A fond memory

Kinja'd!!! "CB" (jrcb)
10/22/2020 at 21:34 • Filed to: Adventures of the last Saskatchewan pirate

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It was the middle of winter, -40 or so. From one to four in the morning we were out cruising the grids, looking for trouble. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, the stars were bright, and it was quiet, isolated. The woods on either side of the roadway hid plenty of deer wanting to commit suicide on the front of my truck. The open fields let you see for miles, and affirmed the fact that there was nothing out there.

Eventually, my friend and I found each other on a grid road north of nowhere. I flash my lights at her, she flashes hers at me. As we pulled up to each other, I rolled down my window. The flute solo from the end of “Home For A Rest” was blasting on the AM radio. She looked at me and just went “what the fuck are you listening to?” I told  her that it’s Home For A Rest in a matter of fact manner. She rolled her eyes, adding it to the mental list of “why CB is the weird one at work”. But she couldn’t blame me, it’s a great solo.


DISCUSSION (18)


Kinja'd!!! PowderHound > CB
10/22/2020 at 21:51

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Well shit, I rather like that tune


Kinja'd!!! The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > CB
10/22/2020 at 21:54

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Wait, people think it’s weird to listen this song?


Kinja'd!!! CB > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
10/22/2020 at 21:58

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Right?!

I am also considered the old man at the detachment because I listen to the AM radio and not music on my phone while at work.


Kinja'd!!! CB > PowderHound
10/22/2020 at 21:59

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It’s a great tune. Thanks CRTC for mandating a minimum amount of Canadian music on the radio!


Kinja'd!!! SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > CB
10/22/2020 at 22:05

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That's a fun tune - a bit like the Dropkick Murphys taking on the acid croft genre!


Kinja'd!!! The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > CB
10/22/2020 at 22:08

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AM radio is hit & miss. Sometimes it’s a talk show calling the retirement home & asking for their political views. Sometimes it normal.


Kinja'd!!! CB > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
10/22/2020 at 22:09

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We’ve got dedicated music stations on AM. Except on Sundays when they play football nonsense.


Kinja'd!!! Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB
10/22/2020 at 22:10

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Saw them in the 90's in the basement of the centre of the arts, it was a fun show. 


Kinja'd!!! CB > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
10/22/2020 at 22:11

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Holy smokes am I allowed to be jealous on missing something that happened over 20 years ago?


Kinja'd!!! Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB
10/22/2020 at 22:12

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This is one that only existed in the middle of the night on AM radio until youtube came along.  Guy’s from Saskatchewan and is also clearly wolverine. 


Kinja'd!!! CB > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
10/22/2020 at 22:18

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Wow now that’s a history behind the song I didn’t know. Fascinating!


Kinja'd!!! SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > CB
10/22/2020 at 22:21

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I’ve just realised who they remind me of...the legendary Weddings, Parties, Anything.


Kinja'd!!! Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB
10/22/2020 at 22:23

Kinja'd!!!1

I love me some CanCon oldies. 


Kinja'd!!! Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB
10/22/2020 at 22:23

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fast approaching 30 years. 


Kinja'd!!! Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB
10/22/2020 at 22:30

Kinja'd!!!0

you get 750 Melfort?  longtime favourite, now a ‘90's oldies station. 


Kinja'd!!! CB > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
10/22/2020 at 22:31

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That’s my go-to! And it’s hard to call it an oldies station at this point. Or maybe I’m just getting older.

My only wish is that they’d play the full version of Twilight Zone like 102.1.


Kinja'd!!! Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
10/22/2020 at 22:35

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We still have music on am, mostly country, our talk is either a) extremely conservative or b) church.  


Kinja'd!!! Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB
10/22/2020 at 22:37

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I know, hearing Alice in Chains on AM radio is wierd, but my other oldies, 800 Moose jaw get very churchy at 7pm, except on sundays strangely.