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06-06-2020, 04:04 PM
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Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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The Wagon Burger!
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YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
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06-06-2020, 07:07 PM
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#727
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Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by welfare
Wally's burgers haha. I remember when they filmed that episode of 21 jumpstreet there. My older sister and her friend got a Polaroid taken with Johnny Depp. She probably still has it somewhere.
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I remember as a kid my dad taking us all the way to Kingsway even though we lived in Surrey just to have a burger lol.
For some reason what I remember most of that place was a poster inside of a kid looking at a bunch of ice cream flavors and the tag line of "Decisions decisions" on it lol.
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06-07-2020, 09:32 AM
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So many memories going to Wally's after school. Deluxe Chuckwagon. Pinball machines on the side.
The later iterations never quite captured the same feeling as the Kingsway location.
Wally's opened in 1962, I just stumbled upon a burger place here the other day that started in 1967 that I want to give a try.
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06-07-2020, 10:09 AM
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HELP ME PLS!!!
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I remember Best in Town -- A Chinese restaurant used to be across the street from the Wally's. We'd head there after the club at 3/4AM to eat and slam back beers poured in plastic cups.
Had a friend shot at through the window at that restaurant too, back when we were just out of high school.
Oh, the good ol' days.
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06-07-2020, 10:30 AM
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Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Speaking of restaurants. I remember "The Only," "White Lunch (I shit you not)," Aki Restaurant (knew the two brothers - lived six door down from the original restaurant on Powell Street), Aristocratic, Frank Baker's, etc. just to name a few. 60's and 70's.......... fun times.
https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-...y-and-memories
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
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06-07-2020, 08:57 PM
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RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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Originally Posted by welfare
I used to live on Clarke and 24th, two blocks south of consumers. Was born in that house actually. Mr sub, the Video Nest. Hoy's Wonton is still there, I believe. Same with triangle market..I think. Been awhile since I rolled through.
As kids we'd head into consumers and dig through the catalogs just to browse. Never bought anything. Don't know why but we thought it was fun.
Fields just down the street where mom used to buy our Lobo and Excalibur shoes. Anybody remember those? They were probably the cheapest shoes you could possibly find. The plastic soles were so hard it would take weeks to break them in haha.
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I remember Lobo shoes! I had a few pairs as a kid. They were shit quality but I loved them just cause they were brand new lol. I had a lot of hand me downs as a kid.
My mom would buy a couple pairs a few sizes up, and I used to pull them out from under her bed so I could daydream about when I could fit them.
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09-30-2020, 11:39 PM
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Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Originally Posted by SumAznGuy
The BJ BMW dealership use to be a some bakery warehouse. My mind is telling me it was the brand with the little girl on it. Was it Weston bakeries?
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Bump?
Well, I was just going through the thread........... started so long ago. LOL.
Anyway, got the answer for you.
The girl on the logo was a blonde with curly hair. Sunbeam bread. It was the best sliced bread you could get back then. I remember how soft it was. Bacon and egg sandwich using Sunbeam bread was heaven. I'm pretty sure it was Weston Bakery that made Sunbeam for Western Canada.
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"there but for the grace of god go I"
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
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10-01-2020, 12:01 AM
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Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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We always used to go to china town for Rice and other asian goodies... i remember you pay for your rice then you get a ticket, then go around the corner give your ticket to another worker and he gets the rice for you. lol. that's the most significant china town thing i remember from when i was younger.
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Sounds like Rice World on Powell and Gore
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
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10-01-2020, 12:13 AM
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Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Originally Posted by SumAznGuy
Nick's is still on Commercial drive. I go there for lunch with customers/suppliers once every few months.
Little Billy's was on Nanimo and 2nd. That place has changed owners/restaurant names quite a few times. Now it is called Jaguar's or something like that and they serve chinese food and BBT.
Not too sure about Plum Blossum.
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There's a Little Billies in my neighbourhood now. Hastings and Sperling. I could have sworn they used to also be at 5000 Kingsway Plaza at one time or another.
Little Billy's Steak House
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
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10-01-2020, 12:20 AM
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I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
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Originally Posted by MG1
Sounds like Rice World on Powell and Gore
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iirc u could order dessert tofu in there too, or nearby, I always loved going to rice world cuz my mom would get a tub of tofu too
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10-01-2020, 12:36 AM
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Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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I did. Wasn't the best school haha. Had some fond memories. Apparently it's one of the lowest ranked school in Vancouver. Anyway, speaking of Macdonald elementary. I heard it's like 80% native now. My buddy's sister goes there and one time she got lice from one of the kids. Pretty funny stuff. On one of her report cards. It states that she did well in some aboriginal dances. That's all that was said. haha
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Templeton ranked one of the lowest? Is that why a team from Templeton took first place in the provincial junior Reach for the Top competition, beating out private schools?
And top ten in the senior national championships........
https://www.vsb.bc.ca/News/archivedn...-2017_121.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple...condary_School
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
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10-01-2020, 12:52 AM
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Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Damn, so many pages to go through. I have to thank people for their contributions to this thread and to keep it alive.
I also have a lot more to contribute, but need to make sure I don't repeat the stories of life in the DTES.
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
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10-01-2020, 06:50 AM
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I don't get it
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There's a Little Billies in my neighbourhood now. Hastings and Sperling. I could have sworn they used to also be at 5000 Kingsway Plaza at one time or another.
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That Little Billy's used to be by Duthie and Pandora (it's a townhouse now)
I remember when I lived nearby in the early 90's getting on/off the 95 bus in front and going to convenience store that was also there.
Moved out of that area early 2000's, apparently their history page says a fire took out the complex in mid 2000s.
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10-04-2020, 01:36 PM
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I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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10-04-2020, 03:20 PM
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RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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If you want some chinese history of BC, there is this thing called A Seat at the Table in china town, UBC + Museum of Vancouver co-lead / sponsored.
Very small, easy 40 minutes and it's free.
Chinese Canadian Museum of BC in Chinatown - 27 E Pender St
Open: Friday - Sunday, 10am - 4pm
Admission is free. We recommend booking tickets online.*
This pic got me... memoriesss
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10-04-2020, 04:06 PM
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linguistic ninja
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^was wondering about this...Masks not mandatory?
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10-04-2020, 08:44 PM
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Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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I remember the "going out of business" sale at Iwase Books. I got me a very nice Shogi board, as well as, a Go Set for like 75% and 80% off.
They had a subscription service for Japanese magazines and books that was pretty darn good. Now you have to go through OCS Canada, which is actually just as good.
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YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
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10-04-2020, 09:55 PM
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Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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Speaking of bookstores, anyone remember Book Off downtown Vancouver? That place was awesome. Used books and CD's. Just when I got into their stuff, they closed down. Damn.........
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Youth is, indeed, wasted on the young.
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YODO = You Only Die Once.
Dirty look from MG1 can melt steel beams.
"There must be dissonance before resolution - MG1" a musical reference.
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10-04-2020, 10:32 PM
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Need to Shave n Shower, but I CANT STOP POSTING ON RS
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If you guys like seeing historical shots of Vancouver, check out gregforaday on instagram.
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half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF.
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reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z
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OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry:
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10-05-2020, 11:46 AM
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My homepage has been set to RS
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Greg's shots are probably some of my favourites that I see in the office.
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10-06-2020, 07:43 PM
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RS.net, where our google ads make absolutely no sense!
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Im having brain fart. Before Telus and shAw, what companies were offering TV service back in the 90's?
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10-06-2020, 08:10 PM
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RS Veteran
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Rogers Cable. They sold their western cable footprint to Shaw and left the Western provinces to concentrate on Ontario and the Atlantic provinces.
If you are old enough, you may recognize some of their old logos from back in the day. https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Rogers_Communications
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you broke my heart :rukidding:
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10-07-2020, 01:36 PM
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Los Bastardo owned my ass at least once
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those were the days where you used a "black box" to watch all the tv channels lol
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10-07-2020, 02:01 PM
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Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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those were the days where you used a "black box" to watch all the tv channels lol
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Speaking of TV and other telecommunication, I remember one of my older cousins bragging to me that he just bought a new.....pager.
Forgot about a big cellphone the size of water bottle. That cousin back in the day thought having a Cantel pager was cool as a university student. 
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Go Canucks go!
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10-07-2020, 02:53 PM
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I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Rogers was seemingly the first to offer broadband internet. Remember the joys of having dat cable modem probably 1999/2000
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