[Hyack]

Today, unfortunately, is the last full day of summer 2011 with the autumnal or fall equinox happening at 09:04 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or 02:04am PT on September 23, 2011. Just for the Hell of it, if anyone is interested, below is the full explanation of the equinoxes by timeandtide.com

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/september-equinox.html

[Gunnair]

Cool.

Hey, by the way. Hyack is Chinook jargon for fast. Who came up with that? You or Mrs Hyack?

[ShepherdsDog]

Summer is not over here yet....never really is.

[Gunnair]

ShepherdsDog wrote:

Summer is not over here yet....never really is.

The four weeks of it here were alright.

[ShepherdsDog]

...aren't you guys supposed to have an unusually wet and cool fall

[Gunnair]

ShepherdsDog wrote:

...aren't you guys supposed to have an unusually wet and cool fall

Yep. La Nina part deux.

At least it'll likely snow once or twice between the rain and rain and rain and rain...

[Hyack]

Gunnair wrote:

Cool.

Hey, by the way. Hyack is Chinook jargon for fast. Who came up with that? You or Mrs Hyack?

"Hyack" has been associated with New Westminster since it was the capital of the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), being used as a byword by the original members of the New Westminster fire department. Being a long time resident of New Westminster and being somewhat of a history buff I just thought Hyack would be an interesting username.

Quote:

New Westminster's May Day celebration began in 1870 and continues today as an important civic tradition, lending the city the distinction of having the longest-running May Day celebration of its type in the British Commonwealth. (At least three other Lower Mainland communities still celebrate May Day: Port Coquitlam, Ladner in Delta, and Bradner in Abbotsford.)

The May Queen circa 1887.The May Day festival, held on the Victoria Day weekend and more formally known as the Hyack Festival, is distinguished by the Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery Salute, a tradition created by The New Westminster Fire Department during colonial times as a surrogate for a 21-gun salute. With no cannons available in the early colony, the Fire Department—known as the Hyacks, from the Chinook Jargon for "fast" or "quick", here derived from its use as a command for "hurry up!"— improvised by placing gunpowder between two anvils, the top one upturned, and igniting the charge from a safe distance, hurling the upper anvil into the air.

[Gunnair]

Hyack wrote:

Gunnair wrote:

Cool.

Hey, by the way. Hyack is Chinook jargon for fast. Who came up with that? You or Mrs Hyack?

"Hyack" has been associated with New Westminster since it was the capital of the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), being used as a byword by the original members of the New Westminster fire department. Being a long time resident of New Westminster and being somewhat of a history buff I just thought Hyack would be an interesting username.

Our ship went to the Hyack Festival in 2008.

[ShepherdsDog]

Gunnair wrote:

ShepherdsDog wrote:

...aren't you guys supposed to have an unusually wet and cool fall

Yep. La Nina part deux.

At least it'll likely snow once or twice between the rain and rain and rain and rain...

You don't have to shovel rain.

[Gunnair]

ShepherdsDog wrote:

Gunnair wrote:

ShepherdsDog wrote:

...aren't you guys supposed to have an unusually wet and cool fall

Yep. La Nina part deux.

At least it'll likely snow once or twice between the rain and rain and rain and rain...

You don't have to shovel rain.

Yeah but it ain't near as much fun to play in as snow.

[ShepherdsDog]

Snow usually loses its novelty after the first day when winter goes on for half the year

[2Cdo]

ShepherdsDog wrote:

Snow usually loses its novelty after the first day when winter goes on for half the year

Sounds like Winnipeg! 6 months of winter and 6 months of mosquitos!

[martin14]

Hyack wrote:

Gunnair wrote:

Cool.

Hey, by the way. Hyack is Chinook jargon for fast. Who came up with that? You or Mrs Hyack?

"Hyack" has been associated with New Westminster since it was the capital of the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), being used as a byword by the original members of the New Westminster fire department. Being a long time resident of New Westminster and being somewhat of a history buff I just thought Hyack would be an interesting username.

Quote:

New Westminster's May Day celebration began in 1870 and continues today as an important civic tradition, lending the city the distinction of having the longest-running May Day celebration of its type in the British Commonwealth. (At least three other Lower Mainland communities still celebrate May Day: Port Coquitlam, Ladner in Delta, and Bradner in Abbotsford.)

The May Queen circa 1887.The May Day festival, held on the Victoria Day weekend and more formally known as the Hyack Festival, is distinguished by the Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery Salute, a tradition created by The New Westminster Fire Department during colonial times as a surrogate for a 21-gun salute. With no cannons available in the early colony, the Fire Department—known as the Hyacks, from the Chinook Jargon for "fast" or "quick", here derived from its use as a command for "hurry up!"— improvised by placing gunpowder between two anvils, the top one upturned, and igniting the charge from a safe distance, hurling the upper anvil into the air.

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the wife

[Hyack]

martin14 wrote:

Hyack wrote:

Gunnair wrote:

Cool.

Hey, by the way. Hyack is Chinook jargon for fast. Who came up with that? You or Mrs Hyack?

"Hyack" has been associated with New Westminster since it was the capital of the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), being used as a byword by the original members of the New Westminster fire department. Being a long time resident of New Westminster and being somewhat of a history buff I just thought Hyack would be an interesting username.

Quote:

New Westminster's May Day celebration began in 1870 and continues today as an important civic tradition, lending the city the distinction of having the longest-running May Day celebration of its type in the British Commonwealth. (At least three other Lower Mainland communities still celebrate May Day: Port Coquitlam, Ladner in Delta, and Bradner in Abbotsford.)

The May Queen circa 1887.The May Day festival, held on the Victoria Day weekend and more formally known as the Hyack Festival, is distinguished by the Ancient and Honourable Hyack Anvil Battery Salute, a tradition created by The New Westminster Fire Department during colonial times as a surrogate for a 21-gun salute. With no cannons available in the early colony, the Fire Department—known as the Hyacks, from the Chinook Jargon for "fast" or "quick", here derived from its use as a command for "hurry up!"— improvised by placing gunpowder between two anvils, the top one upturned, and igniting the charge from a safe distance, hurling the upper anvil into the air.

translation:



the wife