It's probably no surprise that I knew the story a long time ago.
I may have known before they taught IRBS in grade school.
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I may have known before they taught IRBS in grade school.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbet is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
I didn't know about the Morse code, but the YYZ part was pretty obvious to us Canadians particularly those from Toronto.
Moving Pictures was huge for me. But in '81/'82, we barely had computers, let alone internet. So amongst my friends, we all just rocked to the music - none of us knew what YYZ meant, and unless Geddy Lee announced it, we'd never find out. And since we've had internet, it hadn't occurred to me to look into it.
I've been to Toronto a couple of times, but only by car. I've never flown there.
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And more if you're really into it
And then a somewhat related vid that's pretty cool
And more if you're really into it
And then a somewhat related vid that's pretty cool
Here, each member of the band, the producer, and engineer talk about the making of YYZ (as they say, WHY-WHY-ZED), followed by a studio "performance" (actually simulated playing over the album track). Listen for this
Rush - The Making of YYZ
Rush - The Making of YYZ
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbet is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Of course it's ZED. They aren't Americans who mispronounce the 26th letter of the alphabet.
Watching F1, with the commentators mostly being British, I'm fairly accustomed to words like "zed", "aluminium", "having a shunt" (a crash), "box" (pitting), and "petrol". The other day, there was a Jeopardy clue about the word for a car sliding on a wet road, and I yelled out "what is aquaplaning". Of course, the answer was hydroplaning, but I'm turning British.
These are all good and funny (and long). I especially like "ewark, ew Jersey".
His channel (CGPGrey) is loaded with really good videos. I've watched dozens of them, most more than once.
We're in the path of the big international flights from Europe to JFK. They come over at 40,000 feet from France, Germany, Athens, Portugal, Istanbul, and the Middle East. It's neat to use the app to see where they're coming from.
The Durham police made the kangaroo an honorary member of the K9 unit. He could also get a job at the local nightclub. He of course would be a bouncer.
Mulroney resigned as Prime Minister in 1993. Richard Nixon, Harold Wilson, Yitzhak Rabin, Golda Meir, Pierre Trudeau, David Cameron and Neville Chamberlain told him, "Join the crowd." 
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Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney dies at 84
Brian Mulroney steered Canada through several tumultuous reforms in the late 80s and early 90s.
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To those who observe, happy Canada Day!
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbet is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
