Re: Edmonton Eskimos

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"Whitebread Enslin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Jason Hoehn wrote:
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> > "Jon Enslin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >
> >>You could at least answer my question without insulting me.  I came on
> >>this group wondering why the Canadian champion is crowned so early and
> >>why you guys celebrate Thanksgiving so early, and all I get is picked
> >>on.
> >>
> >
> > Let's repeat,...
> >
> > Canadian Thanksgiving comes earlier because we are further north, and
the
> > growing season ends earlier than in the US. Therefore, Canadian
Thanksgiving
> > comes earlier.
>
>
> Let's repeat....
>
> What does the growing season have to do with Thanksgiving.
>
>
> >
> > And the CFL season ends earlier as well, because the season starts
earlier.
> > Had the season started later, say, as the same time as the NFL, (at
labout
> > day) we would be playing the Championship game in about 10 weeks,
meaning,
> > it would be close to the holidays, and, more importantly, in the middle
of a
> > deep freeze. In fact, about half of the games would be played in a deep
> > freeze, and nobody would go to them. (there is only one indoor Stadium
in
> > Canada that get's used on a  regular basis, and it's in the only city in
> > Canada that never really gets cold).
>
> >
> > And when I say Deep-freeze, I mean DEEP-FREEZE. Temperatures in
Edmonton,
> > Calgary, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Montreal, and even Hamilton and Toronto
dip
> > into (and stay in) the -30's and 40's for long stretched, fairly
regularily,
> > come december and January.
>
>
> But that's about 20 degrees Fahrenheit right?  Big deal.
>
>
> Jon
>
>
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> "It seems all you can do is step on our collective joy whenever Canada
> achieves a milestone in sports." - rob
>