YOWkid, thankyou thankyou THANKYOU! This has been making me mental. My machine flips into other languages seemingly of its own accord. Suddenly I'm typing in Russian! Now I know why. :-: ^ I'm a big-time Alt-Tab user, and Alt-Shift-Tab to cycle in the other direction, and some of those alt-shifts must flip my language bar. What a relief to know why, and another reason to be grateful to FT. And, staying vaguely on topic, to have a desire to give away items like the SEVEN pieces of paper I gave away last week, or the four I gave away in December :)

Fresh and Minty!

And I thought ( or read sometimes ago that) Bonhomme Carnaval was on strike..........

Does he work for the SAQ ? :D :D

You may want to try the www.blackphotocentre.com and create an account...it's free!

Specially when sentence is also a word in French...but one of it's meaning is judgement (punition from a judge), so I guess you're right...it's a punishment for us to try to read your sentence!! :D :D :p :p :D :D

Geez...I thought you were the Bonhomme Carnaval!!! :D :D

Ask him tonight if he belongs to Aeroplan!! ;)

Could be that the actors who play Bonhomme during the carnaval do moonlight also at the SAQ :p

This is what I really really meant: :)
"Winter of discontent
National Post, Canada - Jan 3, 2005
"Twenty of the actors who play Bonhomme Carnaval, the grinning snowman who is the mascot of Quebec City's winter carnival, quit last week in the midst of heated ... "

He's no longer on strike !
 

http://www.blackphotocentre.com/blac...arnaval@blacks

BTW, I'm the guy in the green coat. :D

I'm sure you'll agree with me that during the winter carnival, Le Bonhomme helps the SAQ business quite a lot! How could the Quebec City economy survive if the Bonhomme AND the SAQ are on strike? ;)

You are refering to what shore9 is missing about the Quebec women experience quite well my friend! Too bad for him if he doesn't want to learn the local dialect to have interesting conversation with that friend of yours on the pix!! ;) And I'm not talking about the Bonhomme...althought, maybe he is shore9 kind of idea for a happy hour!! :D :D

Nordsfan

R U on Franquet in Ste Foy?

Buildings look familiar..

Exactement. ^

I'm getting me one of those Bonhomme suits ASAP and I'm not saying which one of those two it is that I wouldn't mind hugging me :eek:

NordsFan, it's good to see that Bonhomme Carnival is smart enough to get himself a picture with such a great FTer. Shows he is both smart and has class ^

Hope you have a good time at the reception :)

Super Larry or NordsFan, does it say how much space you get for free and for how long?

I have been looking for the best free site to store hotel photo's on as a database and then link it to FT for a heads up for others. I don't want to jummp through hoops signing up accounts everywhere just to find out :)

cattle, do you know what Bonhomme wears in the suit ? Not much, and it starts with the letter "T" :p

Leaving in 15 minutes to see the YYC gang and their white Stetsons. I'll raise a glass to all Alberta FTers ! Any local scandals/issues you want me to address to His Worship D. Bronconnier ?

Still haven't made up my mind on what I'll wear; maybe something traditional like beaver pelts, a red wollen tuque and my Sorel boots. :D

If anything untoward happens, I'll try to get photos and I'll report fully here, unless it involves me ! :D

Does anyone know if Dar Heatherington came out this way with the Calgary delegation ? I'll introduce her to Bonhomme ! :eek:

Well, if she did, you can report her to her probation officer!!! :)

More on Dar.

I don't think she'll even be able to make it there for the snowgeese!!!!

See I don't understand. When I wear that outfit to bed Mrs Cattle gets upset :confused:

I guess the photo's won't be getting posted then :D

I hope that you mean Bonhomme Carnival :eek:

Maybe he'll take her down at Casino Charlevoix and abduct her? :D

This is what most female cattle want for Valentine's Day!

:D :D :D

LOL - you won't believe it but I got Mrs Cattle her very own Cow Bell before we got married :eek:

And to think that I hadn't heard of FT yet or even dreamed up my name :D Oh yeah, the fact that she teaches piano for living might have gotten me off the hook ;)

Back from the big cocktail party
 

Just got back in from the Calgary Carnaval Reception. Ran into that big snowman again; he was seriously into the Polar Ice vodka :D

Bonhomme told me he doesn't fly much anymore ever since an unfortunate incident when he was travelling LAX-BWI on Southwest and was denied boarding for alledgedly being under the influence; he also had a beef with their "customer of size" policy; he thought he might show up on a upcoming episode of "Airline".

Being fiscally responsible like all good Alberta politicians, the Mayor of Calgary stayed home as the city budget goes before the council meeting on Monday.

Nice group of people, couple of drinks and lots of laughs ^

More here : http://www.blackphotocentre.com/blac...arnaval@blacks

Nordsfan

Deja de retour.
Will the Calgary Canoe team participate in the Quebec -Levis competition?

Yes, the preliminary round is on Saturday with the Final on Sunday afternoon. Takes some really fit athletes to cross the St.Lawrence River to Lévis and come back over through the ice, current and tides ^