Actually, it seems most provinces relaxed their liquor laws to some degree. I know the couple of bars near me were open from 6 a.m. (game started at 7), a fact which I might have taken advantage of had I not had somewhere to be at 9 a.m....
John On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Chris Neuman <[email protected]> wrote: > That would be my home province of Alberta, whose premier announced this > policy decision via tweet on Friday with no advance notice to the local > constabulary. There was much swearing about who pays for the overtime for > the extra Sunday morning shifts but overall it sounds like everyone > behaved. Weather in the low -20s (at that point it doesn't really matter if > you're talking F or C) probably helped. > > (I have always found that Americans regard the term "premier" as slightly > too soviet for their tastes.) > > Chris > > > On Sunday, February 23, 2014, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think I speak for all Americans when I remind you that we're two missed >> bowls of Fiber One away from making you the 51st (Ontario and Quebec) and >> 52nd (The Rest) States. >> >> Then again, you have a provincial leader who allowed bars to serve at 5 >> AM this morning for the game, which, if it happened in this country, would >> be both brilliant and suicidal. >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yesterday, the Canadian women's hockey team came back from a 2-0 >>> possible loss, to tie it in the last 5 mins, then won it in overtime. >>> Here's some videos of how Canada freaked out. >>> >>> http://deadspin.com/canadians-freaking-out-over-winning- >>> hockey-gold-is-just-1527201523?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter& >>> utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow >>> >>> >>> apologies to the Americans -- "good game (handshake)". >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
