Well, let's see, Denver is currently under invasion by the Stock Show - cows, cowboys (both kinds), horses, sheep, rabbits (yes, really), and all types of other critters. Then in July we have Frontier Days to the north of the Cheyenne kind. Then in August we have the State Fair in the Springs. Then let's see - oh yes, we also have the Cowboy Rodeo Hall of Fame also in the Springs. Then in September we have Fiddler's on the Gorge - yes the Royale Gorge. And in June we also have the Stampede in Fort Collins. Gee, that's all I can think of right now. But would like to see Canada, lived about an hour south of Vancouver and never crossed the border, much to my dismay.
I think it is quite possible that Colorado has you beat on radical weather patterns. Let's see, yesterday it was 55°F and sunny and today we have snow on the ground. Seemed the one thing I couldn't get through the minds of you Canadians, bring every type of clothing for every type of weather you can think of when visiting CO. You just never know, despite what the weatherman says. I have seen it go from 70°F to two to three feet of snow in the same day. Crazy place.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. -Mark Twain |
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Badger
Skeptic Friend
Canada
257 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2002 : 15:23:47 [Permalink]
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Snake - My mom's side hails from the Chernovtsy area of Ukraine which is about 60 miles n/w of Kiev, and my moms Grandmother was from Greece. Ukraine is pretty small, though, so we're all related if you go back a few generations, I'd guess.
Do you keep any Ukranian culture alive? We do Pysanka (easter eggs), and my daughter is in Ukranian Dancing, but that's about it. I don't know how it was with your relatives, but with mine it was best that they just put their "uniqueness" aside and try to fit in. And so a lot of the culture was suppressed in 1st generation, but the 2nd and 3rd are trying to revive it.
Trish - Denver....Ya, you got everything Calgary's got. And if you lived south of Vancouver, it's similar too. Years ago, I took a train from Buffalo NY to Providence RI, and since that trip, I've been wanting to do a train trip across country. I don't really think it matters what country, because the train provides such a unique vista.
Just because we're hypnotized, that don't mean we can't dance. - Tonio K. |
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Badger
Skeptic Friend
Canada
257 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2002 : 15:23:54 [Permalink]
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Snake - My mom's side hails from the Chernovtsy area of Ukraine which is about 60 miles n/w of Kiev, and my moms Grandmother was from Greece. Ukraine is pretty small, though, so we're all related if you go back a few generations, I'd guess.
Do you keep any Ukranian culture alive? We do Pysanka (easter eggs), and my daughter is in Ukranian Dancing, but that's about it. I don't know how it was with your relatives, but with mine it was best that they just put their "uniqueness" aside and try to fit in. And so a lot of the culture was suppressed in 1st generation, but the 2nd and 3rd are trying to revive it.
Trish - Denver....Ya, you got everything Calgary's got. And if you lived south of Vancouver, it's similar too. Years ago, I took a train from Buffalo NY to Providence RI, and since that trip, I've been wanting to do a train trip across country. I don't really think it matters what country, because the train provides such a unique vista.
Just because we're hypnotized, that don't mean we can't dance. - Tonio K. |
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Snake
SFN Addict
USA
2511 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2002 : 02:54:28 [Permalink]
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Snake-
Do you keep any Ukranian culture alive? We do Pysanka (easter eggs), and my daughter is in Ukranian Dancing, but that's about it. I don't know how it was with your relatives, but with mine it was best that they just put their "uniqueness" aside and try to fit in
Oh NO!!!!!! I can't believe you said that. THAT'S exactly what I tell people too. My family was the same way. They told me the same thing, 'Try to fit in.'
Actually I think I unintensionaly was decieving to you, my family was Jewish, so not really part of the orginal peoples of the area. I guess while not wanting to talk about the 'old country', all they told me was that my father was born in Russisa so that's all I knew. And not thinking of myself as Jewish I don't feel apart of that 'culture' either. After all what does one say when asked where do you come from. You name a place not a culture! Sorry if that was misleading.
I do have old turn of the century(1900), sepeia toned photos of relatives in the dress of those times and men in military uniforms. Russian writing on the back but unfortunatly I was never told about them and the notes on the back aren't much of a clue. Pitty!!!Some of them resemble other relatives, interesting but I'll never know who they are.
Guess I should be more Buddhist about it though, and live in 'the here and now'.
I love to color Easter eggs and decorate Xmas trees but that's not an ethnic thing to me.
BTW, I think it's fun to learn about other places in the world. Hope your daughter does too with her dancing. The Dance is the most beautiful thing in the world, IMO.
I know Thai children here in the USA who can't read Thai (only speak it), but learn the dances. It's beautiful.
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Badger
Skeptic Friend
Canada
257 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2002 : 13:36:52 [Permalink]
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Snake, I don't think there ARE any "origional peoples" in the area. There have been so many migrations and invasions through the area thta everyone there is pretty well mixed up. My grandfathers family name can be traced back to Turkey, but they lived in Ukraine for centuries.
You should see if you can find an interpreter for the writing on your pictures. Maybe someone at a university, or even some of the old folks down in the Ukranian/Jewish/Russian/Romanian parts of town. While I understand the thought of living in the here and now, it's also good to know where you came from.
Just because we're hypnotized, that don't mean we can't dance. - Tonio K. |
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ljbrs
SFN Regular
USA
842 Posts |
Posted - 01/06/2002 : 16:50:05 [Permalink]
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I think that there no longer are any *original people*. If so, they would be very, very primitive. I have read that the more intelligent members of Homo Sapiens Sapiens have incredibly mixed lineages. Perhaps that is the source of the saying: *Variety is the spice of life.* Mongrels (in the animal kingdom) are usually much smarter than the pure breeds (as with dogs, cats).
Interbreeding often brings genetic diseases, particularly, if one of the members introduces a genetic defect and there is interbreeding thereafter.
So, there is nothing wonderful about being a *purebreed*. Mongrels are often smarter (although not always smarter). Any line needs an infusion of new genetic material every now and then (of course, depending upon the genetic material).
Of course, this is mostly nonsense!
ljbrs 
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