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jigjag · 09-04-2009, 08:12 AM

Fastest growing thread i've seen so far, friggen eh!
anyhoo, i have a few good ones, but to keep in line w/ the topic...

Remember Caseys bar/stripclub? At the Mr. Sport Hotel on Kingsway? Its where "Jaguars" is now....
that was my peeler peepin' OG spot. I was 16. We used to pop in for a pitcher after hockey practices at Killarney. I swear, they knew we were younger i'm sure, but as long as u acting confident and didn't act a fool, it was all good. Then i brought one of my good buddy's (1/2 chinoise, 1/2 gwai lo, i'm EI btw) and we were promptly ID'd for the first time going there in like a year. Friggin asians and their lack of facial hair!!!!
Anyhow, it was sad when they shut it down, but went out with a bang, they musta had about 15-20 stripper given'er at the same time, w/ free lappy's all around. Sigh.

And how bout "BK grocery", the corner store on 34/nanaimo? Its a heritage blding from way back. I knew it was old, going there as a kid, but one day I was at the library, perusing some random shit, ie. vancouver heritage, and there it was in this hardcover book, a painting/pic of good ol' "BK" from baaack in the day. Kinda neat to see the corner store u've been going to since u were 3 in a book.

Avalon Dairy? On Wales st., just off of 41st? that place is like a mini farm in the middle of vancouver. Started in 1906, the Orig. farmhouse/office is still used today. You can go there to buy individual chocolate milk's, in glass bottles. That is fking gangster.
http://www.avalondairy.com/index-2.html

This farmhouse harkens back to days gone by in vancity. There was lots of lil' farms and the like around. I'm too young to remember this, but Cunningham Elementary School on 35th used to be a goat or chicken farm or something. There were houses on the property that had to be removed when they built the school, so they moved some of em over to St. Margerets and one over to nanaimo st. (a somewhat dilapidated older green house that's still there today).

And yes, street hockey was the norm. I remember having to bloody wait w/ my boys till we could play. Now, well, its been said. Fat lil' shits sitting round the screen, rotating btween their PS3 and facebook. Truly a diff. world we live in now, really quite sad.

And another thing i remember is how truly culturally diverse da' hood used to be. I went to gladstone/killarney and recall how there was so many euro's w/ lots of asians, and a few E.I.'s in the mix. Grew up learning bout everything/everyone this way. Now, it really is almost all asians in van (east anyways), in the homes anyhow. Sign of the times as all the euro's whose mom/dad pass on, sell the house, split the $, put the remaining parent in a friggin home, and move out to the burbs, as oppossed us asians (generally speaking of course), who stay united/together. And the folks that live here now, its almost like the whole multicutural/western thing has degraded, as lots more ppl don't speak english compared to b4.... more mainlanders, etc. Sign of the times i guess.....

Cheers,
jigger.

09-04-2009, 08:12 AM	#189
jigjag Wunder? Wonder?? Wander??? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: vancity Posts: 209 Thanked 26 Times in 11 Posts Failed 10 Times in 3 Posts	Fastest growing thread i've seen so far, friggen eh! anyhoo, i have a few good ones, but to keep in line w/ the topic... Remember Caseys bar/stripclub? At the Mr. Sport Hotel on Kingsway? Its where "Jaguars" is now.... that was my peeler peepin' OG spot. I was 16. We used to pop in for a pitcher after hockey practices at Killarney. I swear, they knew we were younger i'm sure, but as long as u acting confident and didn't act a fool, it was all good. Then i brought one of my good buddy's (1/2 chinoise, 1/2 gwai lo, i'm EI btw) and we were promptly ID'd for the first time going there in like a year. Friggin asians and their lack of facial hair!!!! Anyhow, it was sad when they shut it down, but went out with a bang, they musta had about 15-20 stripper given'er at the same time, w/ free lappy's all around. Sigh. And how bout "BK grocery", the corner store on 34/nanaimo? Its a heritage blding from way back. I knew it was old, going there as a kid, but one day I was at the library, perusing some random shit, ie. vancouver heritage, and there it was in this hardcover book, a painting/pic of good ol' "BK" from baaack in the day. Kinda neat to see the corner store u've been going to since u were 3 in a book. Avalon Dairy? On Wales st., just off of 41st? that place is like a mini farm in the middle of vancouver. Started in 1906, the Orig. farmhouse/office is still used today. You can go there to buy individual chocolate milk's, in glass bottles. That is fking gangster. http://www.avalondairy.com/index-2.html This farmhouse harkens back to days gone by in vancity. There was lots of lil' farms and the like around. I'm too young to remember this, but Cunningham Elementary School on 35th used to be a goat or chicken farm or something. There were houses on the property that had to be removed when they built the school, so they moved some of em over to St. Margerets and one over to nanaimo st. (a somewhat dilapidated older green house that's still there today). And yes, street hockey was the norm. I remember having to bloody wait w/ my boys till we could play. Now, well, its been said. Fat lil' shits sitting round the screen, rotating btween their PS3 and facebook. Truly a diff. world we live in now, really quite sad. And another thing i remember is how truly culturally diverse da' hood used to be. I went to gladstone/killarney and recall how there was so many euro's w/ lots of asians, and a few E.I.'s in the mix. Grew up learning bout everything/everyone this way. Now, it really is almost all asians in van (east anyways), in the homes anyhow. Sign of the times as all the euro's whose mom/dad pass on, sell the house, split the $, put the remaining parent in a friggin home, and move out to the burbs, as oppossed us asians (generally speaking of course), who stay united/together. And the folks that live here now, its almost like the whole multicutural/western thing has degraded, as lots more ppl don't speak english compared to b4.... more mainlanders, etc. Sign of the times i guess..... Cheers, jigger. __________________ vrrrooom Last edited by jigjag; 09-04-2009 at 08:19 AM.