[EvoFire]

I’m at Walmart this morning (7am)
https://i.postimg.cc/pr9LRptQ/IMG-9690.jpg

Saw this epic thing for 99 dollars ! That ain’t bad
Even has his iconic helmet painted correctly

Costco sells it for $90 online. I can't believe you didn't check your home store smh

[Hondaracer]

I’m not a big fan of the kinetic Lego or whatever Costco typically sells the F1 cars in etc. but comparatively this Senna one looks hella budget lol

[red kryptonite]

I’m at Walmart this morning (7am)

Saw this epic thing for 99 dollars ! That ain’t bad
Even has his iconic helmet painted correctly
did u end up buying it? join us AFOL!!! :h5:



I’m not a big fan of the kinetic Lego or whatever Costco typically sells the F1 cars in etc. but comparatively this Senna one looks hella budget lol

i think this one is pretty nice for its price to piece count ratio. blocks always look better than technics sets unless its their $500+ super car series. those are *chef's kiss*

[Badhobz]

Costco sells it for $90 online. I can't believe you didn't check your home store smh

Arrghhhh I’ve become everything ive ever hated!!!

[noclue]

badhobz got me looking at the lego site. Last one I bought was the Porsche 911.

There's more good stuff now!

https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/land-rover-classic-defender-90-10317

https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/mercedes-benz-g-500-professional-line-42177

https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/mercedes-amg-f1-w14-e-performance-42171

[Hondaracer]

did u end up buying it? join us AFOL!!! :h5:





i think this one is pretty nice for its price to piece count ratio. blocks always look better than technics sets unless its their $500+ super car series. those are *chef's kiss*

Oh 100% the blocks always look better but yea like you said unless you get the premium sets I guess they do what they can at this price point

[spoon.ek9]

I had to go to Kamloops late Monday night as a long time friend of mine messaged and told me he has very high brain pressure and wasn't going to make it, take care of his shit after and then he went radio silent.

I called his sister and we booked it up after I put my kids to sleep. We arrived to him just barely conscious in Kamloops ER. The CT returned a big brain bleed on the left side and a small one on the right.

The neurosurgeon operated on him and he now has a tube coming out of his head to relieve any continued bleeding, but he was mostly back to normal. We called his parents and they arrived and take over from me and I had to come back to my family and kids. The neurologists said he'll make a full recovery by a week and walking talking jumping like before, just with a suture in his head and minus some hair.

My friend is 36. He's had a troubling migraine for the last 2-3 weeks and he was given a checklist by his sister (nurse) and he followed through with it in his limited cognitive ability and went to the hospital. If he went a day later the prognosis would have been much worse. This was not a stroke as he didn't lose oxygen to his brain, but it could have developed into one if he waited any longer.

Just a PSA for everyone out there, age doesn't mean anything, there's no tough guy acts when it comes to health.

I can attest to this. Having personally seen a young father come into emergency with a brain bleed was tough on everyone here. Wife was left behind with their young children. Your friend is incredibly lucky to have come out of this alive and well. Vast majority of people don't make it. Liam Neeson's late wife is an example of this too.

[Badhobz]

https://media.tenor.com/K8-4jBK8TaUAAAAM/liam-neeson-call.gif^ Did he swear he will find the culprit ?

[supafamous]

Speaking of health - here's an illness that's more common than people realise and which many of you (in your 40's and 50's) are prime targets for (and roughly 1 in a 1,000 get it each year): Sudden Onset Hearing Loss: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/sudden-deafness

This happened to me about a month ago - I got a bout of food poisoning and next thing I know I've lost most of my hearing in my left ear. I already have hearing loss and this has left my left ear in pretty bad shape - I can barely hear out of it now without my hearing aids. I have to get my hearing aids adjusted before I know what my new quality of life is but so far it's made life considerably worse and has me looking to accelerate retirement (and I've shelved any plans to buy a sports car for now).

Hearing loss is irreversible (unless it's conductive loss where there's some hope) and 38% of Canadians have some kind of loss and half of those people don't realise it so take care of what you've got. If you think you might have hearing loss you can get your hearing tested for free at Costco or any private clinic. You can even download an app (Mimi) that lets you do an at home test.

[TOS'd]

I’m at Walmart this morning (7am)
https://i.postimg.cc/pr9LRptQ/IMG-9690.jpg

Saw this epic thing for 99 dollars ! That ain’t bad
Even has his iconic helmet painted correctly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SEB9UjmZcc

[red kryptonite]

imo the wider rears looks off too... the mods and using a non lego piece are not worth it

i had to do the lowering mod on the 488 after building it, going back and rebuilding was a pain in the ass but worth it. damn you lego engineers!!!

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5bgz_zE9LjE/maxresdefault.jpg

[whitev70r]

Is it safe to turn on my PC notebook yet? I've literally been on my work Macbook since Friday.

[SSM_DC5]

Computers at my work all working again.

[spoon.ek9]

this happened on Friday, did anyone else spot it? I took a pic lol

Coquitlam learns to park

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/19/coquitlam-crash-eye-care-centre/

[sonick]

Is it safe to turn on my PC notebook yet? I've literally been on my work Macbook since Friday.

Personal PC's should not be affected, it's only a risk if your computer uses crowdstrike which is an enterprise level security software run by companies.

And it sounds like it's no longer an issue if you did not update your work PC's crowdstrike software since last Friday.

[mikemhg]

PSA: I'm pleased to report that the rumours that Chicken Lady of LA Chicken fame is alive and well and working at LA Chicken are real. While she may have put on 20lbs since I last saw her she was spotted working collaboratively with her ex-husband, aka Chicken Man, during the lunch hour service.

In other news, the chicken still rocks and they still don't salt their fries.

Man did you ask why they don't salt those damn fries?

[mikemhg]

Man, anyone drive HWY 3 and the Coq in the last week or so this summer?

My car got titty fucked by bugs both ways, worst I've ever seen it in years heading out that way in the summer.

Every inch of the windshield, hood, grill were COVERED with dead fuckers.

[supafamous]

Man did you ask why they don't salt those damn fries?

LOL, after 15+ years of always asking for a pack of salt for my order I would have hoped they got the message to salt their fries. And they ALWAYS have packs of salt to give out too - more so than ketchup packs so it's not like no one else asks.

The owners are such odd people - I imagine they are printing money with that place considering they haven't invested a single cent into the space ever (they might have replaced their chairs at one point), the place is always busy and they've only ever had a single other employee there (some old Chinese guy in the back).

[Razor Ramon HG]

this happened on Friday, did anyone else spot it? I took a pic lol

Coquitlam learns to park

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/19/coquitlam-crash-eye-care-centre/

Lol, crashing a car into an eye car center

[underscore]

Man, anyone drive HWY 3 and the Coq in the last week or so this summer?

My car got titty fucked by bugs both ways, worst I've ever seen it in years heading out that way in the summer.

Every inch of the windshield, hood, grill were COVERED with dead fuckers.

They were the worst in recent memory when I went down and back a couple weeks ago. Tons of the big ones you actually hear hit the glass and you can hear the grit when you (pointlessly) try to use the wipers.

[EvoFire]

Man, anyone drive HWY 3 and the Coq in the last week or so this summer?

My car got titty fucked by bugs both ways, worst I've ever seen it in years heading out that way in the summer.

Every inch of the windshield, hood, grill were COVERED with dead fuckers.

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/452512796_10159751769217032_221828152817408742_n.j pg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=f727a1&_nc_ohc=cj68aKWHoLYQ7kNvgE0bG6R&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=00_AYCMIm-liIMwxgWjnZnd8HtfbH2SkPfo87J0KQ4-eQX3Iw&oe=66A34D09

This was the trip to and from Kamloops, you kind of expect it when you drive long distances.

[AzNightmare]

https://scontent.fcxh3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/452512796_10159751769217032_221828152817408742_n.j pg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=f727a1&_nc_ohc=cj68aKWHoLYQ7kNvgE0bG6R&_nc_ht=scontent.fcxh3-1.fna&oh=00_AYCMIm-liIMwxgWjnZnd8HtfbH2SkPfo87J0KQ4-eQX3Iw&oe=66A34D09

This was the trip to and from Kamloops, you kind of expect it when you drive long distances.

lol, your car would have been the perfect colour to do the DIY masking tape PPF method
https://i.imgur.com/WY1K5E8.png

[EvoFire]

lol, your car would have been the perfect colour to do the DIY masking tape PPF method
https://i.imgur.com/WY1K5E8.png

I got PPF on the front, don't need it :lol

[Badhobz]

Yeah that blue wrap will protect the white paint for sure

[RabidRat]

Speaking of health - here's an illness that's more common than people realise and which many of you (in your 40's and 50's) are prime targets for (and roughly 1 in a 1,000 get it each year): Sudden Onset Hearing Loss: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/sudden-deafness

This happened to me about a month ago - I got a bout of food poisoning and next thing I know I've lost most of my hearing in my left ear. I already have hearing loss and this has left my left ear in pretty bad shape - I can barely hear out of it now without my hearing aids. I have to get my hearing aids adjusted before I know what my new quality of life is but so far it's made life considerably worse and has me looking to accelerate retirement (and I've shelved any plans to buy a sports car for now).

Hearing loss is irreversible (unless it's conductive loss where there's some hope) and 38% of Canadians have some kind of loss and half of those people don't realise it so take care of what you've got. If you think you might have hearing loss you can get your hearing tested for free at Costco or any private clinic. You can even download an app (Mimi) that lets you do an at home test.

There's a silver lining here in that you're conscious of it and making the most of it!

For years, my dad wouldn't admit there was anything going on with his hearing, and would pretend to himself that he could perfectly hear what we were saying. He would fill in the gaps and insist it's what we'd said, when it wasn't. This got really confusing for my 8 year old niece, when increasingly his responses to her didn't make any sense. Eventually she just stopped talking to him. This was hard on him because he and my mom had basically raised my niece in her younger years. After a ton of painstaking convincing that this was really no different to getting glasses, last year we got him -reluctantly - to try new hearing aids.

We got our dad back, and he got his granddaughter back.

My mother in law isn't far behind. She has it bad enough that if her right ear is turned to someone, she doesn't know when they're speaking, even if they're talking loudly in the same room. She also doesn't think she needs hearing aids, because she "still hears perfectly in the other ear" (she doesn't: she just pretends she does and makes stuff up as we talk).

My wife's insurance has some amount of hearing aid coverage and I'm sure my hearing isn't great anyway after years of power tool use without hearing protection: I figure I'll wear them a while and kinda normalize it around her so she'll have an easier time accepting these glasses for her ears.

[whitev70r]

^ there are studies that connect loss of hearing with accelerated dementia, if hearing is not corrected. Makes exact sense as you described in social settings. Hearing loss leads to lost of comprehension -> which leads to frustration of family -> less social interaction -> less stimulation ->social withdrawal / isolation ... increased deterioration of cognitive function.

[Badhobz]

i blame you loud ass guangdong fuckers for talking in your shrill, annoying, guangdong dialect for your hearing loss :pokerface:

WHAT? SALMON ZI ? no i dont want any salmon eggs.

NO i said sandwiches!!!

WHAT?!?!? i told you i dont want fish

=====

now you've turned me into a guangdong fucker too. I HATE YOU GUYS

dui le ge lun yungs

[supafamous]

There's a silver lining here in that you're conscious of it and making the most of it!

For years, my dad wouldn't admit there was anything going on with his hearing, and would pretend to himself that he could perfectly hear what we were saying. He would fill in the gaps and insist it's what we'd said, when it wasn't. This got really confusing for my 8 year old niece, when increasingly his responses to her didn't make any sense. Eventually she just stopped talking to him. This was hard on him because he and my mom had basically raised my niece in her younger years. After a ton of painstaking convincing that this was really no different to getting glasses, last year we got him -reluctantly - to try new hearing aids.

We got our dad back, and he got his granddaughter back.

My mother in law isn't far behind. She has it bad enough that if her right ear is turned to someone, she doesn't know when they're speaking, even if they're talking loudly in the same room. She also doesn't think she needs hearing aids, because she "still hears perfectly in the other ear" (she doesn't: she just pretends she does and makes stuff up as we talk).

My wife's insurance has some amount of hearing aid coverage and I'm sure my hearing isn't great anyway after years of power tool use without hearing protection: I figure I'll wear them a while and kinda normalize it around her so she'll have an easier time accepting these glasses for her ears.

Yeah, it's tough. A lot of folks have stigma attached to hearing aids (I did for sure before I got them when I was around 35y.o. - 13 years ago) but I've learned that pretty no one notices them and it's much more noticeable when you don't understand what people say (they think you're dumb or out of it or rude). People just end up not talking to you b/c it's too hard for them (like your niece). My FIL needs hearing aids as well but insists he doesn't want them and it leads to needless fights with his wife when he misunderstands her.

I also don't think a lot of people realise how much energy they get back by getting hearing aids (in the same way that glasses help you see). I work in a job that requires a lot of listening so not being able to hear well is exhausting - I have to spend so much more of my energy concentrating so I can make out what they're saying. I'm fairly certain that I couldn't do my job without hearing aids (also thank goodness for WFH).

^ there are studies that connect loss of hearing with accelerated dementia if not corrected. Makes exact sense as you described in social settings. Hearing loss leads to lost of comprehension which leads to frustration of family -> less social interaction -> less stimulation, social withdrawal / isolation ...increased deterioration of cognitive function.

Yeah, it's as much a 5x increase in the chance that you'll get dementia if you have severe hearing loss (which is me). The science is early days but it does make sense - the loss of stimuli leads to deterioration of the brain which is why they encourage seniors to be active.

I'm still kinda in my grieving period with this recent loss - I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be able to work the job I have and I realise that I'm much closer to becoming deaf than I expected (hearing loss gradually gets worse over time). On the bright side at least I'm in a position financially where I likely could semi-retire if I needed to - I'm semi-serious about getting a job at Costco - and semi-retirement means more time with my family.

[whitev70r]

Oh yah, you mentioned that other factor, it can drive your spouse nuts if you can't hear. I mean in one sense we selectively hear our spouses anyhow .. :lol. But it would make me go nuts.

Surprisingly, I'm seeing younger adults <50 (or so) much more receptive to wearing hearing aids than grannies and grandpas. They have this 'vain' ness about them not being seen or pride but nowadays, they are tiny and all you see is like a thick thread sticking out, if you don't look, you won't even realize the in ear ones (vs. the over hanging ear ones).

I should get them early and be like the Bionic woman.

[6793026]

speaking of which; i had duct cleaning yesterday and man the guy must be deaf from the high power air spraying when done in enclosed rooms. I said " how do you not deaf", he said his hearing is tough and even his ears are bleeding..

we wears a mask but somehow doesn't wear hearing protection....

[Badhobz]

im pretty sure a lot of these kids nowadays are going to have hearing problems. I see them at the gym wearing those huge headphones (also disgusting how they are wearing those over the hear headphones to the gym.. dont you get sweaty in that shit?) blasting out volume so loud that i can hear it like 10ft away from them.

most of these kids have them on their heads like 24/7.

[supafamous]

im pretty sure a lot of these kids nowadays are going to have hearing problems. I see them at the gym wearing those huge headphones (also disgusting how they are wearing those over the hear headphones to the gym.. dont you get sweaty in that shit?) blasting out volume so loud that i can hear it like 10ft away from them.

most of these kids have them on their heads like 24/7.

I'm not sure if the current generation will have it worse than past generations - in the past no one talked about protecting your hearing and most people would do stuff that would be considered unsafe. Like my dad use to take me and my brother to the airshow every year as kids and we never wore any hearing protection. Back in the day the guys operating the leaf blowers weren't wearing anything hearing protection.

Nowadays there's a lot more discussion about hearing health - my watch warns me anytime I'm in a place over 90dbs, there's noise cancellation in a lot of earbuds/headphones, hearing loss is covered as a workplace injury in a lot of jobs, and there's much more education about hearing loss in general.

Because loss is cumulative it can take a long time to realise it's happened so the construction workers, heavy equipment folks etc may not know they've got big problems coming their way. Last week my Uber driver noticed my hearing aids as he also wears them - 35 years old who worked in construction in Abu Dhabi for 10 years and he has bad tinnitus (ringing in his ears) so he needs hearing aids to suppress it.

[Badhobz]

what? what did you just say?

[EvoFire]

There's a lot less stigma about protection with the recent generation. The toughguy image isn't nearly as prevalent as for the boomer generation.

I recently read an article about the reason why the millennials are looking so much younger than the generation before it and there are apparently a ton of reasons. The millennials are the first group of adults where smoking was no longer "cool". Heavy drinking was still common for the older set but it drops off considerably as you get to the younger end of the group. Everyone is much more health conscious in that working out, drinking enough water, not going to a tanning salon to give yourself skin cancer, wearing sun protection, are all much the norm.

It will lead to hopefully a healthier cohort as they get older, and a group that's much more receptive to aids, mechanical or otherwise. The stigma of hearing aids will be much much less.

[Badhobz]

I rather have skin cancer
https://i.postimg.cc/mrkqzf5z/11.jpg
https://imagedelivery.net/WLUarKbmUXuuhDC7PG5_Qw/articles/4cd6760d2e3921264bf860450f2daa16.png/public

[EvoFire]

^ Ok boomer

https://media1.tenor.com/m/Hdt6LGSACs4AAAAC/jennifer-lawrence-thumbs-up.gif

[Badhobz]

you're dark anyways you guangdong fucker, skin protection my ass!

[donk.]

This generation will have brain damage from being glued to their phones for 8hrs a day.

[mikemhg]

Speaking of hearing aids, anyone have a decently priced suggestion on something that's more place in the ear, bud-like?

My dad is in his 70s and his hearing is garbage, and he has too much pride to wear a hearing aid. I've been trying to convince him to purchase one, but I need an option for him that is more discreet and can be placed in and out easily, something similar to an earbud.

[Manic!]

Speaking of hearing aids, anyone have a decently priced suggestion on something that's more place in the ear, bud-like?

My dad is in his 70s and his hearing is garbage, and he has too much pride to wear a hearing aid. I've been trying to convince him to purchase one, but I need an option for him that is more discreet and can be placed in and out easily, something similar to an earbud.

Sony and Sennheiser both have over the counter options that look like b ear buds.

https://electronics.sony.com/otc-hearing-aids

https://www.sennheiser-hearing.com/en-CA/p/conversation-clear-plus/clbdpz6ru7jy909uld0brbw2d/

[RabidRat]

Speaking of hearing aids, anyone have a decently priced suggestion on something that's more place in the ear, bud-like?

My dad is in his 70s and his hearing is garbage, and he has too much pride to wear a hearing aid. I've been trying to convince him to purchase one, but I need an option for him that is more discreet and can be placed in and out easily, something similar to an earbud.

A mid-step we took with my dad, was actually to get him AirPod Pro 2's, which integrate hearing aid -like function via Transparency Mode.

You can use a hearing test app like Mimi to generate an audiogram (they play a series of tones across frequency range, checking to how low a volume you can still hear it, and the audiogram is a graph of the hearing loss across frequency), and then you load that into the AirPod Pro in Accessibility Mode. I tried it on myself and it was really cool: it was like getting super-powers, I was able to hear conversations from really far away and through windows and stuff lolol.

It's not as effective as real hearing aids but they did help my dad enough that he saw the value. Like whereas before I would say numbers at him from across the room and he couldn't make them out. Afterwards he got most numbers right. And AirPod Pros are a fraction of the price. It eased my dad into the idea of having something in his ears and helping him hear incrementally better, before going all the way.

Some more on this:
https://hearingup.com/blog/airpods-pro-2-as-hearing-aids-audiologists-review

[supafamous]

Speaking of hearing aids, anyone have a decently priced suggestion on something that's more place in the ear, bud-like?

My dad is in his 70s and his hearing is garbage, and he has too much pride to wear a hearing aid. I've been trying to convince him to purchase one, but I need an option for him that is more discreet and can be placed in and out easily, something similar to an earbud.

Most modern hearing aids do come in an "in canal" form factor that usually comes in skin colours that make it largely invisible.

For example: https://www.jabra.com/en-ca/hearing/enhance-pro-20

https://www.jabra.com/en-ca/hearing/-/media/82A2C244378144CBBE30BC791C849144.ashx?w=700

If that doesn't work then the AirPods Pro can be a decent substitute if his hearing loss isn't too bad (it wouldn't do the job for someone with severe loss but should be usable if you have mild or moderate loss). For reference:

https://www.healthyhearing.com/uploads/images/degrees-of-hearing-loss-audiogram-hh19(1).jpg

[spoon.ek9]

If any of you end up working at Costco, you better be wearing this shirt:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91IM87eeuCL._CLa%7C2140%2C2000%7C81FMe4oz4JL.png%7 C0%2C0%2C2140%2C2000%2B0.0%2C0.0%2C2140.0%2C2000.0 _AC_UY1000_.png

[Hondaracer]

The resistance to using a hearing aid is so weird lol, it’s akin to not wearing glasses when you’ve got terrible vision in terms of quality of life

Even in my 30’s I wouldn’t think twice about using hearing aids if I had to lol.. but old fucks he stubborn af.

My wife’s grandma was 98 and couldn’t hear shit, she couldn’t even hear the TV cranked, we said we’d take her to Costco and pay for everything take her there etc. and it was always no no no like this huge resistance to it, you don’t even leave your home! The least you can do is fucking hear lol

[Hakkaboy]

LOL, after 15+ years of always asking for a pack of salt for my order I would have hoped they got the message to salt their fries. And they ALWAYS have packs of salt to give out too - more so than ketchup packs so it's not like no one else asks.

The owners are such odd people - I imagine they are printing money with that place considering they haven't invested a single cent into the space ever (they might have replaced their chairs at one point), the place is always busy and they've only ever had a single other employee there (some old Chinese guy in the back).

PRE-COVID, I think they had some fillipino's working at the back. I'm not joking.

I'm using plural because I distinctly remember there were 2 younger dudes at one time when I was there

[xxxrsxxx]

I'm using google flights to search for flights and after selection, there are quotes from various providers. Has anyone ever booked with Flighthub or JustFly before? Preferably I would just book with the airlines but they are much more expensive.

[EvoFire]

I've booked from flighthub before, haven't had any issues with it.

[bcrdukes]

...Until you have an issue.

[underscore]

After the headaches I had with Expedia I'll never book with a third party again. Especially with how often flights get cancelled and changed these days the last thing I want to do is add a middle-man to that mess.

[sonick]

Tbh not sure what flights you're seeing but I've NEVER seen a flight price on a third party site that I couldn't get booking directly from the airline.

I worked a bit in travel years ago although not as an agent but based on my understanding there's really no way to get a better price than the airline, they all book thru the same booking engines and same source of pricing and availability.

[Razor Ramon HG]

I booked through the sketchiest Chinese portal for a flight from Vancouver to Regina. It was half the price of what WestJet was offering on the website, and it was linked via Google Flights.

Had no issues with the actual company delivering me my tickets. Everything worked properly on the WestJet portal.

WestJet cancelled my flight tho. Fuck WestJet.

[Teriyaki]

I'm using google flights to search for flights and after selection, there are quotes from various providers. Has anyone ever booked with Flighthub or JustFly before? Preferably I would just book with the airlines but they are much more expensive.

Back when I was a student I rolled the dice many a time booking through 3rd party sites. I've done quite a few of the big ones, Expedia, Cheapoair, Flighthub, Priceline etc. I think the major ones are really owned by one company anyway (Expedia?).

Luckily I've never been burned and never had an issue before but you do hear of horror stories here and there. I'd still consider if your travel isn't super time-critical like having to attend an event or wedding etc. That way, if there are issues you still have time to sort things out. Its the wait times having to contact the agency, then sorting out new flights if something goes awry. Ultimately, I think everyone gets where they need to go but the airlines can and do say "don't talk to us, talk to your agency" if you need assistance.

[red kryptonite]

lego ucs hulkbuster is now 40% off and includes 2 free gifts.

https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/hulkbuster-76210?ef_id=EAIaIQobChMIl6TSssC8hwMV44p_BB2iBzWHEA EYASAEEgJ7_PD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!790!3!!!!x!!!20535543328!&cmp=KAC-INI-GOOGUS-GO-CA_GL-EN-RE-SP-BUY-CREATE-MB_ALWAYS_ON-SHOP-BP-PMAX-ALL-CIDNA00000-PMAX-MEDIUM_PRIORITY&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIl6TSssC8hwMV44p_BB2iBzWHEAEYASAE EgJ7_PD_BwE

https://manofmany.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/hulkbuster-lego-2.jpg

[supafamous]

https://wapo.st/3WcJBul (gift link) This is fucked up. I watched the body cam video and there's absolutely no reason for what happened nor was there even a reason for the cop to have his hand on his gun.

[GLOW]

that link looks sus, i'm afraid to click :lol

[Traum]

This is so fxxked up. How do BIPOC people in the US even have any faith in the police at all? You call them for help, and they'll just open fire on you, aiming for the head no less?

Makes me kind of wish that Illinois hadn't abolished the death penalty...

[bcrdukes]

America :fuckyea:

[whitev70r]

WTH is wrong with Canadian Olympic Ladies Soccer team? Why did they take a page out of Belichick?

[sonick]

Explaining wokeness and Gen Z

https://youtu.be/LEjM5Wc5eYQ

(watch to the end)

[whitev70r]

Damn ... tragic stories coming out of Jasper ... significant structural damage to the resort town, hotels, and neighbourhoods !

[CivicBlues]

Heartbreaking. Jasper has a special place for us as it was the first road trip we took after the first COVID travel restrictions were lifted in summer 2020. So serene and uncrowded too compared to the big hitters in nearby Banff but nonetheless just as beautiful.

[supafamous]

I last visited Jasper 12 years ago and it was such an incredibly beautiful place. I was talking about going up there next Spring with my wife just a few days ago. Really sad to see what's happened there.

[CivicBlues]

Fuck, just heard the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge burned down. That place was really cool, it wasn't like any of the other Fairmont hotels, they made it look a camping lodge and the rooms were like individual cabins but still 4-5 star accommodations. We had dinner there for my wife's Birthday. :(

Last year it was Lahaina, Maui burning down and now this. All these holiday memories just going up in smoke.

[supafamous]

Fuck, just heard the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge burned down. That place was really cool, it wasn't like any of the other Fairmont hotels, they made it look a camping lodge and the rooms were like individual cabins but still 4-5 star accommodations. We had dinner there for my wife's Birthday. :(

Last year it was Lahaina, Maui burning down and now this. All these holiday memories just going up in smoke.

Oof. I stayed there when I visited and while the rooms themselves were outdated the grounds were incredible. I had dinner outside one night and a caribou walked right up to me - that trip was one of the most memorable things I did.

[Badhobz]

Argh you gotta be kidding me. That was Fairmont’s best one other than maybe lake Louise.

[westopher]

Jasper is my favourite place in the world. It's the first place I tell new visitors to go when travelling through Canada. I must have well over 100 trips there over the years. Fucking terrible. I hope it isn't as bad as it seems.

[whitev70r]

Fuck, just heard the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge burned down. That place was really cool, it wasn't like any of the other Fairmont hotels, they made it look a camping lodge and the rooms were like individual cabins but still 4-5 star accommodations. We had dinner there for my wife's Birthday. :(

Last year it was Lahaina, Maui burning down and now this. All these holiday memories just going up in smoke.

OMG !! :heckno:

[CivicBlues]

Well my bad, it looks like the reports of Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge's destruction were greatly exaggerated. At least for now.

Jasper Park Lodge reports most structures 'standing and intact' amid wildfire (https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/jasper-park-lodge-reports-most-structures-standing-and-intact-amid-wildfire-1.6978178)

[Hondaracer]

They had some fire experts and BC forestry people on the radio talking and they said Jasper is actually one of the best prepared “fire safe” communities in Canada

Not much you can do however when 100 foot flames sweep in at 15 meters a minute I think they said. Kinda scary to think that even a place like Kamloops etc. which is more dessert than forest could very well go up if embers and shit start falling on homes and you can’t control the structure fires

[donk.]

Anyone ask for more pay after going onto partners health benefits?

Ex: my company has 3$/hr worth of health benefits.
I go onto gfs health benefits.
Company no longer needs to pay 3$ worth of health benefits.
Ask company for difference?

Is this a thing?

[underscore]

I think it would depend if they can actually opt you out or not.

[Hondaracer]

Anyone ask for more pay after going onto partners health benefits?

Ex: my company has 3$/hr worth of health benefits.
I go onto gfs health benefits.
Company no longer needs to pay 3$ worth of health benefits.
Ask company for difference?

Is this a thing?

Usually with other companies I’ve worked for there was an option to opt out completely at the beggining of the calendar year and they would tell you the difference you’d realize in terms of pay by opting out

Other companies that have spending accounts etc. for your health care it seems like you generally cannot opt out

[whitev70r]

Well my bad, it looks like the reports of Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge's destruction were greatly exaggerated. At least for now.

Jasper Park Lodge reports most structures 'standing and intact' amid wildfire (https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/jasper-park-lodge-reports-most-structures-standing-and-intact-amid-wildfire-1.6978178)

This is one that I'm happy you were wrong on.

[whitev70r]

Do we need a 2024 Olympics thread?

More news coming out regarding Canada's Women Soccer team AND Men's Soccer team about spying on practices, going back to 2021. Women's head coach suspended for rest of Olympics.

https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/canada-s-men-s-and-women-s-soccer-teams-have-relied-on-drones-and-spying-for-years-sources-say-1.2153674

[mikemhg]

Fuck, just heard the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge burned down. That place was really cool, it wasn't like any of the other Fairmont hotels, they made it look a camping lodge and the rooms were like individual cabins but still 4-5 star accommodations. We had dinner there for my wife's Birthday. :(

Last year it was Lahaina, Maui burning down and now this. All these holiday memories just going up in smoke.

Fuck that sucks Fairmount Jasper was one my bucket list to visit, I've heard it's better value-wise then Fairmount Lake Louise.

Guess that's out the window.

EDIT: NM, damn you Civic.

[mikemhg]

Anyone ask for more pay after going onto partners health benefits?

Ex: my company has 3$/hr worth of health benefits.
I go onto gfs health benefits.
Company no longer needs to pay 3$ worth of health benefits.
Ask company for difference?

Is this a thing?

It depends if it's a flex plan or modular. Do you know?

If not, and it's simply an employer TRAD plan paid without credits or cost sharing, then no.

If it's flex, you can move those employer paid amounts to HSA/PSA or taxable cash.

If it's fully employer paid mandatory plan for EHC/Dental, with no employee cost sharing, you might as well stay in the plan for travel insurance purposes, and paramedical amounts, you're not losing anything by staying in the plan.

[CivicBlues]

Fuck that sucks Fairmount Jasper was one my bucket list to visit, I've heard it's better value-wise then Fairmount Lake Louise.

Guess that's out the window.

EDIT: NM, damn you Civic.

lol sorry man.

FWIW on that trip we stayed at the Lake Louise and had dinner at the Jasper. Jasper is actually a 4* hotel and LL is 5* so it makes sense that it's cheaper. Even then the LL is very overpriced (much more so now) but the view is pretty much what you're paying for. Worth it though, at least in 2020:

https://i.imgur.com/e2cknd4.jpg

Jasper is still fantastic though, worth the extra drive from Banff. Even so, it takes less time to drive from Vancouver directly (9h vs 10h)

https://i.imgur.com/p13A0lq.jpg

[PeanutButter]

Whoa, that picture is unreal.

[PeanutButter]

I feel like I can smell the air through that picture.

[Badhobz]

Alaska is unreal. The white pass / Yukon train route is epic. I’m not a rail fan / foamer but riding this train for 3 hours almost brought a tear to my eye. The majestic beauty is unmatched.
https://i.postimg.cc/xTt19C6W/IMG-0542.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/hG7D80KB/IMG-0503.jpg

The conductor of this train invited me over to his house to drink with him once he found out that I used to be a conductor. Too bad I don’t drink anymore and my boat gotta leave

He gave me a nifty hat though. Rail road brotherhood is real

[donk.]

I feel like I can smell the air through that picture.

We take for granted having mostly clean air in canada

When i came back from my 3 month australia/asia bender, it was forest fire season over there. I remember landing in YVR, stepping outside, and just taking a breath of clean air. I forgot what clean air smelled like.

[CivicBlues]

You know where has really clean air? New Zealand, makes our air smell like a wet fart. Lol.

[donk.]

Havent noticed a difference :suspicious:

[pastarocket]

Crazy fight at the Richmond Night Market on Friday night.

Two guys were throwing tables to try to imitate WWE wrestlers. :lawl:

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1edr057/richmond_fight_market/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


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[bcrdukes]

I imagine that is how things went down when Badhobz fought the Indian guy over the parking spot at KFC.

[SkinnyPupp]

Crazy fight at the Richmond Night Market on Friday night.

Two guys were throwing tables to try to imitate WWE wrestlers. :lawl:

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/1edr057/richmond_fight_market/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button


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[Badhobz]

The glacier shrank a lot vs 14 years ago when I was last here. But still…. this place is just magical. I’m going to ask spy balloon to throw my ashes into this fjord when I go.

https://i.postimg.cc/T3nZjJ3s/IMG-0687.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Kv3Xj2Sx/IMG-0732.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/d3Db8MhR/IMG-0795.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/FHcQWQDD/IMG-0830.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/HsFg9L4r/IMG-0847.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/2y6D2bKZ/IMG-0873.jpg

[supafamous]

How much 3rd party liability with ICBC do folks here carry? I'm at $2m and noticed my brother carries $3m and it got me thinking if I've got enough or not.

This lawyer back in 2016 recommended $5m from ICBC and then even more privately: https://pushormitchell.com/2016/11/icbc-third-party-liability-coverage-how-much-is-enough/

[68style]

Do your own research, don't take my word for it, but liability does not work the same anymore. Here's my understanding of it:

You can't be sued under the no fault insurance system, so the liability amount is no longer to cover running over a doctor, the only thing it's for now is if you hit a business, your liability is there to cover their operating losses while they're closed. You need this in Richmond, where you are bound to drive through the front window of a shop at some point.

So basically it's useless now unless you're totally incompetent. I don't even think you need $1M anymore.

Devil's Advocate: If you look at your breakdown of costs, $2M coverage is like about $30 if you're at full discount... so why not just leave it there at that price. It's not saving you anything to get rid of it. It used to be WAY more expensive when it was for personal injury coverage.

[unit]

speaking of benefits, does anyone else find that benefits are shit now that practitioners are asking like $180/hr for physio, $135/hr for RMT, etc..?

back when these things were like $90-100/hr, a $500 or $1000 allowance was plenty, but now that they have gone up so much the benefits cover far fewer sessions.
if these things were not covered under benefits the prices would absolutely plummet. only because they are billed to insurance they just charge whatever they want.

[inv4zn]

How much 3rd party liability with ICBC do folks here carry? I'm at $2m and noticed my brother carries $3m and it got me thinking if I've got enough or not.

This lawyer back in 2016 recommended $5m from ICBC and then even more privately: https://pushormitchell.com/2016/11/icbc-third-party-liability-coverage-how-much-is-enough/

My understanding is with the new system, there's a lot less need for higher TPL as it was with the previous system.

Essentially TPL was to insure you in case you hit someone and they sue you for lost wages, etc. Now since most of the time they can't sue, there isn't much use for TPL other than if you damage property. Even ICBC admits this on their page for TPL.

I guess if you drive into someone's house or a business, maybe? Do correct me if I'm wrong though. I carry 2 million.

[bcrdukes]

speaking of benefits, does anyone else find that benefits are shit now that practitioners are asking like $180/hr for physio, $135/hr for RMT, etc..?

back when these things were like $90-100/hr, a $500 or $1000 allowance was plenty, but now that they have gone up so much the benefits cover far fewer sessions.
if these things were not covered under benefits the prices would absolutely plummet. only because they are billed to insurance they just charge whatever they want.

+1

Getting out of control. RMT / Physio etc. Some practitioners can still be reasonable, but more often than not, the ones who bill directly often charge whatever they want, and you are out of pocket. I am careful on telling practitioners if I have insurance or not, just to test the waters.

[68style]

All the places open at 10pm with neon signs need to get registered man, competition drives down prices

[bcrdukes]

"Could I get a receipt, please?" :pokerface:

:inout: Speaking of which, I need to book an appointment with my physiotherapist for my right hand. :peek:

[winson604]

speaking of benefits, does anyone else find that benefits are shit now that practitioners are asking like $180/hr for physio, $135/hr for RMT, etc..?

back when these things were like $90-100/hr, a $500 or $1000 allowance was plenty, but now that they have gone up so much the benefits cover far fewer sessions.
if these things were not covered under benefits the prices would absolutely plummet. only because they are billed to insurance they just charge whatever they want.

Daaamn son what physio are you seeing for $180/hr? Or maybe I'm just out of the loop, started seeing a physio recently for the first time in like 20 years and it's $100 for 45 mins so about $130/hr same as RMT really. $180 sounds wild not that $130 doesn't sound crazy already. At least RMTs don't have the tip option anymore like before unless some of you are still seeing it. Once prices started creeping a few years ago the place I go to stopped the tip option all together.

[noclue]

How much 3rd party liability with ICBC do folks here carry? I'm at $2m and noticed my brother carries $3m and it got me thinking if I've got enough or not.

This lawyer back in 2016 recommended $5m from ICBC and then even more privately: https://pushormitchell.com/2016/11/icbc-third-party-liability-coverage-how-much-is-enough/

I also run the highest deductible on collision to save money.
Depends on your risk tolerance, what is the chance you get into an accident, and also be the one at fault to pay the deductible?

[Hondaracer]

speaking of benefits, does anyone else find that benefits are shit now that practitioners are asking like $180/hr for physio, $135/hr for RMT, etc..?

back when these things were like $90-100/hr, a $500 or $1000 allowance was plenty, but now that they have gone up so much the benefits cover far fewer sessions.
if these things were not covered under benefits the prices would absolutely plummet. only because they are billed to insurance they just charge whatever they want.

$180 for physio is robbery. So many physios are just bullshit too. I’ve probably seen 4-5 physios in my life and only 1-2 have actually addressed issues and seem to actually have the knowledge to assess things probably.

My RMT recently bumped her rates to $135 but I’d gladly pay more. Also helps when each individual service is broken up with my plan, spent almost $2500 on massages alone last year

[68style]

I can only get massages with a doctor's note... boohoo fed gov

[Hondaracer]

Need that money for cost overruns

[Badhobz]

There is an additional coverage that most of you high income broskis should get from ICBC. The one that covers future loss of income and wages. I think basic only covers you up to 80k a year. If you make more than that, it’s whomp whomp for you if you get into an accident and can’t work.

[bcrdukes]

Everyone here makes quadruple that on RS, Badhobz. How dare you insult them with an $80K salary!

[Traum]

IIRC, income top up coverage is for those with $100k+ income.

[Gerbs]

How are we affording 2 cars, wives and a house on $80K!

[68style]

or multiple wives if you're supa

[Hondaracer]

How are we affording 2 cars, wives and a house on $80K!

When those 5 cars have a total value of under 30k? Lol

[inv4zn]

Income top-up is actually $113k gross, with no other income replacement coverage.

[Badhobz]

^what ? 113k is the limit ?! My insurance lady said I can buy more to top up but I’m cheap and refused to do so.

[supafamous]

We're in the midst of working with a financial planner to figure out our finances for retirement etc and on Friday I let leak to my wife that if I were to die that she could immediately retire b/c of the life insurance policies and all the other cash on hand we have.

So if anything happens to me I want you guys to have my wife investigated. And for you to also check in on my girlfriend(s). Please also delete my 2nd Reddit, Instagram and TikTok accounts for me.

[GLOW]

now you have to let her take the 1st bite when she makes dinner, and when she's not looking swap the glasses of wine :ohgodwhy:

it'll be well planned and one of the gf's will be framed :ilied:

[PeanutButter]

My understanding is with the new system, there's a lot less need for higher TPL as it was with the previous system.

Essentially TPL was to insure you in case you hit someone and they sue you for lost wages, etc. Now since most of the time they can't sue, there isn't much use for TPL other than if you damage property. Even ICBC admits this on their page for TPL.

I guess if you drive into someone's house or a business, maybe? Do correct me if I'm wrong though. I carry 2 million.

I was just wondering this the other day. Why pay more for higher liability coverage when we are now no fault. Parties can't sue ICBC anymore, so what's the point?

$2M seems like over kill, even for property damage, there's no way it's going to cost more than $100k maximum.

[68style]

Like I mentioned tho... $2M is literally under $30 for the entire year

So....... it's not really a cost factor

[Badhobz]

So I’m cruising by all these small islands and communities along the coast and it makes me wonder why the hell don’t I just retire there.

They look so quaint and picturesque. Plus if you wanted to come to the mainland it’s just a ferry ride over. Doesn’t seem so bad.

[westopher]

I'd retire there for sure, but until then it's a little too quaint.

[underscore]

So I’m cruising by all these small islands and communities along the coast and it makes me wonder why the hell don’t I just retire there.

They look so quaint and picturesque. Plus if you wanted to come to the mainland it’s just a ferry ride over. Doesn’t seem so bad.

Only if it has a direct ferry, otherwise it's a pain. My in-laws have a place on Saltspring and you go from there to Swartz Bay and then from there to Tsawwassen. It's a 30 min drive + wait + 25 min ferry + 30 min wait + 90 min ferry = minimum 3 hours to get to the mainland.

Of course if you can afford to buy a float plane you're good to go.

[sonick]

So I’m cruising by all these small islands and communities along the coast and it makes me wonder why the hell don’t I just retire there.

They look so quaint and picturesque. Plus if you wanted to come to the mainland it’s just a ferry ride over. Doesn’t seem so bad.

Pre COVID Bowen Island was a hidden gem for a easy getaway.

20 min ferry ride that operates every 45 mins, no reservations needed.

Once there it feels like any other island, completely away from the city

Nowadays prices for Airbnb's have skyrocketed like any other. We used to stay at these beautiful 1br loft cabins there for $99 a night before fees, now they're up to $225/nt during summer and they're booked fully the entire summer.

[whitev70r]

I'm very impressed with Sydney. As close to the ferry as you can get, beautiful quiet seaside town, 20-25 mins drive to Victoria as well if you need things in a city. Beautiful landscape. At one time, there was a ferry to take you to Anacortes/San Juan Islands area but Covid shut that down, but there have been talks of reviving it.

[68style]

It's kind of amusing that Sidney, tiny as it is, has like 3 antique book shops

edit: can't spell

[CivicBlues]

Sidney

I was wondering for a sec how the fuck you could have taken the ferry from Australia to Anacortes :lol

[whitev70r]

:lol ... yes, Sydney, BC !

[GLOW]

just like London.... Ontario :pokerface:

[whitev70r]

London, ON used to be quite nice small town, English flavour, half the city works for the University but I heard it's gotten bad in the core, poverty, homelessness, addiction, etc. They have good healthcare there though ... cuz UWO has a med school who is always looking for willing guinea pigs for new procedures and trials ... :lol.

Is Kingston any good? I heard they have water, islands, etc. But I saw a doc from CBC where all these small towns in Ontario are just filled with drug addicts ... it's the opioid thing.

[GLOW]

just like London, UK Kappa :troll: :badpokerface:

[bcrdukes]

Was in London, ON for business recently. Place is pretty rough. I was in and out of there as fast I could.

[OriginalJC]

I was born and raised in London ON. I try to never go back :-D

[supafamous]

https://www.londontourism.ca

The London tourism site doesn't make it seem so bad. For a city of 450k people located in a decent area I'm surprised to hear it sucks.

[bcrdukes]

To be fair, it's not as bad as I make it out to be. If anything, it's a sad state of affairs with increased homelessness and a few vagrants roaming about, but nothing like the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver or Skid Row.

But please, if you are ever visiting London, ON, understand it is nothing like London, UK. :lol

[mikemhg]

Only good thing about London is Grand Bend, beautiful beach.

[Traum]

Back in my university days, people always told me that the parties at Western (University, in London, ON) were awesome, and unlike geeky school, the chicks were hawt too. Such a shame that I never made an effort to find out.

I did briefly meet a very pretty (Caucasian) chick from Paris, ON in a wedding party, but of course I never managed to get her contact info... FailFish

[Badhobz]

You foool !!! You foooo !!!!!!

[sonick]

Speaking of short getaways, I have some vacation days to burn by myself since I have more days than my wife's work.

Thinking in a few weeks of doing a 1 night solo roadtrip to do Duffy Lake Loop since I have never done it before, maybe overnight in Lilooet. It would be mid-week to hopefully avoid traffic.

Any suggestions on cool places to stop at along the way and to see or places to stop at for coffee/snacks? It will be a very chill and easy going drive rather than trying to burn the entire loop in a day.

[donk.]

Lilloet - walk over "the old bridge", not exactly thrilling but then again its lilooet......if you want to 1up the thrill level, walk on the edge of it

Bring some swim shorts and a towel, hop into lower joffre lake. If its 30C outside, the water will still be 1C.

[roastpuff]

Speaking of short getaways, I have some vacation days to burn by myself since I have more days than my wife's work.

Thinking in a few weeks of doing a 1 night solo roadtrip to do Duffy Lake Loop since I have never done it before, maybe overnight in Lilooet. It would be mid-week to hopefully avoid traffic.

Any suggestions on cool places to stop at along the way and to see or places to stop at for coffee/snacks? It will be a very chill and easy going drive rather than trying to burn the entire loop in a day.

Blackbird Bakery in Pemberton, also Barn Nork Thai if you want some Asian food up there. I really like the wines from Fort Berens in the Lillooet area.

[Badhobz]

Go to the states man. You can get to long beach Washington in 5 hours. It’s beautiful there. Enjoy some sun, go fly a kite, go see if you can find a country wife, start a Bon fire on the beach (you can also drive on that beach for miles and miles).

[sonick]

Go to the states man. You can get to long beach Washington in 5 hours. It’s beautiful there. Enjoy some sun, go fly a kite, go see if you can find a country wife, start a Bon fire on the beach (you can also drive on that beach for miles and miles).

To do it in 1 day I would need to do I5 which sux and also Seattle traffic.

11 years ago, before we had distractions like kids and wives, me and my buds did a Top Gear-esque convoy road trip down the Washington and Oregon coast. We stopped over in Forks (setting of Twilight), got a nice beach house at Rockaway Beach, then over to Portland for Beer Festival and strippers, and back up the I5. It was fantastic.

But yeah that was several nights and with a few buds. They're all losers now who have to "take care of their kids" and would never be able to line up a few nights where all of us would be able to do such a trip again.

[GLOW]

any beaches or other places to visit in the states that's much closer, like an hour or less from the border?

my old ass doesn't like long road trips anymore.

[jing]

Birch Bay, WA

[mikemhg]

Speaking of short getaways, I have some vacation days to burn by myself since I have more days than my wife's work.

Thinking in a few weeks of doing a 1 night solo roadtrip to do Duffy Lake Loop since I have never done it before, maybe overnight in Lilooet. It would be mid-week to hopefully avoid traffic.

Any suggestions on cool places to stop at along the way and to see or places to stop at for coffee/snacks? It will be a very chill and easy going drive rather than trying to burn the entire loop in a day.

If you're looking for a beach to take a dip along the way, checkout Strawberry Point.

[AstulzerRZD]

Speaking of short getaways, I have some vacation days to burn by myself since I have more days than my wife's work.

Thinking in a few weeks of doing a 1 night solo roadtrip to do Duffy Lake Loop since I have never done it before, maybe overnight in Lilooet. It would be mid-week to hopefully avoid traffic.

Any suggestions on cool places to stop at along the way and to see or places to stop at for coffee/snacks? It will be a very chill and easy going drive rather than trying to burn the entire loop in a day.

How about Tofino?

You'll get a great driving road there and back

You'll get a great ferry ride

You'll get great food at the wolf and the fog

You'll get great surfing if you wanna get into that

[Hondaracer]

$4000 later..

We’re looking at a Mexico trip next year with about 15 family members and it’s hard to believe $1000/$1500 taxes in used to be the norm for places like Riu etc.

All these half ass place I don’t really want to even go to start at $3000 a person.. and in Mexico an “adult” is over 12 years old, so full fare for the families with kids

[Badhobz]

Que?! It’s that expensive now ?! da fuck. I just went like 2 years ago and it was only uhhhh 1500 a person including airfare and a good deluxe room at the dreams tulum

Room was ocean facing and even had a hot tub.

[Badhobz]

To do it in 1 day I would need to do I5 which sux and also Seattle traffic.

11 years ago, before we had distractions like kids and wives, me and my buds did a Top Gear-esque convoy road trip down the Washington and Oregon coast. We stopped over in Forks (setting of Twilight), got a nice beach house at Rockaway Beach, then over to Portland for Beer Festival and strippers, and back up the I5. It was fantastic.

But yeah that was several nights and with a few buds. They're all losers now who have to "take care of their kids" and would never be able to line up a few nights where all of us would be able to do such a trip again.

You gotta go at like 4am. That way you’ll get past Seattle and Tacoma and then you can head towards ocean shore with no traffic.

If you’re okay sleeping a night somewhere, start driving at 11pm and then rest when you past Tacoma. Then you’re ready to go for the day.

When you come back, As long as you return back to Tacoma/seattle before 2pm you won’t get stuck.

========

Not a day trip but I always wanted to go see barkerville up in buttfuck nowhere bc. I’m a big history nut so old gold mining towns are my jam. Too bad nobody wants to ever do that kinda shit and I’ll likely have to do it alone one of these days. Also it’s pretty close to some natural hot spring that I wanted to check out.

[underscore]

I went to Barkerville as a kid and it was awesome. I'd love to go back there one day.

[PeanutButter]

You don't have to go to Tofino if you want beaches. We just came back from Parksville a month ago, which is only 30mins from Nanaimo and they have great beaches there. I also heard Courtney/Comox has white sand beaches there. So if you don't want a three hour drive to Tofino, check that out.


We also did a trip to Cancun in April. 7 nights. Two adults, One four-year-old, One one-year-old (sat in our laps) at Sensira Resort in Cancun with Air Canada Vacations. $4,300 CAD Total, direct flight with air Canada, includes transfers, and one checked bag each. We used a site called Escapes.ca to book, it's pretty good because once you find a resort you like, you can check the entire calendar to see when the cheapest week to book is, so if you're flexible, it's a great way to get a good deal.


We just booked Honolulu for October and it was about $4,500 CAD for the flight and the hotel at Hilton Hawaiin Village. Mexico is definitely the best value for family vacations, but we like Hawaii more. It's more expensive, but Hawaii feels safer and more western.

[sonick]

Thx for the suggestions guys. Definitely interested in doing a swim or cold plunge if given the opportunity.

Not really considering other places. I've done the Tofino/Wolf and Fog trip before. Washington coast too far for just one night; if I'm gonna stay overnight I would do it at the beach and not past Tacoma just so I can skip traffic.

I did the 4am drive before to catch a flight out of SeaTac when I did my solo Chicago trip, I still ran into traffic then.

[Badhobz]

Try the American San Juan islands. Their ferry system is cheap and grabbing a ride to port Townsend is both historic and interesting. The ferry departed from that fort uhhh Fort Casey ?! Or something like that.

The San Juan island are gorgeous and they got some interesting beaches.

[sonick]

Try the American San Juan islands. Their ferry system is cheap and grabbing a ride to port Townsend is both historic and interesting. The ferry departed from that fort uhhh Fort Casey ?! Or something like that.

The San Juan island are gorgeous and they got some interesting beaches.

Good call we took that route on the Oregon coast trip, definitely a neat experience.

[bcrdukes]

Not a day trip but I always wanted to go see barkerville up in buttfuck nowhere bc. I’m a big history nut so old gold mining towns are my jam. Too bad nobody wants to ever do that kinda shit and I’ll likely have to do it alone one of these days. Also it’s pretty close to some natural hot spring that I wanted to check out.

I heard a group of old men on RS who would love to start the trip at 5am on a random, last minute Sunday. :concentrate:

[68style]

You don't have to go to Tofino if you want beaches. We just came back from Parksville a month ago, which is only 30mins from Nanaimo and they have great beaches there. I also heard Courtney/Comox has white sand beaches there. So if you don't want a three hour drive to Tofino, check that out.



My sister is in Parksville with her kids and my mom right now! She goes a couple times a year with them, kids love it. She wants to move over there I think.

[Badhobz]

I heard a group of old men on RS who would love to start the trip at 5am on a random, last minute Sunday. :concentrate:

arrgh but its almost 9h drive. And most of it is a lame-ass drive.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Vancouver,+British+Columbia/Barkerville,+British+Columbia/@51.5180018,-122.1394146,7.27z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x548673f143a94fb3:0xbb9 196ea9b81f38b!2m2!1d-123.1207375!2d49.2827291!1m5!1m1!1s0x538694c1a431a b87:0xb9914cb66fcd2605!2m2!1d-121.5137657!2d53.0703513!3e0?entry=ttu

But I love these old time towns. I was going to head to Idaho this fall/late summer for my annual solo road trip to check out some of their ghost towns/small towns but I got some work commitments that's preventing me from going.

https://www.bpmcdn.com/f/files/quesnel/import/2020-07/22028407_web1_200708-Barkervilleregularhours-barkerville_1.jpg

also its hot as fuck this year down in the states
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azkTVOa0nTc

[PeanutButter]

My sister is in Parksville with her kids and my mom right now! She goes a couple times a year with them, kids love it. She wants to move over there I think.

It was our first time there. I had no idea that place even existed. It was such a great place for families. We can't wait to go back. I actually wanted to go back before the summer is over, but we have too much going on right now.

I'm already planning our trip next year. The beach is amazing. Sandy beach with tide pools with crabs and sand dollars. It's the perfect family destination.

I can't believe i've never been there before.

[bcrdukes]

I can't believe you spent money on a vacation, PeanutButter. So much for being financially prudent! :accepted:

[68style]

Plot twist, he's sponsored by the Parksville Tourism Authority to promote them on social media platforms!

[sonick]

It's a nice area. My wife's uncle has a beach house in a gated community in Qualicum Beach that we visited 2 years ago, which was a nice getaway.

Because of all the oyster farms there, the spores wash up to the surrounding beaches. So many oysters off the private beach right out of the water while standing in the ocean.

[GLOW]

It was our first time there. I had no idea that place even existed. It was such a great place for families. We can't wait to go back. I actually wanted to go back before the summer is over, but we have too much going on right now.

I'm already planning our trip next year. The beach is amazing. Sandy beach with tide pools with crabs and sand dollars. It's the perfect family destination.

I can't believe i've never been there before.

maybe i have a different idea of tide pools having been to port renfrew in the past, but which beaches in parksville have tide pools? i don't recall seeing sand dollars either on beaches there

[Badhobz]

You want tidal pools because you wanna harvest seafood and eat ?
https://i.postimg.cc/wMHBVCt3/2-F2-C6-F3-E-34-EB-4913-A758-87-CFF8569-A48.jpg
Thats about as Chinese as these egg rolls my wife got me. CHINKY EGG ROLLS ARE THE BEST RACIST EGG ROLLS

[PeanutButter]

I can't believe you spent money on a vacation, PeanutButter. So much for being financially prudent! :accepted:

No kidding. The older I get, the more I realize you have to experience life a long the way. Our vacation expenses have definitely ticket up in the past couple of years though. We're looking at Disneyland, but it's so expensive. A three night trip to Disneyland costs more than a seven night all inclusive in Mexico.

From my calculations, we're on track for retirement in 20 years... It would be nicer to retire earlier, but I've realized you shouldn't compromise too much along the way.

[Badhobz]

^hong kong ratland is the cheapest ratland. go get discount ratland experience !

[PeanutButter]

maybe i have a different idea of tide pools having been to port renfrew in the past, but which beaches in parksville have tide pools? i don't recall seeing sand dollars either on beaches there

Ok, my dumbass just looked up what a tide pool is... My bad. What i'm thinking of was not that.

We were right on Parksville beach. and when the tide went out there were tons of areas with pockets of water. I guess this is not the same thing as a tide pool. There were tons of crabs all over the beach though (small ones) and sand dollars were around.

[PeanutButter]

^hong kong ratland is the cheapest ratland. go get discount ratland experience !

Hong Kong was cool when we visited for a friends wedding, but i'm not sure how it would be with kids... It was just a crazy big city vibe. I also thought Hong Kong would be cheaper too, it wasn't cheap at all.

Also, the flight with our kids would be rough and I couldn't afford business class for all of us.

[EvoFire]

You want tidal pools because you wanna harvest seafood and eat ?
https://i.postimg.cc/wMHBVCt3/2-F2-C6-F3-E-34-EB-4913-A758-87-CFF8569-A48.jpg
Thats about as Chinese as these egg rolls my wife got me. CHINKY EGG ROLLS ARE THE BEST RACIST EGG ROLLS

I like the phoenix rolls, but I bought a box and it doesn't taste the same anymore

[Badhobz]

psssh i blame your Shanghainese wife. shes making you hate your own Guangdong classics

soon you're gonna say VITA lemon tea sucks
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/e672d15d-5cd5-4bde-9a13-bb08435de4fa.0ee87c76416897ecc3fbe2862a9fb365.jpeg ?odnHeight=612&odnWidth=612&odnBg=FFFFFF

[bcrdukes]

Hong Kong prices make us all poor, and that's what even Badhobz said himself. And he's the biggest baller here! :lol

[Badhobz]

but but HK ratland is still cheap! just the rest of HK isn't cheap. like 14HKD for one. ONE! har gao in stanely.

[whitev70r]

Don't forget to visit Coombs near Parksville for curds, goat on the roof. Kiddies will love it.

[Gumby]

Also, the flight with our kids would be rough and I couldn't afford business class for all of us.
Who said the kids have to travel in business class? :p

[mikemhg]

Honestly for local summer trips, Washington or Oregon isn't even worth considering anymore IMHO. You're better off hitting the island or the Okanagan.

We just came back from Seattle for the Chris Brown concert and fuck, with the exchange rate and the price increases on everything, it's insane. You're adding 25%+ on top of already above Vancouver/BC prices.

Stupid example -- I love donuts, even hitting up a donut shop in Seattle ended up costing me $16 for 2 donuts. With the exchange rate that's effectively $8 per donut, when already the highest prices donuts in Vancouver are around $3.50-$4. It's a small example, but the same applies for eating out, drinks, etc.

What's the point in visiting a climate/topography almost exactly like BC, but for 25% more in costs? Pointless.

[Badhobz]

best to save money is to stay at home and hide underneath blankets. Make sure you also don't do any boning. Otherwise, you'll lose all the savings with these hellspawns.

[unit]

i havent had those VLT drinks in so long. A few weeks ago some of us were going biking so i bought a 6 pack of those and also the chrysanthemum tea juiceboxes in my cooler for after the ride like a good asian. when we had them we all agreed that the paper straws absolutely ruin the whole experience. you get tons of air mixed with the juice now and the straw barely pierces the top. 1/10 would not buy again.

[68style]

You're suppose to use the straw to just poke the hole and then squeeze bomb that stuff into your gaping maw man! Shotgun that lemon tea


Stupid example -- I love donuts, even hitting up a donut shop in Seattle ended up costing me $16 for 2 donuts. With the exchange rate that's effectively $8 per donut, when already the highest prices donuts in Vancouver are around $3.50-$4. It's a small example, but the same applies for eating out, drinks, etc.


Mike loves anything with a hole

[EvoFire]

psssh i blame your Shanghainese wife. shes making you hate your own Guangdong classics

soon you're gonna say VITA lemon tea sucks
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/e672d15d-5cd5-4bde-9a13-bb08435de4fa.0ee87c76416897ecc3fbe2862a9fb365.jpeg ?odnHeight=612&odnWidth=612&odnBg=FFFFFF

The thing is, she didn't know about phoenix rolls when we first started dating. I brought her into the HK lifestyle of lemon tea and phoenix rolls and she loves it. She ate the phoenix rolls and even she said it tasted off.

[Mikoyan]

Who said the kids have to travel in business class? :p

That's how Kevin got left behind in Home Alone.

[Hondaracer]

On the flip side imagine being an American

Even “middle class” Americans can ball the fuck out in Canada, Japan, Europe, etc. their dollar is cruising.

Watched a guy recently in Tokyo, everything is fucking dirt cheap VS USD, $1 beers, $4 ramen, etc. it’s crazy

[CivicBlues]

Fuck me, I'm headed to the East Coast US next month. Can the Fed cut rates so we get at least some relief FFS?

And wife's giving me snark for looking at discounted opaque bidding hotels on hotwire.com and for BOGO deals on Broadway shows.

These prices aren't in Canadian Pesos woman!!

[PeanutButter]

Who said the kids have to travel in business class? :p

I just looked up pricing. $6k for business class YVR to Hong Kong.

Got damn... I couldn't justify that. I feel like my stock portfolio would have to be at least $1M to justify that cost, so I still have a ways to go.

[BIC_BAWS]

Honestly for local summer trips, Washington or Oregon isn't even worth considering anymore IMHO. You're better off hitting the island or the Okanagan.

We just came back from Seattle for the Chris Brown concert and fuck, with the exchange rate and the price increases on everything, it's insane. You're adding 25%+ on top of already above Vancouver/BC prices.

Stupid example -- I love donuts, even hitting up a donut shop in Seattle ended up costing me $16 for 2 donuts. With the exchange rate that's effectively $8 per donut, when already the highest prices donuts in Vancouver are around $3.50-$4. It's a small example, but the same applies for eating out, drinks, etc.

What's the point in visiting a climate/topography almost exactly like BC, but for 25% more in costs? Pointless.

I had the exact opposite experience. I just did a roadtrip, graciously planned by Skunkworks, to East/South WA state (Kettle Falls -> Yakima) and OR (up to Bridgeside).

Aside from Red Lobster, which was a horrible mistake, every other food establishment we went to were small family owned resturants or (the only) diner in town. The portions were HUGE and even when taking exchange rate into consideration, it's still cheaper than local options. (ie. US $4.95/taco) Shockingly, again aside from Red Lobster (good thing they're going out of business), all the small town food was delicious and all Mexican food LOL. This is a stark contrast from the small town food I've tried in the Okanagan/Kootneys.

I agree that Seattle isn't worth it, but exploring WA/OR state is easily one of the best road trip experiences I've had.

[highfive]

^all hk flights are pricey now.

hk ratland is good. locals care more about taking pics for IG than going on rides honestly.

[68style]

I had the exact opposite experience. I just did a roadtrip, graciously planned by Skunkworks, to East/South WA state (Kettle Falls -> Yakima) and OR (up to Bridgeside).

Aside from Red Lobster, which was a horrible mistake, every other food establishment we went to were small family owned resturants or (the only) diner in town. The portions were HUGE and even when taking exchange rate into consideration, it's still cheaper than local options. (ie. US $4.95/taco) Shockingly, again aside from Red Lobster (good thing they're going out of business), all the small town food was delicious and all Mexican food LOL. This is a stark contrast from the small town food I've tried in the Okanagan/Kootneys.

I agree that Seattle isn't worth it, but exploring WA/OR state is easily one of the best road trip experiences I've had.

Will you be joining us in the weight loss thread? :fullofwin:

[SkinnyPupp]

but but HK ratland is still cheap! just the rest of HK isn't cheap. like 14HKD for one. ONE! har gao in stanely.
Some shitty ridiculously overpriced dim sum in a ridiculously overpriced part of town does not represent the average LUL

[Badhobz]

Sorry my wife’s family is from around that area so I’m kinda stuck in that mentality. I tried to go to a dai pai dong and my spy ballooon was literally gagging and throwing up in her mouth. Stupid elitist balloon !!!! I’d pop her god damn shit if she wasnt so small and cute.

Lousy balloon

[Badhobz]

I just looked up pricing. $6k for business class YVR to Hong Kong.

Got damn... I couldn't justify that. I feel like my stock portfolio would have to be at least $1M to justify that cost, so I still have a ways to go.

Yes we booked 3 business class tickets to HK for October and it was 18k almost 19k!! Stupid air Canada is nuts.

[Gerbs]

I flew via points, kinda wish I didn't know how good the business class long-haul long haul was.

It was almost $6K one-way, 55,000 aeroplan. Fortunately got 400K points left.

[Badhobz]

Yes once you’ve flown business in long haul you can’t go back to scum class.

Although I’m getting a Chinese heart attack thinking about the price.

[BIC_BAWS]

Will you be joining us in the weight loss thread? :fullofwin:If I do, I'd be letting Skunkworks win.

Sent from my SM-G781W using Tapatalk

[SkinnyPupp]

Yes we booked 3 business class tickets to HK for October and it was 18k almost 19k!! Stupid air Canada is nuts.
Let's go watch shopping! And somewhere to eat that isn't there to rip off stupid rich people

[bcrdukes]

Chung King Mansion

[SkinnyPupp]

Chung King Mansion
They will swarm around me like bees to honey, so if you want shitty fake watches or bunk weed, let's go!

[Gumby]

They will swarm around me like bees to honey, so if you want shitty fake watches or bunk weed, let's go!
Serious question: After living in HK for so long, how is your Cantonese?

[yray]

delay no more

[SkinnyPupp]

Serious question: After living in HK for so long, how is your Cantonese?
Good enough for my lifestyle, but probably not good enough to enter the competitive job market or whatever (and reading is mostly limited to menu items lol)

[Badhobz]

Just say dui a lot. I’m sure that’s the ticket.

My wife told me one of the oldest Michelin rated dim sum places closed down. We were suppose to go last year. We got a table but it was a shared table and then she gagged in her mouth and had to leave after seeing how disgusting the tea was…. Now I didn’t get to try it.

It’s that place upstairs close to dong ping gai… white building… uhh there’s a ding ding station right infront of it.

=========

I was gonna ask you hongers if there is anything like a “car street” where I can get auto parts and accessories. Kinda like ladies market or bird market but for cars related crap.

[Traum]

Just say dui a lot. I’m sure that’s the ticket.

Diu, it's "diu", not "dui". :lawl:

[whitev70r]

Unless dui is the version with Shanghainese accent?

And the other phrase ... 'your mother' ...

[whitev70r]

Saw this coming from a mile. I mean the kind of loss just by the airline industry just on that one day, the refunds that they have to compensate ... not to mention healthcare and other sectors.


CrowdStrike hit by class action lawsuit from shareholders over massive outage

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crowdstrike-sued-shareholders-1.7282048

[sonick]

Diu, it's "diu", not "dui". :lawl:

Technically DUI is a ticket lol

[bcrdukes]

Forgive him, guys. His countryside twang is strong. :troll:

[Badhobz]

lousy cantonese! your shit is like next to impossible to get right

god help you if you have a "shan" accent, like taishan, foshan, or some other country fucking shan shit. those mean ass hongers will rip you apart.

oh story time!: so on the boat, I met this older nammer couple and they were like WOW are you from Hongkong? you got mannerisms of a guy from HK..... my mom was like FUCK YOU, you're dead to me now. she was genuinely disappointed that I lost all my shanghainesey-ness... i guess I wasn't cunty enough or bourgie enough for her liking.

[supafamous]

Saw this coming from a mile. I mean the kind of loss just by the airline industry just on that one day, the refunds that they have to compensate ... not to mention healthcare and other sectors.


CrowdStrike hit by class action lawsuit from shareholders over massive outage

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crowdstrike-sued-shareholders-1.7282048

Crowdstrike is down over 40% since Jim Cramer pumped their stock.

[whitev70r]

^^ yah you sidewalk spitting, squatting, loud, chain-smoking, line cutting POS. Go back to mainland.

[EvoFire]

Saw this coming from a mile. I mean the kind of loss just by the airline industry just on that one day, the refunds that they have to compensate ... not to mention healthcare and other sectors.


CrowdStrike hit by class action lawsuit from shareholders over massive outage

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/crowdstrike-sued-shareholders-1.7282048

I don't understand this, if you are a shareholder, why would you sue yourself to push the price even lower?

Shit happens, Amazon took AWS down a few years ago for half a day and no one seemed to have sued them.

[whitev70r]

^ maybe to get rid of incompetent CEO?

But I assume other lawsuits will follow to give corporate lawyers more work.

[Badhobz]

So Israel killed the hamas leader, who was in Iran, via air strike. Now Iran and all the Arab world is up in arms. This shit just keeps getting worse.

https://youtu.be/N1TDGA2xKCI?si=zjZ5MPjiMvRQ7MOL

Dem Jews got some balls though. To strike a hamas leader on Iranian soil is insane

[bcrdukes]

I don't understand this, if you are a shareholder, why would you sue yourself to push the price even lower?

Shit happens, Amazon took AWS down a few years ago for half a day and no one seemed to have sued them.

To create the opportunity for an acquisition.

[Great68]

How shitty is Iran's military that Israel can just dump a missle into Tehran?

[GS8]

Diu, it's "diu", not "dui". :lawl:

I'm so happy this exists on page 888

:teach:

[TypeRNammer]

https://www.drive.com.au/news/recaro-seats-bankrupt-bbs-wheels-insolvent/

Recaro Automotive seats file for bankruptcy along with BBS wheels

https://jalopnik.com/sim-racing-powerhouse-fanatec-slips-into-bankruptcy-aft-1851609843

Same with Fanatec sim racing wheels

:fulloffuck:

[bcrdukes]

Nothing to worry about. The same usual VC playbook. Pump and dump.

[PeanutButter]

I'm so happy this exists on page 888

:teach:

Indian guy at work is in the market for an apartment and he asked us if we knew why there were so many listings with 8's in them. He was wondering if it was like those secret codes costco has in their prices...

LOL we all laughed our asses off.

[68style]

Indian guy at work is in the market for an apartment and he asked us if we knew why there were so many listings with 8's in them. He was wondering if it was like those secret codes costco has in their prices...

LOL we all laughed our asses off.

It's even happening in Calgary, so many $xxx,888 houses on the market lol... it's pretty hilarious

[donk.]

Theres nothing funny about good ruk

[Manic!]

Wtf? https://fortune.com/2024/07/31/elon-musk-venezuela-maduro-zuckerberg-meta-fight/

Musk agrees to fight Venezuela president Maduro.

Would not be surprised if Musk gets locked up as soon as he lands in Venezuela.

[unit]

musk already pussied out of fighting zuck, no reason to believe he's going to be fighting anyone.

[68style]

Is it just me, or is Elon Musk starting to look like Christopher Walken?

https://fortune.com/img-assets/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2162678656-e1722461504988.jpg?w=1440&q=75

[68style]

musk already pussied out of fighting zuck, no reason to believe he's going to be fighting anyone.

Apparently Elon fancies himself to be quite a fighter... didn't even need to fight Zuck cuz it wasn't worth his time:

"Maduro is a big guy himself and probably knows how to fight, so this would be a real fight.

Zuck is a little fella, so that would be a short fight lol."

[unit]

elon is built like a carton of milk, he can't fight anyone.

[westopher]

A carton of milk that was dropped and bulging about to explode on the bottom.

[Traum]

The discussion calls for this pic again:

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8f/2d/72/8f2d72161230b917548e3ea130436639.jpg

Elon should join us in the weight loss accountability thread.

[PeanutButter]

Elon's brain is just wired differently. I mean it makes sense, who else could run like five different companies and still have time for all this nonsense.

[68style]

Just goes to show how little a CEO actually does, I don't doubt he used to do a lot more stuff, but now I think he just sits in his echo chamber barking at and threatening all his managers in between tweets and tranny porn jerkoff sessions

[Badhobz]

Omg I’d be such a good ceo then. All I do is yell randomly at clouds and nobody pays me millions of dollars.

[Traum]

Just goes to show how little a CEO actually does, I don't doubt he used to do a lot more stuff, but now I think he just sits in his echo chamber barking at and threatening all his managers in between tweets and tranny porn jerkoff sessions
About maybe 1/2 a year ago when Diablo 4 was still a hot game, a guy in my D4 FB group was offering help to power level and/or boss killing, and Elon actually bugged him at least twice for some sort of fight together. The D4 group guy posted a pic of Elon's account showing off their battle together too, and I have no reason to think the anecdote was made up.

[donk.]

The discussion calls for this pic again:

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/8f/2d/72/8f2d72161230b917548e3ea130436639.jpg

Elon should join us in the weight loss accountability thread.

Whenever i see that pic i always think of this

https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.3901371282.6983/tst,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.jpg

[PeanutButter]

That post reminds me of this one.... lol

"Bodybuilders with big traps look like a small guy trapped in a giant costume. Once you see, you can’t I see. The traps are the little guy’s shoulders"

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GPevth8aEAEv5bv?format=jpg

[PeanutButter]

Does anyone know if my local MLA will help me out with an issue with the city of Vancouver trying to implement traffic calming measures on my street? A few KM away from me is a major issue with volume so they're trying to reduce that, but they're putting in one ways and diverters in my area that has almost no volume at all.

I've been talking to the city that's dealing with it and they're so dense. I've pointed out that the traffic study they did, showed no increase in volume in our street at all, but they still want to make it a one way and put two diverters in on the street and street over. I've asked for explanations and they give me this political BS answer that doesn't provide any explanation.

Will my local MLA help me with this?

[Traum]

Unfortunately, I'm afraid it is a munipal affair, and you MLA is unlikely to step in to help.

I've dealt with a similar issue many years ago with the city installing speed bumps in a nearby side street. It was clear to me that the city staffer responding to the requests is just a pawn meant to act like the city would listen to residents feedback, when their real goal is to dissuade you from doing anything that goes against city plans. It is also her job to prevent you from reaching her superior to lodge the complain when you know she was clearly not the decision maker, or even the one making useful suggestions.

With it being a municipal matter, I suspect you might have a better chance of getting in touch with a city councilor. But don't get your hopes up with that either, because that sort of work is being done by city staff. All that the city councilor can do is to follow up with the relevant department on your behalf for a bit. Unless your complain align with his political goal, or something that is already on his agenda, you are not going to get very far.

IMO the only way you'd have a chance to make the needle move is if you can mobilize a sizable number of people to all file the same complain as you do to counter the issue at hand (implementing traffic calming measures). In my experience though, far too many idiots think these traffic calming measures are good when all they do is make things worst. And by the time stuff has been built, it is often too late / too costly to reverse course. And then some of the idiots will start complaining too, all the while totally forgetting that they supported this BS in the first place. FailFish

[bcrdukes]

Your MLA won't step into municipal affairs. Contact the city and contact the city's engineering team. Call 311 and tell them you're PeanutButter from RevScene and you're about to lay down a thick layer of fiscal responsibility on them.

[EvoFire]

Unfortunately, I'm afraid it is a munipal affair, and you MLA is unlikely to step in to help.

I've dealt with a similar issue many years ago with the city installing speed bumps in a nearby side street. It was clear to me that the city staffer responding to the requests is just a pawn meant to act like the city would listen to residents feedback, when their real goal is to dissuade you from doing anything that goes against city plans. It is also her job to prevent you from reaching her superior to lodge the complain when you know she was clearly not the decision maker, or even the one making useful suggestions.

With it being a municipal matter, I suspect you might have a better chance of getting in touch with a city councilor. But don't get your hopes up with that either, because that sort of work is being done by city staff. All that the city councilor can do is to follow up with the relevant department on your behalf for a bit. Unless your complain align with his political goal, or something that is already on his agenda, you are not going to get very far.

IMO the only way you'd have a chance to make the needle move is if you can mobilize a sizable number of people to all file the same complain as you do to counter the issue at hand (implementing traffic calming measures). In my experience though, far too many idiots think these traffic calming measures are good when all they do is make things worst. And by the time stuff has been built, it is often too late / too costly to reverse course. And then some of the idiots will start complaining too, all the while totally forgetting that they supported this BS in the first place. FailFish

The stupidity that was the 45th and Elliot intersection comes to mind. They tried to throw everything at that intersection and just ended up going back to a 4 way stop.

If ppl knew how to drive, a large roundabout would be perfect, but unfortunately ppl can't drive here.

[PeanutButter]

For fuks sake. I guess I'll have to go door to door now and get signatures. What a waste of time.

I just can't comprehend why they need these measures on our streets when it's so far away from the volume. They sent me the traffic study and you can clearly see there is no measurable increase in volume in our area, no one cuts through our streets either. We're literally at the border of their designated zone.

The patronizing part is they have this other document that says how much community feedback they've gotten and how much input they have gotten from the community, as to say their decision is community informed.

It's just annoying when you ask them direct questions and they literally don't answer them or they say something irrevelant.

I guess that's not surprising though.

[supafamous]

The stupidity that was the 45th and Elliot intersection comes to mind. They tried to throw everything at that intersection and just ended up going back to a 4 way stop.

If ppl knew how to drive, a large roundabout would be perfect, but unfortunately ppl can't drive here.

Ahem, that's the 45th and Clarendon intersection you dirty south sider.

[Klondike]

They should block 45th altogether, make everyone use 46th.

Clarendon was never meant to be this busy but once they connected it to 33rd, everyone uses it.

And Killarney/88 Market attracts idiots like moths to a flame.

[Traum]

Did you find Clarendon not that busy until it was connected to 33rd? To me, while there are certainly more cars on Clarendon now, the additional traffic volume just seems like it scaled up along with all other traffic in the city, and the increase wasn't due to Clarendon being connected to 33rd.

Back in the day when there was still a house there (where Clarendon connects to 33rd now), I thought people just turned on Clarendon to 34th, and then turn again on Nanaimo to get to Kingsway.

Killarney Market also attracts multiple groups of older Asian uncles to just chill, chat, and smoke there outside Starbucks and at the Chevron station tire pump. It never fails to amaze me that those Asian uncles are smoking right next to the gas station like it's the most normal thing to do LOL~

[bcrdukes]

I guess we know where to find Badhobz and his crew during the daytime. :troll:

Joking aside - Yes, Clarendon was not as wild prior to being connected to 33rd. It was my secret route during rush hour, and now, it is rush hour 24/7! I'm exaggerating, but my point is I did notice the change.

I'm glad that corporate giant Starbucks is a place for seniors to hang out and socialize. They've done a good job in connecting the locals. Without these places, I don't think the community would be as vibrant.

[EvoFire]

I wasn't in the area when the connection happened, I lived in Burnaby at that time. Right now during rush hour, that 4 way stop is stupidly inefficient. 4 ways can't handle the amount of volume and they need to put a sensor/pedestrian control light there if they don't want to do a roundabout.

[bcrdukes]

4 way stop or roundabout which people don't know how to use. Pick your poison! :D

Rant of the day: School sucks and a total pain in the ass as an adult le arner.

Question for RS: Anyone here specialize in M&A or currently with a Big 4 firm? Looking to connect. And no, I don't have a company to sell or buy. Thanks in advance.

[SSM_DC5]

4 way stop or roundabout which people don't know how to use. Pick your poison! :D

Rant of the day: School sucks and a total pain in the ass as an adult le arner.

Question for RS: Anyone here specialize in M&A or currently with a Big 4 firm? Looking to connect. And no, I don't have a company to sell or buy. Thanks in advance.

If you aren't buying or selling then y?

[bcrdukes]

Hmm, I guess it's because I'm lonely.

[EvoFire]

I'm looking for a large covered area to take my son out for biking in the middle of the day so it's shaded from the sun or if it's raining, covered from the rain.

Anyone know of anything in Vancouver or Burnaby?

[Badhobz]

Ubc has some riding trails in the spirit park that’s shaded from run/rain with a huge tree canopy. Also there’s mulch on the trail so if the little man dies he won’t die so brutally.

[whitev70r]

I'm looking for a large covered area to take my son out for biking in the middle of the day so it's shaded from the sun or if it's raining, covered from the rain.

Anyone know of anything in Vancouver or Burnaby?

Metrotown parking lot ... it's like a city in there ... but then you have other things to worry about there.

Any other quiet underground parking lot that you can think of? Way out in East Burnaby, the 2nd or 3rd level underground of Highgate Mall/Plaza with Club 16 is pretty quiet.

[GLOW]

4 way stop or roundabout which people don't know how to use. Pick your poison! :D

Rant of the day: School sucks and a total pain in the ass as an adult le arner.


people in e.van can't work 4 way stops properly, forget trying to sort out a traffic circle. TBH I'm surprised the willingdon costco round-about isn't a bigger shit show.

gl in school. every time i wonder if i should go back to school i'm like f it my brain ain't built for this shit no more.

I'm looking for a large covered area to take my son out for biking in the middle of the day so it's shaded from the sun or if it's raining, covered from the rain.

Anyone know of anything in Vancouver or Burnaby?

dunno how old your kid is or how challenging you're looking for, but central park is a pretty safe bet. trees are pretty tall. it's not challenging but the paths are wide and easy enough to ride on and not a lot of people getting in your way.

[Traum]

I second the Central Park suggestion for bicycle riding with your son. The trails themselves are wide and sufficiently smooth, with the majority of them being under tree canopy, so it is very well protected from the sun.

[bobbinka]

Crystal Mall. Son's gonna LEARN.

[Badhobz]

oh for sure, throw on a life insurance policy and GO TO TOWN!

[EvoFire]

A busy parking lot isn't gonna work....

I would take him to Central Park, but he thinks it's creepy and I can see where he's coming from.

My old elementary school has a covered play area. I remember it to be quite large but then again I was small back then, everything seemed large.

[Badhobz]

Why creepy ? It’s only some girl who got raped and killed…. What’s so creepy about that. Plus his dads gonna be there to shout slogans at him about pushing the envelope and maximizing the pain.

He’ll be too busy resenting you to feel creeped out.

[bcrdukes]

If I recall, there's a fair-sized covered area at Lord Beaconsfield Elementary that could work out for you and your son. I have a few friends who live in the area and I've seen parents take their kids there to learn how to ride their bikes.
There's an open space for him to ride around as well so it's pretty safe. If you need a quick washroom break, there's the McDonald's down the road at the corner of Renfrew and Grandview Highway.

[Badhobz]

^youre talking about this covered area? with these deadly poles and shit?
https://i.postimg.cc/d1DPw58b/1.jpg
that little retard is gonna run right into it.

[dark0821]

https://i.imgur.com/etAExQY.png

I used to go there all the time (ie a decade ago... super fun on a full suspention bike)

I also used to bring my Traxxas Rustler here a lot as well looooool... man... when I didnt have kids...aiiiiiiiii

1440 S Dyke Rd
New Westminster, British Columbia

[bcrdukes]

^youre talking about this covered area? with these deadly poles and shit?
https://i.postimg.cc/d1DPw58b/1.jpg
that little retard is gonna run right into it.

Yes, that's it. Not sure if that meets his requirements or not. The least EvoFire can do is teach him how to do figure 8s?

Tyee Elementary School also has a covered area. I remember because my cousins grew up in that area and we used to ride our bikes there. Warning: The Google Street view makes it looks like a creepy place. :badpokerface:

@dark0821 - I don't think EvoFire's kid is old enough to be riding BMX. I'll make sure to never buy a car from you.

[Badhobz]

yah ! terrible advice dark082114213423145112. Who would wanna play under an overpass like a hobo!? he's better off going to central park and fighting rapists/murderers... or those dreaded poles at Beaconsfield

[GLOW]

Why creepy ? It’s only some girl who got raped and killed…. What’s so creepy about that. Plus his dads gonna be there to shout slogans at him about pushing the envelope and maximizing the pain.

He’ll be too busy resenting you to feel creeped out.

main paths are fine, it's the off the beaten path, in the bush/old bmx areas that you would stay out of.

seems most underpasses these days, big or small, has a mini tent encampment under.