08-18-2014, 12:56 PM
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#481
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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08-18-2014, 01:08 PM
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#482
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
Looks like Version 2 is going to win. Voting closes tomorrow.
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Looks like I'm supporting the troops!
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08-18-2014, 01:20 PM
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#483
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: not lurking
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I'll need a bumper sticker that reads "My government is trying to distract from its own incompetence and all I got was this lousy license plate."
Okay, that might be a little wordy for a bumper sticker.
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08-18-2014, 06:32 PM
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#484
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: St. George's, Grenada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swarly
green text? I like our current plates a heck of a lot more than any of the current options.
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I agree. If they must change, I'd be perfectly happy with them simply modernizing the look of the current ones. Change the 'Alberta' to the new style logo, change the slogan if you must, that's it. I love a simple clean design
Edit: Rush job but you get the idea
Last edited by btimbit; 08-18-2014 at 06:45 PM.
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08-18-2014, 09:34 PM
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#485
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by Swarly
green text? I like our current plates a heck of a lot more than any of the current options.
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The existence of worse options does not make the current one good.
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08-20-2014, 11:15 AM
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#486
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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...and we're getting option #2.
Barf.
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08-20-2014, 11:23 AM
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#487
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Franchise Player
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Fataing boo!
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08-20-2014, 11:48 AM
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#488
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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Eh maybe we'll get lucky and the Province will follow in the path of other provinces and allow us to buy sports team/special interest plates. Anything to avoid the Go RVing disaster.
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08-20-2014, 12:15 PM
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#489
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mrkajz44
Looks like Version 2 is going to win. Voting closes tomorrow.
Version 1 45.61% (74,392 votes)
Version 2 48.45% (79,028 votes)
Version 3 5.93% (9,676 votes)
Total Votes: 163,096
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Perfect example of why crowd-sourcing isn't usually a great idea.
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08-20-2014, 12:17 PM
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#490
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ironhorse
Perfect example of why crowd-sourcing isn't usually a great idea.
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The only good crowd-sourcing was the CP designed Peace bridge in that thread. A classic. 
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08-20-2014, 12:21 PM
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#491
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There should be a law against letting the public vote on anything artistic. Stick to politicians and Quebec referendums.
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08-20-2014, 12:38 PM
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#492
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Neither here nor there
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
There should be a law against letting the public vote on anything artistic. Stick to politicians and Quebec referendums.
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Well we can't let the government decide either, otherwise we end up with stuff like this....
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08-20-2014, 12:50 PM
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#493
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In the Sin Bin
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
...and we're getting option #2.
Barf.
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Not necessarily. The government has already said that it will consider the (thousands) of comments it received and potentially modify the design. #2 only sucks because of that stupid white band and the poor placement of the mountains. Shift the mountains a bit and remove that band, and you've got a perfectly good plate that would actually be far better than #1 was.
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08-20-2014, 04:23 PM
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#494
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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Worth noting the outcome of the Wild Rose Party's "design competition"
Credit is due to the WRP here for acknowledging and hearing the concerns from the design community.
It was still a cheap publicity stunt in the first place, but it appears they learned something from it.
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08-20-2014, 04:44 PM
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#495
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Muffins
Well we can't let the government decide either, otherwise we end up with stuff like this....
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@giantbluering twitter account recently pointed out an even more expensive art installation that somehow escaped our attention
https://twitter.com/GiantBlueRing/st...537794/photo/1
did anyone notice the $1.5 million project unveiled in Ralph Klein Park??
Last edited by para transit fellow; 08-20-2014 at 05:02 PM.
Reason: typo
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08-20-2014, 04:53 PM
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#496
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by para transit fellow
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That art project apparently took two years. My mind is blown!
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08-20-2014, 05:53 PM
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#497
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jaydorn
Worth noting the outcome of the Wild Rose Party's "design competition"
Credit is due to the WRP here for acknowledging and hearing the concerns from the design community.
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Nice, hats off to the graphic design community.
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08-20-2014, 07:15 PM
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#498
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Originally Posted by para transit fellow
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Of course, it's not like anyone actually goes to Ralph Klein Park.
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08-20-2014, 07:49 PM
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#499
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Dances with Wolves
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Section 304
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Apparently the ground squirrels are having quite a fun time destroying those two hills that flank the Klein park sculpture.
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08-21-2014, 12:35 PM
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#500
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First Line Centre
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So what is the point of having a vote on the designs if the government can impose/enforce/dictate whatever new license plates that we must switch to?
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