nelk said:Hello Bluealberta
big ski country for shure where you are.
I remember the one and only two story outhouse in LUNDBRECK next to the CP tracks, the windsweeped ikonic tree near BURMIS
and the funny Watertower in BROCKET, the bullseye for native targetpraxis.
And of course "praerie oysters".
Have things changed much?
More windmills I read and the "big sea" thanks to LNID.
cheers
PS
almost forgot Gladstone Mountain Ranch, had many good Sunday brunches, great place and then relax with book from Andy Russel.
That were the good times!
Hey, you HAVE been here. Why did you leave?
Lots more windmills, you know, clean energy and all that. Yeah the Burmis tree is still there, still bent over. Water tower in Brocket though, gonna have to check that out.
Actually, it is quite wet here now, more moisture in the ground than for a lot of years. Actually need some wind to dry it out a little so the farmers can get in the fields! :lol:
Did you ever see Andy Russels place between Waterton and Pincher Creek? Eagles Nest, I think he called it. What a place.
Sigh. What a province.
As an aside to LRG, perhaps you are the reason you don't like Calgary. Most Calgarians I know are very friendly, but they really won't put up with anyone running down them or their city.
And one more thing, you mentioned that people from out of province are the ones developing the oil industry? Better bone up on your Alberta history, it was a bunch of Albertans who first developed the oil industry way back when, with no federal help, only their hard work, their own money, and their own initiative. There are a lot of people from out of Alberta now coming here to take advantage of the jobs these men helped start developing lo those many years ago.
With respect, LRG, if you really hate here that much, why not leave? You said you had been here 17 - 18 years? I am sure your wife has not been in one of our universities that long. Perhaps you like the Ralphbucks, the lowest personal income tax, the natural gas rebates on your utilities, the virtually nil unemployment rate, and no sales tax? Maybe when your wife gets here degree, she can use her knowledge on you to determine why your sense of anger is so high against a province, or city, that has apparently given you and your wife so much. 8)