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Speaker: We had- we had- we played like um a- a sport night where we were playing soccer and-al- that-kind-of-stuff Speaker 2: Yeah yeah. They used to do volleyball tournaments. Like I-mean, now in the summer you probably heard like the- Speaker: Lob-ball. Speaker 2: the lob-ball tournament. Interviewer: I have heard of it- I have not attended yet. Speaker: Oh you'll have to, it's awesome. |
Softball (a game resembling baseball but played on a smaller field with a larger ball that is pitched underarm.) |
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Speaker 2: We had- we had- we played like um a- a sport night where we were playing soccer and-al- that-kind-of-stuff Speaker: Yeah yeah. They used to do volleyball tournaments. Like I-mean, now in the summer you probably heard like the- Speaker 2: Lob-ball. Speaker: the lob-ball tournament. Interviewer: I have heard of it- I have not attended yet. Speaker 2: Oh you'll have to, it's awesome. |
Softball (a game resembling baseball but played on a smaller field with a larger ball that is pitched underarm.) |
A place in a barn where hay or corn is heaped up.
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... and my job was to tie the slings and then he would pull it up with the truck and I would drop the hay in the mow, and then I'd have to pull the slings back down and set them again, and climb into the mow and level the hay off. So, that- that would usually take us ah in the summer time, it would take us a month and a half to do the one farm. |
A place in a barn where hay or corn is heaped up. |
(From entry for 'normal'): Of, relating to, or intended for the training of teachers, esp. in Continental Europe and N. America. Chiefly in 'normal school'.
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... she started going to high-school just when a- when we started to go to school in twenty-seven and then she went to normal school in Peterborough and went- she- when she went to high-school in Fenelon, she had to go by train early in the morning- then she had to come back early in the afternoon. She had to get all her schooling in and she did real well- |
An institution for the training and education of aspiring teachers. |
Large or unlimited quantities; a very great number or amount of something
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Ah jus-- just the rides now, you-know back in my day you didn't- like nowadays you-know kids get to do so much right, in my days money was you-know restricted and you maybe- even when I was raising my kids, you-know I only- they got one game, one ride, and one treat. And- and now you just go and you can spend oodles. Hundreds of dollars at a fair you-know. |
Lots |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
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And then there was Larry. He's a- he moved out west in nineteen-forty-five after- he was in the army for the five years. And they moved out west and they had twelve (inc) family. He died in two-thousand-and-three and my brother L-- Jamie died in two-thousand-and-three. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Interviewer: Were you close with all your siblings? ... You guys got along pretty good? Speaker: Yeah, like Dan and well Larry, he was away for five years and Dan was just about five years overseas. We never saw them all that time. And then I was out West for two or three years when I was in the air-force and Glenna was a teacher. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
He didn't make it because he was colour-blind. He couldn't tell the difference of the- and I made it and- and no one- I was flying ou-- out west out in Al-- Alberta for my service part and uh the- the commanding officer called me in one day and he says "well", well I was pretty good at bombing, navigation bombing. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
We were already- well we got our final discharge papers in forty-five. There was only one guy I ever saw since. He was in Bowmanville. So if- like we went out west when we were swore in, we went out west and trained on third of March. We landed in Edmonton and it was fifty-four below when we landed in- loaded us on the old (pronounced like ol') bed-truck and took us from the station to the big fairground, exhibition grounds. Nearly froze to death. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
... where that store is there now, was a big cement store or like brick, it was big one, then the other side was where Donna she's living and I was (inc) it was burnt-ed down eh? But I was out west in forty-three. I was in the air-force so I didn't see but I saw pictures of it. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Interviewer: And you were around for that, you saw it? Speaker: No I was out west. I was in the air-force and I was out west there. And the Kinmount it burnt to you-know. Village of Kinmount. I think it- I don't know whether it was four- forty-nine or when it burnt. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Um, we ah went to California twice we've been to Florida, we've been out west. So we've seen a lot of- a lot of territory. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
... I don't think, other than when- when the wife and I went out by ourselves out west, out to B-C. which was really nice. It was nice and quiet. Spent a lot of time together. A lot of time to think. A lot of time to talk things over I guess. So, we had fun. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
And the train's gone, so they either gotta ha-- haul it by transport, which is more expensive so they just don't do it anymore. There's still a lot of saw-mills out west and up north 'cause that's the only thing they got up there, is trees. And ah they harvest them quite often and like up here. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Interviewer: Is there anywhere you want to go next? Speaker: Well my son keeps telling me Cuba. So um Moe's sister that lives out west we don't see her very much so we just saw her this summer for two weeks but we hadn't seen her for three years. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Interviewer: So then after high-school what did you do? Speaker: After high-school I went out west. I lived in um Stetler-Alberta. I was out there for a year and I worked on the pipeline in the oil-patch was ah a really good experience. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Interviewer: What did you think of out west? Alberta? Speaker: Alberta's great place. It ah- everybody works hard out west and everyone was real friendly to us and there's lots of work out there. It was nice. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Like I say um Sheila and I used to go to Florida together and we've been to Mexico and um me and some buddies ah drove out to California for a month when I was younger. That was a four-wheeling thing too. We all took our four-wheelers out west 'cause it's big out there, the sand dunes and stuff. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Yeah I'd really like to take my family you-know to the west. It's a nice ah- the west is nice, the mountains and there's lots to do out west. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
You-know that was one thing I remember when we were out west it was- and I don't do it now but it was- eh was a big thing. Everybody a-- after they were done saying whatever they were gonna say it would be eh. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |