Polarissledder

Whiplash, Hacksaw ridge, Inglorious bastards, True romance, Secondhand Lions, Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Acurate lawn and garden on Pembina for Ariens....  don't go to HD.

There are always a bunch at your local range on consignment to try.... you'll know the right one when you shoot it.

I can be a cheapass, but I won't ride without it.  Specifically for the backpack wearing, stand up, active off trail rider. https://tekrider.com/collections/tekvest/products/the-crossover

only place atvs aren't allowed is where the trail crosses private land.

...it isn't cool to wreck what sledders pay to maintain, but there's no law against it.

Arduino vs evil....  Eastern Canadians say the funniest shit.

"Swedish nut lathe" 

18 hours ago, xcr700 said:

There's a trail system here near a provincial park called Birds Hill ,close to Winnipeg......fuckin shit show there. It's not the drunks, but the punks . If I didn't have mirrorson my xcr, I would have gotten smoked a few times.  All's it is there is stand up riders ,backpacks,go pros and Mohawk helmets 

Minus the Mohawk helmet, we have a big group of 40+ year olds.... we ride offtrail as hard as our bodies allow....  with go pro's...and backpacks , and we never sit down... it isn't trail riding punk wannabe ricky racers....

9 hours ago, FAT DAVE said:

So you never go out for dinner and have a drink or two and drive home?

That isn't drinking... your liver kills off a shot an hour, so those two drinks are completely gone by the time you hit the parking lot.

One drink at lunch is a waste of time.  If guys were having one an hour, then WGAF.  Its when they get into it a bit harder that its straight to no.

Rib steak, Montreal steak spice. I don't need to eat again till Tuesday.

Winnipeg and Steinbach have these kiosks since last year....  now you can walk in first, and if you're a bit slow on the ordering, you can be 15th in line if others are quick at the kiosk.  Gladly I only go to McDonalds once or twice a year.

19 hours ago, snopro31 said:

In Manitoba you are covered on frozen bodies of water with a 4x4 vehicle unless it is a closed ice road.

 

Your insurance is null and void when traveling on closed roads and you can get a fine by the RCMP.

The snowmobiles will have insurance (if they are plated).  The semi driver was traveling WAY to fast and in reality should not have been driving since the highway was closed the night before. 

 

1hr and 30 min from here firefighters were combing the highways on sleds looking for people stranded. 

Those statements contradict themselves.... and ORV's aren't allowed to travel on roads at all. They are only allowed to cross.

In MB, you have coverage no matter how stupid you are, unless as stated, you ignore warning signs.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/2-trucks-plunge-through-ice-on-red-river-1.660852

Insurance will likely cover trucks

Brian Smiley, spokesman for Manitoba Public Insurance, said over-eager ice fishermen are usually behind vehicles that fall through ice.

Most of the incidents are covered by insurance, he said.

"We don't often punish for stupidity, for lack of a better word," he said.
"The vehicle owner certainly would be questioned, they would be spoken to, perhaps even a bit of a safety lecture, but at the end of the day, their truck would probably be covered."

However, there is a point where a claim might be denied, he said.

"If there's signs posted saying, 'Thin ice, don't go out,' or warning signs, and the vehicle owner continues to just ignore those signs, then there could be a very strong likelihood that that claim could be denied and the owner would be out without his truck."

1 hour ago, Dave said:

You do?

In Manitoba, You have coverage no matter where you operate your vehicle. 

As far as on closed roads...  : https://www.portageonline.com/local/mpi-closed-smiley-3pm

10 hours ago, Dave said:

Highway was closed....id say truckers at fault....no insurance coverage as well because hwy was closed.

I find the insurance thing to be strange... you have coverage for going through the ice on a lake ffs.... 

This is all that needs to be said.

A while ago, my wife came at me with the gender wage gap bullshit, and my daughter jumped on board with her.

Today she told me how foolish she felt for blindly going along with the myth.  It was a good lesson for her.

She also told me that her friends have accused her of 'Man-splaining'..... 

...she'll do fine LOL

12 minutes ago, 02sled said:

I would guess your daughter being conditioned to think for herself is more thanks to you, her parents than the educational system. Too many parents though don't seem to instill the morals, ethics and think for themselves behaviours that they should.

Way back I in English class I challenged the status quo. The teacher would ask what is the "hidden" meaning of something in a book. I would give my interpretation and she would tell me it was wrong and tell me her interpretation was correct.

My favourite was when a teacher at John Lennon's former school started to analyze the Beatles songs and claimed he was an authority because he was John's former teacher.

In 1967, a student from Quarry Bank High School (Lennon's alma mater) sent John Lennon a letter telling him his teacher was conducting a class analyzing the Beatles' songs. Lennon was wryly amused. This letter served as the initial motivation for John to write a song that was beyond analysis for the simple reason that John didn't want it to make any sense at all. The whole purpose of the song, according to John, was to confuse, befuddle, and mess with the Beatles experts.

That song was I AM THE WALRUS.

I struggled with the same bullshit...  English teacher with the 'hidden' meaning of something in a book, and French teacher (feminist) on abortion.  English teacher got me bad grades, French teacher expelled me from class.....I learned quite a bit from those experiences, and was glad it happened that way.

5 minutes ago, 02sled said:

I would guess your daughter being conditioned to think for herself is more thanks to you, her parents than the educational system. Too many parents though don't seem to instill the morals, ethics and think for themselves behaviours that they should.

Way back I in English class I challenged the status quo. The teacher would ask what is the "hidden" meaning of something in a book. I would give my interpretation and she would tell me it was wrong and tell me her interpretation was correct.

My favourite was when a teacher at John Lennon's former school started to analyze the Beatles songs and claimed he was an authority because he was John's former teacher.

In 1967, a student from Quarry Bank High School (Lennon's alma mater) sent John Lennon a letter telling him his teacher was conducting a class analyzing the Beatles' songs. Lennon was wryly amused. This letter served as the initial motivation for John to write a song that was beyond analysis for the simple reason that John didn't want it to make any sense at all. The whole purpose of the song, according to John, was to confuse, befuddle, and mess with the Beatles experts.

That song was I AM THE WALRUS.

And yes, although I don't feel i spend enough time discussing politics and world news with my daughter, I do my best to play the devils' advocate and try to make her explain her views on different subjects.  Even if i agree with her, i'll lead with the opposite, to see if she can defend herself.  Its a fun game.

I don't expect her to agree with me on everything...and that's how it should be.

1 minute ago, 02sled said:

Agreed but in today's world there is a very blurry line between the two. In the past what he said verbally among people outside of the classroom was his own business however with electronic communications now what he says electronically is not only heard by those outside the classroom but it would be reasonable to expect that those who sit in his classroom also here what he says electronically. How many of the students will hear/read this and believe it. After all they have been conditioned throughout their lives to believe what their teachers say.

My kid has been conditioned to think for herself.  Having a teacher like that introduces her to the real world, which is full of idiots.

If she were to get poor grades for disagreeing, then there would be a problem.

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Weather forecast is a bit less scary now... hovering around 32 to 34 and cloudy for a few days then cooling down again... hope they don't change it again....

Going to find out today how much damage the 36F sunny weather has done over the last two days....

Winnipeg, MB,CA

The hotspot for Manitoba is a town 120 miles north of Winnipeg.  It hit 42F OVERNIGHT.... WTF.

Forecast is for 3 days between 32 and 42 degrees.. 

Luckily we have lots of snow, but c'mon.....

a challenge, to say the least

#flatprairies

3 hours ago, Dave said:

3 yrs of low snow here...some places had over 2ft in Oct....then it melted.....and not much since except in the south where its flat as fuck.

We got all your snow this year.... and for the flat south,  thank god for the Manitoba Escarpment

We keep getting blasted... and now going to find out what that wind storm did.  It was gusting to over 50mph.

Might hit +2 by next week...