Yes, all the season tickets sold out in a matter of minutes (13000+) and there is a waiting list of 6000 more... we likes our hockey here.
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Guyer, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > Here in (lower) North America, some of us are quite familiar with them.*** > * > > ** ** > > But, yes, I would agree, newbies can get quite confused when faced with > them the first few times.**** > > ** ** > > Winnipeg’ians are just overly excited about getting an NHL team back! Ain’t > got time to learn a new traffic pattern…………..**** > > ** ** > > J**** > > ** ** > > *Don Guyer* > > Windows Systems Engineer**** > > RIM Operations Engineering Distributed – A Team, Tier 2**** > > Enterprise Technology Group**** > > *Fiserv* > > [email protected]**** > > Office: 1-800-523-7282 x 1673**** > > Fax: 610-233-0404**** > > www.fiserv.com**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:18 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: FontZilla**** > > ** ** > > North Americans on the whole have problems knowing what to do with > roundabouts. We've just started implementing them in Winnipeg and they've > gotten quote a lot of complaints. lack of educamation.**** > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Matthew B Ames <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Haha, nice one. Good job it was not my local council doing that. Instead > we are having all our roundabouts removed and replaced with crossroads and > traffic lights installed – all to help with traffic flow for the sailing > events for the Olympics (2012)… apparently.**** > > **** > > Rather than using a 14pt font, I would recommend the council buy everyone > larger monitors instead J**** > > **** > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 22 June 2011 15:34**** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues**** > > *Subject:* Re: FontZilla**** > > **** > > Not in the slightest. I am long-sighted, and I can read the guy across the > room's emails just fine from my desk. > > However - to put this in perspective, here is another thing this council > have done recently... > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-13873091**** > > On 22 June 2011 15:30, Sean Rector <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > I’m laughing my a$$ off at this. 14-point? You have *got* to be kidding > me!**** > > **** > > Sean Rector, MCSE**** > > **** > > *From:* James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2011 9:34 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* OT: FontZilla**** > > **** > > Wow. The local government here in the UK that I work for, despite being in > the middle of the deepest cuts for two decades, have decided to use our > precious IT resources to.....enforce 14-point Arial as the Outlook font for > *all *users, just so that partially-sighted people can be sure they can > read our emails. Amazing. I'm pretty sure eye tests and glasses have been > available to all since 1946...yet here we go. > > It gets better, though. They have also decided to change *every *single > publication and communication that comes out of the council to 14-point > Arial, even to the stage where council tax bills will no longer be able to > display the address correctly in the envelope window. Which means they will > have to shell out for special envelopes right across the board with bigger > windows. Great money-saving sense! > > Rant off.....we all love execs as much as we love users :-) > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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