Canada is getting ready for winter

[Joecooool]

http://i.imgur.com/rdfDr.png

[kingpin]

http://i.imgur.com/rdfDr.png

Is that cool or what! No pun intended! :D

We use to just freeze the street and play road hockey all day and night.

[Skia]

Nice Zamboni. :seasix:

[Burro (He/Haw)]

Is that cool or what! No pun intended! :D

We use to just freeze the street and play road hockey all day and night.

I spent many a day flooding at the local playground. Kids dont skate outdoors anymore. Now, it's Ice Time. And they pay a fortune.

[DJ_Critterus]

It's always winter in Canadia.

[Kerrmudgeon]

That goes to show you the lengths Canadian parents go for their kids. That's so cool, and at least 3 neighbors getting along well enough to do it. :hurray::canadian:

We used to lower the level in our pool and use the concrete walls for boards! Good thing there was no body checking. Did manage to get a slapshot through a picture window though. Yikes!:willy:

[kingpin]

I spent many a day flooding at the local playground. Kids dont skate outdoors anymore. Now, it's Ice Time. And they pay a fortune.

When we use to rent the ice to play a fun game it was $100 hour. Split up between 10-12 people it was good for a few hours.

Now up here it's between $500-750 depending on the time and the conditions of the rink.

[snide]

:cool:

Looks like Calgary...

[theanswriz42]

I want to play hockey on that!

[Rotorhead]

It's even more obvious on Hwy 95 south.

[DAB]

Don't the wee little ones play on birdbaths with Woodstock and Snoopie?

[JRD77VET]

I spent many a day flooding at the local playground. Kids dont skate outdoors anymore. Now, it's Ice Time. And they pay a fortune.

I played on farm ponds growing up. "Fancy" games were played at real rink :lol:

[xXBUDXx]

Don't the wee little ones play on birdbaths with Woodstock and Snoopie?

This oneliner from the sick guy made me laugh harder that any of you bastards did all day.

You bunch of sissies make me sick!!

Doug, heal up and rejoin your band of sissies.

[kingpin]

This oneliner from the sick guy made me laugh harder that any of you bastards did all day.

You bunch of sissies make me sick!!

Doug, heal up and rejoin your band of sissies.

penis

[BuckyThreadkiller]

I always wondered what Canada did for the 4th of July.

[kingpin]

I always wondered what Canada did for the 4th of July.

:rofl:

Uh, we don't celebrate July 4th. July 1st is Canada day though.
I'm sure there are a lot of pick up games being played.

[island14]

I spent many a day flooding at the local playground. Kids dont skate outdoors anymore. Now, it's Ice Time. And they pay a fortune.


We always skated at the pond or sometimes on the river..

Now a days the parents would probably be charged for child endangerment.. :sadangel:

[island14]

This oneliner from the sick guy made me laugh harder that any of you bastards did all day.



True dat

:lol:

[BuckyThreadkiller]

:rofl:

Uh, we don't celebrate July 4th. July 1st is Canada day though.
I'm sure there are a lot of pick up games being played.

I thought the only seasons in Canada were Winter and the 4th of July?

I was in Vancouver last year on Canada Day and had a great time. Somewhere I have a pic of me at the Olympic flame during a hellaciously loud rock concert.

[Mirroredshades]

There was always at least one kid whose dad let him flood the yard and turn it into a rink. I tried it once. Man was my pop pissed.

:seasix:

[snide]

I always wondered what Canada did for the 4th of July.

:rofl:

Uh, we don't celebrate July 4th.

Just another day of the week. :yesnod:

:cheers:

[snide]

I thought the only seasons in Canada were Winter and the 4th of July?

Why would we celebrate the 4th of July? :confused5:

[Kerrmudgeon]

Just another day of the week. :yesnod:

:cheers:

Ya, we're still recuperating from CANADA DAY on the 1st! :shots::party:

[NEED-A-VETTE]

We always skated at the pond or sometimes on the river..

Now a days the parents would probably be charged for child endangerment.. :sadangel:

Inland lakes freeze real well. Shovel the snow away and strap on the skates. :cheers:

[09CTSV]

We lived on a canal growing up and had a huge ice rink on the end of it. We used to put a little water over the ice to get a nice smooth surface for some great hockey games. It was nice to have the snow sides, made getting checked into one a little softer landing. :kick:

[mrvette]

Surprised you not concerned about falling through the ice in a thin spot, how in hell you know??


My ex FIL had that happen to him out on Long Island decades ago, damn nearly killed him, he got lucky....

:slap:

[island14]

Inland lakes freeze real well. Shovel the snow away and strap on the skates. :cheers:

We always did it when I was a kid, and always loved skating in the winters, there was a pond nearby in the gravel pit.

I was just thinking about how times have changed, and about anything and everything where there is a potential for some kind of danger, someone would come along and blame the parents for letting them do it.

Dad would sometimes tow me on my sled with a rope down the street behind his Jeep.

I'm sure that would be frowned on today also.

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Surprised you not concerned about falling through the ice in a thin spot, how in hell you know??


My ex FIL had that happen to him out on Long Island decades ago, damn nearly killed him, he got lucky....

:slap:

Yup :lol:

[Bucwheat]

Never been on Ice skates,always lived in the South.

[Kerrmudgeon]

I'm lucky enough to live in Ottawa, the capital, and home of the world's longest skating rink. Hopefully it will be a little colder this winter to get the req'd thickness of ice for the BIG skate...........

http://www.johndonovanproperties.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/3195278-Rideau_Canal_Skating_in_Winter-Ottawa.jpg
7.8 kilometers or almost 5 miles for you Yanks.:D

[Yerf Dog]

Pretty cool actually. :cool1:

One of my ex-neighbors does a redneck version of that in his front yard. :rofl:

Thank Jebus he's an ex-neighbor. :D

[Poog]

I saw that picture, or one like it, a few years ago.

I sent it to some people I work with from time to time in Montreal, and they told me that sort of thing is more common than you think in the Great White North...

[theanswriz42]

Why would we celebrate the 4th of July? :confused5:
Because Americans don't have a clue what's going on outside their borders and just make errant assumptions :rofl:

[BuckyThreadkiller]

Why would we celebrate the 4th of July? :confused5:

Uhm. That's the joke. Nevermind.


I'll work on a better one for celebrating Mike Tyson on Boxing Day.

[Stangkiller]

That's just f'king awesome

[Yamma]

Never been on Ice skates,always lived in the South.

me too. :leaving:

I'm lucky enough to live in Ottawa, the capital, and home of the world's longest skating rink. Hopefully it will be a little colder this winter to get the req'd thickness of ice for the BIG skate...........

http://www.johndonovanproperties.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/3195278-Rideau_Canal_Skating_in_Winter-Ottawa.jpg
7.8 kilometers or almost 5 miles for you Yanks.:D

I've been wanting to go there for years. Until this year I'd never been able to skate on a pond, and had always wanted to. Dixie let me pick the honeymoon destination and I chose Keystone based on the fact it had the largest outdoor skating area.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/zr2gal/AE67CC25-40A6-4B82-B536-5F21D8A69A40-12577-00000F4A96DB30DE.jpg

(not my best approach to a spin.......spare me) :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/zr2gal/E950D631-4BB2-4B04-8574-A580EB4DA18A-12577-00000F4A91C65712.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/zr2gal/F5702D96-645C-4813-ABF5-6D2DA6B944C2-12577-00000F4A8C545728.jpg

If we get a nice long freeze this winter, I'll be building a little rink up on the deck. :seasix:

[kingpin]

me too. :leaving:



I've been wanting to go there for years. Until this year I'd never been able to skate on a pond, and had always wanted to. Dixie let me pick the honeymoon destination and I chose Keystone based on the fact it had the largest outdoor skating area.



(not my best approach to a spin.......spare me) :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/zr2gal/E950D631-4BB2-4B04-8574-A580EB4DA18A-12577-00000F4A91C65712.jpg



If we get a nice long freeze this winter, I'll be building a little rink up on the deck. :seasix:

Looks like a good start to a triple axle. :D

[Yamma]

Looks like a good start to a triple axle. :D

I quit competing when I was 16 and starting my double jumps....now I'm just old. :(

[Torqaholic]

There was always at least one kid whose dad let him flood the yard and turn it into a rink. I tried it once. Man was my pop pissed.

:seasix:

I didn't have to flood the yard, my dad did it for me :lol:

[kingpin]

I quit competing when I was 16 and starting my double jumps....now I'm just old. :(

Well you don't look old. In fact I think you need to get the proper attire on. ie...short skirt and frilly top. :D

[kingpin]

I didn't have to flood the yard, my dad did it for me :lol:

+1 for the Michigan winters. :seasix:

[Torqaholic]

Surprised you not concerned about falling through the ice in a thin spot, how in hell you know??

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After a couple weeks with temps below freezing there's no such thing as thin ice. Thin ice happens to people who don't have the patience to wait more than a couple days.

[JRD77VET]

After a couple weeks with temps below freezing there's no such thing as thin ice. Thin ice happens to people who don't have the patience to wait more than a couple days.

Or don't know the current patterns of their creek/stream/rivers :slap:

[Torqaholic]

Or don't know the current patterns of their creek/stream/rivers :slap:

I would say "and" rather than or. Springs are the last to freeze but even they will get solid if you wait long enough.