Getting from Inuvik to Yellowknife is a 50 hour drive [mileages don't really work over long distances in Canada] and the maximum amount of time a trucker is allowed to drive is 13hrs ( Read more... )

1967 Pontiac GTO was available in black (?!?!)

https://myclassicgarage.com/marketplace/knowledge_base/1967-pontiac-gto

Wait a cotton picking minute, Ray's paint job was still DIY custom

The Ladies Man:

Ray: Uh, my dad was a great guy, did all ( Read more... )

Yesterday found me with a group of kids who were possibly the best and brightest schoolkids I have ever had. They were amazingly cute and knew things that most secondary pupils "doing" the Romans. One of them raised their hand during the clothing demonstration and explained how imperial purple was made from lots of teeny tiny sea snail shells. And ( Read more... )

Do Americans have pea shooters?

Because Ray is seriously not amused. Not even a little bit.

There was no fucking gun, not even a pea-shooter.

[dear COED 11 -- I love you, just let me copy/paste]

Ptarmigan
- a grouse of northern mountains and the arctic, whose plumage is white in winter
- Lagopus mutus

Origin:
C16 from the Scotish Gaelic Tarmachan; spelling influenced by Greek words starting with pt-

This week has been 90% disaster and 10% nifty. Or (otherwise) 80% in bed with my lovely migraine. [if something sounds like a band name "my lovely migraine is a shoo-in].

In other news, I am digging out my clothes drawers and have bought something nice but pointless from a charity shop [it's hard to explain - pictures later].

The Due South ( Read more... )

From the Daily Mail on the new big Mafia case in Italy:
"Provenzano won his other nickname u ragionere -the accountant - because of his astute handling of financial matters."

Can we say "the Bookman"?

Lord Warren of Ellis provides us with Killer Bikers From Canada

I have no words.

Yes, I need to stop doing this.

Does Gerrard (aka the bastard who murdered our favourite dead mountie) have a first name?

And is it Steven/Stephen?

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edit: oh ( Read more... )