Canadian Growers Thread - Canucks Represent!

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No outdoor harvest for someone.
While I feel for the poor grower, the evil side of me appreciates that the cops let it get that close to harvest before swooping in. As a sometimes asshole myself, I can appreciate masters of the craft.

RCMP seize and destroy 400 illegal cannabis plants

 

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Fox News or Kids in the Hall Character?

 

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Canadian Petting Zoo

 

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After posting the weird Newfoundland place name song, I was reminded of this one.

The Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, risking their lives in the USA, singing about the War of 1812.
If the group's name wasn't a hint, this is all for fun.

 

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One more from one of Saskatchewan's finest musical contributions to the planet, The Arrogant Worms, with a sensitive plea for an end to a horrible cruelty.

 

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One more for tonight. This post could out my real identity to anyone who knows Captain Tractor, but I don't see that as likely.

This is an Edmonton band doing an Arrogant Worms song. My arm is visible for an instant in the battleship fight scene, try not to be distracted by it's bulgy magnificence.

 

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Nothing happy today.

Long time Oiler and Eskimo dressing room attendant Joey Moss passed away at 57 years old. Joey is the most Canadian of celebrities. I doubt anybody who doesn't know who he is will be able to understand the magnitude of this loss to many, many people. I know I feel like I've been kicked in the balls.

"On behalf of all the players who had the honour to get to know him, we are so saddened to hear the news of Joey's passing. We were all lucky enough to be part of his life for a lot of years. His love for life always brought a smile to anyone who met him. Whether it was a coffee before practice or a big hug after a great win or a tough loss, he would put life in perspective. He will be missed but not forgotten, Once an Oiler always an Oiler. RIP, Joe." - Wayne Gretzky

RELEASE: Oilers statement on the passing of Joey Moss | Edmonton Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers organization is extremely saddened by the passing of our dear friend and colleague, the legendary Joey Moss

www.nhl.com

 

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How big had Joey Moss become in Edmonton?

Monday evening TSN 1260 radio ditched the Monday Night Football broadcast to stay on the air to produce special coverage of the death of Joey Moss.

Callers were suggesting a banner up there with the Oilers greats.

I suggest his own statue, out front of Rogers Place near Gretzky’s, singing the national anthem.

Terry Jones: Edmonton Oilers dressing room icon Joey Moss dies

Hall of Famer Joey Moss, the long-time dressing room attendant of both the Edmonton Oilers and Edmonton Eskimos, has bellowed out O Canada for the final time.

edmontonjournal.com

If anything makes me proud of this city, it's the way this amazing little dude with Down's Syndrome was universally loved and appreciated. It wasn't pity, it wasn't patronizing. Edmonton truly loved Joey Moss for the person he was.

 

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One more about Joey. How is this for a tribute?

 

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More tributes. After reading so many of these, it has become clear that Joey not only brought absolute joy to everyone he met, he made each of those people a better human being for the experience. That is an epitaph to rival any other.


“He loved to sing and he loved to dance,” Stafford said. “My wife and her mother took tap dancing lessons. He went in one of their recitals and was the star performer, the hit of the recital. The thing that Joey did was, he gave pure joy to people. He made everyone smile… His two loves were dancing and singing, and they came naturally through his family.”
Along the way, he became a cornerstone of the teams, sent down the hall to the visitor’s dressing room to wish Mathieu Schneider a "Happy Hanukkah!" or to deliver the organizational handshake to a new husband or father. He was as welcome in the dressing rooms of every visiting CFL or NHL team as he was in Edmonton's.
Part of that was due to his ability to fit in seamlessly.
In sports, if they’re not kidding around with you or pulling your leg, it’s because you haven’t been accepted yet. If they treat you with kid gloves it’s because you are seen to be on the outside, and the closer you get to the heart of a team the sharper your wits had better become.
“If they don’t mess with you, don’t tease you, they don’t like you,” said Mandrusiak.
“What struck me about Joey,” began long-time Edmonton sports columnist Cam Cole, “was how no one treated him like a ‘special needs’ guy. He was just a completely integrated part of the dressing room culture, going about his business, giving and taking chirps from the players. Like the time he was vacuuming the rug, in between reporters' feet while John Muckler was doing a stand-up interview. Muck interrupted himself to say, '---- off, Joey,’ then continued his comments, and Joey simply kept vacuuming, a few feet away.
“He was a part of the scenery, a part of the mood, often happy, sometimes crabby like everyone else. One of the boys.”

Joey Moss bled Edmonton sports and taught a generation about vulnerability

Joey Moss bled blue and orange by winter, green and gold by summer, teaching a generation of Edmonton sports fans about vulnerability, and putting it all out there even when you’re a bit off-key some of the time. Or all of the time.

www.sportsnet.ca

 

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Anyone who didn’t know the history or understand the relationship would likely be aghast if they saw an NHL team booing a mentally challenged dressing room attendant while he wrestled their 250-pound enforcer.

Wrestling with Goodbyes: Joey Moss's locker-room alter ego the stuff of legend

Anyone who didn’t know the history or understand the relationship would likely be aghast if they saw an NHL team booing a mentally challenged dressing room…

edmontonjournal.com

 

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[Jewels]

Baby seal walks into the bar
bartender asks "what you want?"
baby seal replies
"Anything but a Canadian Club."

 

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you canucks are dark haha

 

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So this baby seal walks into a club...

 

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you canucks are dark haha

Naw, we just love our cutesy wuutsy animals. You know, like the polar bears in the pop commercials?

 

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Notice anything ??

Way to go, Alberta.




Way to go.

 

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Anyone here know anything about the Cold Lake/Lloydminster area? I'm interested in both sides of the AB/SK border: hunting, fishing, areas or communities to avoid, hidden gems, etc. I know there are lots of reserves and have no issues with First Nations folk. Not interested in Cold Lake or Lloyd themselves, more the rural areas. TIA

 

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Huh, well-well.

Wanna hear a story about a fight to the death between a wolverine, and my 13 year old Granpap Jewels ?

Starts in Cherry Grove , Alberta.

 

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Huh, well-well.

Wanna hear a story about a fight to the death between a wolverine, and my 13 year old Granpap Jewels ?

Starts in Cherry Grove , Alberta.

Hell yeah! Let's hear a story.

/pulls up a stump and loads a bowl