For Christ's sake it's late at night and nobody's on DU

[HEyHEY]

I'm sitting around waiting for production to finish ONE ad. So I can go home...and dammit you folks aren't even entertaining me! HOW DARE YOU...You filthy mendicants best perk up and get lively.

[The Traveler]

1. Disgusting ain't it? What happened to all the insomniacs?

They get normal lives or something?

[HEyHEY]

3. That, or they were a bunch of poseurs

[strategery blunder]

4. Umm...no.

I refrained from starting an insomniac thread tonight because last night, someone else (won't name names) accused me of ripping off their idea.

[The Traveler]

6. Hardly sporting of them

Even if was their idea. Its a good idea. Others should be able to use it guilt free.

[HEyHEY]

7. Wow, that's petty

'Stay off my DU turf"

[strategery blunder]

2. I'll try to entertain you...

Time to resurrect tonight's hockey thread.

[The Traveler]

5. Hey Chair! Good to see ya!

[strategery blunder]

8. Hey there

:hi:

[neoteric lefty]

9. quiet you!

just kidding, sir :)

don't hurt me.

[HEyHEY]

11. grumble....

This time young skywalker

[neoteric lefty]

13. yessa sirr

me thank you, yessa sirr

[oblivious]

10. it's 4 in the afternoon where I am

I've only been here a couple of days, and I'm always thinking DU's a bit dull, just a few posters. Then I come back the next day and my posts are on page 15 or something. WOW! What's the most popular time, say EST?

[HEyHEY]

12. Well for you...around 1:00 am your time I guess

This place is amazingly fast during the day

Welcome, where are ya?

[oblivious]

19. Thanks for the welcome!

I'm in Hong Kong.

[asjr]

14. I'm lively this a.m. Acid reflux got me up.

I've really got to get that fixed. But I understand medication is very expensive. Zantac just doesn't cut it anymore.

[jus_the_facts]

15. Hey you....

:hi:

.....havin' fun yet?! :evilgrin:

[HEyHEY]

16. getting there

Fun O metre is rising

[strategery blunder]

18. Have you seen this?

I really hate the Red Wings!

Also, check out the links in my sig; they just went up in the last couple of days. Broadband connection recommended.

[HEyHEY]

22. As long as you REALLY hate them!

;-)

[strategery blunder]

23. Is the Fun-O-Metre rising yet?

Hey, look, I even took the time to spell it the non-Americanized way!;)

[HEyHEY]

25. "Non-americanized" you mean "Proper"

;-)

[strategery blunder]

26. That would be correct

We evil Yanks have to mess everything up!:evilgrin:

[jus_the_facts]

20. Well....don't work to hard now ya hear....

:o

[Mikimouse]

17. Whiney thang, ain't ya?

:evilgrin: Lurk, lurk...sneak,sneak, sneak...lurk, lurk...

OK, Look, I'm not usually up this late, so I was just reading the threads. I'm too old to be awake, damn it! Really, sorry that you're still at work, what a bummer! But het, look at the bright side, the good weather is coming and pretty soon you'll at least have some good opportunities at recreation.

[HEyHEY]

21. It was hot as hell here today already

19 degrees....... well, not hot AS hell. BUt considering I'm not climatized to the heat yet...it's nice

[Mikimouse]

24. Ewww, that is hot for this time of the year...

looks like fishing season will come early (I consider that a good thing). I had hoped to make it 'home' this summer, but it looks like I will miss it yet once more-dammit! I won't get to see our newest gradnchild until he/she is almost a year old (Grrrrrrrr!). Daughter is due any day now, and it has been three years since I last saw Winnipeg and Lake of the Woods; I'm getting cranky. You're still in Alberta, are you not? I remember some of the pics you psted a while back, with a fly fishing outfitter's sign in the foreground. Enjoy the scenery and the fauna.

[HEyHEY]

27. Out of ALTA now..which suck on the fishing end of things

The area I was in in Alberta had Brown, Brook, Bull, Cuthroat, Rainbow, and Golden Trout and Kokanee...here I just have Kokanee, Rainbow, and Cuthrout.

[Mikimouse]

33. Where are you now?

I'm sorry to hear that you aren't in ALTA anymore, I thought that you were getting used to it, and actually starting to enjoy it. It has been a while since we had any real discussion, so I am a bit out of the loop. Keep in touch-feel free to PM or e-mail me anytime.

[oblivious]

28. Hey, Miki

I'm from Winnipeg too. I spend every summer there.

[HEyHEY]

29. Didn't know you were a canuck

I'm from Vancouver

[oblivious]

31. Seems to be more than a few of us here

The Canadian flag is a popular avatar here.

I'm thinking of living in the Vancouver area one of these years.

[Mikimouse]

32. I would LOVE to spend more time there...

I consider myself to be a 'Pegger by proxy'. My wife was born and raised in Winnipeg, and all of her family is still there. She came to Texas to get her Master's and we met when I ended up at the same school doing my doctorate. Freaky! There are so many things in Winnipeg that I really love. I could spend weeks exploring Museum of Man and Science (if I remember the name correctly), the Forks, Lower Ft. Garry, and a thousand other places. We have gotten up to the little maritime museum in Selkirk twice with our older granddaughter, but both times, it was late in the afternoon and the B-52s were hungry and numerous, so we had to cut the viewings short. Nearby is a blast from the past for my wife. The Lord Selkirk cruise ship is 'docked' in one of sloughs off of the Red, just rusting away. It just breaks her heart, because in her younger days she worked on it (back in the days when it made regular runs up and down river). It makes her cry to look at it in its present condition.
From my previous posts, it is probably obvious that I am a fly fishing fool, and I have decided that one of these days, I WILL get to Flin Flon and test the waters there. I have heard some wonderful stories about it. I have written to the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba about positions in their departments, but nothing has surfaced yet. I am patient, but the time will rapidly draw near when I have to more actively pursue a teaching/research position (I do NOT want to get a reputation teaching at a community college- I currently supplement my income by doing exactly that, but I want a position at a four year college or university ideally). OMG, I just realized that I am rambling on and on , and I apologize. I could go on and on about Winnipeg. But, before I go, Gotta tell you that one of my real favorites is Folklarama, and I think I miss that more than any of the other summertime activities.

[oblivious]

35. Thanks for the ramble

It sure seems like a small world with you down in Texas and me over in Hong Kong talking about all these places I know so well. I have a place on a lake there, so I don't spend to much time in Winnipeg when I'm there, but yeah, I love Folklorama too. I even worked on the Lord Selkirk for 3 weeks in my youth. Don't know what the teaching situation is at U of M or U of W, but it sure is good here in Hong Kong. Six universities, a fair turnover rate and though salaries have been cut, the pay is still excellent.

[Champ]

30. Hey Hey

I'm here. Hey!

[ConcernedCanuk]

34. Aw - what the heck - fur a fellow Canuk I'll entertain a wee bit

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Your on the coast

Have you seen our new Coast Guard "Stealth" fleet yet?





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