d_voted
Winnipeg, MB
64, joined Sep. 2008
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Hello - been here in Winnipeg for a short while. With two teenage daughters I don't get out much. Don't drink or do the bar scene and wondering if there are some things to do that aren't too exotic or expensive.
ps: not looking to get laid.
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d_voted
Winnipeg, MB
64, joined Sep. 2008
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This must be either a very boring city or I have the plague. It has been almost a month and no one has responded.
Hmmm - must have the plague.
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like2love
Winnipeg, MB
59, joined Feb. 2009
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Hello d_voted.
One of my favorite places to spend time at is The Forks. There is plenty of shopping and
eateries. There is a river walk. Outdoor skating.
The best part is that you can go with the whole family and stay together for part of
the visit and split up for part and everbody is happy!
How long have you been in Winnipeg? Where did you come from?
Happy exploring.
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d_voted
Winnipeg, MB
64, joined Sep. 2008
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Hello d_voted.
One of my favorite places to spend time at is The Forks. There is plenty of shopping and
eateries. There is a river walk. Outdoor skating.
The best part is that you can go with the whole family and stay together for part of
the visit and split up for part and everbody is happy!
How long have you been in Winnipeg? Where did you come from?
Happy exploring.
Came from Lethbridge, Alberta about two and a half years ago. My daughters came out in September of 2007. Besides being a taxi I don't do much. Ha ha The girls are at that age where I am not welcome unless needed and once in a while they treat me with their presence and let me watch a DVD with them. Limited resources keep me from going to any place that is too expensive and if my income tax gets straightened out I might be able to go to the Art Gallery or Symphony before the season ends.
I'm not used to this unbearable cold that seems to last forever. In Lethbridge we had Chinook winds (often over 100 mph) but I didn't mind because they always came from the west so they were predictable AND they were WARM. If you had small children you would have to put rocks in their pockets so they wouldn't blow away to Medicine Hat. Also, anything you build has to be braced on each stud on the west side and sheeting put on the OUTSIDE of a picture window facing west until your windows were installed. The volume of air coming in from the west couldn't escape through the bedroom and bathroom windows so the only place for the wind to go was UP. More than one roof was lifted right off the walls if the sheeting was inside the wall. It needed to be put outside so that it pressed against the wall or it would cave in and OOOOPS there goes the roof.
Framing on high rises was the same. The elevator shaft has to go up first so the forms need to be placed in the morning and poured that same day in case the wind comes up. After three stories there is no wind break. You can see the mountains sixty miles away when you are up three or four stories - even on the east bank of the river. That is why no one lived on the West side until after the 1970s when the University was placed there. The coulees (from the French word meaning to run off - as in water) provided a sort of wind break in the valley and kept the wind from being too ferocious.
Now I am babbling - I miss the wind and the warm but I like the architecture and the city of Winnipeg both culturally and socially (except for the gangs and druggies). However, I suppose in big cities you get all extremes.
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