9 points

Once I stayed in Ottawa through December and January. The whole canal is supposed to freeze over and become a giant ice skating rink. It never did.

That’s it. That’s the story.

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The coasts around Helsinki used to consistently freeze enough that you could just walk to small islands near the shoreline during winter

It was really rad, felt like you were using cheat codes in real life

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3 points
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Walked across a frozen lake in the middle of the night in Minnesota once.

I had nightmares about the sounds for years afterwards.

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10/10. Would read again.

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3 points

That’s the only reason to visit Ottawa.

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2 points

Smoke’s Poutine, the war museum in Gatineau, my ex, maybe they still have that little house for cats behind parliament.

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Smoke’s is everywhere though?

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Glad to see you’ve got your own boating class up north who’s into american patriotism even though it’s a whole different country.

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Our boaters are cottage boaters

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What a fine looking craft!

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