[winson604]

Nevermind the drivers, not all of them obviously but quite a few... I am often waiting at places and they just barge up to the front with their bag open yelling out their order number and the staff always have to gravitate toward them.

I also have the experience quite often of trying to order something and the terminal for an order app starts dinging away and their attention is drawn away from me to check what's on that and then back to me again.

Do the delivery apps still make you decide the tip% before the food even arrives? That's some serious intimidation if it's still the case (I believe it was with some of them).


Yes but you can change the tip amount up to a certain time after the food had arrived. I know there have been stories from the driver side saying they saw an order with a nice tip then after the delivered they changed it to a shitty ass tip or none at all.

[underscore]

This can be changed by taking ownership of the GoogleMyBusiness listing though. I wonder how good of an effort Uber takes into GMB management

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Not every restaurant owner is going to be tech savvy enough to figure that out though.

[Spoon]

Ordered Uber Eats when they were running promotions and the driver went on a giant detour with my meal. Food arrived cold even though the restaurant was less than 10 mins away, and I was able to remove his tip. What I didn't expect was Uber (or likely the restaurant) reimbursing me for the meal though.

IMO, delivery apps will be a hit or miss experience since it's driver dependent, but they're here to stay. Minimum wage isn't all that minimal anymore. So operators probably feel the pinch and need to maximize the usage of their staff even though it cuts their margins. And let's not forget about fuel and time cost. I've used delivery apps for family picnics and what not and the convenience is sometimes worth the extra cost.

[MarkyMark]

I've never had an issue getting my money back if the food arrives cold or if there was something wrong with the order. Not sure who actually takes the hit when that happens

When there are promotions it's cheaper or very close to the same price than it would be for me to order from the restaurant directly and pick it up myself

[punkwax]

All this talk of food apps had me curious if I had an offer sitting there since I haven’t ordered delivery in over a year or so. Checked skip at like 10PM and yep, $8 off of McD’s so I got all the kids a happy meal (Pokémon cards are out), let the boy stay up late for his chicken nuggies and customized myself a McDouble. They need a “like a mac” button btw..

First time having McDs in quite a while.. ‘twas a glorious late night munch sesh with the kids :lol

[sonick]

I've never had an issue getting my money back if the food arrives cold or if there was something wrong with the order. Not sure who actually takes the hit when that happens

When there are promotions it's cheaper or very close to the same price than it would be for me to order from the restaurant directly and pick it up myself

I hope it's not the case, but I would assume the restaurant gets dinged when people request their money back. Shitty deal since its the delivery driver and the app's fault of setting the route and not at all the fault of the restaurant.

[MarkyMark]

I hope it's not the case, but I would assume the restaurant gets dinged when people request their money back. Shitty deal since its the delivery driver and the app's fault of setting the route and not at all the fault of the restaurant.

Yeah that would be ridiculous because we've had situations where we saw the food sitting on someone's doorstep 8 houses over a couple of hours later when going for a walk lol

[yray]

any recommendations for a muffler/exhaust guy around the Bridgeport area

[winson604]

All this talk about food delivery apps who uses grocery delivery apps like Instacart lol. Man I haven't stepped foot into a Costco in over a year since I started using it.

Unlike food delivery apps like uber, door dash etc it isn't nearly as expensive not even close in my experience anyway. With food apps you're paying in some crazy pretty insane markups on the actual product and then a shit ton of extra fees on top.

With instcart the main difference lies in the markup of the product. I haven't looked at every single order I've ever done but I have found that sometimes the price on instacart was even lower than if I ordered it on costco.ca or if it was marked up the difference was extremely minimal.

Example:

Tide original
Coscto.ca = $27.49 after $5.50 off
Instacart = $24.09 after $$5.50 off

Zip Lock Med size bags
Coscto.ca = $15.49 after $3.50 off
Instacart = $14.59 after $3.50 off

I use it so much so that I got a membership for $99 a year (cheaper than an uber pass or door dash pass) and again so far great service, barely even paying more in some instances compared to going yourself even factoring in fees and tip.

Here's an example of a recent order. Service fee was basically nothing but sure tip and fee was $16. I may or may not have even paid any markup on the actual items. Compared to ordering food that's a steal on a $100+ order. You could easily order 2 or 3 items on a food app and already pay way more than $16.

Order totals
Item Subtotal

$108.45

Tip

$14.33

Service Fee

$1.96

Service Fee Tax

$0.10

Goods and Services Tax

$4.48

Provincial Sales Tax

$6.28

Retailer Discount

-$5.50

Instacart+ Member Delivery

Free

Total

$130.12

[sonick]

any recommendations for a muffler/exhaust guy around the Bridgeport area

Not sure if too far, I've always heard good things about Hoegler's Muffler City on 3 Rd.

[BIC_BAWS]

I hope it's not the case, but I would assume the restaurant gets dinged when people request their money back. Shitty deal since its the delivery driver and the app's fault of setting the route and not at all the fault of the restaurant.

Unfortunately, this is the case. See link below, directly from Uber.

https://help.uber.com/merchants-and-restaurants/article/managing-refunds-for-missing-or-incorrect-orders-?nodeId=9aa57e9b-8bbf-4aa7-91d6-96ca77682dd2

[Spoon]

With instcart the main difference lies in the markup of the product. I haven't looked at every single order I've ever done but I have found that sometimes the price on instacart was even lower than if I ordered it on costco.ca or if it was marked up the difference was extremely minimal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5NyL_QOFJY&ab_channel=CBCNews

[TOS'd]

With instcart the main difference lies in the markup of the product. I haven't looked at every single order I've ever done but I have found that sometimes the price on instacart was even lower than if I ordered it on costco.ca or if it was marked up the difference was extremely minimal.

Example:

Tide original
Coscto.ca = $27.49 after $5.50 off
Instacart = $24.09 after $$5.50 off
Costco in-store = $21.49 after $5.50 off

Zip Lock Med size bags
Coscto.ca = $15.49 after $3.50 off
Instacart = $14.59 after $3.50 off
Costco in-store = $12.99 after $3.50 off

Costco.ca is marked up vs. in-store at Costco already since shipping is built into the cost on the .ca website.

So yes Instacart may be a few bucks cheaper than the website, but it may very well be marked up slightly on top of the in-store price.

EDIT: added zip lock bag price.
EDIT: added tide original price.

[Liquid_o2]

Costco.ca is marked up vs. in-store at Costco already since shipping is built into the cost on the .ca website.

So yes Instacart may be a few bucks cheaper than the website, but it may very well be marked up slightly on top of the in-store price.

EDIT: added zip lock bag price.
EDIT: added tide original price.

This is exactly it. If you shop in-store at Costco, the majority of items will be cheaper than what you see online. When you factor in $3 to $5 on each bulk item at Costco, it can really add up over the year.

[Euro7r]

For some reason, I've been overcharged at the Save-on-foods near my place twice in the past 3 weeks. First time the cashier gave me $4 off on-top of the correct price when I told them about the incorrect pricing when I bought burgers 3 weeks ago.

Today I bought an item in store where the label showed $19.99 but I was charged $29.99. I showed them no where on the aisle price tags show $29.99, the cashier refunded me the over-charged difference upon confirmation.

I recall if my understanding is correct, if an item is under $10, you get it for free if you spot the pricing error. If it's over $10, they have to give you the lower price (correct price) and offer $10 reduction?

[TOS'd]

Canadian Scanner Price Accuracy Code (Formerly known as SCOP). You need to mention SCOP and also the retailer must be participating in it to honour it, in your case Save-on-foods does.

https://www.simplyfrugal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/scanner-price-sticker-2019.png

When I went to Loblaws and bought two sticks of butter on sale, they rang up as full price and I showed her the sale sign and mentioned SCOP, so she gave me the first one free and I paid the sale price on the second stick of butter.

[AzNightmare]

My Ring doorbell caught some guy that just walked up to my mail box and took everything in it.
Not sure if this is worthwhile to even report it...

SOL?

[whitev70r]

^ Sorry about that .. but definitely report especially if you got video ... cuz if guy is doing it to yours, chances are, he is doing it to others in the neighbourhood.

[Fafine]

Happened to us before. I'd suggest replacing the mailbox with a lockable one.

[Hondaracer]

If you’ve got clear video of the guy I’d probably print some flyers out and post em around the hood. At the very least it creates a deterrent

[winson604]

My Ring doorbell caught some guy that just walked up to my mail box and took everything in it.
Not sure if this is worthwhile to even report it...

SOL?

I'd be pissed if it happened to be the mail drop with the Churches Chicken coupon.

[604STIG]

Canadian Scanner Price Accuracy Code (Formerly known as SCOP). You need to mention SCOP and also the retailer must be participating in it to honour it, in your case Save-on-foods does.

https://www.simplyfrugal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/scanner-price-sticker-2019.png

When I went to Loblaws and bought two sticks of butter on sale, they rang up as full price and I showed her the sale sign and mentioned SCOP, so she gave me the first one free and I paid the sale price on the second stick of butter.

Since learning about this years ago, I always automatically place the most expensive item im purchasing first to be scanned to maximize discount ($10 max)
I'm actually surprised at how many times per year this situation occurs.

[sonick]

How do you guys bring it up with the cashier?

I am always self-conscious about coming off like a tightwad-cheapskate, especially if cashiers aren't aware of the policy and I need to Karen it and ask for a manager.

[Spoon]

I recall if my understanding is correct, if an item is under $10, you get it for free if you spot the pricing error. If it's over $10, they have to give you the lower price (correct price) and offer $10 reduction?

They do.

https://www.retailcouncil.org/scanner-price-accuracy-code/
1.1 On a claim being presented by the customer, where the scanned price of a product at checkout is higher than the price displayed in the store or than advertised by the store, the lower price will be honoured; and

(a) if the displayed price of the product is $10 or less, the retailer will give the product to the customer free of charge; or
(b) if the displayed price of the product is higher than $10, the retailer will give the customer a discount of $10 off the lowest advertised price.

On the other hand, retailers have caught on. One time I discovered a discrepancy and informed the cashier while she was scanning my items. She corrected the price on the spot and just like magic, the mistake never took place because the proper way was to knowingly let the purchase go through and report to CSR. :yuno:

Then there's one time, I saw a lady with a giant cart of products at the CSR counter. Apparently she's known to the store, and on a weekly basis, she would go there to pick up incorrectly priced items to abuse the rules. CSR had to call their manager on the ruling and I did not stick around for the final verdict. But you have to admire her commitment. :awwyeah:

[underscore]

iirc mail theft is considered a fairly serious crime, so it'd be worth reporting it.

[bcrdukes]

I have somewhat of an opposite problem.

I started to get mail for some random person and it's from their bank (RBC.) I know that this person has never lived at this address before. What can I do about this?

[Great68]

I'd just write "return to sender, incorrect address" on the envelope and throw it back in a postal drop box

[yray]

I have somewhat of an opposite problem.

I started to get mail for some random person and it's from their bank (RBC.) I know that this person has never lived at this address before. What can I do about this?

I just write "no such persons"

[Acura604]

Wasssup my Penticton biches.... what's there to do in this hick town? i'll be checking out the Kelowna action later today -


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[AzNightmare]

iirc mail theft is considered a fairly serious crime, so it'd be worth reporting it.

Dumb question, but how do I report it? Do I have to call the non-emergency police or can I upload it somewhere online with a video?

It was basically my tenant's mail. I checked the mail box earlier so I know what was left behind, including a small amazon package. He probably saw it sticking out a bit out of the mail box and then decide to take all the envelopes too. What a guy...



I have somewhat of an opposite problem.

I started to get mail for some random person and it's from their bank (RBC.) I know that this person has never lived at this address before. What can I do about this?

lol, this happens to me all the time... I'm still getting mail from tenants that moved away over a year ago.
I just write "MOVED" and throw them back into the Canada Post drop boxes. But in the past when I was lazy, I have also written "MOVED" on the mail and just put it back into my mailbox with those envelopes sticking out half way so it can be noticed. The mailman seemed to have collected them like that as well.

[Hondaracer]

All the penticton breweries are pretty good. Catch a cab go up into naramata. Could go to the wine willage if you’ve got a car in Oliver.

Imo I’d rather head south from oenticron than north to Kelowna. 8th generation winery on the way to Kelowna has a killerrrrr Frizante if you’re into sparkling wines

Looks like you’ve already been to the Hooded Merganser (sp) never seen to many white haired wheel chair bound people in penticton before going there for dinner in June lol

[Acura604]

All the penticton breweries are pretty good. Catch a cab go up into naramata. Could go to the wine willage if you’ve got a car in Oliver.

Imo I’d rather head south from oenticron than north to Kelowna. 8th generation winery on the way to Kelowna has a killerrrrr Frizante if you’re into sparkling wines

Looks like you’ve already been to the Hooded Merganser (sp) never seen to many white haired wheel chair bound people in penticton before going there for dinner in June lol

I'm heading out to Kelowna at 330 but wtf is up with the traffic approaching the bennett bridge. Ugh. Not looking forward to that.

https://www.castanet.net/news/Letters/346635/Traffic-problems

[StylinRed]

Been seeing a lot of tiktoks hating on the bridge traffic, some ppl even moved from one side of kelowna to the other cuz it would take forever to get to work

[donk.]

Forever is like 15 minutes tops, they should visit Vancouver between 7am-9am or 230pm-6pm on the highway

[underscore]

The bridge traffic sucks donkey balls but it's nothing compared to the traffic you guys get.

[radeonboy]

Tickleberry's in Okanagan Falls is a fun stop if you like ice cream and have a vehicle.

[Spoon]

I'm heading out to Kelowna at 330 but wtf is up with the traffic approaching the bennett bridge. Ugh. Not looking forward to that.


It's like you're passing through the 18 levels of hell. Each level gets hotter. :devil:

[68style]

Tickleberry's in Okanagan Falls is a fun stop if you like ice cream and have a vehicle.

The name of this place made me giggle.

[yray]

I'm heading out to Kelowna at 330 but wtf is up with the traffic approaching the bennett bridge. Ugh. Not looking forward to that.

https://www.castanet.net/news/Letters/346635/Traffic-problems

check out homeblock at cedarcreek

blew like $1300 for dinner for 4 though :lawl:

[Badhobz]

check out homeblock at cedarcreek

blew like $1300 for dinner for 4 though :lawl:

woah... thats like king krab money. must be a lot of fancy booze

[westopher]

Go to row fourteen. Derek is one of the best chefs Vancouver has ever had.

[Hondaracer]

Go to row fourteen. Derek is one of the best chefs Vancouver has ever had.

Had their like $55-$60 lunch tasting menu last year, probably in my top 5 meals all time. And 6/8 plates were veg

[westopher]

Awesome. I've never been, but always loved Dereks food at espana and savio. Really nice guy too.

[Hondaracer]

Awesome. I've never been, but always loved Dereks food at espana and savio. Really nice guy too.

I didn’t take any pictures of it really but this dish, fuck. It was like zucchini three ways or somthing on zucchini bread. It had no business being as good as it was lol

https://i.imgur.com/J7qz8IE.jpg

[Badhobz]

it doesnt look that good, but ill take your word for it.

[68style]

Cannot wrap my mind around how that would taste good

[Badhobz]

this vegan girl at work keeps coming up with these type of concoctions and saying how delicious it is.

everyone else is like :pokerface:

[bcrdukes]

it doesnt look that good, but ill take your word for it.

It's as good as a big zucchini shoved into your mouth lol

[westopher]

I don’t know how people live their lives thinking all vegan or vegetarian dishes are bad/weird, as much as I can’t understand people not eating meat. People on both ends of the spectrum are unbearable to have food conversations with. I had someone tell me to go back to Africa when I made a vegan dish for a how to video, because I’m not a real Canadian if I don’t eat meat lol.
Hot tip. I’m a white guy, so if you tell me to go back to anywhere it should be Scotland or Germany or something.

[68style]

It's as good as a big zucchini shoved into your mouth lol

Just another Friday night for dukes

[Badhobz]

I don’t know how people live their lives thinking all vegan or vegetarian dishes are bad/weird, as much as I can’t understand people not eating meat. People on both ends of the spectrum are unbearable to have food conversations with. I had someone tell me to go back to Africa when I made a vegan dish for a how to video, because I’m not a real Canadian if I don’t eat meat lol.
Hot tip. I’m a white guy, so if you tell me to go back to anywhere it should be Scotland or Germany or something.

GO BACK TO AFRICA !!!! FeelsBadMan

[Hondaracer]

I don’t know how people live their lives thinking all vegan or vegetarian dishes are bad/weird, as much as I can’t understand people not eating meat. People on both ends of the spectrum are unbearable to have food conversations with. I had someone tell me to go back to Africa when I made a vegan dish for a how to video, because I’m not a real Canadian if I don’t eat meat lol.
Hot tip. I’m a white guy, so if you tell me to go back to anywhere it should be Scotland or Germany or something.

I’m about as pro-meat as you can get. I often have this conversation with friends etc. as to what your “favourite food” would be in terms of a single item for a last meal type thing etc. mine would almost certainly be a slab of meat, a super fatty rib eye etc.

However I’ve long since given up any preconceptions about vegetarian, vegan dishes etc. how can you not eat a simple peice of fruit and be blown away by the flavour. I’ve had some pineapple and peaches that were so fucking amazing I had to find people to give them to share the experience lol. A basic peach is like bordering on orgasmic so how can you ever poo poo any sort of dish where an excellent chef has currated amazing, fresh, ingredients into something mind blowing regardless of the contents.

I think so many people have a simpletons pallete and would rather take pictures of some foo foo presentation that tastes like a Big Mac over relatively simple presentation where the ingredients were the main focus

Edit* imo the definition of this form over function dining are Chinese wedding banquets. Shark fin soup and all the other shit. Those meals are fucking trashhhh lol but people think because they spent money on it it’s good? I’ve been to 4-5 for kids birthdays, weddings, etc. the meals are fucking embarrassing lol

[westopher]

Man, perfect example with the peach. Ever pick the perfect blackberry? It’s fucking astonishing. The issue with so many of these people is they grew up eating those bagged thumb carrots and strawberries that came on a truck from Tijuana that took 3 weeks to get here and are covered in pesticides, so they really don’t know what real produce tastes like.

[mikemhg]

Wasssup my Penticton biches.... what's there to do in this hick town? i'll be checking out the Kelowna action later today -


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Grab some floaties and hit the canal.

[mikemhg]

Go to row fourteen. Derek is one of the best chefs Vancouver has ever had.

This 100x. We go there on the way up, and the way back home, by far my favorite restaurant in the Okanagan.

We just went there again a few weeks ago, had that Zucchini dish that Honda posted, it was honestly amazing. A mix of sweetness and salty butter in the bread, mixed with the heartiness of the vegetables. Amazing combination. They also had a beet dish which was great. If you try lunch there, get the burger, all locally sourced and delicious.

Stop by Bromley Rock too for some cliff jumping.

[underscore]

I've got a bunch of family members that are vegetarian/vegan and what I've found is that the things with something subbed in as fake meat usually aren't very good, but the stuff designed as its own thing are good.

[EvoFire]

Fake anything is usually horrible as it's trying to pretend to be something it's not. Building from the ground up where the flavours work together is always going to be better.

[CivicBlues]

Indian food is the OG vegetarian cuisine and it's delicious most of the time they've been at it since time immemorial.

I'm sorry but the vast majority of White people can't make vegetarian and especially vegan food taste good. Maybe give it a few hundred more years of practice. Doesn't help that so many of you guys are averse to any kind of spice.

[westopher]

$100 this white can handle spicier food than you can.

[68style]

Spicy Showdown

Civicblues vs westopher

Time/Place?

[CivicBlues]

$100 this white can handle spicier food than you can.

:lol I don't doubt you can. I'm just speaking in generalities of course - it's not your fault your people had the benefit of cold weather and refrigeration. Us Equatorials had to spice everything up so our food wouldn't go rotten the next day. But these days it's usually white guys that order atomic spicy hot-destroy-your-butthole-the-next-morning wings that I can't compete with. I take it your palette is more refined?

[Badhobz]

youre right, indian veggie cuisine is the only one i can tolerate. I tried going veggy for a few weeks (nearly died) but i ended up basically only eating indian food for the entire duration.

Chinese vegetarian is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING DISGUSTING.

made my dick shrivel up just thinking about it.

[Hondaracer]

Fuck that Reaper chicken Sandwhich from DL chicken shack had my dick and my asshole on fire Jesus Christ lol

[CivicBlues]

Lebanese/Syrian food is also excellent for Veg. But hard to say how strict they are with cross-contamination since they love their kebabs too.

Anyone know of any good South Indian restaurants that are not Dosa restaurants? Used to go the Chutney Villa but they seem to have changed hands a few times and gone downhill and now renamed to something else. The authentic stuff is delicious and completely different from other (north) Indian food you'd normally get here in Vancouver.

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/294073958_1449944545432674_3104396963593928063_n.j pg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=e3f864&_nc_ohc=__WaVzu1f7cAX_hKpyW&_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.xx&oh=00_AT9Fmydq6OOEyTK0CVSsVU4r4k4U8esM1qaNZ8m5M0Ao Ag&oe=63048EB4

[Badhobz]

Lebanese/Syrian food is also excellent for Veg. But hard to say how strict they are with cross-contamination since they love their kebabs too.

I had this Persian veggy mix in hamburg a few months ago and it was quite good. lots of different humus(s) and goes well w/ pita.
https://i.postimg.cc/0yTw0nWk/IMG-2592.jpg

[68style]

Fuck that Reaper chicken Sandwhich from DL chicken shack had my dick and my asshole on fire Jesus Christ lol

You're supposed to wash your hands before you rub one out, especially after eating something spicy :lol

[CivicBlues]

Tangentially related but I've recently been going to Yasma in Coal Harbour for Lebanese and Zarak in Mt. Pleasant for Afghan food. Both are new and quite trendy/fusion-y but have excellent food.

Also Ethiopian Food is another excellent option for Vegetarians. Lots of options in Vancouver

[whitev70r]

Heirloom, Meet on Main, Chickpeas, Chao Viet are all pretty good vegetarian restaurants. Very creative and bursting with flavour. Lots of vegetarian bowls on menus are pretty damn good as well.

[donk.]

Spicy Showdown

Civicblues vs westopher

Time/Place?

Guess next ricescene meat I'm bringing popsicles AND hot peppers....

[inv4zn]

You're supposed to wash your hands before you rub one out, especially after eating something spicy :lol

Ok but that doesn't explain the burning asshole...

Oh, wait.

[TOS'd]

Lebanese/Syrian food is also excellent for Veg. But hard to say how strict they are with cross-contamination since they love their kebabs too.

Anyone know of any good South Indian restaurants that are not Dosa restaurants? Used to go the Chutney Villa but they seem to have changed hands a few times and gone downhill and now renamed to something else. The authentic stuff is delicious and completely different from other (north) Indian food you'd normally get here in Vancouver.

I used to go to Chutney Villa a lot for their lunch specials and chicken biryani. The lady there was always so nice, albiet service was slow on occasion. Sad to hear them gone now.

[GLOW]

nice looking spread

[punkwax]

$100 this white can handle spicier food than you can.

$100 that this white can hang with the best of them.

I recently watched a foodie show on Netflix that introduced me to pikliz. Made Haitian griot with pikliz this week and the spice level was super addictive.

https://i.postimg.cc/fW1MftYz/F27-C386-F-CC81-4307-9-B18-553-DE1-DF30-C7.jpg

Don’t judge the plating lol. I had to wait 5 days for the pikliz to hang out and get to know each other so I just went for it with no f’s given on how it looked :lol

[mikemhg]

^This man is adventurous.

[Badhobz]

$100 that this white can hang with the best of them.

I recently watched a foodie show on Netflix that introduced me to pikliz. Made Haitian griot with pikliz this week and the spice level was super addictive.

https://i.postimg.cc/fW1MftYz/F27-C386-F-CC81-4307-9-B18-553-DE1-DF30-C7.jpg

Don’t judge the plating lol. I had to wait 5 days for the pikliz to hang out and get to know each other so I just went for it with no f’s given on how it looked :lol

bro is that costco stew beef cubes!?!??! i love that stuff. :awwyeah:

[punkwax]

Nope. Trimmed down and cubed a pork shoulder.

[Badhobz]

i honestly cant believe how cheap costco optical is vs something like lenscrafters or these tiny little ma pop optical places.

Ended up getting designer frame + lenses (transition lenses) for $340 tax in

The other guys wanted 800+ for the same crap

[Razor Ramon HG]

https://twitter.com/SLOplays/status/1560741377473904642

:rukidding:

[OriginalJC]

Any house exterior painter recommendations/referrals?

[ilovebacon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFFyeHJDI50&ab_channel=RealEngineering

We are in an era where we can customize our babies...

[Badhobz]

can i get one that doesnt spend all my money? CRISPER THAT SHIT OUT
p.s. fix my wife too

[WD-40]

We are in an era where we can customize our babies...

Dude looks like a very young Mao Tse Tung (Mao Zedong).

[StylinRed]

Organic Grassfed beef, Organic Grassfed butter, etc shipped all the way from New Zealand/Australia, is cheaper than local non-organic non-grassfed beef/butter etc

Make it make sense (been that way thru the entire pandemic/lockdown)

[westopher]

It's because the farming regulations are much more stringent in NZ and Aus, and the weather is more conducive to year round farming, and the practices that support that type of open field farming. It really just comes down to fertile farmland/supply.

[StylinRed]

They're tiny, so tiny 1/5th the size of BC, the same climate as BC, and 12000 kms away, export worldwide, and still far cheaper than locally raised though X.X

My money is on local farms screwing us :lol

[westopher]

Same climate as the lower mainland sure, but BC, no. I work very closely with a lot of farmers, have visited many beef suppliers, and honestly, I wish they were making more money. You're right about the feedlot shit farmers fucking us though. Garbage beef, garbage practices, garbage people.
Big part of that is the standards for food here are embarrassing. Lol at the Alberta quality beef bullshit that places like Cargill speak of. Fuck them so much.
It doesn't help that so much of our best farmland has become condos over the past 40 years.

[ImportPsycho]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lipU52BVzM

there is a Greek restaurant that I frequent, now adds mandatory 18% tip all customers, not just big group. Needless to say, I'm never going back there again.

[GLOW]

scam if that's forced - they should include it in the menu pricing

[68style]

^ Wow really... which one is that? Greek food is already crazy expensive as it is / always has been

[HonestTea]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lipU52BVzM

there is a Greek restaurant that I frequent, now adds mandatory 18% tip all customers, not just big group. Needless to say, I'm never going back there again.

Which one?

[Badhobz]

STEFOS!?!??! roast lamb dinner used to be 12 dollars FeelsBadMan

[Gerbs]

STEFOS!?!??! roast lamb dinner used to be 12 dollars FeelsBadMan

It's like $28 after 18% tip and 5% GST :lawl:

[CivicBlues]

Maybe not as bad but several Ramen places started to default to 18% minimum as well.

I thought tips were frowned upon in Japan?!?!

[Badhobz]

Yes a bowl of cheapy ramen is now on average 15+.

McDouble for life

[68style]

It's okay, not eating = lose weight = weight reduction = go faster = winning!

[Badhobz]

Me: hey my doors are reinforced carbon fibre plastic. Cool weight savings on my car
Her : waste of time, you’re still a fat ass
Me: you win this round bitch…..

https://youtu.be/5LGEiIL1__s

[punkwax]

^one of my all time favourite skits :lol

[68style]

So good lol

Badhobz bring your wife to the next stock and n00b meet, I feel like we already know her/she part of our crew

[GLOW]

STEFOS!?!??! roast lamb dinner used to be 12 dollars FeelsBadMan

i remember back in the day their normal go to plate dishes were like $8 at one point in time

[Badhobz]

i suspect shes on here somewhere (secretly failing my posts)

[68style]

I still feel bad for when I failed one of them... I just couldn't let that Rangers dig pass by... bitter old man

I think donk. just has fat fingers and uses his phone in bright sunlight lol

[donk.]

No, I'm an asshole that fails his online car homies

[CivicBlues]

Am I the only one that think Badhobz and his wife need to go to couples counselling?

[SkunkWorks]

Me: hey my doors are reinforced carbon fibre plastic. Cool weight savings on my car
Her : waste of time, you’re still a fat ass
Me: you win this round bitch…..

https://youtu.be/5LGEiIL1__s

... But you really said bitch right??

[Badhobz]

o hell yazzz, i said (looks around scared) bbbiiiiiiiitttttttcccchhhhhhh ....... im only fat cuz i had to put up with all your shit tho...

[Badhobz]

No, I'm an asshole that fails his online car homies

This is you and me donk
https://youtu.be/OjFUJEoq8k0

[whitev70r]

anyone knows what is happening? Fire in South Van. Gonna affect traffic on Knight Street .. .big black pungent plumes.

https://twitter.com/milkmanleeroy/status/1562578173967364096

edit - hearing it may be a used tire lot on Mitchell Island.

https://twitter.com/FarshadAhvazi/status/1562583748436455432

[westopher]

https://www.blog.miacademy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/artworks-000224970724-j7ic83-t500x500.jpg

[68style]

Someone on the track day chat posted this… well done haha

https://i.imgur.com/bRleMfv.jpg

[radeonboy]

Anyone heading down to Tacoma WA for Radwood PNW this weekend?

[68style]

Didn't know about it... otherwise I probably would have tried.

That group has outgrown itself though... it went the same way as BAT did... started out grassroots and has just turned into a rich man's collector club.

[westopher]

Yeah if I would have known I probably would have gone.

[quasi]

Dougie out here playing sim city with Surrey tax dollars. This won't happen, at least I wouldn't think so but what a clown. Why would anyone build a stadium without a dedicated team to play in it? lol, just for hosting shit? What a fucking idiot.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-mayor-mccallum-build-60k-sports-stadium?fbclid=IwAR2HA2YoST1pCRJ1860q_giGq3Oh5jCQi 4UkfgAsRId216HF8vJ7puSyRdQ


Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum not only wants to build a brand new stadium in Surrey, but he also wants to build the biggest damn stadium in all of Canada.

He said it with a straight face, so we’ll assume McCallum was serious about an outrageous plan to build a new 60,000-seat stadium for “all sports.”

“Part of our commitments that we’re going to say as part of our Safe Surrey Coalition is we are going to build a 60,000-person arena in Surrey,” McCallum told reporters from Cloverdale at the site of a new sports complex that broke ground today.

“It will be a multi-use arena for all sports. The city is a very big city; it’ll be bigger than Vancouver in four or five years. We need a sports stadium. We’re going to build a sports stadium in the next few years.”

[westopher]

Nightly nickleback concerts.

[GS8]

Surrey girl beauty pageants :heckno:

Also, whenever I hear Dougie on TV, he sounds like he has early dementia.

[68style]

How does the guy have any support left? Didn't he literally pass a law that he couldn't be investigated right before he was going to get investigated?

[quasi]

Surrey girl beauty pageants :heckno:

Also, whenever I hear Dougie on TV, he sounds like he has early dementia.

Possibly, I honestly think he's all about creating a legacy for himself at any cost to current and future tax payers, reason why he rammed the Surrey Police transition through.

I'm not opposed to the transition away from the RCMP, Surrey is a huge city and really should have it's own police force but I am opposed to the way he did it.

How does the guy have any support left? Didn't he literally pass a law that he couldn't be investigated right before he was going to get investigated?

I'm not sure, I'll be voting for the person I think has the best shot to beat him in October, I don't care what their platform is.

[Mikoyan]

Also, whenever I hear Dougie on TV, he sounds like he has early dementia.

Traumatic Brain Injury from getting his foot run over.

[bcrdukes]

Surprised he hasn't considered building an airport in Surrey to overtake YVR.

[bobbinka]

He said it would be home to the BC Lions and Canucks. BC Lions said that was the first they ever heard of it. Also, no way Canucks would need a 60,000 stadium. There are enough empty seats as it is.

And this is strictly a Surrey thing. There is no involvement from the Province. He basically just announced whatever he wanted.

[Hondaracer]

Lol aqualinis own rogers arena. You think they gonna give the concessions and shit to old Dougie? Fuck the guy really is out to lunch

[MarkyMark]

Just left the liquor store and the shelves are looking pretty bare lol I wonder how long this strike is going to go on for

[Badhobz]

London drugs pharmacy was closed at 7pm today due to staffing shortages. Their shelves are also quite bare and getting more so everyday.

[Manic!]

Just left the liquor store and the shelves are looking pretty bare lol I wonder how long this strike is going to go on for

Go to a private liquor store. They are not effected.

[bcrdukes]

Do people not want to work anymore?

[whitev70r]

^ Yah, I'm not quite getting that. Every sector is screaming that there are not enough workers - retail, restaurant, airline, etc. Things have returned to about 90% normal ... what is the reason for the overwhelming shortage of workers?

[68style]

I have almost no source of information that's relative except for 1 friend who married someone with older kids... like late teens/early 20's... all 3 kids refuse to get part-time or full-time jobs because there's "no point" to spend their day somewhere for the $ return and they're convinced they can do better online through social media. The modern day pyramid scheme.

I'm not saying that's entirely the reason, but if his kids are an example of any kind of movement like that, then yah the service industry is in a heap of trouble.

[SSM_DC5]

Influencer / YouTuber / content creator

[quasi]

I have almost no source of information that's relative except for 1 friend who married someone with older kids... like late teens/early 20's... all 3 kids refuse to get part-time or full-time jobs because there's "no point" to spend their day somewhere for the $ return and they're convinced they can do better online through social media. The modern day pyramid scheme.

I'm not saying that's entirely the reason, but if his kids are an example of any kind of movement like that, then yah the service industry is in a heap of trouble.

I don't know it's a mix for sure. I look at my son and his friends, going into grade 11 probably half of them have jobs. My son has been working since he was 15.

I've talked to the parents of some of the kids he plays football and boxes with, some are like yeah I want my kid to work others are I don't want them to work I want them to enjoy life and concentrate on school.

This argument I don't buy, I think you're creating kids that have very little life experience and are going to have a tougher time later in life interacting with people. I expect my son to work, I expect him to stay active and I also expect him to get good grades. There is no reason you can't achieve all of this at the high school level.

[punkwax]

r/antiwork

[Liquid_o2]

I don't know it's a mix for sure. I look at my son and his friends, going into grade 11 probably half of them have jobs. My son has been working since he was 15.

I've talked to the parents of some of the kids he plays football and boxes with, some are like yeah I want my kid to work others are I don't want them to work I want them to enjoy life and concentrate on school.

This argument I don't buy, I think you're creating kids that have very little life experience and are going to have a tougher time later in life interacting with people. I expect my son to work, I expect him to stay active and I also expect him to get good grades. There is no reason you can't achieve all of this at the high school level.

I didn't start working part time until first year out of high school. I don't think it was an issue, and wasn't behind compared to my friends working at McDonald's in Grade 11 and 12.

[CivicBlues]

People want to work. They just don't want to work shitty jobs anymore.

It's almost like everyone here forgot there's (still) a world-changing pandemic and turned people into shitty customers overnight making an already shitty situation even shittier. It's not just about low paying jobs - the public is shit right now, ergo public facing jobs are shittier than ever.

[68style]

Customers were super shitty when I was working shitty jobs too.. maybe even moreso without the fear of everything being recorded on video for viral exposure.

It's like a rite of passage lol... that's the other kind of strange thing about this stuff. I can't say I wholeheartedly agree with this concept, but someone recently said to me "Why does everyone want a living wage at the barista level? You're not supposed to live at that job, you're supposed to do it for a couple years while upgrading your skills and then move on to something that does pay a living wage"

Obviously there are other factors, but there is some merit to it.

[CivicBlues]

Yes I've been there too. When I worked retail Karens and their male equivalent would tell me I was worthless, etc. But nowadays people are physically attacking or verbally berating you for things out of your control. Not to mention the shitshow of mental illness holding our cities hostage. I can't imagine working at a place like Timmys and having to deal with that kind of shit day in and day out.

And it doesn't matter. Just because we had to eat shit doesn't mean our children should have to. With that kind of punitive logic should we all have busted our ass in polluted factories- no wait break our backs farming our own food- because our ancestors did too? Society has and should always strive for better.

[MarkyMark]

People don't seem to want to get their hands dirty as much anymore either. Trades are begging for people but I guess working from home sounds a lot nicer lol

[Hondaracer]

I think the issue is becoming people with zero skills have this “I’m better than this!” Attitude

I see it all the time at my employer. People have a pretty sweet gig great benefits, very flexible work/life balance but then the union and other people drill this idea into their peons heads that “this isn’t good enough!!”

Sorry but you only have the skills the company trained you for, you have no education, you’re not all of a sudden going to be making 80-100k a year being an ant at a corporate giant.

also given the financial climate people are hella risk adverse in terms of starting a business etc. (not like any of these people would be capable of it anyways) I’ve known a bunch of people I used to work with who are much younger than I am who got their hands dirty and learned to run machinery, do demo excavation work etc. from my former company, and then started their own company and are absolutely killing it now.

[Badhobz]

I don't know it's a mix for sure. I look at my son and his friends, going into grade 11 probably half of them have jobs. My son has been working since he was 15.

I've talked to the parents of some of the kids he plays football and boxes with, some are like yeah I want my kid to work others are I don't want them to work I want them to enjoy life and concentrate on school.

This argument I don't buy, I think you're creating kids that have very little life experience and are going to have a tougher time later in life interacting with people. I expect my son to work, I expect him to stay active and I also expect him to get good grades. There is no reason you can't achieve all of this at the high school level.

That’s probably because you’re an amazing parent and not a piece of shit like the other parents who allow their kids to get away with freeloading off them

[Euro7r]

Society norm is go to school, get good grades, so you can get a good job. WTF is a good job anyways? A job that pays well where you sit at a desk and not have to do much work? It is like a waitress/waiter with tips likely makes way more than someone that went to univerity for their arts/science degree LOL. I hate those people that brag about which university they went, or ask "oh, so which university did you go to". I didn't go to university, but we have the same job LOL.

Seems like society frowns down on entry level job, but every job has its purpose that make society complete as a whole. If everyone became doctors because it paid the big bucks, then who is going to serve you a restaurant or supermarket.

The impression I get from kids these days is "it's a waste of time, not worth my time, I'm too good for this job". It's easy to say that kinda shit when they're like freeloading from parents.

[quasi]

I didn't start working part time until first year out of high school. I don't think it was an issue, and wasn't behind compared to my friends working at McDonald's in Grade 11 and 12.

I'd agree it doesn't mean you're going to be totally social awkward but given the option of limited interaction with random people and a lot of interaction I think the later is better.

For me it's about taking things I learned that I could have done better at his age and trying to point him in the right direction and keeping his options open as much as possible until he figures out what he wants to do. My parents were never there for me for this for many reasons.

Work experience, great gets to deal with lots of people, learns how to manage a schedule, show up on time for work talk to people ect.

Sports, learns how to work as a team in football and in boxing he learns how to be an individual well understanding discipline.

School, you keep your grades up because you don't know what you want to do. If you want to go to University those doors are all open to you without having to go back to school to bring up your grades.

He's also learning lessons on his own limits, how much he can do realistically without getting overwhelmed. I'm far from a perfect parent, I've made a lot of mistakes in my life but I've learned from a lot of them and I'm trying to keep my son from making similar ones but at the same time letting him explore himself.

Edit: True story, my son dropped gym this year and picked up Biology. I asked him why he did that, he said because he wasn't sure what he wants to do in the future and he's keeping his options open. Even I was like, you sure you want to do that?

[68style]

And it doesn't matter. Just because we had to eat shit doesn't mean our children should have to. With that kind of punitive logic should we all have busted our ass in polluted factories- no wait break our backs farming our own food- because our ancestors did too? Society has and should always strive for better.

I think in general there needs to be more "treat people how you want to be treated" in all facets of society. It's kinda fallen to the wayside as we all get desperate to grab whatever we can grab for ourselves in a tightening financial world.

[CivicBlues]

See the huge uproar in the US over Biden forgiving student loans. People saying "I can't believe *I* was responsible enough to pay it off and now these freeloaders get a free ride". TBH if I just finished paying my student loans I'd be a little bit miffed too but most people can't see past their immediate situation and see what can be generally good for society.

And the death of crappy underpaid service jobs IS good for society.

[whitev70r]

^ Not sure I would go with the all out forgiveness ... maybe a 10 year interest free? Now there isn't even the incentive for a grad to get out there and work cuz their debt is wiped clean?

Or a system, eg. a reduction of 20% of loan per year if you are willing to work at remote areas? Incentivize it so that you get some productivity?

[CivicBlues]

Sorry my mistake...It's not debt forgiveness, it's debt relief - up to $10,000 to $20,000 depending on income. Tuition costs in the US are insane though as you probably know with many degrees costing 6 figures.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/24/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-student-loan-relief-for-borrowers-who-need-it-most/

So this brings another problem in today's polarized society. People hear "debt relief for student loans" and automatically go to "OMG the freeloaders are going to get free stuff from my tax money" because "Biden is destroying America" or something.

[68style]

That's the problem with all these programs, there's no "right time" to institute them... just have to put it in and then eat shit until all the whataboutme people stop bitching and move on to their next victim rant.

[Hondaracer]

I think you have to be VERY careful in how these programs are implemented. I’m not against them, as with anything you’ve got to start somewhere.

However look at CERB, I saw some projection that up to 30% of the claims were fraudulent. Just cutting people cheques and auditing later on never works.

[68style]

I definitely don't like the "it costs more to prevent it than the money we'd lose" approach......... that doesn't sit well with me since there's no way to account for how much ends up lost.

I actually would prefer they spent more and made sure not even 1 douche was able to brag to friends how they worked the system.

[whitev70r]

Damn if you're planning to go to the Island this weekend! Huge delays yesterday due to police incident and then today, lots of cancellations!

https://twitter.com/DangerOnAir/status/1563159123348574210

[68style]

My dad abs my sister were supposed to come back from Nanaimo to Tsawwassen with a reservation, had to switch terminals and go to Horseshie Bay this afternoon instead, prett much lost their whole day and gotta fight rush hour Lions Gate traffic

[Manic!]

Damn if you're planning to go to the Island this weekend! Huge delays yesterday due to police incident and then today, lots of cancellations!

https://twitter.com/DangerOnAir/status/1563159123348574210

The story I am hearing is 1 or 2 junkies stole a car in Nanaimo then got on the ferry to Vancouver. Someone got stabbed and was thrown overboard.

[OriginalJC]

Damn if you're planning to go to the Island this weekend! Huge delays yesterday due to police incident and then today, lots of cancellations!

https://twitter.com/DangerOnAir/status/1563159123348574210

Dang, at first I didn't think it looked that bad based on the thumbnail. then the vid panned right :heckno:

[Manic!]

https://www.cheknews.ca/bc-ferries-incident-nanaimo-duke-point-1081901/

Person missing from ferry found safe

[punkwax]

https://i.imgflip.com/6rapg9.jpg

[Hondaracer]

Costco had Christmas on Tuesday lol

[punkwax]

Gross.

[Manic!]

This is awesome.

T-Mobile and SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/25/23320722/spacex-starlink-t-mobile-satellite-internet-mobile-messaging

If you are on T-mobile in the US say goodbye to dead zones with your cell phone.

[Mikoyan]

This is awesome.

T-Mobile and SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/25/23320722/spacex-starlink-t-mobile-satellite-internet-mobile-messaging

If you are on T-mobile in the US say goodbye to dead zones with your cell phone.
At this point it's really a back up comm system.
2 to 4 mbps for the entire cell, not per user. In any populated area, you're only going to be able to send sms messages. Forget phone calls unless you're one of a handful of users in that cell.

[Euro7r]

Which credit card offer gas discount?

I use Chevron as I'm tuned on 94 gas, journie rewards/cibc. I'm trying to find out other gas stations because I don't drive my car much. Usually use the wife daily, we fill up whichever station we see the cheapest. I saw Petro Canada if you link your RBC credit card it offers 3c discount.

[TOS'd]

PC Optimum Mastercard has discounts of up to 30pts/L at Esso and Mobil. So 3cents off effectively but in the form of PC Optimum points (Loblaw group including Shoppers Drug Mart, RCSS, etc).

More info: https://gas.pcfinancial.ca/english

[Manic!]

Which credit card offer gas discount?

I use Chevron as I'm tuned on 94 gas, journie rewards/cibc. I'm trying to find out other gas stations because I don't drive my car much. Usually use the wife daily, we fill up whichever station we see the cheapest. I saw Petro Canada if you link your RBC credit card it offers 3c discount.

Petro gives you 3 cents off with a RBC card that's linked to your Petro points card. you also get 20% more petro points. Every 1000 points is worth a dollar.

[Great68]

Go to a private liquor store. They are not effected.

Depends on what product you're buying.

Domestic products which have their own direct distribution channels (IE domestic beers/wines) aren't affected, but Private liquor stores still have to buy the majority of their imported/hard liquors and specialty wines/beers from the LDB warehouse and those products are definitely affected.

[PeanutButter]

King James (Lebron) is in town. Socials are blowing up. Apparently he even went to Landmark hot pot on Cambie, which I found interesting.

[supafamous]

Am in the States for the first time in nearly 4 years (Seattle) and it blows my mind that people tolerate the quality of the roads here and Seattle isn't even considered bad. I haven't driven on a single road in Seattle that is the quality of the average Vancouver road. Where are the tax dollars going besides funding invasions into foreign countries?

[westopher]

Answered your own question. Also they are probably paying for those Mar a lago stays for 2017-2021

[Qmx323]

Just saw an elderly lady in suburban Richmond walking her owl.

It was perched on her arm, as she was walking, to be specific.

[TOS'd]

Why is everyone's first reaction to being honked at negative? I was driving down Granville earlier and noticed a car with the passenger mirror folded in. As a concerned citizen, I tried getting the driver's attention (middle aged caucasian woman) by waving out my window at her. Had to give a little honk to try and get her attention, her immediate response was the middle finger. And then I start tapping my driver side mirror out the window and pointing at her passenger side mirror which was folded into the car(it was a car that I don't believe had power mirrors). After seeing that, she then waved/said thank you.

:confused:

[Manic!]

King James (Lebron) is in town. Socials are blowing up. Apparently he even went to Landmark hot pot on Cambie, which I found interesting.

He was at the Kendrick concert last night with his wife. Crowd went nuts chanting MVP.

[sonick]

Why is everyone's first reaction to being honked at negative? I was driving down Granville earlier and noticed a car with the passenger mirror folded in. As a concerned citizen, I tried getting the driver's attention (middle aged caucasian woman) by waving out my window at her. Had to give a little honk to try and get her attention, her immediate response was the middle finger. And then I start tapping my driver side mirror out the window and pointing at her passenger side mirror which was folded into the car(it was a car that I don't believe had power mirrors). After seeing that, she then waved/said thank you.

:confused:

Answer in bold.

[Badhobz]

Why is everyone's first reaction to being honked at negative? I was driving down Granville earlier and noticed a car with the passenger mirror folded in. As a concerned citizen, I tried getting the driver's attention (middle aged caucasian woman) by waving out my window at her. Had to give a little honk to try and get her attention, her immediate response was the middle finger. And then I start tapping my driver side mirror out the window and pointing at her passenger side mirror which was folded into the car(it was a car that I don't believe had power mirrors). After seeing that, she then waved/said thank you.

:confused:

if you honk, people go straight to fuck you! :fullofwin:

this woman in richmond made a right turn, accidently honked her horn, and i instantly gave her the finger. I think its a trigger mechanism nowadays.

[Badhobz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzBDpdhC8Hs

[CivicBlues]

Am in the States for the first time in nearly 4 years (Seattle) and it blows my mind that people tolerate the quality of the roads here and Seattle isn't even considered bad. I haven't driven on a single road in Seattle that is the quality of the average Vancouver road. Where are the tax dollars going besides funding invasions into foreign countries?

Don't all their road tax dollars go toward their freeways? I mean I-5 has no equal in BC. Plus there's the 405, I-90 and a bunch of minor state highways some as wide as Highway 1.

[sonick]

Don't all their road tax dollars go toward their freeways? I mean I-5 has no equal in BC. Plus there's the 405, I-90 and a bunch of minor state highways some as wide as Highway 1.

Not sure how they prioritize I5, but it's been a long time widely known that US Infrastructure generally is a shitshow to the point Biden has a $65 billion non-partisan bill to address this: https://www.whitehouse.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/

[CivicBlues]

Yeah they've got so much to maintain because they've got so much shit. Any US city has a multiple factors of freeway infrastructure that any similar-sized Canadian city would never even dream of.

WSDOT freeways are generally held to high standard, much higher than anything we have in BC or most of Canada save for perhaps Ontario. Other states like Oregon don't seem to be as high-standard, and California has so much old shit I can't imagine they don't have things collapsing left and right.

Their city streets though, I concur, are shitty.

[supafamous]

Yeah they've got so much to maintain because they've got so much shit. Any US city has a multiple factors of freeway infrastructure that any similar-sized Canadian city would never even dream of.

WSDOT freeways are generally held to high standard, much higher than anything we have in BC or most of Canada save for perhaps Ontario. Other states like Oregon don't seem to be as high-standard, and California has so much old shit I can't imagine they don't have things collapsing left and right.

Their city streets though, I concur, are shitty.

What standards are we talking about? Cause I5 has been total trash as long as I've been alive (46 years) - it's the worst highway in terms of road surface conditions (coarse gravel or poorly maintained concrete or beat up asphalt) and the signage is marginal as are the curbs. The only decent stretch I've driven on (and I've driven down to Sacramento and back) is just south of Bellingham where it's new asphalt. Everything else is earplug city and get ready for a rough ride.

Driving around Seattle today my wife randomly remarks, "Has Seattle always been this trashy?" - it's really sad that pretty much every American city is a trashy cousin to Canada. Poorly maintained infrastructure, housing that's beat up (people can't afford to maintain it), and the whole place smells like dried piss.

[westopher]

I5 is definitely a world worse than any roads in BC. It’s like a fucking 14 lane logging road. Any trip to seattle I see at least 5 accidents within 10km (or one fucking hour) of dt.
As for Seattle being trashy….. have you been to Vancouver recently?

[BIC_BAWS]

Am in the States for the first time in nearly 4 years (Seattle) and it blows my mind that people tolerate the quality of the roads here and Seattle isn't even considered bad. I haven't driven on a single road in Seattle that is the quality of the average Vancouver road. Where are the tax dollars going besides funding invasions into foreign countries?On SR 420 or 520 or X20, one section says bumpy road. IT WAS NO ROAD

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[supafamous]

I5 is definitely a world worse than any roads in BC. It’s like a fucking 14 lane logging road. Any trip to seattle I see at least 5 accidents within 10km (or one fucking hour) of dt.
As for Seattle being trashy….. have you been to Vancouver recently?

It's rough down here (compared to my last trip) - I have never felt unsafe in Seattle in all my years and this week has not been the case.

I was in the University district's food strip and hurried away pretty quick. It was no DTES but I would have figured that something near the university would be clean, safe, and bustling but it was anything but. It was if Westbrook Mall was scummy.

Same goes for downtown near the malls - it all smelled like dried piss and it was just sad seeing some of the folks there. There was a lady panhandling for money for school supplies - her kid was with her. Don't know if it was legit or not but it's believable in the US.

I haven't spent a lot of time in DT Van since COVID and I know it's probably gotten worse too but it didn't seem that bad the last couple times I was down there - just the fucking Canada geese that kept trying to steal my Jollibee in Robson Square.

[MG1]

Must be a huge fire somewhere in Burnaby right now. Never heard so many emergency vehicles blaring their sirens for so long. I live fairly high up, so hear trains, fog horns, fireworks, etc. all the time, but just now, so many..........

hope it's not too big a fire and no loss of life

[MG1]

As far as I can remember, Seattle was always a dirty city. Smelly and filthy. I missed going to the Century 21 World's Fair, but I remember going there shortly afterward. That was probably the last time I could say Seattle was a clean city. Downhill ever since.

The other thing is, the city is always under construction. Never ending. Always building new overpasses and shit, but not taking care of the existing roads.

Speaking of Seattle, anyone been to Pike Place recently? It's been a while and I was thinking of going (depending on what RS member say, lol).

[CivicBlues]

What standards are we talking about? Cause I5 has been total trash as long as I've been alive (46 years) - it's the worst highway in terms of road surface conditions (coarse gravel or poorly maintained concrete or beat up asphalt) and the signage is marginal as are the curbs. The only decent stretch I've driven on (and I've driven down to Sacramento and back) is just south of Bellingham where it's new asphalt. Everything else is earplug city and get ready for a rough ride.

Driving around Seattle today my wife randomly remarks, "Has Seattle always been this trashy?" - it's really sad that pretty much every American city is a trashy cousin to Canada. Poorly maintained infrastructure, housing that's beat up (people can't afford to maintain it), and the whole place smells like dried piss.

I'm not just talking about the road surface, but the general infrastructure available. Wide shoulders, ramps/overpasses everywhere, long exit/merge lanes, multiple lanes obviously. The reason the surface is so rough is that a lot of stretches still use concrete whereas we use asphalt exclusively for all our highways which gets replaced more often. I-5 is being constantly pounded by cars and trucks 24/7 whereas if you drive on Highway 1 in metro Van in the middle of the night it's practically empty.

Then again I haven't driven down since pre-pandemic so who knows it might have all just crumbled to the ground for all I know. Maybe I'll check it out this weekend..

[whitev70r]

West Seattle Bridge upgrade/construction ... added easily an hour to travel because you have to dip south and around. Detour signs were hell to follow. Can't imagine what it is like for those who live in the West and work in the East side! Apparently, it was closed for over 2 years ... since Mar 2020 ... due to open in mid September this year.

Imagine any bridge in YVR if it was out of commission for 2 years !!!

[yray]

talking about roads

the recent Knight street repave was the fastest i've seen a road ripped up and repave in my lifetime in vancouver.

[GLOW]

they ain't playing, the backlog even for 1 block is nuts :heckno:

[StylinRed]

Anyone know what the waterfront service Canada lineups are like recently for passports renewals?

I've got mine but friend was wondering if he needs to go lineup the night before

[whitev70r]

A colleague told me that the passport office told him to come back when he is within urgent timeline window and they will expedite the application and get you to front of the line. Apparently, when the massive backlog about a month ago, they printed the passports in Manitoba? or something. Now they can print them in YVR and it can be done quickly IF you have to travel like in 2 weeks (or whatever the urgent timeline window is). .... I know ... system is pretty stupid, government bureaucrats.

[supafamous]

I'm not just talking about the road surface, but the general infrastructure available. Wide shoulders, ramps/overpasses everywhere, long exit/merge lanes, multiple lanes obviously. The reason the surface is so rough is that a lot of stretches still use concrete whereas we use asphalt exclusively for all our highways which gets replaced more often. I-5 is being constantly pounded by cars and trucks 24/7 whereas if you drive on Highway 1 in metro Van in the middle of the night it's practically empty.

Yes, there are stretches of I5 where the basic quality of engineering is better - better and longer ramps, and more lanes but those are really exceptions where there's enough space for it. South of Everett all the way down to Olympia and it's a goddamn logging road - it's a bucking bronco that's not just about concrete but a failure to build LEVEL surfaces - my 3 year old thinks we're on a roller coaster in the back. Basics like emergency lanes disappear in this region.

[StylinRed]

A colleague told me that the passport office told him to come back when he is within urgent timeline window and they will expedite the application and get you to front of the line. Apparently, when the massive backlog about a month ago, they printed the passports in Manitoba? or something. Now they can print them in YVR and it can be done quickly IF you have to travel like in 2 weeks (or whatever the urgent timeline window is). .... I know ... system is pretty stupid, government bureaucrats.

They went this morning and got their passport by the afternoon, said there was no lineup for urgent applicants

Guess things r back to normal

[whitev70r]

So they are only processing urgent ones ... what exactly is 'urgent'. My colleague was told to go home and come back when it is urgent.

[StylinRed]

If u have to leave within 24hrs or 48hrs

[whitev70r]

Yikes, that's kinda putting it close !!!

[SkinnyPupp]

Is that the passport with the white cover? I got a passport done in like 4 hours because I lost mine and didn't realize it until the day of the flight WutFace

[StylinRed]

Naw it's still the regular passport

I didn't know about the white passports until tiktok, it'd be great if our regular passport was snow white

[mikemhg]

I find the I-5's surface is rough, but the lane markers are far better then HWY 1. A dark night with rain I can actually see the lanes when driving down to Seattle, where as here in Vancouver it can be a total shit show.

Speaking to Seattle though, I don't know if it's just me, but I feel an overwhelming feeling of sadness when driving through downtown Seattle. I can't put my finger on it but the city makes me feel uneasy, not due to homelessness/crime or anything, just the overall look and feel of the city. It's just not a pleasing place, it doesn't flow well structurally, I generally want to GTFO as soon as possible or pass through entirely.

Oddly enough once I get to Portland that feeling goes away completely, maybe because Portland reminds me somewhat of Vancouver?

[Hondaracer]

Seattle is not a nice city aesthetically. I completely agree with that feeling. No wonder Kurt put a shotgun in his mouth

[EvoFire]

Seattle DT is a horrible place to drive. It's really sterile, there's a lack of green spaces, the road conditions are horrible, and it's super confusing for those who don't know their way.

[MarkyMark]

I watched a couple of Blue Jays games there in July and on a Friday night at 8pm the city was fucking dead. We were walking around the hotel area and nothing was open, and started noticing we were one of the few people still out that weren't homeless so we just went back to the hotel.

[underscore]

If u have to leave within 24hrs or 48hrs

How quick is the turnaround for that? My paperwork was received 14 weeks ago and I'm supposed to be driving down to Seattle in 2 weeks so now I'm starting to get worried because the website went from 10 weeks to 17 weeks estimated wait time.

[whitev70r]

Do you guys find that the onramp to highways in the US (eg. I-5) is noticeably shorter than here in Canada? The distance to merge onto the hwy seems quite short.

[CivicBlues]

Do you guys find that the onramp to highways in the US (eg. I-5) is noticeably shorter than here in Canada? The distance to merge onto the hwy seems quite short.

Can't really generalize like that, different parts of the same highway can have different merge lane lengths due to physical constraints, and the era they were built. Case in point highway 1 built in the 1960s in West Van has crazy short ramps but Highway 1 in Burnaby built in 2012 has good ramps. I can imagine I-5 to be similar but Interstate standards for these things are higher than most BC highways. Highway 1 in its current state within BC especially the Upper Levels and out in the Valley between Abby and Chilliwack would not fly down south.

[StylinRed]

Speaking to Seattle though, I don't know if it's just me, but I feel an overwhelming feeling of sadness when driving through downtown Seattle. I can't put my finger on it but the city makes me feel uneasy, not due to homelessness/crime or anything, just the overall look and feel of the city. It's just not a pleasing place, it doesn't flow well structurally, I generally want to GTFO as soon as possible or pass through entirely.

Oddly enough once I get to Portland that feeling goes away completely, maybe because Portland reminds me somewhat of Vancouver?

Road tripping as a kid my fam n I didn't like seattle either, we were like "meh" but once we hit portland we were like "omg let's stop there, it looks so nice" etc

Same feeling now, even if we drive down for a short trip we go to Bellevue instead (although Bellevue is kind of zzz)

[StylinRed]

How quick is the turnaround for that? My paperwork was received 14 weeks ago and I'm supposed to be driving down to Seattle in 2 weeks so now I'm starting to get worried because the website went from 10 weeks to 17 weeks estimated wait time.

He went to lineup at 7am, got in to see someone an hour after opening, and picked up his passport by the end of day

He said there were people who applied months ago, and couldn't wait any longer cuz their trip came up n no passport, so they were in line to submit an urgent application

[MG1]

Damn. I'm so jelly. Just got back from Pacific Central Station. Dropped off daughter who's on a three week VIA Rail excursion to Halifax. I haven't been in that station since the Confederation Train rolled into Vancouver in 1967. Okay, I was there for a very short time, looking for a McDonald's to confirm if McPizza was making a comeback or not, lol.

I've always wanted to do a cross country trip via train. Daughter beat me to it. I guess that's why some of us have children, so we can live through their experiences. Worked all my life and have nothing to show for it............... except a great family. 100% worth it. No regrets.......

[Hondaracer]

How much for that trip?

[MG1]

Train alone was just below 2 grand one way.........

no idea how she's coming back. I'm pretty sure it's by plane. She's going to decide how depending on how the trip to Halifax goes. I'm sure scenery and the accommodations are great, but time I think will play an important role in her decision re: coming back.

[Hondaracer]

That’s pretty good, I would have thought it was more

There is a local guy on YouTube, DownieLive who does a lot of train travel he recently took that route I believe

[Badhobz]

how come so cheap!?!! i booked VIA from vancouver to Edmonton and was quoted 4k ONE WAY. Thats including my 10% CN discount too.

[68style]

That's a super good price... I remember looking at cross Canada trips by train 10+ years ago and it was $5k or more!!!

[MG1]

Maybe because she’s taking three trips. Vancouver to Toronto, then Montreal and finally Halifax. She works for Federal Government in a high security job. Maybe they get like a bigger discount? Maybe she took like the cheapest of cheap seats. Maybe baggage class, gulolol.

[Badhobz]

I don’t get how she can get it so cheap, But good for her ! It’s a helluva way to see Canada. Always wanted to do this but the price is pretty steep for a very slow form of travel.

[MG1]

They say the Rockies via rail is unbelievable. I'm looking forward to the pictures and footage. I'm sure there are plenty of videos on the Internet.

My daughter was with me when I went on that 4-1/2 week cross continent road trip. I remember seeing that spiral tunnel in BC. Caught a long train going through it when we arrived. Bonne chance! You can see both ends of the train. That was special. Now she's going to actually experience the tunnel via train (I hope VIA Rail does that route).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUGbUKFuUsg

[supafamous]

Yes, there are stretches of I5 where the basic quality of engineering is better - better and longer ramps, and more lanes but those are really exceptions where there's enough space for it. South of Everett all the way down to Olympia and it's a goddamn logging road - it's a bucking bronco that's not just about concrete but a failure to build LEVEL surfaces - my 3 year old thinks we're on a roller coaster in the back. Basics like emergency lanes disappear in this region.

Got out my sound meter on the way back to see how much louder the I5 concrete is versus good asphalt and at 120kph the concrete around Everett (not the worse there is but not great) I got 70db while on good asphalt near Blaine I got 63db - that's about a 60% diff in noise (I think my sound meter under reports though but it's still apples to apples here). The stuff around downtown Seattle is worse so figure twice as loud which is nuts.

Sure it's "cheaper" to pour concrete over asphalt but that ignores all the external costs - more wear and tear on cars, more accident caused by poor surface conditions, more fatigue for drivers, health problems (more hearing loss, more wear and tear on drivers), etc. It's classic American culture where they just love to pass the costs on to others.

[punkwax]

LF: Harry Mack tickets @ Fortune Sound Club.

If anyone has a friend of a friend PM me lol

[EvoFire]

Got out my sound meter on the way back to see how much louder the I5 concrete is versus good asphalt and at 120kph the concrete around Everett (not the worse there is but not great) I got 70db while on good asphalt near Blaine I got 63db - that's about a 60% diff in noise (I think my sound meter under reports though but it's still apples to apples here). The stuff around downtown Seattle is worse so figure twice as loud which is nuts.

Sure it's "cheaper" to pour concrete over asphalt but that ignores all the external costs - more wear and tear on cars, more accident caused by poor surface conditions, more fatigue for drivers, health problems (more hearing loss, more wear and tear on drivers), etc. It's classic American culture where they just love to pass the costs on to others.

There's pros and cons to both sides.
Concrete is more durable if done correctly, and also more heat resistant, and requires less repairs.

Asphault is easier on cars, and I believe it's actually easier to pour, but it's easier to fuck up (look at all the uneven asphault pours around Vancouver) And it's definitely not a very durable material.

[inv4zn]

There's pros and cons to both sides.
Concrete is more durable if done correctly, and also more heat resistant, and requires less repairs.

Asphault is easier on cars, and I believe it's actually easier to pour, but it's easier to fuck up (look at all the uneven asphault pours around Vancouver) And it's definitely not a very durable material.

Gonna add a bit to this.

Generally, asphalt on roadworks is done by qualified crews (ie. not uncles in sandals), and the unevenness you see is just an inherent design flaw in asphalt, where it's never fully "hard"; so tires will eventually deform the pavement resulting in unevenness. Asphalt is usually designed with 3~5% voids to begin with to help with freeze/thaw, as well as drainage - but this works against it as well as over time with dynamic loads (ie traffic) it'll deform as mentioned above. However, it's much easier to rip up than concrete, and is cheaper to place than concrete. The only real downside to asphalt placement is that you can't do it when it's raining, nor when it's cold. And there's additional surface prep to ensure longevity, although some municipalities/cities say fuck it and just pave over existing asphalt, which does end up in premature failure. Another benefit is you can pave literally hundreds of kilometers without break, with no issue.

Concrete, is more difficult to place because you need formwork at the edges, and reinforcement, all things that need to be done manually and inspected before pouring concrete. And as you want to open the roads as soon as possible, they'll order high performance concrete, which is expensive. Then you also still need to cure it properly (ie covered, kept wet) for at least a day, up to a week, before you can open them up. It's also highly dependent on the finishing crew how flat of a surface you get. It is much more durable than asphalt with design ages up to 10x that of asphalt, although obviously salting in the winter reduces that significantly, although there is special cements that can be used to make them more durable against salts - but again, that's more $$$. The biggest flaw with concrete is that it's not designed to drain and is slippery as fuck in the rain. Also when pouring roads with concrete you need to segment them to account for expansion/shrinkage which is added construction costs.

Also solely because asphalt is softer than concrete, it's quieter and provides a better ride.

[wreck]

anyone know where to buy a modern/sleek briefcase/messenger bag for work (to hold a few documents and a laptop)?

preferably leather and black.

[MG1]

The Bay, Best Buy, Staples, London Drugs, just about anywhere. If you're into Apple laptops, Simply Computing.

Not leather but................... https://shop.walrushome.com/blogs/news/41260036-get-out-of-town?_pos=1&_sid=b50feeac3&_ss=r

I just love shopping at Walrus, but you're looking for leather. They used to carry a lot Bellroy stuff. Really high quality stuff. I think you can order anything from them through Walrus. https://bellroy.com

Can't beat traditional leather, though.

https://www.thebay.com/c/women/handbags/luggage-travel/laptop-bags-messengers

[bcrdukes]

anyone know where to buy a modern/sleek briefcase/messenger bag for work (to hold a few documents and a laptop)?

preferably leather and black.

Does said bag have to be able to allow for enough space for a charger as well?

[supafamous]

anyone know where to buy a modern/sleek briefcase/messenger bag for work (to hold a few documents and a laptop)?

preferably leather and black.

Not leather but it's black: https://herschel.ca/shop/messengers/tech-gibson?v=10996-04119-OS

Herschel has a solid range of bags for laptops, just not in leather.

I have a Tumi laptop bag that I picked up from the premium outlets that's perfect for a 13" MacBook plus a few other items. Holds the charger, pack of gum and a few documents. For its purpose it's an excellent bag with lots of pockets and organised storage but not bulky at all - when I travel it fits into my weekend bag just fine. There's a Tumi store at the Richmond outlet - they might have something for you.

[wreck]

Does said bag have to be able to allow for enough space for a charger as well?

yes

[bcrdukes]

Also, what size/type of laptop do you have and what budget did you have in mind?

I've been on the hunt myself recently with similar specifications. While I haven't made my final decision yet, the last thing I want to do is share a $4500 leather bag that makes zero sense to you. Depending on your answers, I may have a few on my shortlist to recommend of which I've seen in person.

[Badhobz]

Montblanc brief case. Relatively cheap 1500 to 1800. Leather and backed with a great warranty.

[GLOW]

Besides openboxco is there anywhere else to look for older iPhones?
Not a phone person just want something with a large HDD and doesn't have to be the latest or greatest 13, but has to be an iphone

Is there a specific model to start from? Like X and newer?

[BIC_BAWS]

Leather has such a large range of quality. How much of a leather snob are you? LV uses shit leathers and Hermes uses slightly better leathers. This guy on tiktok tears apart leathers and explains the difference in construction and materials: https://www.tiktok.com/@tanner.leatherstein?_t=8VQDvU88mT0&_r=1

He also sells leather bags with a decent quality. I haven't purchased one but I like his content.


There's also cow vegetable tan leathers and buff washed leathers, which I honestly have no idea what it means so it's a good thing I'm not in sales at work lol.

Buying *leather* goods is like buying a German vehicle. It's all about spec LOL.

But for a simple answer, Brooks Brothers sucks. I have a Ted Baker bag and I'm not a leather snob. I like it.

I've heard excellent things about the durability of Tumi. Also have heard excellent things about The Cambridge Satchel Co.

Matt & Nat is exclusively vegan leather, not sure if they have messenger bags or laptop sleeves or if it's just purses.




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[whitev70r]

2 pathological brothers go on killing spree in Regina ... sounds like the Nova Scotia (using fake cop car) incident except with knives! 10 dead and 15 injured.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-rcmp-dangerous-persons-alert-stabbings-1.6572464

https://i.cbc.ca/1.6572495.1662307400!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/damien-and-myles-sanderson.jpg

[GLOW]

can anyone recommend a good eyeglass store, preferably near Joyce/Kingsway in E.Van?

been going to a place in north burnaby for over 20 years but after the owner retired and sold to a new owner, finding the last 5 years their pricing seems quite high and limited selection, so i wouldn't mind shopping around.

i have benefits to use on a 2 year cycle

[MG1]

Costco.

[MG1]

Congratulations to the Canadian Women’s Hockey Team.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6572403



https://www.sportsnet.ca/wwhc/article/wwhc-takeaways-canadian-women-simply-the-best-in-2022/

Canada’s women received their gold medals from Hockey Canada CEO Scott Smith. And you have to wonder: Why was Smith given the honour?

[Gerbs]

Costco or Online

[MG1]

It's pumpkin spice season. Everywhere you go, pumpkin something is being sold. I was a Metrotown Nespresso Boutique (love that word). Anyway, I got their Pumpkin Spice Cake blend. Damn good. I'm a coffee hillbilly, but me likes this one. The capsule is so pretty, gulolol.

Off to Cobbs to get pumpkin scones

[MG1]

Caramel Apple Frosty at Wendy’s. Damn gotta try it. Probably going to be disappointed but what the hell, I’m all over trying new stuff.

[SkinnyPupp]

Just wanted to randomly proclaim my excitement over finally being able to upgrade my internet service, thanks to 5G making it here. When I first moved out to this village, it was 8 Mbps DSL only, shortly upgraded to 30 Mbps for the next like 10 years with no sign of it ever getting better. There's fiber down the street at the expensive "villas", but not here in my shanty town.

So I am trying out 5G, which is around 200 Mbps for less than half the price of what I was paying. I was paying like $55 CAD per month for 30 Mbps, now it's $25 for 200 Mbps lol. The possible catch is there's a 200 GB fair use policy, after which speeds are not guaranteed. It's not a hard cap though, and I've had caps like this where it meant literally nothing. I have 30 days to test it out.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FcBSZ2BacAMDKyc.jpg

[whitev70r]

Pretty impressive download speed but why such low upload speed?

[SkinnyPupp]

Pretty impressive download speed but why such low upload speed?
I guess it's set up like ADSL where up is capped to allow for more down. This wouldn't be a good service to stream from, but most people rarely upload much from home. I know I don't!

Currently downloading from Steam at 22.4 MB/s instead of 22.4 Mb/s Kreygasm (I'd have to cap it to have bandwidth left over for browsing)

[bcrdukes]

On wireless, particularly on 5G, it takes more radio resources for upload so it's always a challenge for network engineers to determine how they design their networks. You have limited resources and the priority often is to ensure everyone (or at least most people) to attain the best download speeds as best as possible given whatever constraints or circumstances that come their way. Most people download and not upload, so this is why.

Not bragging (but maybe a flex) I got 332Mbps download. Don't ask me about the upload speed. :D

[Hondaracer]

I can hit a gig download on 5G around Burnaby and Vancouver fairly frequently

[radeonboy]

Can anyone recommend a few interesting car photo spots in the Port Moody / Coquitlam area?

[Gumby]

Recommendation for a good firm pillow that won't break the bank? I sleep on my back mostly, whereas my wife is more of a side-sleeper.

[donk.]

Can anyone recommend a few interesting car photo spots in the Port Moody / Coquitlam area?

49.307983,-122.812103
Usually no traffic here, park in middle of road during fall, it should be covered in leaves, camera facing north

49.302150,-122.873428
No traffic, dual railroad tracks, camera facing west

49.288920,-122.921102
More rail tracks, not as good as the above

Rocky point park boating load ramp, best during overcast or sunset

49.291483,-122.881123
Don't know if they covered up the walkways with bushes, but you may be able to get yacht background here, this was years ago although

49.278532,-122.859043
Need to time it right, with locomotives parked on the tracks if your into that

1560-1502 Pipeline Rd
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eaQT31ZvxtExapS3A
Industrial concrete area, only been able to get shots at night

[Badhobz]

Epic donk, thanks !!!

[StylinRed]

Anyone work for ICBC? Or had to submit a "standard form release" to accept a claim settlement?

The claims specialist handling the case is on vacation and her emergency caseload handler isn't responding

I'm just trying to get that form to submit it before the deadline and before I leave on vacation myself

Called icbc and all they did was issue an internal notice to the person handling the case

[SkinnyPupp]

I can hit a gig download on 5G around Burnaby and Vancouver fairly frequently
This is with only like 2 bars of reception.. I figure if I can get this thing closer to a window facing the 5G "tower" I should be able to get an even better speed... Would need to buy or fabricate something though :considered:

[Hondaracer]

Yea those gigabit speed tests are basically under an array that feed places like Metrotown etc.

[underscore]

So it looks like I'll have to go to the passport center which is right downtown by Canada Place. The last time I was down in that area I don't think there was really anywhere you could park so I'm thinking I'm better off parking somewhere else and taking the Skytrain to downtown? Or is there a parkade somewhere vaguely nearby that isn't $20/hr? I'll be coming from Langley or Burnaby most likely.

[Hondaracer]

Park under the convention centre, it’s under $20 and you’ll be right there. Lots of parking

The lot between cactus and the sails

[sonick]

An actual piece of good unique content from the DailyShite:

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-chevron-barge

An in depth tour of the Chevron barge gas station in Coal Harbour

[SkinnyPupp]

https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1568386389460537346

:Popcorn

[Gumby]

So it looks like I'll have to go to the passport center which is right downtown by Canada Place. The last time I was down in that area I don't think there was really anywhere you could park so I'm thinking I'm better off parking somewhere else and taking the Skytrain to downtown? Or is there a parkade somewhere vaguely nearby that isn't $20/hr? I'll be coming from Langley or Burnaby most likely.
Does it have to be the passport office downtown? There’s also one in Surrey in a mall with free parking (although technically 3 hr limit) and sky train access too.

[underscore]

Unfortunately yes, according to the website that's the only one that does urgent passports.

[StylinRed]

DT location is the only one that offers 24hr, 48hr urgent passports

And I believe all the other locations offer 1 week+

When I got mine I went out to Victoria and still got it in 4 days

The only downer was taking two trips out to Vic, probably should've just stayed out there

[StylinRed]

https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1568386389460537346

:Popcorn

Wow I thought they ended up scrapping the movie because its been like forever since I heard anymore news about it

Halle Bailey has such a good voice

[MG1]

An actual piece of good unique content from the DailyShite:

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-chevron-barge

An in depth tour of the Chevron barge gas station in Coal Harbour

When my father owned a commercial fishing vessel, we would go to the Esso floating barge to fill up on gasoline, diesel, oil, kerosene, and water. Shell was my dad's next favourite. I recall maybe five floating barges back in the 50's and 60's. False Creek was full of fishing vessels. The barges were nothing like what that Chevron barge is now.

Anyway, amazing piece of history. Definitely changes, for the better, due to the change in clientele.

Fishing, much like farming, has changed so much over the years. Small independents gone and everything has moved away from the urban areas, making way for pleasure craft and the like. My father retired at the right time. Life as a commercial fisherman was very demanding and harsh, but the benefits of being your own boss and experiencing the sights, sounds and being one with nature was something that could only be described as, priceless. I have such fond memories of the docks below the Burrard and Granville Street Bridges. Paramount, Cassiar, and Celtic Shipyards. Off loading the week's catch on Cash Boats and places like Ballantyne Pier.