Extreme Frontiers Canada.

[hutch--]

 

Damn, if Canada gets that warm in summer, I could even survive there for a while, 30 to 35c suits me fine, much over 40 is starting to become hard work. Problem is I doubt that my summer fashion (sic) would work in Canada, Stubbies, T shirt and an Akubra if I am out in the direct sun. In my old man's generation it differed only in that it was football shorts and a blue singlet with an Akubra. Steel cap boots are optional.  :P

[dedndave]

i always wondered what object modules "looked" like   :lol:

Hutch...



i guess they wear 'em so their remains will float to the surface after the crock has had his dinner

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocker

The typical ocker is "usually found in a blue singlet and rubber
thongs (foot wear) with a tinnie in his hand propping up a bar".

[hutch--]

Nah, you are way off, you would not wreck an Akubra with corks suspended to drive away the flies. Interestingly enough the term "Ocker" came from an advertising campaign by an ad man called John Singleton and is about as authentic as the folks in New York dressing like they come from the back hills of Dakota.

Maybe you could start a new trend, outfit yourself like something out of the Ozark mountains then hit the boulevard in Hollywood. You may win a part in the new Beverly Hill Billies. 

[dedndave]

obviously, you've never been to the corner of Hollywood and Vine   :lol:
you don't know how many crazy idiots there are in the world til you've been there

[hutch--]

Well, thats why you wear a different outfit from the Ozarks, stand out from the crowd, you could end up as the new Jed Clampett.  :P You may need a few extra talents though, Buddy Ebson was a classy dancer in his youth.

[dedndave]

if you want to get killed, try it the other way around
go to the ozarks wearing your best armani suit   :P
they'll take you for a banker or a lawyer, and you'll be shot on sight

[hutch--]

Makes sense to me, I approve of merchant bankers being slow roasted over a fire to make them pay for the 2008 bailout.

[hfheatherfox07]

@ Donkey maybe we should send Hutch some maple syrup and a pancake recipe ....
So he can try the Canadian flavor of maple syrup

but it looks Like Australia has a Canadian Flavor Store http://ocanada.com.au/shop/canadian-foods/maple-products



Kinda Funny

[hfheatherfox07]

Makes sense to me, I approve of merchant bankers being slow roasted over a fire to make them pay for the 2008 bailout.

Hutch for your viewing pleasure :
Government Bailout Cartoon Compilation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weZh6bd3Auo

[dedndave]

the bailout was merely a way to postpone the inevitable
of course, the best way to deal with problems is head-on
if they did that, however, it probably would have meant a colapse of the current system, to one degree or another
so - they elected to postpone it
there was no right answer, because they dug themselves a grave too deep to climb out of

[Donkey]

Hi all, just checking in again, have to drive for a while before cell coverage in the new campground on the Icefields Parkway just north of Lake Louise Alberta. I am making my way back home via Rocky Mountain House in the next week or so and should be online more frequently after that.

hfheatherfox07,

Having lived most of my life in Quebec, I am a biased towards our maple syrup. I think that even with a store there Hutch can't get the really good stuff, straight from a cabane a sucre. Everything else is watered down for the lowest common denominator. I spend a few weeks each winter in the Laurentides, I'll have to pick him up some.

Dave,

Not going to get dragged into a political topic in the soap box or indeed on vacation (well a working one) but I doubt the system would have collapsed, just some extremely greedy people would have got their comeuppance.

Edgar

[hutch--]

hfheatherfox07,

Thanks for the cartoon, I tend to agree with most of it but I particularly like the Palin / Biden cartoon as I watched that "Urrrrrrm" debate. Now Joe is not only useful as a VP, he can talk so fast you could use him as paint stripper (could talk paint off a wall) or even better, he could be used on suspected terrorists instead of gouging their eyes out and paying the bill in Cuba, just play a looped speech of Joe to the suspect and you could force them to confess to the crucifixion of Christ.

Now in an age of financial austerity where every buck$ counts, savings on the running cost of rendition programs could add up to a fortune and you can be sure of this much, all the noise you get out of Joe comes at no cost, the real problem is turning it off.

Now as far as a new human rights record, the trauma of listening to one of Joe's speeches simply would not show (no water board stains, gouged eyes etc ....) so the current administration could claim to have cleaned up the mess left behind by Bush while being far more effective at getting false confessions out of terrorism suspects.  :icon_mrgreen:

[Don57]

I grew up about a 100km NW of Algonguin park, and in the 60's it use to start snowing in the middle of September and snow till the middle of May. The last 5 or so years, it hasn't snowed till Christmas, sometimes later. Welcome to global warming!