Off topic discussion from stickied child atv law topic

[davidsonsgccc]

you probaby misunderstood. this is a open site that welcomes all riders.

w&g just meant that if we loose childrens atvs here in america then they will probably loose theres too in canada.

[TurboT]

Well try as we might we haven't been able to get rid of you gun totin yanks off our fine forum yet. We keep trying to scare you off with our socialist/commie views on things but like bad pennies and hemmeroids you keep coming back.

>Sigh<

8)

Disclaimer:
Written in jest with a smile and a raised Molson Canadian in toast of good friends, from whatever country, here on Chinariders.

[Jim]

Yes it will probably just be a few years behind like everything else.... :wink:

[FastDoc]

Gun totin yanks

That's funny! I resemble that remark!

[davidsonsgccc]

+1 for the guns. technically being from the south im not considered a yank. :lol:

not in the U.S. anyways.

no offense to my northern friends were all created equal in the eyes of GOD.

[FastDoc]

+1 for the guns. technically being from the south im not considered a yank. :lol:

not in the U.S. anyways.

no offense to my northern friends were all created equal in the eyes of GOD.

AMEN on all counts, Brother Dave.

[TurboT]

Glad you guys found the humour in it and didn't start loading shells and heading for the border. :lol:

[FastDoc]

Turbo. If you come with W&G I'll take you shooting. Live it up!

[katoranger]

You mean BBs. :lol:

[FastDoc]

More like AR-15's, AK-47's, military sniper rifles, M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, 1903 Springfields, 1911 pistols....

You've seen the mortar already. 8)

[TurboT]

Turbo. If you come with W&G I'll take you shooting. Live it up!

I'm just having some good natured fun with you. :) I'd love to crack some off, at targets, that don't have fur on them, or breathe air. :)

[waynev]

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[FastDoc]

Turbo. If you come with W&G I'll take you shooting. Live it up!

I'm just having some good natured fun with you. :) I'd love to crack some off, at targets, that don't have fur on them, or breathe air. :)

Good that still leaves lawyers. 8)

[TurboT]

Turbo. If you come with W&G I'll take you shooting. Live it up!

I'm just having some good natured fun with you. :) I'd love to crack some off, at targets, that don't have fur on them, or breathe air. :)

Good that still leaves lawyers. 8)

:lol:

[BillR]

Glad you guys found the humour in it and didn't start loading shells and heading for the border. :lol:
Who said that??? I ain't left yet...where'd I put that darned 4x12 Tasco???
:lol: :lol: :lol:
I'm a firm believer in "gun control"...always hit what you AIM at...

My daughter had a friend in college (Austin Peay in Clarksville, TN) who was from Canada (sorry, don't remember which province)...We all thought she sounded "funny" with her Canadian accent...
and when she went home for summer vacations, her friends thought she sounded "funny" with her southern drawl and "Whut ya'll dewin" that she'd pick up down here... :lol:
Just shows we're all just folks...and a pretty darned good bunch on here :!:
Bill R

[Weldangrind]

Just shows we're all just folks...and a pretty darned good bunch on here :!:

Well said. Like I've said several times, I love hangin' around this shop.

Doc, Son of Weldangrind would be really grateful for the chance to fire a few rounds, I'm sure. I used to have a 303 British, but the last time I fired it was 30 years ago!

[FastDoc]

I can't wait to see you guys.

I agree. Hanging around our virtual shop together is a nice part of my day too. I've got some Coors. :D

[katoranger]

Tasco? Isn't that from walmart.

[BillR]

Tasco? Isn't that from walmart.
Yep, had a couple over the years. Did pretty good for the price... :wink:
Bill R

I used to have a 303 British, but the last time I fired it was 30 years ago!
Almost as long for me. I stopped hunting years ago and sold off the guns...:(
I do miss plinkin' with the old .22s
I have kept a recurve bow around and still chunk a few arrows down range...
Bill R

[Jim]

This has been split from the stickied topic due to off-topicness as requested from a member interested in the original topic.

[lego1970]

As usual, I'm a little late to the party, but since I'm here.

Canadians :roll: pfff, always blowing their cold winds down here and messing up our otherwise perfectly good weather. I mean one day I'm riding, it's 50F, the suns out, life is good......then the next thing I know our so called friends to the north point their cold cr#### weather down here and it's 0F with snow all over the place.

Also what's up with the metric stuff......everything divisable by 10.......that's stupid and also dumb.

Poke....poke..... :lol:

[Weldangrind]

Oh, don't get me started on the US measurement system. Think base 10 man! :lol:

[lego1970]

Oh, don't get me started on the US measurement system. Think base 10 man! :lol:

:P

[BillR]

Oh, don't get me started on the US measurement system. Think base 10 man! :lol:
RC airplanes and inches... :x
That spar needs to be 24 and "3/78ths" inches...who's got a ruler in "78ths"... :?:
Give me metrics any day... :lol:
Bill R

[Jim]

Why should the US adopt the metric system, it's not like the rest of the world has.... :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Weldangrind]

I'm sure that the SAE secretly wished for the Metric system, hence measurements in .001". :lol:

[lego1970]

Real men use fractions......and in the event that real men can't add/sub/mul/div out fractions they use "guesstamation".

If all else fails, use the adjustable cresent wrench or vice grips, but never use a metric wrench or socket despite what the actual bolt/nut is. It's un-American!

Take F versus C in temp readings

212 boiling under sea level astmospheric conditions. 2+1 =3 then put the 2 behind it and you have 32....the freezing temp for F. 3+2 = 5 and so does 2+1+2. See how easy that is. Ya just can't do that kind of fancy math with the celsius temp measurement system.

:D

[Weldangrind]

Don't need to. Point of freezing and point of boiling are 100 points apart. Nice and simple, like me. :D

[lego1970]

Don't need to. Point of freezing and point of boiling are 100 points apart. Nice and simple, like me. :D

I don't get it....... :mrgreen:

[BillR]

Real men use fractions......and in the event that real men can't add/sub/mul/div out fractions they use "guesstamation".
:D
Exactly why I have two extremely "precise" instruments...
A TFAR torque wrench and a TLAR ruler... :lol:
Bill R

[lego1970]

Real men use fractions......and in the event that real men can't add/sub/mul/div out fractions they use "guesstamation".
:D
Exactly why I have two extremely "precise" instruments...
A TFAR torque wrench and a TLAR ruler... :lol:
Bill R

I know what "tlar" is but your gonna have to tell me what "TFAR" stands for.
PM me if it's what I think it stands for. :lol:

In all seriousness, I like the metric system for working on stuff, but I still have a hard time wrapping my mind around useing kilometers while driving in Canada (even though I don't go there anymore) or useing celsius for temps. I guess it kinda like knowing a little bit of a foriegn language. I know what they are saying but I still have to convert it over in my head to truely get a mental image or "feel".......if that makes any sense.

[Jim]

Speeds are pretty straight forward, distance is another matter... I can visualize distance in miles better then km's. 50KM/h in town, 100KM/h on the highway (general rule of thumb). Our free way off ramps are marked at 1200 meteres (1.2 km) and again at 600m (.6km) from the exits. Our roads are laid out in miles though, 8 numbers to a mile... Roads often at mile intervals (when not in a city or subdivision), 0, 8, 16, etc... It's helps to find addresses, if your 2 numbers off it's a 1/4 mile.. For example 1800 Awesome Ave would be a 1/4 mile away if you were at 16th ave. Construction still uses imperial measurements too. I don't have a clue about weights in imperial though, kg's only for me. Actually that's not really true, it depends on what, for smaller things like people, I don't have any idea in metric, then I go with lbs.

[lego1970]

Oh, ok. Cool. It's been about 10 years since I've driven up there.

[Weldangrind]

I guess this thread is about as drifted as it can be, so...

They brought in the metric system when I was in the second grade, and some of it still doesn't come naturally for me. I only think of myself as 6' tall and 215lbs. The local drag strip is a 1/4 mile. A 2x4 is 1.5" x 3.5". A big car is roughly 4000lbs. Beer should always be served by the pint.

That said, it's 1200km from my house to Edmonton, it's currently 21 degrees Celcius in my house and gas is overpriced at $1.07 per litre today.

There are benefits to both systems while travelling. If you're moving at 60mph, you are covering one mile per minute. Therefore, if the sign says 120 miles to the next town, you have 120 minutes (or two hours) to go. Conversely, since the highway equivalent in Metric is 100km/h, you can think of distance in terms of percentage of an hour. If you have 350km left to travel, you have 3.5 hours to go.

To further complicate the issue, some grocery stores sell produce by the pound and others sell by the kilogram.

[jape]

I was raised in UK, so learned Imperial and Whitworth which are the original standards before you lot messed with them for Gallons/pints etc. So now you are all wrong, you drink more than you should and live further away from each other than you think you do!

And the Aussies went metric so they have dollars (finally on par with US dollar as it should be) and they have kilos and all that other weird french crap.

I have a simple grumpy old sods system, called the 'TOO'
too bloody hot
too bloody cold
too bloody far
too bloody heavy
too bloody expensive
too hard

Petrol here is $1.32 + per liter, bloody rip-off bastards, thats $5 a gallon 91 octane petrol that is (gas is something idiots put in frozen beer that makes you belch)

[FastDoc]

For some reason we doctors pronounce 'centimeters' as 'sonometers'. Not sure why that is but we all do it...

[BillR]

I know what "tlar" is but your gonna have to tell me what "TFAR" stands for.
PM me if it's what I think it stands for. :lol:

It's "family acceptable"...

That Feels About Right... :lol:
Bill R

[Reveeen]

Correction:

"Real" Canadians do not drink pints, they drink quarts, a lunchtime beer is 2 quarts: one to drink now, and one "to go".

I was raised in Canada, so learned Imperial and Whitworth which are the original standards, before that rude fellow got elected in 1968.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau

[lego1970]

I know what "tlar" is but your gonna have to tell me what "TFAR" stands for.
PM me if it's what I think it stands for. :lol:

It's "family acceptable"...

That Feels About Right... :lol:
Bill R

Thanks....