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scrubbedexpat091 Aug 31st 2020 5:54 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 
Vancouver aquarium is temporary pausing public operations on September 7th.

They are going to work to reinvent the aquarium.

Hopefully they don't have to close permanently, its one of the few attractions I like in Vancouver.

Just doesn't look like they can cover operating costs of being open.

Link.

Danny B Aug 31st 2020 6:34 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12904006)
The premier approval photo

What a diverse bunch of people :lol:

Danny B Aug 31st 2020 6:48 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 
What kind of world are we living in? Adele being accused of cultural appropriation is mind boggling. Even the Jamaican's don't care.

https://news.sky.com/story/adele-acc...knots-12060334

BristolUK Sep 1st 2020 12:13 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 
Staples.ca is advertising free delivery on everything currently. No minimum order needed.

Being a stationery freak today I ordered $2 worth of Bic pens and 6 notebooks at 10c each. Apparently pens are arriving tomorrow and the notebooks the day after. Crazy.

caretaker Sep 1st 2020 12:36 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12904639)
Staples.ca is advertising free delivery on everything currently. No minimum order needed.

Being a stationery freak today I ordered $2 worth of Bic pens and 6 notebooks at 10c each. Apparently pens are arriving tomorrow and the notebooks the day after. Crazy.

Is this your way of using your allotted carbon imprint, even though a non-driver?

BristolUK Sep 2nd 2020 2:52 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12904651)
Is this your way of using your allotted carbon imprint, even though a non-driver?

I was hoping for delivery by bicycle. :lol:

Former Lancastrian Sep 2nd 2020 3:21 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Danny B (Post 12904050)
What kind of world are we living in? Adele being accused of cultural appropriation is mind boggling. Even the Jamaican's don't care.

https://news.sky.com/story/adele-acc...knots-12060334

True however someone is offended so we now must hold Adele accountable. Loved a comment I read about her growing up in Tottenham so really not a case of cultural appropriation. I am offended that you are offended :rofl:

Teaandtoday5 Sep 2nd 2020 4:04 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12904906)
I was hoping for delivery by bicycle. :lol:

I saw a kid around 10 years old yesterday riding a bike, on his phone, with a big McDonalds bag. Wondered if skip the dishes was starting them young.

sid nv Sep 2nd 2020 4:08 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 12903687)

That reminds me, Helen Mirren moved into the area a while back. Apparently Dame Helen came across a black bear in her back yard, and she told the bear to bugger off. Bears being the intelligent creatures they are, it complied with her suggestion and buggered off.


scrubbedexpat091 Sep 2nd 2020 5:05 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Danny B (Post 12904050)
What kind of world are we living in? Adele being accused of cultural appropriation is mind boggling. Even the Jamaican's don't care.

https://news.sky.com/story/adele-acc...knots-12060334

My step sisters daughter was accused in high school of cultural appropriation by some white students because she wore some Mexican cultural items.

Thing is while they have light skin, they are Mexican, and my step sisters and siblings were the first in the family to be born in the US.




scrubbedexpat091 Sep 2nd 2020 10:05 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 
Sometimes I think modern smoke detectors are a little too sensitive.

Teaandtoday5 Sep 2nd 2020 11:05 am

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 12905089)
Sometimes I think modern smoke detectors are a little too sensitive.

Funny. My husband thinks the same thing.

spouse of scouse Sep 2nd 2020 1:11 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Danny B (Post 12903940)
The most brutally honest reaction on a home makeover show

https://twitter.com/plinketyplink2/s...31898633121797

Have just seen this, that 'decor' is revolting. I'd sleep in a tent rather than in that bedroom :sick:

scrubbedexpat091 Sep 2nd 2020 2:53 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12905106)
Funny. My husband thinks the same thing.

Silly buggers go off too easily, and dang they could wake the dead, nearly everyday some apartment has set theirs off. Takes very little just cooking can do it, they seem to be able to sense smoke when the human eye or nose cannot. Probably doesn't help that apartments are small so smoke detectors are closer to the kitchen than they would be in a typical house, and of course the loud alarm sets the dog off.....






mikelincs Sep 2nd 2020 9:55 pm

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread
 

Originally Posted by Danny B (Post 12903940)
The most brutally honest reaction on a home makeover show

https://twitter.com/plinketyplink2/s...31898633121797

I few years ago, when the BBC did changing rooms, at the reveal onw of the couples said.. Well I'm not going to sleep in this room till it's all changed again, can't stand anything, just hate it all, thought my neighbour had more sense and knew me better than that. Cue shocked reactions from presenter and designer responsible,


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