Regional Board for Canadians

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

BEER;  Now thats a popular topic for Canooks!

[RattlesnakeJack]

BEER;  Now thats a popular topic for Canooks!

Beauty! ..... Eh?

[Charlie Bowdre]

Hi Nine Toe , just checked your home site. Great page . I am a retired member and appreciate the efforts you and yours have put into the site.
Dutchie.

[Charlie Bowdre]

Beauty! ..... Eh?

These boys could be our Mascots. Tks Rattlesnake .

[Nine Toe Jim]

Thanks Dutchie.

I had a lot of force members help me when I started out on the NWMP outfits. When I switched to the Yukon Field Force there was a captain at the RCR Museum that helped me with a few details. I also have to give Rattlesnake Jack credit (Don't let it go to your head RSJ). He helped with information and contacts in regards to getting uniform parts. The man is a vast wealth of Canadian military information. I don't know when he finds time to do his real job HAW!

NTJ

[Charlie Bowdre]

Nine Toe

You mean this is not our real life?

[Nine Toe Jim]

Gee your right about that Dutchie. Sorry had a blond moment.

[Marshal Halloway]

A board for our friends up north will be set up this weekend. 

[Charlie Bowdre]

Great work . Thank you Sir C. and Rattlesnake Jack.  And Thanks to the CAS 

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Thanks Marshall;

And thanks to all you Crazy Canucks who joined in so enthusiastically.

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog]

Another entrance test would be to sing ANY line from "Barrett's Privateers"

Loudly, under the effects of REAL beer!

Or, The North Atlantic Squadron

[Buffalo Creek Law Dog]

We can't forget Ian Tyson's song "Springtime",

"Well the big Chinook blew in last week
Warm and strong from the wester sea
Petty soon water running everywhere
Hell it couldn't run fast enough for me

Broodmare's sleeping in the afternoon sun
She's shedding hair everywhere
Time for a change......."


I remember my first year in the reg force (RCAF), I came home on leave, got off the train in Calgary December 21, 1963...water running everywhere, had to take my great coat off.

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Away! Away! Wirh fife and drum! 
Here we come, full 'O rum
Lookin' for wimmin to ..........
In The North Atlantic Squadron

[Nine Toe Jim]

I don't think you can finish that song on here Sir Charles LOL

[Icebox Bob]

Environment Canada came out with their 3 month weather outlook for all of Canada - saying we are going to see colder than average temps and greater than normal snow fall. 

Nobody seems to have made the connection with the fact that the Saskatchewan Roughriders won the Grey Cup.

[Nine Toe Jim]

We in Manitoba figure Hell  must be frozen over beacause of that Icebox

[Icebox Bob]

For those out there who don't know the reference:

Two guys from Saskatchewan die and wake up in hell. The next day the devil stops in to check on them and sees them dressed in parkas, mittens and toques warming themselves around the fire. The devil asks them, "What are you doing? Isn't it hot enough for you?" The two guys reply, "Well, you know, we're from Saskatchewan, the land of snow and ice and cold. We're just happy for a chance to warm up a little bit, eh?" The devil decides that these two aren't miserable enough and turns up the heat.

The next morning he stops in again and there they are, still dressed in parkas, toques and mittens. The devil asks them again, "It's awfully hot down here, can't you guys feel it?" Again the two guys reply, "Well, like we told ya yesterday, we're from Saskatchewan, the land of snow and ice and cold. We're just happy for a chance to warm up a little bit, eh?" This gets the devil a little steamed up and he decides to fix these two guys. He cranks the heat up as high as it will go. The people are wailing and screaming everywhere.

He stops by the room with the two Saskcanucks and finds them in light jackets and bucket hats, grilling bacon and drinking beer. The devil is astonished, "Everyone down here is in abject misery, and you two seem to be enjoying yourselves." The two Saskcanucks reply, "Well, ya know, we don't get too much warm weather up there in Regina, so we've just got to have a cook-out when the weather's this nice." The devil is absolutely furious, he can hardly see straight. Finally he comes up with the answer. The two guys love the heat because they have been cold all their lives. The devil decides to turn all the heat off in hell.

The next morning, the temperature is below zero (centigrade ), icicles are hanging everywhere; people are shivering so bad that they are unable to do anything but wail, moan, and gnash their teeth. The devil smiles and heads for the room with the two Saskcanucks. He gets there and finds them back in their parkas, toques and mittens. NOW, they are jumping up and down, cheering, yelling and screaming like mad men!!! The devil is dumbfounded, "I don't understand, when I turn up the heat you're happy. Now it's freezing cold and you're even happier!  What's up with you two?" The Saskcanucks look at the devil in surprise, "Well, don't you know, eh? If hell freezes over, it must mean the Saskatchewan Roughriders have won the Grey Cup!!!"

And they did 

Icebox in PA

[Sir Charles deMouton-Black]

Bob;  Can you post the lyrics to The Ballad of Cow Patty?

[Icebox Bob]

Sorry Sir Charles,

I'm stumped  - is this related to Cow Patty Bingo"?

Icebox

[RattlesnakeJack]

Well, Pards, I volunteered myself for the task of creating a Logo for the new Canadian Regional Board ....

I am advised the logo can't be much bigger than about 85 pixels on a side ... for reference, and to give you some idea of the limitations that imposes, here is a square which is 85 pixels wide and high ....




I was thinking it would be a simple matter to reduce the image of the early Red Ensign that I had suggested previously for a logo.  Unfortunately, that causes way too much loss of detail, in my opinion ...   This is likely a larger version than we'd be allowed to use (125 pixels wide) and even so you can't really tell what it is ...




So, I went back to the drawing board as it were, and located a number of other images we might be able to use, which I present for your inspection and reactions

First off, even though they would have the advantage of being very recognizable,  I am quite reluctant to use either the 1965 flag or modern-type maple leaf, simply because they aren't "old-timey" enough for my liking ....

   


One possible alternative would be to use just the shield from the pre-1907 Canadian Red Ensign ...




Here are a few other possibilities I came up with ...

         


But, so far, my personal favourite is adpated from one of the many early promotional items put out in the late 19th century and the early 1900's encouraging settlement in the Canadian West  (or ... as it was often described in such 'propaganda' ... "The Last, Best West"     Mmmm ... maybe wo oughta work that in, eh?) ....



Here is a larger version of my favourtie .... (not that I'm trying to give it an unfair advantage or anything .... )



Anyway, what do you all think?  Any preferences?  For that matter, any other suggestions?