Hope you are having a good day off. Weird having a Wednesday off, but that means that tomorrow's Thursday. Woohoo.

Woohoo indeed! hopefully you guys arent in strikesville Toronto with lots of programs cancelled!

Quote from: gusto5 on July 01, 2009, 07:35:30 PM
Woohoo indeed! hopefully you guys arent in strikesville Toronto with lots of programs cancelled!

Nope, I live in the burbs of Toronto. Stayed at home today anyways.

We were supposed to play today in the Beaches as part of the Canada Day celebrations but the whole thing got cancelled due to the strike.

Oh well.  I lounged around the house, mowed the lawn, posted on some boards, played with the dog and played three different guitars over the course of the afternoon.  Not a bad day.  It went by too fast.

Happy Canada Day from all us Commonwealth Downunder
cheers
fongie

Quote from: fongie on July 01, 2009, 10:14:28 PM
Happy Canada Day from all us Commonwealth Downunder
cheers
fongie

Thanks fongie!

A belated happy Canada Day to all!

I spent the day (and will continue until Saturday) working a local 4 day festival. Matt Anderson headlined last night and blew the place apart. He`s on his way to the Jazz Festival in Montreal, so anyone in that area should make the effort to check him out.

Quote from: ronmac on July 03, 2009, 06:52:01 AM
A belated happy Canada Day to all!

I spent the day (and will continue until Saturday) working a local 4 day festival. Matt Anderson headlined last night and blew the place apart. He`s on his way to the Jazz Festival in Montreal, so anyone in that area should make the effort to check him out.

He's playing on the 10th at 19:00 and 21:00 at athe Blues stage.

As for myself, I cleaned house, went cycling and spent a few hours at the Jazz festival.

:nana_guitar

well I worked. Nobody here knows about Canada day...I have to remind them every year...`course they ALL know about July 4th though.

Quote from: fongie on July 01, 2009, 10:14:28 PM
Happy Canada Day from all us Commonwealth Downunder
cheers
fongie

Do you have a "happy Aussie Day?

Quote from: Walkerman on July 03, 2009, 08:31:40 PM
Do you have a "happy Aussie Day?

Yes we do Walkerman, 'Australia day'. I presume it's the same as Canada.
cheers
fongie

I'm one of those old fogies that wishes Canada Day was still called Dominion Day.  That was a great, evocative name.  "Canada Day" is boring, bland and bureaucratic. 

The old name was scrapped in the early '80s because the forward thinkers of the time felt that it was too reminiscent of our colonial heritage.  And it's true that for many years before Canada achieved complete constitutional independence from the UK, it was formally called the Dominion of Canada.  But so what?  It's part of our heritage, and the word itself has beautiful biblical roots: it comes from Psalm 72:8: "And he shall have dominion also from sea to sea."  You don't have to be religious -- I'm not -- to find that poetic and evocative of the huge spaces of our country.

Nice sentiment Tycho, but "dominion" has also come to mean having the right to exploit and abuse.

This is 3 days late... Happy Birthday Canada!

ricky

I'm one more time zone to the left... that's why i'm one more day late!

;-)

think i'll go paddle a canoe now....

d.

Quote from: Tycho on July 04, 2009, 12:27:02 PM
I'm one of those old fogies that wishes Canada Day was still called Dominion Day.  That was a great, evocative name.  "Canada Day" is boring, bland and bureaucratic. 

The old name was scrapped in the early '80s because the forward thinkers of the time felt that it was too reminiscent of our colonial heritage.  And it's true that for many years before Canada achieved complete constitutional independence from the UK, it was formally called the Dominion of Canada.  But so what?  It's part of our heritage, and the word itself has beautiful biblical roots: it comes from Psalm 72:8: "And he shall have dominion also from sea to sea."  You don't have to be religious -- I'm not -- to find that poetic and evocative of the huge spaces of our country.

You know, I had actually forgotten that it used to be called Dominion Day. Wow and that wasn't that long ago.