Congratulations to the Canadian Women’s Hockey Team.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6572403



https://www.sportsnet.ca/wwhc/articl...-best-in-2022/

Costco or Online

It's pumpkin spice season. Everywhere you go, pumpkin something is being sold. I was a Metrotown Nespresso Boutique (love that word). Anyway, I got their Pumpkin Spice Cake blend. Damn good. I'm a coffee hillbilly, but me likes this one. The capsule is so pretty, gulolol.

Off to Cobbs to get pumpkin scones

Caramel Apple Frosty at Wendy’s. Damn gotta try it. Probably going to be disappointed but what the hell, I’m all over trying new stuff.

Just wanted to randomly proclaim my excitement over finally being able to upgrade my internet service, thanks to 5G making it here. When I first moved out to this village, it was 8 Mbps DSL only, shortly upgraded to 30 Mbps for the next like 10 years with no sign of it ever getting better. There's fiber down the street at the expensive "villas", but not here in my shanty town.

So I am trying out 5G, which is around 200 Mbps for less than half the price of what I was paying. I was paying like $55 CAD per month for 30 Mbps, now it's $25 for 200 Mbps lol. The possible catch is there's a 200 GB fair use policy, after which speeds are not guaranteed. It's not a hard cap though, and I've had caps like this where it meant literally nothing. I have 30 days to test it out.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FcBSZ2BacAMDKyc.jpg

Pretty impressive download speed but why such low upload speed?

I guess it's set up like ADSL where up is capped to allow for more down. This wouldn't be a good service to stream from, but most people rarely upload much from home. I know I don't!

Currently downloading from Steam at 22.4 MB/s instead of 22.4 Mb/s Kreygasm (I'd have to cap it to have bandwidth left over for browsing)

On wireless, particularly on 5G, it takes more radio resources for upload so it's always a challenge for network engineers to determine how they design their networks. You have limited resources and the priority often is to ensure everyone (or at least most people) to attain the best download speeds as best as possible given whatever constraints or circumstances that come their way. Most people download and not upload, so this is why.

Not bragging (but maybe a flex) I got 332Mbps download. Don't ask me about the upload speed. :D

I can hit a gig download on 5G around Burnaby and Vancouver fairly frequently

Can anyone recommend a few interesting car photo spots in the Port Moody / Coquitlam area?

Recommendation for a good firm pillow that won't break the bank? I sleep on my back mostly, whereas my wife is more of a side-sleeper.

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Usually no traffic here, park in middle of road during fall, it should be covered in leaves, camera facing north

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No traffic, dual railroad tracks, camera facing west

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More rail tracks, not as good as the above

Rocky point park boating load ramp, best during overcast or sunset

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Don't know if they covered up the walkways with bushes, but you may be able to get yacht background here, this was years ago although

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Need to time it right, with locomotives parked on the tracks if your into that

1560-1502 Pipeline Rd
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eaQT31ZvxtExapS3A
Industrial concrete area, only been able to get shots at night

Epic donk, thanks !!!

Anyone work for ICBC? Or had to submit a "standard form release" to accept a claim settlement?

The claims specialist handling the case is on vacation and her emergency caseload handler isn't responding

I'm just trying to get that form to submit it before the deadline and before I leave on vacation myself

Called icbc and all they did was issue an internal notice to the person handling the case

This is with only like 2 bars of reception.. I figure if I can get this thing closer to a window facing the 5G "tower" I should be able to get an even better speed... Would need to buy or fabricate something though :considered:

Yea those gigabit speed tests are basically under an array that feed places like Metrotown etc.

So it looks like I'll have to go to the passport center which is right downtown by Canada Place. The last time I was down in that area I don't think there was really anywhere you could park so I'm thinking I'm better off parking somewhere else and taking the Skytrain to downtown? Or is there a parkade somewhere vaguely nearby that isn't $20/hr? I'll be coming from Langley or Burnaby most likely.

Park under the convention centre, it’s under $20 and you’ll be right there. Lots of parking

The lot between cactus and the sails

An actual piece of good unique content from the DailyShite:

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-chevron-barge

An in depth tour of the Chevron barge gas station in Coal Harbour

:Popcorn

Does it have to be the passport office downtown? There’s also one in Surrey in a mall with free parking (although technically 3 hr limit) and sky train access too.

Unfortunately yes, according to the website that's the only one that does urgent passports.

DT location is the only one that offers 24hr, 48hr urgent passports

And I believe all the other locations offer 1 week+

When I got mine I went out to Victoria and still got it in 4 days

The only downer was taking two trips out to Vic, probably should've just stayed out there

Wow I thought they ended up scrapping the movie because its been like forever since I heard anymore news about it

Halle Bailey has such a good voice

When my father owned a commercial fishing vessel, we would go to the Esso floating barge to fill up on gasoline, diesel, oil, kerosene, and water. Shell was my dad's next favourite. I recall maybe five floating barges back in the 50's and 60's. False Creek was full of fishing vessels. The barges were nothing like what that Chevron barge is now.

Anyway, amazing piece of history. Definitely changes, for the better, due to the change in clientele.

Fishing, much like farming, has changed so much over the years. Small independents gone and everything has moved away from the urban areas, making way for pleasure craft and the like. My father retired at the right time. Life as a commercial fisherman was very demanding and harsh, but the benefits of being your own boss and experiencing the sights, sounds and being one with nature was something that could only be described as, priceless. I have such fond memories of the docks below the Burrard and Granville Street Bridges. Paramount, Cassiar, and Celtic Shipyards. Off loading the week's catch on Cash Boats and places like Ballantyne Pier.