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08-02-2024, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by donk.  Whats the problem? Not enough power to run 30A heat pumps in every new build?
Hopefully they get rid of their useless mechanical permits for HVAC equipment next | My place only has 100A. I already had to change my dryer to gas to save space on the panel. I'll need an upgrade for sure, I need heat pumps and car charger sometime in the future.
I saw a hilarious video about how Ken Sim turned some meeting room into a workout area and people were getting pissed. I guess you can never win as politician.
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08-02-2024, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD Heard bro got arrested for DUI this week | WUT... Sim?? Don't leave us hangin like this bro
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08-02-2024, 11:55 AM
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#32628 | | I told him no, what y'all do?
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not a fan of him trying to get rid of the "viewing cone" that's been long protected so we still have the vancouver postcard skyline.
hopefully he walks back looking at allowing that encroachment.
other than that he's been doing aight as far as i can see.
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08-02-2024, 12:06 PM
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Yah he's great if you're a developer
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08-02-2024, 12:36 PM
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Might as well add this in. https://vancouversun.com/news/pedest...own-businesses
No shit the bikers and hobos have no money to spend.
I guess we might as well close off Hastings and main to have no traffic and see what happens to the hobos.
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08-02-2024, 01:16 PM
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Do locals even go to Gastown? Last time I was in Gastown was back in 2011 lol.
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08-02-2024, 02:04 PM
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I probably go 2-3 times a year for one reason or another, some great restos and night spots in that area. Guilt & Co etc.
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08-02-2024, 02:55 PM
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#32633 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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The only times I’ve been to yaletown in the last 5-8 years or so was to play pool at SoHo
No idea how that places survives feels like such an anomaly for downtown when you’re in there lol
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08-02-2024, 03:06 PM
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Nah the reason why its "failing" is because like most things tried in Vancouver it was half-assed, no...quarter-assed.
Put up a bunch of concrete dividers and shitty aluminum chairs does not make for a good "pedestrian" experience. Oh and let's allow traffic to come thru anyways because we can't figure out how to redirect traffic to the outlying streets. Oh and they spent ages and $$$ "rehabilitating" the road surface and it looks just as shitty pot hole marked and warped as it did before.
Gastown has potential to be the best and most picturesque neighbourhood in Vancouver we just can't pull our collective heads out of our asses to actually make it so.
p.s. If you go to Gastown check out Skewers. If you don't mind lining up a bit go early and you'll get a huge plate of Greek Souvlaki and sides for like 30 bucks enough for 2 people. Feels like the 2010s again.
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08-02-2024, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by JDMDreams | When bike lanes were first put in downtown the Downtown business associations screamed bloody murder until they found out that bikers spend more money on them than cars do cause bikers tend to actually stop in front of their stores versus cars which drive right through the area. The business association now loves bike lanes and wants more of them.
I think it's too early to draw conclusions about why the Gastown one isn't working - Gastown IS a shithole for the most part but maybe it's the setup or maybe it's b/c the Old Spaghetti Factory is really terrible and people are glad now to go by there anymore.
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08-02-2024, 03:17 PM
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I went to spaghetti factory in Richmond few months ago and it was booming, so obviously there's business, it's still the fact that the Vancouver one has paid parking and a bitch to get to. You can't beat old spaghetti factory prices and kids love that shit.
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08-02-2024, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by JDMDreams I went to spaghetti factory in Richmond few months ago and it was booming, so obviously there's business, it's still the fact that the Vancouver one has paid parking and a bitch to get to. You can't beat old spaghetti factory prices and kids love that shit. | The sourdough with garlic butter was so good. I don't think I've been back since a first date I had back in grade 12 lol.
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08-02-2024, 03:20 PM
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Literally anywhere is better than old spaghetti factory lol
It’s always so weird if you’ve ecer stayed at crystal lodge in whistler and to get to the pool you walk by the old sphag dining room lol fuck. Half cut soaking wet staring at people eating their yucky pasta dinners 
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08-02-2024, 04:45 PM
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Old Spaghetti factory is a place you go as a family if you have kids. If you didn't, I wouldn't step foot in that place.
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08-02-2024, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by PeanutButter Old Spaghetti factory is a place you go as a family if you have kids. If you didn't, I wouldn't step foot in that place. | Pretty much it. Pre-child, we'd have family dinner at OSF due to my niece/nephew and I was always suggesting someplace else. Now with a kid, I'm like yeah! Let's go there
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08-03-2024, 09:19 AM
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#32641 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer Literally anywhere is better than old spaghetti factory lol
It’s always so weird if you’ve ecer stayed at crystal lodge in whistler and to get to the pool you walk by the old sphag dining room lol fuck. Half cut soaking wet staring at people eating their yucky pasta dinners | Crystal lounge is such a good spot to get wings and beers after a day of riding though.
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08-03-2024, 09:23 AM
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Just take your kids to gothams. Have them sit there and enjoy a 100 dollar steak and then afterwards record it so when they turn 18 you can tell them to cough it back up by giving them a total tally of how much you’ve spent throughout the years.
If the little shit can’t pay then sue them
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08-03-2024, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz Just take your kids to gothams. Have them sit there and enjoy a 100 dollar steak and then afterwards record it so when they turn 18 you can tell them to cough it back up by giving them a total tally of how much you’ve spent throughout the years.
If the little shit can’t pay then sue them | I literally stopped going to Hy's because it became a family restaurant full of t-shirt wearing punk mainlanders with their shitty kids running around. Like holy shit imagine paying $400 for dinner at a daycare.
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08-03-2024, 01:41 PM
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Aren’t mainlanders the best ?!?! Booo yah ! Fuck you and your romantic evening. To them it’s the same as McDonald’s.
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08-03-2024, 03:08 PM
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Every “known” place that used to be viewed as an expensive or higher end place locally has been ruined by mainlanders with no manners who drag kids to place they shouldn’t be.
Seems like you’ve gotta go to “white” places or places that the fusion or menu is too confusing for people to understand so they don’t come there and ruin it as well.
When the menu doesn’t have specific items that are X amount more than everything else, who wants to go there and brag you got a $45 entree when every other thing is $45 lol
It’s pretty gross. I actually enjoyed Hy’s a lot before but it’s been ruined both times I went both locally and in whistler because of the aforementioned groups.
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08-03-2024, 04:04 PM
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That's a shame to hear about Hy's.
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08-03-2024, 04:21 PM
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What’s that Italian pasta place on commmerical and Frances. Used to be Joes spaghetti house now it’s whatever whatever Italian thing. That place is good and devoid of Chinese people (except me!)
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08-03-2024, 06:18 PM
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#32648 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Originally Posted by CivicBlues Gastown has potential to be the best and most picturesque neighbourhood in Vancouver we just can't pull our collective heads out of our asses to actually make it so. | I agree, Gastown has a ton of potential, and I didn't know until recently that Gastown was redeveloped in the '70s to give it the "heritage" look to boost tourism.
Personally, I'd rather have Gastown as the club/restaurant part of the city than Granville St.
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08-03-2024, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz What’s that Italian pasta place on commmerical and Frances. Used to be Joes spaghetti house now it’s whatever whatever Italian thing. That place is good and devoid of Chinese people (except me!) | Pepino's/Cafe La Tana. Only eaten at Pepino's once but felt it had a lot of the Goodfellas vibe inside. I prefer their sister restaurant Savio Volpe - can always count on a really good meal there but it's damn near impossible to get a table there unless you book 3 months in advance.
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08-03-2024, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by PeanutButter Old Spaghetti factory is a place you go as a family if you have kids. If you didn't, I wouldn't step foot in that place. | It's still gross though. I'd rather go to White Spot a thousand times before I do OSF with my kid.
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