*listens*
― alomar lines, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 06:20 (five years ago) link
ok so you know how sometimes the doors won't shut if someone's standing too close to the doors, like in that little zone delineated by the yellow box, and it goes dingdingding over and over as it attempts to shut? and then the bus driver comes in on the intercom and says 'i can't start the bus until the door closes, folks' and all the passengers stare hatefully at the poor souls packed into the yellow zone desperately trying to squeeze out of its boundaries?
so the busdriver is totally FULL of SHIT!! they have a button they can push that will force the doors to close. now many (most?) will admirably push this button on a really crammed bus during rush hours. but there's a twisted minority who love pitting their passengers against each other, who get some sadistic gratification from the sad dejected faces of people who are forced to step off the bus as the collective ire of the other passengers grows too great to bear
i figured this out because i get on incredibly crammed b-lines going west at main every morning, and am almost always myself well within the yellow zone, and MOST of the time doors shut no problem. but today i was unfortunate to have as driver that most smug and hateful fuck (maybe you know him, the one who sings 'if you're happy and you know it' at the end of the line, and speaks in this faux-cheerful tone nearly continuously on the intercom, announcing stops and thanking everyone for riding) and the bus wasn't even that full, like 70% capacity tops, and he made a huge deal at every other stop of shaming people for being close to the door. it's a huge scam
this probably applies to buses more generally. also, idk about the broadway skytrain but they seriously need to increase capacity on the 99 in the mornings. such a stressful way to start the day
― flopson, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 07:28 (five years ago) link
yeah i think you might be right there, i do know that bus driver.
i never had to get the westward 99 in the mornings but i did used to get the one going east from main every day for years and while it was pretty busy i would always see the westward one going by and think "thank the lord I'm not on that"
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 29 January 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
Would love to see a short documentary about the board of Translink trying to travel from Burquitlam to UBC during rush hour.
― everything, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
when i went to UBC in the early 00s the 99 was already hell, must be such a nightmare now
― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 03:26 (five years ago) link
im a master at getting a seat
― flopson, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 04:06 (five years ago) link
does anyone remember this little ditty, that seems like a tim and eric thing, about the 99?
https://youtu.be/SBRoW0XAG4A
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 21:25 (five years ago) link
went walking round the seawall like a dang tourist yesterday, was a marvelous day for it.
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 25 February 2019 18:37 (five years ago) link
otoh i want it to be summer already
I walk the whole seawall almost every weekend. Always worth it.
― everything, Monday, 25 February 2019 21:52 (five years ago) link
Fucken nice out
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 1 June 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link
Don’t jinx it
― flopson, Saturday, 1 June 2019 01:20 (five years ago) link
we’re like the only province not enveloped in smoke
― flopson, Saturday, 1 June 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
the dispensary at main and hastings sells grams for $5
it's not good weed but still, $5
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Monday, 17 June 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
makes u wonder why he didn't go with 'vancouver jim'
― j., Monday, 17 June 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
lol wrong thread
thx for the tip jim. i've actually been looking for a dispensary that sells mids, all the weed here is way too strong
― flopson, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 03:47 (five years ago) link
it’s a funny problem to have...but i have had it
― alomar lines, Tuesday, 18 June 2019 04:06 (five years ago) link
xp. stuff i got yesterday so dry and crappy, but nice mellow sativa high when i vaped some watching the office last night
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 18 June 2019 16:18 (five years ago) link
Christian Marclay's "The Clock" starts at the Polygon Gallery in North Van on July 5. The gallery will be open 24 hours on five occasions during the summer.
https://thepolygon.ca/exhibition/the-clock/
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Sunday, 30 June 2019 08:16 (five years ago) link
about to spend a week! inside! vancouver! v stoked
― Simon H., Monday, 29 July 2019 04:47 (five years ago) link
good time to be here, weather has been v nice of late - and for you it will be less humid and hot, which I'm sure is welcome
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 30 July 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
honestly I'm considering a move out here just for the climate
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 July 2019 16:15 (five years ago) link
come for the climate, stay for the inevitable catastrophic cascadia subduction zone quake
― another no-holds-barred Tokey Wedge adventure for men (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
shh, just pretending that will never happen and making no emergency preparedness measures.
xp. if you don't mind rain then id recommend the climate
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
rain slaps
― Simon H., Wednesday, 31 July 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
vancouver in the fall when you're broke isn't much fun
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Friday, 4 October 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
The Lido has reopened thank the stars.
― everything, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link
Hadn't realized it was closed but I live in strathcona now so am hardly up in that specific bit of mount pleasant.
Met my wife there.
― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 20 October 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
It was one of the places I feared would not survive. Now they take credit cards and the bar staff are waiters. Otherwise it's the same. Black Sabbath, Os Mutantes, Teenage Fanclub, $4.50 pints from 4-6.
― everything, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 02:39 (three years ago) link
<3 lido. thought it opened a while ago?
― flopson, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 05:13 (three years ago) link
― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Monday, October 19, 2020 10:22 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
ultimate tinder date spot lol
i live like 2 blocks from there now but moving to a pretty lame hood (near vgh/99 heather stop) far from it on november 1st
― flopson, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 05:15 (three years ago) link
the frenchies fire is sad, destroyed a few homes, took out dandelion records
― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 22 October 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
WHAT WENT DOWN TODAY, a thread— Pulpfiction Socially Distanced Books (@pfbvan) October 22, 2020
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Friday, 23 October 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
That really sucks. Dandelion is a record store I visit regularly but rarely find anything, but the owners were really nice people, they are very into music and it was cool shop. Relieved the other stores on the block are relatively unscathed.
― everything, Friday, 23 October 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
I haven't gone record shopping in years but i have a very fond memory of discovering Dandelion with a friend when I was like 15 and being so amazed by all the cool records they had there... sad to hear about what happened
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Friday, 23 October 2020 03:01 (three years ago) link
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-jeff-amp-laura-at-dandelion-records-amp-emporium
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Friday, 23 October 2020 03:51 (three years ago) link