Yup, still on that same account well it got transferred to shaw when they made the deal to stay out of each others areas but essentially still same account. :)

We all had those in the mid 90's lol.

I remember that metal ass modem weighed a ton too.

Yup, saw the gold stone being listed for 500k

Damn, I remember going there with my parents on Saturday mornings for a quick breakfast before heading to Chinese school at the cultural centre.

Became one of my favourite breakfast places for a bor lor yau when I needed to escape DT prior to heading into the office.

All I remember is the stench. Homeless people used the place to do whatever it is they do.

Fond memories of Gold Stone. It's sad to see our chinatown disintegrate while in other cities, theirs is still alive and well :okay:

No kidding. I spent countless hours in Chinatown as a kid as that was our main grocery spot growing up. Groceries, meals, haircuts, toys and slippers.
Man I have soooo many more memories of hanging out in Chinatown vs other parts of the city.
6 or 7 years ago I parked by Strathcona school every, and walked through Chinatown Keefer or Pender to work at an office by Tinseltown. Even back then I saw first hand how Chinatown had changed from it's heyday.

Last year I visited San Francisco Chinatown for the first time. Man it was an incredible experience.
It was probably 2 or 3 times the size of Vancouver Chinatown. And the streets were PACKED. So many of the shops were as authentic as Chinatown as it gets. From the grocers to the herbal stores to the restaurants.
I loved hearing so many of the Chinese people speak the "villager" dialects I grew up with LOL.
I don't know what San Fran's Chinatown was like back in the day. But to me it felt like it was absolutely thriving.
Couldn't help but think "Man. This place is incredible compared to our Chinatown...." :okay:

gonna miss the OG "kids meal"

:okay: used to go there on weekends regularly. usually twice a month just for groceries and baked goods.


sigh. there goes another fond memory. Vancouver is slowly erasing its character and becoming even more dull.

Our Chinatown has been on a slow decline for ages, but that's because we have such a large and established Asian community in Vancouver, so our Chinatown is basically everywhere in the city

Chinatown in other cities are still thriving because they don't really have a Richmond, or Kingsway, etc

Richmond = New Chinatown

Just the fact that all our memories of this restaurant is from AGES ago and none of us regularly patron it anymore speaks volumes.

It's not a Chinatown unless it has a gate.

Canada Post Celebrates Chinese Canadian Heritage With Chinatown Gates Issue 2642 - Welcome to Stamp Starfish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon...(San_Francisco)

how fast was the cable internet back then? i remember it was cool to have it 24/7 without having to take up a phone line.

^Think it was 1/2MBs back then.

Think Telus ISDN was 500K back then too.

Don't you mean BCTel?

Reaching far in the recesses of my mind, but before Telus wasn't there some small start-up named ClearTel or something like that that had similar branding to the Telus of today..

Oh, and Rogers Cantel AT&T was it? Not just Rogers quite yet...

I think you meant Clearnet. They were a digital PCS wireless provider based out of Ontario, and was purchased by Telus, and continued to adopt their animal-themed adversiting strategy.

Rogers wireless business brand was originally Cantel, then came Cantel AT&T for when AT&T invested as a major stakeholder in building out their wireless network until Rogers bought back the shares and for it to become Rogers Wireless.

Wow, I remember the San Francisco store at Metrotown. My parents never let me go there and told me only retards and social rejects shop there. :lol

I only ever bought stink bombs from there.

:okay:

Ah yes the stink bombs in those little glass vials. The fart spray was awful as well.

I bought nudie cards when I was like 12.. couldn’t believe they let me buy them. Big 2 with my buddies was awesome after that though!

Horseshoe Bay 1918

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