I'm going to vancouver bc tonight and comming back sunday! I can't wait to get off work!
BASTARD! I wish I could go with ya'.... Grumble Grumble... Stupid show tomorrow... Grumble... and unpacking... Grumble... and cleaning the old place... Grumble...
If you see beer called "Race Rocks" BRING ME SOME!!!
going to twas mi for a weding then off to the nascar on sunday :cheers:
Quote from: RVertigo on August 17, 2006, 01:20:05 PM
BASTARD! I wish I could go with ya'.... Grumble Grumble... Stupid show tomorrow... Grumble... and unpacking... Grumble... and cleaning the old place... Grumble...
If you see beer called "Race Rocks" BRING ME SOME!!!
well...i'm not riding, i wish i was riding with a group but i'm not. we're taking my friends audi.
PSSHHH!!!
Oh well... I was thinking I could ride some of the way... But, I can't anyway... Stupid stuff to do... :icon_confused:
That is an awsome city.
You just going up on a dank run?
Just going to have fun, see stuff, drink...
:icon_lol: JAke said DANK. :icon_lol: is the border that lax?
Vancouver is everything I wish Seattle would be...
Except for all the Candians. :laugh:
I'll :flipoff: every Audi I see today... :icon_twisted:...
well we won't be there till around 1am leaving in an hour or so, then while we are there probably won't drive at all.
Quote from: Dr. Love on August 17, 2006, 04:42:00 PMI'll :flipoff: every Audi I see today... :icon_twisted:...
Send me some BEER!
Do they have Race Rocks in a bottle?
Quote from: RVertigo on August 17, 2006, 01:59:01 PM
Vancouver is everything I wish Seattle would be...
Except for all the Candians. :laugh:
Why do you hate John Candy?
Isn't Celine Deion Canadian?
Quote from: RVertigo on August 17, 2006, 06:18:21 PM
Quote from: Dr. Love on August 17, 2006, 04:42:00 PMI'll :flipoff: every Audi I see today... :icon_twisted:...
Send me some BEER!
Do they have Race Rocks in a bottle?
Beer Sent. :cheers:
It'll be warm by the time it arrives.
Quote from: Jake D on August 18, 2006, 11:06:40 AM
Isn't Celine Deion Canadian?
Every shitty pop star is canadian:
Celine Dion
Brian Adams
Shania Twain
Avril Lavigne
Nickelback
Sum 41
Simple Plan
Hedley
You should see 'Canadian Idol'. Its like American Idol, with 1/100th the talent.
Quote from: Grainbelt on August 18, 2006, 12:11:15 PM
Quote from: Jake D on August 18, 2006, 11:06:40 AM
Isn't Celine Deion Canadian?
Every shitty pop star is canadian:
Celine Dion
Brian Adams
Shania Twain
Avril Lavigne <---- That explains so f%$king much.....
Nickelback <---- Then how do they sound like PuddleOfCreedHinder Canada must have a crap music factory too!
Sum 41 <---- They have one OK song, "Pain for Pleasure. Oh wait it's like 1 min long, WTF?
Simple Plan
Hedley
You should see 'Canadian Idol'. Its like American Idol, with 1/100th the talent.
Just got back, it was great! Long drive but it was good. I saw a couple gs500's there. One 2005 with no fairing, a 2005 with fairing both blue/white. I stayed downtown off of granville st, or is it grandville? At the Howard Johnson hotel.
Quote from: RVertigo on August 17, 2006, 01:59:01 PM
Vancouver is everything I wish Seattle would be...
Except for all the Candians. :laugh:
What is in Vancouver that isn't in Seattle? Aside from pot.
cuban cigars
well...and the drinking age is 19.
Have you made the trip before? I drove into Vancouver at night. It is like looking at a city from Star Wars. It is just freakin' (accckk, acccckkk) crazy lookin'. . . maaaan.
Quote from: Jake D on August 21, 2006, 11:48:20 AM
Have you made the trip before? I drove into Vancouver at night. It is like looking at a city from Star Wars. It is just freakin' (accckk, acccckkk) crazy lookin'. . . maaaan.
This was my first time. I went with 3 friends, one of them went to vancouver film school so he wanted to go see some of his friends from there. The audi we took didn't really have a working stereo so there was no music, lucklily i brought my ipod. I don't see how anybody can drive for 6 hours or more without music.
Quote from: Jenya on August 20, 2006, 10:11:13 PMWhat is in Vancouver that isn't in Seattle? Aside from pot.
Better beer
222s (AKA OTC codeine)
Better looking hookers (WHAT? You've never gone hookerspotting?)
Tons of cute Asian grrls in the latest fashions
Again better beer
Better night life
Crepes
Better snowboarding (Whistler RULES!)
Better Eggs Benedict
Generally better food
More progressive politics
More trim and fit people (I feel fat up there)
Pay by the visit (not the month) gyms
Better parks
Better roads (except that they're all really narrow)
All cars must have headlights on ALL THE TIME
The stop lights flash before they change
Actual Social programs (like healthcare)
A government that isn't trying to police the entire world
The beer again...
...
I could go on...
OK... Enough of that...
Glad you had some fun... And... NO MUSIC IN THE CAR!!! :o :mad: :o I'd go batty after about 30 minutes... :o
Quote from: RVertigo on August 21, 2006, 03:39:36 PM
Quote from: Jenya on August 20, 2006, 10:11:13 PMWhat is in Vancouver that isn't in Seattle? Aside from pot.
Better beer
222s (AKA OTC codeine)
Better looking hookers (WHAT? You've never gone hookerspotting?)
Tons of cute Asian grrls in the latest fashions ------wayy too many, you feel like your in japan
Again better beer
Better night life
Crepes awesome place, but they tried to charge us for drinks that weren't ours.
Better snowboarding (Whistler RULES!)
Better Eggs Benedict
Generally better food
More progressive politics
More trim and fit people (I feel fat up there) this is true
Pay by the visit (not the month) gyms
Better parks
Better roads (except that they're all really narrow)
All cars must have headlights on ALL THE TIME you do? i didn't notice that, lots of people didn't driev with headlights on
The stop lights flash before they change i was kinda confused by the flashing green lights
Actual Social programs (like healthcare)
A government that isn't trying to police the entire world
The beer again...
...
I could go on...
OK... Enough of that...
Glad you had some fun... And... NO MUSIC IN THE CAR!!! :o :mad: :o I'd go batty after about 30 minutes... :o
Quote from: porsche4786 on August 21, 2006, 04:30:13 PMi was kinda confused by the flashing green lights
It means they're about to change... Err... I mean...
Aboat to change. :icon_mrgreen:
I think it's good... They have steady green, flashing green, yellow, red... Sometimes flashing red... Flashing yellow too?
Whatever... The flashing just means it's about to change. :thumb: Makes it harder to get surprised by a yellow light.
From what I've just managed to gather from the red, a flashing green light means the light is controlled by a pedestrian cross walk. It seems to mean go ahead and cross, but watch out for pedestrians (who have the right of way). Pedestrians may or may not have a button that can change the traffic light.
Weird Canadians. :dunno_white:
Hmm... I saw lights that would be steady green, then flash green, then yellow, then turn red... And I swear I saw one that flashed red before it turned green again...
:dunno_white:
i hate the stoplights in vancouver.
the flashing greens.. in vancouver flashing green means simply that the light is pedestrian controled..
here in Ontario.. flashing green means ADVANCE LEFT TURN.. needless to say, BC driving takes some getting used to comming from toronto haha.
dude why would anyone go to canada? it'd start sucking real fast to eat blubber sandwiches and live in igloos all the time...fuckin eskimos and their wiggly noses and shaZam!...pisses me off...f%$king eskimos...
Better beer
222s (AKA OTC codeine)
Better looking hookers (WHAT? You've never gone hookerspotting?)
Tons of cute Asian grrls in the latest fashions
Again better beer
Better night life
Crepes
Better snowboarding (Whistler RULES!)
Better Eggs Benedict
Generally better food
More progressive politics
More trim and fit people (I feel fat up there)
Pay by the visit (not the month) gyms
Better parks
Better roads (except that they're all really narrow)
All cars must have headlights on ALL THE TIME
The stop lights flash before they change
Actual Social programs (like healthcare)
A government that isn't trying to police the entire world
The beer again...
...
I could go on...
thats why, and cuban cigars as well, heh those damned seizure lights (traffic lights) lol never had seen nor heard of until i drove a ryder truck into cornwall, heh damn near wrecked lol
...you forgot the f%$king eskimos.
thought they were in alaska?, thought the canucks had inuit? dunno tho could be wrong lol
inuit...eskimo...whatever...they're all the same with their beedy eyes and flapping heads...
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:you sound like a certain ex member of this board rofl
Quote from: makenzie71 on August 21, 2006, 11:32:50 PM
inuit...eskimo...whatever...they're all the same with their beedy eyes and flapping heads...
A line like that gets us banished to HR where we will have to take the diversity workshop :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
stereo types in general are always funny :), but it's especially funny hearing american stereo types of canadians for some reason. for those of you who haven't been, you should make the trip sometime!
http://www.uspatrioticpictures.com/music/TheAmericans.mp3
Quote from: mike_mike on August 21, 2006, 08:51:39 PM
here in Ontario.. flashing green means ADVANCE LEFT TURN..
And what does that mean?
As a Canadian reading this thread, I find your points of view amuzing. On a side note, BC grows the best pot. 8)
Quote from: aaronstj on August 23, 2006, 08:58:30 AM
Quote from: mike_mike on August 21, 2006, 08:51:39 PM
here in Ontario.. flashing green means ADVANCE LEFT TURN..
And what does that mean?
an advance light means that the light flashes green in only one direction, while the oppossing direction has a red. this allows one directoin to make their left while the other opposing waits. after a short time, the flashing or light goes solid at the same time the opposing gets their solid and traffic proceeds in both directions as usual. it's usually managed by programs and sensors, so that if no one is in the lane, it's doesn't give a flashing green first, but just a regular solid green in both directions. really helps in particular busy intersections where lefts are popular. annoying if no program and the other end gets an advance with no one there.
That seems silly... We have this cool thing called........ An Arrow. :icon_mrgreen:
Quote from: RVertigo on August 23, 2006, 04:40:52 PM
That seems silly... We have this cool thing called........ An Arrow. :icon_mrgreen:
...and turn lanes....
We’ve got turn lanes, that are marked with arrows in both advance light intersections and non-advance light intersections. I’m not quite sure how that elevates the issue of left turning in front of opposing or oncoming (not perpendicular) traffic. Care to elaborate what you guys mean? Curious to understand how that solves that issue.
Michigan, a couple hours away from southern Ontario, has an even more innovative approach, known as the “Michigan left”. For all intersections where one would normally just turn left at, one must actually cross straight through and pass the intersection, then make a u-turn into on-coming traffic (that of course doesn’t slow down for this common maneuver) so that they can approach the same intersection they just crossed, to make a right turn. If the oncoming traffic has more then one lane, you need to also switch lanes (however many there are and cross the said aggressively approaching traffic) until you get to the right most lane to make your right turn. You usually have about a hundred feet or so to do this, otherwise you miss your right turn, go through the same intersection and either find another route, or switch to the left lane, u-turn then repeat the process and try again. Now that’s an eloquent solution… :thumb:
Maybe they should learn from the simple turn lane and arrows solution you refer to that I’m still not sure how it’s unique to anywhere else in North America, and other parts of the world. unless you guys misunderstood and thought that "opposing" (as in north opposes south for example) was intended to mean perpendicular (such as north is perpendicular to east), which it wasn't. :dunno_white: maybe i misunderstood.
Anyway, I’m sure the scope (if any) of this conversation has more then just intersections to it - back to the more general stereotypes. they were fun.
I was talking about downtown vancouver...
At least some people appreciate canada a bit, its not THAT much different than the States, but different enough that a lot of people prefere the pros to the few cons there are of living here instead of U.S.A.
Quote from: marinj on August 23, 2006, 09:53:19 AM
As a Canadian reading this thread, I find your points of view amuzing. On a side note, BC grows the best pot. 8)
;) :thumb:
Quote from: ChaosGS500 on August 24, 2006, 12:53:45 AM
At least some people appreciate canada a bit, its not THAT much different than the States, but different enough that a lot of people prefere the pros to the few cons there are of living here instead of U.S.A.
I don't think anybody here doesn't like canada, we're just saying how some things are different, and that we aren't used to them so we think what we first learned with are better.
Quote from: porsche4786 on August 24, 2006, 08:07:47 AM
we're just saying how some things are different, and that we aren't used to them so we think what we first learned with are better.
well said and fair enough. I'm sure we've all been guilty of that at some point or another.
Quote from: WREX on August 24, 2006, 10:45:36 AM
Quote from: porsche4786 on August 24, 2006, 08:07:47 AM
we're just saying how some things are different, and that we aren't used to them so we think what we first learned with are better.
well said and fair enough. I'm sure we've all been guilty of that at some point or another.
:thumb:
Quote from: porsche4786 on August 24, 2006, 08:07:47 AMQuote from: ChaosGS500 on August 24, 2006, 12:53:45 AMAt least some people appreciate canada a bit, its not THAT much different than the States, but different enough that a lot of people prefere the pros to the few cons there are of living here instead of U.S.A.
I don't think anybody here doesn't like canada, we're just saying how some things are different, and that we aren't used to them so we think what we first learned with are better.
I like Canada... I just like to talk shaZam! about Canadians. :laugh: Not 'cause I dislike them, but because it's funny when Canadians get pissed off. :icon_mrgreen:
Canadians just don't get pissed off like other people... There's something very specific about how they do it... And it totally cracks me up. :icon_mrgreen:
All the Canadians should check out my drunken Everything Canadians Have Ever Done Right (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=29211.0) thread and reply to it so I can picture you being pissed off. :icon_mrgreen: :thumb: :laugh:
Quote from: RVertigo on August 24, 2006, 11:13:07 AM
Quote from: porsche4786 on August 24, 2006, 08:07:47 AMQuote from: ChaosGS500 on August 24, 2006, 12:53:45 AMAt least some people appreciate canada a bit, its not THAT much different than the States, but different enough that a lot of people prefere the pros to the few cons there are of living here instead of U.S.A.
I don't think anybody here doesn't like canada, we're just saying how some things are different, and that we aren't used to them so we think what we first learned with are better.
I like Canada... I just like to talk shaZam! about Canadians. :laugh: Not 'cause I dislike them, but because it's funny when Canadians get pissed off. :icon_mrgreen:
Canadians just don't get pissed off like other people... There's something very specific about how they do it... And it totally cracks me up. :icon_mrgreen:
All the Canadians should check out my drunken Everything Canadians Have Ever Done Right (http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=29211.0) thread and reply to it so I can picture you being pissed off. :icon_mrgreen: :thumb: :laugh:
why how do we look?????? :flipoff:
It's half American and Half English.......
Proper on the outside and fuming pissed on the inside... :laugh:
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
did we not pioneer the :flipoff:
Yeah, yeah, yeah... Canadians invented everything... Suuuuuure... :icon_rolleyes:
:laugh:
somebody breaks into the white house and tries to attack the president .... the president shoots him with his gun :2guns: :2guns:.... in canada somebody breaks into 24 susex dr (where our prime minnister lives) he gets clubed over the head with a inuit sculpture..... kinda up close and personal then we invite them for tea
Yup! :icon_mrgreen: I love angry Canadians...
Canadian TV cracks me up too... The only thing better than Canadian Melodrama is English Melodrama. :laugh:
Quote from: makenzie71 on August 21, 2006, 11:32:50 PM
inuit...eskimo...whatever...they're all the same with their beedy eyes and flapping heads...
Yeah, are you intentionally ignorant, or just plain dumb? :icon_rolleyes:
least you effers got cuban cigars, (and good pot) :icon_twisted: :thumb: plus i dont have to 1 travel across an ocean or speak a deifferent language when i visit, cept for maybe quebec
Quote from: groff22 on August 24, 2006, 08:37:40 PM
Quote from: makenzie71 on August 21, 2006, 11:32:50 PM
inuit...eskimo...whatever...they're all the same with their beedy eyes and flapping heads...
Yeah, are you intentionally ignorant, or just plain dumb? :icon_rolleyes:
Or referencing South Park...
I figured that :)
That's ok, we'll just keep sending you tainted meat and taking your outsourced businesses :) :cheers: