I have finally decided....

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2004-04-20 12:34am

If you want a climate that doesn't dip below -2C (rarely) in the winter come live in Vancouver.(No snow..just lotsa rain.) The spring starts in mid Febuary with temps around 10.C

generator_g1 · Post by **generator_g1** » 2004-04-20 04:18am

Laird wrote:If you want a climate that doesn't dip below -2C (rarely) in the winter come live in Vancouver.(No snow..just lotsa rain.) The spring starts in mid Febuary with temps around 10.C

Rain isn't a problem for me, since half of the year is monsoon season where I live....

Korvan · Post by **Korvan** » 2004-04-20 12:59pm

Supreme Monkey Lord wrote:
YT300000 wrote:
Jon wrote:Canadians know how to control their licensed guns.
Oh, don't even get me fucking started on the shittiness of Canadian gun registry...

You mean they know how to regulate law abiding people. Gee i wonder why we didn't think of that?

A friend of mine is in the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) and I asked what he does when he goes to a house that comes up having a registered gun being present. He answered that they proceed with caution due to the possibility of the person they're seeking being armed.

I then asked if the computer turned up no registered guns being present, do they get to relax, but no. They proceed with caution on the possibility of the person they're seeking being armed with an unregistered firearm.

Anyhow, to get back on topic, if you want to avoid cold winters in Canada, then I'd recommend coming out to the west coast. The summers are great without getting to hot and the winters are mild, but there's plenty of snow in the mountains if you want it. It'd be a paradice if it wern't for all the damn hippies.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-04-20 01:08pm

I thought the point of living in Canada is to enjoy our proper cold winters and abundance of snow. I mean, without cold winters we wouldn't be able to play ice hockey outdoors on frozen ponds and lakes, and without ice hockey life just sucks.

Korvan · Post by **Korvan** » 2004-04-20 04:04pm

Well, there's no pond skating here in Vancouver, but we do have plenty indoor rinks, and if you go inland a bit, it does get cold enough in winter. If only I learned how to skate (or how to stop to be precise).

We do have it good when it comes to skiing.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2004-04-20 04:45pm

aerius wrote:I thought the point of living in Canada is to enjoy our proper cold winters and abundance of snow. I mean, without cold winters we wouldn't be able to play ice hockey outdoors on frozen ponds and lakes, and without ice hockey life just sucks.

I go to AB and play on ponds if I want.

muse · Post by **muse** » 2004-04-20 09:24pm

Korvan wrote:Well, there's no pond skating here in Vancouver, but we do have plenty indoor rinks, and if you go inland a bit, it does get cold enough in winter. If only I learned how to skate (or how to stop to be precise).

We do have it good when it comes to skiing.

If you can ski it shouldn't be too hard to stop, well, you won't stop like an NHL player but you can stop. Basically, if you can do the "snowplow" stop they teach you on the bunny hill in skiing, you can stop on ice skates since it's the same technique. The weight balance is different since you don't have the long skis to keep you upright but the idea is the same.

The NHL style hockey stop is a lot harder to learn and the learning part hurts a lot more. Good thing I got it over with when I was a kid.