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Team USA and AT&T commercial

I like this ad. 

New Vancouver 2010 Lucky Loonie out tomorrow - Feb 12th

Tomorrow the Royal Canadian mint releases the Vancouver 2010 Lucky Loonie. You can wait to get one in your change, or you can get them at RBC branches and participating Petro Canada location. 

Don't forget to get one for you collector's card. I think we need 7-8 of them.  I think I'll just go to the bank, rather than trying to find them in my change.  It could take forever.

The story of the Lucky Loonie began at the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympic Winter Games.  The icemaker, a Canadian, Trent Evans, buried a loonie under the centre ice.  Both the Canadian men's and women's ice hockey teams went on to win gold.    

Sneek peek at new Molson Canadian Ad

Courtesy of Adam Moffat of Molson via Twitter.

 

 

More Sponsor Ads in Pitt Meadows

The bus shelter ads...

There are lots more, these were just a few that I walked by.
  

McDonald's Happy Meal Vancouver 2010 Toys

Go on.  Admit it.  You've been waiting for these.  The Happy Meal Toys.  There are 8 in all.  Two are released each week, and it's already week 3.

The hockey arena, sticks and pucks all punch out, so you can challenge your friends to a game of ice hockey.

Quatchi ski jumping.  The base has wheels and when you push he jumps, but only a little.

 

• Quatchi ice hockey
• Miga figure skating
• Sumi alpine skiing
• Quatchi & Miga on a bobsleigh*
• Miga snowboarding
• Quatchi ski jumping*
• Sumi sledge hockey
• Quatchi luge

Sponsor Ads in Pitt Meadows

 
 

For those that don't know Pitt Meadows is approx 45kms east of downtown Vancouver. 

 
 

 Today was a beautiful day to get some exercise. 

 
 

An 8km walk, and on that walk there is an abundance of Olympic sponsor ads.

 

 

 

        
 

 

 

   
  

  

CTV Believe Ad - with Donald Sutherland

CTV Believe Ad - For Our Country and Our City

Almost makes be proud to be almost Canadian.

Coca Cola Happiness Machine

How come the vending machines at my work don't do this?

 

 

Molson Should Match my Donation to Haiti

On the weekend Molson Canadian Hockey House lowered the prices on their fan zone passes to $99.00. The fan zone passes get you in to Hockey House, complimentary food, cash bar and in and out privileges. 

Passes for February 21st (Canada vs USA) and February 28th (Gold Medal) game sold out quickly.  MCHH was on our wish list but we couldn't stretch it to the full VIP pass.  But we decided we could manage the $99 each.  

I have February 18th off, and will be back in Vancouver for the day.  Hubby and Morag don't have any tickets that day, and my Mum and Dad have only one event. I checked the site and there was passes available for the 18th.  And Canada is playing.  Perfect.  5 passes into my shopping cart, enter my visa info and away we go.

The website just timed out. RBC Visa said that there was a temporary charge on my visa for approx $550. So I assumed the purchase had gone through.  Not so much.  For whatever reason it didn't work.  I called the Molson ticket office and they confirmed that they had no record of the purchase.  But by then the 18th had already sold out.  

We can still get the VIP pass, but at $500.00 each they are outside our budget.  Hubby, my parents and Morag might decide to go another night.  There other nights still available.  But the 18th was my only option.

Oh well, you know what?  We'll survive. And after I bitched for a bit, I realised that I was being entirely selfish.  So I took the $200.00 for what would have been the fan zone passes for hubby and I and made a donation to the Red Cross for Haiti.  I think Molson should match it! 

Moving on...

 

We finally got our tickets from the original lottery. Well Mum and Dad's tickets.  They put in for 3 of the Olympic Experience Packages, and were lucky enough to get 2 of the packages, including Opening Ceremony tickets.

 
 

Hubby and I put in for 2 tickets to some of the long track speed skating, short track speed skating, ice hockey, aerials, bobsleigh, skeleton, luge, ski jump, downhill skiing and curling.  Of the 20 or so tickets we requested we "won" 2 for the curling.  

 

We've since managed to pick up a few more from the fan to fan resale site and through the Whistler locals offering, so we are happy with our range of tickets.  Hubby and I also bought tickets to the Paralympics - Sledge Hockey x 2, Biathlon x 4 and Closing Ceremony x 4.  It look like a lot of tickets doesn't it?

  

Also in with the tickets - The Olympic Spectator Guide, the Paralympic Spectator Guide, remainder that Visa is the official payment card of the Games, merchandise offers for the hockey jersey, official souvenir program and commemorative frames for tickets and a pin.

My parents arrive in 20 more sleeps.  I am so excited to see them.