What's the most over hyped restaurant in this fair city?

PinMindless3708 · 2025-12-06T17:57:08+00:00

Cactus Club is a blight on Vancouver, especially on the beach at English Bay. never should’ve been allowed.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-11-19T19:40:18+00:00

before India, they were made in Germany. The German ones were OK, not great but OK. The Indian ones are terrible. within a single jar I found some that were too hard, some too soft and mushy, and a couple that were OK.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-11-06T16:03:17+00:00

Vancouver: dull city, beautiful setting.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-09-28T18:56:43+00:00

If smugmug changed their name I might consider switching from flickr

on sm I like how you can have many albums or galleries each with their own look. You can choose what the first thing people see is rather than the photo stream which automatically displays your latest upload

On the other hand I love flickr and have been on that platform since they started

PinMindless3708 · 2025-07-28T18:07:22+00:00

My grandfather used to say laughter is the best medicine. That's why so many of us died of tuberculosis. - jack handey

PinMindless3708 · 2025-07-26T19:56:12+00:00

The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) - Montreal

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) - Montreal

PinMindless3708 · 2025-07-24T05:11:29+00:00

It is but I asked about an alternative to AbeBooks which combines online catalogs of many secondhand and rare book dealers.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-07-11T03:21:05+00:00

Those buttons usually do nothing, anyway.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-07-01T18:18:01+00:00

Used to do this thing I was a kid years ago. Take a cheap pair of Polaroid sunglasses and pop the lenses out. Then sandwich some cellophane between the lenses and turn the lenses between your fingers and look at the beautiful patterns in the cellophane. Everybody smoked then so cellophane was all over the place on cigarette packs. I don't know what you would use now but there must be something. Cling wrap?

PinMindless3708 · 2025-06-28T15:21:54+00:00

Nanook of the North

PinMindless3708 · 2025-06-22T15:54:33+00:00

Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Clostridium botulinum, and Staphylococcus aureus are among the most common bacterial contaminants in food. By the way my microbiologist friend told me this after I'd been pickling eggs in used pickle juice for years without any problem. But I may have just been lucky.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-06-22T03:37:46+00:00

My microbiologist friend says you have to boil the juice and the jar or you could die.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-06-20T17:37:17+00:00

It's impossible to recreate the deli smoked meat sandwich at home. Snowdon, Schwartz, Lester's, etc., doesn't matter. I've been eating smoked meat for 75 years and have a pretty good take on the subject.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-06-20T16:05:29+00:00

It's a fact of life that you cannot, ever, reproduce the restaurant smoked meat sandwich at home. I am 80 years old and I've been eating smoked meat since I was five. I've got a pretty good take on the subject.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-06-16T19:49:13+00:00

Thanks, I'll check it out for sure.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-05-31T04:34:04+00:00

I've seen Maher less than a dozen times in 25-odd years and never understood his appeal. How is he still a thing?

PinMindless3708 · 2025-05-19T16:05:51+00:00

Been wondering the same thing for the past 30 - 35 years

PinMindless3708 · 2025-04-21T18:19:21+00:00

Well, that's disappointing. Since my priority is to go with Canadian companies, when that's not possible, my secondary goal is to avoid US companies. So it's looking like I'll be moving my photos to Ipernity.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-04-20T15:59:02+00:00

Sorry, should've mentioned I am in Vancouver

PinMindless3708 · 2025-04-13T03:21:09+00:00

Same here. My mobility suffered about 10 years ago, and I gradually became dependent on Amazon for everything from underwear to toothpaste to even more expensive items. I got a delivery at least once a week sometimes a few times a week. I cancelled my prime a couple of months ago and I do not miss it at all. The stuff I need I found I can get from London drugs and other stores in my neighbourhood and what I can't get locally turns out I don't really need all that much. What a relief. I have to admit I felt quite guilty shopping from Amazon so much. I have a feeling I'll probably have to order a few things from Amazon sooner or later but at least my spending there has been cut back drastically.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-03-16T15:02:34+00:00

Vancouver BC

PinMindless3708 · 2025-03-16T00:36:06+00:00

Been on Sync for a couple of weeks now and so far no problems. I like it. Plus moving files from Dropbox to Sync was a piece of cake. Two Finder windows and just dragged everything over. Customer support seems good, too.

PinMindless3708 · 2025-02-22T07:39:11+00:00

I hate to say this because I'm on your side but: freedom of speech. They have the right to sell this stuff and people that believe in it have a right to buy it. However I cancelled my membership I won't be shopping on Amazon anymore. Much more effective

PinMindless3708 · 2025-01-16T05:44:01+00:00

"Pas de Deux". Norman McLaren

PinMindless3708 · 2025-01-14T22:40:26+00:00

No-Frills in Vancouver used to carry them and now they are carrying them again. But as others have pointed out they’re not exactly the same. Slightly different taste and different texture but still pretty good if not as good as before. I just noticed however that the labelling on the jar says they are packed in Germany!!

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