11-01-2010, 02:16 PM
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evil of fart
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Personally, I think the communities of Okotoks and Rocky View should put toll booths on the highways so that the parasites from Calgary start paying for the use of their roads and shops.
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Calgarians don't need the parasite communities to survive. People who live in the parasite communities need Calgary.
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11-01-2010, 02:24 PM
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#182
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Calgarians don't need the parasite communities to survive. People who live in the parasite communities need Calgary.
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Parasites from Calgary are flocking to these communities in large numbers. High River used to be a retirement community but now it's been over run with families from Calgary. Guess you better ask them why Silver.
As for needing Calgary, don't make me laugh, Silver. If It wasn't for the 2 specialists I have to see, there's nothing in Calgary that I can't get in Okotoks. 
You also might want to talk to the 4 young enterprisng guys from Calgary who have been going up and down my street rebuilding people's decks. They are making a very good income in High River.
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11-01-2010, 02:27 PM
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#183
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Dion
Parasites from Calgary are flocking to these communities in large numbers. High River used to be a retirement community but now it's been over run with families from Calgary. Guess you better ask them why Silver.
As for needing Calgary, don't make me laugh, Silver. If It wasn't for the 2 specialists I have to see, there's nothing in Calgary that I can't get in Okotoks. |
Thats remarkably short sighted.
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11-01-2010, 02:30 PM
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#184
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Originally Posted by redforever
I am willing to pay that extra fee only when Calgarians pay for all of the capital expenses for its transit system, and are not subsidized by any provincial or federal tax dollars.
You are going to have to realize that it is not only you who has paid into Calgary Transit system and as such, it is not only you who should get the benefit of using it.
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Just because you pay into a pool and money and money from that pool pays for something does not mean you have paid for it. You have to look at net effects. If you take more out of the pool than you put in, you're not really subsidizing anything, are you? But you are getting subsidized.
So what if Calgary received federal and provincial dollars? We pay federal and provincial taxes. And since we're one of the richest jurisdictions in Alberta and Canada, and since we're not swing voters, I would wager that we contribute more to those governments than we ever get back. We are subsidizing, not subsidized.
It's absurd to say you're subsidizing Calgary, when even more money is flowing out of Calgary to subsidize you. The only thing that makes sense is to look at NET subsidies, which are almost certainly in your favor.
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11-01-2010, 02:33 PM
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#185
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by algernon
Damn you!
So help me, If I have to start paying more to buy my wagon wheels and cowboy silhouettes...
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And beef jerky... and side-of-the-road shrimp!
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11-01-2010, 02:34 PM
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#186
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My face is a bum!
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Originally Posted by Dion
Parasites from Calgary are flocking to these communities in large numbers. High River used to be a retirement community but now it's been over run with families from Calgary. Guess you better ask them why Silver.
As for needing Calgary, don't make me laugh, Silver. If It wasn't for the 2 specialists I have to see, there's nothing in Calgary that I can't get in Okotoks.
You also might want to talk to the 4 young enterprisng guys from Calgary who have been going up and down my street rebuilding people's decks. They are making a very good income in High River. |
People are flocking there because they pay nothing for property taxes and get much larger houses on a larger piece of land for far less than you could ever dream of in Calgary.
They will also tell you at every opportunity that they can make it downtown in 20 minutes despite the fact that every time they utter the words a part of their brain feels hot as they remember the 2 hours they spend in the car every day to get to their community where they don't have to worry about traffic.
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11-01-2010, 02:39 PM
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#187
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evil of fart
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Dion you're like the Okotoks' version of the Iraqi Minister of Information lol.
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11-01-2010, 02:40 PM
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#188
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Dion you're like the Okotoks' version of the Iraqi Minister of Information lol.
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At least his Costco is convenient to get to! 
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11-01-2010, 02:42 PM
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#189
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by algernon
Country Lifestyle!
No Crime!
No Traffic!
No Drugs!
No Problems!
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On a completely unrelated note, my wife and I were at a curling bonspiel in there this summer. Our car got broken into and someone stole her purse.
It was found later by police who informed us that the purse theft was likely drug related and that the iPod would likely never be recovered.
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11-01-2010, 02:44 PM
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#190
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by Starfishy
On a completely unrelated note, my wife and I were at a curling bonspiel in there this summer. Our car got broken into and someone stole her purse.
It was found later by police who informed us that the purse theft was likely drug related and that the iPod would likely never be recovered.
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Really? The day you get burgled at a bonspiel is the day you officially get your 'seen it all' pass.
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11-01-2010, 02:44 PM
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#191
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evil of fart
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Originally Posted by Starfishy
On a completely unrelated note, my wife and I were at a curling bonspiel in there this summer. Our car got broken into and someone stole her purse.
It was found later by police who informed us that the purse theft was likely drug related and that the iPod would likely never be recovered.
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I think Algernon was giving the canned answer that people from Cochotokos give for why they live out there, but he was doing it somewhat ironically.
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11-01-2010, 02:44 PM
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#192
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One of the Nine
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And anyone that's ever gone into one of the pubs in a place like high river and seen the toothless crack hos waiting to pounce knows why the parasites are so grouchy all the time.
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11-01-2010, 02:47 PM
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#193
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by 4X4
And anyone that's ever gone into one of the pubs in a place like high river and seen the toothless crack hos waiting to pounce knows why the parasites are so grouchy all the time.
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While paying for $7 drinks because the cost of living is so awesomely low.... 
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11-01-2010, 02:51 PM
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#194
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Bonspiel is a real thing?
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11-01-2010, 02:51 PM
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#195
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by Shazam
Bonspiel is a real thing?
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Exactly.
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11-01-2010, 02:52 PM
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#196
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by Rathji
No, I don't know if I mis-stated myself or if you just understood. Someone taking the bus does not really consume anything extra and is what CT would like people to do. Charging for that would be silly.
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That person is a recipient of a service, they are taking up a seat on the bus and contributing to bus fuel, maintenance, insurance and driver costs.
According to your logic, a person should not have to pay for the train ride either because it will be running anyway and not consuming anything extra.
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11-01-2010, 02:58 PM
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#197
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dion
As for needing Calgary, don't make me laugh, Silver. If It wasn't for the 2 specialists I have to see, there's nothing in Calgary that I can't get in Okotoks.
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The entire reason that this board exists says "Hi".
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11-01-2010, 03:04 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Originally Posted by Shazam
Yeah, I took the train today and Crowfoot was mostly full (at least the west lot). Looked like Brentwood was mostly full too, except for the overflow lot part?
It's been a few months since I last took a real look.
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They have blocked off the overflow for whatever reason so I guess there is less people parking at Brentwood now but people seem to have accepted the fees for the most part.
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11-01-2010, 03:06 PM
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#199
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Originally Posted by Chump
They have blocked off the overflow for whatever reason so I guess there is less people parking at Brentwood now but people seem to have accepted the fees for the most part.
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Well that explains why I keep thinking the lot's half full.
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11-01-2010, 03:35 PM
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#200
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Originally Posted by Dion
Why would anyone want to live in Calgary and have to deal with the traffic, crime and drug problems |
Really? I have lived here my whole life (3 years downtown) and have never had to deal with "drug problems"...? IMO you're only dealing with "drug problems" if you're looking for drugs or hanging out with those that peddle them. This is Calgary dude, not Baltimore.
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