Back online...live from Manitoba!

**Mr. Kilt** · 19th January 08, 08:12 PM

Been offline for a bit while we made the big move from Alberta to rural Manitoba. The move went well, although we're still unpacking some boxes and setting up the various rooms in the house.

Someone in charge of the weather must have discovered that I was moving back to Manitoba, as the temps dropped the closer we got! It was about -5C when we left Calgary last Sunday, and by the time we arrived in Neepawa it had dropped to -29C!

This weekend the windchill temps were in the -40 range. Woohoo...welcome home!

I finally got my kilts and stuff unpacked today, but we stayed in the house due to the cold (and the fact I've been glued to the TV most of the day watching the Barrett-Jackson auction. LOL)

At any rate...I'm back online, although I probably won't be spending quite as much time on the computer as I used to. Catch ya'll soon!

**Mael Coluim** · 19th January 08, 08:21 PM

Welcome Back! Hope you are settled in soon and have a toasty fireplace to keep you warm!

**starbkjrus** · 20th January 08, 07:29 AM

Welcome back Al! Glad to hear that everything went well.

Brrrrr. You'd better order yourself an electric kilt warmer.

**pipesndrumsnun** · 20th January 08, 07:46 AM

Welcome back!

**James MacMillan** · 20th January 08, 10:33 AM

So - Does the new place have a high speed connection? - or are you now forced to dial-up?

Also - truthfully now - How many boxes have you not unpacked?

**ccga3359** · 20th January 08, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by James MacMillan

So - Does the new place have a high speed connection? - or are you now forced to dial-up?

Also - truthfully now - How many boxes have you not unpacked?

As long as he's unpacked the boxes with the kilts and the liquor what does it matter?

-40 Al? is that in celsius or farenheit? Oh wait they're the same at that temperature! Hope you did unpack that booze. So is Manitoba a stop off before you come to a man's province (the one that's one over on the right)?

**Mr. Kilt** · 20th January 08, 09:27 PM

Thanks everyone. Been a long couple of weeks for us for sure! We're mostly unpacked and set up, just have to find a few things in town now. We also still have to sell our old house in Calgary. Hopefully that will happen soon.

Originally Posted by James MacMillan

So - Does the new place have a high speed connection? - or are you now forced to dial-up?

Also - truthfully now - How many boxes have you not unpacked?

I do my surfing on DSL, thankyouverymuch.

Nothing but high-speed here. As for a truthful count on boxes we haven't unpacked...picures say 1000 words:

This is the room in the basement that will become our home "office" and computer room. Right now I'm using my laptop. Abut half of those boxes are for Karen's holiday decorations, so they just need to be hidden away in the attic rather than unpacked.

Originally Posted by Chrissss

I'm glad the move went well and that everything & everyone arrived safe and sound. You should remember Manitoba January weather... if not, well you have just been reintroduced!

Send me a PM when you're planning any trips into the 'Peg and maybe we can meet up for a couple pints.

Chris...

Hi Chris. Oh yes, I remember winter weather in Manitoba. I just found it amusing that it was fairly warm here until the day we arrived.

I'll definitely give you a heads up before we come into the city. It would be fun to get together for a drink or 4.

Originally Posted by ccga3359

As long as he's unpacked the boxes with the kilts and the liquor what does it matter?

-40 Al? is that in celsius or farenheit? Oh wait they're the same at that temperature! Hope you did unpack that booze. So is Manitoba a stop off before you come to a man's province (the one that's one over on the right)?

Kilts and booze are both unpacked and being appreciated.

int:

Stop off point????? I suppose I could go to a man's province, but why would I want to leave God's country to do that?

**Gryphon noir** · 21st January 08, 06:02 AM

....And your next mission is to find out if you can get a 'kilted' license plate in Manitoba.
It goes without saying that we will be expecting reports on kilted life in that province. Topics such as "dealing with mosquitoes* and blackflies..." Oh. That's almost too awful to think about...
Enjoy your new home!

*Manitoba's provincial bird.

**Chrissss** · 21st January 08, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by Gryphon noir

Topics such as "dealing with mosquitoes* and blackflies..." Oh. That's almost too awful to think about...
Enjoy your new home!

*Manitoba's provincial bird.

The Mosquito is truly, or at least should be, the provincial bird.

And they're not just mosquitoes...a more apt description is Prehistoric Pterodactyl Skeeter's...

Chris...