08-22-2008, 12:25 PM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Originally Posted by Lithium
Does California corn sell from the back of a pickup truck?
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More than people realize. A lot of the "Okanagan" fruit for sale on the side of the road is coming from California too.
I don't think the pickup trucks are regulated very much. Not much truth in their advertising.
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08-22-2008, 12:27 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
I think he means an intense wind and hail storm wiped out most the Taber Corn in July. Corn sellers must be getting corn from other sources.
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Yeah I know, I wanted to see if this would turn into hillbilly Taber jokes or not :P
What small town are you from? Town I grew up in with a population of 1,500, the locals were always the ones starting it.
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08-22-2008, 12:29 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
More than people realize. A lot of the "Okanagan" fruit for sale on the side of the road is coming from California too.
I don't think the pickup trucks are regulated very much. Not much truth in their advertising.
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Really? I thought roadside stands had some sort of Gypsy regulatory board that was charged with ensuring their health standards and advertising practices.
Buying food off the back of trucks is like buying electronics out of white panel vans, you never know what you're going to get and when you do get it, you'll probably regret it.
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08-22-2008, 12:31 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Locke
Really? I thought roadside stands had some sort of Gypsy regulatory board that was charged with ensuring their health standards and advertising practices.
Buying food off the back of trucks is like buying electronics out of white panel vans, you never know what you're going to get and when you do get it, you'll probably regret it. |
Regretting bad food can take up to 24-48 hours too. 
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08-22-2008, 12:45 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lithium
Does California corn sell from the back of a pickup truck?
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It does when the truck isn't from one of the actual taber farms. Likes Jensens.
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08-22-2008, 12:46 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
I think he means an intense wind and hail storm wiped out most the Taber Corn in July. Corn sellers must be getting corn from other sources.
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I thought that was East of the main corn area?
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08-22-2008, 12:56 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Forest Lawn opened a beer gardens is about right..assuming everyone who shows up in a Forest Lawn beer gardens is white and no one is armed.
Went there once about 8 years ago, nothing special. Went to the bar afterwards, it averaged about 2 fights an hour, 3 in the bar.
Outside when leaving, it was somewhat disconcerting to see the 3 RCMP officers getting pushed around and prevented from stopping some other skirmishes that were breaking out in the parking lot.
Just the backwoods brawls mostly, but who knows now, maybe its gotten a little edgier down there too....this was before that school shooting.
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08-22-2008, 03:49 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wherever the cooler is.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lithium
Yeah I know, I wanted to see if this would turn into hillbilly Taber jokes or not :P
What small town are you from? Town I grew up in with a population of 1,500, the locals were always the ones starting it.
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Pfft. 1500 isn't small. Try 360. Now that's a small town. A town so small it doesn't have a bar. Although Round Hill (probably less people than my hometown) has a hotel (why I have no idea) and in that hotel is a bar. And that bar is run by the Hells Angels. So we don't have problems like that haha. That place is so classy it was voted one of the worst three places to live in Alberta. She's a beaut I tells ya.
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08-22-2008, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Berger_4_
Pfft. 1500 isn't small. Try 360. Now that's a small town. A town so small it doesn't have a bar. Although Round Hill (probably less people than my hometown) has a hotel (why I have no idea) and in that hotel is a bar. And that bar is run by the Hells Angels. So we don't have problems like that haha. That place is so classy it was voted one of the worst three places to live in Alberta. She's a beaut I tells ya.
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Lol. Never thought I'd hear a 'mine is smaller than yours' battle.
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08-22-2008, 04:05 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chiefs Kingdom, Yankees Universe, C of Red.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lithium
Yeah I know, I wanted to see if this would turn into hillbilly Taber jokes or not :P
What small town are you from? Town I grew up in with a population of 1,500, the locals were always the ones starting it.
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Small town in Southern Alberta with a population of 900. Locals might start some of them, but the outsiders were never smart enough to walk away. I have also witnessed plenty of fights in other towns or cities. Basically anywhere booze is served.
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08-22-2008, 04:28 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
Small town in Southern Alberta with a population of 900. Locals might start some of them, but the outsiders were never smart enough to walk away. I have also witnessed plenty of fights in other towns or cities. Basically anywhere booze is served.
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Aint the sauce great?
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08-22-2008, 10:53 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by troutman
More than people realize. A lot of the "Okanagan" fruit for sale on the side of the road is coming from California too.
I don't think the pickup trucks are regulated very much. Not much truth in their advertising.
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As long as it is as good as you expect do you honestly give a crap? I don't.
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08-23-2008, 01:09 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: beautiful calgary alberta
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when does taber corn start sellling here?
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08-23-2008, 11:45 AM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Technically the harvest started last week. So should already be on the market.
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08-23-2008, 11:58 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Wherever the cooler is.
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Yeah there was a truck full of it yesterday on the way home from Edmonton.
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08-23-2008, 02:05 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mahogany, aka halfway to Lethbridge
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Originally Posted by Locke
I try to avoid making foodstuff purchases by roadside.
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Yeah, I always see the guys selling 'fresh seafood' by the side of the road and think, what agreat idea, lets pick up some of them tasty Alberta Lobster tails...
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08-23-2008, 04:07 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by onetwo_threefour
Yeah, I always see the guys selling 'fresh seafood' by the side of the road and think, what agreat idea, lets pick up some of them tasty Alberta Lobster tails...
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Freshly defrosted
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08-23-2008, 04:47 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by onetwo_threefour
Yeah, I always see the guys selling 'fresh seafood' by the side of the road and think, what agreat idea, lets pick up some of them tasty Alberta Lobster tails...
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Krab spelled with a K must be authentic, tasty and safe..... 
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08-23-2008, 08:00 PM
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Ill be there again tonight.
Cornfest is a pretty good time if you like getting gunned. Taber has on average has some good looking scallywags, better for sure than most small towns.
Im not sure about 20000 people, but the town is insane during this weekend.
If you go to Taber and plan on going to the bar, just play it cool and you will be fine. Sometimes the locals "dont take kindly to strangers" but thats usually only when your doing something you shouldn't anyways.
Watch out for cops.
Last edited by Shnabdabber; 08-23-2008 at 08:03 PM.
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