syrakusos Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 You don't look a day over 99! How do you keep that girlish figure? (I was going to ask that of... well... never mind...) Must be the fried macaroni and Tim Hortons donuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 You don't look a day over 99! How do you keep that girlish figure? (I was going to ask that of... well... never mind...) Must be the fried macaroni and Tim Hortons donuts.Pist! She lies about her age.--Brantit's a woman thing--I'm a man and I'm 43 (with Viagra) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william.scherk Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 All the best in 2015, Carol. We remember you, red-hot socialist with wit and warmth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 My favorite female socialist who doesn't mind Rand.Happy birthday, Carol.Love fromMichael & Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathy Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Happy Birthday! Haven't heard from you in a long time. Hope your doing well. ~Cathy~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Happy birthday Carol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 You are all too right Brant; this is not even my real birthday, it is Ayn Rand's (sorry for the sacrilege) and my nom de net is still just an acronym ... but I remain 100% me and tho I have been off the web for months having various life adventures (yeah, mainly medical.. what do you want, I am 113), it looks like I will be having many more birthdays and I feel fantastically well and I am delighted to see everyone is still here. My oasis.Love and looking forward,C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 And Mike, you forgot the dulse ,Moosehead and Ganongs Palomines.. I am fightin fit, b'y! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Well you damn well need to start posting again... A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikee Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Yi-yi-yi! Things 'r gonna pick up now![been a little slow] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 My favorite female socialist who doesn't mind Rand. Happy birthday, Carol.Love fromMichael & KatYou only say that for the humanity. Human beings are welcome here.I figured that out a long time ago. (Take that!)--Brantuh, oh, Happy Birthday Carol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I have no shame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william.scherk Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 You are all too right Brant; this is not even my real birthday, it is Ayn Rand's (sorry for the sacrilege) and my nom de net is still just an acronym ... but I remain 100% me and tho I have been off the web for months having various life adventures (yeah, mainly medical.. what do you want, I am 113), it looks like I will be having many more birthdays and I feel fantastically well and I am delighted to see everyone is still here. My oasis.Yow. She still walks the earth and trods the keyboard. Please stick around a bit if you can, Carol. You bring a light-heartedness that I cannot accomplish no matter how hard I try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caroljane Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 That's treads, not trods, Bill dear...the neglect of you young fry's English education is just lamentable, that's what. But you lighten my heart at least and bring all other kinds of heartedness so I don't see why you would bother trying to be just frivolous. Leave lightheartedness of the frivolous sort to the fun-loving, Camembert-warming, selfie-framing crowd in the Senate. - Rachel Lynde. (Mrs)Adam, those thingies are so damn cute. I am predicting Rangers vs Habs in the Cup final...you? So far the playoff games I have watched have been the best in years, doubtless due to the high proportion of Canadian teams in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Stuart Kelly Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Hi Carol.Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Adam, those thingies are so damn cute. I am predicting Rangers vs Habs in the Cup final...you? So far the playoff games I have watched have been the best in years, doubtless due to the high proportion of Canadian teams in the mix.Thanks Carol...Well you know I am a Ranger fanatic and they ran into a buzz saw last year.As to their opponent, I have to take a look because I don't follow hockey as much as you frigid people do.Supposedly, those thingies are called "animated emoticons."A....Makes me realize how old I am lol.We used to have released time on Wednesday to go get a different type of indoctrination.Wore a white shirt, blue pants and a red tie on Friday which wad assembly day.A... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Happy Birthday Carol.Lol as for hockey..my Oilers still suck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Adam, those thingies are so damn cute. I am predicting Rangers vs Habs in the Cup final...you? So far the playoff games I have watched have been the best in years, doubtless due to the high proportion of Canadian teams in the mix.I did not know this, nor did I know that the Montreal Canadiens' nickname was the "Habs."This is the "this" part, lolLogo and jersey designOriginal design of the "CHC" logo. (1917–19, 1921–22)One of sport's oldest and most recognizable logos, the classic 'C' and 'H' of the Montreal Canadiens was first used together in the 1917–18 season, when the club changed its name to "Club de hockey Canadien" from "Club athlétique Canadien",[35] before evolving to its current form in 1952–53. The "H" stands for "hockey", not "Habitants", a popular misconception.[36] According to NHL.com, the first man to refer to the team as "the Habs" was American Tex Rickard, owner of the Madison Square Garden, in 1924. Rickard apparently told a reporter that the "H" on the Canadiens' sweaters was for "Habitants".[37]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_CanadiensI am hoping for an Islander win Monday night in Washington [City of Tyranny].That would make the NY City metro area an insane zone for that series. Carol, you can copy and paste them into your e-mails also// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Yeah pretty derogatory habitant being a popular brand of pea soup. Pea soup eater pretty much for French Canadians being the equivalent of calling a black person the N wurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syrakusos Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 I did not know this, nor did I know that the Montreal Canadiens' nickname was the "Habs."I keep reminding everyone that numismatics is history that you can hold in your hand.http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/itemimages/520/284/520284_large.jpgThat is a "Habitant Sou". These tokens were struck in fractions of their US counterparts (the "Hard Times tokens" of the Jacksonian Era), but still sell for a fraction of the price.As for the N-word or the H-word, you do not find N-Word Corn Pone in a can, but you do find this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william.scherk Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 (edited) "Habitant" is a neutral, descriptive word -- and a trademark word -- with no particular sting.If you want to insult a French-speaking person or Quebecois/Acadien, you have to find a more highly-charged word. "Pea Souper" is a very old-fashioned epithet to use. It doesn't have any of the shock or shame of the N word. If you were to curse a French-Canadian youngster as a 'pea-souper,' you would likely get a laugh or puzzled look as much as you would get a punch or blockhead insult in return. The age-old antipathies between French and English speaking Canadians continue on, perhaps, but in attenuated form and modernized language.If you wanted to insult, rather than using pea-soup as a reference, you might just as well call the French person a Meat Pie (Tourtiere). I'd say a much more 'today' insult is the perennial "Frog," with "Pepsi" just a few steps behind. See the racial slurs database for French-Canadians or the slurs list at CKA.Here's a bit more information on the Habitant Token pictured by Michael Marotta, from Coins and Canada:During the first half of the l9th century there was a chronic shortage of small coins in Lower Canada. In 1835, following a government decision to remove all the lightweight pieces from circulation, the shortage became acute. No official coins were issued but the Bank of Montreal, the Quebec Bank, the City Bank and La Banque du Peuple were given authority to issue penny and halfpenny tokens of a weight similar to that of British copper coins.The obverse of these tokens portrays the standing figure of a habitant in winter dress, with his tuque, frock overcoat of homespun with hood, moccasins, sash and whip. It was thought that the figure resembled Louis-Joseph Papineau, a leader of the Rebellion of 1837, and the tokens became known as 'Papineaus.' The reverse depicts the arms of the City of Montreal, with the name of the issuing bank on the ribbon, the date l837 below and the words BANK TOKEN ONE PENNY. The habitant design was subsequently revived on tokens issued by the Quebec Bank in 1852, and for several decades bank tokens made up a large part of the small coins in circulation.The token illustrated, about the size of a silver dollar, is part of the National Currency Collection.Habitant French-Canadian Pea Soup is part of the Campbell's family of brands these days. Edited April 27, 2015 by william.scherk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Troy Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 I like it and I'm not even French! (My wife is) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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