just looking at your photos pat looks good but have been inspecting the cattle and am thinking if it wasnt for the "mailboxes"you could be in derbyshire… and im a taff…
Davyboy:
newmercman:
My Wife doesn’t wear knickers, so can’t hep you on thatMy car in front of my house.
I live in the 3rd largest city in Manitoba, there’s around 15,000 people here, but it’s well spread out and not busy at all, we’ve got the usual shops, four big supermarkets, the fast food joints, a few restuaraunts, no pubs and a lot of bloody snow
no pubs!!! wtf?
no bloody pubs…
cliffystephens:
just looking at your photos pat looks good but have been inspecting the cattle and am thinking if it wasnt for the "mailboxes"you could be in derbyshire… and im a taff…
The photo of the cattle shows the mountains of Vermont in the background, the state line is just 7 miles east of our village. Right behind our village the mountains of the Adirindacks rise to about 3.5 thousand feet then highter the other side of Lake George, up to ove 5 thousand feet, in summer it is the most beautifull place I know, in winter it’s hell.
That’s right… NO PUBS 
Although you can get a drink in the resturaunts and a few have a lounge licence so you can go and have a beer without a meal. There is a bar on the outskirts of town, but that gets a little silly of a weekend, full of 18yr olds overflowing with testosterone, although that’s quite entertaining too, a fight here consists of a lot of shouting and being held back by their mates, they even put their beer bottles down to do it 
The community has a lot of people with strong religious beliefs, basically Mennonites, in varying degrees, some are almost Amish, others are like the rest of us, except they go to church. It was one of the reasons I decided on this area, I’m not a churchgoer as some of you may have guessed 
but it does have a calming effect on the city, there’s no gangs of hoodies drinking cans of Strongbow and nicking cars around here.
Property prices are kind of middle of the road, you can live cheaper in the Maritimes, but the wages reflect that, same in Alberta, you can earn more money, but you have to spend it all to live there, the balance is good here 
Is there much to do in steinbach nmm? Any local sport stadiums etc ?
Yes sort of, there’s an ice rink where they have fights that suddenly turn into hockey games
Other than that it’s kid’s teams playing football (the real kind and the one where they throw an egg) hockey, baseball etc. Or it’s a ride up to Winnipeg for the big teams.
I just watch proper football on the TV or go to watch the resident stroppy teenager play football if I’m around
And when there’s nothing else to do we all sit around watching paint dry
We have 5 bars in our village but I never go in any of them due to the fact that most of the unwashed locals use them and after a few bevies all they want to do is fight and it’s usualy the incomer (me) who gets targetted LOL, after all … what right does an immigrant have to come over here and steal an American woman who actually has her own teeth ?
I do go to bars nut in the cities such as Glens Falls or Saratoga, when they are actually civilised and everyone seems friendly, our favourite bar is 30 miles away and we frequent it often, never seen anything but friendly welciming people there, the only down fall is they insist on playing that damm country and western crap.
is that where the “village people” come from that used to sing that song YMCA now i know why you dont go to those bars pat…
Haha give them a cd to put on , now that’s what I call music 76 lol, I’m only young so would be hard with all that country stuff, I like me dance 
at least they have the king of beers to drink tho
newmercman:
My Wife doesn’t wear knickers, so can’t hep you on thatMy car in front of my house.
I live in the 3rd largest city in Manitoba, there’s around 15,000 people here, but it’s well spread out and not busy at all, we’ve got the usual shops, four big supermarkets, the fast food joints, a few restuaraunts, no pubs and a lot of bloody snow
Christ I hope that pic wasn’t taken recently , you got no snow ! Oh yeah ,wash your car it’s bloody disgusting and you should be ashamed
It was just before winter, one run down to a friend’s place on a gravel road did that to my poor car, although I was in full on McRae mode and had it on the bump stops on every bend as my right boot was FTTM
newmercman:
It was just before winter, one run down to a friend’s place on a gravel road did that to my poor car, although I was in full on McRae mode and had it on the bump stops on every bend as my right boot was FTTM
what is it ? I like the Camaro look the part
Good boy , always remember it’s "Sideways to Victory " . Was outside the front of ours this afternoon thinking about taking a few pics but from the road you can only see the top storey because of the sodding snow 
Bonus points if you can make the wife scream whilst you’re driving in said manner, before any pervs pass comment
flat to the mat:
Good boy , always remember it’s "Sideways to Victory " . Was outside the front of ours this afternoon thinking about taking a few pics but from the road you can only see the top storey because of the sodding snowBonus points if you can make the wife scream
Making em scream is too easy, making them go completely silent is the difficult thing Mine is almost immune to it now, as soon as I get on gravel or it’s a bit slippery I turn off the T/C 
The only time I get a good reaction now is when I’ve got the arse end hanging out over a ditch, she gets all exited then and tells me to grow up
Smoggie, it’s a Dodge Charger R/T, quite civilised for a yank tank, it’s got the old shape E class Merc running gear with a [zb]ing great big V8 up front, when the Wife drives it the economy ain’t that bad either, it runs on four pots when you’re poodling around. I had a special pair of boots made for when I drive it, they’re made out of solid lead and visits to gas stations are frequent
Great thread,im loving the pics,im not really jealous.
What is it with women ? Mine used to come out on the rally recces at mahoosive speeds and when it got scary she’d curl up and go to sleep , nowadays when I get too playful she just “tuts” and tells me to grow up as well Can’t work 'em out ?
newmercman:
flat to the mat:
Good boy , always remember it’s "Sideways to Victory " . Was outside the front of ours this afternoon thinking about taking a few pics but from the road you can only see the top storey because of the sodding snowBonus points if you can make the wife scream
Making em scream is too easy, making them go completely silent is the difficult thing :lol: Mine is almost immune to it now, as soon as I get on gravel or it’s a bit slippery I turn off the T/C
Smoggie, it’s a Dodge Charger R/T, quite civilised for a yank tank, it’s got the old shape E class Merc running gear with a [zb]ing great big V8 up front, when the Wife drives it the economy ain’t that bad either, it runs on four pots when you’re poodling around. I had a special pair of boots made for when I drive it, they’re made out of solid lead and visits to gas stations are frequent
haha top stuff ! got to love a bit of sideways action ! , anyone on here got a Camaro? that’s what id work for if I was there , you didn’t get them boots in cowboy style did ya NMM lol
The Camaros are rather gorgeous , a friend has a 6. something or other and supercharged in white with red stripes and it goes like stink believe me . Lucky guy also has a yellow 72 Corvette convertible with I reckon is even sweeter .
Mine gets like Hyacythe Bucket… I would find some deserted country lane in our Focus street edition and dive at 100 to 120 mph and she’d go mad at me … “What if a child steps in the road” she’d scream.
About 10 miles from the nearest house with visibility of about 4 miles, I think I would see them in time.
I loved that car, 5 speed manual, wide Firestone Firehawks that hugged the road, I could throw it around and it never lost a bit of grip.
Pat Hasler:
Mine gets like Hyacythe Bucket… I would find some deserted country lane in our Focus street edition and dive at 100 to 120 mph and she’d go mad at me … “What if a child steps in the road” she’d scream.
About 10 miles from the nearest house with visibility of about 4 miles, I think I would see them in time.
I loved that car, 5 speed manual, wide Firestone Firehawks that hugged the road, I could throw it around and it never lost a bit of grip.
Until you hit an American pot-hole or God forbid, a Massechussettes bridge joint and then the front axle would need replacing.