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Dr G, I certainly hope that your DART is better equipped than the Canadian military version. Which, as we all know, is coming home early because their equipment wasn't actually ready for any disaster response and quickly broke down under the strain of normal useage.
Quick question here, Marc...
If an election were held tomorrow, would you vote for the Federal Liberals?
If so, Why? If not, Why?
(Let's wake up this quiet corner of the ehmac forum, eh?)
Macnutt, the DART (doxie team) has a motto which combines the US Marines and the Boy Scouts "Always ready and prepared/Semper fidelis".
Re my voting, I would be torn. I like the local Conservative MP, Norm Doyle, in that he is an honest person (e.g., He said that he would donate his provincial pension to charity when he went to Ottawa, as did two others, and he did just that. The other two did not, and are thus, double dipping.) However, I don't like the stand the Conservatives have on same sex marriage, among other issues. Last election, the Liberals ran a really fine person, someone I had direct contact with through some of the organizations I volunteer for, and I voted for him, even though I felt that Norm Doyle was also a fine person and would most likely win (which he did). Sadly, the NDB ran someone who was just a name and not a serious candidate. So, I am torn. For all I know, the NDP will call upon me to run in the next federal election. They will probably feel that I too shall be just a name on the ballot, destined to defeat. However, I would push the campaign to the limit. This is not likely to happen, in that while I am a strong social liberal, I am also a fiscal conservative (e.g., I would want to see the Senate eliminated, along with the Gov. General's position and our constitutional monarchy..........a smaller federal governmental structure, but one which is stronger in providing equality to heath care, child care, the environment, etc). Maybe I shall vote Green this time....................we shall see.
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Dr. G., I watched a half hour program on St. John's on CTV travel last night and found it very interesting. While it mentioned your fog one day in three, it focused on the food and fun side of the community.
It took viewers on a tour via specific streets and showed what a wide variety of things to do there are in your fine city. We saw fine restaurants, ordinary diners. specialty ice cream shops (moo moo's I think) and a visit to a hot water spa.
The finale of course was the "screeching in" ceremony at a local watering hole. All in all a very enjoyable half hour. I look forward to seeing it in person one day.
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This is one time I sure wish I lived in St. John's, the city hosting the Scott Toruanment of Hearts. For those who don't know, that is the Canadian women's curling championships.
It will be interesting to see if Coleen Jones from Halifax can pull off another miracle and win one more time. I of course will be cheering for Alberta's Cathy King foursome.
Any thoughts of taking in a game or two Dr. G.? Or are you not a curling fan. If so, it is an opportunity to see some of the best shot making, including those of the men.
And speaking of the men, Edmonton plays host to The Brier early next month. A good pal of mine is in charge of entertainment in the "Brier Patch". (That's the huge bar located in the Agricom next to Rexhall Place where the curling takes place, normally the home of the Oilers hockey club.)
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Sinc, yes, Moo Moo's (who make their own ice cream) is a traditional hang out for my wife and I during the summer.
I curled once, and was dragged down the ice when I could not release the rock trying to put a spin/curl on it......................................and those two hitting me with those damn brooms did not help.......................nor did the skip yelling "Harder" and "Hurry". On my next (and last toss), I threw the rock like a US bowling ball. It bounced a few times..............................and then jumped into the next lane and knocked down the head of the NL Curling Association. Sadly, I have been banned for life from watching or playing curling within the provincial confines of NL.
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SINC..and any of the rest of you who have never yet found the time to visit Canada's easternmost Province...
I have only one thing to say: GO THERE! NOW!
You will not be dissappointed. It is an unbelieveable place filled with the most unbelievable people you will ever meet. Freindly to a fault and honest as the day is long. Newfoundlanders are also, IMHO, the best comedians on the planet. Bar none. No matter how bad your day was, a few hours spent tossing back brews with a bunch of Terra Novans will have your cheeks aching from nonstop grins.
Just don't ever attempt to out-drink a native Newfoundlander. You'll lose.
That's no real surprise to me MacNutt. I lived in Fort McMurray for seven years and got to know a lot of Atlantic Canadians and all of them were the same great people you describe, be they from Newfoundland and Labrador, Cape Breton or anywhere else on the east coast.
And yes, I will go there one day soon, as in the next three years.
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I must say, after reading The Shipping News I've been very curious about seeing Newfoundland.
Not sure where this fits in the one-day file (i.e., One day, I will....) but it's in there somewhere.
Never met an east-coaster who wasn't friendly and who didn't have a great sense of humour--and there are a number of them around these parts.
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I have not yet been to the east coast and it won't be this year either. We'll be heading west again late this summer. Hopefully we will go east next year, I have always wanted to go out that way. I'd like to hit the New England states at the height of the colour season too
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