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01/25/2005 04:02:03 PM · #1

Just kidding.. but close enough.

newspaper

There's quite a few displaced Newfies on here so I thought they might be interested. For those not from there, the first photo is downtown St.John's...I used to drive through that intersection on the way back from the bar :-)

01/25/2005 04:03:46 PM · #2

Driving through an intersection on the way home from a bar sounds bad...I know what you mean, but I'm tired, so I let my mind wander, and why not?

Anywho, quite an interesting link.

01/25/2005 04:04:55 PM · #3

Originally posted by w24x192:

Driving through an intersection on the way home from a bar sounds bad...I know what you mean, but I'm tired, so I let my mind wander, and why not?

LOL I never said I was drinking :-) But you're right... I should've said "the cabby drove me that way....".

01/25/2005 04:05:38 PM · #4

Oh sure...change your story now. Sorry, it's too late.

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01/25/2005 04:08:13 PM · #5

Originally posted by w24x192:

Oh sure...change you story now. Sorry, it's too late.

lol

Message edited by author 2005-01-25 16:09:04.

01/25/2005 04:10:25 PM · #6

Hmmm...maybe I should visit there some day. Aparently you have lots of alcohol, nice cab drivers, and amphibious cars. Sounds like some version of paradise.

01/25/2005 05:25:39 PM · #7

hehe I thought the ROCK was sinking...
wow that is a great photo, glad I am not in St.john's in that!

Melissa

01/25/2005 05:56:34 PM · #8

Jaaasus, you scared the crap out of me. Heard on the news today there was an 4.5 undersea earthquake off the coast too. Eerie.

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

01/25/2005 05:57:39 PM · #9

Originally posted by orussell:

Heard on the news today there was an 4.5 undersea earthquake off the coast too. Eerie.

Really? My phone's been dead for the past couple of days (apparently plugging it in to charge is a task I'm not willing to undertake) so I haven't talked to the folks...I'm hoping they haven't drowned. They just built a house right on the water. lol

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ursula

Fujifilm X-T2

01/25/2005 06:04:50 PM · #10

If Newfoundland is sinking, we must be rising in BC. Hmmm. That migh explain the warm weather we've been having :)

Ursula

01/25/2005 06:07:11 PM · #11

Originally posted by ursula:

If Newfoundland is sinking, we must be rising in BC. Hmmm. That migh explain the warm weather we've been having :)

Ursula

Hey I thought BC was also sinking? Well partially sinking and partially buried under snow.

And Toronto issued a cold weather warning..they've even got programs running to keep homeless guys off the street..It's -15. It was -40 out this way. I'm assuming -15 here isn't the same as -15 there.

01/25/2005 06:20:59 PM · #12

Based on the weather in Canada, I think I should rescend my earlier statement about the paradise / visit. Maybe I'll wait for summertime. Don't get me wrong, I like winter more than summer, but dang.

01/25/2005 06:26:57 PM · #13

well I am in Labrador and it was -50 here last week

01/25/2005 06:29:52 PM · #14

Originally posted by melking23:

well I am in Labrador and it was -50 here last week

So, what keeps you in Labrador other than possibly being frozen to the floor? I mean, tell me the good things about Labrador.

RayEthier

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

01/25/2005 06:37:18 PM · #15

Originally posted by GoldBerry:

And Toronto issued a cold weather warning..they've even got programs running to keep homeless guys off the street..It's -15. It was -40 out this way. I'm assuming -15 here isn't the same as -15 there.

Hmmmmmmmmmm,,, would that be the same Toronto who called in the army a few years back when they got a whole 8cm of snow.... poor babies... My lord how us country folks laughed at that one. And now they even got down to -14.... poor darlings,,, maybe they should all stay home and cuddle up to keep warm.

01/25/2005 06:49:32 PM · #16

Originally posted by w24x192:

Originally posted by melking23:
well I am in Labrador and it was -50 here last week

So, what keeps you in Labrador other than possibly being frozen to the floor? I mean, tell me the good things about Labrador.

It is not the cold that is keeping me here...hehe

I just moves here last year....I am from the same place as Goldberry!

Labrador has great Ski-dooing when it is not to cold...very nice groomed trails! other than that.....it is just to dam..cold

01/25/2005 07:03:23 PM · #17

Originally posted by melking23:

Sounds like a cool place (pardon the pun). Kind of a shame the some of the really kick-ass outdoorsy places have a season or three of nasty weather. Oh well, I guess it separates the true believers from the occasional visitors.

I was building condo's at a ski resort two years back and that was the worst weather I'd ever experienced. Super-sub freezing weather, 40 mph winds and constant cloud cover, not to mention only three restaurants in a 50 mile radius. I think that could have put me off some winter living.

01/27/2005 08:06:53 AM · #18

Originally posted by orussell:

Jaaasus, you scared the crap out of me. Heard on the news today there was an 4.5 undersea earthquake off the coast too. Eerie.

News item from //www.vocm.com

Quake Not A Concern 1/27/05 (Brian Madore)

A geography proffesor at Memorial University says the underwater earthquake which struck the Laurentian Canyon this week, was not something that people in this province should be too concerned with. The quake, which measured 4.7, did not cause any damage but got a few people thinking about the 1929 tsunami which killed 29 people on he Burin Peninsula. The epicentre of the two quakes was in the same area. Michael Stavely, who studied the Burin Peninsula tidal wave, says this week's quake was smaller and centred on the Nova Scotia side of the underwater canyon. However, Stavely says it did happen in a region where oil companies are considering exploring for oil.

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01/27/2005 08:40:22 AM · #19

Originally posted by w24x192:

Originally posted by melking23:
It is not the cold that is keeping me here...hehe

I just moves here last year....I am from the same place as Goldberry!

Labrador has great Ski-dooing when it is not to cold...very nice groomed trails! other than that.....it is just to dam..cold

Sounds like a cool place (pardon the pun). Kind of a shame the some of the really kick-ass outdoorsy places have a season or three of nasty weather. Oh well, I guess it separates the true believers from the occasional visitors.

I was building condo's at a ski resort two years back and that was the worst weather I'd ever experienced. Super-sub freezing weather, 40 mph winds and constant cloud cover, not to mention only three restaurants in a 50 mile radius. I think that could have put me off some winter living.

Oh me Nerves! it is -52 here today with will chill....I am froze!

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

01/27/2005 08:43:28 AM · #20

Originally posted by w24x192:

Based on the weather in Canada, I think I should rescend my earlier statement about the paradise / visit. Maybe I'll wait for summertime. Don't get me wrong, I like winter more than summer, but dang.

Newfoundland: Don't count on the weather being warmer in summer than in winter. A friend of mine goes home regularly and one year it was colder in the summer than it was at Christmas.

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01/27/2005 08:49:10 AM · #21

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by w24x192:
Based on the weather in Canada, I think I should rescend my earlier statement about the paradise / visit. Maybe I'll wait for summertime. Don't get me wrong, I like winter more than summer, but dang.

Newfoundland: Don't count on the weather being warmer in summer than in winter. A friend of mine goes home regularly and one year it was colder in the summer than it was at Christmas.

I've seen it mild at Christmas before and I've seen it cold in the summer, but never to that extreme. Didn't anyone ever tell you we (Newfoundland and Labradorians) like to exagerate sometimes to illustrate a point? ;)

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

01/27/2005 09:02:55 AM · #22

Originally posted by orussell:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by w24x192:
Based on the weather in Canada, I think I should rescend my earlier statement about the paradise / visit. Maybe I'll wait for summertime. Don't get me wrong, I like winter more than summer, but dang.

Newfoundland: Don't count on the weather being warmer in summer than in winter. A friend of mine goes home regularly and one year it was colder in the summer than it was at Christmas.

I've seen it mild at Christmas before and I've seen it cold in the summer, but never to that extreme. Didn't anyone ever tell you we (Newfoundland and Labradorians) like to exagerate sometimes to illustrate a point? ;)

The summer temperature was +3C so Christmas must have been very mild.

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