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06/16/2011 09:00:25 PM · #38

Sheesh! I thought Vancouver was the 'ideal' place to live in CA?? Certainly Philly has a horrible reputation for the behavior of it's sports fans, but I was really surprised to see this type of activity after the game yesterday.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

06/16/2011 09:09:43 PM · #39

Originally posted by scooter97:

I'm hanging my head in shame for the terrible poor sportsmanlike behaviour of the Canucklehead mob. They didn't go freakin ballistic and set things on fire when Canada didn't win or do well at Olympic events this past winter. I really thought things had changed, that they had classed up a little...I was there in '94, same game 7 situation but much worse this time round.

btw

scooter97...Vancouver's in Canada, not California ;-) BC to be exact. Yeah, Vancouver does have an 'ideal' place-to-live mythos about it. Which is great if you have lots of $$ and can afford the sky-high housing prices, put up with the horrendous traffic and overall overpopulation of the Lower Mainland, and afford to *escape* to Whistler which is also overpopulated, blah blah blah....but imho Vancouver is tremendously overrated. I lived there for 5 years, worked a lot with street people, I've seen more than I care to mention here about that dreary, congested city.

So come to Ottawa instead, where there are 4 seasons (spring/summer/winter/fall) instead of 1(rain) and it's very damned unlikely that you would EVER see a train wreck like last night in Vancouver, replicated in the Ottawa area.

Message edited by author 2011-06-16 21:11:28.

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/16/2011 09:26:52 PM · #40

Originally posted by snaffles:

Originally posted by scooter97:
Sheesh! I thought Vancouver was the 'ideal' place to live in CA?? Certainly Philly has a horrible reputation for the behavior of it's sports fans, but I was really surprised to see this type of activity after the game yesterday.

I'm hanging my head in shame for the terrible poor sportsmanlike behaviour of the Canucklehead mob. They didn't go freakin ballistic and set things on fire when Canada didn't win or do well at Olympic events this past winter. I really thought things had changed, that they had classed up a little...I was there in '94, same game 7 situation but much worse this time round.

btw scooter97...Vancouver's in Canada, not California ;-) BC to be exact. Yeah, Vancouver does have an 'ideal' place-to-live mythos about it. Which is great if you have lots of $$ and can afford the sky-high housing prices, put up with the horrendous traffic and overall overpopulation of the Lower Mainland, and afford to *escape* to Whistler which is also overpopulated, blah blah blah....but imho Vancouver is tremendously overrated. I lived there for 5 years, worked a lot with street people, I've seen more than I care to mention here about that dreary, congested city.

So come to Ottawa instead, where there are 4 seasons (spring/summer/winter/fall) instead of 1(rain) and it's very damned unlikely that you would EVER see a train wreck like last night in Vancouver, replicated in the Ottawa area.

hehe Karen I used CA as an abbreviation for Canada. My bad. I should have used BC. I have heard so many nice things about Vancouver that this just took me by surprise. I have also heard many nice things about Ottawa. Maybe I will be able to come up there and skate the Canal one day.

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

06/16/2011 09:32:29 PM · #41

Originally posted by scooter97:

Originally posted by snaffles:

Originally posted by scooter97:
Sheesh! I thought Vancouver was the 'ideal' place to live in CA?? Certainly Philly has a horrible reputation for the behavior of it's sports fans, but I was really surprised to see this type of activity after the game yesterday.

I'm hanging my head in shame for the terrible poor sportsmanlike behaviour of the Canucklehead mob. They didn't go freakin ballistic and set things on fire when Canada didn't win or do well at Olympic events this past winter. I really thought things had changed, that they had classed up a little...I was there in '94, same game 7 situation but much worse this time round.

btw scooter97...Vancouver's in Canada, not California ;-) BC to be exact. Yeah, Vancouver does have an 'ideal' place-to-live mythos about it. Which is great if you have lots of $$ and can afford the sky-high housing prices, put up with the horrendous traffic and overall overpopulation of the Lower Mainland, and afford to *escape* to Whistler which is also overpopulated, blah blah blah....but imho Vancouver is tremendously overrated. I lived there for 5 years, worked a lot with street people, I've seen more than I care to mention here about that dreary, congested city.

So come to Ottawa instead, where there are 4 seasons (spring/summer/winter/fall) instead of 1(rain) and it's very damned unlikely that you would EVER see a train wreck like last night in Vancouver, replicated in the Ottawa area.

hehe Karen I used CA as an abbreviation for Canada. My bad. I should have used BC. I have heard so many nice things about Vancouver that this just took me by surprise. I have also heard many nice things about Ottawa. Maybe I will be able to come up there and skate the Canal one day.

That's Susan! ;D

And I'm pretty sure CA is the right abbreviation for Canada. At least Yahoo says it is. LOL!

DCNUTTER

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

06/16/2011 09:44:21 PM · #42

Originally posted by Kelli:

Originally posted by scooter97:

Originally posted by snaffles:

Originally posted by scooter97:
Sheesh! I thought Vancouver was the 'ideal' place to live in CA?? Certainly Philly has a horrible reputation for the behavior of it's sports fans, but I was really surprised to see this type of activity after the game yesterday.

I'm hanging my head in shame for the terrible poor sportsmanlike behaviour of the Canucklehead mob. They didn't go freakin ballistic and set things on fire when Canada didn't win or do well at Olympic events this past winter. I really thought things had changed, that they had classed up a little...I was there in '94, same game 7 situation but much worse this time round.

btw scooter97...Vancouver's in Canada, not California ;-) BC to be exact. Yeah, Vancouver does have an 'ideal' place-to-live mythos about it. Which is great if you have lots of $$ and can afford the sky-high housing prices, put up with the horrendous traffic and overall overpopulation of the Lower Mainland, and afford to *escape* to Whistler which is also overpopulated, blah blah blah....but imho Vancouver is tremendously overrated. I lived there for 5 years, worked a lot with street people, I've seen more than I care to mention here about that dreary, congested city.

So come to Ottawa instead, where there are 4 seasons (spring/summer/winter/fall) instead of 1(rain) and it's very damned unlikely that you would EVER see a train wreck like last night in Vancouver, replicated in the Ottawa area.

hehe Karen I used CA as an abbreviation for Canada. My bad. I should have used BC. I have heard so many nice things about Vancouver that this just took me by surprise. I have also heard many nice things about Ottawa. Maybe I will be able to come up there and skate the Canal one day.

That's Susan! ;D

And I'm pretty sure CA is the right abbreviation for Canada. At least Yahoo says it is. LOL!

The abbreviation for Canada as a three letter country designation is CAN. As an internet extension or domain it's .ca

Dave

Message edited by author 2011-06-16 21:47:27.

06/16/2011 09:45:54 PM · #43

Originally posted by Kelli:

[quote=scooter97] [quote=snaffles] [quote=scooter97]

That's Susan! ;D

Ummmm Sorry... SUSAN!

Thanks Kelli.... (it is Kelli, right?)

;-)

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

06/16/2011 09:48:08 PM · #44

Originally posted by DCNUTTER:

The abbreviation for Canada is CAN.

Now I know :D

Thanks Dave!

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

06/16/2011 09:58:14 PM · #45

Originally posted by snaffles:

Average house price in Vancouver, $800,000.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

06/17/2011 08:48:21 AM · #46

Originally posted by scooter97:

....maybe I will be able to come up there and skate the Canal one day.

Just a heads-up...you DO know the Canal is only open for skating on in wintertime, right? Like January and February? ;-) But it also makes a lovely scenic waterway at this time of year! *ducking*

And yeah, I,

snaffles, am Susan;

Kelli is Kelli;

cpanaioti is Colette.

KarenNfld is Karen.

Message edited by author 2011-06-17 08:52:41.

one2one

Olympus E-5

Olympus 7-14mm f/4.0 Zuiko Digital Zoom

06/17/2011 10:21:13 AM · #47

Vancouver didn't have the team to win the cup. They played in a weak western conference and most of their wins came from beating very weak teams like Calgary, Colorado, Columbus and Edmonton. Any team would have amassed 50 or so wins against such a weak conference. Not talking about the better teams, just the weak ones.

So all in all the better team won.

Canada has never lost the cup, ever. Every single team that has won the cup in the past 100 years have all had a majority of Canadian players. So, Canada wins the cup every single year and this year was no different. Ha!