05-12-2020, 03:11 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Cape Breton Island
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Happy 150th, Manitoba!
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Last edited by White Out 403; 05-12-2020 at 03:17 PM.
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05-12-2020, 03:36 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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I've always wondered about the first European settlers to Winnipeg and why they stayed after their first winter.
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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05-12-2020, 03:43 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Indiana
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Wow I didn't realize Manitoba was that much older than Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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05-12-2020, 03:43 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Cape Breton Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I've always wondered about the first European settlers to Winnipeg and why they stayed after their first winter.
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The summers are glorious 
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05-12-2020, 03:46 PM
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Jordan!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Chandler, AZ
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Congrats on previously being a barren, frozen inhospitable land mass to a slightly more populated, barren, frozen inhospitable land mass
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Originally Posted by White Out 403
The summers are glorious |
AKA Mosquito season
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05-12-2020, 03:49 PM
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Uncle Chester
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What's that great Jim Jeffries bit about cold cities that have glorious summers?
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05-12-2020, 03:51 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by White Out 403
The summers are glorious |
Are they?
They can be hot, I will give you that, but mosquitoes and fish flys ain't too great.
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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05-12-2020, 04:19 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Cape Breton Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Are they?
They can be hot, I will give you that, but mosquitoes and fish flys ain't too great.
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They are. Hot weather, beaches,lakes for fishing, cottage country. I miss it.
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05-12-2020, 04:27 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Are they?
They can be hot, I will give you that, but mosquitoes and fish flys ain't too great.
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In the 21 years I lived there, I only ever had to deal with fishflies (technically mayflies) at our cabin in St. Laurent. They aren't a thing in the city.
The provincial bird, however, was most definitely a common nuisance, but even that was on the decline. Save for a final spike the year before I moved away, 2003 onward saw a dramatic decrease in mosquito trends compared to the decade prior.
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Originally Posted by Azure
Typical dumb take.
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05-12-2020, 04:30 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: 161 St. - Yankee Stadium
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TorqueDog
In the 21 years I lived there, I only ever had to deal with fishflies (technically mayflies) at our cabin in St. Laurent. They aren't a thing in the city.
The provincial bird, however, was most definitely a common nuisance, but even that was on the decline. Save for a final spike the year before I moved away, 2003 onward saw a dramatic decrease in mosquito trends compared to the decade prior.
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Thanked for providing a life-sized rendering of a Manitoba mosquito.
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05-12-2020, 04:35 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TorqueDog
In the 21 years I lived there, I only ever had to deal with fishflies (technically mayflies) at our cabin in St. Laurent. They aren't a thing in the city.
The provincial bird, however, was most definitely a common nuisance, but even that was on the decline. Save for a final spike the year before I moved away, 2003 onward saw a dramatic decrease in mosquito trends compared to the decade prior.
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My in laws are from there and i have been told the province brought in an entomologist that brought in large dragon flies. But in fairness we were drinking a lot of Club that night.
However, the first European settlers didn't have that luxury. I stand by my original post, after the first winter why would they stay.
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Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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05-12-2020, 05:20 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: BELTLINE
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I'm jealous of your coastline, must be nice.
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05-12-2020, 06:01 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
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Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
However, the first European settlers didn't have that luxury. I stand by my original post, after the first winter why would they stay.
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Are you not aware of how stereotypically cheap people in Manitoba are?
Clearly they were waiting for a WestJet seat sale to leave.
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GO FLAMES GO.
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Originally Posted by Azure
Typical dumb take.
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05-12-2020, 06:19 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Brisbane
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The outline of Manitoba in the OP is a little different than what it actually looked like at the time.
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05-12-2020, 07:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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When does the Federal Government come down hard on Manitoba's rampant, flagrant and unapologetic Government-promoted sexism?
I mean, we changed the National Anthem but we still allow a whole Province gallivanting about calling themselves Manitoba?
Get with the times!
#notmytoba
#metootoba
#Peopletoba
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05-12-2020, 07:51 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: the dark side of Sesame Street
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
When does the Federal Government come down hard on Manitoba's rampant, flagrant and unapologetic Government-promoted sexism?
I mean, we changed the National Anthem but we still allow a whole Province gallivanting about calling themselves Manitoba?
Get with the times!
#notmytoba
#metootoba
#Peopletoba
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My dad (who's from the place) always called it Personitoba.
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05-12-2020, 07:53 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Puppet Guy
My dad (who's from the place) always called it Personitoba.
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We need to start a petition! They've been getting away with this egregious transgression for far too long.
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05-12-2020, 09:50 PM
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UnModerator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia.
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So.... is that old enough to put out on an ice flow, or do we have to keep it?
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