After reading parts of this thread, I noticed in our local newspaper, Come to B.C. Whistler, (about a 2 hour drive on the Sea to Sky highway north east of Vancouver), had 17 feet of snow in November. I used to golf with my uncle on a par 3 course in Vancouver when he had his lunch break, and you'd see people with skis on top of the cars going up the mountains to ski. But 17 feet of snow? We used to get that in a year north of Superior, and I'd have to shovel the snow off the roof, UP! The street was like a tunnel without a roof, 10 to 12 feet of snow, carved out by a big snowblower,shoot it into a dump truck, drive out on the lake and dump it.

I moved from Victoria to Southern Ontario in April of this year. Victoria is a truly beautiful city. Completely unlike Vancouver. If you want to visit there from Vancouver, you need to have lots of time on your hands; as its a 2 hour ferry ride, an hours driving, and 1 to 2 hours waiting at the ferry each way. living in Victoria, most residents don't visit Vancouver more than once or twice a year, as compared to the Island, there's not much you're missing. Island life is a lot slower, and more relaxed, even slower if you're lucky enough to visit the gulf islands or the Sunshine Coast. The PG Music headquarters is very unassuming, 99% of Victoria's population would never suspect it was there, including most local musicians.

If you love outdoor life, the Islands have a lifetime of wonderful places to visit and enjoy. Including the West Coast trail, Cape Scott trail, incredible Long Beach, Strathcona Park, Hornby Island and all the other Islands.

The Victoria Bluegrass Association has wonderful Tuesday night jam sessions. all kinds of amazing musicians live around the area, including Valdi, Sheri Ulrich, Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman, it truly is an amazing area.

My 2 cents worth, Andrew

Oren,

When we were there, we saw about 100 nude bicyclists protesting one thing or the other. Most of them were a sight for sore eyes.

Don S.

Don,
Sounds breezy! I like to ride with a lot of clothes on....
The naked bicycling thing happens in cities across the country once a year... I can't remember the occasion. You want to participate next summer, I have a nice bicycle. And a camera.

Bigger eh? Bragger. LOL

I at a stage where I find humour in everything. Almost.

don't you mean HUMOR john. giggle

i am apprised, aware and cognizant at the same time glenn, but i love to tease john. no offense intended. actually, my parents were canadian and that's how mom spelled it too. i argued with my school teachers about it. another point was the omission of the article 'the' in phrases like "going to hospital." i can go on... just having a little innocent fun with john. now, how about that pic of pg headquarters?

No offense here Don.

Theory is we find something funny because of the horror of it actually coming true.
In that spirit here is another spelling humor/humour, humorose. The spellchecker tells me that I am wrong, maybe I should add a "u" before the "r".

Ian

Let's see... favourite comes up as a spelling error in both Windows and Linux. Rhubarb, doughnut, and beer still work, but for how long?

I find the beer wears off after a few hours. Unless it's purchased in some states, and then you spend more time in the can that drinking. LOL. And remember I did give 'em props on Sam Adams beer. It always amazes me when people think we are so similar, and yet I feel so much different than the Americans I know.

I wish Corner Gas was sticking around to do the Grey Cup thing. Actually Sask. won, the 13th man made no difference to the outcome, except for the fact the the bone heads sent in a guy to do nothing in the end zone. Let's not try and explain Canuck football to Americans. 12 men, 25 yard endzones, 3 downs, wider field, 55 yard line, 10 seconds less in the huddle, single points...hm...

I think they should have Hank from Corner Gas yelling at the guy to get in there....and Oscar stomping on his hat....and Lacie as a cheerleader. Oh well...

Next we can share curling stories...hurry hard!

John, Past President of the White Otter Curling Club, north of Manitouwadge and south of Longlac, on the flats above the river. Where on Grey Cup day the bear broke into the house and I shot it in the kitchen.

where, exactly, is a bear's 'kitchen', john? lets talk aboot how to pronounce 'been' and 'about.' is it 'bean' and 'aboot?'
truly, the us, uk, and canada are three great nations divided by a common language. but i always enjoy your posts.
oklahomans have a language all their own.

The bear was the only one would eat the ex wife's meat loaf. My kids came into the living room telling me about a 50 foot bear in the kitchen. The Lee Enfield came in handy.

We lived with 2 kids in one of 10 houses in a lumber camp. The men mostly lived in the bunkhouses, 400 of them. I was weekend supervisor, foreman, and eventually Fire Marshal. 400 miles of private gravel roads, 2 million acres of timber, and 500 million black flies, who were outnumbered by the sand files and mosquitoes. But we had our own curling club, and one month of bad snowshoeing in the summer.

You greatly underestimate the number of flies .. unless it was winter!

I got that too Glenn, at the time it was hard to admit I'd cry but I did.

Now I'm older they play O Canada and I cry. Oh well...

OTOH, what's her name on CBC was doing the weather, Colleen the curling chick, turns my crank.

And women's curling in kilts, HOT. LOL

I remember now, I'm jonesing for her. Damn kids.

The further you go north the worse the mosquitoes. You have no actual idea. I've sat in the tent, and looked out, and the 2 Cree Indians with our group move a hand rolled smoke over their lips so the bugs, standing 3 or 4 deep waiting to suck blood are out of the way. I was tough, but at 10 at night, when it's humid there in July, north of Kapuskasing, I gotta say, I went in the tent, and did not go outside. I remember surveying a road, looking down, and I can't see my feet for the bugs.

On the plus side, you really get used to it, bite the bullet and let them eat you. After the 2nd year they become like dust in the wind. No problem.

my aunt's farm was on dollar lake just north of nashwaulk, minnesota. when visiting her it was customary to keep smudge pots going all night just to be able to sleep. the mesquitoes were so thick it became impossible to breathe through the mouth without inhaling a few dozen. ok, your turn.

I agree with the above thought...........

Marion Barrett
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I agree with the above thoughts...

Marion Barrett
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One thing PG Music exposed me to was the musicians of Canada. So far, the Real Band selections I choose show in their comments a brief explanation of their Canadian heritage. I would say that Peter is a proud Canadian. I had one experience in Canada and that was in Montreal. And being a kid from New York City the first thing I stood amazed about was their subway. It's clean and on time. AMAZING! In fact, in the part of town I stayed I do not recall even seeing a piece of litter on the ground. Wow, this ain't no Florida where the cars are clean because the roads aren't.

I would love to see the west coast of Canada where you are all talking about. It sounds beautiful. In fact, I am going to try to google earth the place to see if there are any ground level tours I can take. Thank the Lord for the Internet!
Cheers!
RickeG

Just thought I'd add my two cents to this thread. I don't know exactly how long PG Music has been at 29 Cadillac Rd but I have been picking up my copy of BIAB there since at least Version 8 (?1992?). I previously ordered by mail (versions 5 to 7) so I can't comment on any other physical location. I can say that in the early days PG occuppied Suite 29 on the second floor and some 8 years ago they also took up residence in the suite below them as a warehouse. My Christmas present to myself, is that every Christmas I spend the holidays with my two daughters (and granddaughters) in Victoria, so I order the latest versions of BIAB, PTPA and now RB and pick them up while I am there. I don't know if they are really set up to handle walk in customers, but the staff has always been accommodating, polite, and helpful in my updates. I actually met Peter a couple of times in the "early" days when he was more hands on in the sales end.
I think the cities in more moderate climate gives the time for more creativity. Look at Seattle for instance they have Micro$oft, Mackie, Boeing, Jimi Hendricks, Mark O’Connor, and so on. Certainly, other cities offer great artists as well but in my own experience of being raised in the interior of BC, I was spending more time shovelling snow when I’d rather be playing music.
Glenn I get to Victoria usually February, June, September, and December of every year. My daughter lives up near Shellbourne St and Felton. Would love to meet a fellow PG’er for a coffee sometime.
DennisD