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[carsncars]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

Driving from east van to delta (approx crispy crème location) where we have family is one of my most hated drives I do lol. Going like Nanaimo - Marine - queensborough - Alex Fraser is soooo fucking annoying for the distance you travel

Anything drive involving New West feels like it sucks. Ages ago on co-op I commuted from Coquitlam to Richmond x 4 months. Columbia-Front-Queensborough-91 in rush hour was enough for me to ask my manager if I could switch to 10 am-6 pm office hours instead.

[twitchyzero]

what's wrong with food choices in burnaby?
yall dont like korean restaurants in lougheed? lol

not as many choices as rmd but metro and brentwood are more than fine?

[Hondaracer]

I dunno even along Kingsway by metro it’s pretty meh.. or at least to me, there’s lots of unknown Asian spots I have no clue what they are so scared to venture in lol

Chong Qing still got a decent lunch special $15.xx for soup, main and tea, hits the spot

[GLOW]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

I dunno even along Kingsway by metro it’s pretty meh.. or at least to me, there’s lots of unknown Asian spots I have no clue what they are so scared to venture in lol

if the place is full/line up, you know it's good, or cheap, or both.
If you mean you don't know wtf you eating, then don't worry about it and eat anyway no questions asked

no ones ever died from eating chicken feet or animal innards before amirite

[Hondaracer]

I’ll try anything but there’s nothing worse than a disappointing meal lol

[GLOW]

a disappointing meal at an outrageous price!

[CivicBlues]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

I dunno even along Kingsway by metro it’s pretty meh.. or at least to me, there’s lots of unknown Asian spots I have no clue what they are so scared to venture in lol

Sushi Garden? Dinesty?? yea some real exotic treats from the Orient there

[Hondaracer]

Hey, Dinesty hits the spot lol

Moreso the hot pot and Korean places with no English out front

What happened to buddies F430 at the Greek place lol

[roastpuff]

Originally Posted by EvoFire

It's the Alex Fraser and Delta gets automatically lumped in with Surrey by some people.

At least you aren't at Burke Mountain. That shit is stupid far. It takes them 15mins to get to Coquitlam Center. It's around 40mins for me to get to just Coquitlam Center from East Van.

I'm not a huge fan of living in Fraserview though because of how isolated it feels sometimes. You would ask wtf are you high about you live in Vancouver! But hear me out. It's super easy to get to Richmond and DT, but that's about it. The best spot to actually live in terms of being able to access everything is actually South Burnaby. You trade off an extra 5-10 mins to get to Richmond and DT, but you are easily 10mins closer to the highway which opens up Coquitlam and the North Shore for hang outs and activities.

North BBY > South BBY

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

Our little stretch of Hastings sunrise between renfrew and commercial shits on anywhere in Burnaby imo

I say North Burnaby, between Willingdon to Kensington (West to East) and Lougheed to Hastings (South to North) is ideally located to be central, have good food (Italian, Japanese, Korean for sure). Just missing Chinese food/Chinese BBQ but now we have Bonafide in Brentwood which is quite good.

[Badhobz]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

What happened to buddies F430 at the Greek place lol

i heard that thing doesnt even run. Buddy has it sitting there for years and years as some marketing piece.

[Hondaracer]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

i heard that thing doesnt even run. Buddy has it sitting there for years and years as some marketing piece.

I used to occasionally see him limp it to high gate presumably to buy ingredients? Or maybe just booze lol

[winson604]

Originally Posted by GLOW

if the place is full/line up, you know it's good, or cheap, or both.
If you mean you don't know wtf you eating, then don't worry about it and eat anyway no questions asked

no ones ever died from eating chicken feet or animal innards before amirite

The odd time it's neither though lol. There's always the odd shit place that survives and thrives purely because of location. There have been plenty of Chinese HK Style cafes that thrive because the next closest spot isn't really that close. Oscars in East Van was a good example before I even know people who admit it's avg at best but only go because the next closets option is a lot farther.

[supafamous]

Originally Posted by twitchyzero

what's wrong with food choices in burnaby?
yall dont like korean restaurants in lougheed? lol

not as many choices as rmd but metro and brentwood are more than fine?

The cheap stuff is plentiful in Burnaby but the good stuff is rare. I'm trying to find a nice place with a private room for my birthday and all there really is is Atlas Steak & Fish at the casino whereas in downtown Van there's tonnes of options. I don't even need something the quality of the fancy stuff like Cioppino's or Miku etc.

I'd just like to go to a nice place once in a while and it's basically just STEM in Burnaby. The rest are pretty meh for good dining.

[Badhobz]

uhh i guess that grand neptune in burnaby is okay. Can always go to uncle willys for the finest dinning of my childhood.

[GS8]

So almost 2 weeks ago around 9:30pm, my condo's fire alarm goes off. By the time I got down to the lobby, the fire dept was already there and looking at the switch panel in the lobby. They traced it to the roof. Eventually they came back down and said the generator on the roof triggered a false reading which set the alarm off.

When the alarm goes off, the elevators automatically respond by returning to ground level. Unfortunately, one of them went down to P1 instead. After realizing that no one was trapped in the elevator, it was determined soon after that the elevator is just fucked and the elevator hasn't been fixed since. A note went out saying that the parts required are no longer manufactured. This is the 2nd time this year that elevator broke and needed a part replaced that was obsolete.

Coincidentally, the touchscreen intercom system that guests use to access the building broke as well (at least 2 months ago) and still hasn't been repaired due to that system no longer being made.

My building is only 6 years old so it seems like given how there are so many inner working systems in a condo, kind of like a central nervous system, it feels like planned obsolesces is shockingly bad?

[underscore]

Unless somebody scored a deal on equipment that was EOL that sounds like a pretty ridiculously short support period for industrial equipment.

[GLOW]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

uhh i guess that grand neptune in burnaby is okay. Can always go to uncle willys for the finest dinning of my childhood.

not a fan of neptune, i only go to their adjacent noodle house if i'm low on options. uncle willy's

Originally Posted by GS8

Coincidentally, the touchscreen intercom system that guests use to access the building broke as well (at least 2 months ago) and still hasn't been repaired due to that system no longer being made.

My building is only 6 years old so it seems like given how there are so many inner working systems in a condo, kind of like a central nervous system, it feels like planned obsolesces is shockingly bad?

back when i was doing projects been fucked over by this, builder finding stuff meeting specs that i assume they got the clearance deal on (why else would you fuck an owner/client over once job is done). really did not like the short sightedness of this matter of thinking, the builder did regular work with us.

it was for certain finishes, fixed in place appliances, and security system parts/equipment. disappointing really for the short sightedness from a business perspective

[snowball]

Originally Posted by radeonboy

A bridge or tunnel between Dollarton / Burnaby mountain makes sense, but probably won't happen in our lifetime judging by our progress with the Massey Tunnel.

as a north vancouverite i would love to shove a bridge up deep cove's ass.

[radeonboy]

Originally Posted by snowball

as a north vancouverite i would love to shove a bridge up deep cove's ass.

I actually wanted to say Dollarton <-> Belcarra/Ioco via tunnel, but that's political suicide for anyone in office (and $$$).

[donk.]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

i heard that thing doesnt even run. Buddy has it sitting there for years and years as some marketing piece.

Someone here needs to go offer him 10k$, a handjob from one of those greasy kingsway "massage" parlors. (Maybe up the offer to 4 hands instead of 2) Then make a thread on here fixing/rebuilding it, then tracking it :O

Offtopic: Theres an NSX on thermal drive, its been sitting there since 2010 at minimum, dude never drives it, just sits in his driveway. Along with 4-5 other cars. I tried to buy it off him years back, but seems like he is just one of those guys that would rather let it rot in the driveway than use as intended

[BIC_BAWS]

Originally Posted by 68style

I've been looking there recently too, there's a decent place just off 72nd and the highway... we could be neighbours lol

Good area. They recently finished construction and made it so much better for the large flow of traffic. Still bad, but better than before.

[twitchyzero]

Originally Posted by supafamous

The cheap stuff is plentiful in Burnaby but the good stuff is rare. I'm trying to find a nice place with a private room for my birthday and all there really is is Atlas Steak & Fish at the casino whereas in downtown Van there's tonnes of options. I don't even need something the quality of the fancy stuff like Cioppino's or Miku etc.

I'd just like to go to a nice place once in a while and it's basically just STEM in Burnaby. The rest are pretty meh for good dining.

yeah im no expecting tons of fine dining option there, though they should put some at brentwood

stem is in sucha weird location, rumble st is where i expect bbt and manga

wallet was light and stomach was still hungry after leaving

[sonick]

The Pear Tree was great in Burnaby Heights

[BIC_BAWS]

Originally Posted by 68style

I've been looking there recently too, there's a decent place just off 72nd and the highway... we could be neighbours lol

Apparently crime is on the uptick in the area. Someone attempted to break-in yesterday around 9AM. Cops said it's an ongoing case.

[RabidRat]

Wth at 9am?! That's bold.

Get anything on camera?