[McG]

i remember when ranchlands had dirt roads and it didn't reach nose hill drive...which was the edge of town.
nose hill drive going straight into bowness.
the esso station at the corner of highway 1 and stoney trail.
kelly's rock clock; 99 cent albums with a different one every hour. i seriously bought tons and tons of records.
lake midnapore feeling like you were halfway to high river.
the old shaganappi golf course...hole 10 feeling like you were about to drive a golf ball into downtown.
"giant friday things" at the U of C - i saw so many great bands for cheap. i remember rational youth and men without hats; beer by the jug for cheap.
lonesome charlie - a magnum of what seemed like fizzy koolaid but with an effect.
sunset drive in.
electric avenue.
the little driving range that used to be right under what is now rocky ridge.
john laurie being an awesomely fast (and only way) to go from nw to ne.
working in falconridge and castleridge when they were brand new; the edge of the city on the north east side.
when we moved from ontario...i had never seen traffic lights sideways.
k-way jackets.
playing indoor soccer at the bubble that was at the end of memorial drive...guessing about 52nd street...and it seemed like mud all around.
calgary boomers.
a canada soccer game at mcmahon stadium where they had to have players hold the ball on the kickoff spot so it wouldn't blow away...and the snow and the rain that night.
alberta's 75th birthday celebration at stampede park.
working at woolco.
drinking high test (carling o'keefe extra old stock - 6% for the price of 5%!)

and of course..."makes no difference where i go...you're the best hometown i know...hello calgary, hello calgary...channels 2 and 7 love you".

calgary really was a different place; that song and the images have really stuck with me over the years...every time i have left calgary i always find a way back...eventually.

this is a great thread. thank you for the memories.