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06-18-2015, 05:01 PM
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#126 | | 2x Variable Nockenwellen Steuerung
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Because of accounting and budgets? School budget belongs to VSB, hospital belongs to Coastal. Besides the event was originally sponsored. Just like if the makerspace out of money, doesn't mean you are out of money etc etc.
If cancelling an event like this can make money magically appear in the coffers of VSB and Costal Health.. Greece might want to take note.
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Originally Posted by Manic!  The government has no money for schools or hospitals so where did they get the money for this? | | 
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06-18-2015, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by CivicBlues For everything else you can have the exact same experience at Vanier park or English Bay without dealing with irate drivers with air horns or Native protestors with drums. |
Irate drivers on a Sunday morning?
If you're irate on a Sunday morning before 11 AM you have bigger problems in life than people doing yoga on a bridge.
Those protesters can get fucked. If those pricks can protest a healthy event yet not self-organize to clean up litter on the downtown east east side they're proving that trolls exist in real life and they just want to shit on anything good while never doing anything positive themselves.
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06-18-2015, 06:32 PM
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#128 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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Originally Posted by CivicBlues Well I was affected by it, I bitched about it, and now it's gone.  There's NIMBY for stuff that will actually make the city better which is dumb. And then there's NIMBY for stupid ill-thought out shit like this. | shit like this is what makes this city better. you want a nice and quiet city with no community events? live on an isolated island or something. Vancouver's a city with its own character, shit like this builds character. Most of all, you live in downtown? you have no problems with marathons and parades closing the streets for half the day, but a problem with a bridge closure when most people in/out of downtown at 4am on a Sunday are shitfaced in a cab?
Didn't know driving across Granville Bridge instead of Burrard would throw off your entire Fathers Day.  | |
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06-18-2015, 08:05 PM
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#129 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by godwin Because of accounting and budgets? School budget belongs to VSB, hospital belongs to Coastal. Besides the event was originally sponsored. Just like if the makerspace out of money, doesn't mean you are out of money etc etc.
If cancelling an event like this can make money magically appear in the coffers of VSB and Costal Health.. Greece might want to take note.
I am sure the police and city support workers who will be working would have appreciated the overtime, especially on a weekend. | You understand B.C. exists outside Vancouver right?
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06-18-2015, 09:31 PM
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#130 | | 2x Variable Nockenwellen Steuerung
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Yes but Burrard Street bridge is city property.
Hence I pointed out only Vancouver city for school and hospitals. The province distributes money to the relevant geographic authorities.
Again the money has been budgeted for fiscal years, if there are projected short fall, it might happen. I can't see how cancelling or putting on an event will affect budgeted items (unless they are really incompetent). As I say, if you can make money appear and disappear due to putting or cancelling events and affected a published budget, I am pretty sure there is a Nobel prize for Economics waiting for you. Quote:
Originally Posted by Manic! You understand B.C. exists outside Vancouver right? |
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06-18-2015, 10:31 PM
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I am so angry right now I can feel my pulse through my skinny jeans
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06-18-2015, 10:33 PM
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#132 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Manic! The government has no money for schools or hospitals so where did they get the money for this? | LNG
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06-18-2015, 11:26 PM
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#133 | | Banned (ABWS)
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I kind of wish I could have Ommmm'ed the bridge  | |
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06-18-2015, 11:49 PM
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Meet you on the west side of Burrard Bridge @ 6:45am tomorrow. Milano Coffee after.
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06-19-2015, 01:01 AM
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#135 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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06-19-2015, 08:44 AM
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#136 | | linguistic ninja
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Originally Posted by jackmeister shit like this is what makes this city better. you want a nice and quiet city with no community events? live on an isolated island or something. Vancouver's a city with its own character, shit like this builds character. Most of all, you live in downtown? you have no problems with marathons and parades closing the streets for half the day, but a problem with a bridge closure when most people in/out of downtown at 4am on a Sunday are shitfaced in a cab?
Didn't know driving across Granville Bridge instead of Burrard would throw off your entire Fathers Day. | LOL at all you butthurt sore losers.
Go cry into your into your organic soy lattes, no one else cares.
FYI I have no problem with marathons and parades (even if they are corporate sponsored) because they're not half-assed attempts to curry favor (excuse the pun) with a foreign power and corporate interests.
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06-19-2015, 09:06 AM
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#137 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Lol, I was actually opposed to this event as well, however at least I can see that it would serve ALOT of people. anytime you can get a free family-friendly event that is pretty unique, for only $150k, I can see the merit in it. And that $150k pretty much goes directly to people's wages in Vancouver.
btw, hosting it at a park, or other venue would cost just as much. you still need to hire the same amount of people -- flag people to direct traffic, clean-up crew, people to place banners, port-o-potties, police enforcement, etc. Not like those costs magically disappear. I do believe that corporate sponsorship should cover it 100% if possible though.
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06-19-2015, 01:03 PM
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#138 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by CivicBlues Go cry into your into your organic soy lattes, no one else cares. |
2015 hipsters drink quintuple shot americanos with only a small amount of milk
2016 may see a return of drip coffee with flavoured creams
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06-19-2015, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by carisear Lol, I was actually opposed to this event as well, however at least I can see that it would serve ALOT of people. |
Like I said... I bet it would have been awesome!
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06-19-2015, 01:11 PM
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#140 | | linguistic ninja
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Originally Posted by multicartual 2015 hipsters drink quintuple shot americanos with only a small amount of milk
2016 may see a return of drip coffee with flavoured creams |
Q: Why did the hipster burn his mouth?
A: Because he drank quintuple shot fair-trade americanos with organic vegan soy milk before it was cool.
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06-19-2015, 02:04 PM
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I bet if CivicBlues touched a fixie bicycle his skin would burn and he would hiss
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06-19-2015, 02:05 PM
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p.s. True hipsters are so over soy, it was soooooooooo 2011
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06-19-2015, 03:48 PM
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#143 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by multicartual p.s. True hipsters are so over soy, it was soooooooooo 2011 | That's because hipsters suck the cool out of everything, chew it up, and spit it out before moving on to ruin the next trend.
BTW, your little sister wants her jeans back.
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06-19-2015, 04:30 PM
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Chill brahs! So much negativity is killing the chi. Wooo saaaa... 
Let's all relax and debate this like gents over a basket of yam fries and micro-brewed pale ales. 
And for 2015, its organic cane sugar with your americano. I know because a few of my caucasian commuter cyclists friends are thinking of opening a cafe in Chinatown with asian influence in the name to pay homage to the neighbourhood. Woo Chee Wong Cafe Haus will be up and running as soon as the cement dries around the bicycle racks.  | |
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06-19-2015, 04:43 PM
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#145 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by adambomb Chill brahs! So much negativity is killing the chi. Wooo saaaa...
Let's all relax and debate this like gents over a basket of yam fries and micro-brewed pale ales.
And for 2015, its organic cane sugar with your americano. I know because a few of my caucasian commuter cyclists friends are thinking of opening a cafe in Chinatown with asian influence in the name to pay homage to the neighbourhood. Woo Chee Wong Cafe Haus will be up and running as soon as the cement dries around the bicycle racks. | Fucking awesome 
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06-20-2015, 01:16 AM
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