Fucking hell, I’m charging the EV at the Homer Street DC Fast Charger and everything there is sticky. The sidewalk, the chargers, everything. I notice what looks like tree sap on the car. I was like fucking hell, then this lady in the Tesla in front of me says, “That’s not tree sap. It’s aphid droppings. Okay, I run back into the car. I’m not going to be pissed on by a thousand aphids, lol.

The next Charger down the street opened up and it’s void of trees, so I just charged in that spot. Checking the roof of the car, sure enough, five aphids the same colour as the leaves, were crawling around.

yeah, any trade is solid to have.

There's a good saying out there, "the grass is always greener where you water it" which I feel applies to this

Thats not very physical. Plumber gotta carry tools and pipes and dig trenches then bury them.

Plus working with some Jman olumber all they do is scream lol. I never see electricians do it

Not saying plumbing and electrical isn't physical but everything looks light duty compared to rod monkeys assembling rebar.

That type of work is for crack heads.

Low voltage/data is a great trade IMO. I’m not on the tools myself but it’s typically a clean/safe work environment and anyone worth their salt could basically hand pick who they want to work for and make good money doing it. Techs typically get a vehicle, phone, laptop etc. provided as well by the bigger outfits.

All the top companies in BC are always looking for good people and there’s been a shortage of quality TQ’d techs in security for 20+ years. Low voltage is consistently growing as technology evolves and the security market is considered somewhat of a “recession proof” industry. This is because when times are tough, crime tends to increase and those with money spend to protect their businesses/properties.

Good programs available at BCIT for anyone looking.

Definitely good if you can specialize in something like access control. I like that they've now included it in the curriculum. Alarm installers are a dime a dozen especially if you work for a big company (ADT, Brinks, etc come to mind.) They can hire anyone off the street with no criminal record and train them in a day to install wireless contacts and sell monitoring contracts.

I completed the Security Systems Tech program at BCIT about 10 years ago. With 16 students in the class, 14 graduated. Probably 2 are still in the trade. Technology has improved so much and prices have become more affordable for people to install their own equipment. If you have the installer's manual you can figure out the wiring and programming. Gone are the days of programming panels with a PC550 keypad and converting binary numbers in your head.

If you do low voltage, then you should go do fire alarms.

That is definitely recession proof lol and shits always 10 years behind.

on a serious note, to play devil's advocate to yray, if you consider the fire alarm tech route, go invest the time to be a sparky, and get exp & be good at FA work, you can work for FA tech companies, or be the FAG for electrical firms...

you'll never be out of work. there's always need an electrician that knows what the fuck they're doing with fire alarm systems.

my 2 cents, that's about all it's worth...

Anybody has a solution to those damn annoying Mandarin robocalls ... they are getting so frequent. Coming in on land line so can't block like I can with cell phone.

I kept blocking the calls and I've not had a call in about a month now. You're referring to those, "Ching Chong, Ling Long, Ting Tong," calls, right?

Mandarin, eh? It all sounds chinese to me................

Got a safeway gas discount for Shell stations, says you need need to provide a coupon yet gives you the option to use the code at the pump.

Anyways 4 cents off a litre. up to 75 litres. 3 bucks...better than nothing?

No use for me

14075038802

If anyone wants to use it, and if you do, post if it was used.

Received one the other day. Didnt answer it. Just blocked it

How do I get rid of Rev Hang on a Honda K24?

People say you can "tune it out", but what does that mean? Does a box need to be connected to the car's computer?

Tune with Hondata probably

30% off sale at Marks, Pretty rare.

Often it's 20%, and that's about 4x a year. So this is a very good deal. Maybe combine with ebates or something

They had a 30% off storewide sale a month or two ago. I got me a pair of jeans for scary cheap. It was a buy one get 2nd pair for 50% off, then the 30% kicked in after that discount.

Socks this time......... maybe another old man, bucket hat. My trusty, "Angel of the Winds Casino," hat is getting pretty beat up. It's my, "Indiana Jones," go to, hat. Wouldn't be caught dead not wearing it, gulolol. Well, the sun is out more now and I have to protect the noggins. Heat stroke at my age is no fun.

EDIT: I just remembered. The last 30% off was Mother’s Day sale. If I can find the receipt and fill out some on-line survey, I get a code for another $10.00 off a $50.00 purchase. Such win!

Also, the sale is on till tomollow, so buy something now, get the receipt, and do the survey to get code for later today or tomorrow. I’m gonna get that black belt san dan for killer frugalness, gulolol.

my doctor mentioned that she does online visits.

Telus now offers a similar service for anyone called “Babylon” it’s an app where you skype with a doctor and they can do pretty much anything from prescriptions to referrals. Works pretty great actually I’ve used it a few times.

If you link it with your family doctor they will update your records with them as well

Powerbeats pro. 329+12%. Anyone have these?

What a world class country.

Video shows children attacking and beating woman in Saskatchewan
youtube.com/watch?v=y7QkjrHmF18

What brand do you guys use for quick interior detailers now a days?

BC regulating Bitumen ruling ... sorry, no can do that.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5311260/b...untain-ruling/

The Shaw box at my parent's cottage, an Arris HDDSR 600, is shutting down and rebooting every 5 minutes. Shaw can't seem to find a problem.

-power is supplied by a new Honda 7000Watt generator which is capable of powering devices which draw much more power like the washer, dryer, and microwave.
- coax cable goes to to a Shaw satellite dish.
- it has had all the connections disconnected and reconnected, including plugging the power into the wall instead of the powerbar
- it has been powercycled for more than 5 minutes
- all the bandwidth checks on various channels came up normal
- the setup has worked fine for the past few years, we even tried running it on the old generator and it still has the same issue.

I suspect the box is the issue, but Shaw doesn't seem keen on the idea of replacing it.

What's the area around it like? Does it have good airflow or is it stuffed in a cabinet?