The Canada Thread

The "stones' used are stale Horton doughnuts I've been told.

panzade, sometimes we do, to watch the local teams of Jennifer Jones and Jeff Stoughton. She's right at the top of the standings, though he's not doing so well at the moment. Otherwise we catch it on TV.

farmerman, try TSN.

(I'd say the dried donuts make better hockey pucks.)

I donut know nothin, but I'm listenting.

Of course...what was I thinking?

Last week, my dog Murphy, he's half great dane, half american bulldog - a great american bull dane. I digress, he saw a rabbit. A hare, one of many that parade themselves in the neighbourhood. Sometimes, there's a gang of them outside our window. He barks and shakes the window, while they mildly lick their paws, sitting or laying prostate in the snow banks, feet from said window.
So, last week, amidst a very chilly walk, on snow and ice covered roads/sidewalks, my dogs first sees a cat. I manage to stop the chase by body surfing across a neighbours lawn. K, it was covered in a foot of snow. It softened the blow on my knees.
A few blocks later a hare, a rabbit on steriods, jumps out in front of us. Had he remained hidden, all would be well. But nooooooo. This small brained varmit jumps out with in biting distance. Keeee riiist.
Murpholuphagus dragged me until my feet gave way underneath. I landed on my back. Good news, it cracked in places that needed to be cracked for months. It cracked all the way down, till my head flung back and cracked too, against the pavement, k.. ice packed pavement. He kept pulling so my shoulders screwed too and my wrist.
He's great at chasing away unwanted Jehovahs, but OMG. I'm F*cked up,.
Then tonight, whist curling, in a building that keeps the temp below freezing even when it's -29 C outside. I hate the cold. WTF am I doing curling in the cold, with freezing fingers.. and nose, with a sore back, sweeping like an idiot and my back seizes up.
And my shoulder.
And elbow.
And wrist.

****.
I hate getting old.
None the less.
I missed who won tonight. Did Martin win? It's a pretty big deal up here.

Fuckin dogs. I had several like that and I found the thing that worked was one of these restraint collars that pulls their heads up. Sometimes , you need to take firm measures so the dog doesn't cause you serious hurt.

You don't wear skis and let your dog pull you do you? That's sending a wrong message

It's -25 C today! -34 with the wind chill - brrrr!

Ceili, your post reminded me of why I had to move down to S Florida in my late 20's. My back had locked up for the upteenth time in a mild Virginia winter and I packed my stuff and headed South.
Now I'm surrounded by ignorant schmucks but it's 27C outside and my back feels..well...really good.

My aunt lives in Flagler Beach, watch it.

We went out to dinner...she's pretty cool.

Wow! I know somebody in Flagler Beach.

MAME! That's -13 F !!! Not counting wind chill! At NOON!!! What in the hell are you doing up there?! People are not meant to live in places with that kind of weather!

And here I was feeling sorry for myself because we're having snow and ice, and it's supposed to get down to 3 F tonight. (Extreme for here.)

I know someone in Flagler Beach too, and I've been out to dinner with her, too.

Are we talking about the same person, by any chance?

I bet you and I are. Don't know about them others.

I won't know what you are talking about till it drops to -40 when both systems read the same.

Roger, it's -35 here, wind chill is below -40.
In F or C it's stupid bloody cold.

So how do you heat your place? None of my business, just nosy.

Gas furnace.

Me too.

It's too early in the season for it to be this cold. Technically, it's not even winter yet.