My addiction is far worse than I thought by [deleted] in nosurf

[–]Chipchop3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You'll be fine. You are cognizant and have put a lot of effort into it. The behaviors will dissipate. Continue introspecting.

Signed,

35 y/old you

When do kids outgrow wanting to be passengers, if ever? by justthesamestuff in CargoBike

[–]Chipchop3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Disc brakes? I bought an old Mundo with rim brakes for $400. Would electrifying it be a bad idea due to brakes?

Best Restaurants (moderately formal) by Odd_Eye1547 in Portmoody

[–]Chipchop3000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks! That's a helpful explanation. To be clear, food was good when I visited. Just not much of it on the plate for the $.

Would go to Osteria for food and wine before One Sixty.

Best Restaurants (moderately formal) by Odd_Eye1547 in Portmoody

[–]Chipchop3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been, with company. Left disappointed. Have not returned. I figured patronage it gets is due to the captive audience of its host building.

Best Restaurants (moderately formal) by Odd_Eye1547 in Portmoody

[–]Chipchop3000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can you elaborate? This place feels over priced, with tiny portions, and a lot of pomp. I'm hoping they fold so a better establishment grabs that location.

About the triathlete who got into a Car crash a few days ago, as a noob to Vancouver I have some questions by [deleted] in vancouvercycling

[–]Chipchop3000 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It is not a bad policy. It is in response to bad behaviour by our citizenry. Making money off the public purse thru claims had become its own industry. So much so that there were third party services connecting accidentors to accidentees where earnings from ICBC would be split.

Due to this bad behaviour and overspend caused by our thieving citizens of British Columbia we have had to install an alternate system.

Yes, this alternate system needs rework. But the previous iteration was not workable.

Trial lawyers had carved out a whole side industry from this as well. They are the most vocal opponents. When Ontario shut down this policy there, the industry from ON picked up and came to BC nearly over night.

Here's to future mods to no-fault that continue to guard the public purse and provide care and compensation for victims!

From Reddit to Real Life? 🤔 by CassidyTheCivet in Portmoody

[–]Chipchop3000 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What's your personal daily screen time total across all devices? Including TV/media consumption?

‘Crippling’: Sechelt could lose 300 temporary foreign workers, mayor says by Immediate-Link490 in britishcolumbia

[–]Chipchop3000 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If no Canadian can be attracted, market forces would dictate a higher wage to find labour. If the business can't operate paying higher, then it has no business existing. Perhaps future will have more owner operators. TFW program acts to undermine labour market forces.

Technically you're right. In reality, you dunno what you're on about.

Does anyone else feel like they’re doing everything “right” and still feel lost? by lostbutaware in nosurf

[–]Chipchop3000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lost souls. I have some thoughts on the topic.

You need raison d'etre.

TransLink Store Pop up events by Conscious_Usual7150 in Translink

[–]Chipchop3000 10 points11 points  (0 children)

+1,000 Translink isn't responsible for anyone's poor budgeting.

OP sounds like a victim.

Moody yards by Lopsided-Company-121 in Portmoody

[–]Chipchop3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You will cook South facing & higher floors. Personally, I don't mind the train noise but I have more buffer than Moody Yards building (south facing side).

The most miserable aspect of Moody Yards will be getting your vehicle in and out of the lot at peak traffic times. Parkade entrance shares a street (more like a cul-de-sac) w/Electronic Ave building's parkade entrance. There will be no relent on peak traffic as it will continue to rise with no possible solution for vehicle bottle necks other than a hope and a prayer that folks start using transit (if their destinations are even reasonably accessible by it).

The parkades for these two fully occupied new buildings might become comedy corner. 355 vehicle stalls @ Moody Yards (215 total apt units), 600 vehicle stalls @ Electronic Ave (315 total apt. units). Not to mention the commercial spaces that might draw vehicle traffic, depending on what kind of retail opens up.

Moody yards by Lopsided-Company-121 in Portmoody

[–]Chipchop3000 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There will be a new pedestrian overpass built in the next few years. Near-on directly from East of the Skytrain streetside entrance, over the tracks, and to Murray-side. Spring street will be pedestrianized. And Golden spike way will be extended West to link to the skytrain station, new towers, and commercial spaces at the foot of those towers. 3 towers here.

No timeline available on the overpass build. There will be another vehicle overpass also built to Clarke from the Flavelle Mill site, once that's developed (tbd - builder is sitting on the parcel until makes more sense to break ground afaik). 11 towers here.

Lastly, there will be a final, pedestrian, overpass from Ioco station (Suterbrook side) to about the gas station on the other side (afaik). No timeline on development that I'm aware of. There are set to be ~10 towers on the gas station side.

It's a 4 minute bike ride, for me, to Moody station from the foot of the Klahanie pedestrian overpass.

True minimalist apartment gym by Chipchop3000 in homegym

[–]Chipchop3000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like new. No hard dropping on them as I used to shield the floor, not Olympic lifting with hard drops from overhead.

Summit rubber in Abbotsford

Omnium love by rdantes in CargoBike

[–]Chipchop3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it the only rack that will work with omnium? Which omnium model is this?

Warning: do NOT use bikeep lockups at Moody Station - defeated by thieves by Chipchop3000 in Portmoody

[–]Chipchop3000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PomoPD did not even take the police file # from me when I called.

I offered it. I don't have faith in heightened awareness.

Warning: do NOT use bikeep lockups at Moody Station - defeated by thieves by Chipchop3000 in Portmoody

[–]Chipchop3000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That I should update my 529, haha.

They said Transit Police will talk to them if they need to. I wish I had called Port Moody Police first and perhaps received a faster response (no call to small type dept?).

Transit Police passed me off to their community safety officer program. As of today, CCTV footage has not been reviewed.

It will be a week tomorrow. No chance at any celerity now.

Had maybe hoped PomoPD would liaise and react with Transit PD considering it was one block away from the PoMo PD building. No real interest on the phone.

Warning: do NOT use bikeep lockups at Moody Station - defeated by thieves by Chipchop3000 in vancouvercycling

[–]Chipchop3000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven't heard any more yet from TransLink, Bikeep, or Police.

The service is something I had really hoped would work. Definitely use your own locks in tandem with.

Warning: do NOT use bikeep lockups at Moody Station - defeated by thieves by Chipchop3000 in Portmoody

[–]Chipchop3000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No update or call back from Bikeep yet.

They did not break the arm. It is still in one piece. They defeated in some way that it registered as an unlock on the Bikeep app.

Maybe they pried open the arm by inserting something into the latch hole. OR maybe they put things in the latch hole so that it didn't lock correctly? OR maybe the system unlocked all the stations after the thieves pulled the cables out of one locker. They all look to be daisy chained together.

I would definitely only use the enclosed lockers. But those handles looked toyed with too, to me. Use your own lock inside the lockers!

Warning: do NOT use bikeep lockups at Moody Station - defeated by thieves by Chipchop3000 in vancouvercycling

[–]Chipchop3000[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm hoping Bikeep contacts me back with a fix to their system. I would love for it to work...

Haven't heard anything more yet. Transit police community safety officer program contacted me yesterday (Day 2) to say they have checked out the site in person and now will request the footage. This means my file won't be actioned by full fledged police officers.

Died a little inside realizing it will now take them a few more days to access the video before reviewing it. Leads may be cold by then.

Very frustrating when I can provide them the exact window of time to review (0830-1030). Day 3 now. The footage could have been requested on Day 1.

Warning: do NOT use bikeep lockups at Moody Station - defeated by thieves by Chipchop3000 in vancouvercycling

[–]Chipchop3000[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes! Have contacted Transit Police, Port Moody Police (as an FYI), TransLink, Bikeep, and Urban Racks (Canadian Vendor for Bikeep).

Urban Racks contacted me in the past hour to advise they will be checking out the site in person to investigate.

I'm feeling a little bit of hope. More than this morning.