Canadian Growers Thread - Canucks Represent!

[Bullfrog]

I presume it is a den. They were coming in and out of the hole in the center of the shot. I never asked what they were up to.

It was kind of funny. I didn't see the den at first, just a single snake off to the side. I took a step toward it and then the whole pile of them started moving, right at my feet. I know they are harmless, but I also know quite a few people with herpetophobia who would have had a heart attack. It's so funny to think of being scared of these little guys.

I was exploring a new area. Saw lots of tracks including the first bear of the season, but they were days old.

Unfortunately, I managed to spring an oil leak as I was pulling in to my fishing hole at the end of the exploration. The oil light came on and I stopped immediately. Refilled with a jug I had in the car and limped home, leaving an oily trail behind.
Managed to get a booking for Sunday afternoon 3 blocks from home to have it looked at. Gotta love small towns.

Hope the car is nothing serious.

 

[Jewels]

The oil light came on and I stopped immediately.

Wiser words have never been spoken.

 

[Amarok]

Hope the car is nothing serious.

Thanks Me too.

Can't really live long term without a vehicle out here in the sticks and can't really afford a major repair either.

 

[DopeDaniel]

Thanks Me too.

Can't really live long term without a vehicle out here in the sticks and can't really afford a major repair either.

I can think of several minor things that would cause this issue, fallen victim to a number of them. Most likely the ice was holding as a gasket, happens every spring?

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@Ramjet159 in Canada 🇨🇦

 

[Ramjet159]

Wiser words have never been spoken.

This red light flashing at you telling you bad shit it about to happen if ignored is some how a huge hurdle for our wives to understand . It’s just an inconvenience that should be ignored and hopefully goes away in time .

 

[Ramjet159]

I can think of several minor things that would cause this issue, fallen victim to a number of them. Most likely the ice was holding as a gasket, happens every spring?

Wait there's more...
@Ramjet159 in Canada 🇨🇦
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I must be the one sitting on his ass and refusing to go any further because someone forgot the beer

 

[DopeDaniel]

I must be the one sitting on his ass and refusing to go any further because someone forgot the beer

Sounds right but no.

 

[Amarok]

Sounds right but no.
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Twenty some years ago, a friend and I set out for a multi-day float on the North Saskatchewan River through some pretty thick wilderness (RMH to Drayton Valley, should you care). My friend was dressed for boating, not trekking, and was wearing flip-flops. We stopped on an island the first afternoon and were doing a bit of exploring when he made an unhappy sound. I looked, and a broken off branch had rammed in between his big toe and the next one and was impaled in his flesh. It was stuck in there good. He yanked it out and suffered for the rest of the trip(never said a word though).

Footwear with ankle protection, long sleeves, and long pants are a must in the Northern Boreal forest, in my opinion anyway.

 

[Psychobilly]

I presume it is a den. They were coming in and out of the hole in the center of the shot. I never asked what they were up to.

It was kind of funny. I didn't see the den at first, just a single snake off to the side. I took a step toward it and then the whole pile of them started moving, right at my feet. I know they are harmless, but I also know quite a few people with herpetophobia who would have had a heart attack. It's so funny to think of being scared of these little guys.

We see them in the yard and in the woods pretty often. I'm not scared of snakes, I simply leave them alone; they go about their day, and I with mine.

You know me; only try to pet things I shouldn't lol

I was exploring a new area. Saw lots of tracks including the first bear of the season, but they were days old.

Unfortunately, I managed to spring an oil leak as I was pulling in to my fishing hole at the end of the exploration. The oil light came on and I stopped immediately. Refilled with a jug I had in the car and limped home, leaving an oily trail behind.
Managed to get a booking for Sunday afternoon 3 blocks from home to have it looked at. Gotta love small towns.

Hope it's nothing serious.

 

[DopeDaniel]

Twenty some years ago, a friend and I set out for a multi-day float on the North Saskatchewan River through some pretty thick wilderness (RMH to Drayton Valley, should you care). My friend was dressed for boating, not trekking, and was wearing flip-flops. We stopped on an island the first afternoon and were doing a bit of exploring when he made an unhappy sound. I looked, and a broken off branch had rammed in between his big toe and the next one and was impaled in his flesh. It was stuck in there good. He yanked it out and suffered for the rest of the trip(never said a word though).

Footwear with ankle protection, long sleeves, and long pants are a must in the Northern Boreal forest, in my opinion anyway.

I'm down with proper footwear, I'm also of the opinion the typical modern shoe is bad for my feet, body and mind. I think it's partly a product of walking on finished surfaces and trying to conform our bodies to a civilized environment. Barefooting is the other extreme, as usual I find happiness somewhere inbetween.


I just got a version with leather upper, they have a couple boots too. They force you to change your mentality because you can't just stomp on a pointy rock but you can train your foot to be strong and flexible enough to find the best placement as you make your movement. Instead of bashing through life it makes me more conscious of my surroundings and impacts of my actions. The morphology of my foot has changed over the last 6 months or so too.


My toes are less "hammer" looking. Specifically my pinkey toe used to curl in and under the one next to it and there were no gaps between my toes. My foot has spread out and is more stable, better able to interface with my ankle, having a cascading affect on my body allignmemt.

 

[Ramjet159]

Sounds right but no.
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😂 it’s nice to know you blokes actually listen to half the crap I talk . I don’t know how I missed that . My Bogan radar installed at berth failed to detect our national footwear . In my defence which is flimsy at best I was way too stoned to rely on any of my faculties .

 

[Ramjet159]

Twenty some years ago, a friend and I set out for a multi-day float on the North Saskatchewan River through some pretty thick wilderness (RMH to Drayton Valley, should you care). My friend was dressed for boating, not trekking, and was wearing flip-flops. We stopped on an island the first afternoon and were doing a bit of exploring when he made an unhappy sound. I looked, and a broken off branch had rammed in between his big toe and the next one and was impaled in his flesh. It was stuck in there good. He yanked it out and suffered for the rest of the trip(never said a word though).

Footwear with ankle protection, long sleeves, and long pants are a must in the Northern Boreal forest, in my opinion anyway.

Agreed 100% yet somehow I’m always in a hurry and end up working in my yard in flip thongs ( hybrid word to please all )
I’ve lost track of how many times she’s said “ that wouldn’t have happened if you’d been wearing correct footwear “
I got no response except muttering a repeat of what she just said in Archie Bunkers best moments .

 

[Ramjet159]

I'm down with proper footwear, I'm also of the opinion the typical modern shoe is bad for my feet, body and mind. I think it's partly a product of walking on finished surfaces and trying to conform our bodies to a civilized environment. Barefooting is the other extreme, as usual I find happiness somewhere inbetween.
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I just got a version with leather upper, they have a couple boots too. They force you to change your mentality because you can't just stomp on a pointy rock but you can train your foot to be strong and flexible enough to find the best placement as you make your movement. Instead of bashing through life it makes me more conscious of my surroundings and impacts of my actions. The morphology of my foot has changed over the last 6 months or so too.
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My toes are less "hammer" looking. Specifically my pinkey toe used to curl in and under the one next to it and there were no gaps between my toes. My foot has spread out and is more stable, better able to interface with my ankle, having a cascading affect on my body allignmemt.

Is this a challenge for the fucked up foot of the night pic award . Don’t make me slap my big hoof down with munted big toenail and all . I could walk through snow without those ice shoes you wear that look like you have tennis racquets strapped to your feet . Excuse my ignorance. I have no idea what they’re called ?

 

[DopeDaniel]

Is this a challenge for the fucked up foot of the night pic award . Don’t make me slap my big hoof down with munted big toenail and all . I could walk through snow without those ice shoes you wear that look like you have tennis racquets strapped to your feet . Excuse my ignorance. I have no idea what they’re called ?

berth

You friggin' nasty seaman, you keep that thing in a sock where it belongs.

Snowshoes, they're called snowshoes bromate.

Bet I get you going with the word crampon, tho.

 

[Psychobilly]

I could walk through snow without those ice shoes you wear

Wait...You've walked in Snow before ? Isn't your Winter like 70 degrees ??? Did you fall into a freezer with an ill timed humidifier inside it ??

 

[Jewels]

As an admirer of low-hanging fruit, I can confidently say there are only a few places in the world that get up to 70

 

[Psychobilly]

As an admirer of low-hanging fruit, I can confidently say there are only a few places in the world that get up to 70
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I mean, imagine trying to explain the complications of temps to Americans; "What do you mean water freezes at 0, and boils at 100???" LOL

It's kind of funny though, that in the Ghettos, where education has been failing, that those are the only places anyone knows how to measure in Grams or ounces haha.

 

[Ramjet159]

As an admirer of low-hanging fruit, I can confidently say there are only a few places in the world that get up to 70
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Clearly this indicates you need to join the rest of the world so we can finally do away with those annoying conversion charts 🤣. It’s funny though having said that but most Aussies describe a persons height in feet and inches yet weight will be in kilos and not pounds . Subway is a 12 inch Sub and not Can I please have a 30 centimetre Sub.

 

[Jewels]

It is a long trickle down. They changed the curriculum to metric when my Pops was in middle school. I could tell you the name of the Federal politician that initiated the adoption, because I've heard my father repeat it so many times.
Helped to define the generational line. GenX are born to Boomers.
Boomers alienated because the carpet was pulled out from under them. And Gen xers alienated because their parents are describing a world that they cannot see with their young eyes.
How can I relate to a story about miles per gallon when the gas station is advertising Litres for dollars and my odometer is reading kilometers?

It is natural to be dismissive of things that you don't understand.
Naturally, the conversation won't flow if I have to pull out an abacus to understand exactly what you're saying.

I see a more literal translation with my kids. They are bilingual. Often, I will see them pause mid speech. They are speaking English to me, but their ideas had begun to form with french syntax, and they end up running out of rope before they successfully finish a grammatically correct English sentence.

 

[Ramjet159]

Thanks Jewels . Always appreciate your take on things , even when you use words us simple ones ( ok probably just me ) have never used before like Syntax . Least Google saves me from having to ask and allows me to be coherent .
Some chick on Insta the other day called me an Incel . Again thank you to the Oracle for gifting me the knowledge that I’m apparently a single white male blaming the world and females for my lack of romance . If only she’d asked what my star sign was things could have been so different .
Dismissive of things you don’t understand you see almost every day . A lot of the time it looks comical as well .
Older people trying to get their head around modern technology is a regular event . Give an old person an IPhone for example and the show begins . How come the screens gone blank ?
I didn’t push any buttons , the stupid thing did it itself ! Where’s my old phone ? You can have this piece of crap back !