tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post6833479028049695186..comments2024-03-28T00:01:34.598-07:00Comments on The Galloping Beaver: Alberta ATV culture and kidsDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-20561782798543738892011-06-02T22:30:49.557-07:002011-06-02T22:30:49.557-07:00Boris
it was a generalisation and as with all gene...Boris<br />it was a generalisation and as with all generalisations (ooo another generalisation) there are exceptions. My only excuse is that I live in Alberta so I look about me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-73645498581140852312011-06-02T07:39:30.821-07:002011-06-02T07:39:30.821-07:00ahem, harebell! As a Canadian who does not take a ...ahem, harebell! As a Canadian who does not take a portable mansion into the bush, I'd take exception to your generalisation. In my experience this method of camping seems to be an Alberta thing...Borishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952672409601421466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-62804325887806230242011-06-02T01:27:16.943-07:002011-06-02T01:27:16.943-07:00These kids are candidates for the Darwin awards.These kids are candidates for the Darwin awards.TheEvilOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762637210865545012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-28886617546485611312011-06-01T23:02:18.310-07:002011-06-01T23:02:18.310-07:00As an immigrant I was astounded to find that the C...As an immigrant I was astounded to find that the Canadian definition of camping involved, a huge 4 door truck and a trailer that has a satellite dish, a kitchen, a shower, a bed and a toilet.<br />Why should anybody be amazed that a family trek in the wilderness should require automotive transport. <br />It's adventurism without the adventure for a bunch of folk too lazy to actually go on an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-30094473904999742832011-06-01T14:03:58.552-07:002011-06-01T14:03:58.552-07:00Its ironic that in Austria where the rotex engine ...Its ironic that in Austria where the rotex engine for all ski doo products is made, ATV, snowmobiles and I think watercraft are banned.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-82896183263735495962011-06-01T12:27:28.738-07:002011-06-01T12:27:28.738-07:00This is not just about ATVs and Alberta, it is abo...This is not just about ATVs and Alberta, it is about all motorized toys and all of Canada. All the provinces have allowed every species of motor toy to be introduced with little or no regulation only to look at the carnage ten years on or so and shrug for the most part. Canada is a culture relentlessly in love with internal combustion based recreation; cars, motorbikes, motorboats, snowmobiles, roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11445627048500769115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-81143629932842252992011-06-01T10:27:27.807-07:002011-06-01T10:27:27.807-07:00My Neighbor purchased a gas powerd mini ATV for hi...My Neighbor purchased a gas powerd mini ATV for his... wait for it...<br /><br />4 year old son.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18665728.post-35559709608153664402011-06-01T10:06:53.452-07:002011-06-01T10:06:53.452-07:00I loathe ATV's almost as much as I do Skidoos ...I loathe ATV's almost as much as I do Skidoos and Jetskis. Loud, raucous, too fast to really appreciate the nature you're whizzing past and inconsiderate to EVERYONE else within a mile who has to watch out for a half-blind doofus with more money than brains.<br /><br />The lack of a need to license ATV's is just one more blind spot. I have to have PFD's when I canoe (and I wear Uncommonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09634144780381283790noreply@blogger.com