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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Look what I found in a folder of old QSLs, I'm rich!
« on: October 07, 2019, 1931 UTC »
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Re: Look what I found in a folder of old QSLs, I'm rich!
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2019, 0135 UTC »
Hah!  Very nice.  Retire immediately.
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Re: Look what I found in a folder of old QSLs, I'm rich!
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2019, 0250 UTC »
They have so many more products than just tires.

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Re: Look what I found in a folder of old QSLs, I'm rich!
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2019, 1233 UTC »
"Sandy McTire"  the Canadian Tire money man.....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tire_money

Chris, you may have a collectible check this out...https://www.mtlblog.com/whats-happening/yes-your-old-canadian-tire-money-could-be-worth-dollar3000
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Re: Look what I found in a folder of old QSLs, I'm rich!
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2019, 1851 UTC »
I bet that's exactly what them angry bastad fishermens look like!
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Re: Look what I found in a folder of old QSLs, I'm rich!
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2019, 2018 UTC »
I bet that's exactly what them angry bastad fishermens look like!

I ran "The Voice of The Angry Bastard " for years. I wouldn't be caught dead in a get-up like that or with a handlebar mustache, they're not manly! My Grandma had one.

What are Canadian tires made out of? A mixture of beaver tails and blubber?

It is nice to know my fans still ply the briny deep. They need to do something about those goofy accents, though

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Re: Look what I found in a folder of old QSLs, I'm rich!
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2019, 0431 UTC »
I bet that's exactly what them angry bastad fishermens look like!

I ran "The Voice of The Angry Bastard " for years. I wouldn't be caught dead in a get-up like that or with a handlebar mustache, they're not manly! My Grandma had one.

What are Canadian tires made out of? A mixture of beaver tails and blubber?

It is nice to know my fans still ply the briny deep. They need to do something about those goofy accents, though

pm me some links to some shows!
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« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2019, 2027 UTC »
No can do. They were all broadcast from Uhaul truck near Frostburg, MD with a borrowed 10 kW transmitter. All that RF ruined the high quality Big Lots clearance tapes they were recorded on. Ask Pat Murphy, he lent me his Maryland transmitter.

Back to blubber and beaver tail tires, this sounds like an industry built on a renewable resource. Those crafty Canadians, we're building the wall on the wrong border! Canadians look just like us, and most speak English, they'll blend right in. We need to install an "About" test at all Border crossings. If they say "aboot", it's one way ticket to Saskatoon. Exceptions will be made for all relatives of the late Edgar Montrose and the still living Red Green. No Harold's, one Fansome is enough.

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Re: Look what I found in a folder of old QSLs, I'm rich!
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2019, 2241 UTC »
"If the women don't find you Fansome, they should at least find you handy"
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Re: Look what I found in a folder of old QSLs, I'm rich!
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2019, 0624 UTC »
I've got a signed roll of duct tape from when the Great Man passed through town on a tour of ACE Hardware stores. I plan on being buried with it under a pyramid of mid-80's K-Cars, held together by, you guessed it, duct tape.

You should have seen the RV he rolled into town in. It must have been sixty feet long. Guys were lined up around the block to get pics and autographed rolls of the handyman's secret weapon

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« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2019, 1826 UTC »
Yes, the back to back k-car episode is a real time documentary of Canadian culture worthy of a prestigious award, like a leg lamp.
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