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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2010 7:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 2, 2010 9:32:21 GMT -8
Oh my!!! I want NEED in! I'm definitely asking about those life-jackets, and maybe one of the lifeboats too. Probably not a lifeboat actually, too big. Maybe some seats? Steering wheel would probably be too pricey for me, everyone would be bidding for it, higher and higher. Maybe I could buy the outside passenger deck railing and replace our old, rotten backyard fence with it! I want some of the carpet tooo! Is she still at Woodfibre? If not, I wonder if I could go TO her and tour her at the same time? I'm just a little excited
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jun 3, 2010 10:34:37 GMT -8
Oh my!!! I want NEED in! I'm definitely asking about those life-jackets, and maybe one of the lifeboats too. Probably not a lifeboat actually, too big. Maybe some seats? Steering wheel would probably be too pricey for me, everyone would be bidding for it, higher and higher. Maybe I could buy the outside passenger deck railing and replace our old, rotten backyard fence with it! I want some of the carpet tooo! Is she still at Woodfibre? If not, I wonder if I could go TO her and tour her at the same time? I'm just a little excited You always could have the lifeboat mounted upside down over your bed. I know people with a cottage who inherited a canoe collection, some of which are very beautiful. The were going to donate them to the National Canoe Museum. But an architect gave them a better idea. Since their cottage has cathedral ceilings on the main floor they mounted all the canoes upside down in each of the rooms with secure straps. The mounting was cheap. The mounting straps are like the ones used for holding crates closed. Inside the upper rail of the canoe they have hidden rope lights so the canoe insides have a nice glow. So it cost them around $50 to mount each canoe. They rented a dry wall lift to hold the canoes in place while the attached it. But why upside down? Firstly so you can see the wonderful pattern of the ribs and varnished insides. And secondly even more practical, if mounted right side up they can fill up with tons of dust and are much harder to clean. Now they just use a step ladder with a giant swiffer type thingamajig to clean twice a year. The canoes apparently are going to be deeded to a museum so should the cottage sell, or upon the death of the owners they will still go to a museum. BCinNJ I think you should do the same with a car body, in your place. Just sayin.
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Post by Ferryman on Jun 3, 2010 21:17:16 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Aug 5, 2010 16:04:05 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Aug 5, 2010 16:06:22 GMT -8
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Oct 7, 2011 22:20:42 GMT -8
BC Ferries is currently selling chairs off of the PRQ on the BC Auction website. ( At the time of this posting, the BC Auction site is currently down for maintenance.)
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 8, 2011 9:39:08 GMT -8
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Post by KE7JFF on Oct 9, 2011 22:45:13 GMT -8
When I was in Victoria back in August, I went into the giant Value Village over on Store St and while looking through the cups & mugs collection, I found a BC Ferries mug given for someone who had 25 Years of Service. I nabbed it for 4.00 and now I drink my coffee from it daily.
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Post by Scott on Oct 17, 2011 17:33:54 GMT -8
If you check under "BC Ferries" there are currently a number of postcards (multiples of each one) from the early 80's that are reasonably priced (shipping too). I doubt you'd pay much less at a store.
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Oct 17, 2011 18:01:41 GMT -8
If you check under "BC Ferries" there are currently a number of postcards (multiples of each one) from the early 80's that are reasonably priced (shipping too). I doubt you'd pay much less at a store. Thanks, John! Just purchased one of each! Here is a link to the sellers postcards, including non-BCF ones.
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Neil
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Post by Neil on Oct 17, 2011 19:53:35 GMT -8
That's a dangerous locale for ferry fans. I limited myself to one Queen of The Islands postcard.
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Jun 30, 2012 9:40:24 GMT -8
I just bought 5 of the postcards that BC Ferries released in '90's. Of the blue border series (I'm still missing many of the white borders), I finally found the Queen of Victoria, which I could not buy fast enough! (I'm still missing the Pacificat Explorer.. Someone posted a photo of it here once. Could they again?) To get to my point; the seller has just posted 5 more of the 5 postcards I bought. So I assume he had more than 1 of each. He also has many more from the company series of the blue border for sale. Here's the link: www.ebay.ca/sch/organzt/m.html?_nkw=BC+Ferries&_sacat=0&_odkw=&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 30, 2012 10:28:00 GMT -8
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Post by 7sisters on Sept 20, 2012 19:07:15 GMT -8
I snagged a great postcard of the 'City of Victoria' sitting in Victoria Harbour off e-bay awhile back.
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Post by 7sisters on Sept 25, 2012 18:18:50 GMT -8
For anyone interested there is a cool slide for sale on e-bay of the Sidney sitting up on the ways at VMD just before launching...type in 'BC Ferry' in the ebay search and its a few items down...
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Post by Queen of Nanaimo Teen on Nov 20, 2013 19:20:58 GMT -8
There are some neat old slides up for auction on ebay right now, especially noteworthy are the old MOTH ferries photos.
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