OT: The Off-Topic Thread XVIIII: Roman Numeral Party

[King In The North]

Trading future dates for keepers.

 

[Bosnian Beast]

I'm 1 for 1 in terms of being "kept." So statistically speaking, I am a keeper.

Small sample size.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Confirmed, II > Backlund

 

[Golds]

Are the roads garbage for those of you outside of the NE?

 

[DCDM]

Are the roads garbage for those of you outside of the NE?

As opposed to anywhere else in Calgary, you mean..?

 

[Kahvi]

After spending the last 5 out of 6 weekends driving between my old and new hometown I finally managed to move the last of my stuff today. Feels good, and I'm starting to get really comfortable with my job: good company, nice co-workers, lots of interesting stuff going on etc.

Getting a new job and moving was the best thing I've done in the last 10 years or so.

On the negative side, I only managed to watch one SCF game and I have no idea what's going in NHL in general.

 

[Lunatik]

After spending the last 5 out of 6 weekends driving between my old and new hometown I finally managed to move the last of my stuff today. Feels good, and I'm starting to get really comfortable with my job: good company, nice co-workers, lots of interesting stuff going on etc.

Getting a new job and moving was the best thing I've done in the last 10 years or so.

On the negative side, I only managed to watch one SCF game and I have no idea what's going in NHL in general.

Flames lost, thus hockey sucks. That is all we need to know.

Also, I am glad things are working out

 

[Kahvi]

Also, I am glad things are working out

Thanks man.

Things are working out so nicely that is seems like its not even possible
I'm gonna start cycling to work (11km one way) next week so I might post something positive to Healthy living thread in few weeks.

 

[Club]

After spending the last 5 out of 6 weekends driving between my old and new hometown I finally managed to move the last of my stuff today. Feels good, and I'm starting to get really comfortable with my job: good company, nice co-workers, lots of interesting stuff going on etc.

Getting a new job and moving was the best thing I've done in the last 10 years or so.

On the negative side, I only managed to watch one SCF game and I have no idea what's going in NHL in general.

Drouin was traded to MTL.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

II was traded to the Knights board.

 

[Lunatik]

II was traded to the Knights board.

Thank goodness

 

[InfinityIggy]

II was traded to the Knights board.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Pens fan here with sort of a weird question. For those of you who live or have lived in Alberta, how often do you use French in your daily life? I tried google and mostly got statistics. Statistics can be useful, but they don't give me a picture of a person's actual life.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lunatik]

Pens fan here with sort of a weird question. For those of you who live or have lived in Alberta, how often do you use French in your daily life? I tried google and mostly got statistics. Statistics can be useful, but they don't give me a picture of a person's actual life.

Thanks in advance.

For the most part if you aren't in a metis community, the use of french is pretty much non-existent

 

[Unlimited Chequing]

Pens fan here with sort of a weird question. For those of you who live or have lived in Alberta, how often do you use French in your daily life? I tried google and mostly got statistics. Statistics can be useful, but they don't give me a picture of a person's actual life.

Thanks in advance.

I've lived in Alberta all my life and the only time I'm regularly exposed to French is when I'm in the grocery store and I grab something which has the English side facing away from me.

Unless you work in a government position that regularly works with people from the east, you'll almost never use it here.

For the most part if you aren't in a metis community, the use of french is pretty much non-existent

I didn't even know they used French in the Metis community.

 

[Lunatik]

I didn't even know they used French in the Metis community.

I'm pretty sure there are a few that do, but most are probably predominantly English as well.

 

[Bosnian Beast]

Pens fan here with sort of a weird question. For those of you who live or have lived in Alberta, how often do you use French in your daily life? I tried google and mostly got statistics. Statistics can be useful, but they don't give me a picture of a person's actual life.

Thanks in advance.

I spoke some French was when I was in Fort McMurray because my boss at the time was from Quebec, but even then, it was in a pretty limited capacity. Other than that, my use of French in daily life is zero.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Pens fan here with sort of a weird question. For those of you who live or have lived in Alberta, how often do you use French in your daily life? I tried google and mostly got statistics. Statistics can be useful, but they don't give me a picture of a person's actual life.

Thanks in advance.

Personally, never. Although even Alberta has its pockets of French speaking communities such as Beaumont, Falher and Plamondon.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

There's no need to know French here unless it's a requirement of your job.

 

[tyflames]

They made us take it in school until grade 7. Then no one every uses it again.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Pens fan here with sort of a weird question. For those of you who live or have lived in Alberta, how often do you use French in your daily life? I tried google and mostly got statistics. Statistics can be useful, but they don't give me a picture of a person's actual life.

Thanks in advance.

I use it every time I order poutine, or haricots verts (green beans) at a fancy restaurant.

I found it's more prominent in northwest Alberta - being from "none" to "a bit", but by no means is it necessary.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Thanks for the answers, guys! Very helpful.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Thanks for the answers, guys! Very helpful.

Your gratitude should be equal to the level of seriousness of the answers that were given

 

[Lunatik]

Your gratitude should be equal to the level of seriousness of the answers that were given

We should have lied and said it was absolutely necessary

 

[Lunatik]

Did they change some of the sponsor privileges? Earlier I was able to see who was online, now I cannot.