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 Posted: 08/27/03 - 12:41 Post subject: time waster for a wednesday
blue is currently on vacation in Flin Flon, Manitoba.
can you find a picture or interesting fact about flin flon? i shall award the best fact or picture a prize.
go get your google on.
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omega lambda
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 12:46 Post subject:
Sixth largest city in Manitoba, on the Saskatchewan border and built on a rock.
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 12:50 Post subject:
Perfect running weather. High and low is within 10 degrees of each other (54-64), cloudy. Definitely a day to get your run on. Look at those hills! Whooowheeeee!
Pretty little city.
Also, they have a nice crop of medicinal mary jane, grown underground.
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 12:54 Post subject:
You missed the Trout Festival held in July.
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 12:57 Post subject:
And then there's Birch Bark Biting. "This is a traditional art form practiced by Cree women. The artist first visualizes her design and then creates it by marking perforations with her teeth on clean, pliable, carefully-folded birch bark. The results are stunning and unique. Several renowned local artists practice this delicate art."
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 14:25 Post subject:
excellent work you two.
anybody else? i'll pick a winner tomorrow mornin'.
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 14:41 Post subject:
The first refined zinc was produced in November 1930 at Flin Flon, Manitoba, by the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co.
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 14:42 Post subject:
You have to go bear hunting. I don't like the idea of killing a bear, or even looking for trouble, but it would be pretty cool to see one. And hey, you can do it at the Bakers Narrows Lodge, Manitoba's largest drive-in or fly-in lodge. You could even catch something like this:
Now that's a fish!
but then hanging out and watching the sunset on the water, that would be cool too.
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 14:53 Post subject:
It is the birthplace and hometown of Robbie Watt. He drafted in the 8th round by Vancouver in 1974 NHL amateur draft, and drafted 130 overall. This came as a bit of a shock becasue The Hockey News ranked him 37th overall.
Prior to the NHL draft, Robbie played 4 seasons with the Flin-Flon Bombers.
While Rob never played in the NHL, he did play with the Tulsa Oilers, Syracuse Blazers, Columbus Owls, and his last season in was with the Tucson Mavericks.
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 16:08 Post subject:
BEWARE OF FLIN FLON MAN!!!
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 16:12 Post subject:
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 16:26 Post subject:
| omega lambda wrote: | | You missed the Trout Festival held in July. |
And the crowning of Flin Flon royalty... The Queen Mermaid
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 16:37 Post subject:
You could go to Pistol Lake, but drop by here before you go
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 16:58 Post subject:
As it turns out, Flin Flon used to be much more green than it currently is. The have the Green Project, where the students of the city have been laying down crushed limestone in an effort to make the soil more hospitable to greenery. After only four to six weeks, this is what popped up when the Creighton students laid down some limestone:
The limestone really does work wonders. Let's face it: Flin Flon could use more greenery...
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Posted: 08/27/03 - 17:51 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | BEWARE OF FLIN FLON MAN!!!
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I believe that his name is actually Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin
Al Capp is famous for creating the L'il Abner cartoon
Flinty is the fictional character that inspired the name of this city. Originally built for $5,000, it was restored in 1989.
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