Off to Toronto!

[SilverHeels]

In some 12hours I shall be heading off on the first leg of my trip to Massey.
Looking forward to seeing those of you who are going to be there.
Now I just have to close the suitcase ... ;)

[Janice]

Originally posted by SilverHeels:
In some 12hours I shall be heading off on the first leg of my trip to Massey.
Looking forward to seeing those of you who are going to be there.
Now I just have to close the suitcase ... ;) I imagine closing it will end up being much easier than lifting the darned thing ;)

I'm heading out Monday morning and haven't even started thinking about packing a suitcase. Hey Char, what's the weather like? Don't want to show up with San Diego attire if my New England wardrobe is more suitable, lol

On my way out the door to drive up to LA for the John Prine concert tonight. Tomorrow it's Ramblin' Jack Elliott playing for our series and Wednesday starts four nights of Lightfoot. How can one person be so lucky to have this much great music in a seven day period?!?!? :eek:

[Auburn Annie]

WED MAY 18 High 16 Low 5 Cloudy periods
THU MAY 19 High 16 Low 7 Cloudy
FRI MAY 20 High 13 Low 9 Cloudy with showers
SAT MAY 21 High 13 Low 9 Cloudy with showers

The highs and lows are in centigrade, translated roughly as highs 55-60F, lows 45-50F. Friday and Saturday call for a 70% chance of showers (rats!)Light breezes, too. I'd suggest a light jacket and mini-umbrella just in case. The sun will be out earlier in the week and is due to reappear on Sunday.

[Auburn Annie]

WED MAY 18 High 16 Low 5 Cloudy periods
THU MAY 19 High 16 Low 7 Cloudy
FRI MAY 20 High 13 Low 9 Cloudy with showers
SAT MAY 21 High 13 Low 9 Cloudy with showers

The highs and lows are in centigrade, translated roughly as highs 55-60F, lows 45-50F. Friday and Saturday call for a 70% chance of showers (rats!)Light breezes, too. I'd suggest a light jacket and mini-umbrella just in case. The sun will be out earlier in the week and is due to reappear on Sunday.

[byKimberly]

Bru, you used suitcase in singular form...
C'mon girl, how many suitcases and trunks will need a lift, if you ever get them closed?

Just messin' with you dear, I know you need all that stuff, after all you're going to see the man.
KB

[charlene]

We've been having New England weather the last several days - very cool and damp/Rain right now. A windbreaker/sweater/polar fleece jacket should be good for scooting back after the shows...
I have but one suitcase...fully loaded tho!
lol
Bru - bring MOTRIN....ibuprofen....if you're haulin that mega suitcase around you'll need it....
;)

[charlene]

We've been having New England weather the last several days - very cool and damp/Rain right now. A windbreaker/sweater/polar fleece jacket should be good for scooting back after the shows...
I have but one suitcase...fully loaded tho!
lol
Bru - bring MOTRIN....ibuprofen....if you're haulin that mega suitcase around you'll need it....
;)

[johnfowles]

In the corfid home page list of links Florian has a link to what was a great site written by Torontonian Yuri Amatnieks
in which Yuri back in 1999 for the "Canary Yellow Canoe Tour" (actually the first Massey Hall convention) gave a plethora of
useful info including maps (of Orilia and where Gordon's Walk Of Fame star is located) for first time visitors to Toronto
and/or Canada. Florian's link still tries to link to the very obsolete original location at:-
http://members.home.net/amatniek/lightfoot/nov99tour.html
but I recall that home.net went down the tubes eons ago and latterly Yuri had it at his later rogers.com address.
A google search for Yuri's full name certainly brings up several results incuding a misleading geneology page and the original
"Our Story - Cathy & Yuri Amatnieks page at":-
"http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/ourstory.html"
and clicking on the "cached" link produces a cached page from last October plus at the foot of the page a link that used to
take you to:-
"To Amatnieks-Donovan Home Page " at:-
http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/index.html
but clicking on either that link or the link to the "current" page produces that annoying "this page cannot be displayed
error page or worse (in my case a spurious and iutetrly useless trojan calling itself "error asistant" insists on sticking
its unwelcome and distinctly unhelpful nose in).
So I tried the wayback machine at:-
http://www.wayback.notlong.com
and pasted in the old rogers.com URL as shown above
this produced a choice of 11 archived pages and I chose one from 10 April 2004
which opened:-
http://web.archive.org/web/20040410084635/http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/index.htm
and there I scrolled down to a find the link to :-
Gordon Lightfoot In Toronto which was at:-
http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/lighfoot/torontotour.html
which should therefore be archived at:-
http://web.archive.org/web/20040410084635/http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/lighfoot/torontotour.html
but unhappily the wayback machine despite a further search for that exact Lightfoot page reported back

0 pages found for http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/lighfoot/torontotour.html
Sorry, no matches.
at first I was inclined to give up but not deterred I tried an earlier (2002) archived page and hit pay dirt
except that Yuri's images including the essential maps are all anoyingly missing
I have made a notlong link to the wayback archived page so try this:-
http://yuri.notlong.com
Oh well I will now post this on the Newsgroup which Yuri frequents to see what is up or down as the case may be!!!
John Fowles
Hoping to meet up with a few friends later this week

[ May 15, 2005, 01:06: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

[johnfowles]

In the corfid home page list of links Florian has a link to what was a great site written by Torontonian Yuri Amatnieks
in which Yuri back in 1999 for the "Canary Yellow Canoe Tour" (actually the first Massey Hall convention) gave a plethora of
useful info including maps (of Orilia and where Gordon's Walk Of Fame star is located) for first time visitors to Toronto
and/or Canada. Florian's link still tries to link to the very obsolete original location at:-
http://members.home.net/amatniek/lightfoot/nov99tour.html
but I recall that home.net went down the tubes eons ago and latterly Yuri had it at his later rogers.com address.
A google search for Yuri's full name certainly brings up several results incuding a misleading geneology page and the original
"Our Story - Cathy & Yuri Amatnieks page at":-
"http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/ourstory.html"
and clicking on the "cached" link produces a cached page from last October plus at the foot of the page a link that used to
take you to:-
"To Amatnieks-Donovan Home Page " at:-
http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/index.html
but clicking on either that link or the link to the "current" page produces that annoying "this page cannot be displayed
error page or worse (in my case a spurious and iutetrly useless trojan calling itself "error asistant" insists on sticking
its unwelcome and distinctly unhelpful nose in).
So I tried the wayback machine at:-
http://www.wayback.notlong.com
and pasted in the old rogers.com URL as shown above
this produced a choice of 11 archived pages and I chose one from 10 April 2004
which opened:-
http://web.archive.org/web/20040410084635/http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/index.htm
and there I scrolled down to a find the link to :-
Gordon Lightfoot In Toronto which was at:-
http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/lighfoot/torontotour.html
which should therefore be archived at:-
http://web.archive.org/web/20040410084635/http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/lighfoot/torontotour.html
but unhappily the wayback machine despite a further search for that exact Lightfoot page reported back

0 pages found for http://members.rogers.com/amatniek/lighfoot/torontotour.html
Sorry, no matches.
at first I was inclined to give up but not deterred I tried an earlier (2002) archived page and hit pay dirt
except that Yuri's images including the essential maps are all anoyingly missing
I have made a notlong link to the wayback archived page so try this:-
http://yuri.notlong.com
Oh well I will now post this on the Newsgroup which Yuri frequents to see what is up or down as the case may be!!!
John Fowles
Hoping to meet up with a few friends later this week

[ May 15, 2005, 01:06: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

[Dan O'Malley]

I am also off to Toronto tuesday morning, leaving Gatwick airport in London at 11:15 am!! Got a ticket for saturday's show and cannot wait! (I'll worry about the expense when I return!)

[byKimberly]

It'll be worth it Dan!
I had the pleasure, last time and I'll remember it for a lifetime.
Kimberly

[SilverHeels]

OK ... you jokers ... My suitcase(s)are almost closed. Anyone wanna come and sit on them for me? ;)
Yes, Char, the Motrin is packed. Would I come to Toronto minus the Motrin!?!?!? :D
Dan, look forward to meeting you - and KB, we'll miss you.
To the rest - see you very soon!
I'm outta here!

[Sheryl]

Everyone who's going -- give Bru a hug from me and tell her I say "hi." <sobbing> But, it's all right..., <racking sobs> don't think about me out here in Los Angeles... all alone.... no Gord.. <weeping copiously>...WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! Char, dear, please tell Gord, Barry (both of them), Terry, Mike, and Rick I say hello. WAHHHHHHHHHHHH! And that I'll see them <hiccup> in Reno in September <sniffling> It's o.k. I'll be alright now. Brink is going to kiss Gord (again) for me. Right, Brink???? (Char, tell her it's O.K. to kiss Gord.) And while we're on the subject of kissing, someone kiss Billy Boy for me, too. You guys gotta take care of him. And make sure you post your stories ASAP!! You've got people waiting on tenterhooks out here in cyber-land!! :)

[Janice]

Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
WED MAY 18 High 16 Low 5 Cloudy periods
THU MAY 19 High 16 Low 7 Cloudy
FRI MAY 20 High 13 Low 9 Cloudy with showers
SAT MAY 21 High 13 Low 9 Cloudy with showers
Hmmm, doesn't look like sandal weather. Guess I better dig in the closet for some shoes and some sleeves :D

[charlene]

double the celcius number and add it to 32. that is approx. the Fahrenheit temperature.

16 C = 64. Remember it's always windy and cooler in the downtown core with the lake and tall buildings....

to us Torontonians 64 is heavenly after a harsh long cold miserable rotten stinking snowfilled, icy winter....!!!!!

[charlene]

double the celcius number and add it to 32. that is approx. the Fahrenheit temperature.

16 C = 64. Remember it's always windy and cooler in the downtown core with the lake and tall buildings....

to us Torontonians 64 is heavenly after a harsh long cold miserable rotten stinking snowfilled, icy winter....!!!!!

[Janice]

Originally posted by charlene:
to us Torontonians 64 is heavenly after a harsh long cold miserable rotten stinking snowfilled, icy winter....!!!!! Actually, 64 is not bad at all. We usually drop to the high 50s-low 60s at night, here. being sandwiched between the ocean, mountains and desert, we typically have cool nights and warm days with a refreshing breeze - which suits me fine :)

Hey, I'm thinking I might even throw the sandals in after all.

[Tyler]

Originally posted by Sheryl:
Everyone who's going -- give Bru a hug from me and tell her I say "hi." <sobbing> But, it's all right..., <racking sobs> don't think about me out here in Los Angeles... all alone.... no Gord.. <weeping copiously>...WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! Char, dear, please tell Gord, Barry (both of them), Terry, Mike, and Rick I say hello. WAHHHHHHHHHHHH! And that I'll see them <hiccup> in Reno in September <sniffling> It's o.k. I'll be alright now. Brink is going to kiss Gord (again) for me. Right, Brink???? (Char, tell her it's O.K. to kiss Gord.) And while we're on the subject of kissing, someone kiss Billy Boy for me, too. You guys gotta take care of him. And make sure you post your stories ASAP!! You've got people waiting on tenterhooks out here in cyber-land!! :) "I don't do no kissing". We had that talk in Vegas - and I will think of you in Los Angeles all alone just like you thought of me in Colorado as you were kissing Gord in Calif. hehehe. I don't think Bill will be lacking any caretakers!

[brink]

Originally posted by Sheryl:
Everyone who's going -- give Bru a hug from me and tell her I say "hi." <sobbing> But, it's all right..., <racking sobs> don't think about me out here in Los Angeles... all alone.... no Gord.. <weeping copiously>...WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! Char, dear, please tell Gord, Barry (both of them), Terry, Mike, and Rick I say hello. WAHHHHHHHHHHHH! And that I'll see them <hiccup> in Reno in September <sniffling> It's o.k. I'll be alright now. Brink is going to kiss Gord (again) for me. Right, Brink???? (Char, tell her it's O.K. to kiss Gord.) And while we're on the subject of kissing, someone kiss Billy Boy for me, too. You guys gotta take care of him. And make sure you post your stories ASAP!! You've got people waiting on tenterhooks out here in cyber-land!! :) "I don't do no kissing". We had that talk in Vegas - and I will think of you in Los Angeles all alone just like you thought of me in Colorado as you were kissing Gord in Calif. hehehe. I don't think Bill will be lacking any caretakers!

[Sheryl]

<Laughing BIG OLE' 'HORSE' LAUGH from Brink's comments>

[TomDavisSr]

Hello fellow gord heads, ive been following gordo for 20 years here in los angeles,im new to this forum and also im heading this wednesday to my first ever trip to toronto to catch the massey shows, i dont have tickets yet, will they be hard to come by ,ANY HELP ON ANY EXTRA TICKETS WOULD BE AWSOME !!!!, IM EXCITED ABOUT OUR FIRST CANADIAN ADVENTURE , is toronto fun , IS THERE ANY MANDATORY kind of EXTRA CARICULAR GORD FUN THAT ANYONE HAS TO RECCOMEND,SIGHTS/BEFORE OR AFYER SHOW PUBBS /RESTAURANTS//ETC..., ive conerted 3 other gord heads recently WHO CANT GETR ENOUGH OF HIM and ive talked them all into making the journey with me...were looking to get rowdy and bask in full gord glory for 5 days stright ,WERE TRAVELING A LONG WAY FROM HOME SOOO..anyy tips?

[COUCHICHING]

Hello fellow gord heads, ive been following gordo for 20 years here in los angeles,im new to this forum and also im heading this wednesday to my first ever trip to toronto to catch the massey shows, i dont have tickets yet, will they be hard to come by ,ANY HELP ON ANY EXTRA TICKETS WOULD BE AWSOME !!!!, IM EXCITED ABOUT OUR FIRST CANADIAN ADVENTURE , is toronto fun , IS THERE ANY MANDATORY kind of EXTRA CARICULAR GORD FUN THAT ANYONE HAS TO RECCOMEND,SIGHTS/BEFORE OR AFYER SHOW PUBBS /RESTAURANTS//ETC..., ive conerted 3 other gord heads recently WHO CANT GETR ENOUGH OF HIM and ive talked them all into making the journey with me...were looking to get rowdy and bask in full gord glory for 5 days stright ,WERE TRAVELING A LONG WAY FROM HOME SOOO..anyy tips?
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[The Rez]

RE: Massey Hall and Toronto

Beginning tonight I will be sleeping between flannel sheets, wearing tripple sox, Union Suit (w/ trap door,) earmuffs, stocking cap
(w/ tassle,) and full RMI backcountry gear
(w/ blueblocker goggles) in order to more fully experience and join you each and all in the spirit of the Great White North Gord Convergence.

Jealous? YOUBETCHAREDRYDER!

The Rez

PS: The Blond-Bikini-Balboa-Beach-Babes
(w/ tailtattoos) will be mine at last.

. . . some cats got it and some cats ain't

[Auburn Annie]

Updated/improved forecast

Weather for Toronto, ON

High / Low

62° | 44° Thu

53° | 46° Fri

57° | 44° Sat

69° | 44° Sun

Partly sunny (10% chance of showers)

[Auburn Annie]

Updated/improved forecast

Weather for Toronto, ON

High / Low

62° | 44° Thu

53° | 46° Fri

57° | 44° Sat

69° | 44° Sun

Partly sunny (10% chance of showers)

[<Dan O'Malley>]

I made it! Saw Gord all 4 nights and met the man himself last night. He signed my ticket and I got a photo of the two of us. Still a bit shell shocked! I'm using the internet cafe in chapters bookstore on john street, sadly going home tomorrow. But it was all well worth it!

[<Dan O'Malley>]

I made it! Saw Gord all 4 nights and met the man himself last night. He signed my ticket and I got a photo of the two of us. Still a bit shell shocked! I'm using the internet cafe in chapters bookstore on john street, sadly going home tomorrow. But it was all well worth it!

[musky_man]

Sheryl/anyone,

When would tickets be available for the Reno show in September (or are they now) .... never been there and to top if off with a GL concert would not be a bad thing :)

TIA

[GJA]

You lucky people! Maybe someday I'll get to see him!!

[GJA]

You lucky people! Maybe someday I'll get to see him!!

[Sheryl]

Musky, click on the site itself, it might tell you. I don't think they're on sale yet.