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10-07-2020, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer  Rogers was seemingly the first to offer broadband internet. Remember the joys of having dat cable modem probably 1999/2000 | 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. 
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10-07-2020, 03:51 PM
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#752 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by pastarocket Speaking of TV and other telecommunication, I remember one of my older cousins bragging to me that he just bought a new.....pager.
Forgot about a big cellphone the size of water bottle. That cousin back in the day thought having a Cantel pager was cool as a university student.  | We all had those in the mid 90's lol.
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10-07-2020, 04:22 PM
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#753 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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10-07-2020, 04:36 PM
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#754 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer Rogers was seemingly the first to offer broadband internet. Remember the joys of having dat cable modem probably 1999/2000 | I remember that metal ass modem weighed a ton too.
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10-07-2020, 09:39 PM
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#755 | | I subscribe to the Fight Club ONLY
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Yup, saw the gold stone being listed for 500k
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10-08-2020, 11:57 AM
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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.
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10-08-2020, 12:14 PM
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#757 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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All I remember is the stench. Homeless people used the place to do whatever it is they do.
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10-08-2020, 12:40 PM
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#758 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Fond memories of Gold Stone. It's sad to see our chinatown disintegrate while in other cities, theirs is still alive and well  | |
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10-08-2020, 01:21 PM
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#759 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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Originally Posted by keifun Fond memories of Gold Stone. It's sad to see our chinatown disintegrate while in other cities, theirs is still alive and well | 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...." | |
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10-08-2020, 03:52 PM
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#760 | | :: Sells McLarens, Not tofu :okay: ::
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gonna miss the OG "kids meal" 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.
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10-08-2020, 04:04 PM
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#761 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
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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
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10-08-2020, 07:57 PM
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#762 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Richmond = New Chinatown
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10-08-2020, 08:17 PM
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Just the fact that all our memories of this restaurant is from AGES ago and none of us regularly patron it anymore speaks volumes.
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10-08-2020, 08:20 PM
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#764 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
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10-12-2020, 10:51 AM
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#765 | | RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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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. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hondaracer Rogers was seemingly the first to offer broadband internet. Remember the joys of having dat cable modem probably 1999/2000 | | |
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10-12-2020, 11:35 AM
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#766 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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^Think it was 1/2MBs back then.
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10-12-2020, 11:36 AM
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#767 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Think Telus ISDN was 500K back then too.
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10-12-2020, 12:09 PM
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#768 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Don't you mean BCTel?
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10-12-2020, 04:23 PM
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#769 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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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...
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10-12-2020, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Teriyaki 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.
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10-16-2020, 01:27 PM
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#771 | | Head of HR....have a seat on that couch
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can we stop, my pussy hurts...
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fliptuner, I am gonna grab ur dick and pee in your face, then rub shit all over my face...:lol
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haha i can taste the cum in my mouth
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10-16-2020, 01:38 PM
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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. 
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10-16-2020, 11:18 PM
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I only ever bought stink bombs from there.
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can we stop, my pussy hurts...
Originally posted by asian_XL
fliptuner, I am gonna grab ur dick and pee in your face, then rub shit all over my face...:lol
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haha i can taste the cum in my mouth
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when I was 13 I wanted to be a video hoe so bad RSUV #7 | |
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10-17-2020, 06:48 AM
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#774 | | Waxin’ Punks
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes 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. | Quote:
Originally Posted by fliptuner I only ever bought stink bombs from there. | 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!
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10-20-2020, 01:49 PM
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