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Old Feb 9th 2018 | 2:04 am
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Good guess.


Ha. I was going to ask if you could still get it.

Black cherry....yum.
You do see a few lonely tubs amongst all the new and organic stuff.
 
Old Feb 9th 2018 | 7:25 am
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Bingo. We are getting 20 to 30 per flight at the moment and as its winter and overall demand to Vancouver goes down so does the size of planes.

Regional size planes are not easy to load skis into on top of all the other bags.



Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian
Im guessing he might be loading or offloading a pile of them from an aircraft or has just tripped over a set left randomly lying around the airport.
 
Old Feb 9th 2018 | 7:38 am
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Regional size planes are not easy to load skis into on top of all the other bags.
Stick them to the bottom of the plane then it can land on snow.
 
Old Feb 9th 2018 | 10:47 pm
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After my walk this morning in Bispham I decided I still don’t like the fine rain that eventually gets you wet !!!
 
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
After my walk this morning in Bispham I decided I still don’t like the fine rain that eventually gets you wet !!!
How does the sea air smell wafting in from the pristine waters of the Irish Sea?
Were you walking along with a styrofoam carton of fish and chips perhaps.
 
Old Feb 9th 2018 | 11:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian
How does the sea air smell wafting in from the pristine waters of the Irish Sea?
Were you walking along with a styrofoam carton of fish and chips perhaps.
Not done fish chips yet, had the full breakfast tho, no sausage...(too salty)

The 99% humidity here is better for us.
 
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Originally Posted by magnumpi
Not done fish chips yet, had the full breakfast tho, no sausage...(too salty)

The 99% humidity here is better for us.
Now if this was CNN I could refer to you as a reporter embedded in the area and then ask you

Is Blackpool really that bad these days (a shithole) or is that just bad media reporting? I hear they have a new roller coaster at the Pleasure Beach.
 
Old Feb 9th 2018 | 11:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian
Now if this was CNN I could refer to you as a reporter embedded in the area and then ask you

Is Blackpool really that bad these days (a shithole) or is that just bad media reporting? I hear they have a new roller coaster at the Pleasure Beach.
This is a Trump free zone by the way.
 
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Now if this was CNN I could refer to you as a reporter embedded in the area and then ask you

Is Blackpool really that bad these days (a shithole) or is that just bad media reporting? I hear they have a new roller coaster at the Pleasure Beach.
In a Family guy Asian reporters voice

“I am standing near the tower in Blackpool, on a wind swept prom, and I can report that the area is much worse than I anticipated, roller shutter doors appear to be the new shop fronts and salt has eaten most of the buildings without any repair.”

Asian reporter, for channel 5 news Tricia Takanawa signing off
 
Old Feb 9th 2018 | 11:30 pm
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Air Canada saves space on the Dash-8 with the new Baby Bin.
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Old Feb 10th 2018 | 2:35 am
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Jsmith are you working this morning? I'm in yvr until about 8.
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Old Feb 10th 2018 | 8:42 am
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In a Family guy Asian reporters voice

“I am standing near the tower in Blackpool, on a wind swept prom, and I can report that the area is much worse than I anticipated, roller shutter doors appear to be the new shop fronts and salt has eaten most of the buildings without any repair.”

Asian reporter, for channel 5 news Tricia Takanawa signing off
Sounds right, apart from the racist slurs..
 
Old Feb 10th 2018 | 10:41 am
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
Sounds right, apart from the racist slurs..
You think Family Guy is racist? Your opinion I guess.
 
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Originally Posted by caretaker
Jsmith are you working this morning? I'm in yvr until about 8.
No. Wasn't working in the AM. Night shift today.
 
Old Feb 11th 2018 | 8:43 pm
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I note that pedestrians are not sacrificing themselves on the streets here in Lancashire.

Would appear that cars have the right of way on the roads, who would have thought that would work and be safer for pedestrians? I supose the human right to to have power over and right of way on the roads trumps safety in Canada
 


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