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12-29-2016, 07:38 AM
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#5001 | | Witness protection
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Originally Posted by MG1  Haven't missed any yet on my street. And, the back alley was pretty messed up with snow last week. The truck that did come by was an automated one that usually picks up the green stuff. It did both garbage and the whats-the-right-word, recycling.
Remember, two days delayed this week, due to Xmas and Boxing Day.
I'm not looking forward to garbage every two weeks that starts sometime in 2017. Can't imagine it in the summer heat. Keeping costs down is important, so not complaining.
As for snow, "Bring it on!!" So much exercise. This old man is loving it. Show those young punks what real work is all about, Gulolololololol. | don't get a heart attack old man... i mean it. there will be nothing left here to read but timpo's posts 
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12-29-2016, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by thumper on the radio just now they said bby is mixing sand with their salt in an effort to keep their salt reserves up. | Just saw Street Ops in my lane throwing down what looked like mostly sand on the big chunks of ice so I guess it's true.
As for Sanitation I've had my Garbage and Green Bin picked up every week since snowfall all be it sometimes 1 day late. As for recycling which has been privatized to Smithrite they have made zero attempts since snow fall.
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12-29-2016, 07:43 AM
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#5003 | | Witness protection
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Originally Posted by winson604 Just saw Street Ops in my lane throwing down what looked like mostly sand on the big chunks of ice so I guess it's true.
As for Sanitation I've had my Garbage and Green Bin picked up every week since snowfall all be it sometimes 1 day late. As for recycling which has been privatized to Smithrite they have made zero attempts since snow fall. | are you front or back lane collection? unfortunately it's back lane for me 
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12-29-2016, 07:57 AM
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#5004 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by thumper are you front or back lane collection? unfortunately it's back lane for me | Skip engineering and give sanitation a direct call - 604-294-7972
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12-29-2016, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by thumper don't get a heart attack old man... i mean it. there will be nothing left here to read but timpo's posts | ........but the exercise prevents heart attacks, lol.
Seriously, I have friends who are runners. Totally in shape. Then they suffer heart attacks and strokes. Doesn't matter if you're in shape, out of shape, short, tall, fat, skinny, asshole, or nice guy.............
To sum it up, "Life sucks, and then you die."
Which is why we do as much good for others as we can in the little time we are given.
Damn, it's too early in the day for this kind of shit............ is it snowing yet?
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12-29-2016, 08:02 AM
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#5006 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Originally Posted by stewie Skip engineering and give sanitation a direct call - 604-294-7972 | Stewie, do you get to drive those eco cars Burnaby has? Are those Smart for Two cars they have electric? Also seen a Honda Ridgeline with Burnaby logos on them. Burnaby municipality....... so hip.
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
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12-29-2016, 08:24 AM
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#5007 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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Originally Posted by winson604 Just saw Street Ops in my lane throwing down what looked like mostly sand on the big chunks of ice so I guess it's true.
As for Sanitation I've had my Garbage and Green Bin picked up every week since snowfall all be it sometimes 1 day late. As for recycling which has been privatized to Smithrite they have made zero attempts since snow fall. | that's funny because it's been the exact opposite experience for me. smithrite has always come every week (maybe 1 or 2 days late if the snowfall was bad) but still came.
CoV garbage/green bin on the other hand didn't even come. just waited for the next round of pickup. wife was mad i just said hey what do you expect private vs public collection 
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12-29-2016, 08:33 AM
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#5008 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by MG1 Stewie, do you get to drive those eco cars Burnaby has? Are those Smart for Two cars they have electric? Also seen a Honda Ridgeline with Burnaby logos on them. Burnaby municipality....... so hip. | I'm usually in my office so I don't have the need to go out and about on job sites anymore. If I do go out I'm usually with one of my bosses and I'll be in the white f150's. If they offered me one of the smart cars I'd opt out to use my own personal truck instead hahaha
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12-29-2016, 09:16 AM
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#5009 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by stewie If they offered me one of the smart cars I'd opt out to use my own personal truck instead hahaha | Haha too true. Can't imagine anyone in engineering, or construction rolling up to a jobsite in a smart car. It would be 10x worse for city workers, they are already the butt of every joke on most jobsites... They'd get ridiculed non-stop.
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12-29-2016, 09:26 AM
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Sad that someone would be ridiculed for driving a smart car to a job site.
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12-29-2016, 09:30 AM
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#5011 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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So the next snowfall is expected Saturday?
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12-29-2016, 09:32 AM
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#5012 | | Head of HR....have a seat on that couch
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As long as it didn't have some stupid graphics on it, I wouldn't give a shit about driving a company car.
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12-29-2016, 09:50 AM
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#5013 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by MG1
I'm not looking forward to garbage every two weeks that starts sometime in 2017. Can't imagine it in the summer heat. Keeping costs down is important, so not complaining.
| I live in van and it's been 2 weeks for garbage for the past couple of years.
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12-29-2016, 09:57 AM
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#5014 | | Meet on the Level and Part on the Square
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Don't bother heading to Whistler today - traffic is stopped around Brandywine and it is a gong show. Cars are getting turned around, many in the ditch, complete white-out conditions.
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12-29-2016, 10:02 AM
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#5015 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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for single family houses, every couple of weeks isn't too bad imo
condos/multiplexes/townhomes usually has a private provider so it doesn't affect em
it's the multi-family households and the households that don't separate their garbage into recyclables/compostables that are fucked
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12-29-2016, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Zedbra Don't bother heading to Whistler today - traffic is stopped around Brandywine and it is a gong show. Cars are getting turned around, many in the ditch, complete white-out conditions. | good to know, was going to maybe head up tomorrow. it'll be sunny but who knows what the roads will be like
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12-29-2016, 10:19 AM
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#5017 | | Meet on the Level and Part on the Square
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Originally Posted by blkgsr good to know, was going to maybe head up tomorrow. it'll be sunny but who knows what the roads will be like | If you are on Facebook, I recommend joining the group Sea to Sky Road Conditions. Many users update frequently. Today there are a tonne of pics of carnage on the road. RCMP are now doing tire checks at Alice Lake just north of Squamish. If you don't have winter tires or chains they will turn you around - they have a right and may even fine you, as Hwy 99 north of Horseshoe bay it is mandatory to have proper winter tires. https://www.facebook.com/groups/838863822792614/ | |
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12-29-2016, 10:25 AM
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#5018 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by radioman Sad that someone would be ridiculed for driving a smart car to a job site. | Well in a world dominated by Diesel driving knuckle draggers, I don't really see why it would be surprising.
I drove my FX to a jobsite on one project, the jokes never stopped coming. (albeit I get jokes at the local mall parking lot as well, so maybe not mutually exclusive to the jobsite...  )
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12-29-2016, 10:27 AM
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#5019 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by meme405 Well in a world dominated by Diesel driving knuckle draggers, I don't really see why it would be surprising.
I drove my FX to a jobsite on one project, the jokes never stopped coming. (albeit I get jokes at the local mall parking lot as well, so maybe not mutually exclusive to the jobsite... ) | What if its a diesel smart 
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12-29-2016, 10:28 AM
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#5020 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by meme405 Well in a world dominated by Diesel driving knuckle draggers, I don't really see why it would be surprising.
I drove my FX to a jobsite on one project, the jokes never stopped coming. (albeit I get jokes at the local mall parking lot as well, so maybe not mutually exclusive to the jobsite... ) | Didn't say I would be surprised if there were jokes, I sad it would be sad.
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12-29-2016, 11:57 AM
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#5021 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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Originally Posted by yelnats8 I'm sick of this snow already.
I’ve had to shovel my driveway so many times this past few weeks. Don’t think I’ve done that much shoveling even back in Calgary lol.  | I know parts of East van that kind of look like that. But there's also areas in South van that has grass showing through the snow...
Amazing difference when considering it's only like a 20min distance.
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12-29-2016, 12:52 PM
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#5022 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by AzNightmare I know parts of East van that kind of look like that. But there's also areas in South van that has grass showing through the snow...
Amazing difference when considering it's only like a 20min distance. | South of 49th you start getting the elevation change towards the Fraser River. It is amazing what a 100 feet of elevation change can do.
My neighborhood around 33rd looks exactly like that picture. Even with the rain today. Wait until it freezes over later in the week  | |
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12-29-2016, 01:25 PM
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#5023 | | Witness protection
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holy crap i was just in east van and the side streets look like it snowed only yesterday... having said that it must have been because of what stewie said about people not being able to park against the curbs so what is already narrow streets only got worse.
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12-29-2016, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by stewie Skip engineering and give sanitation a direct call - 604-294-7972 | thanks stewie. they said my area is on the attempt list for today. have to see if it's true when i get home from work tonight.
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12-29-2016, 03:04 PM
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To clarify and put in context, in my original post I meant they tow and plow only after the snow has stopped.
Here is the source.
I actually like how Toronto sets standards and let the public know for when they plow in cms. Much better than ours "Oh it is coming" Granted Toronto is much larger. Quote:
Originally Posted by stewie Ummmmm, source? We plow while snowing and after and continue to salt as long as the temperature is low enough. They worked around the clock 24/7 even on christmas day. There's just not enough trucks to hit every block in a timely manner which sometimes can leave a road unplowed for a while, but it will be done.
The lower mainland is more or less out of salt. Hard to imagine but it's true.
There's 3 options - Buy salt from other cities outside of lower mainland and have it trucked in. Wait for the barge that's towing the shipment in which wont be here for another 2 weeks possibly. Use sand which they really prefer not to do as it will be washed away and clog storm lines causing blockages and overflow and leaving black ice everywhere. | | |
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