Title: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 19, 2022, 09:58:37 PM
Post by: Dove on August 19, 2022, 09:58:37 PM
I live in Michigan and I've really only talked about metro Detriot and the Motown history here but my favorite topic (well one of my favorite topics) about my home state is ship wrecks.
My fear about the water is directly because of the Great Lakes. I love the water......but I have a good fear of the water. Our lakes here are not just regular lakes. They are called the GREAT lakes for a reason. And they are beautiful and overwhelming and also testy and temperamental. And we have had some 6k shipwrecks in our lakes. There is A LOT of culture, and stories and superstitions about the lakes and sailing. The stories are endless. Old men here have the BEST stories about the lakes. Everything from unknown creatures to ghosts to entire ghost ship stories.
One of my favorites (i understand it's sad and serious and I have deep respect for them) is the Kamloops wreck. What makes Lake Superior (which I just brought up lol) so creepy is....like at least 600 of our wrecks happened in Superior and it's a grave yard for like 10k people. And Superior is known as the lake that "doesnt give up her dead". Since it's so cold down there, bodies do not "bloat and float". No bacteria down there to get into the bodies and cause gasses and decomp. So we have a bunch of preserved corpses who havent fully decomposed at all down on the bottom of the lake. I used to have nightmares as a child of frozen dead people grabbing at my feet in the lakes lol. They are not mummy level preserved like I used to think as a child. My child mind imagined just frozen people. They do fall apart after a while, they just dont rot like they would normally.
The Kamloops wreck has a corpse of a crew member (no one knows exactly who) who is very well preserved (for being down there since 1920 something) and floating in the ship. He is called "Captain Whitey"(because the body fat oozes out onto the skin and gets cold and turns white....gross isn't it?). Divers have said he follows them and locals say he haunts that area and even parts of Isle Royale. I've never been to Isle Royale but I really wanna go and start visiting all the places here I HAVENT been to yet. Isle Royale is absolutely the first on my list.
Most people really only know about the Edmond Fitzgerald wreck in Superior(that's in Canadian waters, the areas around lake superior are all shared with other states and Canada, but Isle Royale belongs to Michigan) But there have been many. Shipwrecks really interest me. They are just fascinating and creepy and the way Superior preserves everything is amazing. All of the 29 crew members who died when Fitzgerald sank are still down there to this day(as the families even wish).
Here is a video about Kamploops wreck...mostly just footage of the wreck. This diver stayed out of the engine room so Captain Whitey isn't shown here....people are pretty divided on photographs of him and divers going down there since it IS a grave. It was a thing for divers to shake his hand.....which I do find pretty distasteful. Pictures though I think are perfectly fine. It's a grave but it's also history.
Here is Whitey
I have heard so many stories about people who dove down there (it's illegal to do so, only certain divers are allowed for approved reasons.....but you know how curious people do what they want) and claim they saw bodies of previous divers down there in the wreck. And people who swear Whitey followed them, popped up in front of them, so on.
On clear days in Superior, you can look down in the water and see ship wreck remains right from a boat. It's really cool.
Also the lakes are UFO spots where TONS of people claimed to have seen UFOs above the lakes.
So what do you guys find really interesting about your home states (or regions)?
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 10:14:51 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 10:14:51 PM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 19, 2022, 10:18:42 PM
Post by: Dove on August 19, 2022, 10:18:42 PM
Not that I'm into big foot. I'm more interested in the skin walkers lol.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 19, 2022, 10:20:16 PM
Post by: Dove on August 19, 2022, 10:20:16 PM
Good thread. I was born and raised in Saskatchewan to immigrant parents. I do not feel like looking up facts about this province.
No no not stuff you need to look up. Something you already know about and love about Saskatchewan. What makes it interesting or special to YOU. Not in general....just to you personally.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 10:26:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 10:26:05 PM
Good thread. I was born and raised in Saskatchewan to immigrant parents. I do not feel like looking up facts about this province.
No no not stuff you need to look up. Something you already know about and love about Saskatchewan. What makes it interesting or special to YOU. Not in general....just to you personally.
I had a speaking Sakatchewanese thread. Here are a few words:
Words that you will only hear in this province.
Pil: Definition: The version of Saskatchewan's pride and joy, Pilsner.
Bunny Hug: Definition: Another word for the sweater known as a hoodie.
Dinner: is lunch
ODR: Definition: An acronym for Outdoor Rink.
The Craven: Definition: Annual three day long country music festival held North of Regina in the town of Craven.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 10:26:53 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 10:26:53 PM
Derz: Definition: A term used to say the Rough Riders in a mocking way.
Sparkle Balls: Definition: The cult classic earring designed by Hillberg & Berk. Every girl in Saskatchewan owns at least five pairs.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 10:32:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 10:32:12 PM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 11:12:22 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 11:12:22 PM
Located near Fort Macleod, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump was established in 1981..
It is one of the oldest buffalo jumps, where Indigenous peoples drove buffalo over a cliff to use them as food and other resources such as clothes, tipis, and more.
Alberta is also home to the town of Vulcan.......Canada's Star Trek capital.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 11:31:40 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 19, 2022, 11:31:40 PM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 20, 2022, 05:45:46 AM
Post by: Dove on August 20, 2022, 05:45:46 AM
No no not stuff you need to look up. Something you already know about and love about Saskatchewan. What makes it interesting or special to YOU. Not in general....just to you personally.
I had a speaking Sakatchewanese thread. Here are a few words:
Words that you will only hear in this province.
Pil: Definition: The version of Saskatchewan's pride and joy, Pilsner.
Bunny Hug: Definition: Another word for the sweater known as a hoodie.
Dinner: is lunch
ODR: Definition: An acronym for Outdoor Rink.
The Craven: Definition: Annual three day long country music festival held North of Regina in the town of Craven.
Ha! I'm gonna start calling my hoodies "bunny hugs" lol.
I like the word "Saskatchewan". Its a fun word to say :D
It's really beautiful up there
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 20, 2022, 05:48:37 AM
Post by: Dove on August 20, 2022, 05:48:37 AM
One of the unique UNESCO Sites in Alberta is the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump..
Located near Fort Macleod, Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump was established in 1981..
It is one of the oldest buffalo jumps, where Indigenous peoples drove buffalo over a cliff to use them as food and other resources such as clothes, tipis, and more.
Alberta is also home to the town of Vulcan.......Canada's Star Trek capital.
That is pretty interesting
Again it's very beautiful up there. So much nature ♡
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 07:18:59 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 07:18:59 AM
It's an interesting site.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 07:50:59 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 07:50:59 AM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 20, 2022, 08:39:01 AM
Post by: Dove on August 20, 2022, 08:39:01 AM
Another good thread Dove. I live in Barrie, Ontario Canada. I grew up in the Willowdale area of Toronto.
What do you find cool about Willowdale? Or Barrie?
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 08:44:22 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 08:44:22 AM
Another good thread Dove. I live in Barrie, Ontario Canada. I grew up in the Willowdale area of Toronto.
What do you find cool about Willowdale? Or Barrie?
Willowdale- the diversity. Food, language, and customs from evetry corner of the globe.
Barrie- I own a condo on Lake Simcoe. Also quick access to the beautiful Muskoka region.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Thiel on August 20, 2022, 09:33:51 PM
Post by: Thiel on August 20, 2022, 09:33:51 PM
We also have a Big Foot thing up in the UP lol. Some people used pasties(meat pies) to lure a big foot LOL.
I associate bigfoot sightings with the West coast.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 20, 2022, 09:44:43 PM
Post by: Dove on August 20, 2022, 09:44:43 PM
We also have a Big Foot thing up in the UP lol. Some people used pasties(meat pies) to lure a big foot LOL.
I associate bigfoot sightings with the West coast.
Yeah?
I associate Big Foot with drunken campers lol. I actually think the UP big foot myth is actually the Michigan Dogman
......that's a whole other convo lol.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Biggie Smiles on August 20, 2022, 09:50:42 PM
Post by: Biggie Smiles on August 20, 2022, 09:50:42 PM
Back in NY if you walked into a Chinese spot in the hood and the counter girl spoke to you through bullet proof glass via an intercom you knew that food was going to be on point.
here? I think they really do boil cats
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 09:58:15 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 09:58:15 PM
It is fucking IMPOSSIBLE to find good Chinese food down here in Florida
Back in NY if you walked into a Chinese spot in the hood and the counter girl spoke to you through bullet proof glass via an intercom you knew that food was going to be on point.
here? I think they really do boil cats
Maybe I should move to Florida and start a restaurant.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Odinson on August 20, 2022, 10:01:55 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 20, 2022, 10:01:55 PM
Pretty weird.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 10:08:11 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 10:08:11 PM
Its 28 Celsius during the day... On the arctic circle during autumn.
Pretty weird.
It aint autumn yet.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Odinson on August 20, 2022, 10:22:32 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 20, 2022, 10:22:32 PM
Its 28 Celsius during the day... On the arctic circle during autumn.
Pretty weird.
It aint autumn yet.
It is...
When the leaves are getting yellow, its autumn.
In lapland, autumn starts around this time.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 10:52:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 20, 2022, 10:52:32 PM
It aint autumn yet.
It is...
When the leaves are getting yellow, its autumn.
In lapland, autumn starts around this time.
It aint officially autumn unti September 21.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 06:16:33 AM
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 06:16:33 AM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 06:38:46 AM
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 06:38:46 AM
It is fucking IMPOSSIBLE to find good Chinese food down here in Florida
Back in NY if you walked into a Chinese spot in the hood and the counter girl spoke to you through bullet proof glass via an intercom you knew that food was going to be on point.
here? I think they really do boil cats
All the things you could have said about Florida.....
So American of you to bring up the lack of good Chinsese food lol. Give that quest up now.....there is NO good Chinese food in Florida. There IS some insanely good Thia food though.
Down in Ft Lauderdale at least. There is also a sub place down there by the beach in the Ft Lauderdale by the sea area where they put on this big production making the subs....throwing the meat around. But the subs are amazing. And huge. I wanna say it's called La Espadas? Something like that.
A cool thing about Florida (besides Ron DeSantis) is there is a 17th century fortress down there in St Augustine, which is the oldest known inhabited city in the country. I really wanted to go explore it but I was busy with a fucktard who never wanted to do shit but pout and argue.
Fash if you move to FL and open a Chinese restaurant you would probably do REALLY well lol. But it's not authentic Chinese that Americans like.....its that fried everything American version of Chinese food we like lol.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 08:06:30 AM
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Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 10:17:30 AM
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Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 10:29:09 AM
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 10:29:09 AM
I exclusively breastfed and when I started giving food, it was just regular food that I put in the processor. I never thought about cats and dogs being pureed into baby food.
Any of you ever read about that serial killer who worked in meat processing and he would actually process his victims into meat products that went right into our grocery stores? My thinking is he is just someone who got caught. People actually consumed parts of other humans and had no idea.
Yeah it's actually more than 1 person caught doing that.
Omg that's so nasty
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 11:30:37 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 11:30:37 AM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 11:48:58 AM
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 11:48:58 AM
There was a serial killer in BC who mixed the flesh of his victims with pork. Robert Picton was his name. He is white.
Yep.....that was who I was talking about lol
Last link is about him. I swear he has to be demon possessed.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Odinson on August 21, 2022, 12:37:09 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 21, 2022, 12:37:09 PM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 04:37:41 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 04:37:41 PM
It happens every late summer.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 05:22:09 PM
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 05:22:09 PM
Millions of grasshoppers everywhere in Alberta..
It happens every late summer.
Eeewwwww is there video footage of this?
Do they jump on cars and bodies and stuff? Over by lake st claire (Detroit area) there would be legions of fish flies every summer. It was disgusting.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 05:29:58 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 05:29:58 PM
Millions of grasshoppers everywhere in Alberta..
It happens every late summer.
Eeewwwww is there video footage of this?
Do they jump on cars and bodies and stuff? Over by lake st claire (Detroit area) there would be legions of fish flies every summer. It was disgusting.
I could look for a video of our annual grasshopper invasion..
If you drive on highways, the front of your car will be covered in green.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 05:34:57 PM
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 05:34:57 PM
Eeewwwww is there video footage of this?
Do they jump on cars and bodies and stuff? Over by lake st claire (Detroit area) there would be legions of fish flies every summer. It was disgusting.
I could look for a video of our annual grasshopper invasion..
If you drive on highways, the front of your car will be covered in green.
Is this it?
My gosh! Lol. I'd freak.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 05:36:16 PM
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 05:36:16 PM
Lol YUCK
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 05:40:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 05:40:37 PM
I could look for a video of our annual grasshopper invasion..
If you drive on highways, the front of your car will be covered in green.
Is this it?
https://youtu.be/zbMp4u_YDQ8
My gosh! Lol. I'd freak.
Something like that Dove..
It's kind of sad because it's a reminder that summer is coming to an end.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 05:47:22 PM
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 05:47:22 PM
Is this it?
https://youtu.be/zbMp4u_YDQ8
My gosh! Lol. I'd freak.
Something like that Dove..
It's kind of sad because it's a reminder that summer is coming to an end.
That makes you sad? I love the end of summer. Probably because autumn is my favorite season. October is my favorite month. All we do is bonfires and cider mills lol.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 05:51:26 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 05:51:26 PM
Something like that Dove..
It's kind of sad because it's a reminder that summer is coming to an end.
That makes you sad? I love the end of summer. Probably because autumn is my favorite season. October is my favorite month. All we do is bonfires and cider mills lol.
There's less sunlight, and October here can be quite chilly..
But, the end of summer is a reminder a cold winter is around the corner.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 06:12:12 PM
Post by: Dove on August 21, 2022, 06:12:12 PM
That makes you sad? I love the end of summer. Probably because autumn is my favorite season. October is my favorite month. All we do is bonfires and cider mills lol.
There's less sunlight, and October here can be quite chilly..
But, the end of summer is a reminder a cold winter is around the corner.
It does get pretty overcast. We still get good sunlight here up until November. I love when its crisp out and fall colors are out and its sunny but cool.
But yeah winter is pretty gloomy. We up our vit D here in the winter to ward off seasonal depression.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 08:17:40 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 21, 2022, 08:17:40 PM
Asians taste like chicken.
My half Mongolian old lady tate like lamb.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Frood on August 22, 2022, 12:35:01 AM
Post by: Frood on August 22, 2022, 12:35:01 AM
Something like that Dove..
It's kind of sad because it's a reminder that summer is coming to an end.
That makes you sad? I love the end of summer. Probably because autumn is my favorite season. October is my favorite month. All we do is bonfires and cider mills lol.
Autumn is my favourite time too.... particularly around October. Harvest celebrations...the bugs are gone.... forests are pretty.... Halloween and devil's night finish it off.... and easier to plug fat squirrels and deer.
....then there are the fantastically morbid holiday celebrations in people's barns (done up as hay bale mazes with cool decorations, pounding music, and plenty of kegs.... everybody dressed up).
I miss that shit. It's the time to be in Northern Michigan.
The energy is massive....
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Frood on August 22, 2022, 12:37:53 AM
Post by: Frood on August 22, 2022, 12:37:53 AM
Eeewwwww is there video footage of this?
Do they jump on cars and bodies and stuff? Over by lake st claire (Detroit area) there would be legions of fish flies every summer. It was disgusting.
I could look for a video of our annual grasshopper invasion..
If you drive on highways, the front of your car will be covered in green.
We get that here.... the locals wire green awning mesh over their vehicle front ends to stop their radiators from getting caked in locust jizz....
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 22, 2022, 05:01:15 AM
Post by: Dove on August 22, 2022, 05:01:15 AM
That makes you sad? I love the end of summer. Probably because autumn is my favorite season. October is my favorite month. All we do is bonfires and cider mills lol.
Autumn is my favourite time too.... particularly around October. Harvest celebrations...the bugs are gone.... forests are pretty.... Halloween and devil's night finish it off.... and easier to plug fat squirrels and deer.
....then there are the fantastically morbid holiday celebrations in people's barns (done up as hay bale mazes with cool decorations, pounding music, and plenty of kegs.... everybody dressed up).
I miss that shit. It's the time to be in Northern Michigan.
The energy is massive....
You get it lol.
Everytime I tried to live in another state.....the homesickness every autumn was awful. October in Michigan is the best place and time to be for sure!
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 22, 2022, 06:31:04 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 22, 2022, 06:31:04 AM
Autumn is my favourite time too.... particularly around October. Harvest celebrations...the bugs are gone.... forests are pretty.... Halloween and devil's night finish it off.... and easier to plug fat squirrels and deer.
....then there are the fantastically morbid holiday celebrations in people's barns (done up as hay bale mazes with cool decorations, pounding music, and plenty of kegs.... everybody dressed up).
I miss that shit. It's the time to be in Northern Michigan.
The energy is massive....
You get it lol.
Everytime I tried to live in another state.....the homesickness every autumn was awful. October in Michigan is the best place and time to be for sure!ac_wub
I want to listen to All Summer Long by Kid Rock right now.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Frood on August 22, 2022, 06:37:52 AM
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Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 22, 2022, 06:44:38 AM
Post by: Anonymous on August 22, 2022, 06:44:38 AM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Frood on August 22, 2022, 06:49:37 AM
Post by: Frood on August 22, 2022, 06:49:37 AM
I dont know any Ted Nugent songs.....that one was nice.
Michiganders still headbang to it....
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Frood on August 22, 2022, 06:56:42 AM
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Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 22, 2022, 10:56:35 AM
Post by: Dove on August 22, 2022, 10:56:35 AM
I dont know any Ted Nugent songs.....that one was nice.
Uncle Ted is our rightful Michigan King but the democrats ran him off.
We hope to cleanse them from our lands and take down Shitmer and restore the natural order.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 22, 2022, 09:56:26 PM
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Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 23, 2022, 08:06:09 AM
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Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 23, 2022, 11:53:41 AM
Post by: Dove on August 23, 2022, 11:53:41 AM
Barrie was the final destination for a branch of the Underground Railroad.
That's cool and interesting!
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Blurt on August 23, 2022, 12:48:39 PM
Post by: Blurt on August 23, 2022, 12:48:39 PM
- Has North America's second oldest Chinatown (after San Francisco);
- Is called "Canada's South Pacific" because of its warm, coastal climate.
I once had a friend visit from Montreal and he was astonished to discover we have palm trees here. Yeah, palm trees in Canada, eh? Sorta breaks a few myths, don't it?
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 23, 2022, 02:31:12 PM
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Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 23, 2022, 03:00:59 PM
Post by: Dove on August 23, 2022, 03:00:59 PM
Victoria, B.C.
- Has North America's second oldest Chinatown (after San Francisco);
- Is called "Canada's South Pacific" because of its warm, coastal climate.
I once had a friend visit from Montreal and he was astonished to discover we have palm trees here. Yeah, palm trees in Canada, eh? Sorta breaks a few myths, don't it?
Me and my friends once visited some town in Canada and it was like some tropical oasis. ...i wasnt expecting palm trees and such.
I wish I could remember the name of it. It was like a 12 hour drive from Detroit.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 23, 2022, 03:04:53 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 23, 2022, 03:04:53 PM
Victoria, B.C.
- Has North America's second oldest Chinatown (after San Francisco);
- Is called "Canada's South Pacific" because of its warm, coastal climate.
I once had a friend visit from Montreal and he was astonished to discover we have palm trees here. Yeah, palm trees in Canada, eh? Sorta breaks a few myths, don't it?
Me and my friends once visited some town in Canada and it was like some tropical oasis. ...i wasnt expecting palm trees and such.
I wish I could remember the name of it. It was like a 12 hour drive from Detroit.
Was it in Ontario?
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 23, 2022, 03:06:59 PM
Post by: Dove on August 23, 2022, 03:06:59 PM
Me and my friends once visited some town in Canada and it was like some tropical oasis. ...i wasnt expecting palm trees and such.
I wish I could remember the name of it. It was like a 12 hour drive from Detroit.
Was it in Ontario?
I dont know....I dont even remember what direction we went in lol.
I'm still friends with a few people I went with.....now I gotta ask them.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Blurt on August 24, 2022, 06:39:59 PM
Post by: Blurt on August 24, 2022, 06:39:59 PM
From Detroit to here, driving non-stop, you're looking at a 50-hour drive.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 24, 2022, 06:51:14 PM
Post by: Dove on August 24, 2022, 06:51:14 PM
The only oalms in Canada are in this area.
From Detroit to here, driving non-stop, you're looking at a 50-hour drive.
Nope! There were palm trees there. I was pretty amazed by them....it was the first time I had ever seen palm trees. There was a beach.
I actually forgot to ask where this was. I'm gonna do that right now before I forget again. Now its bugging me.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: weebles on August 24, 2022, 06:52:58 PM
Post by: weebles on August 24, 2022, 06:52:58 PM
The only oalms in Canada are in this area.
From Detroit to here, driving non-stop, you're looking at a 50-hour drive.
Westcoast coastal palms FTW
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 24, 2022, 06:58:09 PM
Post by: Dove on August 24, 2022, 06:58:09 PM
It definately isn't 12 hours from Detroit so I was really wrong on that LOL. We side tripped there from an up north camping trip so that's probably why I said 12 hours
......it took us like 12 hours....just not from Detroit lol.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 24, 2022, 11:50:51 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 24, 2022, 11:50:51 PM
The only oalms in Canada are in this area.
From Detroit to here, driving non-stop, you're looking at a 50-hour drive.
Westcoast coastal palms FTW
They aint like the palms in the Dominican Republic.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Blurt on August 24, 2022, 11:59:09 PM
Post by: Blurt on August 24, 2022, 11:59:09 PM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Blurt on August 25, 2022, 12:14:02 AM
Post by: Blurt on August 25, 2022, 12:14:02 AM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 25, 2022, 12:31:34 AM
Post by: Dove on August 25, 2022, 12:31:34 AM
When I lived there i bought one and put it on my patio and named it Elwood.
I had to leave it :(
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 25, 2022, 12:16:53 PM
Post by: Dove on August 25, 2022, 12:16:53 PM
We tear it up too. Grandma's will get out there doing it :D
I didnt even know this wasnt the Hustle song until my 20s. My mind was blown lol.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 25, 2022, 02:33:18 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 25, 2022, 02:33:18 PM
Port Dover, Ontario:(//%3C/s%3E%3CURL%20url=%22https://i.postimg.cc/sfWFn0RR/img-20150806-121337.jpg%22%3Ehttps://i.postimg.cc/sfWFn0RR/img-20150806-121337.jpg%3C/URL%3E%3Ce%3E)
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Blurt on August 27, 2022, 01:27:48 PM
Post by: Blurt on August 27, 2022, 01:27:48 PM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 27, 2022, 04:14:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 27, 2022, 04:14:06 PM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 27, 2022, 08:13:22 PM
Post by: Dove on August 27, 2022, 08:13:22 PM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 27, 2022, 08:20:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 27, 2022, 08:20:10 PM
It was a fun place!
I wanted to visit Point Pelee.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Dove on August 27, 2022, 09:59:56 PM
Post by: Dove on August 27, 2022, 09:59:56 PM
It was a fun place!
I wanted to visit Point Pelee.
So do I lol. That's by Lake Erie in Ontario right?
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on August 27, 2022, 10:19:36 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 27, 2022, 10:19:36 PM
I wanted to visit Point Pelee.
So do I lol. That's by Lake Erie in Ontario right?
I don't know Dove..
I live at least 4000 kilometres from there.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: sasquatch on September 05, 2022, 02:25:12 AM
Post by: sasquatch on September 05, 2022, 02:25:12 AM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Frood on September 05, 2022, 02:52:22 AM
Post by: Frood on September 05, 2022, 02:52:22 AM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on September 05, 2022, 10:55:20 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 05, 2022, 10:55:20 AM
where i live right now is a small city that has the provincial boundry going right down the middle of it. the "border city" if you will
I know which city that is sasquatch.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on September 07, 2022, 01:16:42 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 07, 2022, 01:16:42 PM
The birds in my area eat out of my hands and have begun to perch on my leg or boot. But there's this Kookaburra who follows the Magpies around and just sits there a few feet away and observes like a voyeur.... not wanting any food.
Mom had a chickadee land on her hand and take sunflower seeds.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on September 07, 2022, 07:03:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 07, 2022, 07:03:59 PM
The birds in my area eat out of my hands and have begun to perch on my leg or boot. But there's this Kookaburra who follows the Magpies around and just sits there a few feet away and observes like a voyeur.... not wanting any food.
Mom had a chickadee land on her hand and take sunflower seeds.
Yay
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on September 07, 2022, 10:28:55 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 07, 2022, 10:28:55 PM
Mom had a chickadee land on her hand and take sunflower seeds.
Yay
I don't live in Australia. We don't have many birds that aren't terrified of being within 10 metres of humans.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on September 08, 2022, 12:33:03 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 08, 2022, 12:33:03 AM
Yay
I don't live in Australia. We don't have many birds that aren't terrified of being within 10 metres of humans.
One of my favourites are blue jays, but they're the most timid.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Frood on September 08, 2022, 07:09:16 AM
Post by: Frood on September 08, 2022, 07:09:16 AM
Yay
I don't live in Australia. We don't have many birds that aren't terrified of being within 10 metres of humans.
These are special Magpies... they've been thrown scraps so much and so softly, they don't realise that it's to get them closer or close enough to eat from a humans hand. The two Magpies at work won't even fly if I start whistling. They run on the ground like hens up to me unless there are strangers around me, but they still get very close to take food out of my hand.
Same as at home. There are a few different Magpies that fly up and perch on me when I'm eating something on the back deck...
They're very family oriented or social birds. People fear being swooped by them but when I see one flying at me, I'm trying to figure out which one it is.
I like that they land on my boot or lap and start singing. And each one of them have distinct personalities. They're like kids.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Anonymous on September 08, 2022, 10:22:57 AM
Post by: Anonymous on September 08, 2022, 10:22:57 AM
I don't live in Australia. We don't have many birds that aren't terrified of being within 10 metres of humans.
These are special Magpies... they've been thrown scraps so much and so softly, they don't realise that it's to get them closer or close enough to eat from a humans hand. The two Magpies at work won't even fly if I start whistling. They run on the ground like hens up to me unless there are strangers around me, but they still get very close to take food out of my hand.
Same as at home. There are a few different Magpies that fly up and perch on me when I'm eating something on the back deck...
They're very family oriented or social birds. People fear being swooped by them but when I see one flying at me, I'm trying to figure out which one it is.
I like that they land on my boot or lap and start singing. And each one of them have distinct personalities. They're like kids.
The magpies here will eat anything on the ground, but they won't eat from your hand.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Herman on April 12, 2023, 01:18:46 AM
Post by: Herman on April 12, 2023, 01:18:46 AM
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: Frood on April 12, 2023, 04:28:54 AM
Post by: Frood on April 12, 2023, 04:28:54 AM
For fucks sake. The woman has had a baby. You're not the father, and don't behave like a Japanese tourist in the 1980's. Phone/camera DOWN. This is life.
Title: Re: Cool and interesting stuff about where you live
Post by: DKG on April 12, 2023, 02:11:29 PM
Post by: DKG on April 12, 2023, 02:11:29 PM
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I would want to be sanitized from head to toe if I sat down at a SF bus stop.