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Post by lmtengs on Jun 24, 2010 10:46:24 GMT -8
I'm looking forward to watching the round-2 matches this weekend, especially England-Germany. I'll be watching it on 'mute' ... for obvious reasons....
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jun 25, 2010 12:57:28 GMT -8
Geographical breakdown of the final 16 teams at FIFA2010:
- North America - 2 - South America - 5 - Africa - 1 - Europe - 6 - Asia - 2
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Post by Mike C on Jun 26, 2010 10:10:22 GMT -8
Geographical breakdown of the final 16 teams at FIFA2010: - Africa - 1 ============ Ghana Black Stars for world cup ;D
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 27, 2010 10:58:22 GMT -8
I'm normally not the biggest football (soccer) fan on Earth, but I got caught up enough in the celebration to design my rendition of a new stadium for the Whitecaps. I call it Waterfront Stadium. The field side of the stadium is not quite finished yet. For scale, note that the front doors (the yellow ones all across the front) are quite huge, topping out at four meters high. The bright colours symbolize the sun (yellow) the sea and the Vancouver Whitecaps' colour (blue), and Canada (red). I was going to make the support posts silver, then all the hand railings blue, but the area that the stadium is going to be constructed in, that being just East of the Vancouver Seabus Terminal and just north of the Railyards, needs some more vibrant colours. It's all just dull shades of grey and brown down there. The Vancouver Whitecaps HAVE proposed to the City of Vancouver to build a new stadium, which they have called the Whitecaps Waterfront stadium. Here's their website: whitecapsfc.com/stadium/waterfront/Attachments:
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 27, 2010 11:01:20 GMT -8
Here's graphic 2... Attachments:
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Post by lmtengs on Jun 27, 2010 11:02:43 GMT -8
And, sorry for the triple posting, here's graphic 3, of the not-quite-finished field side. Attachments:
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Post by Kahloke on Jun 28, 2010 11:20:18 GMT -8
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Post by Neil on Jun 29, 2010 11:09:29 GMT -8
Anyone who's done any extensive genealogical research will know that eventually you're going to run into someone famous.
Unfortunately for me, I've found that George Bush is a distant cousin of mine. We share a connection through the Cutter family, who arrived in Massachusetts around 1640. Richard Cutter is a 9th or so great grandparent of both George and me. (I figure I can be on first name basis with my cuz now.)
On the upside, at that level of great grandparents, everyone has 2,048 of them, so I can console myself that there are 2,046 who probably don't connect me to George. Still, it may explain why it took me so long to learn to say 'nu-clear'.
If I find that I have any connection whatsoever to that Harper fellow, I'm burning my family tree and taking up a more positive hobby.
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Post by Neil on Jun 30, 2010 11:46:07 GMT -8
My Mom was a close friend of Shirley Barrett, better half of Dave Barrett who was the MLA for our area. When I went to vote in my first provincial election at the time I grew up in Port Coquitlam I voted Social Credit. Betcha you'd like to have your vote for George Kerster back, knowing what we know about him now. Not the most auspicious start to one's voting career, but you had lots of company, unfortunately. (Anyone not familiar with the reference can google.)
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Post by Kam on Jul 5, 2010 17:36:19 GMT -8
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Post by Northern Exploration on Jul 6, 2010 6:38:59 GMT -8
Kam, are you intimating that Salt Springers are dinosaurs?
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Post by Kam on Jul 6, 2010 15:27:43 GMT -8
Kam, are you intimating that Salt Springers are dinosaurs? Take from it what you will
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Post by lmtengs on Jul 21, 2010 17:35:07 GMT -8
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Post by Curtis on Jul 21, 2010 22:16:45 GMT -8
Looks nice, almost like an upgrade on the images format you get on your iPhone, iTouch, (and maybe) iPad. Wouldn't be surprised if the mobile version will look like that now.
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Post by Scott on Aug 16, 2010 20:14:26 GMT -8
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Post by lmtengs on Aug 17, 2010 11:14:35 GMT -8
That's what they all say. I walk the 20 minute stroll down to the Port Haney Wharf on the Fraser every few days, and each time I've gone there lately, I see more and more fishing boats out in the river, but no more fish than usual... I'm wondering if the government was mistaken?
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Post by Neil on Aug 17, 2010 18:28:32 GMT -8
That's what they all say. I walk the 20 minute stroll down to the Port Haney Wharf on the Fraser every few days, and each time I've gone there lately, I see more and more fishing boats out in the river, but no more fish than usual... I'm wondering if the government was mistaken? On one hand, you have Department of Fisheries people, marine biologists, commercial fishermen, charter operators, and the Fisheries Survival Coalition who all say the run is up dramatically. On the other hand, you have a teen who goes for a walk every few days and doesn't see any more fish. Gosh, I'm really stuck as to who's information I might rely on.
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Post by Mill Bay on Aug 17, 2010 20:04:50 GMT -8
That's what they all say. I walk the 20 minute stroll down to the Port Haney Wharf on the Fraser every few days, and each time I've gone there lately, I see more and more fishing boats out in the river, but no more fish than usual... I'm wondering if the government was mistaken? On one hand, you have Department of Fisheries people, marine biologists, commercial fishermen, charter operators, and the Fisheries Survival Coalition who all say the run is up dramatically. On the other hand, you have a teen who goes for a walk every few days and doesn't see any more fish. Gosh, I'm really stuck as to who's information I might rely on. Maybe he needs to look under the water. Next time go for a swim to find the fish.
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Post by lmtengs on Aug 19, 2010 14:03:58 GMT -8
You always see fish jumping this time of year, but there aren't any more than there were last year, it seems. I didn't see none, I just didn't see an increase.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Aug 21, 2010 22:11:23 GMT -8
2. After the grounding of the 'Alberni in Active Pass many years back, the Canadian Thoroughbred Breeding Association successfully lobbied to have the ship permanently banned from Active Pass, due to the death of four horses on board. I thought that was common knowledge. I suppose that those 4 horses were of 4 different colours: white, fiery red, black, and pale. A bit apocalyptic, perhaps. ======= (this can be a practice-move for Scott, to move this off-topic item to the "why the sky is blue" thread.)
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Post by Scott (Former Account) on Aug 21, 2010 22:22:52 GMT -8
(this can be a practice-move for Scott, to move this off-topic item to the "why the sky is blue" thread.) sucksess i gradumawated meuving poests Now where to move this one... ;D
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Post by mrdot on Aug 22, 2010 19:20:19 GMT -8
thinking about the Alberni grouding, i was working with capt.al. bahry(sp) a few years before, and he was totaly used to handling all the regular single ender ferries and was on short notice taking on the totally different handeling double ender with a totally different hull form, and in those days they didn't get the pre- training they do now, and as a result he was trying to handle the alberni the same way as the sidney handled in active pass, and they were totally different ships! the province newspaper has a shot of him forlornly looking over the bridge wing of his precariously tilted command, and I felt so sorry for him. my brother wettcoast has a number of immages I have of that event. mr.dot.
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Post by Scott on Aug 23, 2010 20:46:12 GMT -8
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Post by Ferryman on Aug 27, 2010 22:52:09 GMT -8
Today I purchased the new "Ship Simulator Extremes", that was only just released to the world today. It's basically an updated version of the last one, Ship Simulator 2008. The only real difference of note, are nicer graphics, and more ships to try out. The handling of some of the same ships from the last game is a little different, and more realistic. But, I have to say: If you plan on downloading this game, you might want to wait a week or two, because there's some gliches that really need to be ironed out still. My smooth and almost perfect docking of the "Pride of Rotterdam" at her Benluxhaven port was rudely interupted when i first nudged the dock, which instantly repelled the ship to the other side of the bay like it was a game of pinball. Before I knew it, I was taking on water and listing badly until she hit the ground and ended up bouncing up and down like a basketball. It's a bit of a shame, because this game has been a long time in the making. I'm hoping there will be some quick patches for this. The water simulation is quite impressive though, with the way the sun shimmers across the waves, and you can even create a pretty cool looking wake. www.shipsim.com/products/shipsimulatorextremes
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Post by Northern Exploration on Aug 28, 2010 8:43:25 GMT -8
Today I purchased the new "Ship Simulator Extremes", that was only just released to the world today. It's basically an updated version of the last one, Ship Simulator 2008. The only real difference of note, are nicer graphics, and more ships to try out. The handling of some of the same ships from the last game is a little different, and more realistic. But, I have to say: If you plan on downloading this game, you might want to wait a week or two, because there's some gliches that really need to be ironed out still. My smooth and almost perfect docking of the "Pride of Rotterdam" at her Benluxhaven port was rudely interupted when i first nudged the dock, which instantly repelled the ship to the other side of the bay like it was a game of pinball. Before I knew it, I was taking on water and listing badly until she hit the ground and ended up bouncing up and down like a basketball. It's a bit of a shame, because this game has been a long time in the making. I'm hoping there will be some quick patches for this. The water simulation is quite impressive though, with the way the sun shimmers across the waves, and you can even create a pretty cool looking wake. www.shipsim.com/products/shipsimulatorextremesYikes it sounds like your ferry curse has migrated into your ship sim now. At least it is less expensive there than your car.
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