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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No my- my second- my closest brother was- he was a bad dude. Ah, anybody that was around back then would know him, all the police knew him, he was in trouble constantly. And his name was Timothy, and he was killed. He went out west, he- he w-- him and Dad always fought. The- police trouble- he was always- it was bad, it- he was in drugs, he was- he was- hung out with the wrong people, he just- everything was bad about Timothy ... |
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 he- finally when he got a little older in his early twenties he star-- started to kinda come around a little bit, and started to grow up a bit, and he ended up going out west and ah the sad part of the story is my little brother and him were k-- were fairly close. I was not close with him because of how- I didn't- all he ever wanted from me was money. And I got tired of that. |
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: Do you travel? Speaker: Very little, but I'm getting the inkling. (laughs), getting the inkling. Never been a traveler, ah went out west for that school trip, um I went out west when I originally got married, back in seventy-seven, um because my- my original wife's ah mother's family lived out there in Alberta. So I went out there with my wife and her sister, and we spent three or four days with- with her family ... |
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 there for a week but I don't remember much about it- we did go to Busch-Gardens. So, long-story-short I've been to Florida, I've been out West, and apart from that I hadn't really traveled much at all. |
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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... he just thinks that he should see Scotland. And- but we're- next summer we're going back out west for another wedding. |
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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Speaker: Yeah some of my friends- it's interesting to notice how some people have it a lot thicker of a Canadian accent and others are a lot less so I'm always commenting, "Gee Joyce has a really thick Canadian accent." Or different people or meeting people from out west where I just couldn't believe how um different they sounded 'cause you could really pick up on it I-guess. Yeah. |
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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I was friend with there for years and she was in my wedding and I was in hers and then she got married and went out west and so I didn't keep in touch often but would send a Christmas-card or phone and then once I phoned and her husband said, "Oh we're separated, she's moved." and then I lost touch with her too so- so yeah anyway. |
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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Speaker: My mom's parents were born out west. Interviewer: Oh out west okay so they're um out west, they're westerners yeah right westerners. Um have they always lived out west? Speaker: They did um and I don't know when they came to Bowmanville. Interviewer: Oh I was gonna ask if you ever go visit them 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. |
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Interviewer: It was east somewhere. Speaker: Yup. No out west, sorry. Me and directions. Um. Interviewer: (Laughs) I guess so. |
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. |
Well it's somewhere far away I was five I-don't-know. I don't remem-- I really don't remember much. It was out west sorry. |
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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... but he was only there about six months and they decided send him out west, and they sent him to Edmonton. So Brenda and I flew out to see him, after he's out there for a while, and he didn't like it out there at all. So he landed home 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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I'm like "you're not moving in with your boyfriend." She's like "no-no-no-no, I'm not moving in with my boyfriend. I'm gonna move back out west with my mom to Vancouver." and I was like "fine, whatever." She's moving in with her boyfriend in Toronto. |
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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... it's ah brought back a lot of friends that ah I hadn't heard from them for a long time but I- friends from out west that have moved out west or- or Toronto and-things. So I'm communicating with them on facebook. So it's kind-of interesting. |
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. |
