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Post by bescheid on Nov 30, 2007 15:23:13 GMT -7
"Very similar to the doukabours of escape from the Czarist Russia in the 1890s into Canada." all these strange words...what is a doukabour? I am so sorry Joyce, for I meant not to confuse with terms. Also of there other spellings, for the same people. Doukhobor is another. The primary people in Canada are British and French in as much to settling of the country. With them though, are also of the various religious groups, seeking freedom from oppression for their religious manner of living. With these people,are a sizable number of Russian and Ukrainians. In as much as also, very various peoples of Eastern Europe. Not to mention as a slight, but also a very sizable number of American draft dodgers in some of the townships in and about in B.C. and Calgary. It would so seem, Canada is peopled from the many areas of the world. But you have asked a question, and I must give an answer. Please read through the following url, it will give much better of description in as much more clearly then my self. I have suffered/enjoyed some considerable interchange with these people, if you perhaps a question I may have to offer and answer, I will in as much to my knowledge, assist. These people are not nuts, they have forged through very hard work, sacrifice of personal worth to survive in a climate of ignoring. Some of the photos you will notice of multitude of woman harnessed to a large prairie breaker plow, is very true. Also have I viewed such similar photos. For the most part, they are/were communal people. They constructed very solid brick 2-3 stories communal homes. Families with separate areas from the single {men} and the single {women}. They were/are very strongly family oriented. Many of these communal buildings have been kept by the provincial governments as historical artifacts very important to the history of Canada. www.doukhobor.org/Bondoreff.htmedocs.lib.sfu.ca/projects/Doukhobor-Collection/history.htmlCharles
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Post by joyce on Dec 2, 2007 4:39:00 GMT -7
"I had my car parked in the street overnight and someone came and robbed a little snowman hanging from my visor."
It's a shame that there are people that cannot respect the property of others. When I take something somewhere and "it" disappears, I try to console myself and say "they needed it worse than I did." That doesn't always help thinking that way-but it makes me more careful.
I dress my car or truck-whatever I feel like driving, with a big red bow on the grill. I am lucky that I haven't had it ripped off yet, but I live in a small town and there's a certain amount of respect for others in our town. I have seen people put garland on the outside of their vehicles- but it looks worn torn and ragged after doing 70 mph down the highway.
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Post by hollister on Dec 2, 2007 4:55:31 GMT -7
"I had my car parked in the street overnight and someone came and robbed a little snowman hanging from my visor." Joyce, I may have missed something here .... did you have the snowman stolen from you car?!?!?! Seems to be quite the opposite of the season! I can not get used to Christmas decorations in Florida - it just seems wrong!
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Post by joyce on Dec 3, 2007 3:06:20 GMT -7
"I had my car parked in the street overnight and someone came and robbed a little snowman hanging from my visor." Joyce, I may have missed something here .... did you have the snowman stolen from you car?!?!?! Seems to be quite the opposite of the season! I can not get used to Christmas decorations in Florida - it just seems wrong! Forgive...I did not use the quote feature when I responded to rdywenur's post #10 on the first page. Yes, it's hard to think Christmas sometimes when the temperature outside is 75 degrees and you have the windows and back door open for fresh air. Instead of worrying about how many inches of snow or ice we'd get, if we'd had a true winter season- but we worry about the grass fire dangers. Joyce TX
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Post by hollister on Dec 3, 2007 4:03:09 GMT -7
Oh, Okay..... Have you always lived in Texas or are you a "transplant?" Christmas to me is snow on the ground or at least cold weather (32 degrees or so). I can appreciate the kitschyness of the Florida decorating theme (Santa with a Hawaiian shirt, flamingos for reindeer etc...) but it just seems wrong. But I will say this Floridians appear to LOVE to decorate their lawns and houses and those inflatable displays are very popular. However, there is nothing quite so sad as a de-flated inflatable display. Maybe I should get some pictures.
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Post by rdywenur on Dec 3, 2007 8:50:41 GMT -7
I remember my first time in Arizona and it was around Halloween. Nothing stranger seeing pumpkins and hallowen decorations in the window when it looked like the dead of summer and about 100F outside ;D
Joyce if you like we can dump some of that nice snow we are expecting tonight/tomorrow on your lawn to cover that dry grass of yours. LOL
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Post by justjohn on Dec 4, 2007 5:00:06 GMT -7
I remember my first time in Arizona and it was around Halloween. Nothing stranger seeing pumpkins and hallowen decorations in the window when it looked like the dead of summer and about 100F outside ;D Joyce if you like we can dump some of that nice snow we are expecting tonight/tomorrow on your lawn to cover that dry grass of yours. LOL Back in the early sixties, I lived in Hawaii. The 1st Christmas Eve was spent on Waikiki Beach. Sunny about 75 degrees, warm water about 75 degrees and bathing suits. Somehow it didn't feel like Christmas. Then - - - then - - - -coed season began on the beach and all was well again.!!!!!!!
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Post by joyce on Dec 4, 2007 12:39:58 GMT -7
I remember my first time in Arizona and it was around Halloween. Nothing stranger seeing pumpkins and hallowen decorations in the window when it looked like the dead of summer and about 100F outside ;D Joyce if you like we can dump some of that nice snow we are expecting tonight/tomorrow on your lawn to cover that dry grass of yours. LOL aw righty-make sure the sun shines too and it's gone the next day. Even one day without sunshine is the pits. ;D
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Post by joyce on Dec 4, 2007 12:57:09 GMT -7
Oh, Okay..... Have you always lived in Texas or are you a "transplant?" Christmas to me is snow on the ground or at least cold weather (32 degrees or so). I can appreciate the kitschyness of the Florida decorating theme (Santa with a Hawaiian shirt, flamingos for reindeer etc...) but it just seems wrong. But I will say this Floridians appear to LOVE to decorate their lawns and houses and those inflatable displays are very popular. However, there is nothing quite so sad as a de-flated inflatable display. Maybe I should get some pictures. I am a transplant from New Jersey. We have lived in Texas for over 28 years. I remember snow falls in NJ, the shoveling of a driveway many times after the snow plows would block the driveway again. As kids we made snow forts and had snow or ice ball fights. Us, girls made the snow angels. All the neighborhood kids would go to the high school-which sat on a hill and go sledding on sleds, on lunch trays or cardboard boxes. I guess when you're young the cold doesn't bother you. Flamingos for reindeer-I love it! I put a pair of flamingos on our front lawn one year and they "flew away" all by themselves. I think some kids got them. My other yard art animals have remained. In my brother's town in south Texas, church group kids and young adults place MANY pink flamingos on certain church goers lawns. The unsuspecting church goer has to make a donation to the church youth group to have the flamingos disappear. Front lawns have been covered with these birds. It's a sight to see. Another sight to see-which is prettier to the eye is that their community lines their curbs and driveways with luminaries. White paper sacks with a tea light candle in it. At dusk, everyone goes out & lights their luminaries. For those who are frail/old in the neighborhood and can't get out,other people set their luminaries up, light them and go on. I can't you how many sacks have been lit on fire because of the wind. But once darkness has fallen, it is a beautiful sight to see all the luminaries glowing. Ah, the Christmas season. Joyce TX
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