Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club

[50 Words for Snow]

Yuzu is actually really in! I just saw that Humphry Slocombe, one of my favorite Ice Cream makers in San Francisco, just released a Yuzu flavored ice cream.

You can get it at Whole Foods or buy it on Amazon!
https://www.amazon.com/Humphry-Slocombe-Cream-Flavors-pack/dp/B07D3L49YY?th=1

And it all leads back to dairy products.

Wow, only $12 a pint!
It would probably be cheaper to drive a thousand miles to Canada and buy some bagged milk.

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

I’m now imagining bagged beer :think:

 

[4everchan]

I’m now imagining bagged beer :think:

there is bagged wine

 

[karne]

there is bagged wine

Goon sack!

 

[4everchan]

by the way

Meyer Lemon >>>> to Yuzu

 

[Mrs. P]

It’s rainy in Toronto today, per Zhenya’s IG story. That’s going to be hard for Jason to comeback to after a sunny weekend in SoCal.

I like Meyer lemons too.

 

[4everchan]

It’s rainy in Toronto today, per Zhenya’s IG story. That’s going to be hard for Jason to comeback to after a sunny weekend in SoCal.

well.. imagine the shock he wil have during winter

 

[Mrs. P]

^Jason lived in Colorado and Chicago, so he’ll be fine winter wise. But I’m just talking about today, lol.

 

[Ross74]

^Jason lived in Colorado and Chicago, so he’ll be fine winter wise. But I’m just talking about today, lol.

How is Toronto at clearing snow? Most Jason fans remember how he totaled his car in the snow not long before Sochi because, as he said, Colorado doesn't treat the roads the way Chicago does. As someone who moved to CO not long ago, I was appalled at how little is done to treat the roads here for ice and snow. It's pathetic compared to the eastern U.S. Anyway, does Toronto do a good job with this?

 

[TGee]

I’m now imagining bagged beer :think:

This exists...it's a bag in a box, called a 'keg' up here...

Don't recall seeing these in my student days in the US...but it could have been the state I was in...

 

[TGee]

How is Toronto at clearing snow? Most Jason fans remember how he totaled his car in the snow not long before Sochi because, as he said, Colorado doesn't treat the roads the way Chicago does. As someone who moved to CO not long ago, I was appalled at how little is done to treat the roads here for ice and snow. It's pathetic compared to the eastern U.S. Anyway, does Toronto do a good job with this?

Toronto has good snow clearing....even 'storm trains' with plows that run all night to keep the metro clear above ground.

But the amount of snow will be less than the Rockies, or Ottawa and Montreal, or even Buffalo as it gets the benefits of the "lake effect" .

That said, I'm not sure between Moscow and Toronto, which is colder and snowier.

 

[StitchMonkey]

you know boxed wine is really just wine in a bag... just saying.

 

[Mrs. P]

Box/bagged wine is so old. Canned wine is where it’s at!

 

[Haleth]

I really thought, the Yuzu-Cheesecake in this German magazine was just a coincidence
https://mobile.twitter.com/Henni147/status/1018952103325306880

Is this the one, you were thinking of?

Something like! That cheesecake is pretty with the rosette, though I think Mr. 2xOGM Yuzuru might like the round and golden topping on the one made at that café in Toronto: https://www.instagram.com/p/BgAJxOEnMZY/?taken-by=littlepebblesto

Who knows if it's a coincidence? Perhaps it's a plot

 

[Mrs. P]

This is starting to be more like Cheers than the Office Space watercooler.

 

[Haleth]

Toronto has good snow clearing....even 'storm trains' with plows that run all night to keep the metro clear above ground.

But the amount of snow will be less than the Rockies, or Ottawa and Montreal, or even Buffalo as it gets the benefits of the "lake effect" .

That said, I'm not sure between Moscow and Toronto, which is colder and snowier.

I've heard that Montreal and Ottawa are more efficient since we often don't get nearly as much snow here. However, last winter was very cold and snowier than it has been in very recent memory. Even parts of the harbour froze enough to support shinny and ice boating, which were, as I was told by my late father-in-law, more common in the colder winters of the past. Perhaps it's for the best these activities in the harbour are not as popular now, as I'm not sure Brian would encourage his skaters to indulge in ice boat racing in the middle of the competitive season, or even braving the natural ice for some figure skating like this gentleman did lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXM0KU56I8U

ETA: see! I've safely guided us back to figure skating

 

[TGee]

I've heard that Montreal and Ottawa are more efficient since we often don't get nearly as much snow here. However, last winter was very cold and snowier than it has been in very recent memory. Even parts of the harbour froze enough to support shinny and ice boating, which were, as I was told by my late father-in-law, more common in the colder winters of the past. Perhaps it's for the best these activities in the harbour are not as popular now, as I'm not sure Brian would encourage his skaters to indulge in ice boat racing in the middle of the competitive season, or even braving the natural ice for some figure skating like this gentleman did lol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXM0KU56I8U

ETA: see! I've safely guided us back to figure skating [emoji23]

We'll, it's true that Ottawa and Montreal have the drill down pat...

I'm not sure if the great chains of snow sucking trucks followed by dump trucks is a Toronto thing...but the snow load isn't as great...

And in the spirit of fun, I'll share this trailer for the classic central Canadian preschool favourite "Snowplows on Patrol":

https://youtu.be/bqOgY0gT9UY

...filmed in Ottawa naturally

 

[Dragonheart97]

Toronto has good snow clearing....even 'storm trains' with plows that run all night to keep the metro clear above ground.

But the amount of snow will be less than the Rockies, or Ottawa and Montreal, or even Buffalo as it gets the benefits of the "lake effect" .

That said, I'm not sure between Moscow and Toronto, which is colder and snowier.

*raises hand* Buffalo-area resident here, can confirm. Though Toronto did get a couple pretty good storms last winter IIRC.

 

[NanaPat]

We'll, it's true that Ottawa and Montreal have the drill down pat...

I'm not sure if the great chains of snow sucking trucks followed by dump trucks is a Toronto thing...but the snow load isn't as great...

And in the spirit of fun, I'll share this trailer for the classic central Canadian preschool favourite "Snowplows on Patrol":

https://youtu.be/bqOgY0gT9UY

...filmed in Ottawa naturally

They don't do the dump trucks thing in Toronto. They mostly just plow the snow to the side of the road and hope it melts. If it doesn't, and they are desperate, they use something called a metromelt that loads and melts the snow, then trucks away the resulting water.
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Correction: it dumps the water into the storm drains as it goes. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metromelt

 

[Ziotic]

We'll, it's true that Ottawa and Montreal have the drill down pat...

I'm not sure if the great chains of snow sucking trucks followed by dump trucks is a Toronto thing...but the snow load isn't as great...

And in the spirit of fun, I'll share this trailer for the classic central Canadian preschool favourite "Snowplows on Patrol":

https://youtu.be/bqOgY0gT9UY

...filmed in Ottawa naturally

I’m not so sure Montreal has it down pat.... https://youtu.be/HfDZixZFzms