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Community => General Talk => Topic started by: Lopeyschools on October 18, 2011, 01:48:13 AM
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Just a shout out to all my fellow Canadians!
How many of us play battlemaster? Where are you from? Do any of your characters have a canadian feel? or a Canadien feel?
I'm from Victoria.
Cheerio,
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Not sure how many Canadians we have, but we have a few Québécois! 8)
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I'm US-born, but I live in Calgary.
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I got the canadian citizenship a couple years ago. :)
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I live in a little town called Keremeos in British Columbia.
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I live in a different welfare state with language/community issues. Does that count? :P
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Exiled one here - I've been living in Switzerland for the past 6 years.
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Exiled one here - I've been living in Switzerland for the past 6 years.
Since Harper is PM, eh? Coincidence?
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I am disappointed there hasn't been a single "Eh?" in this thread yet.
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I am disappointed there hasn't been a single "Eh?" in this thread yet.
No "Eh?"s, eh?
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Since Harper is PM, eh? Coincidence?
Yes, in fact. No big political move... I moved for studying.
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You're all hosers!
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Yes, in fact. No big political move... I moved for studying.
I totally would have understood if you had. 8)
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So there are a few of us, eh?
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My igloo is very moose-proof and every morning before walking out into the all-year-round snow and ice, I munch on some tasty pancakes with maple syrup, whilst waving a hockey stick at the coverage of yesterday's Hockey Night in Canada, and the Molson's are sitting nearby too.
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LOL I have never seen moose before. I've seen countless deers -most dangerous animal in NA-...
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My igloo is very moose-proof and every morning before walking out into the all-year-round snow and ice, I munch on some tasty pancakes with maple syrup, whilst waving a hockey stick at the coverage of yesterday's Hockey Night in Canada, and the Molson's are sitting nearby too.
Speaking of maple syrup...
I'm completely OUTRAGED by the fixed market and quota system we have here in Québec! My grandfather always made maple syrup (in Ontario), but had to stop since a few years, so I've stopped receiving some for free (moving out of the house also limited my access to it). It's so damn expensive, with a student-sized budget! And even maple growers complain about how the rules are preventing them from selling as much as they want. They say that there would be "too much" of the product for the "demand", but god damn, I rarely buy it because of the price, but would *always* buy it if it was more reasonably priced! The quantity demanded varies according to the price! Nothing beats maple syrup as a sweetener. If it was more accessible, we could also transform it more, and encourage people to buy maple sugar instead of white sugar for example, maple products being produced locally and having many health benefits. Try telling people to buy maple sugar at the ridiculous price it's being sold now, though...
Quotas are such a stupid system. They make producers in-debt themselves to buy production rights (quotas) instead of investing in increasing production or promoting consumption.
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I don't understand what is the big deal with the maple syrup. It's just a kind of syrup. Why don't they just open up the market? I dislike the maple syrup myself but I think it is really dumb to limit it in terms of the market perspective.
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I don't understand what is the big deal with the maple syrup. It's just a kind of syrup. Why don't they just open up the market? I dislike the maple syrup myself but I think it is really dumb to limit it in terms of the market perspective.
It's regulated, like eggs. And chickens. And turkeys. And milk. In order to artificially keep prices high to make sure the production can earn the grower a decent income. Except it doesn't, because the prices of the quotas are ridiculously high because of their demand.
Maple syrup is nothing like other syrups, be it corn syrup or the disgusting sugar/water/chemical syrup. I understand that tastes vary and some can dislike it, but it's not the same at all. Maple syrup also has a ton of health benefits according to research.
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They probably are doing it to keep Canadians from becoming as fat as us Americans.
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They probably are doing it to keep Canadians from becoming as fat as us Americans.
I don't see how. Instead of using healthier maple syrup, it makes people consume the less-healthy cheaper alternatives, like corn syrup. Which doesn't taste anywhere near as good.
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I don't see how. Instead of using healthier maple syrup, it makes people consume the less-healthy cheaper alternatives, like corn syrup. Which doesn't taste anywhere near as good.
Then look at the other alternative--who benefits from the quotas?
it's not the consumers, and it's not the producers.
It's the government that sells the quotas, right? then the quotas are in place as a hidden tax.
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Then look at the other alternative--who benefits from the quotas?
it's not the consumers, and it's not the producers.
It's the government that sells the quotas, right? then the quotas are in place as a hidden tax.
If only the government sold the quota - at least they'd get revenues. It is in fact a monopoly syndicate.
On the other hand, quotas allow a market for bootleg maple syrup. Everyone knows that bootlegged stuff is always better than the legal stuff....
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If only the government sold the quota - at least they'd get revenues. It is in fact a monopoly syndicate.
On the other hand, quotas allow a market for bootleg maple syrup. Everyone knows that bootlegged stuff is always better than the legal stuff....
Precisely. The system is designed that the ones who profit are those who were in the industry *when the quotas were implemented*, and afterwards favors the old over the new. Because quota prices started as being quite reasonable, sometimes these are at first given freely in order to give rights to produce as much as they were producing before the quota system. Basically, it creates a cartel, where the established people don't even have to bother being competitive anymore because the law prevents competitors from growing to the same level they achieved prior to the quotas.
And of course, people who bought their quotas years ago, when they retire, sell them for considerably more than they paid for. The speculation over quotas is ridiculous.
And then indeed, we get lower-quality syrup at superior quality prices. There's a rating system for maple syrup, and yet you *never* see it on bottles and cans at the super store. That's because the higher quality syrup never reaches them.
I'm not sure if this also applies to maple sap, though. If it doesn't, I very much plan on buying sap instead later on... I'm convinced that boiling it myself will cost me less than buying syrup, and that many producers have excess sap potential they can't do anything with.
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Precisely. The system is designed that the ones who profit are those who were in the industry *when the quotas were implemented*, and afterwards favors the old over the new. Because quota prices started as being quite reasonable, sometimes these are at first given freely in order to give rights to produce as much as they were producing before the quota system. Basically, it creates a cartel, where the established people don't even have to bother being competitive anymore because the law prevents competitors from growing to the same level they achieved prior to the quotas.
And of course, people who bought their quotas years ago, when they retire, sell them for considerably more than they paid for. The speculation over quotas is ridiculous.
And then indeed, we get lower-quality syrup at superior quality prices. There's a rating system for maple syrup, and yet you *never* see it on bottles and cans at the super store. That's because the higher quality syrup never reaches them.
I'm not sure if this also applies to maple sap, though. If it doesn't, I very much plan on buying sap instead later on... I'm convinced that boiling it myself will cost me less than buying syrup, and that many producers have excess sap potential they can't do anything with.
You should research the amount of sap it takes to create syrup. Not worth the effort if you ask me.
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You should research the amount of sap it takes to create syrup. Not worth the effort if you ask me.
40 times if I remember correctly, no?
It's all about having the right equipment to be able to do enough of it at once.
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On the other hand, quotas allow a market for bootleg maple syrup. Everyone knows that bootlegged stuff is always better than the legal stuff....
Only in Canada
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I doubt the government is regulating it to keep the canadians from becoming fat like americans. Canadians say Americans are fat but to me they are just as fat maybe in a smaller scale but it does not change the fact they are still fat!
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I'm close enough to the border that buying milk and cheese in the US is cheaper than in Canada.
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I'm close enough to the border that buying milk and cheese in the US is cheaper than in Canada.
I'm about two hours away from the closest US towns, I can therefore cut my plane tickets by half by driving to the states, taking a small airplane to Albany, and then heading for Europe from there than by having someone drop me off at whichever close international airports and leaving from here.
I really hate these quota systems. I'm all for supporting our agriculture, but I deem quotas to be a really bad way to do it.
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I'm about two hours away from the closest US towns, I can therefore cut my plane tickets by half by driving to the states, taking a small airplane to Albany, and then heading for Europe from there than by having someone drop me off at whichever close international airports and leaving from here.
I really hate these quota systems. I'm all for supporting our agriculture, but I deem quotas to be a really bad way to do it.
What are you talking about? Getting screwed on price is a good ol'canadian tradition! ;D
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What are you talking about? Getting screwed on price is a good ol'canadian tradition! ;D
I wish this would be a good argument for sovereignty, but unfortunately, that would be far from the case.
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I wish this would be a good argument for sovereignty, but unfortunately, that would be far from the case.
At least alcohol is cheap in Quebec. Come to BC and be robbed at the till.
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At least alcohol is cheap in Quebec. Come to BC and be robbed at the till.
Our beer is cheaper, but our liquors and wines are more expensive than in Ontario, I believe.
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At least alcohol is cheap in Quebec. Come to BC and be robbed at the till.
Hehe, I'm 30 minutes from Oliver, the self-proclaimed "wine capital of Canada".
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Hehe, I'm 30 minutes from Oliver, the self-proclaimed "wine capital of Canada".
Never heard of it. :P
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Our beer is cheaper, but our liquors and wines are more expensive than in Ontario, I believe.
I went to a LCBO once that people told me I would like because they had European wines. They had. A full half-shelf of it. They were all labeled "European".
And they had red wine in the fridge. And beer in 2L PET bottles with screw caps.
I still shudder just thinking about it.
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I went to a LCBO once that people told me I would like because they had European wines. They had. A full half-shelf of it. They were all labeled "European".
And they had red wine in the fridge. And beer in 2L PET bottles with screw caps.
I still shudder just thinking about it.
It's been a very long time since I went to an LCBO, but I find this rather surprising. Was it a tiny one?
Never seen such a thing in a SAQ though.
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It's been a very long time since I went to an LCBO, but I find this rather surprising. Was it a tiny one?
It was the downtown one in Kingston. Not huge, but not tiny either.
Never seen such a thing in a SAQ though.
Of course not, they know what they're doing. :D
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It was the downtown one in Kingston. Not huge, but not tiny either.
Of course not, they know what they're doing. :D
That's pretty funny. "Europe" wine. XD
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Yay I'm Canadian! I'm from Southern-Ontario (the finest part of the whole country). Within thirty kilometers (that's roughly nineteen miles to you yankees) of the Big Smoke, aka the Hammer, aka Steel City (Hamilton) to be precise.
I've never been out west but around here people make it out to be the Last Best West again, even though I know people who've gone there to make it big but returned disappointed. Quebec is a nice place. I don't get to go there too often. I've never been out East but I would like to. Anyone from the Atlantic provinces?
None of my characters have a Canadian feel. I wouldn't even know how to do that....themes of Canadian literature include surviving in hostile wildernesses, maybe Dwilight characters could reflect that, eh?
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Quebec was a nice place to visit. It really felt different from the rest of Canada. My family visited Victoria with a car from Manitoba and there was literally nothing interesting on the way. But Toronto - Montreal - Quebec had nice views.
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Quebec was a nice place to visit. It really felt different from the rest of Canada. My family visited Victoria with a car from Manitoba and there was literally nothing interesting on the way. But Toronto - Montreal - Quebec had nice views.
We don't use the expression "RoC" (Rest of Canada) all the time for nothing! ;)
I'm not sure which road you took, but the best views, imo, are off the highways (100km/h) roads and on the provincial (50-90km/h) roads. Granted, it depends on which one and how much of a detour you are willing to take, though. The "Chemin du Roy" between Montreal and Québec is nice, but long as hell. The southern road to bypass Montreal (QC 132) and the one along the Ottawa river (QC 148 and QC 344) are among my favorite so far. I haven't been east of Québec in a very long time, though, so I can't comment much on these corners, though I know it's beautiful. As for the 344 westwards from Oka, it'll be ugly when you enter the indian reserve and all there is are cigarette stands, but once you pass that the landscape is stunningly beautiful. Then, when you get on the 148, you can see the gorgeous Ottawa river almost all of the times, along with the farmlands and quaint towns. On the 132, it's a similar landscape, except the towns are much bigger (though still small), and the views of the Saint-Lawrence are somewhat rarer.
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I never realized how big St.Lawrence river was. I was shocked really. Seeing it through images and seeing it with your eyes are quite different. Hope I can see more things the next time I visit.
P.S - I loved how Quebec people had so many artists performing tricks. Never seen that before. I only see beggars here.
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I never realized how big St.Lawrence river was. I was shocked really. Seeing it through images and seeing it with your eyes are quite different. Hope I can see more things the next time I visit.
P.S - I loved how Quebec people had so many artists performing tricks. Never seen that before. I only see beggars here.
St. Lawrence streched from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic! The Ottawa river is a pretty big branch of it too, serving as the border between Québec and Ontario.
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No way!
I'm from Victoria too! You don't go to uvic by chance do you?
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P.S - I loved how Quebec people had so many artists performing tricks. Never seen that before. I only see beggars here.
Same thing, except one tries to impress you to get your money. >.>
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Same thing, except one tries to impress you to get your money. >.>
I don't consider it to be the same thing at all.
Performers can actually add to the ambiance of a place. Nobody, however, enjoys having pity-seeking beggars around. The first actually tries to do something to earn that money, and as such it's barely different than a real artist doing a big expensive show in a Colosseum: it's just smaller in scale and the price being all up to you.
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No way!
I'm from Victoria too! You don't go to uvic by chance do you?
Nope, lots of friends who are attending or have graduated. I'm planning on quitting eventually and getting a degree. I don't feel like being a poor-starving student yet :P
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Oi Canuck here... I live in British Columbia...
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I live just north of Toronto... I'd figure more torontonians would be here :o
best views in quebec are definitely on the highways, the view of montreal as you come in is really cool: the whole wilderness, then suddenly a city thing.
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the whole wilderness,
Which way are you coming? I had never before seen Longueuil described that way!
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Which way are you coming? I had never before seen Longueuil described that way!
There are many ways to Montreal. XD
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There are many ways to Montreal. XD
Laval? Vaudreuil? Sorry, none of those ways count as "wilderness".
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Laval? Vaudreuil? Sorry, none of those ways count as "wilderness".
You know, there is also the east/west axis, not only north/south.
Then I guess one has to define "Montreal" and "wilderness". Lots of farmlands around Montreal, once you are out of the 'burbs. Lots of wilderness north of the burbs as well. Many people tend to view Montreal and the suburbs as being one and the same.
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You know, there is also the east/west axis, not only north/south.
Then I guess one has to define "Montreal" and "wilderness". Lots of farmlands around Montreal, once you are out of the 'burbs. Lots of wilderness north of the burbs as well. Many people tend to view Montreal and the suburbs as being one and the same.
I guess I'd define it as seeing the skyscrapers. Most of the ways I know, you're already into suburbia when you see those.
Then again, I include St-Hyacinthe in suburbia. Some people may argue that it's farmlands already. One way or another, it's not wilderness.
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I guess I'd define it as seeing the skyscrapers. Most of the ways I know, you're already into suburbia when you see those.
Then again, I include St-Hyacinthe in suburbia. Some people may argue that it's farmlands already. One way or another, it's not wilderness.
You know, St-Hyacinthe has a pop of 53,000 and a density of 273.6/km2. It's surrounded by farmlands, sure, and I believe it offers many classes in agriculture. But it's a relatively large town. Never felt like farmlands whenever I stopped there.
Imo, the western routes to (avoid) Montreal are the nicest. The 138 west of Longueuil is nice. The 344 west of the the native reservation is hella beautiful. Well, maybe not past the whole reservation, just past all those tax-free cigarette stands... If you leave Montreal and get a little closer to Ottawa, the new portions of Highway 50 give some pretty good views, and the 148 from Montebello to Masson-Anger is also rather nice, with the quaint towns, the mountains to the north, the Ottawa river to the south, and farmlands, migratory bird reserves, and forest everywhere else.
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Never been out east, sadly. I've always just remained in BC for the most part. Except when I go west. :D
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Eh, never saw this thread before. ;)
Ontarioooo.
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Heh; I feel like BM has always had a large Canadian and/or Quebecois contingent.
Ya'll just need to get over the whole independence thing and let US annex you. And by US I mean the, 'Mer'cans. Not Americans, mind you: 'Mer'cans.
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Heh; I feel like BM has always had a large Canadian and/or Quebecois contingent.
Ya'll just need to get over the whole independence thing and let US annex you. And by US I mean the, 'Mer'cans. Not Americans, mind you: 'Mer'cans.
There seems to be a large contingent of Québécois in almost every game.
That might just be 'cause we display ourselves more, though.
Maybe in a few years we can secede and merge with Scotland. :P
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When greenland is green and iceland is covered in ice.
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so.. loads of rioters in bm then?
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Only by proxy. Outside of Halifax it's a major protest if fifty people show up to anything.
We do have lots of land though, oh yeah, and more oil then Saudi Arabia. Suck it Canada! New Celtic Republic forever!
If Quebec separates we can finally overturn the error of confederation, especially the betrayal and annexation of Newfoundland.
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I have recently moved to Edmonton Alberta.
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Do you drink oil for breakfast yet?
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Southern Ontario here not too far from Ironsides. Was up in Ottawa last week though - thank god for the river to keep those pesky Quebecois out.
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Southern Ontario here not too far from Ironsides. Was up in Ottawa last week though - thank god for the river to keep those pesky Quebecois out.
If only it kept those pesky Canadians out better! Québec is just so great they can't stop themselves from moving to the Québec-side of the river, in Gatineau.
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I live in a little town called Keremeos in British Columbia.
I've been to Keremeos! I used to live in a ghost town called Coalmont about 12 miles from Princeton.
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British Columbia gal!
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British Columbia gal!
Where in BC?
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Where in BC?
You know me, origin in Coalmont too! Now I am in the southern interior near Kamloops!
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None of my characters have a Canadian feel. I wouldn't even know how to do that....themes of Canadian literature include surviving in hostile wildernesses, maybe Dwilight characters could reflect that, eh?
All you have to do is play a gullible, friendly, backwards character with an outrageously funny accent and a dumb hat. Voila, instant Canadian.
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You know me, origin in Coalmont too! Now I am in the southern interior near Kamloops!
Of course, how could I forget? Earlier I saw someone on here from Keremeos. People are going to start complaining about all the Similkameen Valley Canucks 8)