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By Canadian Hot Rodder - 17 Years Ago
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Just curious if there are any Y-Blockers near Windsor Locks Connecticut? I will be spending a week there Nov 17 to 21st, taking a course for work, and it would be fun to swap Y-Block stories over a beer! Let me know, thanks. 
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By Y block Billy - 17 Years Ago
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Hartford is about 5 hours from me, I don't know where Windsor locks is to Hartford though. Chuck would probably be 2-3 hours from Hartford I would suspect.
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By MoonShadow - 17 Years Ago
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Windsor Locks is north of Hartford on I91. It's about 2 1/2 hours from me. Are you driving down or flying? Chuck in NH
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By Marc - 17 Years Ago
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Windsor Locks is about 45 minutes north of me. Did someone say beer?
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By pegleg - 17 Years Ago
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Marc, I think up there it's pronounced Beahhh!
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By speedpro56 - 17 Years Ago
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Yep Frank, that is correct even the spelling
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By Marc - 17 Years Ago
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Oh great. Do we have to watch hockey too?
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By pegleg - 17 Years Ago
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AH ya! Of Kause! You have to root for the Pats too. After you PAHK the CAHHH. remember to ask for a soda or a Frappe if you want a milkshake. Not sure when they quit speaking English up there. Was before I was stationed in New London in the early 60's though.
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By Marc - 17 Years Ago
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It's funny how people don't realize what they sound like until they leave their backyard. I remember way back in the dark ages I was at Lackland for basic training, someone asked if I had a dime. I reached in my pocket and said "no, all I have is a kwater". They looked at me funny and said "You mean a quarter?" Yep, a kwater. This of course led to the whole soda vs pop, frappe vs milkshake, grinder vs sub discussion. I never said kwater again, and I still laugh when I hear other folks say it.
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By pegleg - 17 Years Ago
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It is, but it's also amazing how quickly we pick up enough of the local dialect when we're living there. Took me twenty years to learn to say park after Ct. Then I moved to Fla for a couple years, that's another story. One of the things I dislike about TV is it's destroying all the regional sounds, we're losing something there. Kinda like another piece of 20th century America is gone. I was amazed at how popular Country music is in New England. We always think of NE as Boston or Vermont, has to be one or the other. 
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By Moz - 17 Years Ago
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g'day guys you guys wouldnt want to come to aus for an extended length of time if you picked up our lingo no one would understand you when you got home try this me the missus the billy lids & some china plates went for a barbie chucked on a couple a snags was a real humdinger washed the snags down with some frothys then played a bit of the old aussie rules bloody bonza day.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 17 Years Ago
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HUH?? John in Selma, IN in the USA
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By Marc - 17 Years Ago
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Lost me after "me the missus".
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By pegleg - 17 Years Ago
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I think, he and the kids went on a picnic (Barbeque). Got lost after that.
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By Moz - 17 Years Ago
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me my wife my kids & a few of my friends went for a barbeque put on some sausages it was great (humdinger) we washed down the sausages with some beer's then played some australian rules football it was a terrific day. humdinger & bonza can mean the same thing & thanks to mr steve irwin most of the world thinks aussie slang is the word crikey
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By Canadian Hot Rodder - 17 Years Ago
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Marc, Yes I did say BEER and thats the way we pronounce it Frank!! At least we HAVE REAL BEER not bottled water!! LOL (Why is American beer like making love in a Canoe? "F$%# close to water!") Just for every one's information, I don't speak French, I don't live in an Igloo and NO you can't go skiing in Canada in the middle of JULY!!! Just kidding everyone,  Marc if you are close to Windsor Locks and want to meet me for a beer, that would be great. I'll be flying in and since the course I'm taking is at the Hotel, they wouldn't splurge and give me a rental! Not sure what's around there but I'm sure there should be at least one bar with the HOCKEY game on!!! Email me a phone # and when I fly in I'll give you a ring. robert.m.bolzon@jci.com
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By pegleg - 17 Years Ago
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Rob, If you ask for beer in CT, they won't know what you;re talking about, Eh?
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By Marc - 17 Years Ago
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Frank, we understand beer in just about any language For some reason, in this part of CT everyone talks like they're from Brooklyn, so it's "Yo vinnie, howza bout a beah ova hea, *&$^% !"
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By pegleg - 17 Years Ago
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Marc, OK, I'm just trying to help Rob through the "Culture shock" They are pretty isolated up there ya know! Rob, "Flying in?" Does this mean Air Canada got the plane to work again, WOW! er CRIKEY!
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By Canadian Hot Rodder - 17 Years Ago
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Yeh Frank, Air canada just got a new supply of coal, so they should be able to fly for a few months anyways! And as for the Connecticut slang, my Mother-in-law is from Lynn MA, and I finally figured out what she means when she says, "lets tak a ride in the cah and go get a cawfee" !! So I should be able to figure them out!! LOL
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By Marc - 17 Years Ago
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Coal? No, they're way beyond that. Here's their latest super-luxury airliner:
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By pegleg - 17 Years Ago
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See Rob, You got friends EVERYWHERE, Indiana, Australia, and now Connecticut! Marc, that's their Commuter, Rubber band power. The Rubber band is probably Seal skin or something.
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By Moz - 17 Years Ago
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frank you can change crikey to strewth if you wish means the same thing & i think strewth just sounds better than crikey which wasnt really big untill mr irwin became famous. i wonder if he said crikey when the stingray stabbed him in the heart or when he was silly enough to pull the barb out.
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By Canadian Hot Rodder - 17 Years Ago
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Marc, That's the new model, our new energy efficient model has Pedals!!! By the way I have to fly dow to your area eve sooner, Oct.15th. Unfortunately I will only be there for one day so I cannot hook up. I have to go to a site in Rode Island and explain to a contractor how to operate a caulking gun!!  I'm pretty sure he is a scrub lover!!!
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By Marc - 17 Years Ago
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Too bad we can't get together that day Rob. Don't blink driving through Rhode Island or you'll miss it!
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