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[Great68]

Yup, any paint over that rust is just going to flake off in short order.

[Euro7r]

I have Telus home services for my parents home, then added home services of my new home. I have Telus mobility with them; however, the contract expired and cost went up $10. Told them I wanted to pay the same before, kept arguing with these idiots and they wouldn't budge a dime. Even went to escalation department loyalty, stupid lady useless fuck rather watch me leave to another competitor. Fiancee corporate plan is the same as what I was paying, so made no sense for me to stay with Telus if they didn't give me what I was paying initially. I preferred to stay with Telus because to keep all the billing with home & mobility together, as it helps with bargaining leverage with renewing home services.

At this point, no reason for me to stay with Telus mobility. Greedy fucks, kept saying what they offer now is the best, already better than all the other carriers. 10GB for $67 tax in is their current offer. I was initially paying $57 tax in for 10GB.

[underscore]

Idk what you're paying for your home service, but Shaw mobile is $25/mo for 25GB if you have their internet

[Razor Ramon HG]

EDIT: Posting in gardening thread

[AzNightmare]

Maybe a longshot, but are any of you metal experts able to identify what type of metal this is just by this image? Or impossible to tell?

It's kind of a light brass colour, but has a red and green tint on it depending on the angle. Maybe it's anodized or something.

It's a defouler for my downpipe and I heard certain types of metals can have a bad reaction if they are not closely related.

[stewie]

Originally Posted by AzNightmare

Maybe a longshot, but are any of you metal experts able to identify what type of metal this is just by this image? Or impossible to tell?

It's kind of a light brass colour, but has a red and green tint on it depending on the angle. Maybe it's anodized or something.

It's a defouler for my downpipe and I heard certain types of metals can have a bad reaction if they are not closely related.

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[ImportPsycho]

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca...mbia/vancouver

Is this real... rain for next 14 days.. in May?
Fk this weather

[donk.]

Originally Posted by ImportPsycho

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca...mbia/vancouver

Is this real... rain for next 14 days.. in May?
Fk this weather

Don't know if it's just me, but this winter seems to be dragging on, rain and cold'er weather wise longer than most years

Took a look at work holiday visas for shits a few days ago, New Zealand just opened it's borders recently, applied for a visa the same day, approved within 24hrs

Dec 2022 / Jan Feb 2023 here we go
25-35C weather baby!

Then I went to work, asked my boss how much notice he needs (we are on great work/holiday terms), and the first words out of his mouth were "fuuuuuuuuuckkk yooooouuuuu" to which I just started laughing profusely

Anyone that dislikes our winters as much as I do, and has the opportunity to go on a work holiday, would recommend 11/10.

[Hondaracer]

Going to Europe for 4 months in sept, had to argue a bit for that one

[MG1]

Originally Posted by ImportPsycho

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca...mbia/vancouver

Is this real... rain for next 14 days.. in May?
Fk this weather

Forecast.

More often than not, those, "forecasts," are just that. Tomorrow, for example, was supposed to be wet. Now the "Forecast" says sunny for a good part of the day. Just checked it again, right now............ dry from 6:00 am Friday to Saturday afternoon (3:00 pm).

Our part of the world is the most unpredictable. My buddy who was a meteorologist, said it's basically a crap shoot to predict more than 12 hours ahead. Jet streams crossing each other, ocean temps, etc......

This weather brings us so much natural beauty. Cannot complain about the mild climate and beautiful flora. Lot more shit to complain about like, like, like, gas prices, and turds, and house prices, and racism, and.............. complaints r us. EDIT: the canucks, gulolol.

I'm just glad to be alive and not worried about being bombed and/or shot at.

[68style]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

Going to Europe for 4 months in sept, had to argue a bit for that one

Damn... that's a hell of a trip, what countries you gonna hit up? 4 months is crazy... I went for 6 weeks once and was DONE at the end of 6 weeks. Was moving around somewhere new every couple days though.

[Hondaracer]

Originally Posted by 68style

Damn... that's a hell of a trip, what countries you gonna hit up? 4 months is crazy... I went for 6 weeks once and was DONE at the end of 6 weeks. Was moving around somewhere new every couple days though.

Yea it’s a bit of a #yolo trip tbh. Know enough people who fell into the typical retire, get sick and die trap that we had been planning this trip for a bit but Covid kind of expedited it.

Starting off going to Oktoberfest then we have a wedding in Dublin, then after that it’s kind of more southern Bavaria, France, Croatia, Portugal.

We’ve travelled Europe pretty extensively already so we are going to *try* and stay some places for a week or more and just relax but I get antsy easy and may want to keep moving or until the money runs out lol

[mikemhg]

Originally Posted by 68style

Damn... that's a hell of a trip, what countries you gonna hit up? 4 months is crazy... I went for 6 weeks once and was DONE at the end of 6 weeks. Was moving around somewhere new every couple days though.

That was your problem right there. If you're moving every few days it's fucking exhausting, packing and unpacking, boarding the next plane or train, checking into the next hotel.

If he keeps a home base or at least stays at each spot a few weeks or so at a time, it's a MUCH easier experience.

I've done a few trips abroad for a month and you're moving around every few days, never again.

Not only that you end up saving money, lots of rentals prefer weekly or monthly bookings, you can save some serious coin if you just chill at a spot, move around less.

[68style]

Sweet, I've done the continental circle of Europe 3 times now with some small variations (the Netherlands > Germany > Poland > Czech > Switzerland > France > Spain > Belgium > Netherlands loop)... but I haven't been to Croatia or Portugal and some of the other outlier places... I also get antsy really easily and want to keep moving... I don't do well on Mexico vacays and I've never been on a cruise because of that very reason lol

Originally Posted by mikemhg

That was your problem right there. If you're moving every few days it's fucking exhausting, packing and unpacking, boarding the next plane or train, checking into the next hotel.

If he keeps a home base or at least stays at each spot a few weeks or so at a time, it's a MUCH easier experience.

I've done a few trips abroad for a month and you're moving around every few days, never again.

I dunno what it is, I stay anywhere and I just right away go into "What's next?" mode... I have a really hard time being in the same spot... maybe ADHD or something lol

[mikemhg]

Originally Posted by 68style

Sweet, I've done the continental circle of Europe 3 times now with some small variations (the Netherlands > Germany > Poland > Czech > Switzerland > France > Spain > Belgium > Netherlands loop)... but I haven't been to Croatia or Portugal and some of the other outlier places... I also get antsy really easily and want to keep moving... I don't do well on Mexico vacays and I've never been on a cruise because of that very reason lol



I dunno what it is, I stay anywhere and I just right away go into "What's next?" mode... I have a really hard time being in the same spot... maybe ADHD or something lol

Even if you rent a car and bomb around doing day trips all about?

Even Mexico trips you can cover quite a lot of ground if you're driving about to different spots, while staying in a home base somewhere.

I get you though, have a few friends like that as well.

[TOS'd]

Originally Posted by 68style

Sweet, I've done the continental circle of Europe 3 times now with some small variations (the Netherlands > Germany > Poland > Czech > Switzerland > France > Spain > Belgium > Netherlands loop)... but I haven't been to Croatia or Portugal and some of the other outlier places... I also get antsy really easily and want to keep moving... I don't do well on Mexico vacays and I've never been on a cruise because of that very reason lol

Hi, are you me? Are you my alt-account?

[CivicBlues]

11 years ago I did a year abroad going thru China-->SE Asia-->Middle East-->Australia and ended WHV in Sydney for 4 months. Other than Sydney I don't think we stayed in a place more than 5 days in a row. It was amazing but I clearly remember days when it was a complete slog and felt depressed and frustrated as hell. Luckily for me the "depression" would be cured by moving to a new country! We saw 16+ countries and so much shit it's mind-boggling to think back on it. I actually got more depressed when we settled down in Sydney and cut it short to go back to more travelling.

Ever since travel was nixed due to COVID a week doesn't go by when I don't look fondly on our trip, but then I think about it more and damn it was hell on my body and my relationship. I was in my twenties then so I don't think my body can take it if I had to do it all over again.

I've gone to Europe probably 8 times (9th in 2 weeks!) but at most the trips were up to 3 weeks. I think I do it that way to avoid sticker shock and the similarity of cultures would be draining on me. Still haven't had a bad trip though.

So guess what I'm trying to say is different strokes, there's no real right way to travel.

[Gumby]

Originally Posted by 68style

I don't do well on Mexico vacays and I've never been on a cruise because of that very reason lol

I dunno what it is, I stay anywhere and I just right away go into "What's next?" mode... I have a really hard time being in the same spot... maybe ADHD or something lol

That's one of the advantages of going on a cruise - each morning you wake up in a new city/country, especially if you're doing a Mediterranean cruise! And no need to pack/unpack at each stop and hop onto a plane/train/car for the next destination.

[68style]

Originally Posted by TOS'd

Hi, are you me? Are you my alt-account?

Maybe? I think we've both been sexually harassed by bcrdukes at one time or another. Has he ever made you massage shinetsu grease into rubber while he watched before?

[CivicBlues]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

Yea it’s a bit of a #yolo trip tbh. Know enough people who fell into the typical retire, get sick and die trap that we had been planning this trip for a bit but Covid kind of expedited it.

Starting off going to Oktoberfest then we have a wedding in Dublin, then after that it’s kind of more southern Bavaria, France, Croatia, Portugal.

We’ve travelled Europe pretty extensively already so we are going to *try* and stay some places for a week or more and just relax but I get antsy easy and may want to keep moving or until the money runs out lol

This sounds like an awesome trip Honda, but are you aware of the 90-day Schengen rule?

[MG1]

Not a fan of T&T, but they're opening a store in Coquitlam. On Woolridge.

https://www.tricitynews.com/local-ne...uitlam-5126650

[Hondaracer]

Originally Posted by CivicBlues

This sounds like an awesome trip Honda, but are you aware of the 90-day Schengen rule?

Yea, so avoiding that through the time in Croatia etc. going to go to Montenegro, Bosnia etc. and spend 3 weeks or so in the area to “build” time outside of the Schengen zone

In the end we probably won’t be spending too much longer than 90 days but yea, there are some horror stories about overstaying and the penalties

[donk.]

Originally Posted by 68style

I dunno what it is, I stay anywhere and I just right away go into "What's next?" mode... I have a really hard time being in the same spot... maybe ADHD or something lol

Have you figured out what you actually want to do while on vacation?
I think there's a stereotype of sitting on a beach, viewing all the local attractions, parks, etc. People get sucked into that, and don't realize what they actually want to do with their week/2 off, etc

I ask because I use to be like you, "I want to see all these countries and things" so I would jump towns/countries every x days, etc
Then I figured out, that it's all the same shit, another city, another town, another attraction

All that I really want to do, is go surfing. Everything else is just a bonus. Now I'm alot more "relaxed" on vacation

As for what mikemhg said, with the packing / unpacking thing:
Depending if your male or female lol, take ONE backpack with you, and that's it.
No suitcase. I did this a few years ago, and im never going back to suitcase travel. A well planned 15lb backpack is all you need

[Hondaracer]

Originally Posted by mikemhg

That was your problem right there. If you're moving every few days it's fucking exhausting, packing and unpacking, boarding the next plane or train, checking into the next hotel.

If he keeps a home base or at least stays at each spot a few weeks or so at a time, it's a MUCH easier experience.

I've done a few trips abroad for a month and you're moving around every few days, never again.

Not only that you end up saving money, lots of rentals prefer weekly or monthly bookings, you can save some serious coin if you just chill at a spot, move around less.

5 days in some Airbnb in Portugal are like $500-600 if you stay for a month it’s $1200. Pretty sweet

Travelling the entire time with one 60L bag, that’s it. I hate having two bags. Unfortunately 60L isn’t quite carry on size but I’ll manage

[CivicBlues]

Damn your wife doesn't care about your dirty undies stank'n up her clean clothes?

But yeah, getting fined for having too long of a European vacation is the very definition of a First World Problem