Baldur

Baldur has been to Toronto twice, that being the furthest West I've ventured into Canada.
I have been to the Maritime Provinces at least 15 times, spending the most time in New Brunswick.

Baldur

Caligula is assasinated by the Praetorian Guards (41)
Hadrian is born (76)
Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill, California (1848)
Ernest Borgnine is born (1917)
Oral Roberts is born (1918)
Jerry Maren is born (1920)
Winston Churchill dies (1965)
Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found in the jungles of Guam, where he'd been hiding since World War II (1972)
Larry Fine dies (1975)
The first Apple Macintosh is sold (1984)

sandm

Ive been in Toronto too, but only for one day. I remember the CN-tower and the restaurant there. I was invited for an original "Wiener Schnitzel", then being curious what will be served, it topped all imagination of failure by a similarity to corned beef:) This is the only memory of eating in foreign countries I am keeping for a long time. I was 25 or so, and stayed with my uncle (the brother of my father) who lives in Green Valley, Ont. I took his car and enjoyed driving through the area. Even today, when I close the eyes, I am able to see the landscape and the white cloudes, they always seemed to be far nearer to the ground then anywhere else.

Dragon

In Alberta we consider Ontario to be "Out East" but I'm pretty sure Ontarioans (?) consider themselves to be central Canada. Looking at the map they really are but I can't stop thinking of them as easterners. I wonder if they consider Saskatchewan and Manitoba (which I always think of as central) to be Western Canada.

Baldur

Ontariots?
Ontariogareans?

Baldur

Ontarites?
Ontaresians?

Baldur

The rules for sush things are nebulous at best.
I remember the Three Stooges telling some that they were from Paris..
'We're Parisites'

Hazer

lol Baldur! I thought I was an Albertan until someone asked me if I"m Albertian. Maybe. Could be.

Baldur

#9911 sush - s + h = such

Baldur

#9911 some + one = someone

Baldur

Albertosian? Albertric?

Baldur

Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (1533)
Robert Burns is born (1759)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Virginia Woolf is born (1882)
Nellie Bly makes it around the world in 72 days (1890)
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first transcontinental telephone call (1915)
'The Guiding Light' premieres on radio (1937)
Etta James was born (1938)
Al Capone dies (1947)
The first Emmy Awards are presented (1949)
Ava Gardner dies (1990)
Rover 'Opportunity' lands on Mars (2004)

Happy Burns Night

Dragon

One vote for Ontaresians and one vote for Albertrics. hehehe

Baldur

Here is something puzzler posted on another forum thread back in 2009. Baldur thought it was definitely worth resurrecting here.
Thank you puzzler.

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/

Baldur

The Cullinan diamond, weighing 3,106.75 carats is found (1905)
Maria von Trapp is born (1905)
Der Rosenkavalier premieres (1911)
Paul Newman is born (1925)
The Apollo Theater in Harlem re-opens (1934)
Wayne Gretsky is born (1961)
The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Great Lakes region
Bear Bryant dies (1983)
On television Bill Clinton denies having had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky (1998)
Gujarat, India gets hit with an earthquake, more than 20,000 die (2001)
A whale explodes in Tainan, Taiwan (2004)

mdawrcn

Sorry, I had to find out what that was all about. There are pictures. I find the last paragraph particularly interesting!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4096586/ns/us_news-environment/t/thar-she-blows-dead-whale-explode s/#.TyFqGfltK8A

Thar she blows! Dead whale explodes
Taiwanese street, shops showered after gases built up inside

Taiwan Apple Daily via Reuters

TAIPEI — Residents of Tainan learned a lesson in whale biology after the decomposing remains of a 60-ton sperm whale exploded on a busy street, showering nearby cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours.

The 56-foot-long whale had been on a truck headed for a necropsy by researchers, when gases from internal decay caused its entrails to explode in the southern city of Tainan.

Residents and shop owners wore masks while trying to clean up the spilt blood and entrails.

"What a stinking mess. This blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful," a BBC News report quoted one Tainan resident as saying.

The whale had died on Jan. 17 after it beached itself on the southwestern coast of the island.

Researchers at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan said enough of the whale remained to allow for an examination by marine biologists.

Once moved to a nearby nature preserve, the male specimen -- the largest whale ever recorded in Taiwan -- drew the attention of locals because of its large penis, measured at some five feet, the Taipei Times reported.

"More than 100 Tainan city residents, mostly men, have reportedly gone to see the corpse to 'experience' the size of its penis," the newspaper reported.

Baldur

Thank you mdawrcn. I sometime suspect people think Baldur makes these things up.

Dragon

This is kind of a cute story, the video that accompanies it has no narration but is neat to watch anyway.

http://www.embracethechaos.ca/2012/01/teens-can-be-amazing-who-else-would-put-a-lego-man-in-sp ace.html

Dragon

Damn, that didn't work.

Dragon

Well, here's another exploding whale story, though this one didn't explode of it's on volition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79tl2H3QzT0