distantmantra
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I don't think you'll see anything like Tsukiji in Vancouver that's open to the public. Granville Island is pretty touristy, but you'll see fresh seafood for sale.
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I don't think you'll see anything like Tsukiji in Vancouver that's open to the public. Granville Island is pretty touristy, but you'll see fresh seafood for sale.
Damn, I'm surprised we got one in Seattle (Bellevue) before Van did.
distantmantra
Member
They're getting a Muji before us in Seattle. I'm super jealous. Muji >>>>>>>>>>>>> UNIQLO.
damn that sucks, oh well
hope the weather gets better, with my luck probably not
what stuff will be opened friday? (and i guess throughout easter weekend)
Pretty much everything will be open, I wouldnt worry too much.
ALSO there IS what you're looking for - it's in Steveston though. South Richmond. Fish being sold straight off the boat in the harbor. There's seals, too
(in the water wanting fish, not sold you horrible people)I mean, Steveston itself is pretty nice, you can probably spend a few hours there. Shop fish, get good fish&chips, walk around the village, there's a bog/park nearby that's pretty cool too if you have means of transportation. (Deas Island)
Food: Walk down Robson Street towards Denman. There's lots of Japanese and Korean food to try.
If it's a nice day you can rent a bike and bike around Stanley Park.
Bikes - there's a very new bikeshare program in downtown, and there are also shops that rent out bikes.
Steveston Village is OK, chill, and has a bit of fish boats and some ok restaurants,
but Granville Island is probably more enjoyable overall (crafts, food markets, street performers, brewery), but also more crowded.
However, you may just want to spend a day in Richmond trying really Chinese stuff.
Probably should've posted in this thread way earlier, but there's a UBC student who's been missing for more than a week, so keep your eyes out VancityGAF.
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/missing-ubc-student-louis-gonick-dropped-off-in-stanley-park-1.3386650
That said, it has been more than a week of nothing, so I'm kinda expecting the worse at this point.
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/missing-ubc-student-louis-gonick-dropped-off-in-stanley-park-1.3386650
That said, it has been more than a week of nothing, so I'm kinda expecting the worse at this point.
I'd almost think the government doesn't want my money (except for the fact that they really do want my money).
Last year I tried paying my taxes online, and the CRA website said that I had to do that at BMO, not Vancity, because BMO is equipped to pay taxes, and Vancity is not. WTF? Oh well, I have a BMO Mastercard, so I'll just go there. BMO guy is like "WTF? How is it possible that you can't pay your taxes at Vancity? I'm sure they can. Please go over there and actually try it, because it's more convenient for you to do all your banking in one place." I go to Vancity, and yeah, Vancity can pay taxes. Any bank can pay taxes. They have no idea WTF the CRA is smoking.
This year I decided to pay my taxes in person, while I drop off my forms (as I've done before). I go to the post office, and they're out of forms. I go to Service Canada, and they're out of forms (guy at Service Canada is like "WTF? How can we be out of forms? Taxes are due in a week!"). Turns out my brother didn't use his spare set of forms, so I can just use those and stuff them in a manila envelope. There's no address on a blank manila envelope, but that's okay because I know where the CRA is. It's downtown. I've done the last-second rush before.
So I go downtown to give them my brown envelope full of money and... it's not there anymore. The building is still there, but the CRA is not, and they left no sign leading to their new location. *sigh*
So I go home and check google and they've moved to Terminal, near Main. I guess the rent was cheaper. And they're open until 4:00PM, LOL government hours.
So I go there and the building is completely unmarked, and after double-checking the address I find it, along with a small crowd of irate people holding tax forms. There's a touchscreen terminal that asks you for the secret password. Secret password? WTF is this shit? Ah, let's step into the building and ask a receptionist WTF is going on. Nope. Door doesn't open. Ordinary people are not allowed into the building. According to random employees (at least, I think they're employees) being harassed as they try to enter and exit the building using their secret passwords, you can pay your taxes online, or at a bank, or go fuck yourselves. The part of CRA that used to interact with humans no longer exists.
Which makes the "open closed until 4:00PM" extra LOL. It also explains why they left no forwarding address at their old location and don't even have a friggen nameplate on the door of their new location, because they would like to be left alone.
Last year I tried paying my taxes online, and the CRA website said that I had to do that at BMO, not Vancity, because BMO is equipped to pay taxes, and Vancity is not. WTF? Oh well, I have a BMO Mastercard, so I'll just go there. BMO guy is like "WTF? How is it possible that you can't pay your taxes at Vancity? I'm sure they can. Please go over there and actually try it, because it's more convenient for you to do all your banking in one place." I go to Vancity, and yeah, Vancity can pay taxes. Any bank can pay taxes. They have no idea WTF the CRA is smoking.
This year I decided to pay my taxes in person, while I drop off my forms (as I've done before). I go to the post office, and they're out of forms. I go to Service Canada, and they're out of forms (guy at Service Canada is like "WTF? How can we be out of forms? Taxes are due in a week!"). Turns out my brother didn't use his spare set of forms, so I can just use those and stuff them in a manila envelope. There's no address on a blank manila envelope, but that's okay because I know where the CRA is. It's downtown. I've done the last-second rush before.
So I go downtown to give them my brown envelope full of money and... it's not there anymore. The building is still there, but the CRA is not, and they left no sign leading to their new location. *sigh*
So I go home and check google and they've moved to Terminal, near Main. I guess the rent was cheaper. And they're open until 4:00PM, LOL government hours.
So I go there and the building is completely unmarked, and after double-checking the address I find it, along with a small crowd of irate people holding tax forms. There's a touchscreen terminal that asks you for the secret password. Secret password? WTF is this shit? Ah, let's step into the building and ask a receptionist WTF is going on. Nope. Door doesn't open. Ordinary people are not allowed into the building. According to random employees (at least, I think they're employees) being harassed as they try to enter and exit the building using their secret passwords, you can pay your taxes online, or at a bank, or go fuck yourselves. The part of CRA that used to interact with humans no longer exists.
Which makes the "
Just use https://simpletax.ca and pay online
Yeah, I was mostly just frustrated/amused by how bad the offline experience has become.
And it's not as if they've got their online house in order well enough to be that bad offline, what with their website giving me nonsensical banking instructions, and sending people to a building that doesn't receive people.
+1, been using simpletax for the last few years. It's awesome.
TemplaerDude
Member
There was one!
Crazymoogle
Member
Thanks for the memories CanadaGAF/ ShippingGAF. I have to return to the wilderness of "no prime land"...will miss these topics. GST much less so
We had like two successful meetups!
This might be wrong thread but once a Vancouverite always a Vancouverite! Where are you headed next?
Subpar Spatula
Banned
I hosted a GAF meetup last Saturday in my apartment by myself.
I even made my own discord channel.
Crazymoogle
Member
Proud member of SingaporeGAF now.
I just had my life flash in front of my eyes because a woman with her two non-seatbelted kids (i know because I saw them basically standing/leaning far forward in the back seat) decided to ignore a 3-way stop and BLAST through it at 60km/h. I managed to break JUST in time to avoid getting T-boned into the driver side.
Some people shouldn't be allowed to drive or have kids, jesus fucking christ
Some people shouldn't be allowed to drive or have kids, jesus fucking christ
Dang glad you're safe.
Oh wow that's quite the move! My cousin actually moved from Paris to Singapore with his wife and kids last year. Best of luck there!
today was a really weird weather day everywhere. sunshine, rain, hail, all in different microclimates.
I mean, as much as I like to shit on Toronto, I actually have met some of TorontoGAF at a meetup back when I lived in Waterloo (think it was for FanExpo?)
also a few of them at PAX Prime meetups (krae_man and Quadraxis multiple years)!But yeah Toronto sucks
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
If you could pick a hotel to impress for first-time visitors, what would it be? I'm eyeing the Sheraton Wall Centre, mainly because it seems to have the highest rooms so the view should be pretty impressive
distantmantra
Member
Fairmont Pacific Rim is pretty amazing.
Not worthy of its own thread, but I'm guessing a lot of BC 20-somethings must be feeling pretty ripped off right now.
Fuck man. I've gone to Pemberton every year since it started (and I already had tickets for this year's festival), and it's always something I look forward to in the summer. This sucks.
At least I still have the Whitecaps!
Second outdoor festival to go in 2 years, #feelsbad
Squamish was super rad, and set itself apart from Pemberton with its family friendly vibe.
Well, at least I have some money saved to maybe go to Coachella or Glastonbury again.
EDIT: Or even FVDED In The Park.
TemplaerDude
Member
Well we'll actually be paying more... but atleast it'll be something we own versus just renting.
It was impossible to find a 2-bedroom that was affordable and wasn't revealed to have a shit ton of problems.
WHOAAAA
full credit to the guy who jumps in right after her without any second thought.
but whoaaaaaaaa
Lone_Prodigy
Member
I miss the days of $400k 2 bedroom apartments.
With the weather nice, this video seems apt; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcZ5vSg9Oj0
Congrats! New West if you're close to the station isn't too bad for getting around
We bought a 2 bedroom for 472k. There's a smaller place in our current building going for 800k+
It's fucking ridiculous.
That's why we're glad to be so close to there. I didn't want to be caught in the middle of suburbia with nothing available around me.Congrats! New West if you're close to the station isn't too bad for getting around
Still... I'm going to miss downtown so fucking much.
Warm Machine
Member
Anyone here have Tabris's contact info? Just an email address would do if you have it.
Did your Infiniti break down?