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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Saskdeltas
its all good. im broke... got 11.00 to my name until monday.... i decided im going to sleep here leave 10am and be in calgary around 5pmish.....

As for the little punks. i found where he works and where he lives... he wont have a car when i get back
what!?! $11

I thought trucking paid good?



I kid.... being broke sucks...
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 12:10 AM
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Anyone comin to timmies tonight text me 403-816-8502
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 01:39 AM
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oh yeah... saturday night!?

hmm, just went on an hour's walk....

nice night out...
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 01:45 AM
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I would haver shown up but I doubt they would like a A-star landing in the middle of the timmies parking lot!
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 02:01 AM
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Hey im going to be in the Calgary area on July 5th, anyone wanna meet up and grab a beer or something?
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 11:53 AM
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Ya damien give us a call when your in town and we could work somethin out, I'll be working but get off early evening
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 11:55 AM
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Well i dont know how long im going to be there, im due in court at 9:30am, probably be out around 10:30
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 02:14 PM
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yikes! ~ court!?!

good luck.

changing the subject ever so slightly;

http://streetwheelers.com/

Ok, I realize our cars are most assuredly not the target audience for the weekend (my Grand Am has been scoffed at when I brought it – but hey, it’s a Gran-damn!?! );
But what do any of you think about motoring down to Lethbridge for the Street Wheelers weekend?
I haven’t checked out more than the Friday night cruise for the last couple years, but I understand there is often a slalom track on the Sunday; in addition to the 60 foot dash on Saturday (I wouldn’t be surprised if the 60ft was closed to V8/rwd, but the slalom should be open to fwd cars)…

Info on linked page; ignore the registration fees, it's for their big event on each day;
the event on friday is the (closed loop) cruise
the event for saturday is the 100ft dash
the (primary) event for sunday is he S&S downtown.
FYI: The closed loop cruise is pure BS (the real cruise is now pretty much along Mayor Magrath - and can occasionally be quite funny) - IMHO the highlight of the weekend is the unofficial cruising on Friday night - some seriously nice cars make it out to that...

What do you guys/gals think?

We could always book a room somewhere, and pile in with sleeping bags ect to make it cheap…
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 02:23 PM
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I am actually home that weekend. if I get my brakes done by that weekend I would be down for goin!
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 02:35 PM
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what would be ideal (if something happens), is for us to all meet up friday evening lets say at a fast food joint in Midnapore (I say midnapore because that's steve's hood), then all grab some grub (to go) and caravan it out to Lethbridge on friday to partake in the cruising ect*...

*I normally try to find a good spot along Mayor Magrath, park, and setup the lawn chairs...

If we had a whole line of Cobalt's parked along MM I'd wager it would get other Cobalt/FWD car's attention...
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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That sounds like a good idea. I'm sure Mark would be up for it if he isn't in the show n shine!
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 02:56 PM
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just be forewarned the weekend is geared towards V8/RWD crowd ~ moreover the Musclecar crowd (just look at the 100' rules, there is no mention of I-4);
we would be fine at the cruise (which is probably the funnest part), and the one time I checked out the slalom, most of the cars there were either import or FWD...
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 03:03 PM
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meh. I'm a V8 fan! love the sound of a lumpy cammed V8!

But either way we should get a list goin on here or something of whose interested in goin.

1. Soundjunky
2. SylverSS/SC
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 03:27 PM
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i can get your brakes done by then but cant make it as i got to work
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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ya getting them done isn't the issue. it's the parts showing up. they haven't been shipped yet
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 03:41 PM
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i maybe able too, it depends how far we have gotten into our move the week before. i will let you know. maybe the sun for sure the show and shine. i pretty sure i can convince cody to come too!
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by SylverSS/SC
ya getting them done isn't the issue. it's the parts showing up. they haven't been shipped yet
ya keep me in the loop for when they arrive so i can let my buddy know when i need the garage
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 10:16 PM
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i might be down.. i usually work on weekends so i dont know for sure. but ill definitely meet up with you guys afterwards. ive only ever seen the unofficial cruise down magrath as im usually heading to the bar on the saturday night lol but the cars that roll down can be beasts. farmers usually have some pretty nice old toys
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Old Jun 21, 2010 | 11:40 PM
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the funniest one I ever saw (Yeah, I know this doesn't exactly built up the cruise so well) was some kids in a k-car trying to get into it with a cardboard/duct-tape/tin-foil blower stuck to their hood! ~ had to do a double take, and man oh man we laughed at those kids!

the saturday night cruise is ok, but not nearly as good as the (unofficial) cruise on friday;
the 'official' cruise on friday is an absolute joke, and imho, only r-tards pay to do a couple KM circle cruise along the east end of 3rd ave...

back in the day (as in early 1970's) the cruise "strip" in Lethbridge was from one A&W to another, then back;
One A&W was on the south end of Mayor Magrath (no longer there; roughly where the 7-11 is now - right by the movie mill), and the other A&W was on the end of 3rd ave (also no longer there; roughly where the Macdonalds now is iirc);
both were drive-in's...

after the official cruise is over (10pm) - the cruising again goes back to it's old route along MM, then along 3rd ave - but there are no defined stops at the ends - only many many parking lots in which to stop along the way...

FYI: my mom is from Lethbridge, and to this date she is the only one from her family who moved away...
I have family there, but no one who would let a bunch of us come & go at all hours, or let us crash there for night...
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 12:11 AM
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I'm in, just keep me updated... knowing our luck this year we're guaranteed rain. Was really nice weather last year and I swung by to check out some of the stuff, but the cops laid a beat down on both Friday and Saturday nights. I bet that will real turn people off this year. Nicest car I saw last year was a Gallardo convertible, I know for sure in town we now have a black ZR1, matte LP560-4, silverish DB9, and a silver R8. That's all I've ever seen here, so hopefully some of em make it out.
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 12:14 AM
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FYI: I have most of the time taken this car to streetwheelers;


(picture taken on LCC property circa '99 while I was attending full time)

but for roughly the last five years it has been retired from street use;

I have taken this one a couple times;


(original lethbridge car, purchased off a street wheelers member circa '97 iirc)

but it too needs some proper care & attention;

last year I took the gran-damn - and frankly I wouldn't be surprised if I made a couple scoff-jaws along MM crap their pants... (gunning it at a light after hearing them heckle my car about something like "I think that car needs a spark plug")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHjPuB-7N4
(listen to the video to understand why they heckled about my car needing a spark plug)
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 12:18 AM
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There's some real good stuff. Just the douche nozzles with their Hondas hatches and those deafening straight piped trucks ruin it for everyone else.
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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for those not on my FB friends list...

UFC/Bday bbq & kegger at my place on July 3rd....
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 01:30 PM
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I'd love to make it man, but I'll still be at work til the 7th
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Old Jun 22, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Banzai2.4
for those not on my FB friends list...

UFC/Bday bbq & kegger at my place on July 3rd....
maybe be able to find time for this however not sure that is like the day after we move in the city. i will try man....
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