4 Jan
2002
4 Jan
'02
7:35 a.m.
Well where I'm living now is prime snowmobile territory. They're as obligatory
as pick-up trucks and more common than motorcycles. When I grew up out
here in the 40's the multi-passenger ones were called "Bombadeers" from
the name of the company who made them, Bombardier, and who later
introduced "Ski-Doos" the motorcycle of snowmobiles. I was surprised to find
when I returned that locals still call the larger models Bombadeers.
Lawrence
Whoa, can't let that one by: we know what a
snowmobile is up here (c'mon,
fellow Canucks, back me up on this one!); mind you, if you asked ME what
a snowmobile is, I would indeed look at ya kind of funny (oops, funnily, for the
language police), since apparently YOU don't know what it is or you wouldn't be
asking...
But a snow sled??? Who calls it that? Sounds like the SkiDoo trailer.
Anyway, one of us invented the thing, so we can call it what we like!
So there!
:)
-----------------Original Message------------------
From: Roger Merchberger <zmerch(a)30below.com>
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[more snippage (pronounced snippahdge up here, not snippedge :)]
And as it's winter, and we *finally* have snow here, talk to some Western
Ontario Canadians and ask them what a "snowmobile" or "snow sled" is
-
they'll most likely look at you funny, at least for a few seconds until it sinks
in. They go "skidooing" in the wintertime.
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