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03-05-2009, 06:02 PM
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#26 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer  1.3 million to build it? how bout a multi million dollar robert diszkenski inquiry that "should be the focus" | well that's kind of off topic for this subject. You could find hundreds of things that should take focus over this.
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03-05-2009, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by FiveDime how about the 1.4 billion we have already spent on the homeless in since 2001? | How about it? Quote:
Originally Posted by Noir How about they pay taxes first before they get a piece of our pie? | I didn't realize that there was a homeless persons tax. Don't you think that homeless people "pay taxes" by living out on the streets every night? Did you know that there are homeless people in vancouver area who have jobs and pay taxes? Just because people live on the street, it doesn't make them less human than you. Get out of the bubble you live in and get some knowledge before posting retarded statements like this. Quote:
Originally Posted by flameboy54 1.3 million isn't gonna do anything for the DTES. An article from last week or the week before stated they spent about 365 million on the DTES for the 08 calender year? That's ~1 million/day.
When it comes to government spending, a million is peanuts but I do have to say that this 1.3 million could have been spent in better ways instead on some "stunning light displays". | If they spent that much then you would think that homelessness should be done and over. They need a way better game plan because that is a lot of money spent with not much result.
Anyways, not trying to start a flame war.
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03-05-2009, 06:40 PM
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#28 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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^ Do post brilliant idea.
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03-05-2009, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by moomoocow ^ Do post brilliant idea. | hmmm....
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I got one!
Get homeless people off the street!
Anyways, Ill stop my preaching because no one really cares about what I have to say on RS lol.
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03-05-2009, 07:18 PM
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#30 | | Ask me about how I answered the question "How fat is TOO fat?"
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Originally Posted by -EuroRSN- after all this talk you would think someone would post a pic of them at night!!! how about we see that huh | on that like a fly on shit   
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Originally Posted by toyota86 the guys over at lambo vancouver said there are 60-70 pre-orders already. don't quote me though. | | |
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03-05-2009, 08:26 PM
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#31 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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lol cop car right infront of it haha
someone is bound to crash looking at it
pretty sweet looking
is there a location near by where i can park my car nad walk over to the grass area for some pictures?
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03-05-2009, 10:00 PM
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#32 | | I don't get it
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woww. its so bright.
pretty sweet, i must say. It'd look pretty wicked from an airplane i would think.
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03-05-2009, 10:39 PM
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#33 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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03-05-2009, 10:46 PM
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#34 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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i watched the switching on of the lights live on the news tonight. was pretty cool. i like how it looks!
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03-05-2009, 10:58 PM
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#35 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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03-05-2009, 11:33 PM
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#36 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by lilaznviper lol cop car right infront of it haha
someone is bound to crash looking at it
pretty sweet looking
is there a location near by where i can park my car nad walk over to the grass area for some pictures? | yea, i think you can park in that little lot when u turn left onto miller road. its like before the turn that takes you to sea island/no.3.
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03-06-2009, 02:42 AM
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#37 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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do they fade from the white into the colors?
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03-06-2009, 03:02 AM
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#38 | | ESKETIT
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^ i wonder that to cause on the news all i saw was white lol
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03-06-2009, 03:42 AM
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#39 | | Ask me about how I answered the question "How fat is TOO fat?"
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from what i saw they just flip from one color to the other,
but i think theres all sorts of things they can do.
my friend's dad was contracted to build these rings so i can ask him about it
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Originally Posted by toyota86 the guys over at lambo vancouver said there are 60-70 pre-orders already. don't quote me though. | | |
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03-06-2009, 05:11 AM
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#40 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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03-06-2009, 02:30 PM
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#41 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by The_AK from what i saw they just flip from one color to the other,
but i think theres all sorts of things they can do.
my friend's dad was contracted to build these rings so i can ask him about it | Ask him why the F they cost 1.3 million!
Can these rings (with the proper colours) be seen from both sides? I saw these last night around 8:30pm, heading on to Arthur Lang towards Vancouver, and I could barely see a white glow from that side... Wasn't that impressive, to be honest...
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03-06-2009, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by SharkBite hmmm....
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Get homeless people off the street!
Anyways, Ill stop my preaching because no one really cares about what I have to say on RS lol. | Hey! Don't say that, I care what you have to say. And what you said isn't logical considering we've spent at least 1 TRILLION dollars on the DTES drug problem, on everything from special cases courts (special sentencing for drug addicted ppl, judge is very caring, asks offender how he's doing today and what he thinks he can do to change himself, etc) to safe injection sites, stricter policing, drug awareness, safe houses, ETC.
Basically, we have tried EVERYTHING possible! Yes, everything you can throw at the DTES, we've tried it. Nothing works. Try turning the drug/sex trade of Thailand around first before even thinking 1 trillion/5 years will do anything
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03-06-2009, 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Noir How do you get creative on a Logo that's not allowed to be altered? It's the Olympic Rings afterall. | i didnt mean be creative on the LOGO. I mean with the tecnology we have lately, im sure they can come out with different method of doing things less costly.
i just thought 1.3 million is alot, you can probably structure out a 2 stories commercial building.
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03-06-2009, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by The_AK from what i saw they just flip from one color to the other,
but i think theres all sorts of things they can do.
my friend's dad was contracted to build these rings so i can ask him about it | ask him why it cost us 1.3mill and wtf was our province thinking?
look at china's olympics compared to ours. ours is going to SUCK!! each venue is KM's apart from each other, we have a lot of grid-lock traffic between each venue, and we're already going over budget on everything.
"but this is vancouvers time to shine on the world, we'll stimulate our economy"
we'll stimulate the construction side of things until after the olympics, when the dust and hype settles, all the workers are unemployed and the job market gets flooded. then we're stuck with high property values and high tax. like anyones going to want to move to vancouver for that
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03-06-2009, 02:43 PM
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#45 | | Banned By Establishment
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Originally Posted by silk i didnt mean be creative on the LOGO. I mean with the tecnology we have lately, im sure they can come out with different method of doing things less costly.
i just thought 1.3 million is alot, you can probably structure out a 2 stories commercial building. | 1.3 million is a lot considering the olympic rings only hold significant relevance during the time of the olympics. after that, it'll just serve as an expensive reminder that we once hosted the olympics!!
Here's what we did right before: we DIDN'T build a 1.3million dollar sign that said Expo '86 | |
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03-06-2009, 03:00 PM
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#46 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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03-06-2009, 03:06 PM
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#47 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by BNR32_Coupe ask him why it cost us 1.3mill and wtf was our province thinking?
look at china's olympics compared to ours. ours is going to SUCK!! each venue is KM's apart from each other, we have a lot of grid-lock traffic between each venue, and we're already going over budget on everything. | You can't compare China's Olympics to ours.
Summer Olympics >>> Winter Olympics
China's govt doesn't need to ask for permission to build x.
China population > *
China wants to be first in everything; Canada doesn't mind being somebody else's bitch (i.e. US' lapdog).
But yeah, I'm dying to know how that dinky structure cost 1.3 million.
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03-06-2009, 03:09 PM
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#48 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by silk i didnt mean be creative on the LOGO. I mean with the tecnology we have lately, im sure they can come out with different method of doing things less costly.
i just thought 1.3 million is alot, you can probably structure out a 2 stories commercial building. | Sure you can do it cheaper, but who knows why the cost was inflated to $1.3 million. Perhaps the price was not a reflection of its aesthetical design but instead, a reflection of its structural integrity? Possibly designed to withstand anything short of gale force winds or repeated torrential rain?
Don't know really know if that's the case but I'm just putting it out there that sometimes value isn't always displayed on aesthetics alone.
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