Totally agree.
Yeah. But people that use Barbecues often, and thats probably most people, they just throw it over and let the lower stretch straps hold it on. I didn't have one with the bottom straps. Things are just pointless anyway. Todays barbecues aren't designed to last that long and so the covers really serve no purpose at all.
Yikes that could've been dangerous. I prefer the old cast iron barbecues that last longer and have a bit more weight to them than the flimsy things they sell now. So essentially the barbecue cover just acted like a sail to wreak havoc to your barbecue. In anycase its just a fashion thing. People liked the look of barbecue covers. Not sure why. heh.
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Not to worry. In a few years, we'll soon have four prairie provinces.
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Growing up in Jasper place in the 60's some of the houses still had the large basement water storage. Huge tanks that would essentially act as lightning rods. One house on our block got hit by lightning twice. They finally got a proper water line installed. Fortunately their house was grounded OK so not a lot of damage actually. But terrifying events nonetheless.
had lightning hit my apartment balcony once - loudest sound i've ever heard, fried every electronic in my place, all my hair standing on end - was surreal and don't wish it on anyone
Not many people grew up in houses with cisterns.
For clarity our house actually had running water and Electricity. heh Jasper place was a weird kind of area. More like Arkansas with snow. Particularly where we were. No sidewalks, gumball roads, tightwads running things but still collecting City comparable property tax and fees. I would've used the term Cistern but then thought nobody would know what that is. heh
You can not wholly appropriate the term Arkansas with snow. That is also full on Saskatchewan.
and might still be in some areas methinks.
When Electricity came to Saskabush.You can not wholly appropriate the term Arkansas with snow. That is also full on Saskatchewan.
But I did recall Jasper Place to be the outback of the Edmonton area. In fact it wasn’t even Edmonton back then, right? I recall driving out that way with my folks when I was younger. It looked like you left the big city and came back to the 306 for a time.
And as for the cistern terminology, you suggesting I’m a nobody?
I still love rural villages and towns, all the older areas (which is most of the community) have no storm sewers, just ditches along the streets. I remember my relatives having a wooden sidewalk/bridge over the ditch in front of their house, to get to their place, when we visited as kids. So odd. It’s a wonder no one ever drowned. We all played in that ditch and water constantly.
PS - that’s the second time my phone has buzzzed the Enviro Canada tornado alert while typing this. Going to pour a drink and head to my bunker/shelter. Tell everyone I love them.
When Electricity came to Saskabush.
Outback hehe. Yean. JP especially north of Stony Plain *road* was an amalgam of ethnicities all looking for the cheapest housing lots found anywhere in the Metro area. Only Beverly seems to compare to it. Of course such areas contain the most infamous and insufferable watering holes anywhere. Yellowhead, Saxony, Klondiker, etc. WE had several houses in the area where left over roofing shingles were the entire exterior of some ramshackle homes. Others where plywood was painted over and thus "siding"
Does add character going to schools where half the students graduated to jail or biker gangs. What a rite of passage growing up in these areas.
