COLD

[Jo Canadian]

One solution to the cold is to carry a stainless steel portable liquor flask in the side pocket. Remembering to fill it before heading outdoors of course.

You'd be better off using a glass bottle for that. Anyone having to deal with sub zero temperatures knows not to put cold metal to your mouth.

Ouch 8O

 

[Ocean Breeze]

One solution to the cold is to carry a stainless steel portable liquor flask in the side pocket. Remembering to fill it before heading outdoors of course.

You'd be better off using a glass bottle for that. Anyone having to deal with sub zero temperatures knows not to put cold metal to your mouth.

Ouch 8O

for sure. !! Those stainless steel flasks are more of a fashion statement. (all the drunks on the program Dallas used them :wink: )

 

[Nascar_James]

One solution to the cold is to carry a stainless steel portable liquor flask in the side pocket. Remembering to fill it before heading outdoors of course.

You'd be better off using a glass bottle for that. Anyone having to deal with sub zero temperatures knows not to put cold metal to your mouth.

Ouch 8O

for sure. !! Those stainless steel flasks are more of a fashion statement. (all the drunks on the program Dallas used them)

Good point. I guess in cold climates, a small (1/2 pint) glass flask is better suited. You could get one already filled up at the liquor store and then simply re-use it as the climate warrants.

 

[Ocean Breeze]

One solution to the cold is to carry a stainless steel portable liquor flask in the side pocket. Remembering to fill it before heading outdoors of course.

You'd be better off using a glass bottle for that. Anyone having to deal with sub zero temperatures knows not to put cold metal to your mouth.

Ouch 8O

for sure. !! Those stainless steel flasks are more of a fashion statement. (all the drunks on the program Dallas used them)

Good point. I guess in cold climates, a small (1/2 pint) glass flask is better suited. You could get one already filled up at the liquor store and then simply re-use it as the climate warrants.

this is getting too funny. The ones I liked are glass, compact and in a leather or suede cover.. ( designer type.... :wink:

 

[Reverend Blair]

One solution to the cold is to carry a stainless steel portable liquor flask in the side pocket. Remembering to fill it before heading outdoors of course.

Not only would the metal flask rip your lips up, but alcohol lowers your body's resistance to cold, increasing the chances of frostbite and freezing to death. You'd best stay down south, James.

 

[unclepercy]

I hears andygal, give me da mist and da drizzle any day 8)

I also will take the mist and the drizzle any day. I think one of my ancestors must have been from London.

Uncle

 

[Hank C Cheyenne]

It's only a two flight from Toronto. It's also a two flight from Montreal. Oh, and Vancouver. And Saskatoon. Actually, every place in Canada seems to be two hours from Winnipeg.

....you mean Winnipeg has an airport........oh yea it's that little brick shed.....lol just kiddin.....coulden't help myslef..

....although I remember Saskatoon's airport seemed the same size. 8O

 

[Ocean Breeze]

It's only a two flight from Toronto. It's also a two flight from Montreal. Oh, and Vancouver. And Saskatoon. Actually, every place in Canada seems to be two hours from Winnipeg.

....you mean Winnipeg has an airport........oh yea it's that little brick shed.....lol just kiddin.....coulden't help myslef..

....although I remember Saskatoon's airport seemed the same size. 8O

:roll: brushteeth

one thinks that you have not assimilated constructively and positively into the CA environment. ..... as the US pompous arrogance is betraying ya.. :?

 

[Reverend Blair]

Hank, I doubt you've ever been to the Winnipeg airport. It's certainly nicer than Calgary's though.

 

[zenfisher]

Re: RE: COLD

Portage and Main 40 below with a wind and dressed as if you are living in Toronto.

This is a taste of hell. Sinners take note.

Durgan.

Been there done that ...in a jean jacket. hopped the bus home. My buddy Eddie, ( Rev you know Eddie...)... after imbibing of Southern Comfort ccasion5: all night stumbles up to the door, at our stop. The doors open he falls face first into the shin deep snow. ccasion5: :reindeer: Boy did I have fun draggin' him home threw the snow... Ah youth, thankfully its over.

 

[Hank C Cheyenne]

Hank, I doubt you've ever been to the Winnipeg airport. It's certainly nicer than Calgary's though.

...baaaahahahahahahahahahah...ooooh geezzz ahahahah.......your kidding right ahhahahaha......

......lol..... I have been to the winnipeg airport though.....I was flying from Saskatoon to Toronto and had to make the pit stop in Winnipeg....but you got to be kiddin me you think it's nicer than Calgary? I rememeber once being in Winnipeg and driving around the airport area and it looked like a dump....the surrounding neighborhood's I mean....ok inside the airport is alright just like the rest ....but it diden't seem much larger than Saskatoon's airport although I believe the city is around 3 times the size.

....in my opinion the best airport in Canada is Vancouver then Toronto and then Calgary...although I have never been to Montreal's.

....hey Rev have you ever been to Calgary at all?

 

[Reverend Blair]

I've been to Calgary several times and I got their through your airport. Poorly organised, poorly built, the staff are rude...it's like a microcosm of what Calgary has become since money became more important than people.

Your supposition that the Winnipeg and Saskatoon airports are about the same size makes me doubt that you've been to either. They are very different both in layout and size. What they have most in common is that the people are friendly and couteous. Maybe that's what confused you.

 

[Jo Canadian]

Good point. I guess in cold climates, a small (1/2 pint) glass flask is better suited. You could get one already filled up at the liquor store and then simply re-use it as the climate warrants.

Nah, Most parkas have a couple pockets inside where you can stash a couple of 26'ers. Half a mickey won't cut it when it's really cold.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Dangerous behaviour with the booze there folks. Contrary to popular mythology, alcohol won't warm you up or help you stay warm. Among other effects, it dilates the small blood vessels in your extremities so your hands and feet may feel warmer temporarily, but you're actually losing heat faster than you would be without the alcohol.

Alcohol is for when you've been thoroughly chilled outside and are back in a warm place. Drinking outside in the cold is an invitation to hypothermia.

And I'll take the sharp dry cold of the prairies any day over the raw dampness of the wet coast. Nothing like climbing into bed and discovering your sheets are damp and clammy. 5 degrees in Victoria is far more unpleasant than -25 degrees here.

 

[#juan]

One other thing: A glass bottle, or a metal flask cooled to the same temperature, both present the same risk of pulling the skin off your lips. While skiing in Banff when the temperature was in the high minus twenties, ( I don't know why I was doing this)we learned to put our flasks inside our jackets for this very reason. It may not have made us warmer Dexter, but we felt warmer for a few minutes.

 

[Jo Canadian]

Dangerous behaviour with the booze there folks. Contrary to popular mythology, alcohol won't warm you up or help you stay warm. Among other effects, it dilates the small blood vessels in your extremities so your hands and feet may feel warmer temporarily, but you're actually losing heat faster than you would be without the alcohol.

Alcohol is for when you've been thoroughly chilled outside and are back in a warm place. Drinking outside in the cold is an invitation to hypothermia.

And I'll take the sharp dry cold of the prairies any day over the raw dampness of the wet coast. Nothing like climbing into bed and discovering your sheets are damp and clammy. 5 degrees in Victoria is far more unpleasant than -25 degrees here.

:? Yeah, I've already been down that alley...come to think of it it was an alley I almost froze in. My use of the Deeppockets is for walking around town to other peoples places, and keeping the bottles concealed. (especially since I was underage when doing it the most)

 

[Hank C Cheyenne]

I've been to Calgary several times and I got their through your airport. Poorly organised, poorly built, the staff are rude...it's like a microcosm of what Calgary has become since money became more important than people.

....lol...bunch of BS.....the staff were probably rude cause you probably acted like a snooty twirp....and I guess here in Calgary they don't take it with a smile like them Manitoban's....Calgarians are no more rude than the average Torontonian the only difference is that in Calgary the airport staff can speak english...... :wink:

.....and you say you been to the city a few times.....what do you make of the city..compared to other Canadian cities and winnipeg..... I find peoples experiences quite interesting?

 

[Reverend Blair]

I treated them courteously and with respect, Hanky. You are the only twerp around here.

What did I think of Calgary. It used to be a nice city. Now it's just a sprawling mess. The people used to be friendly. Now they just want your money. The last few times I was there I found Calgary to be intolerant, arrogant, overly commercial, phoney, and backwards.

Quite a negative change over a couple of decades.

 

[Ocean Breeze]

I've been to Calgary several times and I got their through your airport. Poorly organised, poorly built, the staff are rude...it's like a microcosm of what Calgary has become since money became more important than people.

....lol...bunch of BS.....the staff were probably rude cause you probably acted like a snooty twirp....and I guess here in Calgary they don't take it with a smile like them Manitoban's....Calgarians are no more rude than the average Torontonian the only difference is that in Calgary the airport staff can speak english...... :wink:

.....and you say you been to the city a few times.....what do you make of the city..compared to other Canadian cities and winnipeg..... I find peoples experiences quite interesting?

Shag it , hankie .....sure sounds a tad like "someone" is inciting an issue where there is none. BTW : Maybe Calgary SHOULD learn to be gracious and take it with a smile when in public service. (airport personnel) Tact and diplomacy is part of most jobs.

now is it getting COLD where ya are.??? Not here...... gorgeous warm topdown fall day........with the splendor of fall colors all around.

Ya wouldn't be needing a CHINOOK ......yet ,would ya?? :wink:

 

[Hank C Cheyenne]

now is it getting COLD where ya are.??? Not here...... gorgeous warm topdown fall day........with the splendor of fall colors all around.

Ya wouldn't be needing a CHINOOK ......yet ,would ya??

today is beautiful and sunny....I think Calgary is the warmest place in Canada today according to the weathernetwork.com. But I am taking it that you are from Vancouver Ocean? luck bastards get rain in the winter :wink: