You know you're a Calgarian when...

[J pold]

You judge how cold it is outside not by the temperature but weather or not you will need a jacket

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

Who is Jordan Cook?

[Got Miikka?]

...you vote in the Best of Calgary poll that the best fries in the city are made at McDonald's.

[albertGQ]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Oh yeah. Hhahahah. I remember that

BRUTAL!!!

[4X4]

Originally Posted by J pold

WHOA!!! Are you telling me that Sarichfan is the rebirth of Jordon!!?!

Of course it all makes sense now.

Well, I'm not saying that. But another hawkeyed poster I know on the board happened to notice a certain correlation. We all love Gordon though. The place isn't the same without him.

[BigBCalgary]

When you meet someone and they say they're from Edmonton your first response is always "Sorry for your luck!"

[J pold]

Originally Posted by 4X4

Well, I'm not saying that. But another hawkeyed poster I know on the board happened to notice a certain correlation. We all love Gordon though. The place isn't the same without him.

I know I miss the good old cooler discussion

[HotHotHeat]

Originally Posted by ken0042

This is a "you know you're a Calgarian" thread, not "you know you live in a major North American city."

That's the point! Do most major North American cities not use fly overs and off ramps rather than lights? I've visited a good number of cities all over this continent and never see as many lights as we do here.

Maybe a better way of putting it would be 'you know you're in Calgary when an overpass had FOUR sets of lights surrounding it'. Crowchild and Shag. Worst design ever.

[Pagal4321]

You think it's normal to wait over an hour for a cab..

[flames_fan_down_under]

you've danced on the tables at singapore sams

[someguy51]

I read this one in a book:

...when you try to pass another vehicle in a drive through

[Flames in 07]

made a point of turning on am106 for the top 6 at 6 and the top 10 at 10 ... and wonder why "stutter rap" was so popular

[corporatejay]

you know the phrase that pays.

"Power 107 plays today's best music now show me my money!"

[rubecube]

...you personally know or are friends with people who know the members of Nickleback and you still don't like them.

[jolinar of malkshor]

When you steal peoples extension cords.

[JBR]

When you mention to every car salesman "Lanny sent me!"

[Dan02]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

Maybe a better way of putting it would be 'you know you're in Calgary when an overpass had FOUR sets of lights surrounding it'. Crowchild and Shag. Worst design ever.

pfft, credit where it's due, we stole that idea from Edmonton.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

That's the point! Do most major North American cities not use fly overs and off ramps rather than lights? I've visited a good number of cities all over this continent and never see as many lights as we do here.

Maybe a better way of putting it would be 'you know you're in Calgary when an overpass had FOUR sets of lights surrounding it'. Crowchild and Shag. Worst design ever.

You know you're from Calgary when... you think you can design traffic interchanges better than traffic engineers.

And, no, most cities do not have lightless interchanges. For the extra cost, they aren't worth the money, not by a long shot. Especailly when the secondary road isn't a freeway anyway.

That being said, there are some older interchanges in Calgary that would definately have been built diferently if they were built today.

[Montana Moe]

...you need instructions posted on how to yield onto Deerfoot. I really found that strange.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

...you don't think it's strange that there are two Sarcee Trails.

...you don't think it's strange that there is an intersection of Northmount Drive and Northmount Drive.

...you don't have a mullet, or an 87 IROC on blocks in your front yard.