teeroy
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you're just jealous
How do I become as cool as some albertans?
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this thread is a bit childish....... kind of sounds like grade school comment like my dad makes more money than your dad. I say to each their own.
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If you took all of the childish an p€Π|s measuring comments off this site you'd have 10 threads 2 mods and 5 guests left
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That's a bad word now???? Holey chit
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plio7
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Pretty sure he puts more that 20L in on a regular basis
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But diesel in a gas truck
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wow this thread is still going hahaha. I'd always just laugh when i lived in cranbrook to hear how worked up the bc guys would get about albertans it truly was quite funny to listen to! Stupidest part was most of them were flying into alberta for camps!!!! I love the stereo type of how albertans are known for there big jacked up trucks I have seen more jacked up trucks in cranbrook then i have the pincher creek and surrounding area. As for loud exhaust yeah we have lots of that here and lots of it in BC as well. White monster hats still have yet to see one around the pincher area but did see about 8 in cranbrook as everyone there seems to be sponsored by monster or rockstar. I love BC and love alberta but my choice is Alberta and it's only because I get a better quality of living here
This thread makes me laugh. But I am getting sick of the "BC vs everyone" attitude so here's my comments.
I got no lifted truck, no fancy house, no white oakleys. I don't have the typical attitude of "my money makes your town worth living in so let me do what I want like triple park my jacked F350 and leave it idling for hours on end." I'm respectful to every place I visit. I've seen it from both ends of the spectrum, there is absolutely a huge crowd of douchebags from AB/Sask, but we are not all the same, sorry to burst the stereotype bubble. Seen many many jacked up diesels in the forestry crews in BC, not sure just how the BC guys think its any different than the oilpatch? So you visibly rape thousands of acres of forest, oops I mean cut trees down, instead of drilling holes? How much diesel fuel is burned pushing a foresty road up the side of a mountain or burned in skidders/feller bunchers/yarders during tree processing? Do you know where the diesel in the trucks hauling the logs to mill comes from?
Someone made the comment about living in BC and having "clean" air and water. hahahaha, that is the biggest fallacy statement I have heard in a long time - "clean air and water in BC". uhhh, have you looked over your back fence? Have you ever been to Kamloops? Do you know how bad the air quality is around some of the mills in BC? How about what the pulp and paper industry has done to the water quality in several BC rivers? Do you know the kinds of chemicals they use to bleach pulp? well, one for starters is....bleach. No, you don't have "clean" water either, so that's a bit like the pot calling the kettle black in terms of polluting the environment. Let's not even talk about Vancouver. You can thank the oilpatch workers for the track on your sled and the tires on your truck though...pretty hard to recreate without gas in either of these vehicles too...
I spend a lot of time in the koots at my place with my extended family from Castlegar who've lived there for more than 4 generations. If you've moved to BC and haven't lived there your whole life, you are an outsider just like so many others. So many people talking about "their" BC, yeah, I've been there the better part of my life, mail still goes there, so what if I'm in AB making cash to spend in our BC? To me - you are the outsider since I've lived there longer and have just as many roots in the community. I've fought for more riding areas and signed more petitions than I can ever remember - ALL FOR OUR RIDING AREAS IN BC!!!! The mountains don't belong to you last time I checked, so back off with the self-righteous opinions about "your" province. Imagine what would happen if you alienate other provinces and lose their support, and the local riding areas start closing? Trust me, you can't go it alone, I've been trying my whole life. Now you gotta drive somewhere to ride just like us rich guys next door.....
Nope, I don't have a jacked up truck, attitude or sunglasses to match, regardless of my location on the internet. I'm just a dude with a sled and a love for the mountains, getting out ripping some powder and having good times with my family and friends. If we weren't divided by some line drawn on a map - how different are we really?
I got no lifted truck, no fancy house, no white oakleys. I don't have the typical attitude of "my money makes your town worth living in so let me do what I want like triple park my jacked F350 and leave it idling for hours on end." I'm respectful to every place I visit. I've seen it from both ends of the spectrum, there is absolutely a huge crowd of douchebags from AB/Sask, but we are not all the same, sorry to burst the stereotype bubble. Seen many many jacked up diesels in the forestry crews in BC, not sure just how the BC guys think its any different than the oilpatch? So you visibly rape thousands of acres of forest, oops I mean cut trees down, instead of drilling holes? How much diesel fuel is burned pushing a foresty road up the side of a mountain or burned in skidders/feller bunchers/yarders during tree processing? Do you know where the diesel in the trucks hauling the logs to mill comes from?
Someone made the comment about living in BC and having "clean" air and water. hahahaha, that is the biggest fallacy statement I have heard in a long time - "clean air and water in BC". uhhh, have you looked over your back fence? Have you ever been to Kamloops? Do you know how bad the air quality is around some of the mills in BC? How about what the pulp and paper industry has done to the water quality in several BC rivers? Do you know the kinds of chemicals they use to bleach pulp? well, one for starters is....bleach. No, you don't have "clean" water either, so that's a bit like the pot calling the kettle black in terms of polluting the environment. Let's not even talk about Vancouver. You can thank the oilpatch workers for the track on your sled and the tires on your truck though...pretty hard to recreate without gas in either of these vehicles too...
I spend a lot of time in the koots at my place with my extended family from Castlegar who've lived there for more than 4 generations. If you've moved to BC and haven't lived there your whole life, you are an outsider just like so many others. So many people talking about "their" BC, yeah, I've been there the better part of my life, mail still goes there, so what if I'm in AB making cash to spend in our BC? To me - you are the outsider since I've lived there longer and have just as many roots in the community. I've fought for more riding areas and signed more petitions than I can ever remember - ALL FOR OUR RIDING AREAS IN BC!!!! The mountains don't belong to you last time I checked, so back off with the self-righteous opinions about "your" province. Imagine what would happen if you alienate other provinces and lose their support, and the local riding areas start closing? Trust me, you can't go it alone, I've been trying my whole life. Now you gotta drive somewhere to ride just like us rich guys next door.....
Nope, I don't have a jacked up truck, attitude or sunglasses to match, regardless of my location on the internet. I'm just a dude with a sled and a love for the mountains, getting out ripping some powder and having good times with my family and friends. If we weren't divided by some line drawn on a map - how different are we really?
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This thread makes me laugh. But I am getting sick of the "BC vs everyone" attitude so here's my comments.
I got no lifted truck, no fancy house, no white oakleys. I don't have the typical attitude of "my money makes your town worth living in so let me do what I want like triple park my jacked F350 and leave it idling for hours on end." I'm respectful to every place I visit. I've seen it from both ends of the spectrum, there is absolutely a huge crowd of douchebags from AB/Sask, but we are not all the same, sorry to burst the stereotype bubble. Seen many many jacked up diesels in the forestry crews in BC, not sure just how the BC guys think its any different than the oilpatch? So you visibly rape thousands of acres of forest, oops I mean cut trees down, instead of drilling holes? How much diesel fuel is burned pushing a foresty road up the side of a mountain or burned in skidders/feller bunchers/yarders during tree processing? Do you know where the diesel in the trucks hauling the logs to mill comes from?
Someone made the comment about living in BC and having "clean" air and water. hahahaha, that is the biggest fallacy statement I have heard in a long time - "clean air and water in BC". uhhh, have you looked over your back fence? Have you ever been to Kamloops? Do you know how bad the air quality is around some of the mills in BC? How about what the pulp and paper industry has done to the water quality in several BC rivers? Do you know the kinds of chemicals they use to bleach pulp? well, one for starters is....bleach. No, you don't have "clean" water either, so that's a bit like the pot calling the kettle black in terms of polluting the environment. Let's not even talk about Vancouver. You can thank the oilpatch workers for the track on your sled and the tires on your truck though...pretty hard to recreate without gas in either of these vehicles too...
I spend a lot of time in the koots at my place with my extended family from Castlegar who've lived there for more than 4 generations. If you've moved to BC and haven't lived there your whole life, you are an outsider just like so many others. So many people talking about "their" BC, yeah, I've been there the better part of my life, mail still goes there, so what if I'm in AB making cash to spend in our BC? To me - you are the outsider since I've lived there longer and have just as many roots in the community. I've fought for more riding areas and signed more petitions than I can ever remember - ALL FOR OUR RIDING AREAS IN BC!!!! The mountains don't belong to you last time I checked, so back off with the self-righteous opinions about "your" province. Imagine what would happen if you alienate other provinces and lose their support, and the local riding areas start closing? Trust me, you can't go it alone, I've been trying my whole life. Now you gotta drive somewhere to ride just like us rich guys next door.....
Nope, I don't have a jacked up truck, attitude or sunglasses to match, regardless of my location on the internet. I'm just a dude with a sled and a love for the mountains, getting out ripping some powder and having good times with my family and friends. If we weren't divided by some line drawn on a map - how different are we really?
You sure doo have a way with words! Thanks for bringing a fresh perspective to 10 pages of gobbley-guck!
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Haha Damn you ferniesnow you beat me again.Lol Very True Modman
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It is raining and cold so I don't have much to doo today.
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Only if they are dumb. Alberta tax is lower than NFLD.
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And who even says living in bc is all rainbows and butterflies??
Ill tell you a few of my observations having being born and raised in fort mcmurray then moving to bc 6 yrs ago.
In fort mcmurray I made a hella good wage working as a journeyman electrician. I could afford anything I wanted anytime. I also worked a lot of hours which have me nno home time to enjoy all that money. Not only that it was hard on my wife with our boy with special needs. He ended up in the hospital over and over again with collapsed lungs pneumonia and so on. We tube fed him for his first 2 yrs of life. In the docs office I asked her what's it gonna take for him to have a great healthy life? She said move away. 2 weeks later I had an accepted offer on a house in kelowna. So we move to bc start paying 13% tax pay property transfer tax sunshine tax all that crap. I get my first paycheck as a journeyman electrician in kelowna and it barely pays my mortgage let alone everything else that comes with raising a family.
I love not having Mosquitos I love the summer times I love amazing riding out my back door but what I don't love is how expensive it is to live here and the wages offered. It makes it really tough to go from having anything you wanted to not being able to pay your monthly bills. I did all this for a better quality of life for my son who is now 8 and just joined the special Olympicd soccer team and is as healthy as anyone else. I do and don't regret leaving Alberta for the opportunity available but found my sons life to be more important then my financial status. We get by here but I'll tell you what it's not easy. I'm gonna work a few months in Alberta this year to help out but as far as moving back I don't think we could.
I guess what I'm trying to say there is no comparison between bc and Alberta. Both have huge pluses and as long as oil keeps up Alberta will be fine but if I remember correctly ssh1t can hit the fan there too. Like I mentioned on my first post on this thread. Also like mentioned above money brings out the doucheness in most
Ill tell you a few of my observations having being born and raised in fort mcmurray then moving to bc 6 yrs ago.
In fort mcmurray I made a hella good wage working as a journeyman electrician. I could afford anything I wanted anytime. I also worked a lot of hours which have me nno home time to enjoy all that money. Not only that it was hard on my wife with our boy with special needs. He ended up in the hospital over and over again with collapsed lungs pneumonia and so on. We tube fed him for his first 2 yrs of life. In the docs office I asked her what's it gonna take for him to have a great healthy life? She said move away. 2 weeks later I had an accepted offer on a house in kelowna. So we move to bc start paying 13% tax pay property transfer tax sunshine tax all that crap. I get my first paycheck as a journeyman electrician in kelowna and it barely pays my mortgage let alone everything else that comes with raising a family.
I love not having Mosquitos I love the summer times I love amazing riding out my back door but what I don't love is how expensive it is to live here and the wages offered. It makes it really tough to go from having anything you wanted to not being able to pay your monthly bills. I did all this for a better quality of life for my son who is now 8 and just joined the special Olympicd soccer team and is as healthy as anyone else. I do and don't regret leaving Alberta for the opportunity available but found my sons life to be more important then my financial status. We get by here but I'll tell you what it's not easy. I'm gonna work a few months in Alberta this year to help out but as far as moving back I don't think we could.
I guess what I'm trying to say there is no comparison between bc and Alberta. Both have huge pluses and as long as oil keeps up Alberta will be fine but if I remember correctly ssh1t can hit the fan there too. Like I mentioned on my first post on this thread. Also like mentioned above money brings out the doucheness in most
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I consider my self lucky to have been born and raised in BC.My play areas,hunting ,fishing ,quadding ,sledding are all within an hour of my house.I make a good living no mortgage anymore and try to enjoy life.Work to live not Live to work.There are plenty of transplanted douchbags from all over around here I just ignore them.Quality of life is very important and home really is where your family is.BTW there are a lot less lifted diesels around Kelowna since most of the telephone contractors went broke after 2008.Alberta looks like a great place to make a living but most seem to come to BC for the recreation.We take your money at par!!
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I say we change the subject from Alberta vs B.C. to the western provinces vs the eastern provinces.
As long as we're all hating someone I guess......thread dead.
imdoo'n
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i find it funny that those in the tourist areas, love the money just don't like the tourists, you'll find the same everywhere, bitch and complain, until the gravy train drys up and they also have to move. hehe, oh yah just jokin
