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Post by Balfour on Jun 28, 2008 23:44:55 GMT -8
Who has received they're $100 and what are you planning on doing with it? Are you going to put it in the bank and save it, actually use it for what it's intended for, or just spend it on pointless stuff? I for one will be spending it Alberta when I go to Calgary Stampede next week
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Quatchi
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Post by Quatchi on Jun 29, 2008 0:13:34 GMT -8
I'm wasting myn away on ferry trips.
Cheers,
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Post by Coastal Drought on Jun 29, 2008 0:40:27 GMT -8
I still need to put mine in the bank. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with mine as of yet though.
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Post by Ferryman on Jun 29, 2008 6:06:37 GMT -8
It will give me two tanks of gas for my car .
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Nick
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Post by Nick on Jun 29, 2008 15:58:22 GMT -8
It will put one tank in my truck. It's kind of hard to do anything worthwhile for "climate action" with $100, and I don't have the money now to help pay for something worthwhile.
So, it goes into "general revenue".
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 29, 2008 16:45:08 GMT -8
My family's $200 has been absorbed into general-revenue too. Although we are going to be buying a new lamp for our living room, and it will be with a compact-fluorescent bulb....but we were going to do that anyways. We're already trying to live greener, and so that $200 for us will just help us "pay the bills" (on-line payment with less paper, but uses electricity to run this computer....now feeling conflicted ;D).
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Kam
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Post by Kam on Jun 29, 2008 20:35:50 GMT -8
I spent it on a tank of gas and a cheese burger.
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Koastal Karl
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Post by Koastal Karl on Jun 29, 2008 20:38:15 GMT -8
$100.00 would give me a tank of gas and like a footie roundtrip to Vancouver, lol! Or a whole bunch of footie roundtrips without the gas.
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Post by Curtis on Jun 29, 2008 20:59:36 GMT -8
I still don't know what I'm doing with mine...BANK!
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Post by Canucks on Jun 30, 2008 10:05:50 GMT -8
Well I wanted to buy something non-eco friendly(air conditioner etc., and then take a picture and send it to the government. Unfortunately my bike was too small for me so my dividend went to a new bike.
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Post by Mike C on Jul 2, 2008 18:31:51 GMT -8
Transit passes. I guess that's kind of eco-friendly...
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Post by Mirrlees on Jul 3, 2008 22:54:41 GMT -8
I've already spent most of mine on 2 two-fours..! ;D I just can't do the math right now to figure out how much I have left..! ;D ;D ;D I got it, that's 48 beers... ;D
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Post by Guest 99 on Jul 5, 2008 5:23:11 GMT -8
I spent mine on a gallon of diesel, 24 beers, and a styrofoam cooler to hold the beers. When I was done the beers I threw the empties and the styrofoam cooler on a fire that I started with help from the diesel.
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Post by CN2972South on Jul 6, 2008 17:01:47 GMT -8
I bought a tank of gas, and a game for the PS3.
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Post by PCL Driver on Jul 8, 2008 8:33:45 GMT -8
Our $400 from the Government was put towards our family trip to Disneyland in October.
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Post by Mike C on Jul 10, 2008 10:35:22 GMT -8
I've already spent most of mine on 2 two-fours..! ;D I just can't do the math right now to figure out how much I have left..! ;D ;D ;D I got it, that's 48 beers... ;D Remember there was that guy in the commercial about this cheque from the Province who said "$100 from the Provincial Government? Aww, sweet, beer money!!" and then the lady went on to explain that it wasn't for beer...
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Post by corporalrabbinoff on Jul 17, 2008 11:21:21 GMT -8
I was camping in the Campbell River region so my $100 went on 3 round trips to Quadra Island, a bottle of booze, some Burgers at A&W, Mcdonalds and at a expensive joint at Q-Cove. (You pay 5 bucks for a friggin Mushroom Burger and they do not serve fries with that) Oh yes lets not forget the 5 post cards of the ferries i got at a bookstore on Q Island.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 17, 2008 11:37:33 GMT -8
....and at a expensive joint at Q-Cove. Thank goodness for the word "at" in the above quote.....
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 17, 2008 16:41:25 GMT -8
We have not yet decided what to do with our $300 worth of Hey, remember to vote for me, Gord cheques, yet. Perhaps we will use them to buy a half tank of gas for the Hummer.
Or maybe the money will just go toward expenses while on our recent Yukon/Alaska trip, or maybe I will buy a wind turbine electrical generator.
I would take the government's climate action initiative a little more seriously if this money was channeled into grants, incentives and low interest loans that encourage people to do things that will result in real green house gas reductions. Examples: re-insulate the home, purchase energy efficient furnaces, trade in the Hummer for a Fit, etc.
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Post by Mike C on Jul 17, 2008 18:35:05 GMT -8
I think they should have just given everyone monthly transit passes...
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Nick
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Post by Nick on Jul 17, 2008 18:53:24 GMT -8
I think they should have just given everyone monthly transit passes... What about the other 1.5 million or so people who don't live in a region served by public transit? That theory works in the major cities (Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Prince George etc.) but what is a person in Dawson Creek, for example, supposed to do with a transit pass?
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 17, 2008 19:58:51 GMT -8
what is a person in Dawson Creek, for example, supposed to do with a transit pass? Take the bus... You would be surprised just how many places in BC have transit services... www.bctransit.com/regions/default.cfm
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Nick
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Post by Nick on Jul 17, 2008 20:28:46 GMT -8
Just because there is bus service doesn't mean it's practical to use for the average person. Take, for example, Smithers. There is one bus route, making 5 trips a day. It goes from Telkwa to Smithers town, mostly following the yellowhead highway. www.bctransit.com/regions/smi/schedules/schedule.cfm?line=1&There is a large residential area around Lake Kathlyn that is not served at all, and most of the town is left unserved. This is a good example of a transit system that serves just about nobody with any kind of practicality.
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Post by WettCoast on Jul 17, 2008 20:58:22 GMT -8
There are about 20 to 25 buses daily that go by my home in Kitimat and will take me 'down town', or my son to school. There are also 6 trips daily that will take me to work at Rio Tinto or Eurocan. There are also 3 trips daily (on week days ) on which I can go to Terrace (45 min. by car; close to 90 by bus) and take in the delights of shopping at Wal*Mart, Canadian Tire, Staples, etc. The service is pretty darn good for a town of 8500 people.
Do I use the service? Maybe a couple of times per year. It is always easier to take the car.
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Post by Mike C on Jul 17, 2008 21:04:39 GMT -8
of course it's easier to take the car! That's why you own one. For me I take the bus to school and swim practice every day, plus to meet anyone anywhere in the city, so it's very practical for me...
I just see it as a way to say "Oh, why don't we take the bus instead of wasting gas? We got a free pass from the gov't anyway."
Nobody said you had to use it, it would just encourage you to leave your car in the garage.
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