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Traum 04-05-2017 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by originalhypa (Post 8833035)
Having just got back from the US, I was shocked as to how expensive food is there too. My average lunch cost for a family of 5 was at least $50, and the two nights we ate "fancy dinners" were over $150. This is in USD too, so add $1.35 to those numbers. It hurts when you think about it.

I seem to remember that for certain food (poultry, eggs, milk, etc.?), Canadian safety standards are higher. Something to do with usage of hormones, arsenic, source and/or processing of the meat. In particular, USDA has allowed China-processed chicken to be sold to US for consumption. Let's just say I am not particularly fond of China's food processing, eh?

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Originally Posted by originalhypa (Post 8833375)
I don't want to ride a scooter like some uneducated villager in Pakistan. I want the white picket fence, I want land, and I want to drive a big truck. I didn't choose to open the immigrant floodgates. I didn't choose to export our oil and grain to the US and Asia. Someone else did, and they're reaping the benefits. Is it fair that the billionaires are getting richer, while many of us are getting poorer and being forced to change our lifestyles? Not at all.

Yet so many folks such as yourself are willing to accept that. And that my friend, is sad. The erosion of North America is our generations greatest loss.

While I may have a slightly different take than you do on some of the issues you mentioned, I get where you are coming from, and I mostly agree with you on how the wealth gap is widening and forcing us to alter our lifestyle for the worse. In particular, I totally agree on the point where the N.American dream and lifestyle are getting replaced with the Asia-like packed sardines living, and people are just rolling over without a fight to accept it. To me, that does not make sense at all. Had I wanted to stay living in a tiny suite in a highrise instead of living in a single detached house, had I wanted to ride a bus or take a train instead of driving to work, I would have move to some major city in Asia.

Maybe I am talking through a pair of rose tinted glasses, but I honestly think life in the 70's up to around the turn of the millennium was a far better time to life in Vancouver, regardless of the economic ups and downs. There was an awesome race track right there in Coquitlam. Single income families can still afford a mortgage on a single detached home with a 2 car garage, a car payment, and still have $$$ leftover to raise a family. The sky was bigger, closer, and wider with far fewer highrises (just look at Burnaby Metrotown and Brentwood area now?). You can still choose to live in close quarters if you want, but the key difference is choice. Now we barely even have that choice to live in tiny tight spaces while keeping ourselves fed.

Gosh... I'm turning into a grumpy old man like MG1... :lawl:

Timpo 04-05-2017 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by originalhypa (Post 8833375)
Honestly Timpo, fuck the rest of the world.
I don't care if some asshole is eating bugs in Nigeria, or some Thai national can't afford shoes. All I care about is maintaining my North American lifestyle.

I don't want to ride a scooter like some uneducated villager in Pakistan. I want the white picket fence, I want land, and I want to drive a big truck. I didn't choose to open the immigrant floodgates. I didn't choose to export our oil and grain to the US and Asia. Someone else did, and they're reaping the benefits. Is it fair that the billionaires are getting richer, while many of us are getting poorer and being forced to change our lifestyles? Not at all.

Yet so many folks such as yourself are willing to accept that. And that my friend, is sad. The erosion of North America is our generations greatest loss.

yeah but the reality is, American dream is over. We're not in 1960s or 1970s.

As Kevin O'Leary said, China is taking over. Not just China, but if you look at Japan, Korea, Vietnam, etc...Asians work hard, they don't just do 9-5 shifts. It's typical to see them sleeping over at work.

If you drive around in Tokyo for example, you will immediately notice that how many nice cars like Ferrari and Mercedes driving around, all the buildings are much cleaner and nicer, public transits are far more sophisticated, etc.

Yet in Canada we expect someone to hire us as long as we graduate college/university.
Getting a 4,000 sq-ft house + 2 car garage, maybe with a pool...those days are long gone.

Everybody says this "University degree is new high school diploma"

RickyTan3 04-05-2017 12:07 PM

LOL at anyone driving a car that needs 91-94 and bitching.

I am sitting at 25-30L / 100km

Ain't complaining

MarkyMark 04-05-2017 12:21 PM

Who's asking for a 4000sq ft house with a pool? I'd be perfectly happy with what my dad was able to afford with one salary back in the 80s/90s. Being middle class used to offer such luxuries as a car to drive to work and a modest place to live. Now people say you're​ entitled and should think about a scooter and rent for life.

I'm glad I was born in the 80s and not now, at least I still have a chance at owning property. I can tell my grandkids how once upon a time even the common folk had a pot to piss in.

Also, by the time I'm 80 global warming will be in full swing and I'll be sitting on my porch in 45C weather wearing a sweater being comfortable as fuck.

yray 04-05-2017 03:29 PM

Mg1 stole all our money :troll:

Also another reason to get an E car... Nothing like hanging out at Ikea for free fill ups

mr_chin 04-05-2017 03:44 PM

<3 my u-pass.

dlo 04-05-2017 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyTan3 (Post 8833408)
LOL at anyone driving a car that needs 91-94 and bitching.

I am sitting at 25-30L / 100km

Ain't complaining

wtf are u driving holy

originalhypa 04-06-2017 08:54 AM

Wife just texted me as she works in Abbotsford.
$1.199/L there, $1.419 in Langley and probably more the closer to Vancouver you get.

It's fuking highway robbery.....

SSM_DC5 04-06-2017 08:58 AM

price in vancouver is 1.419

originalhypa 04-06-2017 11:27 AM

After selling the Chevron in downtown Van for $72 million, you would think they could give us a bit of a break on gas prices...

mikemhg 04-07-2017 10:41 AM

Can someone answer that scooter question. You can ride them in bike lanes?

Traum 04-07-2017 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mikemhg (Post 8833788)
Can someone answer that scooter question. You can ride them in bike lanes?

By "bike lanes", if you mean the ones used by human-powered bicycles that our stupid mayor is infatuated with, then I'd say I don't think you can ride a 50cc scooter in there.

In HOV lanes where motorcycles are allowed, I still don't think 50cc scooters would be allowed there unless traffic is <70 km/h. By law, LSMC cannot exceed 70 km/h on level ground. So if you are going faster than that, you are breaking the law.

Gh0stRider 04-07-2017 11:17 AM

Gas prices across Metro Vancouver to drop by 7 cents: expert - BC | Globalnews.ca

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Gasbuddy.com analyst Dan McTeague says prices are set to fall from a high of $1.42.9/litre — the highest prices have been in Vancouver in almost three years –beginning Thursday night.

Prices should fall two cents beginning Thursday at midnight and a further five cents by Saturday.

6o4__boi 04-07-2017 11:18 AM

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tonyzoomzoom 04-07-2017 05:54 PM

So prices go up by 10cents because of US refinery issues; but drops 7cents when things are back to normal.

Totally makes sense....

flagella 04-07-2017 06:09 PM

Gonna go up again as we head into summer with summer blend.

twitchyzero 04-07-2017 06:12 PM

i thought gas was going up because of the air strikes on Saudi-backed Syria (even if our crude isn't coming from ME)

noclue 04-07-2017 06:45 PM

you mean Russia.. and Syria doesn't pump out enough oil to affect the markets.

Mr.Money 04-07-2017 08:16 PM

Any option to fuck over Consumers they will take it to us as a CUCK cause we'll never complain enough to cause action...the Canadian Way...START A RIOT in this!

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Originally Posted by RickyTan3 (Post 8833408)
LOL at anyone driving a car that needs 91-94 and bitching.

I am sitting at 25-30L / 100km

Ain't complaining

Hummer H2 with 6.0L?

RickyTan3 04-08-2017 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr.Money (Post 8833907)
Any option to fuck over Consumers they will take it to us as a CUCK cause we'll never complain enough to cause action...the Canadian Way...START A RIOT in this!



Hummer H2 with 6.0L?

x6m all city driving

FerrariEnzo 04-08-2017 01:14 PM

I was at shell and I got a promo prompt at the gas pump to save 0.04/liter... not sure if its a shell thing or a Airmiles thing... first time for me...

Jmac 04-08-2017 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by FerrariEnzo (Post 8833979)
I was at shell and I got a promo prompt at the gas pump to save 0.04/liter... not sure if its a shell thing or a Airmiles thing... first time for me...

They're currently running the same promotion at the Ladysmith Shell station (-$0.03/L) on my commute.

I Googled it and it seems like they do these promotions (-$0.03/L to -$0.05/L) at random Shell stations on occassion throughout the country.

godwin 04-08-2017 08:15 PM

Well prices have normalised by 3 - 4 cents this week already.

For city driving a BEV is good enough.. it is actually kinda fun in the rain and those low resistance tires.

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Originally Posted by tonyzoomzoom (Post 8833879)
So prices go up by 10cents because of US refinery issues; but drops 7cents when things are back to normal.

Totally makes sense....


godwin 04-08-2017 08:18 PM

Ikeas and most municipal facilities (community centres, libraries etc).. Most malls I see are starting to charge $1 / hour, $4 max.. which is not bad. Tesla does offer $1000 of free charge every year. Say $5 for 200km (maybe I am just lead footed).. that's 40k km worth of mileage a year.. all in first gear!

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Originally Posted by yray (Post 8833436)
Mg1 stole all our money :troll:

Also another reason to get an E car... Nothing like hanging out at Ikea for free fill ups



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