I wanted to say thank you to Eugenio and his wonderful wife for allowing us to come up and visit the igloo for a few days. My wife and I just returned to the states from the "Great White North" and a Canadian mini vacation that was entirely too short (though Eugenio's wife may not think so ).

After Eugenio came to Ohio last year for his 36 hour US vacation and express Porsche brake install, I promised him that I'd come up one day. And I was almost right, I came up two days. We saw lots of neat stuff in Montreal and I realized that my awful French is actually far worse than that (I knew I should have gone to class). Eugenio and Mrs. Eugenio (name withheld to protect the innocent) ignored the fact that we couldn't speak the language and kept us out of trouble (protecting us from ourselves mostly).

I also learned that Eugenio lied to us, he really does live in an igloo and drive a dog sled to work......

Also, his car isn't fast.....

It's really, really fast!!!!

Thanks for the test drive (now I have to spend money ).

And I'm sure that Eugenio will now think of me every time he drives by "Mon-shure" Muffler.

We had a great time and appreciated everything and all of your hospitality. You're both welcome in Ohio anytime!!!

Good to see you back and glad to hear you had a great time.

it was great... too bad it was short.
so what do you prefer, the sled with exhaust or open-exhaust ?
I still have some beer left... you were supposed to drink it all ...
i'm back in town again too, since i did 1400kms yesterday and today.

Looking fwd to meeting you again... I'll drop by sometime soon.... you're only ~12hr-drive away.

hmmm... thought you were gonna change the avatar. :rotfl:
Kevin not only finds the city pwetty, but the ladies as well... especially the red ones, although i think he enjoyed a blond once in the laurentians... :rotfl:

witness protection program victim said she had a good time and was fun meeting you.
she's a bit shy by nature... but loved it... and she was happy for me too.
She figured we would talk about cars and she ain't into cars like we are...
but understands the passion

you forgot to mention about being able to drive my sled and not go rallying with it... i'm happy for that... although we scared the $h!t out of the deer.

you forgot to mention about the saLLLLmon, and the black bear running after us.
my igloo started melting due to temperatures being 92'F today... so we had good time while it was fresh, ie, in the 80s.

Also, you have to explain what a poutine and smoke meat is, now.
next time, come for a week or so.

Mostly in order, but not quite:

You can say Salllllllmon as long as I can say mon-shure.....and "arrett", say it like it has two T's (who needs silent letters anyway???).

Either exhaust is fine with me....

I didn't want to get completely hammered in Canada. And, I figured I'd offend your wife. So, I only had a few beers (and they were good).

I need to take a picture and get it cropped so I can change avatars. It will be soon.

The city of Montreal is beautiful and there are a few pretty girls there too.

It's good to hear that your wife didn't find us repulsive. There's still hope for me.

I did drive the rocketship and oddly, Eugenio seemed to just be happy that I didn't take it offroading . I don't know what that was all about.......

The best part was when we got to the border.....

We were watching cars get randomly searched, etc. They were asking everyone for their lifes history and papers, etc. So, I pull up, the guy asks where we've been. "Montreal" I say. He asked "How do you know someone in Canada?". I said "I own an internet message board for Camaros and Firebirds". He says "Do you own a Firebird?". I said "No, I have a 2002 Z28". He says "Really? I'm restoring a 1980 Camaro right now, but someone put shag carpet on the dash and it needs tons of work, but it's coming along". I said "Second gen, neat cars". And his reply? "Welcome back to the US". With that, he waved me through the border.

And, I found a great shirt, but didn't buy it. It said:

"What's the definition of a Canadian?"

"An unarmed American with health care".

I really should have bought that shirt. That was my one big mistake of the whole trip.

And Danielle is still dealing with that bite on her arm where she was attacked by a fly. It's pretty irritated and so is she.....

black flies in the laurentians are pretty nasty, they byte and litterally rip parts of flesh... consider it as flying piranhas.
did you at least tell him about www.frrax.com, like give him a sticker ? hope so... if not, shame on you.
that t-shirt would've been perfect.
Tell me where you saw it.

mistake #1: think you are offensive, and did not drink more beer.
mistake #2: let your wife be bitten alive by flesh-eating flies
mistake #3: not get the perfect shirt
mistake #4: scared of revving my sled over 3500rpm, where it really gets awake.
mistake #5: didn't stay long enough to enjoy more scenery, city, nice looking girls
mistake #6: should've driven an f-body through the border, would've made a canamerican friend.

hmmm... I'll think of more.

Loved it and waas fun, although short.
Here's a little souvenir fo you all southern folks: http://www.coolcanuckaward.ca/joe_canadian.htm

you can come back for next weekend and see the Canadian F1 race.
Hope you enjoyed lapping the F1 track with me @ a slow pace... you'll remember the spots when you watch it next week-end.

I was out of stickers and forgot to give him the web address......

1: I'm plenty offensive.....but I hide it even better than I thought......

2: Those flies are evil, really evil. She has a welt with a "hole" in it. Did I mention evil?

3:The shirt was at the first duty free shop on the left as you reach the "end of Canada". There were about 15 more shops right after it, but it was a red building, single story.

4:Actually, it was the fact that it was dark and I didn't know the pothole infested road we were on (or how long and straight it is/was and that monster needs plenty of room. Bring it to Ohio and I promise I'll do better). Oh, and an overwhelming desire to make good on my promise of not offroading in your rocket sled.

And, I just watched the video. Then, I figured out what's wrong with Canada..... You need to get yourself a president. Heck, I'll even offer to donate ours, you can have him to get you started.




Oh, yea. I almost forgot.

Poutine is Canadian "southern cooking". Take french fries, cover them in stuff, add cheese and douse them in BBQ sauce. However the BBQ sauce is more like gravy with a bit of sauce in it. It was really good, but I'm sure I was eating southern cooking. I guess it was southern Canada.

Smoke meat is smoked brisket. Sliced and stacked high, really high, on bread with mustard. It's everywhere, everyone has smoked meat sandwiches, etc. It was good.

I also learned to make candy out of maple syrup and snow (what are two things Canadians have???? ). You boil/heat the syrup, then pour it on a bed of "snow" (snow cone material nicely manacured in a barrel), wait 45 seconds and roll it up on a popcicle stick. Then, you just eat it like a sucker/popcicle. Just remember, once it gets warm, it's syrup again, so don't let it melt or you'll have a sticky mess.

My thoughs after reading this:

Yeah dude, you screwed the pooch by not going up during the GP. Lots of fun, the place is a madhouse!

I need to score some La Fin du Monde or Blanch de Chambly.


Understatement of the year.

If they are the same black flies they have in upstate NY, you're wife is lucky to have survived!

I went to the first USGP and haven't had a desire to go back to see another one. Maybe it was just Indy....

Ok, the place is beautiful and so are the women. All of them and they are everywhere. Not that they were paying attention to a fat guy like me. Of course my official excuse is that I'm wearing a wedding ring, but I doubt that was truly it.

I don't know if they are the same flies as NY, but they are nasty little monsters.

Can't compare the fever of Montreal-F1 and Indy-F1 where ppl don't care much for it, where ppl are more of a Nascar, cart fans.
F1 is a lifestyle here... same goes for hockey.
some businesses operate all year round based on the profits done during F1 week, such as the official F1 provider downtown...
Plus, as you heard it when @ Mt-Tremblant, the Ferrari's were from all over the place having fun @ the track, lapping... on Tommy Hilfigger track.
This week, part of downtown is mobilised for Ferraris and supercars being exposed on the streets... it's gets busier than TimeSquare.
friday through sunday, it's so much fun and so many ppl go to the track.
friday = warm-ups/tune
saturday = qualifications
sunday = race

We lapped the track, so you see that it's quite intriguing and not so obvious... very technical, and lots of blind spots (too much, imho)

Check the race out on sunday and compare it to the experience you had @ Indy... then imagine being here... there's still time.

as for the flies, i told you there was a possibility of facing them and one would know when they bite, since they litterally rip part of flesh and leave you bleading with a weight reduction program... i just can't imagine the day those become epidemic... ppl would die from them.
It's a nasty and huge bite, but like a mosquito bite, it goes away... just don't scratch (easier said than done)

As for the president... no thanks... I'm sure he'll get egged and they would turn-over the government if he was in power here.
We already have our problems with our Prime-Minister + ministers.

So Kevin, how you think the way the police force is handling street-racing here ?
At least it seems they are trying to educate the ppl to go to the track (only time will tell)

might as well hijack this thread.
I'd like to thank Kevin for allowing me to save $ on duties and taxes.
Thanks for bringing all those parts and camera gear.
looking forward to have all the car parts installed.

I thought I forgot a few things at your place......

yeah... full bottles of beer.
gave them to a co-worker so they would get wasted with time.