Jan/April 2010 **NEW EMAIL**
9 Issue 90
In Loving Memory
of our dear friend
Sue Miller
My dear friend; I miss you.
Just thinking of you, brings a smile to
my face, and your memory warms my
heart. But, how I miss you…
I miss the way we laughed so hard
whenever we were together; which was
never often enough. I miss your smile,
your voice, and your presence in my life.
The world misses your generous soul.
You worked tirelessly and with such
dedication to those you loved, and to the
communities you served:
Your precious daughter and your
husband,
The Ryder Lake Hall Board,
The children of Ryder Lake, through the
Easter and Christmas events you helped
to make happen,
Hobby Hill Preschool, which grew and
thrived under your care and expertise,
The United Way, and countless other
charities and individuals you worked so
hard for.
I’ve lost a treasured friend, and Heaven
has gained a precious angel.
My world is a little less bright without
your light in it.
I miss you Sue.
Love Tracey-Lee, the Rein Family &
many, many, many others, whose lives
you touched.
ryderlakenews@yahoo.ca **NEW EMAIL**
By Tracey-Lee Rein
Some newsletters
start each year with
a big January ―Wel-
come to 20___!‖
Some Newsletters
start each year with
a cheer and an in-
trospective look
back at, ―The year that was…‖ Some
newsletters have developed the
unique habit of starting the New
Year in February, or March or one
time, even in April…That was the
year the editor attended UFV for 9
months and put so much on her
plate between volunteering and
children that she just couldn’t do it
all! The newsletter comes with a
very heartfelt apology!
Not a month has gone by that I ha-
ven’t beat myself up for not getting
my ―gift‖ out to this community and
as I will be graduating on May 4th
(with A honours) I know you’ll for-
give me, please?! In actuality the
newsletter was ready last month but
my Mazda MPV which has over
240,000 km on it decided to break
down in Vancouver’s Bermuda Trian-
gle…yup, you guessed it; the Port
Mann Bridge! As I drove onto the
beast my timing belt gave way, I
revved the engine like hell and then I
threw it into neutral and managed to
coast to a stop in a construction lay
by on the other side of the bridge!
Sadly I was without wheels for 2
weeks and then I was without money
to print the paper!
Vol.
So, Happy BELATED New Year Every-
one!!! Just be thankful you’re not on
my Christmas card list because I still
haven’t sent out my 2006 Christmas
cards!
Wow what a time we’ve had
this year so far. My family
and I spent most of Febru-
ary glued to the television
watching the 2010 Olympic
Games, and what a fantastic
games it was. I’ve always
been in favour of the games
coming to BC. I know that my opi-
nion was not popular with all my
friends and with many other people
in BC, and the arguments against the
Games were valid. However, I have
to say that even my staunchest anti-
Olympic friends got caught up in the
excitement and the pride that we all
felt. One girlfriend who initially said
she, ―might watch a bit of the
games‖ reported that despite it be-
ing her boyfriend’s birthday, she was
going to watch the gold medal hock-
ey game that night so he’d have to
celebrate in front of the TV, on his
own, or on another day! It only took
a few days for her to be as glued to
the TV as we all were.
Before the games I heard many
people on CBC radio snarkily saying
they were, ―getting out of town for
the games!‖ All I can say is ―Boy did
you miss a fantastic celebration of
our beautiful province, our incredible
people and of Canada in general.‖
Those folks missed an incredible
event in our Province’s history.
Personally, I never thought much of
the fact that I was Canadian, until I
was 16 years old and my family
moved to Florida. Florida is a fabul-
ous vacation destination, but I hated
living there. The culture shock of
moving to the southern USA was
brutal. It wasn’t until I moved away
that I came to fully understand and
appreciate what it was to be a Cana-
dian.
We are such special people. We
have so much to feel proud about,
and while the rest of the world
doesn’t often hear our voices; for
two weeks in February, we were the
tiny mouse that roared, and warmly
shared our Province and Country
with the world! The world loved
Canadians, and saw that we were
different! We weren’t Americans,
who lived further north! I loved one
comedians comment when he said,
―Canadians are like Europeans with
American style toilets!‖ Because it’s
true…we are more like Europeans
than Americans in many ways. Par-
ticularly in the fact that our country
is not a melting pot. Thank God!
We’re not soup, we’re salad! People
from all over the world move to Can-
ada and can keep their own uniqe
flavor, traditions, lifestyle, and lan-
guage and yet when we all are
thrown into the bowl together, we
taste and look perfect. Most of the
time we complement each other and
the more ingrediants in our salad,
the better it is! Fresh! New! Exciting!
Like my American husband says,
―walking down the street in Vancou-
ver makes me feel like I’m at a Unit-
ed Nations event, this country in
incredible!‖
Depsite the bad international press
that the COC and VANOC received,
two comments came up over and
over again, from absolutely every-
one: ―Canadians are such incredibly
friendly people!‖ And ―The Vancou-
ver games were the most FUN games
yet!‖
We encourage everyone to take ad-
vantage of the smaller crowds and
cheaper ticket prices and attend the
Paralympic games! Go downtown
and visit the many places of interest
that are still open and welcoming
people from all over the world.
Olympics 2010 is written on my
heart as a wonderful memory! 
It wasn’t so long ago that the Ryder
Lake News & Views was blessed with
some very generous, and wonderfully
entertaining, monthly submissions.
The RLNV’s friend wrote wonderful
articles about science and our envi-
ronment and best of all, her articles
were geared towards the younger
folks in Ryder Lake.
Sadly, since her voice fell silent in
the RLNV, our newsletter and the
entire community in general, have
neglected to engage our local youth.
An oversight I intend to remedy, in
future RLNV issues and through the
Ryder Lake Community Committee.
So, who was this very special lady
that had the kids and I outside dig-
ging in the dirt, or gazing up into the
sky? It was Fiona Bayrock!
Several weeks back as I was listening
to CBC radio (as I always do) a dis-
cussion came on about the latest
―really great‖ children’s books! Who
had written them, what age they
were appropriate for, and best of all
which were in the running for
awards! Immediately my ears
pricked up; as nothing interests me
more than books, book and books,
oh, and book!
Well, the absolute favorite and top
pick by one of the CBC panel mem-
bers was a children’s science book
called, Bubble Homes and Fish Farts
by Fiona Bayrock!
I almost dropped my dish when I
heard this, and with no one home to
share my excitement with, I simply
jumped up and down all over the
kitchen shouting to the cats, ―Oh
Hurray! Fiona wrote a book and she
might even win an award! Fiona!
Our Fiona!!! I can report that the cats
were suitably impressed!
I dropped what I was doing and ran
to the computer and Googled Fiona’s
name… Well no wonder we haven’t
heard from Ms. Bayrock! She’s been
a very buy lady!
Here is what I found:
Bubble Homes and Fish Farts
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Martha Weston Award
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustra-
tors (SCBWI) - June 2004
Smartwriters.com Write It Now!
Children's Writing Competition
3rd Place Nonfiction Category - April 2004
British Columbia Festival of the
Arts
Literary Arts Section (Children's Writing) Se-
lected by jury - May 2002
As I read through Fiona’s webpage I
was thrilled to see that she has ac-
tually published 15 books and If all
that wasn’t enough, she has contri-
buted articles for, Highlights for
Children, YES Mag , Odyssey, and WILD
magazines.
As a person afflicted with a serious
case of bibliophilia, I am in the process
of converting the old master bedroom
into a proper library. A must have,
for every avid bibliophile. It should
therefore come as no surprise that I
am reveling in Fiona’s success!
“By the way Fiona, I hope you still
live in Ryder Lake because I want a
signed copy of Bubble Homes and
Fish Farts! And if my 6, 8 and 11
year old are really, really good, I may
read it to them, but I won’t be letting
them touch it! We’ll buy a second
copy for sticky finger usage. PS. If
you are still living in Ryder Lake,
email me! reinisat@yahoo.ca”
For all those articles she so generous-
ly took the time to write and submit to
the RLNV; the least we can do is to
share with the community; a little of
her success!
www.fionabayrock.com/default.htm
Bubble Homes and Fish Farts
Published: February 6, 2009
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
The following ISBNs are associated with this
title:
ISBN - 10:1570916705
ISBN - 13:9781570916700
From the Publisher
Real-world science meets tongue-in-cheek
humor to describe how animals make bubbles,
ride bubbles, breathe bubbles, and even live in
bubbles. Discover the truth about popping
shrimp, nesting frogs, and gas-passing fish.
Includes back matter and a glossary/index.
States of Matter: A Question
and Answer Book
Published: April 30, 2006
Publisher: Coughlan Publishing
The following ISBNs are associated with this
title:
ISBN - 10:0736854487
ISBN - 13:9780736854481
From the Publisher
Introduces the composition of matter, its
changing states, and the effects of changing
between states.
Sound: A Question and An-
swer Book
Published: April 30, 2006
Publisher: Coughlan Publishing
The following ISBNs are associated with this
title:
ISBN - 10:0736854495
1
ISBN - 13:9780736854498
From the Publisher
Introduces the concepts of sound waves, vi-
bration, and energy, and presents how hu-
mans perceive and produce different sounds.
The Ocean Explorer's
Handbook
Publisher: Scholastic Inc., 2005
ISBN 0439711843, 9780439711845
What Am I?
Publisher: Scholastic Canada, Ltd., 2005
ISBN: 0779154649, 9780779154647
How Do Polar Bears Stay
Warm
Publisher: Scholastic Canada, Ltd., 2005
ISBN: 0779154592, 9780779154593
Hop! Spring! Leap!
Publisher: Scholastic Canada, Ltd., 2005
ISBN: 0779152972, 9780779152971
Plant Parts
Publisher: Capstone Press inc., 2008
ISBN: 1429624930, 9781429624930
Spring Song
Hark, I hear a robin calling!
List, the wind is from the south!
And the orchard-bloom is falling
Sweet as kisses on the mouth.
In the dreamy vale of beeches
Fair and faint is woven mist,
And the river's orient reaches
Are the palest amethyst.
Every limpid brook is singing
Of the lure of April days;
Every piney glen is ringing
With the maddest roundelays.
Come and let us seek together
Springtime lore of daffodils,
Giving to the golden weather
Greeting on the sun-warm hills.
1 ~Lucy Maud Montgomery,
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There’s
Gold in
Them Thar
Hills
Chapter 2
By Elmar Goldsmith
The Former Flatlander
In the last newsletter I
told about getting my
prospector’s license
which is called a Free
Miner’s Certificate
(FMC) for free because I
am a senior. And I told
how I went panning
with my wife and
daughter and discov-
ered mica that looked
like gold, and how that
should have been the
end of the story, but
isn’t. I should have just
framed the FMC and moved on, but
that would not have been like me.
No, No! I had to do some more re-
search on gold prospecting and pan-
ning.
I came across this wonderful site on
the Internet called the Canadian Gold
Prospector’s Forum. This forum con-
tains a wealth of information about
gold prospecting, particularly in Brit-
ish Columbia. And the folks that in-
habit the forum turned out for the
most part to be great people who
are more than willing to be of help
to fellow prospectors. So I started to
learn more about prospecting for
gold and other valuable minerals.
There are two kinds of claims availa-
ble in BC – mineral claims, which are
basically hard rock mining claims;
and placer claims, which cover min-
erals that have been moved around
by rivers and streams. It is illegal in
British Columbia (and most other
places for that matter) to go panning
or otherwise extracting minerals
from claimed land without the claim
owner’s permission. One of the early
things I found out is that people who
own claims do not appreciate claim
jumpers – folks who go and extract
gold or garnets or other minerals
from the claims without permission.
In the ―Old Days‖ a prospector had
to actually go out into the wilds and
claim mineral land by physically
marking the outline of the land he
wanted to claim by driving stakes
into the ground
or building rock
cairns to make the
boundary. But
now we are in the
computer age and
all is different.
The BC Govern-
ment has divided
the entire province
into ―cells‖ that
measure about 0.5
km square, so con-
tain about 25 hec-
tares. A prospector can get online to
―Mineral Titles Online‖, view a map
of whatever area they are interested
in, determine which cells have al-
ready been claimed and which are
available, and electronically claim
cells that are available. There is no
more need for claim markers, nor for
the prospector to actually visit the
claim in person. The cost to register
a mineral claim is $0.40 per hectare,
and to register a placer claim is
$2.00 per hectare.
Making a claim gives the claim hold-
er ownership of the minerals in and
on the claimed land. The claim
holder does not own the land itself,
only the minerals. Now comes the
interesting part – the claimholder
owns and can access the minerals on
a claim even though the land surface
may be owned by someone else.
What does this mean? Well, for ex-
ample, I looked up the claim situa-
tion for Ryder Lake. It turns out that
the entire Chilliwack River area in-
cluding Ryder Lake is a Placer Claim
Reserve. This means that no one can
make a placer claim in this area.
However, the whole area is open for
mineral claims. The entire Chilliwack
River valley is covered by existing
mineral claims, as is the valley of
Slesse Creek. There are no current
mineral claims covering any part of
Ryder Lake. This means that all the
cells covering Ryder Lake are availa-
ble for staking.
Any licensed prospector could lay
claim to any mineral cell in the Ryder
Lake area if he/she felt there were
mineral values on it. This would give
the prospector the right to prospect
for minerals on the cell whether the
landowner wanted it or not. The
prospector would not be able to
prospect right around any house or
outbuildings on the cell, but he
could prospect anywhere else on the
cell. He only has to give the lan-
downer 8 days notice that he is
going to do the prospecting. In
theory, he could cut down trees,
build access roads, and anything else
within reason to search for minerals
on the mineral claim. The prospect-
or is liable for any damage done to
the property
As you might guess this right of
access doesn’t sit well with many
landowners who find they are sud-
denly confronted with a prospector
who has a right to enter their prop-
erty and dig holes and so on. In real-
ity, usually some reasonable accom-
modation is negotiated between the
landowner and the prospector. Both
the landowner and the prospector
have specific rights under BC law.
Anyone who is interested in this top-
ic should visit the BC Mineral Title
Online Website at:
http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Titles/Min
eralTitles/faq/Pages/default.aspx and
view the Frequently Asked Ques-
tions.
Stay tuned for Chapter 3 where I will
talk about my further gold adven-
tures.
 CBC Radio’s
Canada Reads
Book Picks
http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/
Nikolski
Written by Nicolas Dickner
Translated by Lazer
Lederhendler
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Knopf Canada
ISBN: 978-0-676-97879-7 (0-676-97879-7)

Selected as the 2010 CBC Canada
Reads Winner!
Intricately plotted and shimmering
with originality, Nikolski charts the
curious and unexpected courses of
personal migration, and shows how
they just might eventually lead us to
home.
In the spring of 1989, three young
people, born thousands of miles apart,
each cut themselves adrift from their
birthplaces and set out to discover
what — or who — might anchor them
in their lives. They each leave almost
everything behind, carrying with them
only a few artefacts of their lives so far
— possessions that have proven so
formative that they can’t imagine sur-
viving without them — but also the
accumulated memories of their own
lives and family histories.
Noah, who was taught to read using
road maps during a life of nomadic
travels with his mother — their home
being a 1966 Bonneville station wagon
with a silver trailer — decides to leave
the prairies for university in Montreal.
But putting down roots there turns
out to be a more transitory experience
than he expected. Joyce, stifled by life
in a remote village on Quebec’s Lower
North Shore, and her overbearing rela-
tives, hitches a ride into Montreal,
spurred on by a news story about a
modern-day cyber-pirate and the spirit
of her own buccaneer ancestors. While
her daily existence remains surprising-
ly routine —working at a fish shop in
Jean-Talon market, dumpster-diving at
night for necessities — it’s her Inter-
net piracy career that takes off. And
then there’s the unnamed narrator,
who we first meet clearing out his de-
ceased mother’ s house on Montreal’s
South Shore, and who decides to
move into the city to start a new life.
There he finds his true home among
books, content to spend his days
working in a used bookstore and jour-
neying though the many worlds books
open up for him.
Over the course of the next ten years,
Noah, Joyce and the unnamed booksel-
ler will sometimes cross paths, and
sometimes narrowly miss each other,
as they all pass through one vibrant
neighbourhood on Montreal’s Plateau.
Their journeys seem remarkably un-
formed, more often guided by the pre-
vailing winds than personal will, yet
their stories weave in and out of other
wondrous tales — stories about such
things as fearsome female pirates, ur-
ban archaeologists, unexpected floods,
fish of all kinds, a mysterious book
without a cover and a dysfunctional
compass whose needle obstinately
points to the remote Aleutian village
of Nikolski. And it is in the magical
accumulation of those details around
the edges of their lives that we begin
to know these individuals as part of a
greater whole, and ultimately realize
that anchors aren’t at all permanent,
really; rather, they’re made to be
hoisted up and held in reserve until
their strength is needed again.
"RandomHouse.ca | Books | Nikolski by Nicholas
Dickner." Random House . Online. 2010
<http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pper
l?isbn=9780676978797> 15 March 2010.
Good to a Fault
By Marina Endicott
Publisher: Freehand Books
ISBN: 978-1-55111-929-8
Publication: September 2008

In a novel reminiscent of the work of
Penelope Lively, Anne Tyler, and Alice
Munro, acclaimed author Marina Endi-
cott gives us one of the most profound
and most memorable reads of the
year.
Absorbed in her own failings, Clara
Purdy crashes her life into a sharp left
turn, taking the young family in the
other car along with her. When bruises
on the mother, Lorraine, prove to be
late-stage cancer, Clara—against all
habit and comfort—moves the three
children and their terrible grand-
mother into her own house.
We know what is good, but we
don’t do it. In Good to a Fault, Clara
decides to give it a try, and then has
to cope with the consequences: ex-
haustion, fury, hilarity, and unex-
pected love. But she must question
her own motives. Is she acting out
of true goodness, or out of guilt?
Most shamefully, has she taken over
simply because she wants the baby
for her own?
What do we owe in this life, and
what do we deserve? This compas-
sionate, funny, and fiercely intelli-
gent novel looks at life and death
through grocery-store reading
glasses: being good, being at fault,
and finding some balance on the
precipice.
"Freehand Books| Books| Good to a Fault." Free-
hand Books. Online. 2010 <http://www.freehand-
books.com/books/2008-fall/good-to-a-fault.html>
15 March 2010.
Wise Tips to
Warm your
Wallet
By Steve Clegg
The Woodcraft Man & Parrot Catcher
As a long time Ryder Lake resident
and a reader of the RLNV's I figured it
was finally time to become a contri-
butor to this fine publication. I have
grown to appreciate the home grown
content and articles that are tailored
to life up here on the hill. In keeping
with that theme, I have decided to
write a column in each issue that
shares a few tidbits and tips on ways
to save money, time, water etc. up
here in Ryder Lake.
Reading my column will not put
thousands of dollars back into your
wallet, nor will it add days to your
year or fill up your well. However, if
you choose to try or implement
some of the suggestions, the cumu-
lative effect may be a noticeable
change for you and the ecosystem
we live in.
I encourage you to send me your
thoughts and feedback to my column
as I value your opinion and can ad-
just my content to accommodate all
view points.
Lastly, if you have any tips, tricks or
methods of saving time, money, wa-
ter etc, with an environmental focus,
please send them to me and I may
feature them in an upcoming column
and credit you for the idea. Also, ill
enter your name into an annual draw
for a $50 Clegg Woodcrafts gift cer-
tificate. Enjoy!
Chilly Weather 2010 tips:
1. Is the exterior of your hot water
tank warm to the touch? If so,
you could be wasting energy and
money. There are two easy fixes,
one is to insulate the exterior of
the tank to retain the warmth
and focus it on heating your wa-
ter instead of the surrounding
air. The second fix is to turn
down the thermostat on the tank
which will lower the temperature
of your hot water. Usually,
household hot water is too hot
to run your hands under anyway.
Typically you have to mix cold
water with your hot water to
make it a usable temperature. By
turning down your tank thermos-
tat, you can conserve energy and
water by not having to cool the
water you just paid to heat.
2. If you heat your home with a
wood fire place, close the dam-
per tightly when it's not in use.
This can dramatically reduce heat
loss up and out your chimney.
Although many of our homes are
heated by wood fire places,
some of us have electric or gas
furnaces. If so, change your fur-
nace filter regularly. When the
filters get clogged up, your fur-
nace has to work harder and
longer to push air around your
home which takes more energy;
costing you more money. Better
yet, purchase a reusable filter
and rinse it out regularly, just be
sure to let it dry before reinstal-
ling and turning your furnace
back on.
3. For the outdoor enthusiast: Me-
tallic heat shields that concen-
trate the heat from a camp stove
around your cooking pots can al-
so be used on your home stove
top. Placing the heat shield
around your pots or pans in the
kitchen will concentrate the ele-
ments heat around your meal.
Using this method, I find I can
cook meals on medium that
would have otherwise needed to
be on high. Further, as the heat
is retained, you can shut your
element off before the meal is
fully cooked and the residual
heat will continue to cook your
meal until it is done. This saves
time, electricity and in turn,
money!
E-mail: steve.m.clegg@gmail.com
Website: cleggwoodcrafts.com
Editor’s Note: I would like to extend a
warm and most appreciative welcome to
Steve! Thank you! Thank you! Thank
you! I am so grateful to have one more
monthly contributor to the newsletter!
Filling 8 pages is a huge responsibility
for Elmar and I and we appreciate the
help so much. A fresh voice is so wel-
come and you will be instrumental in
helping me to get the newsletter out in a
more timely manner. More hands make
lighter work 
This is an open invitiation to the commu-
nity to please, please send me informa-
tion, stories, jokes, articles, book reviews,
historical facts, movie reviews, get on
your soap box or borrow mine, farm tips,
photographs and ANYTHING you’d like
to see in the RLNV!
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 17. You think Red Green is a God.
The Unofficial Canadian
18. You have memorized the Heritage
Olympic Training Manual Foundation's Heritage Moments, in-
cluding your favourites, "Doctor, I
can smell burnt toast!", "You know I
canna read a word!", "One day we
35. Driving is better in the winter be-
cause the potholes are filled in with
snow.
36. You have Canadian Tire money in
your kitchen junk drawer.
37. Your child is in Grade 12, not the 12
th

have tar paper roof!" and "Kanata". grade.

1. You've frozen your tongue to some-
thing metal at least once in your life.
2. When someone steps on your foot;
you apologize. When you step on
someone's foot; you apologize, then
you apologize for making them
apologize.
3. You drink Pop, not Soda, and you eat
chocolate bars, not candy bars.
4. You understand the sentence "Could
you please pass me a serviette; I
spilled my poutine on the chester-
field."
5. You know that a mickey and a 2-4
means "Party at the camp!"
6. You talk about the weather with
friends and strangers alike.
7. When there is a social problem, you
turn to your government to fix it in-
stead of telling them to stay out of it.
8. You're not sure if the leader of your
nation has EVER had sex; and you
don't want to know about it if they
have!
9. You or a family member has actually
said, "Stay where yer at, 'till I gets
where yer to."
10. You know that Casey and Finnegan
are not a Celtic music group.
11. You participated in "Participaction"
12. You don't care about the fuss with
Cuba. It's a cheap place to go “on
holiday” (not vacation), with good ci-
gars, and no Americans.
13. Back bacon, ketchup chips, and Kraft
dinner are some of your favourite
food groups.
14. Your child’s Halloween costume fits
over their snowsuit.
15. You know all the words to "If I Had a
Million Dollars" including the inter-
stanza banter between Steven & Ed.
16. You sit on your “bum”, and you know
what that means.
19. You can sing "O' Canada" in French 38. It’s called a “Bun”, not a “roll”.
and actually know what the words
39. You attend the office Christmas party
mean!
in your new dress, your finest jewe-
20. You send angry letters to the CBC lery and your Sorrels . And you know
demanding the return of the Hinter- what “your Sorrels” are.
land Who's Who so you can finally
40. You bring a portable TV on a camping
find out what happens to the arctic
trip so that you don't miss Hockey
ptarmigan in winter.
Night.
21. You think Great Big Sea isn't Mari-
41. You can repeat the entire Molson's
time - centric enough.
Canadian 'The Rant'.
22. Your backpack has more than one
42. You remember when Alanis Morris-
Canadian flag iron-on.
sette was on Zoom, getting slimed by
23. You have been on Speaker's Corner. green goop.
24. You know the French equivalents of 43. You can eat more than one maple
“free”,”prize” and “no sugar added” sugar candy without feeling nau-
thanks to your extensive education in seous.
bilingual cereal packaging.
44. You know the chorus of "The Log
25. You know who said "Now look up, Driver's Waltz" and are particularly
look waaaay up, and I'll call Rusty". fond of the 'burling down and down'
26. You know the difference between bit.
real snow and TV snow and when 45. You know exactly what a, “large
you see TV snow, you scream, "No double double” is, and you know
Way! That should be sticking to their where you can get one.
pants!" and "Look-it, it's not melting!
46. You frequently clean grease off your
That's *so* not snow!"
barbeque so the bears won't prowl
27. You think -10 C is mild weather. about on your deck.
28. Complete the phrase: "The good old 47. You can sing the words to, “The Cat
____ game is the best ____ you can Came Back”
____."
48. You know what a Pa-day-do is.
29. You have twins named Wayne and
49. Your municipality buys a Zamboni
Gretzky (alternatively Gordie and
before a bus.
Howe).
50. You read this entire list.
30. You refuse to consume chocolate
that doesn't come in either Smarties,
Coffee Crisp, Purdy’s or Laura Secord
format.
31. You're proud that Captain Kirk came
from Montreal.
32. You can do the hand actions to Sha-
ron, Lois and Bram's "Skin-a-marinki-
dinki-do".
33. You recognize: CPP, RSP, RCMP, KM
and CCM.
34. You know that a pike is a type of fish,
not part of a highway and, you drive
on a highway, not a freeway.
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