Saturday 13 October 2012

Humour & other interesting things from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut!!!!


It is warm day when it is 0 degrees
It can be cold outside and you can be sweating.
There are not garage sales because only few houses have a garage…it a house sale.
A cab ride anywhere in town is $5/person.
There is one car in town…the rest of vehicles are ATVs, SUVs and pick up trucks.
In Rankin…all ATVs are called Hondas, no matter who is the manufacture is.
Snowmobiles are called machines.
Don’t make friends with a dog who pulls a dog sled.
All the babies are cute.
In the winter, your plane trip will strongly depend on the weather.
Mail from Richmond Hill, Ontario takes 1. 5 weeks to get here.
Courier service takes just as long and is way more expensive.  Hubbie found out the hard way!!!! Lol!!!
The cost of mailing a 10lb box from Rankin Inlet to Richmond Hill is about $45.
It has snowed about 6 times since mid September.
There has been snow on the ground and ice on the puddles and the lake outside my window  in the last week.
Seeing Marble Island from Rankin means that the wind direction is changing and is a rare occurrence.
Dress warmly if you are going out on the land.
Inuit women are very quiet when giving birth.
In the 2 1/2 months I have been here the location of the sunset has gone from my north window to west window…and heading south.
When I got here there was 4 hours of darkness at night and when I leave it will be close to being the reverse.
The Internet is extremely slow and gets even slower near the end of your monthly anniversary date.
As a nurse, when asking questions watch the body language of your patient because eyebrows are raised for yes and frowned for no.    Even the little ones do this.  And many of the nurses learned the hard way.
The terrain is not for wearing high heels.
Running shoes or hiking boots are the shoes of choice in Rankin Inlet.
The number of strollers you see in town you can count on one hand.
The ATM can run out of money.
Who delivers the money to the ATM machines in Rankin Inlet?  Just wondering!!!
Chum FM is one of the radio stations we get.
News is mostly from Newfoundland and Manitoba.
The local radio station is bilingual…English and Inuktitut!!!
If you are on Weight Watchers…activity points are easy to earn…you walk everywhere.
Everyone is friendly and says hi or waves to you.
If you have come here from elsewhere to work, the locals are always interested in where you come from and about your family.
You can do a lot of crafts when working night shift when everybody is asleep.  I have completed 2 ½ so far!!!
You get the best sunsets and sunrises in the north.
The northern lights are beautiful to watch.
There are many talented crafters in Rankin Inlet...crocheters, carvers, sewers & drawers and they can make just about anything.
I think the 2nd highest population in Rankin Inlet after Inuit is the Newfoundlanders.