61 ( chronological, probably 23 everything else ) year old long time Internet User ( Windows 3.1 Trumpet Winsock anyone? ) living the Dad Core life South of Vancouver, BC.
61 ( chronological, probably 23 everything else ) year old long time Internet User ( Windows 3.1 Trumpet Winsock anyone? ) living the Dad Core life South of Vancouver, BC.
Canada similar. I've yet to prove it, but my theory is that if you are on a paved road there is a Tim Horton's no more than an hours drive away.
BEAR IS APPROACHING AT ALARMING SPEEDS.
BEAR IS GO FAST LOSING TRACK OF BEAR.
BEAR HAS REACHED MACH ONE.
WE HAVE LOST VISUAL ON BEAR.
Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica
Looks like I took a wrong toin at Albuquerque....
As all good Canadians know, the solution lies in "The Vinyl Cafe" episode: "Dave Cooks the Turkey".
The electrician:
"Sir... could you PLEASE stop pushing that"
"Make these heads less hilarious and you got yourself a deal!"
One of the unexpected things about them is when you get up close and realized the white outer skin is not aluminum or titanium, it's fabric... basically the same stuff they make firefighters suits from
I mean, Disney actually made a short version of "Rogers: The Musical"... so why not?
I did this once with my kid asleep in a car seat in the back. I woke up with someone screaming "OH MY GOD SOMEONE LEFT A BABY ALONE IN THE CAR!" and some frantic door handle rattling.... OK - best of intentions, but scared the crap out of the both of us....
- referencing a classic Monty Python skit
"La llama es un cuadrúpedo que vive en los grandes ríos del Amazonas. Tiene dos orejas, un corazón, una frente y un pico para comer miel. Pero, está provista de aletas para nadar. "
( The llama is a quadruped which lives in big rivers like the Amazon. It has two ears, a heart, a forehead, and a beak for eating honey. But it is provided with fins for swimming. )
I made zucchini gluten free rice flour muffins, but swapped out chocolate chips for the zucchini and cookie dough for the gluten free rice flour.
Large scale model railroaders "G Scale is 1:22.5"
Bachmann "I can do 1:20.3...."
Aristocraft "1:29 and that's my final offer....."
Lionel "So... how about 48 mm track gauge....."
#1 Every Single Parent in the 70's had this in their record collection.
Took my trusty Canon AE-1 to France. Entire roll of film in Paris didn't catch and I exposed 24 shots on one frame. Didn't realize until we got to next destination.
Eels ! Eels! Eels!
Duck and Papaya pizza at Pagliacci's in Victoria, BC
“It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination, because wherever it appeared it was a sign that mere matter was a servant of the powers of the magical mind. It was enchantment itself.
But Rincewind always thought it looked a sort of greenish-purple.”
Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic
US Space Team's Up Goer Five
60's and 70's we had some cool stuff to play with. Take this plastic guillotine model kit for example... look up the Aurora Monster Scenes for some real horrors....