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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 16, 2006 21:00:56 GMT -8
I recently read some of the details of Olson's arrest, during the publicity around his latest parole hearing. I was surprised that he was arrested near Hydro Hill, on the Tofino highway.
Naively surprised, I guess, because that's my back-yard. I guess that's part of the shock of that early '80's story, as it happened in our BC Backyard, instead of far-off in the USA somewhere.
I'm still troubled by the newscast images of Simon Partington's mother desperately asking for the killer to let him go, not knowing that it was too late.
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Post by BrianWilliams on Oct 16, 2006 21:15:08 GMT -8
Sorry, pals, can't leave this "tabloid" cr*p without another comment.
On another forum I visit, a USA group, there is now a lot of weeping over the Pennsylvania school murders - hundreds of posts. Rightly so, but I added a mention of École Polytéchnique (1989, 14 women killed) and Dawson College (4 weeks ago, 1 killed).
Huh? Not a single vocal member had heard of either one.
I love Americans, by the each, and I respect their country; but I am SO dismayed by the USA's total lack of interest, and their refusal to learn from what happens outside - unless there's oil and/or Islamic folks.
THAT'S how tabloid news will destroy a nation. From OJ to Jon-Benet to "wardrobe malfunctions", sensationalism will dull the people.
We must avoid that in Canada. We're not much smarter than Americans, but we can resist some of the mindless B*S that clogs popular culture.
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Post by BrianWilliams on Oct 16, 2006 21:45:24 GMT -8
HMCS Nanaimo:
If you haven't read it, you might like Holmes and Northrup's "Where Shadows Linger" (2000)
Bruce Northrup was the RCMP officer in charge of the Olson case, from before they identified the bad b*stard, through to his arrest and the confession.
Northrup was the leader who committed more resources than Vancouver RCMP wanted to spend on "just some missing kids". He diverted our pal and a few colleagues, who had been working on two-bit drug dealers.
Their diversion to the "missing kids" case was hard to support in management meetings, but Northrup persisted.
Dammit, he caught too much flak when Olson confessed. Instead of a hero badge, he earned stupid condemnation from the press for paying off Olson.
Read the book. It's in all our libraries, and is still in print.
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Post by Neil on Oct 17, 2006 21:36:26 GMT -8
Still on the subject of crime, though slightly lighter...
I hope we're all feeling very sympathetic to the plight of Rick Ciarniello, who is feeling very hurt that, since his Hell's Angels were declared a criminal organization, he can't wear his 'colours' without being shunned at the Safeway, and he has mothers averting their children's eyes on the street.
Big Rick, who's so bloated from clubhouse beer that he looks like he'd go pfffft! and frizzle away like a balloon if you stuck a pin in him, is being stereotyped, just because a few, ummm, 'wayward' Angels have been known in the past to indulge in minor crime, such as selling heroin and killing people (all outside of the auspices of the club, of course).
I'm waiting now for some white power skinheads to claim they're being discriminated against just because they walk around with swastikas carved in their foreheads. Seems like a guy just can't catch a break in today's P.C.-run amok world.
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Post by Neil on Oct 27, 2006 15:07:06 GMT -8
What, you may have been wondering, is the point on this planet that's farthest away from Vancouver? What is, more than anything else, on the 'other side' of the world? This pondering was prompted by a remark from Cascade. You find inspiration in the wierdest places. Near as I can tell, there's no land exactly half a world away, only the southern Indian Ocean. But nearby, at 49'S., 70'E, are the Kerguelen Islands, a rather desolate (in terms of human population) French possession waaay out from southern Africa and southern Australia. It would be really intriguing to visit this incredibly remote spot, but I don't imagine scheduled airlines make any calls. And, darn it, there's no ferry from Australia. www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/kerguelen/kerguelen_islands.html
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 27, 2006 16:33:24 GMT -8
Hornbyguy:
Thanks for that re those southern Islands.
I'm a map/globe nerd, and so I like studying that kind of thing. But I must have a northern-hemisphere bias, because I'm sure a lot more familiar with remote-Northern islands (such as the ones above Norway, and north of Archangel/Murmansk.
I don't know too much about the southern oceans....other than the islands off of Southern South America (because of Falkland wars history, and the HMS-Beagle, etc).
April-June 2007 will be the 25th anniversary of the Falklands war (the Thatcher war, not the WWI naval battle !).
During the 1982 Falkland war, the UK Task Force featured the QE-II and the Canberra ocean-liners, as support/hospital/transport ships.
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Post by hornbyguy2 on Oct 30, 2006 10:14:04 GMT -8
Help! Has anyone encountered this problem?
Since last night, I've not been able to log in. When I do the log-in procedure, my name shows up on the bottom list of logged-in members, but I'm not actually logged in, and the top thing still shows the 'log-in' sign.
Don't know if it means anything, but there are to small vertical bars on 'register'. Any ideas?
I was going to put this on the 'rules' thread, but apparently even guests can't post there. At least, I can't, right now.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 30, 2006 12:27:16 GMT -8
Help! Has anyone encountered this problem? Since last night, I've not been able to log in. When I do the log-in procedure, my name shows up on the bottom list of logged-in members, but I'm not actually logged in, and the top thing still shows the 'log-in' sign. Don't know if it means anything, but there are to small vertical bars on 'register'. Any ideas? I was going to put this on the 'rules' thread, but apparently even guests can't post there. At least, I can't, right now. Hornbyguy: - your IP-address likely got caught in an unrelated recent housekeeping-ban. Some internet providers combine various individuals into 1 IP-address......so if one is banned, it might affect others. I can't fix this from where I am right now....but I've posted a message on our staff page. If it's not fixed earlier this afternoon by someone, I'll be able to fix it by 6:00pm tonight from home. Sorry about that ! (thanks for being a good-sport).
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Post by Neil on Oct 30, 2006 18:10:24 GMT -8
Voila! Thank you for fixing that, 'Nanaimo. This power that you have over others' communication.... I hope you use it for the good of the world, and not for the powers of darkness.... remember, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 30, 2006 19:06:26 GMT -8
Hornbyguy, you speak the truth about power corrupting. I have noticed that tendency regarding my global-moderator housekeeping-duties from time to time....so it's good to keep alert so that I don't get drawn to the dark, like Obi-Wan did with Palpatine........
ps: I can't tell you how many times I've missed typing the "b" in your username when I've said something to you in a post.....and I honestly don't think it indicates anything, other than my poor keyboarding. But it's funny. I almost always have to hit the backspace key.....
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Post by Neil on Oct 30, 2006 21:43:52 GMT -8
Yes, I hesitated to choose that name- I was hoping no one would think I was doing a sneaky double entendre type thing.
It's also fairly obvious why there was never a ferry called the Hornby Queen- you can imagine how often the graffiti gonzos would be whiting out the 'b' on the side of the ship, and what captain would want to be in charge of a vessel with such risque temperament....
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 3, 2006 18:41:57 GMT -8
Compadres, it is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season. And remember, a shiny new donkey for whomever brings me the head of Colonel Montoya.
Also, a shiny new case of Dorito's to whomever can explain the meaning of the following quote that I found on someone's blog site:
Speechless it's all I can say after for the first time in I went up to the second floor. WOW it's so alien up there. I spoke to Jamie who was working on the computer and guess what? They have a 15" LCD! OMG, and they aren't computer users!!! I am so speechless. It's not fair. I really need to get with the times and upgrade my 10-year old monitor
Can anyone explain the mystery of what the "second floor" is? I believe that this mystery will lead us to the fountain of eternal youth. Let us unite and embrace the words of the prophet which were written on the studio wall, of the concert hall. They also echo with the sounds of salesmen.
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Post by Mike C on Dec 3, 2006 19:12:20 GMT -8
Well, a shiny new donkey to whoever can tell me what they actually say in the Swiss Chalet Christmas Jingle because I don't get it Also, a Bob Barker T-shirt to whoever can tell me what Jordan is saying when he is drunk (it looks something like this: eoiurflgjklvc]klfm fwphrfj djsf[oirklnf0984. I think it translates as "I see dead people" or something like that). Just Kiddin Jordan, feel free to have that extra budwieser
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Dec 3, 2006 19:38:11 GMT -8
mainlander, for talking of budwiser, you are in some trouble. Canadian beer is better ya know
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Post by Barnacle on Dec 3, 2006 19:44:53 GMT -8
(quick check of PoliticalIncorrectness' profile and raising an eyebrow) That aside, yes, Canadian beer is much better. Budweiser may technically be an import, but it's still delivered in the internal tank of a horse if ya get my drift.
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Post by Political Incorrectness on Dec 3, 2006 19:53:56 GMT -8
Well how was I supposed to know?
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Post by Doug on Dec 3, 2006 22:08:12 GMT -8
Well how was I supposed to know? I think he was referring to your age.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 14, 2006 22:55:11 GMT -8
I walked down Hornby St. in Vancouver, a few times this week, and I wondered.....
Does that make me an honourary HornbyGuy ?
If yes, then does visiting Copenhagen make you an honourary Dane?
Does buying dishwasher soap make you an honourary Cascade?
Does having friends named Yanick, Vern and Rich make you an honourary YVR?
Does being stuck to the bottom of a boat make you an honorary Barnacle?
Does being a TV host for BCTV's "All Star Wrestling" make you an honourary (Ed) Karl ?
Does sailing Route-1 make you an honourary Tsawwassen-Terminal?
Does listening to Chuck Mangione make you an honourary FlugelHorn?
Does an interest in the U.S. Civil War make you an honorary General & President Ulysses S. Grant?
does a broken shift-key make you an honourary dunbar?
Does a love of coffee, combined with an admiration of Brian May / Roger Taylor / Freddie Mercury / John Deacon make you an honourary Starbucks Queen?
As Robert Plant sang, "ooooh, it makes me wonder." Yes, there are two routes you can go by, but in the long run.....and there's still time to change the ferry you're on. The stern is rumbling and it won't go because you don't know. The Captain's calling you to join him.
(late edit to add: "And she's climbing a stairway to the boat-deck")
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Post by yvr on Dec 15, 2006 0:00:03 GMT -8
The master of prose is at it again. I'll bet the ladies just love your wit!
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Post by Scott on Dec 15, 2006 0:06:19 GMT -8
It's okay, you can say it...
Does using the outhouse at Mill Bay make you an honourary John?
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Post by Mike C on Dec 15, 2006 17:52:46 GMT -8
Does being bad make you an honourary Biff?
I need to come up with some of these....
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 25, 2006 8:51:12 GMT -8
video of the SNL sketch: James Brown's celebrity hot-tub:
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 27, 2006 17:46:10 GMT -8
Soylent Green From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_GreenHere's a movie review with food-for-thought..... --------------- Full appreciation of this last image can't be "digested", unless you know of the movie's secret....then this Simpson's reference will be hilarious.... ================== So, if someone were to mention that they are eating "Soylent Green's" for protein....you can start worrying.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 1, 2007 0:00:01 GMT -8
This is just my vain attempt at having the first post of 2007 on this board....Pacific Standard Time.
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Post by Scott on Jan 1, 2007 0:04:41 GMT -8
You did beat me:) Is it really your birthday today too?
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