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There's a few of us in the Ottawa/Montreal corridor and I was thinking that maybe it was time we started thinking about having a meetup of our own- no reason the Brits should have all of the fun!
There's a number of campgrounds (provincial and private) in the area, and I am certain we could find one that could/would accommodate some MTO nonsense if we could get a few people interested.
Toolslinger? JP? JZMTL? Black Rose? I know all of you are in the area.... :pok:
And anyone else in the area or willing to travel?
Def
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:popcorn:
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Send us the co-ordinates and we will come.
I just need to ask for permission first. lol
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Sounds good to me. I was initially thinking maybe Voyager Park but I'm open to ideas, dates etc.
As for permission, feel free to bring the family- I will be bringing mine. :D
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Sounds good to me. I was initially thinking maybe Voyager Park but I'm open to ideas, dates etc.
As for permission, feel free to bring the family- I will be bringing mine. :D
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Looks like a great place (once I worked out there was an English version of the website :facepalm: )
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Megan and I camped there last year. It was pretty nice!
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Voyageur isn't too shabby. Not my favourite Provincial Park, but not on my "never camp there again" list...
Depending on the date, I'd be up for it. :cheers:
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Voyageur isn't too shabby. Not my favourite Provincial Park, but not on my "never camp there again" list...
Depending on the date, I'd be up for it. :cheers:
What is one of your favourites?
We haven't gone camping that far east.
We have done Achray, Bon Echo, Driftwood, Lake of Two Rivers and the Barron Canyon paddle as a family unit.
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Voyageur isn't too shabby. Not my favourite Provincial Park, but not on my "never camp there again" list...
Depending on the date, I'd be up for it. :cheers:
What is one of your favourites?
We haven't gone camping that far east.
We have done Achray, Bon Echo, Driftwood, Lake of Two Rivers and the Barron Canyon paddle as a family unit.
Top fave is Bonnecherre. Great sites right on the water and the fishing is top notch for Pike and Bass.
Least fave is Rideau River. Terrible sites and not well maintained.
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The mighty Bonnechere River! I have done a lazy paddle past the Park. The sites did look very nice. I should look at taking the unit there this summer if it isn't booked up. Plus, it is close. Thanks for the tip!
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Send us the co-ordinates Build it and we will come.
I just need to ask for permission first. lol
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FTFY...
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There's a few of us in the Ottawa/Montreal corridor and I was thinking that maybe it was time we started thinking about having a meetup of our own- no reason the Brits should have all of the fun!
There's a number of campgrounds (provincial and private) in the area, and I am certain we could find one that could/would accommodate some MTO nonsense if we could get a few people interested.
Toolslinger? JP? JZMTL? Black Rose? I know all of you are in the area.... :pok:
And anyone else in the area or willing to travel?
Def
How I wish I could join you guys! A meetup in the Great White North! Just think, we could be roaming the wilderness. Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia... The giant redwood, the larch, the fir, the mighty scots pine. The smell of fresh-cut timber! The crash of mighty trees! With my best girlie by my side... We'd sing... sing... sing.
:woohoo: :woohoo:
Sorry, got a bit carried away there. Pay no attention to me. Nothing to see here. Carry on. As you were.
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Chainsaw party? Who has trees to be felled?
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ROAD TRIP!!!!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
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Sounds like im a few months late but if we ever do something again, you can count me in!
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I might be game for a Canadian meet-up in warmer weather.
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Lets all meet in northern Greenland on January 31st
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Sounds like im a few months late but if we ever do something again, you can count me in!
Unfortunately due to some personal issues I was unable to follow through on this.
I might be game for a Canadian meet-up in warmer weather.
I'm up for a meetup in the spring or summer. I'd probably also be up for something in the winter if anyone else was as well, although cold is not usually my preferred weather!
Def
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But your Canadian :ahhh Cold is suppose to be your favorite season ??? Right :whistle:
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But your Canadian :ahhh Cold is suppose to be your favorite season ??? Right :whistle:
I'm an arthritic Canadian, which means I dream of being a Snowbird (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowbird_(person))!
Summer hurts because I do things to aggravate my old injuries. Winter hurts so much that I can't do anything in the first place. :facepalm:
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Two snowflakes are falling down...
[1st snowflake]I'm going to Canada, there I can lie around all winter
[2nd snowflake]I'm going to New York, there I can spread panic
:P ::)
I love snow, I love rain and I love cold, the only thing I don't like is rain AND cold together.
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Two snowflakes are falling down...
[1st snowflake]I'm going to Canada, there I can lie around all winter
[2nd snowflake]I'm going to New York, there I can spread panic
:P ::)
I love snow, I love rain and I love cold, the only thing I don't like is rain AND cold together.
Then avoid the East Coast of Canada. I have worked outside in -10 to -15 weather when it was raining. I don't know how that was possible, but it happened.
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Two snowflakes are falling down...
[1st snowflake]I'm going to Canada, there I can lie around all winter
[2nd snowflake]I'm going to New York, there I can spread panic
:P ::)
I love snow, I love rain and I love cold, the only thing I don't like is rain AND cold together.
Then avoid the East Coast of Canada. I have worked outside in -10 to -15 weather when it was raining. I don't know how that was possible, but it happened.
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Well, I have never worked outside... I imagine that would change my like of cold weather too. And cold does not equal cold. I would say below -10°C it stops being cold and becomes smurfing cold :P
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Where I grew up, it went from an average of +40C in the summer to -40C in the winter, but it was a dry cold and I would take -40C in Winnipeg any day over -10C in Halifax.
I have always worked in the field and got to experience winter first hand, and I'll tell you this- the coast is the worst place to be in the cold weather, because the winds are strong and the moisture from the ocean soaks you and chills you in ways that mere extreme cold can't. I have become a connoisseur of cold in my travels, having experienced it in the mountains, on the plains, in the valleys and on the ocean and the ocean is the absolute worst. You can dress for all of the other types of cold, but you can't dress for wet cold. :ahhh
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This seems like an OK thread to ask this question. Is Quebec really pronounced Kebec or is someone pulling my leg? Dont want to offend someone while I am there in a week.
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Yes. It´s French.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6C0Pw2-HFI
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We stop working when it´s raining. It´s not like we´re afraid to melt, being wet in a cold wind is dangerous. Wind chill might triple when wet.
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We stop working when it´s raining. It´s not like we´re afraid to melt, being wet in a cold wind is dangerous. Wind chill might triple when wet.
What do you do for work if you don't mind me asking?
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This seems like an OK thread to ask this question. Is Quebec really pronounced Kebec or is someone pulling my leg? Dont want to offend someone while I am there in a week.
To be honest as long as you don't pronounce Montreal with a hard "ON" (if should be pronounced Muntreal) you're set
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This seems like an OK thread to ask this question. Is Quebec really pronounced Kebec or is someone pulling my leg? Dont want to offend someone while I am there in a week.
To be honest as long as you don't pronounce Montreal with a hard "ON" (if should be pronounced Muntreal) you're set
Glad you said something. I am from southern US so the natural way i say it is more along the lines of Mawn-tree-all
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We stop working when it´s raining. It´s not like we´re afraid to melt, being wet in a cold wind is dangerous. Wind chill might triple when wet.
What do you do for work if you don't mind me asking?
Gardening. Winter´s the time for us to plant new gardens (if the soil isn´t frozen) and to prune trees..
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We stop working when it´s raining. It´s not like we´re afraid to melt, being wet in a cold wind is dangerous. Wind chill might triple when wet.
What do you do for work if you don't mind me asking?
Gardening. Winter´s the time for us to plant new gardens (if the soil isn´t frozen) and to prune trees..
Thanks for the reply. Sounds like nice work, being outside is always preferable to being inside!
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This seems like an OK thread to ask this question. Is Quebec really pronounced Kebec or is someone pulling my leg? Dont want to offend someone while I am there in a week.
To be honest as long as you don't pronounce Montreal with a hard "ON" (if should be pronounced Muntreal) you're set
Glad you said something. I am from southern US so the natural way i say it is more along the lines of Mawn-tree-all
Np, knowing a bit of French can't hurt either and most people won't give smurf about pronounciation and will appreciate the effort, here are some basics.
Thanks - Merci (the "ME" is pronounced meh, and put the emphasis on the "R"
Thank you very much - Merci beaucoup (beau is pronounced "Bo" with no emphasis, "coup" has the emphasis on the "C" and is pronounced "coo")
Hello - Bonjour [literally means "good day"] (No emphasis on the "Bon", "jour" has a soft J)
Goodbye - Au revoir [literally means "until we see each other again"] ( "Au" is pronounced like a surprised "oh" and "revoir" puts the emphasis on the "r"s)
My name is - Je m'appelle "name" [literlaly means "I am called"] ( "Je" means I and is pronounced like the "Je" in Jello; m'appelle has the emphasis on the "ppelle" so try saying a soft "map" and following it with an "El" like in Elizabeth)
I do not speak French - Je ne peux pas parler français (The "Je" is pronounced exactly like the last example, " ne peux" is pronounced like you're saying "nipple" really fast without the "L", "pas" is pronounced "puh", "parler" is parlei with the "lei" being pronounced like the "La" in "soup ladle"; "Français" is pronounced like a someone saying Francis with a heavy French accent, just drop the "s" at the end".
I do not understand - Je ne comprends pas ( I think you've got the "Je" pronounciation down by now; "Ne" is promounded like "Neu"; "Comprend" is "Conpren"; "pas" is "puh"
Other notes:
-In Quebec French when you emphasize an "R" try rolling the sound and make it come from your throat, it's hard to describe but it really helps with pronounciation
-When buying beer go for a Molson, it'll impress the locals and the Molson family is super nice so it's always good to support them
-Go to LaFleurs and order a Number 5 (Poutine, steamy and a drink)l you won't be sorry
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Other notes:
-In Quebec French when you emphasize an "R" try rolling the sound and make it come from your throat, it's hard to describe but it really helps with pronounciation
-When buying beer go for a Molson, it'll impress the locals and the Molson family is super nice so it's always good to support them
-Go to LaFleurs and order a Number 5 (Poutine, steamy and a drink)l you won't be sorry
Like in Spanish? :think:
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Other notes:
-In Quebec French when you emphasize an "R" try rolling the sound and make it come from your throat, it's hard to describe but it really helps with pronounciation
-When buying beer go for a Molson, it'll impress the locals and the Molson family is super nice so it's always good to support them
-Go to LaFleurs and order a Number 5 (Poutine, steamy and a drink)l you won't be sorry
Like in Spanish? :think:
Kind of but deeper in the throat and more phlegm-y
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This seems like an OK thread to ask this question. Is Quebec really pronounced Kebec or is someone pulling my leg? Dont want to offend someone while I am there in a week.
To be honest as long as you don't pronounce Montreal with a hard "ON" (if should be pronounced Muntreal) you're set
Glad you said something. I am from southern US so the natural way i say it is more along the lines of Mawn-tree-all
Np, knowing a bit of French can't hurt either and most people won't give smurf about pronounciation and will appreciate the effort, here are some basics.
Thanks - Merci (the "ME" is pronounced meh, and put the emphasis on the "R"
Thank you very much - Merci beaucoup (beau is pronounced "Bo" with no emphasis, "coup" has the emphasis on the "C" and is pronounced "coo")
Hello - Bonjour [literally means "good day"] (No emphasis on the "Bon", "jour" has a soft J)
Goodbye - Au revoir [literally means "until we see each other again"] ( "Au" is pronounced like a surprised "oh" and "revoir" puts the emphasis on the "r"s)
My name is - Je m'appelle "name" [literlaly means "I am called"] ( "Je" means I and is pronounced like the "Je" in Jello; m'appelle has the emphasis on the "ppelle" so try saying a soft "map" and following it with an "El" like in Elizabeth)
I do not speak French - Je ne peux pas parler français (The "Je" is pronounced exactly like the last example, " ne peux" is pronounced like you're saying "nipple" really fast without the "L", "pas" is pronounced "puh", "parler" is parlei with the "lei" being pronounced like the "La" in "soup ladle"; "Français" is pronounced like a someone saying Francis with a heavy French accent, just drop the "s" at the end".
I do not understand - Je ne comprends pas ( I think you've got the "Je" pronounciation down by now; "Ne" is promounded like "Neu"; "Comprend" is "Conpren"; "pas" is "puh"
Other notes:
-In Quebec French when you emphasize an "R" try rolling the sound and make it come from your throat, it's hard to describe but it really helps with pronounciation
-When buying beer go for a Molson, it'll impress the locals and the Molson family is super nice so it's always good to support them
-Go to LaFleurs and order a Number 5 (Poutine, steamy and a drink)l you won't be sorry
Thanks for the pointers! Do they have Molson everywhere or is it just a certain place?
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Molson will be available in a lot of places. It's like Coke and Pepsi- a Molson sponsored bar or restaurant will sell Molson products, a Labatts sponsored bar or restaurant sells Labatts products etc.
Def
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Molson will be available in a lot of places. It's like Coke and Pepsi- a Molson sponsored bar or restaurant will sell Molson products, a Labatts sponsored bar or restaurant sells Labatts products etc.
Def
Gotcha. Thanks!
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This seems like an OK thread to ask this question. Is Quebec really pronounced Kebec or is someone pulling my leg? Dont want to offend someone while I am there in a week.
To be honest as long as you don't pronounce Montreal with a hard "ON" (if should be pronounced Muntreal) you're set
Glad you said something. I am from southern US so the natural way i say it is more along the lines of Mawn-tree-all
Np, knowing a bit of French can't hurt either and most people won't give smurf about pronounciation and will appreciate the effort, here are some basics.
Thanks - Merci (the "ME" is pronounced meh, and put the emphasis on the "R"
Thank you very much - Merci beaucoup (beau is pronounced "Bo" with no emphasis, "coup" has the emphasis on the "C" and is pronounced "coo")
Hello - Bonjour [literally means "good day"] (No emphasis on the "Bon", "jour" has a soft J)
Goodbye - Au revoir [literally means "until we see each other again"] ( "Au" is pronounced like a surprised "oh" and "revoir" puts the emphasis on the "r"s)
My name is - Je m'appelle "name" [literlaly means "I am called"] ( "Je" means I and is pronounced like the "Je" in Jello; m'appelle has the emphasis on the "ppelle" so try saying a soft "map" and following it with an "El" like in Elizabeth)
I do not speak French - Je ne peux pas parler français (The "Je" is pronounced exactly like the last example, " ne peux" is pronounced like you're saying "nipple" really fast without the "L", "pas" is pronounced "puh", "parler" is parlei with the "lei" being pronounced like the "La" in "soup ladle"; "Français" is pronounced like a someone saying Francis with a heavy French accent, just drop the "s" at the end".
I do not understand - Je ne comprends pas ( I think you've got the "Je" pronounciation down by now; "Ne" is promounded like "Neu"; "Comprend" is "Conpren"; "pas" is "puh"
Other notes:
-In Quebec French when you emphasize an "R" try rolling the sound and make it come from your throat, it's hard to describe but it really helps with pronounciation
-When buying beer go for a Molson, it'll impress the locals and the Molson family is super nice so it's always good to support them
-Go to LaFleurs and order a Number 5 (Poutine, steamy and a drink)l you won't be sorry
Unless that is not real French but Canadian French, then it should be
je ne sais pas parle français... parler uses savoir (knowing) not pouvoir (can), or at least that is what I learned. Of course, saying it wrong proofs your point :D
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Really the only French you need to know in a place like Montreal is "Anglais?"
It's a large international, multicultural city (as is Quebec City) and you'll find that almost everyone you meet can and will speak English, and the few that don't will likely be able to either understand enough or have someone handy that will. I honestly wouldn't worry too much about learning any French. Worst comes to worst, use Google Translate and pretend to try real hard to speak it.
Def
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This seems like an OK thread to ask this question. Is Quebec really pronounced Kebec or is someone pulling my leg? Dont want to offend someone while I am there in a week.
To be honest as long as you don't pronounce Montreal with a hard "ON" (if should be pronounced Muntreal) you're set
Glad you said something. I am from southern US so the natural way i say it is more along the lines of Mawn-tree-all
Np, knowing a bit of French can't hurt either and most people won't give smurf about pronounciation and will appreciate the effort, here are some basics.
Thanks - Merci (the "ME" is pronounced meh, and put the emphasis on the "R"
Thank you very much - Merci beaucoup (beau is pronounced "Bo" with no emphasis, "coup" has the emphasis on the "C" and is pronounced "coo")
Hello - Bonjour [literally means "good day"] (No emphasis on the "Bon", "jour" has a soft J)
Goodbye - Au revoir [literally means "until we see each other again"] ( "Au" is pronounced like a surprised "oh" and "revoir" puts the emphasis on the "r"s)
My name is - Je m'appelle "name" [literlaly means "I am called"] ( "Je" means I and is pronounced like the "Je" in Jello; m'appelle has the emphasis on the "ppelle" so try saying a soft "map" and following it with an "El" like in Elizabeth)
I do not speak French - Je ne peux pas parler français (The "Je" is pronounced exactly like the last example, " ne peux" is pronounced like you're saying "nipple" really fast without the "L", "pas" is pronounced "puh", "parler" is parlei with the "lei" being pronounced like the "La" in "soup ladle"; "Français" is pronounced like a someone saying Francis with a heavy French accent, just drop the "s" at the end".
I do not understand - Je ne comprends pas ( I think you've got the "Je" pronounciation down by now; "Ne" is promounded like "Neu"; "Comprend" is "Conpren"; "pas" is "puh"
Other notes:
-In Quebec French when you emphasize an "R" try rolling the sound and make it come from your throat, it's hard to describe but it really helps with pronounciation
-When buying beer go for a Molson, it'll impress the locals and the Molson family is super nice so it's always good to support them
-Go to LaFleurs and order a Number 5 (Poutine, steamy and a drink)l you won't be sorry
Unless that is not real French but Canadian French, then it should be
je ne sais pas parle français... parler uses savoir (knowing) not pouvoir (can), or at least that is what I learned. Of course, saying it wrong proofs your point :D
True, most of my French knowledge is the smurfized joual that we learn in Quebec. For some reason the grammatical rules change drastically depending on who you talk to / learn from / where you are.
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When I was in Montreal 10 years ago, the couple places I went to that had take out beer was all usually Molson products. Almost seems like a beer monopoly. Molson does have good beer tho. :cheers:
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Worst comes to worst
I remember having a discussion once over whether that should be "worse comes to worst" or "worst comes to worse"... :think:
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Really the only French you need to know in a place like Montreal is "Anglais?"
It's a large international, multicultural city (as is Quebec City) and you'll find that almost everyone you meet can and will speak English, and the few that don't will likely be able to either understand enough or have someone handy that will. I honestly wouldn't worry too much about learning any French. Worst comes to worst, use Google Translate and pretend to try real hard to speak it.
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I was traveling through Quebec a couple of years ago and found myself in some places (Timmy Ho's!) where nobody spoke Anglais, or, at least, didn't acknowledge speaking any Anglais. Everyone was wonderfully friendly, but English was something entirely foreign. My advise is to learn enough French to order an egg sandwich, learn where the bathroom is, and ask directions to a gas-station. In hotels and proper restaurants, most of the time, somebody speaks enough English to check you in and help you get dinner.
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Worst comes to worst
I remember having a discussion once over whether that should be "worse comes to worst" or "worst comes to worse"... :think:
Well, far be it for me to determine the proper origin of the saying, but for what it's worth, my take on it is this:
One simply says "worst" and it is implied to be the "worst case scenario" and therefore it would be worst and not worse. Worst is final, meaning this is as bad as it gets, while worse is a relative term- ie this is is worse than the other.
The meaning of the phrase "worst comes to worst" means basically if everything goes horribly wrong and we hit rock bottom, this is how to proceed.
I suppose the phrase works other ways as well, and I am hardly a linguist, but this is how I use it, and what it means to me. Maybe I'm wrong (entirely possible) but I'd be happy to put my justification against anyone else's. :D
Def
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If it's "worse comes to worst", that sounds like a bad situation (worse than normal) has progressed into it's worst possible scenario.
If it's "worst comes to worse", that sounds like you don't think things could get any worse (ie they are at their worst), but lo and behold they do become even worse.
I hadn't considered "worst comes to worst" (which doesn't make sense to me).
I guess I should look it up...
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I'd rather have wurst come to wurst... :whistle:
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For an upgrade, just press Senf.
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I met up with a local Slinger of Tools this morning (who shall remain nameless :D) and we were talking about some potential adventures this summer, including a potential meetup.
I guess that means it is time to see what ideas anyone in the area may have and what you may want to do. If anyone local is interested in discussing it in person, I will be doing the Spencerville Poker Run on the 26th. :D
http://www.spencervillemill.ca/canoe-poker-run.html
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