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Supercharger - Terrace Bay, ON
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The place you noted is one of the 2 I called (other was G&G) - definitely agree that it's more likely "not yet" rather than "never".
Re: Thunder Bay, I grew up there - it's a very geographically spread-out city of ~100k, and there are so many possible places it could be that I wouldn't know where to start. County Fair? Centennial Plaza? Sistonen's Corners? Somewhere along the Shabaqua Bypass? Likely not Intercity, but perhaps down the Harbour Expressway by the new hotels? Many many options, especially since Thunder Bay is a frequent overnight stopover point between SSM and Winnipeg (both 8h away) which makes off-highway and larger installations more viable.
Hydro - I've often wondered myself. My understanding is that it's due to how much power was created by dams (hydroelectricity) around the time a lot of the utilities were being created/named.
Hydro electricity.[/QUOTE]
It’s a very Canadian thing to refer to it as “hydro”.
“I was wearing my Habs touque when I went out to pay my hydro and get a double double at Timmies and a two four of Blue”. Every Canadian will understand exactly what that means. Everyone else will have no idea what we mean.
DMC5180
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It’s a very Canadian thing to refer to it as “hydro”.
“I was wearing my Habs touque when I went out to pay my hydro and get a double double at Timmies and a two four of Blue”. Every Canadian will understand exactly what that means. Everyone else will have no idea what we mean.[/QUOTE]
I’ll try and translate that.
Habs touque = no clue
Hydro = electric bill
Double Double = could be double cheese burger or coffee drink of some kind.
Timmies= Tim Horton’s
Two four of blue= a case of labatts Blue.
Toonies = CAD dollar coins
DUDE!
A double-double is a Tim Hortons coffee with double cream and double sugar! Get back to remedial Canadian school immediately as this is kindergarten-level content! Maybe even pre-school.
And it enterrs the vernacular in other ways - like describing your golf round as - "I was two up but took a Tim Hortons over the last two holes". Translation - I took a double-double (double bogey followed by double bogey) over the last two holes
You are right that this doesn't make a lot of sense. But historically in Canada our electric power came from hydro-electric dams and the electric companies were provincially government owned and had Hydro in their names. For example: Ontario Hydro, BC Hydro and Hydro-Quebec. These companies become very powerful and omnipotent and some argued that they ruled the provincial governments rather than the other way around. Ontario Hydro built their headquarters at the corner of College St and University Ave in Toronto - right across the street from the Ontario Provincial legislature. There is a joke that they built the building in that spot so that they could keep an eye on their underlings in the provincial government as they overlooked them.
Go easy on him. Profile says Reedsbury WI - so if we've come up with a test that foils someone from Wisconsin (which is about as close to being Canadian as you can get without actually crossing the 49th) we've done well.
Also for DMC's benefit:
Habs touque = Montreal Canadiens ("Habs") knitted winter hat (touque) = a winter cap with a Montreal Canadiens logo on it
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Two-dollar coin actually - named that because the one-dollar coin is called the loonie (two loonies, -> toonie)
Yes, picking up a double-double from Timmies on the way to work is a tradition that goes back over 400 years.
"Double-double, toil and trouble..."
-Wm. Shakespeare, MacBeth
"Double-double, toil and trouble..."
-Wm. Shakespeare, MacBeth
DMC5180
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Yeah, I’m cheesehead and darned proud of it don’t ya know, ya. I’ll be sportin da stormie up nort soon, ya.
It’s always fun trying to figure out regional Slang.
DMC5180
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I knew about the Loonies and Toonies.Two-dollar coin actually - named that because the one-dollar coin is called the loonie (two loonies, -> toonie)
At least you got rid of the Paper equivalents.
We can’t seem to shake our Lincoln Pennies and dollar bills even though both denominations use presidents represented on other denominations. Washington Quarter, Lincoln $5 bill.
I recall "doubloonie" being a solid contender alongside toonie when they first came out (as well as the ability to pop the coin in the freezer and split it into two pieces if you chucked it at the ground
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Manitoba Keith
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Yes, they had different expansion coefficients between the two metals.
Some were voting for two bucks on the back & it would have been "2 Bucks".
Some were voting for two bucks on the back & it would have been "2 Bucks".
The trick to getting rid of them is (a) political courage and (b) having a majority in parliament. It's amazing what you can do as Prime Minister when you are effectively dictator for up to 5 years.
Also gives me the opportunity to repeat my dad's joke about the one-pound coin in Britain. Someone suggested it be called a "Thatcher" because it's thick and brassy and thinks it's a sovereign.
Good news in Terrace Bay. V3 Cabinets have already been installed and pedestals are on site! Photo by Derek on PlugShare.
DMC5180
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Is just me or do people not have a clue what Good visual photography is? While I appreciate someone taking the time to take photos and posting them, I see an awful lot of poorly positioned image views. While close ups of different parts of a site are good for details, take a couple long view shots that show the full site if possible. Okay, I’m done grumbling. Movin’ on.
Sorry my photo taken while letting my dog *sugar* in the drizzle after day 2 of a marathon drive across the country to make it to a funeral on time. And the reason I stopped was to take a 2 hour nap in the passenger seat while my wife drove for a bit isn't up to your standards.
End of counter rant.
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