| Vancouver Off-Topic / Current Events The off-topic forum for Vancouver, funnies, non-auto centered discussions, WORK SAFE. While the rules are more relaxed here, there are still rules. Please refer to sticky thread in this forum. |
 | | 
06-19-2023, 08:47 PM
|
#16876 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 604
Posts: 7,915
Thanked 4,368 Times in 2,103 Posts
Failed 296 Times in 140 Posts
|
Do everything you can to stay an extra day and come back on Monday ... no rez necessary. 30 mins before departure will get you on. Last time, I left on a Saturday morning (avoid the Fri rush) and came back on a Monday ... no rez either way, got on by arriving 30 mins early.
| 
|  | |
06-19-2023, 09:13 PM
|
#16877 | | in the butt
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 2,840
Thanked 3,568 Times in 1,305 Posts
Failed 169 Times in 92 Posts
|
That was the original plan last week until the weather showed it's true colors
And this weekend does not work for Mon return 
Went with duke point return
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.Money
i hate people who sound like they smoke meth then pretend like they matter.
Originally Posted by ilovebacon
Does anyone have a pair of 25 pounds one-inch hole for sale at a reasonable price?
Originally Posted by mikemhg
Clothes come off and my car is permeated with the smell of fillet-o-fish and canned tuna.
| | |
| | |
06-20-2023, 12:30 PM
|
#16878 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Burnaby
Posts: 4,180
Thanked 5,277 Times in 2,009 Posts
Failed 265 Times in 101 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by nismodrifter  Thats what I hear re : Lululemon. Best shirts ever. Dat price though.
I got some VW Branded Uniqlo stuff many years ago, they are holding strong, price was reasonable too. Unsure if their quality has changed or not.
Any other suggestions? | I quite like the Pima Cotton T-shirts from Armani Exchange, they sell them for 2 for $80.
Really nice and light cotton that sits well on the body, v-neck or crew neck. No logos or anything.
| |
| | |
06-20-2023, 03:56 PM
|
#16879 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 4,133
Thanked 2,976 Times in 1,368 Posts
Failed 58 Times in 33 Posts
|
If we are talking plain pima cottons, I get my fix from Banana Republic. Their stuff used to be quite good, recently though, the quality seems to have gone downhill and they don't stand behind their products.
| |
| | |
06-20-2023, 05:31 PM
|
#16880 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Ricemond
Posts: 9,055
Thanked 10,514 Times in 3,765 Posts
Failed 476 Times in 240 Posts
|
You mean there’s a GAP between what that trash is worth and what you paid for it ?
| 
| | |
06-20-2023, 05:51 PM
|
#16881 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 604
Posts: 7,915
Thanked 4,368 Times in 2,103 Posts
Failed 296 Times in 140 Posts
|
How would you like to spend the last hours of your life in this ?? That spirit of adventure ... a bit too much for me. I'll look at the Titanic wreck in a movie/documentary thank you. But if you sign up for this, I'm sure you signed the waiver. Apparently, some billionaire Hamish Harding is one of the passengers. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/missi...deep-1.6882739  | |
| | |
06-20-2023, 07:00 PM
|
#16882 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Langley
Posts: 4,086
Thanked 3,375 Times in 1,279 Posts
Failed 92 Times in 70 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by whitev70r How would you like to spend the last hours of your life in this ?? That spirit of adventure ... a bit too much for me. I'll look at the Titanic wreck in a movie/documentary thank you. But if you sign up for this, I'm sure you signed the waiver. Apparently, some billionaire Hamish Harding is one of the passengers. | This sounds like my nightmare if they are somehow stuck on the bottom with enough air until Thursday. In that case they are completely screwed there's no way anyone can help them. Their only chance is if they are floating on the surface and just haven't been found yet.
Apparently this thing was controlled by a Logitech gaming controller lol, what billionaire would trust his life in that thing?
| |
| | |
06-20-2023, 07:00 PM
|
#16883 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: CELICAland
Posts: 25,666
Thanked 10,387 Times in 3,913 Posts
Failed 1,390 Times in 625 Posts
|
The ticket to go down is like $450k or something and all the passengers were filthy rich, you would think they would have tracking devices on the sub or even on the person's of such high networth
| |
| | |
06-20-2023, 07:04 PM
|
#16884 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Langley
Posts: 4,086
Thanked 3,375 Times in 1,279 Posts
Failed 92 Times in 70 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by StylinRed The ticket to go down is like $450k or something and all the passengers were filthy rich, you would think they would have tracking devices on the sub or even on the person's of such high networth | Apparently last year one of these things was lost going to the Titanic for like 5 hours. There is no GPS and the only communication you have is the ship that dropped you off telling you where to go. Once you stop communicating with the ship you're basically fucked as far as being found
| |
| | |
06-20-2023, 07:05 PM
|
#16885 | | Zombie Mod
Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Langley
Posts: 9,889
Thanked 5,174 Times in 1,554 Posts
Failed 120 Times in 54 Posts
|
The pics of the interior are claustrophobic AF. There's no windows. You get to see whatever the camera sees, huddled with other dumbass rich assholes, on small LCDs. Might as well just send a remote controlled sub for the same experience with far less risk of dying.
__________________
Romans 10:9 | |
| | |
06-20-2023, 07:09 PM
|
#16886 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Langley
Posts: 4,086
Thanked 3,375 Times in 1,279 Posts
Failed 92 Times in 70 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Presto The pics of the interior are claustrophobic AF. There's no windows. You get to see whatever the camera sees, huddled with other dumbass rich assholes, on small LCDs. Might as well just send a remote controlled sub for the same experience with far less risk of dying. | I think there's one small window located conveniently right in front of the shitter, which is separated by a black curtain from the rest of the people...
| |
| | |
06-20-2023, 10:09 PM
|
#16887 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 3,211
Thanked 4,057 Times in 975 Posts
Failed 130 Times in 33 Posts
| Quote:
Originally Posted by StylinRed The ticket to go down is like $450k or something and all the passengers were filthy rich, you would think they would have tracking devices on the sub or even on the person's of such high networth | It's 12,000ft under water. Find my iphone won't work. Even with some sort of beacon, the people searching for them would need to be close enough and know exactly where to point their equipment. And even then, that doesn't even guarantee they would "hear" it.
Even if they could find where it is at that depth, there's no way to rescue them.
The only hope for them is if it surfaced, is floating somewhere, and the rescuers can spot it in the ocean before they run out of air.
| |
| | |
06-20-2023, 10:16 PM
|
#16888 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 604
Posts: 7,915
Thanked 4,368 Times in 2,103 Posts
Failed 296 Times in 140 Posts
|
^ yah and the other thing is even if they are floating somewhere on the ocean, they can't open it from the inside, they are bolted shut from the outside !!
| |
| | |
06-20-2023, 10:29 PM
|
#16889 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: CELICAland
Posts: 25,666
Thanked 10,387 Times in 3,913 Posts
Failed 1,390 Times in 625 Posts
|
Was just looking at the latest and a Canadian search plane heard banging noises coming from one of the search areas Quote:
The US Coast Guard has confirmed that a Canadian P-3 aircraft detected "underwater noises" in a search area for the missing Titanic sub
US media, citing internal US government memos, described them as "banging sounds"
It is unclear when and how long the banging lasted, according to Rolling Stone and CNN
| https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-65953941 | |
| | |
06-20-2023, 10:40 PM
|
#16890 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nanaimo
Posts: 16,426
Thanked 7,629 Times in 3,585 Posts
Failed 1,506 Times in 644 Posts
|
A British Pakistani who in of the richest persons in Pakistan and his 19-year-old son are also on board.
My understanding is there is only one sub that can dive that low and that is the one missing.
__________________
Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. | |
| | |
06-20-2023, 11:15 PM
|
#16891 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nanaimo
Posts: 16,426
Thanked 7,629 Times in 3,585 Posts
Failed 1,506 Times in 644 Posts
|
I just found out it is bolted from the outside. There is no way to open the hatch from the inside. So they could be floating on the ocean with no way to get out.
__________________
Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. | |
| | |
06-20-2023, 11:28 PM
|
#16892 | | Say! Say! Say!
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Japan
Posts: 15,431
Thanked 3,332 Times in 1,462 Posts
Failed 239 Times in 64 Posts
|
They good as dead.
__________________ Quote: | Owner of Vansterdam's 420th thanks. OH YEAUHHH. | Quote:
Originally Posted by 89blkcivic Did I tell you guys black is my favourite colour? My Ridgeline is black. My Honda Fit is black. Wish my dick was black........ LOL. | | |
| | |
06-21-2023, 06:21 AM
|
#16893 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Langley
Posts: 4,086
Thanked 3,375 Times in 1,279 Posts
Failed 92 Times in 70 Posts
|
It sounds like another likely scenario is that once it got to a certain depth it imploded on itself killing everyone instantly, which at this point might have been the best case scenario for the people on board unfortunately.
The more you read about this sub and the reports coming out it sounds like they cut some corners building/testing it.
| |
| | |
06-21-2023, 07:59 AM
|
#16894 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: North vancouver
Posts: 12,549
Thanked 32,163 Times in 7,478 Posts
Failed 211 Times in 159 Posts
|
This would have been much nicer if it was Elon in his rocket ship.
__________________
98 technoviolet M3/2/5 Quote:
Originally Posted by boostfever Westopher is correct. | Quote:
Originally Posted by fsy82 seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked | Quote:
Originally Posted by punkwax Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct. | | |
| | |
06-21-2023, 10:09 PM
|
#16895 | | Say! Say! Say!
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Japan
Posts: 15,431
Thanked 3,332 Times in 1,462 Posts
Failed 239 Times in 64 Posts
|
So I'm browsing Facebook marketplace and for some reason I see these bright red Filipino sausages on my landing page. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...4572725023360/
Out of curiosity, how do these taste compared to regular hot dogs from say Costco?
__________________ Quote: | Owner of Vansterdam's 420th thanks. OH YEAUHHH. | Quote:
Originally Posted by 89blkcivic Did I tell you guys black is my favourite colour? My Ridgeline is black. My Honda Fit is black. Wish my dick was black........ LOL. | | |
| | |
06-22-2023, 08:49 AM
|
#16896 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Ricemond
Posts: 9,055
Thanked 10,514 Times in 3,765 Posts
Failed 476 Times in 240 Posts
| https://nationalpost.com/news/world/...mKf9C7bQ%3D%3D Mark Zuckerberg accepts Elon Musk's challenge to a cage fight  | |
| | |
06-22-2023, 09:18 AM
|
#16897 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 9,295
Thanked 3,651 Times in 1,781 Posts
Failed 693 Times in 217 Posts
|
WOW. Talk about coincidence. CEO Stockton Rush, one of the five people in that sub Titan, has a wife who is a distant relative of one of the passengers on the Titanic! https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/enter...sub/index.html
Wendy Rush, the wife the executive who piloted the submersible that has been the subject of a desperate search after it went missing during a dive to the Titanic wreckage, has a personal connection to the ship.
Rush is the is the great-great granddaughter of retailing magnate Isidor Straus and his wife, Ida, who were part of the group of more than 1500 people who died during the Titanic’s maiden voyage, according to New York Times archive records.
__________________
Go Canucks go!
| |
| | |
06-22-2023, 09:40 AM
|
#16898 | | Performance Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Richmond
Posts: 16,568
Thanked 17,189 Times in 5,745 Posts
Failed 291 Times in 187 Posts
|
All that tells me is that generational wealth is protected at all costs in capitalist societies through wars or famine or disease.
Rich in Titanic days, still rich today.
| |
| | |
06-22-2023, 09:58 AM
|
#16899 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Ricemond
Posts: 9,055
Thanked 10,514 Times in 3,765 Posts
Failed 476 Times in 240 Posts
|
pretty sure her great great grandma was like WTF YOU RETARD!??!!?
i gave my seat on the boat so you can do this horseshit!?
| |
| | |
06-22-2023, 01:28 PM
|
#16900 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 9,295
Thanked 3,651 Times in 1,781 Posts
Failed 693 Times in 217 Posts
|
Another article which reinforces the stereotype that Chinese people will eat just about anything.
-even sucking on stir fried spicystones.  https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/s...hnk/index.html
Dubbed “the world’s hardest dish” – literally – a traditional stir-fry featuring stones as its key ingredient has sparked culinary curiosity on Chinese social media.
Patrons are supposed to suck on the small rocks to relish the rich and spicy flavor of the dish, which originated in the eastern Chinese province of Hubei.
They are instructed to suck off the flavors, then spit out the rocks – hence the dish’s name suodiu, meaning “suck and dispose.”
Videos of internet users sampling suodiu have sprung up all over Chinese social media platforms over the past week.
They also show how street vendors cook up the unusual dish. Vendors pour chilli oil onto pebbles sizzling on a teppanyaki-style grill, sprinkle garlic sauce all over them, then stir-fry everything with a mix of garlic cloves and diced peppers.
As they prep the ingredients, these sidewalk chefs sometimes narrate their every move with rhymes, according to videos on Xiaohongshu, ChinaÂ’s equivalent to Instagram.
“A portion of spice brings the passion alive,” the chef said in one video, adding that the dish is as popular as alcohol.
Customers are then served the flavored stones in palm-sized boxes. Each portion costs about 16 yuan (US$2.30), according to the video.
__________________
Go Canucks go!
| |
| | | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:30 AM.
|
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
