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Check out these crazy machines.. Multi-view view 3-D x-ray scanners… no more hiding your stuff so that it looks like something else from the side! These guys will catch much more. 31 new machines in YVR, and a total of 145 new X-Ray Machines throughout Canada. The ones in YVR should be operational by the [...]
November 25th, 2009 | Posted in News, Vancouver Stuff | No Comments
The 12,000 Olympic Torches were all offered to the torch bearers for $350, and I would really like to get my hands on one. They’ve been going for thousands on ebay, which is too rich for my blood. I would pay $500 for one though. Anyone wanna sell me one? I guess not anymore, not [...]
November 21st, 2009 | Posted in Vancouver Stuff | No Comments
Fright Nights in Vancouver has received an upgrade by the company Scare Factory. They start night and finish up on October 31st, 2009 at the PNE in Vancouver. Check out this page for more information. After hearing Amy Beeman’s R-Rated scream session going through the Haunted House, I’ve become quite interested in going myself this [...]
October 16th, 2009 | Posted in Vancouver Stuff | No Comments
The 2010 Olympic medals for the Winter Olympics in vancouver have been annouced, and they look pretty sweet. We are definately in an age of progressive improvement, needing to out-do the guy before us, and with Beijing doing what was easily the most spectacular Olympics hosting in 2008, Vancouver would obviously have to step it [...]
October 15th, 2009 | Posted in Vancouver Stuff | No Comments
Definately do NOT get your wedding dress drycleaned here! Kerrisdale Cleaners on 41st Avenue in Kerrisdale is a bunch of assholes as far as I’m concerned. My wife took her wedding dress in there to dry clean, which costed just under $500, easily the highest priced of all the Vancouver dry cleaners for Wedding Dress [...]
October 9th, 2009 | Posted in Vancouver Stuff, Wedding Related | 2 Comments
Holy crap Street View is cool.. never thought much of it until I started working in the property and development industry, and now that its come to Canada, I am seriously impressed. This is a very useful tool for people in my industry, and many people may complain about privacy, etc. They have a point [...]
October 7th, 2009 | Posted in Internet Stuff, Vancouver Stuff | No Comments
Alecsa Nelson has just recently been crown Ford Supermodels Supermodel of the World Canada and she’s from Langely, BC. She’s only 17, but the 5’11″ green-eyed beauty is drop-dead gorgeous, and will compete in the World Competition by Ford Supermodels in January. The grade 12 high school student has been modelling since she was 12, [...]
September 30th, 2009 | Posted in Hot Girls, Vancouver Stuff | No Comments
So, according to these guys, our recession is over. What does everyone else think? Many people claim “Oh, my friend just lost her job, it can’t be over”, or other similarly microcosmic statements that fail to see the BC economy as a whole. Additionally, employment is one of the slowest factors to recover, oftentimes never [...]
September 17th, 2009 | Posted in Economy, News, Vancouver Stuff | No Comments
Yet another robbery at an Oakridge jewelry store. This time the thieves hit Cellini Jewelers, and was at gunpoint. Police have not revealed the amount of jewelry and watches taken, and no shots were fired. The robbery took place this morning not long after the mall opened for business. Original Article from Vancouver Sun
September 9th, 2009 | Posted in News, Vancouver Stuff | No Comments
The Bay in Canada is now carrying the Polo by Ralph Lauren line of cothing throughout all their stores. This is a SIGNIFICANT step for the Bay as traditionally they have only carried clothing from Ralph Laurens cheapest lines such as Chaps and Lauren Green Label. While the Polo Blue Label line is not their [...]
August 25th, 2009 | Posted in Fashion, Vancouver Stuff | No Comments