Americans and Canadians culture Q&A Thread.

[ronandannette]

Somebody's been watching too much "Hinterland Who's Who?"

I'd post a couple of really great videos but we're not doing that anymore, right Buzz?

 

[Frozen Canuck]

I'd post a couple of really great videos but we're not doing that anymore, right Buzz?

Oops! Are all videos banned? I'm so sorry! I went and posted Rick Mercer earlier. I will try and keep things in check. I'm willing to accept my punishment and pay my fine in Canadian Tire money.

 

[SirDuff]

Oops! Are all videos banned? I'm so sorry! I went and posted Rick Mercer earlier. I will try and keep things in check. I'm willing to accept my punishment and pay my fine in Canadian Tire money.

They don’t have that anymore!

 

[Frozen Canuck]

They don’t have that anymore!

Yeah, but I couldn't figure out what I should do for a punishment and that was the best I could come up with. They weren't worth much before. Perhaps they will serve me better as cash for a fine.

We used to have stacks of them in the drawer back home. I don't think we ever used them for anything that I know of.

 

[adkkev]

Question for the Canadians … are there any gas station apps that would be helpful for travel in Alberta, BC, and the Yukon? I have apps for Shell, Speedway, and a couple others here in the northeast US that usually save me 3 cents a gallon, sometimes more, at fill up.
Thanks!

 

[OnceUponATime15]

Question for the Canadians … are there any gas station apps that would be helpful for travel in Alberta, BC, and the Yukon? I have apps for Shell, Speedway, and a couple others here in the northeast US that usually save me 3 cents a gallon, sometimes more, at fill up.
Thanks!

I use GasBuddy. It uses your location and gives you the cheapest prices across the board in the area you are in.. with the gas stations plotted out on a local map.

For specific brands.. Petro Canada stations are plentiful and may have an app.

 

[prairie_girl]

They don’t have that anymore!

What? Canadian Tire Money? My brother just got $200 worth for buying three new tires on Friday.

 

[prairie_girl]

I use GasBuddy. It uses your location and gives you the cheapest prices across the board in the area you are in.. with the gas stations plotted out on a local map.

For specific brands.. Petro Canada stations are plentiful and may have an app.

I’ve always found Petro Canada to be the most expensive by at least 5-8 cents

 

[declansdad]

What? Canadian Tire Money? My brother just got $200 worth for buying three new tires on Friday.

It is all digital now. He must have hit a pretty good promotion to get that much on 3 tires.

 

[prairie_girl]

It is all digital now. He must have hit a pretty good promotion to get that much on 3 tires.

Oh, I didn’t know that it was all digital now. I think it was a 30x promotion.

 

[Frozen Canuck]

I'm just gonna place the link for this Super Bowl commercial here. I love Dave Grohl and enjoyed this Crown Royal ad he was a part of.

Dave Grohl Crown Royal Super Bowl ad

 

[prairie_girl]

I'm just gonna place the link for this Super Bowl commercial here. I love Dave Grohl and enjoyed this Crown Royal ad he was a part of.

(Okay, seriously!!! I thought I could just put the link in the written part and not have the video show up, but apparently, it doesn't work that way and automatically makes it a media post. Sorry, but not sorry. I'm not sure how do it any other way.)

You could add a space to the link and say to remove the space after ________ and then we can copy and paste if we want to see it.

 

[SirDuff]

Testing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfmsIjknYFc&list=RDMM&index=3

Testing non-video video links

 

[SirDuff]

Testing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfmsIjknYFc&list=RDMM&index=3

Testing non-video video links

Okay, I figured out that if you paste in the URL (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfmsIjknYFc&list=RDMM&index=3) just hit "post" you get the video embedded. If, instead, you then highlight it and do "insert link", you put it as a link but without the video embedded (you can either leave it as showing the URL or make up some text for it).

 

[Frozen Canuck]

Okay, I figured out that if you paste in the URL (https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfmsIjknYFc&list=RDMM&index=3) just hit "post" you get the video embedded. If, instead, you then highlight it and do "insert link", you put it as a link but without the video embedded (you can either leave it as showing the URL or make up some text for it).

I will go back and see if I can fix it. I ended up going old school. I was trying to cut corners early this morning by just posting the link. I will make a note to just link it through text the next time. I have been able to post things in the past with just the web address, but they were never videos to where it would automatically link it.

 

[Buzz Rules]

I'd post a couple of really great videos but we're not doing that anymore, right Buzz?

 

[Buzz Rules]

***Video removed to prevent board-lag

Hey, don't spoof on the Jamaican bobsledders (or Eddy the Eagle). I left home at 19 and moved to Calgary all those years ago specifically to be part of the Winter '88 scene and it was like nothing any Olympics has delivered, before or since. Those memories are precious to all of us here.

Sorry.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Clearly the lesson here is not to ask for advice from people that know even less than you. (And yes, this was gentle sarcasm. )

Don’t worry I know you all love me deep down. I’m like the distant cousin that is an awesome person but will annoy people once in a while with random facts that some people may or may not care about at the holiday dinner party. You all are awesome people and it’s a great privilege to know you all.

On a side note, I would be surprised to see Canadians on the thread start asking me questions about the Concacaf Nations League if Canada makes the finals in March. (Yes, I’m fully aware that maybe @declansdad is probably the only one who understands what the Concacaf Nations League is).

 

[Frozen Canuck]

CNL

I thought we were writing everything out that might not be clear??? And you admit that it is something only one person would likely get, yet you still left me wondering if...

CNL = Central Newfoundland? Crazy Night Lips? Calgarian Naughty Ladies? Can Not Limbo?

I would be surprised to see Canadians on the thread start asking me questions about the CNL

I would be surprised to see the Canadians asking you questions about the CNL as well, yet here we are...

So, since I'm not @declansdad, that's my question. What is the CNL and why should I/we care about it? (Other than @declansdad of course, who obviously has some kind connection to Canucks Napping Lazily.)

 

[Buzz Rules]

I thought we were writing everything out that might not be clear??? And you admit that it is something only one person would likely get, yet you still left me wondering if...

CNL = Central Newfoundland? Crazy Night Lips? Calgarian Naughty Ladies? Can Not Limbo?

I would be surprised to see the Canadians asking you questions about the CNL as well, yet here we are...

So, since I'm not @declansdad, that's my question. What is the CNL and why should I/we care about it? (Other than @declansdad of course, who obviously has some kind connection to Canucks Napping Lazily.)

Concacaf Nations League. You’re right, I should have written it out. Soccer fans write out CNL all the time, thinking it’s common knowledge by now.