OT: The Wonder OT Thread (what is the secret of off topic?)

[Hit the post]

Thread I made on the main board.

CM meets his reception committee from other team posters:

 

[McDavid is too whiny]

Anybody here enjoy Original’s Café Mexicano out in Port Moody?

 

[M2Beezy]

Anybody here enjoy Original’s Café Mexicano out in Port Moody?

Havent. Do tell ACH...

 

[McDavid is too whiny]

Havent. Do tell ACH...

It’s a (to my knowledge)very good authentic Mexican restaurant not far from Rocky Point. It’s in an old heritage home on site Clarke street among residential homes. Sit down with a Sopa Azteca and figure out what else you may like to order.

 

[Hansen]

I saw BC Ferries announced the hiring of a new CEO

Is it just me or should the government be looking to hire a public transit manager from Japan? I mean they might resign as soon as they see how the operations running but they might totally transform things. Its so amateur hour here compared to there

 

[rypper]

If you've played the game or not... I highly recommend "The last of us" show.

I played the shit out of both last of us games and am loving the adaption but regardless if you go in blind, I think you'll enjoy it too.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Thread unpinned?

 

[mathonwy]

Happy CNY everyone.

 

[DFAC]

As someone who’s lived overseas for the last 7 years… considering making the move back home to Vancouver

 

[Frostage]

As someone who’s lived overseas for the last 7 years… considering making the move back home to Vancouver

Where are you living and what's drawing you back?

 

[DFAC]

Where are you living and what's drawing you back?

Melbourne - mainly friends and family.

The city... not so much. Vancouver life just seems pretty meh at this point

 

[PuckMunchkin]

If you've played the game or not... I highly recommend "The last of us" show.

I played the shit out of both last of us games and am loving the adaption but regardless if you go in blind, I think you'll enjoy it too.

Watch it blind?

 

[rypper]

Watch it blind?

If you haven't played the video game, you'll still really enjoy it.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

If you've played the game or not... I highly recommend "The last of us" show.

I played the shit out of both last of us games and am loving the adaption but regardless if you go in blind, I think you'll enjoy it too.

Love the games, and the show has been spectacular so far.

 

[racerjoe]

Melbourne - mainly friends and family.

The city... not so much. Vancouver life just seems pretty meh at this point

Vancouver life is great, for 99% of it. Its paying for it that sucks.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Jesus. It’s not like I expected The Last of Us to be somehow upbeat. The games are a gruelling emotional toll.

But last night’s episode was one of the saddest things I’ve ever watched. Hats off to the actors involved - but holy shit.

 

[Kryten]

Jesus. It’s not like I expected The Last of Us to be somehow upbeat. The games are a gruelling emotional toll.

But last night’s episode was one of the saddest things I’ve ever watched. Hats off to the actors involved - but holy shit.

I want a spin off show about this episode yet feel like they already pulled it off in the length of an hour

 

[Hansen]

Jesus. It’s not like I expected The Last of Us to be somehow upbeat. The games are a gruelling emotional toll.

But last night’s episode was one of the saddest things I’ve ever watched. Hats off to the actors involved - but holy shit.

One of the best single episodes in television of the last 5-10 years, really well done.

 

[Gurn]

I want a spin off show about this episode yet feel like they already pulled it off in the length of an hour

I've only seen last night's episode, but have a vague idea of the story involved.
That was one of the best done hour long shows I've seen.
I was expecting a 'hostile' take over; and am grateful it was so much more than that.
Extremely well done, great acting.

Tp paraphrase Doug, Tom Hanks' character from SNL's "Black Jeopardy"-
"If I can laugh and cry in the same hour, that is time well spent".

 

[CanuckleBerry]

I saw BC Ferries announced the hiring of a new CEO

Is it just me or should the government be looking to hire a public transit manager from Japan? I mean they might resign as soon as they see how the operations running but they might totally transform things. Its so amateur hour here compared to there

Visiting Japan twice has transformed my perception of what public transit and mass transportation can and should be. It's night and day, and part of what's holding us back in North American cities is not even realizing that things CAN be different.

 

[Peen]

Visiting Japan twice has transformed my perception of what public transit and mass transportation can and should be. It's night and day, and part of what's holding us back in North American cities is not even realizing that things CAN be different.

Build all the trains & stop the airplane and automotive monopolies

Europe is also so much better for this. Their cities are not car centric whatsoever.

 

[Gurn]

In defense of our transportation; if we had the entire population of Canada living in B.C., our transit/trains ferries would be much more efficient.
Van Isle- 12,079 square miles population of Canada 38.6 million
Bc land Mass 365,764 square miles
Japan 140,752 square miles population of Japan 124 million

 

[Kryten]

Age of Empires 2 finally came to xbox gamepass yesterday.

 

[Ernie]

Visiting Japan twice has transformed my perception of what public transit and mass transportation can and should be. It's night and day, and part of what's holding us back in North American cities is not even realizing that things CAN be different.

It's a little more effective when you have the densities that Japan has.

 

[Hit the post]

Thread unpinned?

An oldie but still gives me a bit of a chuckle; different contest winner:

A Story About A Waitress Who Sued Hooters For Giving Her A Toy Yoda Instead Of Toyota Is Going Viral Again

Jodee Berry, a former Hooters waitress, thought she was in for a deal of a lifetime when she was promised a brand new Toyota if she won a beer sales contest at a restaurant.

www.boredpanda.com

It's a little more effective when you have the densities that Japan has.

I *think* the same can be said comparing train service there over here. Freight trains have preference/right of way.