Definitions by gnostic1
Ang Vee
v. 1) skateboarder term synonymous with "hang five". Usually used in an ironic sense or by lame wannabees.
2) a sexual euphemism.
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2) a sexual euphemism.
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mondo-morto
adj. very deceased. A word created in homage to Gualtiero Jacopetti, the recently deceased Italian director of Mondo Cane, a movie whose title inspired people who largely didn't speak Italian or Latin to create a variety of parodizing phrases, viz; Mondo Druggo, Mondo Tempo etc.
mondo-morto by gnostic1 August 24, 2011
Gravelgold
place. neglected, forlorn former gold-mining town located where Alaska, British Columbia and the Yukon Territory intersect. Since the placer deposits played out in 1899 it is no longer large enough or robust enough to be officially a town. It is, in fact, currently struggling to retain its hamlet status.
Novelty stores selling fool's gold to tourists, several petting zoos featuring wounded native fauna, a convalescent hospital featuring wounded natives, a used book store and a combination first-aid staion and bicycle repair shop can be found in the optimistically-named downtown area. A knick-knack maintenance facility is slated to open out by the abandoned Malaprop Mine in 2013.
Currently gravel production is the major industry with most of the heavy work being done by the local rivers and glaciers. Sorting, bagging and marketing is done through a co-operative association in conjunction with the Canadian Gravel Board.
Although there is currently no highway into the area a variety of cutlines and logging trails provide access and egress for ATV enthusiasts while a landing strip on the river accomodates tourists in bush-planes, who mostly come for the Northern Lights Fiesta and stay for the the abandoned mines where groups of chilly kids are often trapped.
A good variety of sports such as pond hockey, river hockey and lake hockey keep the locals amused. A school is in the planning stages and amateur theatrics are staged at the Generals Store most month-ends.
Novelty stores selling fool's gold to tourists, several petting zoos featuring wounded native fauna, a convalescent hospital featuring wounded natives, a used book store and a combination first-aid staion and bicycle repair shop can be found in the optimistically-named downtown area. A knick-knack maintenance facility is slated to open out by the abandoned Malaprop Mine in 2013.
Currently gravel production is the major industry with most of the heavy work being done by the local rivers and glaciers. Sorting, bagging and marketing is done through a co-operative association in conjunction with the Canadian Gravel Board.
Although there is currently no highway into the area a variety of cutlines and logging trails provide access and egress for ATV enthusiasts while a landing strip on the river accomodates tourists in bush-planes, who mostly come for the Northern Lights Fiesta and stay for the the abandoned mines where groups of chilly kids are often trapped.
A good variety of sports such as pond hockey, river hockey and lake hockey keep the locals amused. A school is in the planning stages and amateur theatrics are staged at the Generals Store most month-ends.
Never mind Anchorage. This weekend we should visit Gravelgold. We could maybe go to a petting zoo and visit that cantankerous author who lives in the woods near there.
Have you had a Rabies shot?
No, but he has ... so we should be safe.
Have you had a Rabies shot?
No, but he has ... so we should be safe.
Gravelgold by gnostic1 August 23, 2011
drifter
n. 1) radical skateboarding move in which one moves transversely across a sloped surface so as to induce a skid of the rear wheels.
2) a stock movie character who has a hidden, damaging past and a big heart ... which he usually keeps in a gunnysack.
3) a sexual euphemism.
2) a stock movie character who has a hidden, damaging past and a big heart ... which he usually keeps in a gunnysack.
3) a sexual euphemism.
Dude! Like did you hear man? I totally did a drifter in the skatepark yesterday!
Hmmm. I'm not sure that's something to crow about. Oh! You mean the skater move.
Actually, no.
Hmmm. I'm not sure that's something to crow about. Oh! You mean the skater move.
Actually, no.
driftwood
n. 1) a type of elongated skateboard with good lateral skidding action used for tricks.
2) sexual tumesence.
2) sexual tumesence.
drafting
v. 1) reducing wind resistance by tucking in behind a moving object while riding a skateboard, bike, racecar, hospital stretcher etc.
2) a sexual act.
2) a sexual act.
Dude! You should have been with me yesterday! I totally saw that Penelope chick drafting a bus.
Really? I'm actually kind of glad I missed that.
Really? I'm actually kind of glad I missed that.
Rocky Mountain House
place. Cosmopolitan Albertan city ideally located where the heart of the glacial gravel deposits meet the shoulder of the Rocky Mountain alluvial boulder accretions. Industry is quite diversified. Factories where large limestone rocks are pummeled into dust for concrete manufacturing stand arm-in-arm with factories where gravel is carefully sieved for concrete manufacturing.
David Thompson, a Welshman posing as a Scottish Hudson Bay surveyor under an assumed accent, is honoured with a museum and re-created wooden fort on the less-dusty side of town. Each summer a festive re-creation of the stripping of the area's resources by Europeans with an exaggerated sense of entitlement is staged by local actors dressed as fur traders. Lemonade is available.
Shooting Wapiti, deer, rapids, muskrats, mallards, stoneys, goldeye and pool are popular pursuits as are participating in rodeo events and living life large.
Education is a priority as is participation in civic government and watching hockey. Some of the best hockey players in the world have come from near Rocky Mountain House and it is fondly remembered by many players as the place where they first scored.
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David Thompson, a Welshman posing as a Scottish Hudson Bay surveyor under an assumed accent, is honoured with a museum and re-created wooden fort on the less-dusty side of town. Each summer a festive re-creation of the stripping of the area's resources by Europeans with an exaggerated sense of entitlement is staged by local actors dressed as fur traders. Lemonade is available.
Shooting Wapiti, deer, rapids, muskrats, mallards, stoneys, goldeye and pool are popular pursuits as are participating in rodeo events and living life large.
Education is a priority as is participation in civic government and watching hockey. Some of the best hockey players in the world have come from near Rocky Mountain House and it is fondly remembered by many players as the place where they first scored.
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Let's go to Rocky Mountain House this week-end. We could watch the rodeo, buy a sack of gravel and get our windshield repaired.
So many windshield repair shops! You think there might be a bit too much gravel out that way?
So many windshield repair shops! You think there might be a bit too much gravel out that way?
Rocky Mountain House by gnostic1 August 17, 2011