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Fucking hell, I’m charging the EV at the Homer Street DC Fast Charger and everything there is sticky. The sidewalk, the chargers, everything. I notice what looks like tree sap on the car. I was like fucking hell, then this lady in the Tesla in front of me says, “That’s not tree sap. It’s aphid droppings. Okay, I run back into the car. I’m not going to be pissed on by a thousand aphids, lol.
The next Charger down the street opened up and it’s void of trees, so I just charged in that spot. Checking the roof of the car, sure enough, five aphids the same colour as the leaves, were crawling around.
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
Low voltage/data is a great trade IMO. I’m not on the tools myself but it’s typically a clean/safe work environment and anyone worth their salt could basically hand pick who they want to work for and make good money doing it. Techs typically get a vehicle, phone, laptop etc. provided as well by the bigger outfits.
All the top companies in BC are always looking for good people and there’s been a shortage of quality TQ’d techs in security for 20+ years. Low voltage is consistently growing as technology evolves and the security market is considered somewhat of a “recession proof” industry. This is because when times are tough, crime tends to increase and those with money spend to protect their businesses/properties.
Good programs available at BCIT for anyone looking.
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punkwax, I don't care what your friends say about you, you are gold!
Low voltage/data is a great trade IMO. I’m not on the tools myself but it’s typically a clean/safe work environment and anyone worth their salt could basically hand pick who they want to work for and make good money doing it. Techs typically get a vehicle, phone, laptop etc. provided as well by the bigger outfits.
All the top companies in BC are always looking for good people and there’s been a shortage of quality TQ’d techs in security for 20+ years. Low voltage is consistently growing as technology evolves and the security market is considered somewhat of a “recession proof” industry. This is because when times are tough, crime tends to increase and those with money spend to protect their businesses/properties.
Good programs available at BCIT for anyone looking.
Definitely good if you can specialize in something like access control. I like that they've now included it in the curriculum. Alarm installers are a dime a dozen especially if you work for a big company (ADT, Brinks, etc come to mind.) They can hire anyone off the street with no criminal record and train them in a day to install wireless contacts and sell monitoring contracts.
I completed the Security Systems Tech program at BCIT about 10 years ago. With 16 students in the class, 14 graduated. Probably 2 are still in the trade. Technology has improved so much and prices have become more affordable for people to install their own equipment. If you have the installer's manual you can figure out the wiring and programming. Gone are the days of programming panels with a PC550 keypad and converting binary numbers in your head.
If you do low voltage, then you should go do fire alarms.
That is definitely recession proof lol and shits always 10 years behind.
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MG1: in fact, a new term needs to make its way into the American dictionary. Trump............ he's such a "Trump" = ultimate insult. Like, "yray, you're such a trump."
bcrdukes yray fucked bcrdukes up the nose
dapperfied yraisis
dapperfied yray so waisis
FastAnna you literally talk out your ass
FastAnna i really cant
FastAnna yray i cant stand you
on a serious note, to play devil's advocate to yray, if you consider the fire alarm tech route, go invest the time to be a sparky, and get exp & be good at FA work, you can work for FA tech companies, or be the FAG for electrical firms...
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Fire Alarm Guy
you'll never be out of work. there's always need an electrician that knows what the fuck they're doing with fire alarm systems.
Anybody has a solution to those damn annoying Mandarin robocalls ... they are getting so frequent. Coming in on land line so can't block like I can with cell phone.
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They had a 30% off storewide sale a month or two ago. I got me a pair of jeans for scary cheap. It was a buy one get 2nd pair for 50% off, then the 30% kicked in after that discount.
Socks this time......... maybe another old man, bucket hat. My trusty, "Angel of the Winds Casino," hat is getting pretty beat up. It's my, "Indiana Jones," go to, hat. Wouldn't be caught dead not wearing it, gulolol. Well, the sun is out more now and I have to protect the noggins. Heat stroke at my age is no fun.
EDIT: I just remembered. The last 30% off was Mother’s Day sale. If I can find the receipt and fill out some on-line survey, I get a code for another $10.00 off a $50.00 purchase. Such win!
Also, the sale is on till tomollow, so buy something now, get the receipt, and do the survey to get code for later today or tomorrow. I’m gonna get that black belt san dan for killer frugalness, gulolol.
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"there but for the grace of god go I"
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
Telus now offers a similar service for anyone called “Babylon” it’s an app where you skype with a doctor and they can do pretty much anything from prescriptions to referrals. Works pretty great actually I’ve used it a few times.
If you link it with your family doctor they will update your records with them as well
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The Shaw box at my parent's cottage, an Arris HDDSR 600, is shutting down and rebooting every 5 minutes. Shaw can't seem to find a problem.
-power is supplied by a new Honda 7000Watt generator which is capable of powering devices which draw much more power like the washer, dryer, and microwave.
- coax cable goes to to a Shaw satellite dish.
- it has had all the connections disconnected and reconnected, including plugging the power into the wall instead of the powerbar
- it has been powercycled for more than 5 minutes
- all the bandwidth checks on various channels came up normal
- the setup has worked fine for the past few years, we even tried running it on the old generator and it still has the same issue.
I suspect the box is the issue, but Shaw doesn't seem keen on the idea of replacing it.
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