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Post by FNS on Feb 25, 2008 7:54:44 GMT -8
Now, that's a great photo, "jimpilch"! I like your hair style then, too! Jordan would agree. Really neat to see a photo of a national leader sailing aboard a ferry on a fine sunny day on beautiful BC waters. Pierre Elliott Trudeau was no stranger aboard BC Ferries.
Fuddle Duddle (that was one of his sayings)
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Post by Northern Exploration on Feb 25, 2008 8:31:00 GMT -8
Trudeau and Chretien were always very approachable. I have seen Jean and Aline walking hand in hand both in Toronto and Ottawa on the street. They both walk fast but always stopped when people wanted to chat. Now if you were press or a protester watch out  ! |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 25, 2008 11:49:32 GMT -8
 I asked him if he would mind if I took his picture and he said that I could, at which point his assistant offered to take a picture of the two of us. So the "middle-finger pose" was just used for rail-travel, not for ferry-travel? ;D 1979: That would be the election that he lost, causing a premature retirement. 1 year later, it's the " Welcome to the 1980's speech, as he won his final majority". |
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Post by nolonger on Mar 1, 2008 19:40:42 GMT -8
Hey ,I know him..............That's JimPlilch
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Post by nolonger on Mar 1, 2008 19:49:09 GMT -8
Dave "Tiger" Williams was a frequent traveller on the Oak Bay. He had become quite well known to our watch and always wanted to announce his presence to our skipper who's last name was Campbell by yelling out "Is Soupy up here?" as he burst through the wheelhouse door.
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Post by Scott on Jul 7, 2007 22:19:56 GMT -8
Just a little thing I noticed today ... don't know if it's worth discussion, but I'll throw it out there.
Today, as the ramp was lowered onto the Bowen Queen's car deck, there were two black bags near the end of the ramp that one of the deckhands ran off and collected. As he carried these two bags towards midships, one of the mates passed him and he said something about "garbage".
I would gather that the employees at Sturdies Bay are doing their part to keep Galiano "clean"... as in sending their garbage to Vancouver instead of it taking up precious room on their small island.
And somewhat related to this ... an announcement was made as we left Swartz Bay concerning summer fire restrictions on the Gulf Islands. It would appear that the Gulf Island communities have asked BC Ferries to make public announcements to notify everyone coming to the islands of matters of importance.
These two things just struck me as examples of how BC Ferries crews and employees are helping out Islanders. Does anyone know whether these types of small gestures would come from upper management or would be at the discretion of the captain of each ship? I know the captain is technically management but he/she's usually closer to the "action" than most of the administration.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jul 7, 2007 22:27:07 GMT -8
I heard the "fire danger" message twice on the Queen of Nanaimo on Friday night, so it appears to be a mandated uniform policy, for making such announcements.
I think it's a great idea.
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Post by Ferryman on May 22, 2008 19:46:40 GMT -8
On my way home from the Island on the Long weekend, I had an interesting encounter with a random individual.
I was sitting in my car, with the windows and sun roof open on my car, while I was listening to music in the lineup outside of the Departure Bay terminal. I was directed to the end of this lineup on Stewart Avenue, so I was still waiting to even get to the terminal. Then all of the sudden, I just happened to make eye contact with a man walking beside the line of cars ahead of me. He says to me, "You look like a nice enough guy, maybe you could help me out?". I responded by saying, "I'll see what I can do...".
He then tells me his story:
"This next sailing looks like it will be full and you might not make it on. So I have this Assured Boarding ticket (which he showed me), and I can get both of us on this Ferry, if you agree to giving me a ride to my Hotel Room in Downtown Vancouver. I work for BC Ferries, and they're sending me off to a course at BCIT in Burnaby, and I don't have a vehicle to get me there."
At this point, I tried to assess this situation to see if he was telling me the truth. I couldn't get a solid answer as to why he couldn't just take the bus into Downtown Vancouver. But what really made me suspicious, was when he said he was going to the BCIT Burnaby Campus, and the North Vancouver Marine campus. I decided to try and figure out a way of bailing out of this, which is when I realized I wasn't going to be driving anywhere near Downtown Vancouver anyway (DUH!) I told him, "Sorry buddy, I'm going the complete opposite way". He was really disappointed when I told him that, but I didn't want to get involved with anything there.
For all I knew, he could have been someone who was wanted by the Police. Or, I could be just paranoid, and he was telling me the truth. I saw this fellow again, in the cafeteria of the Ferry, having a meal with an older couple. I guess he got his ride after all.
Would any BC Ferries worker around here know if this person was probably telling the truth? Ie: Is BC Ferries actually sending employees over to the Mainland, and giving them an Assured Boarding pass to get them there?
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Post by Nick on May 22, 2008 20:11:02 GMT -8
Any BC Ferries employee will have an employee ID pass, which also doubles as a travel pass. IF they are going on a business related trip (which would include a training trip) they are eligible for Assured Loading with that ID card. I used this a few times last summer going to Deas.
It is plastic, kind of like a driver's license, with the person's photo, name and employee number on it. It also has a picture of the Cumberland coming into Swartz Bay on the front.
I think there was definitely something fishy about him, your gut was probably right not to help this guy out.
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Post by Mirrlees on May 22, 2008 23:23:38 GMT -8
Chris, you were wise in not giving this individual a ride. It is best policy to refuse anyone who randomly approaches who you don't know. He came on as being a little too forward with his request but, for your safety's sake he should have shown you his I.D. if he was a legitimate employee.
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Post by Northern Exploration on May 23, 2008 5:52:17 GMT -8
So besides being a chick magnet the Prelude is now a magnet for nefarious types. I blame the new mags. The bling factor is helping get all the attention.
Seriously though, someone being sent on a training exercise or course would have their travel expenses covered by a bus ticket at a minimum besides the ferry trip itself. Unless of course he was given cash and just wanted to pocket it - this would be unusual though.
Most likely he was spinning a tale. He found or someone gave him the assured boarding pass and he was trying to leverage that into a ride. Question? is a passenger rate less than a footie rate?
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Post by Mike C on May 23, 2008 14:25:08 GMT -8
Chris, that was a good decision on your part. Question? is a passenger rate less than a footie rate? No, the adult rate is the same whether you are in your car or not. |
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Post by queenofcowichan on May 28, 2008 17:53:44 GMT -8
I decided to go to Gabriola today on the mv Quinsam and got the 11:40am sailing from Nanaimo. Once we got over to Descanso Bay the ship could not dock due to a rather large tree in our path right in the ships berth. The ships crew used a pole to move the tree out of the way. See the video at my youtube spot and pictures in the mv Quinsam album at my photobucket site. Links are posted below.  See, the mv Quinsam does get some action on its run  7:00PM PLEASE give it a few minutes to upload to youtube, I had to re-upload it. |
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Post by queenofcowichan on May 28, 2008 18:08:11 GMT -8
Okay its up and running now. |
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Post by Koastal Karl on May 28, 2008 18:16:10 GMT -8
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Post by Curtis on May 28, 2008 18:39:07 GMT -8
That's rather odd. I wonder what would have happened if they had just ran into it?
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Post by kylefossett on May 28, 2008 18:41:39 GMT -8
That's rather odd. I wonder what would have happened if they had just ran into it? You would be seeing a service notice for the Quinsam either running slow or not running at all because of damage to the RAD |
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Post by Mike C on May 28, 2008 18:44:16 GMT -8
That's rather odd. I wonder what would have happened if they had just ran into it? the RADs would be destroyed... you've heard the stories about the Crapilano's rads being hit hard. Probably a log boom fell apart in the Naniamo estuary, where they store the booms. |
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Post by kylefossett on May 28, 2008 19:07:01 GMT -8
That's rather odd. I wonder what would have happened if they had just ran into it? the RADs would be destroyed... you've heard the stories about the Crapilano's rads being hit hard. Probably a log boom fell apart in the Naniamo estuary, where they store the booms. not a log boom. that was a tree with a root ball on it. probably ended up in the water with hightide |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2008 9:13:21 GMT -8
I think thats what mucked up the kuper's RAD about 6 months ago.
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Post by queenofcowichan on May 29, 2008 13:42:59 GMT -8
What got me was just how did this tree get into the berth, and It was not there long because the Quinsam arrives and departs about once a hour. It must have came in the same way the crew pushed it out, because you have the floating "Fenders" or what ever you call it on the otherside. The tree is obviously too long to turn around inside the Berthing area so I must conclude it had to come from towards the Ambulance dock.
About 1 hour later the Nanaimo Vessle assist vessle arrived and could not dock at the Ambulance dock because this tree was in the way, as we departed on the Quinsam the vessle was trying to manouver around it. Must have moved it out of the way because the Vessle assist vessle passed us while we were docking in Nanaimo.
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Post by Canucks on May 29, 2008 15:59:13 GMT -8
That was a pretty big log! Was there a possibility that it came from a construction site on the island? Anyways, you never know what life on the Coast will bring.  |
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Post by queenofcowichan on May 29, 2008 19:03:45 GMT -8
The only construction going on near the terminal is the shoreline stabilization project but you would think if there was a slight possibility this log came from there, the crews would know better than "set it free". Its a mystery we may never know....
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2008 8:57:44 GMT -8
There are some places on the island where the Beach's are littered with logs. mostly small bays where after years of build up they have had to remove them.
If people live in the area.
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Post by kerryssi on May 30, 2008 20:15:02 GMT -8
A lot of logs and deadheads come down the Fraser River. They used to have log catchers in the river to collect them and prevent their going out into shipping lanes. The government eliminated them. Erosion along the shore is another source of trees. Sometimes with a double ender you can use the front props to "blow" the log out of the berth, other times you have to use a pike pole. A lot of people do not realize how strong the tides are in this area and a tree can be moved along at several knots.
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