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LMich · #**1981** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 7:56 AM**

I thought you Canadians (well, besides the Québécois) were supposed to be so polite, but maybe the Newfies (ruh-roh! I said the n-word) are just as salty as their waters.

Ayreonaut · #**1982** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 2:56 PM**

Meh, I call 'em Newfies too, just usually not to their face. It's not that hard for me, since I talk with very few locals. Everyone I've met here, or at least my friends, are 'from away'.

vid · #**1983** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 10:44 PM**

I call my Newfie friend a Newfie and he just laughs.

rockyi · #**1984** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 11:25 PM**

Is it considered derogatory? When I was in Newfoundland a while back the locals seemed to like calling themselves that.

vid · #**1985** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 11:28 PM**

the savage bastard says
Is newfie considered derogatory?
Justin says
generally

There you have it.

Ayreonaut · #**1986** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 11:30 PM**

Yeah, my friend from Toronto corrects me all the time. Though, at this point she's pretty much a Newfie herself.

vid · #**1987** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 11:31 PM**

Justin says
newfie is kinda like "nigger" i guess
not so bad when we say it
but it might raise a few eyebrows if it comes from a mainlander

touraccuracy · #**1988** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 6:32 PM**

how dare they call us mainlanders.

Ayreonaut · #**1989** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 7:11 PM**

Haha, that's OUR word!

vid · #**1990** Posted **Sep 24, 2011, 3:29 AM**

I didn't even notice he said mainlander.

The lights on the Starbucks sign by the mall are partially burnt out. One side says "bucks Coffee", and the other side says "Starbucks Fee". Hmmmmmmmmm????????

rockyi · #**1991** Posted **Sep 24, 2011, 12:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by vid

The lights on the Starbucks sign by the mall are partially burnt out. One side says "bucks Coffee", and the other side says "Starbucks Fee". Hmmmmmmmmm????????

HA! I still remember, years ago, a local Mister Donut franchise had a faulty neon sign, one side said Mis Do the other side was ter nut. It was like that for so long that everybody started calling it Misdo ternut........we're easily amused around here.

fishrose · #**1992** Posted **Sep 25, 2011, 12:04 PM**

My roommate left the door open last night. Not unlocked, open. My D40 is the only thing that's gone.

mobyhead · #**1993** Posted **Sep 25, 2011, 1:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by fishrose

My roommate left the door open last night. Not unlocked, open. My D40 is the only thing that's gone.

Time to find a new roommate?

rockyi · #**1994** Posted **Sep 25, 2011, 1:37 PM**

I'd sit him down, have a man to man talk with him about the dangers of leaving the door open, have him promise not to do it again.....then bash him over the head with a mallet and drown him.

.....Or at least have him pay for it.

Cleveland Brown · #**1995** Posted **Sep 25, 2011, 3:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by fishrose

My roommate left the door open last night. Not unlocked, open. My D40 is the only thing that's gone.

Is he someone from a far flung suburb or small town?

fishrose · #**1996** Posted **Sep 25, 2011, 4:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Cleveland Brown

Is he someone from a far flung suburb or small town?

No, he's just a huge stoner. He offered to help me pay for a new camera, but we're both broke so it looks like I'll be shooting a lot of 35mm for a while.

vid · #**1997** Posted **Sep 25, 2011, 4:07 PM**

I walked up to the Chinese restaurant at 1am to get spring rolls. It was very Hong Kong; go down the alley, through the back door, into a kitchen you'd rather not think about, and almost no English was spoken.

Good spring rolls though. They were worth it.

rockyi · #**1998** Posted **Sep 25, 2011, 6:06 PM**

Vid, from what you tell us I'm guessing there's a lot of things you do that requires going down alleys and through the back door.

Cleveland Brown · #**1999** Posted **Sep 25, 2011, 7:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by fishrose

No, he's just a huge stoner. He offered to help me pay for a new camera, but we're both broke so it looks like I'll be shooting a lot of 35mm for a while.

Well, for now he could at least pay for enough pot for the both of you!

rockyi · #**2000** Posted **Sep 25, 2011, 7:19 PM**

There's none to be found.....uhh, not that I was looking or anything.....