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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 06:17 PM
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No idea Brent! I honestly dont have a clue where eh comes from. Im about(not a boot) the farthest thing from a french canadian that there is!

Im thinking that alot of the a boot and oot type talk comes from the french canadians though.

Us saskatchewanians just speak farmer language haha.
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 06:20 PM
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I have noticed the french canadians are far worse. Just my observation.
My buddy I told you about is from Alberta so I'm sure I'd have no problem with your lingo....
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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Yes, and he screws up OUT and ABOUT too, almost to the point I have to giggle over it. They come out oot, and aboot.
some parts of virginia screw them up also
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 06:36 PM
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Well if your buddy is from alberta, his parents are probably brother and sister so.... haha J/K

Its funny how different parts of teh country talk so differently!
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 06:36 PM
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Nick: So you mean you have your license? If you do that is definitely not fair. I've got to wait til March to get mine.

Well today we had to drag the GMC to a little shop we use. We had one of our guys look at it this morning and we changed the fuel filter and no difference. Starts, runs for under 30 seconds and died.

I had to road the Ford 2120 tractor to my grandparents house to clear their driveway. I stacked snow probably a good 10 feet at the end of their driveway and their driveway is maybe 50 feet long if that.
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by preppypyro
Well if your buddy is from alberta, his parents are probably brother and sister so.... haha J/K

Its funny how different parts of teh country talk so differently!
Thats awesome, I always tease him aboot that...lol
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 06:53 PM
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Pete, other then plugs, wires, cap and rotor, I would check the carb. Those 4 barrel rochesters are simple to work on!
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Powerstrokedlariat
Thats awesome, I always tease him aboot that...lol
Hilarious! I work in alberta, and everyone except one guy I work with is from alberta too, so i always hassle them!
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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well i thought it was funny...
I thought it was too.
Originally Posted by rbaker6336
some parts of virginia screw them up also
Why you gotta bring VA into this?

Well, i had another one of those days. Hauled a few loads of logs on a trailer behind my PSD. Finally got to officially test out my EBPV brake on some 8% grades. It's a mod I dont think I will ever regret.
I had a guy in a Dodge try to mess with me while hauling. I pulled over to let him pass and he passed blowing the horn and trying to roll smoke.
Then I wound up breaking the glass in one of my '08 tow mirrors. Just got one ordered up from Ed/FTE parts guy and he hooked me up with the info on the removal. Anybody need any mirrors broke? Send them my way, I'm good for another 7!
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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Well it seems like theyve been popping up a lot. Granted, I havent seen many retail locations but the ones at sporting events are everywhere it seems! At 5 bucks for like 2ozs its unreal. No telling how cheap that stuff really is from the distributor! Prolly 15 bucks for 5 pounds haha

Buffalo Wild Wings is a good one too....4 of them popped up around Richmond area in last 2 years...too much hassle with ABC license IMO
They are one of our customers (at least down here), and the great thing about them is you CAN have a franchise without the hard liquor license, you can do it with just a beer license.

Another good one is Beef O'Bradys.
the best of all franchises to own, is Chic-Fil-a

and to tell you the truth the Dippin dots is one of the most expensive (as far as product cost). Simply for the fact that their dots have to be transported in dry ice containers from the distributor.
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by rbaker6336
some parts of virginia screw them up also

yes they do, but it is only the people fron virginie that talk funny.
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by preppypyro
Pete, other then plugs, wires, cap and rotor, I would check the carb. Those 4 barrel rochesters are simple to work on!
Sheldon, that there chebby is a 85, so it ain't got no carbulator.
it gots that great chebby invention called trottle body injerkshion.
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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Really? the last time I saw one was on a cart in a mall somewhere, a long time ago. I guess where you are there is a market for it. Now Im not going to go into what stuff actually costs from the distributor, but at sporting events they have to pay a fee to be there so they have to make that up by upping the price.

Theres one of those down here, its not a bad place I like it.
You dont have to go into the pricing. I know exactly how it is. I was in the car audio biz and it was ridiculous how much markup there is on stuff. But when you have lots of overhead youve gotta pay for it somehow! I was a sponsor for one of the hockey teams we had down here a few years ago, it was unreal what the sponsors had to pay, I can imagine the fees they impose on vendors. Look at beer...7 bucks for a 22oz!

I love Buffalo Wild Wings. I actually looked into their franchise but they wanted you to buy a territory and start a minimum of 2 up. One...ok, two, no way I was willing to pump that amount of money into something at the same dam time!


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I dont know if you mess with this, but would you do hardwood or laminate in the kitchen/dining room? I told him to go with laminate because we could do the install and save some money. Laminate initial cost is less than hardwood too isnt it?
 
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by bdrummonds
They are one of our customers (at least down here), and the great thing about them is you CAN have a franchise without the hard liquor license, you can do it with just a beer license.

Another good one is Beef O'Bradys.
the best of all franchises to own, is Chic-Fil-a

and to tell you the truth the Dippin dots is one of the most expensive (as far as product cost). Simply for the fact that their dots have to be transported in dry ice containers from the distributor.
I have to agree with you on Chic-Fil-a. They make customer service there top priority. If you say thank you to them they have to respond "my pleasure". They actually get it, if you make the customer happy they will come back, instead of just trying to cut costs to make a profit.

Brandon I wish you guys serviced this area, I need more options on certain products. There is only a few food service companies that will actually call us back..
 
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