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Seems so.

The reddit discussion on it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/canada/comm...orld/?sort=new

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Seeing Finland at the top of the list reminded me of Monty Pythons song.. Finland, Finland, Finland... :D

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Hey, have you been lurking on my Spotify playlist :) It popped up on the shuffle function on my playlist and after one play, I had the kids singing along.....beats that autotune dirge the 'kids' call music......:blah:

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So I’ve just found out that many city by-laws including Surrey, BC ban washing lines/clothes lines - anyone know why?

Just so strange to me growing up with a rotary washing line in the back garden...

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It's the same for most cities in BC, I can only imagine it's because they look uncouth to non Brits who grew up with them in their back garden.

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Same where we lived in the US. Not becoming to the neighborhood to hang washing out.

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Surrey also bans saltwater aquariums, well not the aquariums themselves but they ban saltwater fish.

I imagine its the city's attempt to keep yards clean and nice looking as said above.

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wow - sounds like a totalitarian statement from the cities.

at least I’ve been told I can have a portable clothes rail outside on the deck as long as it’s not permanently left there

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Twitter

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:lol:

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My appetizer would like to share a conspiracy theory with you.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...f6f586eacd.jpg

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Even the appetizers have gotten infiltrated, good thing we can easily stomp out these appetizers.... :rofl:
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Hydrox or Oreo which one was the original?

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Some Honda CRV's don't seem to be capable of handling Canadian winters, at least in areas where it drops below -10

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hon...ater-1.5960676

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The problem for BC is nowhere to expand a second major metropolis.

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Tis true. BC geography isn't exactly helpful when it comes to expanding.

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I was shocked when I first discovered how little of BC's massive coastline is actually accessible, let alone habitable.

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Me too, and I still have to explain to American's at times why they can't just drive straight up the coast to Alaska, I never paid any attention to a map of BC before living here, in fact other than knowing Vancouver was a city, I knew nothing else about BC, Canada was never even on my radar of places to ever visit.

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Lol. Well, it used to be quite the sleepy place back in the day.

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Snow Bird accident last May, bird strike started off the chain of events that led to the crash.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sno...IIaYDdE51yvn8I

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Some of the conversations between pilots and ATC the other day when the space debris came back to earth. Pretty cool videos of it too.

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Some reason someone decided to go and set Masonic halls on fire this morning, 2 in North Vancouver area and 1 in Vancouver, people saw him setting the one in Vancouver and called police, and the man was arrested not long after the 3rd fire. (assumption being it was the same person, seems too much of a coincidence not to be the same person or some sort of planned thing with others.)

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/v...arsons-3588585

Video taken by someone calling police at the 3rd fire in Vancouver, looks like the suspect got into a tussle with a plains clothed cop?

https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/c...s_man_walking/

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42 year old man arrested, and police charging him with arson.

One of the buildings in North Vancouver, was very old, dating back to the early 1900s so a historic loss as well.

The other N. Van one was in Lynn Valley, where the stabbings happened last Saturday, so a double tragedy for them.

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April fool's!
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...a8fb26742.jpeg

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I have never in 15 some odd years taken a domestic flight in Canada.

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https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...a94754d26e.png
Marilyn Monroe without makeup.

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A natural beauty :thumbup:

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Beauty shines from within... more.. https://purpleclover.littlethings.co...item/undefined

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dealing with the government is so frustrating sometimes, ffs employees handling disability issues should be trained to fully understand their policies and procedures and give correct answers. The ministry that handles disability never seems to know what they are doing, at least the people giving out the information on the phone, so frustrating.

If only they would go back to people being assigned specific workers so you can talk to the same person each time but nope, just random people on the phone who may or may not give you correct information which then delays things by a week because 3 different phone agents gave the incorrect information so the issue that needs to be resolved is now 2 weeks in and nothing has been done because incorrect information was given to us by 3 different phone agents.

So frustrating.

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Today's lesson, brought to you by the letters G and T:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...5c117a0c9f.jpg

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Lucky bugger, I have to wait until 4PM on weekdays before I can meet with Johnnie Walker.

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Oops, no bitters in the first one; I must be a bit non compos mentis today.

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That's why I will only deal with people via email/letter - that way you have a physical trail and can show proof of what you were told.. :)

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I would love to do that with the ministry, but they haven't reached that level of technology yet... I am sure its on purpose for there isn't a paper trail, easier to deal with poor people by blaming them which is what the ministry often does even if you do everything their workers say, but nope its always your fault never their fault.

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never had g&t with cucumber in. Looks like I’ll be trying a new ‘salad’

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This certainly sucks for the people involved, townhouse construction site looks totaled, and damage to nearby townhouses that were already occupied, but luckily the occupied ones didn't burn, but suffered some damage that looks expensive.

https://www.kelownanow.com/watercool...omes/#fs_97489

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He has been arrested charged with several other crimes as well, he has had at least 30 criminal court appearances dating back to 2015 based on a record search at the courts website.

Most recent charges are:

Mohammed Majidpour, a 33-year-old resident of no fixed address

• One count of criminal harassment in connection to an incident that occurred March 13 near Dunsmuir and Granville Street
• One count of mischief in connection to an incident that occurred March 14 at a hotel on Burrard Street
• One count of break and enter in connection to an incident that occurred March 16 at a hotel on Burrard Street
• One count of assault with a weapon in connection to an incident that occurred March 19 near Bute and Robson Street
• One count of uttering threats in connection to an incident that occurred March 19 near Bute and Robson Street

https://mediareleases.vpd.ca/2021/04...stalking-case/

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Interesting.

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That's not interesting, it's bloody brilliant. :lol:

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This video shows some of the preparation, unless you understand German you may need to use subtitles.