Vancouver ILXors

hey guys, let's get rid of first past the post

or not, whatever

Fuuuck.

it's such bullshit

the Boston Pizza on West Broadway has a magician - who is also a Langley based realtor - called R0d Bo$$ (google-proofing) who works 6pm-8pm Sundays. He comes to your table and does a number of tricks, including one where he appears to poke a hole in one of your party's sleeve with his finger as well as a coin and bottle trick and a bunch of card stuff. It's very weird.

this was my first time in a Boston Pizza. Probably the last time

lolll that's a good call probably

i have a conspiracy theory about the b-line

Lay it on me

*listens*

ok so you know how sometimes the doors won't shut if someone's standing too close to the doors, like in that little zone delineated by the yellow box, and it goes dingdingding over and over as it attempts to shut? and then the bus driver comes in on the intercom and says 'i can't start the bus until the door closes, folks' and all the passengers stare hatefully at the poor souls packed into the yellow zone desperately trying to squeeze out of its boundaries?

so the busdriver is totally FULL of SHIT!! they have a button they can push that will force the doors to close. now many (most?) will admirably push this button on a really crammed bus during rush hours. but there's a twisted minority who love pitting their passengers against each other, who get some sadistic gratification from the sad dejected faces of people who are forced to step off the bus as the collective ire of the other passengers grows too great to bear

i figured this out because i get on incredibly crammed b-lines going west at main every morning, and am almost always myself well within the yellow zone, and MOST of the time doors shut no problem. but today i was unfortunate to have as driver that most smug and hateful fuck (maybe you know him, the one who sings 'if you're happy and you know it' at the end of the line, and speaks in this faux-cheerful tone nearly continuously on the intercom, announcing stops and thanking everyone for riding) and the bus wasn't even that full, like 70% capacity tops, and he made a huge deal at every other stop of shaming people for being close to the door. it's a huge scam

this probably applies to buses more generally. also, idk about the broadway skytrain but they seriously need to increase capacity on the 99 in the mornings. such a stressful way to start the day

yeah i think you might be right there, i do know that bus driver.

i never had to get the westward 99 in the mornings but i did used to get the one going east from main every day for years and while it was pretty busy i would always see the westward one going by and think "thank the lord I'm not on that"

Would love to see a short documentary about the board of Translink trying to travel from Burquitlam to UBC during rush hour.

when i went to UBC in the early 00s the 99 was already hell, must be such a nightmare now

im a master at getting a seat

does anyone remember this little ditty, that seems like a tim and eric thing, about the 99?

https://youtu.be/SBRoW0XAG4A

went walking round the seawall like a dang tourist yesterday, was a marvelous day for it.

otoh i want it to be summer already

I walk the whole seawall almost every weekend. Always worth it.

Fucken nice out

Don’t jinx it

we’re like the only province not enveloped in smoke

the dispensary at main and hastings sells grams for $5

it's not good weed but still, $5

makes u wonder why he didn't go with 'vancouver jim'

lol wrong thread

thx for the tip jim. i've actually been looking for a dispensary that sells mids, all the weed here is way too strong

it’s a funny problem to have...but i have had it

xp. stuff i got yesterday so dry and crappy, but nice mellow sativa high when i vaped some watching the office last night

Christian Marclay's "The Clock" starts at the Polygon Gallery in North Van on July 5. The gallery will be open 24 hours on five occasions during the summer.

https://thepolygon.ca/exhibition/the-clock/

about to spend a week! inside! vancouver! v stoked

good time to be here, weather has been v nice of late - and for you it will be less humid and hot, which I'm sure is welcome

honestly I'm considering a move out here just for the climate

come for the climate, stay for the inevitable catastrophic cascadia subduction zone quake

shh, just pretending that will never happen and making no emergency preparedness measures.

xp. if you don't mind rain then id recommend the climate

rain slaps

vancouver in the fall when you're broke isn't much fun

The Lido has reopened thank the stars.

Hadn't realized it was closed but I live in strathcona now so am hardly up in that specific bit of mount pleasant.

Met my wife there.

It was one of the places I feared would not survive. Now they take credit cards and the bar staff are waiters. Otherwise it's the same. Black Sabbath, Os Mutantes, Teenage Fanclub, $4.50 pints from 4-6.

<3 lido. thought it opened a while ago?

Met my wife there.

― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Monday, October 19, 2020 10:22 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

ultimate tinder date spot lol

i live like 2 blocks from there now but moving to a pretty lame hood (near vgh/99 heather stop) far from it on november 1st

the frenchies fire is sad, destroyed a few homes, took out dandelion records

WHAT WENT DOWN TODAY, a thread

— Pulpfiction Socially Distanced Books (@pfbvan) October 22, 2020

That really sucks. Dandelion is a record store I visit regularly but rarely find anything, but the owners were really nice people, they are very into music and it was cool shop. Relieved the other stores on the block are relatively unscathed.

I haven't gone record shopping in years but i have a very fond memory of discovering Dandelion with a friend when I was like 15 and being so amazed by all the cool records they had there... sad to hear about what happened

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jeff-amp-laura-at-dandelion-records-amp-emporium