11-03-2010, 01:57 PM
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My face is a bum!
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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
Does this factor in filling the moat and setting the bear traps around your particular property prior to leaving?
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Haha..Home automation my friend.
Although my one touch piranha moat/bear trap setting button has gotten me into trouble with Canada Post....
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11-03-2010, 02:07 PM
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#42
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
And the dome in 35 minutes? Not when there is a game. I can make it to the dome in 4 minutes from my house in no traffic. Some game days its 30 minutes if I drive.
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Can't say I've driven to the dome when there isn't a game. We usually leave with lots of time to beat traffic, but then again I did that when we lived in Calgary, too.
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11-03-2010, 02:10 PM
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#43
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
That's an extra 3 full days a year sitting in your car, just counting work days.
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If you work 5 days a week, and depending on your work location vs house location, sure.
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11-03-2010, 02:44 PM
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#44
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My face is a bum!
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I'm not raising any of these points to say living in Cochrane is a bad idea. As stated before, it's my favorite small town within striking distance of Calgary, and actually has some things that make it worth visiting which is why I'll go there a few times a year, but never Airdrie or Okotoks. I'm just saying for the general case of a downtown Calgary worker, there are some considerations that need to be made, and 10 minutes two ways on every commute can eventually start to wear on you.
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11-03-2010, 04:07 PM
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Apr 2010
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If you have kids, I would recommend it. The 4 hockey arenas, lacrosse field, gymnastics, Indoor Soocer, Outdoor Soccer, Outdoor rink and pond, Movie house, Bowling, Skatepark. All decently good activities. The food is also good with Boston Pizza, Oliver Twist, DQ, Mc'Ds, A&W, The Keg ( Or maybe somthing else, cannot remember) Panago ect.
edit: dont forget 2 Golf Courses and dog parks.
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11-03-2010, 04:21 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Apr 2006
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Originally Posted by davo0705
If you have kids, I would recommend it. The 4 hockey arenas, lacrosse field, gymnastics, Indoor Soocer, Outdoor Soccer, Outdoor rink and pond, Movie house, Bowling, Skatepark. All decently good activities. The food is also good with Boston Pizza, Oliver Twist, DQ, Mc'Ds, A&W, The Keg ( Or maybe somthing else, cannot remember) Panago ect.
edit: dont forget 2 Golf Courses and dog parks.
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Wow! I'll move there for the culinary excellence alone!
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11-03-2010, 04:22 PM
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#47
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Fishing is good around there, but I won't tell you where.
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11-03-2010, 05:01 PM
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#49
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My face is a bum!
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Originally Posted by fotze
No love for Bragg Crack?
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If we count Hamlets, then yes. I like the area, but I would spend my life driving to and from Calgary for most of my shopping/activities because a place of 550 people just doesn't have all that much for services.
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11-03-2010, 05:18 PM
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by algernon
Wow! I'll move there for the culinary excellence alone!
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Pfft. No Wendys? Even Costa Rica has a Wendys.
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11-03-2010, 06:17 PM
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#51
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by algernon
Wow! I'll move there for the culinary excellence alone!
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Oliv'r Twist is quite good. They make a mean ginger duck.
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11-03-2010, 06:26 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Originally Posted by 4X4
Pfft. No Wendys? Even Costa Rica has a Wendys.
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Yeah but it's only for tourists!
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11-03-2010, 08:53 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by 4X4
Pfft. No Wendys? Even Costa Rica has a Wendys.
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I've heard the spicy mountain something or other burger is good there... but gee, I can't remember who it was that told me that!
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11-03-2010, 09:51 PM
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Dec 2009
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The Texas Gate for Steak Sango's
Been here for 4 years now and love it. I work DT Calgary and drive in every day.
Only had one issue with the big hill but like someone said you can always take the 1 then the 22. The roads are always in great shape but for me the fog is what really sucks simetimes but don't drive like an asshat and all is well.
I live in Sunset and like it a lot up here. But ya the wind can get old really quick.
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11-03-2010, 09:59 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Self-Banned
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Originally Posted by Pinner
23 km in 10min. is an average speed of 138 kph  |
Cars shouldn't even be allowed to go that fast. The government should step in a limit speed.
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11-03-2010, 10:33 PM
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I have a couple Mopars the are governed @ 120,
mph. 
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11-03-2010, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Shazam
Yes, I live in Royal Oak and work near Chinook Centre.
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Did you win that house or just bad management?
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11-04-2010, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by algernon
Wow! I'll move there for the culinary excellence alone!
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Until they open a Sbarro and a Papa John's, they are simply stuck in culinary mediocrity.
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11-04-2010, 07:12 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: CP House of Ill Repute
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Originally Posted by CrusaderPi
Cars shouldn't even be allowed to go that fast. The government should step in a limit speed.
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Or setup a hotline so that we can report them!
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11-04-2010, 12:19 PM
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First Line Centre
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I've always been a fan of Cochrane, especially the Rec Center.
However, I understand that there have been some issues with the ground shifting in areas and foundations cracking and requiring major repair. The story goes that a developer in Cochrane (don't know which one) hired an engineering company to do a land survey and the results came back that the area was unsuitable to build on because of the unstable, shifting ground. So the developer hired another engineering company and got the same result. Yet again they hired another engineering company and lo and behold got the same result. Finally, on the 4th attempt they hired a company that gave them the results they were looking for and (part of) Cochrane was born.
If you look at Cochrane a lot of it is built in a river valley on a hill so it's not suprising that there may be some foundation issues. Again, I'm not sure if this applies to one or more areas of Cochrane or which ones it applies to. However, you may want to do some significant research on it.
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