Southern Ontario, and as a top 5, I miss the thunderstorms, the easy access to nature and the beauty of its expansive landscapes, how quickly road work gets done (working at night? more than 1 hour a week? you'd think these guys don't even have a union or something...) the privatized government registry system and the general efficiency and lack of bureaucracy, and the best damn drinking water in the world.
Might just be a local thing, but not really where I live. We see them off in the distance regularly, but like you said, mostly over the lakes and typically late in the evening or at night. Maybe it's just a timing thing, or maybe it's just the unobstructed horizon in Alberta, but I used to go out to Nose Hill in Calgary and watch huge storms what felt like every week or two. Here, I've enjoyed a few but subjectively feels like not nearly as many, nor as good a show.
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cecilkorik@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 1y
There are many things I miss about Alberta. This isn't one of them.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 1y
Where are you now, and which things do you miss?
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
Southern Ontario, and as a top 5, I miss the thunderstorms, the easy access to nature and the beauty of its expansive landscapes, how quickly road work gets done (working at night? more than 1 hour a week? you'd think these guys don't even have a union or something...) the privatized government registry system and the general efficiency and lack of bureaucracy, and the best damn drinking water in the world.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
TIL a few things, thanks.
No storms in particular surprises me. Doesn't stuff come off the lakes?
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Might just be a local thing, but not really where I live. We see them off in the distance regularly, but like you said, mostly over the lakes and typically late in the evening or at night. Maybe it's just a timing thing, or maybe it's just the unobstructed horizon in Alberta, but I used to go out to Nose Hill in Calgary and watch huge storms what felt like every week or two. Here, I've enjoyed a few but subjectively feels like not nearly as many, nor as good a show.
KMAMURI@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Steak. God damn I miss a good steak. Nova Scotia.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 1y
Interesting that nobody's shipping it that far. Internal barriers maybe? I've definitely seen Alberta beef advertised in Vancouver.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 1y
I saw one that was for HVAC , said something like is your air system f*cked, try our duct.
Hah funny over a beer with the buddies, but immediately cuts you out of gaining any larger professional contracts with that slogan.
KMAMURI@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
Not in Alberta it doesn't.
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y
Shame they aren't plumbers, their motto could have been we're here to lay pipe!
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
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Someone@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
They missed the opportunity to swap the inside taillight with the reverse light.