02-07-2011, 02:20 PM
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#241
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Soft in my age? I think its spelled SMART not SOFT. Fact is that the generation previous to mine invented this cool thing called an automobile. Its a horseless device that allows us to get from point A to Point B while listening to our favorite Benny Goodman CD in a heated environment with somewhat comfortable seats, in any weather condition.
Riding a bike in the winter doesn't make you a hero, it makes you a red faced, shivering person that smells like sour vinager in the first meeting of the day while you shift around in your boardroom seat trying to alieviate the pain of crotch rot.
While guys on bikes are falling over 15 times on the way to work, guys like me are deciding whether the 5 or 10 point rule applies to you.
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While riding a bike in the morning does have it's drawbacks, it also comes with some excellent perks that a elderly citizen such as yourself could benefit from.
Perk #1: No traffic, which I know grinds the gears of many an old blowhard on this site. (Also no standing in a cramped C-Train, another gear grinder for the cane-wielding, get-off-my-front-lawn, "I know best because I grew up when men were 10 feet tall and created the world you know from metal and bronze with their bare hands," types.)
Perk #2: A finely tuned "suspension" which allows for extended wrestling matches without the need of aids like Viagra, or in your case black and white polaroids of WW1 era french cabaret girls.
Perk #3: Being conditioned by the extreme weather makes you into something of a "Hero." Did you see the ad for Captain America during the super bowl? That skinny little guy going into the machine, and then coming out a hero? Pretty much identical to my life story.
It does have its drawbacks, but I can take a shower when I get to work and alleviate any of them quickly.
However the pungent smell of rolaids, rogaine, tiger balm and mothballs attracts flocks of elderly women to you gentlemen almost as efficiently as a sale on the shopping channel, so kings to you my friend, you seem to have cornered that market nicely.
Cheers! 
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02-12-2011, 12:10 PM
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#242
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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Although the Calgary forecast looks great this weekend, apparently Banff and other parts of the mountains are under a heavy snowfall warning. The skiers will rejoice, but it may make driving a little slower if you're heading that way.
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02-12-2011, 12:11 PM
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#243
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Loves Teh Chat!
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Originally Posted by jimmy stang
although the calgary forecast looks great this weekend, apparently banff and other parts of the mountains are under a heavy snowfall warning. The skiers will rejoice, but it may make driving a little slower if you're heading that way.
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02-12-2011, 12:22 PM
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#244
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: DeWinton, AB
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It can be spring tiem yet?
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02-12-2011, 12:32 PM
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#245
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Loves Teh Chat!
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Originally Posted by TylerSVT
It can be spring tiem yet?
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Nope.
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02-12-2011, 01:00 PM
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#246
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The new goggles also do nothing.
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary
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Yes.
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Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position.
But certainty is an absurd one.
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02-12-2011, 01:05 PM
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#247
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Easter back on in Vancouver
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Originally Posted by torture
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That looks like a dog's face.
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02-14-2011, 06:37 AM
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#248
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Chinook, it was a nice visit, come back soon.
(don't freak out, it's not Calgary's forecast)
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02-26-2011, 02:26 PM
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#249
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: SW
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02-26-2011, 02:50 PM
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#250
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: DeWinton, AB
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In like a lion out like a lamb lets hope.
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02-26-2011, 03:26 PM
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#251
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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i picked an excellent week to head to Las Vegas
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02-26-2011, 03:49 PM
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#252
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Franchise Player
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This Winter has been such a whore.
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02-26-2011, 04:18 PM
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#253
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Methanolic
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God damn mother ####ing #### licking ####ty weather is pissing me off.
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02-26-2011, 05:32 PM
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#254
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary, AB
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I grew up somewhere where whenever it got below -10 or so it would never snow. Sigh. It's like karma kicking me square in the grobs every time I'm out shovelling the 2 cm of fresh snow on the sidewalk and it's -25 and windy.
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02-26-2011, 05:43 PM
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#255
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J pold
This Winter has been such a whore.
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The past 12 months have been a whore.
I'll never forgive mother nature for not giving me a proper summer.
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02-26-2011, 06:01 PM
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#256
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First Line Centre
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Still have the 2 snowiest months to go....
I like this weather.
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02-26-2011, 06:27 PM
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#257
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by J pold
This Winter has been such a whore.
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You guys only had 10 ? cold days so far, jeez, suck it up wimps. 
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02-26-2011, 06:39 PM
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#258
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First Line Centre
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Have broken my all time numbers for Shinny Days and XC Ski days this winter....usually done XC Skiing by this time of year but looks like minimum of 2-3 more weeks  Lately the snow and ice have been perfect! It has been a fun winter so far!
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02-26-2011, 08:12 PM
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#259
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Franchise Player
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Just drove in from Nanton - there is a ton of snow falling and Highway 2 is very slow with lots of snow on it.
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02-27-2011, 12:08 AM
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#260
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: DeWinton, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zarrell
Still have the 2 snowiest months to go....
I like this weather.
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Snow doesn't bother me at all. -32 is what bothers me... you cant do anything except work and sit inside under those conditions.
I wouldn't care we got 100 cm's of snow tomorrow as long as it was -5.
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