OT: OT Non-Ski Resort Thread (some high number). Pizza, things, and stuff.

[vancityluongo]

Got a job interview coming up and I've decided to spice up my normal ensemble.

Where are some good places for a variety of ties at decent prices? Moore's charges 55 god damn dollars for one.

Value Village lol. That's where most of my ties are from. Usually can find ones that are essentially brand new (not even scuffed up).

If that's not your thing or if you just want new ones, Hudson's Bay actually has decent sales every once in a while, as does Simon's.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Are there any places in Metro Van I could volunteer at during weekends you think?

The SPCA is always looking for volunteers.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Chris Cornell one of the all-time effing greats. Seen him in concert twice during 2 phases in his career, his more pop-y solo stuff and a few years later for a Soudngarden reunion. To this date by far the LOUDEST concert I've seen, more so than Tool, Pearl Jam, ect... very impressive for a bunch of old guys.

It's funny, I was at the gym last night and "Getaway Car" came on the iPod, a deep track from Audioslaves debut album, and my favorite song they ever did, and up there with anything Chris did and I thought "wow haven't listened to this song is so long, damn it's good".

You will be missed Chris. Say Hello to Heaven.

 

[Bam19]

That's awesome. I'm definitely going to try for a room upgrade. An ocean view at least. My buddy suggested a rule of thumb of 1 drink per hour, though I could see me pushing that to 2 per hour. In my 20's I could drink very heavily, but I've cut back on drinking for the past few years (and cut completely the past few months) as I've focused on working out hard so I'm not sure what my tolerance level will be. Either way though I'll make sure to have a good time.

You will be fine 1 drink an hour easily puts you in the 12-15 a day.

My last time Mexico (cancun) I think me and my buddies probably averaged 15-20 a day at the resort and that was just casual before we went out a night.

 

[Bam19]

Chris Cornell one of the all-time effing greats. Seen him in concert twice during 2 phases in his career, his more pop-y solo stuff and a few years later for a Soudngarden reunion. To this date by far the LOUDEST concert I've seen, more so than Tool, Pearl Jam, ect... very impressive for a bunch of old guys.

It's funny, I was at the gym last night and "Getaway Car" came on the iPod, a deep track from Audioslaves debut album, and my favorite song they ever did, and up there with anything Chris did and I thought "wow haven't listened to this song is so long, damn it's good".

You will be missed Chris. Say Hello to Heaven.

Soundgarden was fantastic, was never the biggest audioslave fan. Cornells range though amazing second only to Freddy for me for rock frontmen.

 

[Roberto Lu bongo]

That's awesome. I'm definitely going to try for a room upgrade. An ocean view at least. My buddy suggested a rule of thumb of 1 drink per hour, though I could see me pushing that to 2 per hour. In my 20's I could drink very heavily, but I've cut back on drinking for the past few years (and cut completely the past few months) as I've focused on working out hard so I'm not sure what my tolerance level will be. Either way though I'll make sure to have a good time.

I'd recommend taking a travel mug or a cheap plastic cup with lid and straw from a dollar store and have your drinks at the resort made in them. Works much better than getting your drinks in the tiny plastic cups most all-inclusive's give out

 

[y2kcanucks]

I'd recommend taking a travel mug or a cheap plastic cup with lid and straw from a dollar store and have your drinks at the resort made in them. Works much better than getting your drinks in the tiny plastic cups most all-inclusive's give out

Thanks. I've heard a few people recommend this. Normally I'd feel weird about asking them to fill up my own cup but I suppose it's probably pretty common.

 

[Bam19]

Thanks. I've heard a few people recommend this. Normally I'd feel weird about asking them to fill up my own cup but I suppose it's probably pretty common.

It's a good idea most all inclusive give you cups that hold like 200-250ml so you go through drinks fast.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Soundgarden was fantastic, was never the biggest audioslave fan. Cornells range though amazing second only to Freddy for me for rock frontmen.

Audioslave's first album I'd put up there with Superunknown or Bad Motorfinger. The next 2 weren't quite as good, but a few gems in there anyways, Your Time has Come, Man or Animal and Moth were fantastic tracks, but those albums had a little more fluff.

 

[PM]

Brutal news about pemberton. Feel bad for anyone who got screwed by that.

 

[y2kcanucks]

I was even thinking about getting tickets to Pemberton this year, but didn't like the lineup so I decided against it. Glad I did. Damn.

 

[The Stig]

Joke concept I saw

It's ugly, disgusting, a disgrace, embarrassing....I want it.

 

[Zombotron]

There. Sign me up :^)

 

[The Stig]

NO! NO NO NO. That only works on the late 80's jerseys. The red one looks off like that. And I like the red one most. Although I like the whites pants combo more.

 

[VanillaCoke]

I. Love. Em.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

I was born in the 90s, didn't grow up during that time. But what really got me into music and eventually got me playing guitar was grunge. I loved that sound, I remember trying to learn Black Hole Sun in my infancy of guitar playing. I wasn't the biggest Soundgarden fan, but grew to respect them musically into eventually owning and loving Superunkown.

But honestly, mental health is a problem that has gone unaddressed for quite some while at least in Western culture. We've all got demons to some extent, I suppose. I've got my own I've been dealing with recently, so the news today was perturbing. To some extent I was upset. Hard to see someone who put so much into the world and had a family still lose the war. Damn.

R.I.P.

 

[The Stig]

Chris Cornell. Lollapalooza in 1992. Hope that if there is an afterlife, him, Scott, Kurt, and Layne are all catching up.

 

[The Stig]

 

[The Stig]

Also can someone go find Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl, and wrap them in bubble wrap?

 

[Huggy43]

Brutal news about pemberton. Feel bad for anyone who got screwed by that.

Rumours around Pemberton were that the backers hadn't got paid & were looking for their money asap. That was in early March before the constant delays in the line up. They knew they weren't going to hold a festival this year & stole people's money. Plain & simple.

Love what it has done for tourism in my hometown but Huka Entertainment ran this festival in the absolute worst way possible! Their social media was Garbage (delayed line ups, making you guess artists playing, sarcastic/GIF responses to legit questions...etc)

Last year was an absolute s*** show & they planned to exand even more for 2017. Kinda glad it's not happening because the amount of ODs would have been too much.

Go visit Pemberton though Y2k! It's worth it even without the hoards of people & live shows.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Rumours around Pemberton were that the backers hadn't got paid & were looking for their money asap. That was in early March before the constant delays in the line up. They knew they weren't going to hold a festival this year & stole people's money. Plain & simple.

Love what it has done for tourism in my hometown but Huka Entertainment ran this festival in the absolute worst way possible! Their social media was Garbage (delayed line ups, making you guess artists playing, sarcastic/GIF responses to legit questions...etc)

Last year was an absolute s*** show & they planned to exand even more for 2017. Kinda glad it's not happening because the amount of ODs would have been too much.

Go visit Pemberton though Y2k! It's worth it even without the hoards of people & live shows.

Yeah I've been up there, about 10 years ago. Went horseback riding and had a blast.

 

[Intoewsables]

Got a job interview coming up and I've decided to spice up my normal ensemble.

Where are some good places for a variety of ties at decent prices? Moore's charges 55 god damn dollars for one.

You can probably find a few good ties for fairly cheap over at The Bay. It seems like every time I pop in to the one at Metrotown, they have a few things on sale for dirt cheap.

Le Chateau is another option but it's not going to be that much cheaper than Moore's. Still, I've found that the stuff there is pretty good quality for the price.

 

[m9]

The marketing for Pemberton was brutal. Migos is one of the most popular acts out there right now, and they had like listed like 17th or 18th in their lineup behind a bunch of no-namers. I'm not even a fan of theirs, but that's just bad business. Other popular acts buried, too.

 

[The Stig]

The marketing for Pemberton was brutal. Migos is one of the most popular acts out there right now, and they had like listed like 17th or 18th in their lineup behind a bunch of no-namers. I'm not even a fan of theirs, but that's just bad business. Other popular acts buried, too.

I remember looking at the lineup and just thinking..."who?"

 

[Zombotron]

An archival thread for old Canucks footage, Y/N