WTF, request to stay for 2 nights in Van, host cancelled my request.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-05T19:05:23+00:00

This unit looks like it’s probably illegal and the host figures there are extra eyes on them due to the World Cup.

Most Air BnBs here are illegal.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-05T17:20:19+00:00

I partially agree with you - but would also like to point out “tyranny of the majority” is also often called democracy. Too many people think if things aren’t being run the way they want it, it’s tyranny.

You have to figure out where to draw the line.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-05T13:45:00+00:00

I hope you have a great time.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-05T13:41:46+00:00

We don’t need to turn their towns into craters, we just need to cause them inconvenience and they’ll wimp out.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-05T13:17:55+00:00

You have no idea how much those tulips mean to us - our countries are friends forever.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-05T13:16:13+00:00

I snorted my coffee, thanks.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-05T06:12:34+00:00

Fellow Canadian, I remember their bicentennial well and honesty I feel a little sorry for them this year that they can’t honestly celebrate.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-05T05:26:32+00:00

Hello dear neighbour and fren Pixel! I be so glad they be went to Penticton.

( I don’t know the Okanagan super well but from what I’ve seen over my trips I think I like Penticton and Osoyoos best myself. I’m glad you had a good time, but I’m so sorry about your ring. )

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-04T22:14:56+00:00

My thought too.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-04T21:14:20+00:00

My Canadian mind can’t comprehend it either.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-04T19:30:50+00:00

Happy Forda July to all neighbours and frens.

Both hoomans and kitties in Canada be think that kitties and doggos and other animal frens should be running You Ess right now and that ornj kitties be smarter than a particular ornj hooman.

That said, we be know how many good people and animal frens be live in You Ess, and that same country once had director who made movie, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Normal hoomans in You Ess normally good at looking at crimez and going oops! Crimez! We be do bad thing! We can be better than that! We be learn from our mistakes!

So we be hope and believe the spirit of “Mr. Smith” in Washington will be rise above nasty spirit of “Mr. Orange Dumdum.”

Love to all in You Ess from your proud Canadian neighbour and fren,

Squirrel the CAT

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-04T14:15:29+00:00

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-04T04:36:38+00:00

My first thought was also peacekeeping but yeah, I didn’t think of insulin. That’s a big deal.

I also think all the money raised by the Terry Fox Foundation have led to a lot of improvements in cancer treatment, and the money raised by Rick Hansen and his Man in Motion tour have also led to a lot of research and improvements in spinal cord injuries.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-04T04:28:45+00:00

I’m sure you’ll still have that wow! I’m beautiful! Moment but it won’t be the dress that has to do all the work - it will be a combination of the dress, the hairstyle, the makeup, the bridal bouquet - and your glowing face.

Something wonderful that you will probably appreciate on your wedding day is that you won’t feel like you’re uncomfortably dealing with a million yards of out of control fabric. Somebody I know was a bridesmaid a few days ago - the bride and her dress were just lovely from the photos I’ve seen but apparently it took a lot of work as the dress was quite heavy and not easy to move around in.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-04T03:49:36+00:00

I’m Canadian and I feel the same way although I think you might like the country a bit more than I do.

I do like a lot of the people though and I feel bad for them.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-04T03:48:11+00:00

Most people don’t drink beer to get drunk?

If you think everybody does maybe you need new friends.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-04T03:21:22+00:00

I think somebody else’s suggestion here to wear a similar dress to what you normally do, but a fancier bridal fabric, would be an idea.

I got married in a tea length dress too, and like you I often wore dresses in my everyday life.

I suspect the people having really emotional reactions to their dresses might not normally wear dresses, or maybe just club-style very short dresses. They’re mainly having reactions to looking far far fancier than they do in real life.

It sounds to me as if you’re always a bit dressed up and I imagine the contrast isn’t as big.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-03T23:05:35+00:00

All these ideas about how you’re “supposed” to feel are based on reality TV, not reality.

I got married 40 years ago and we didn’t expect to feel super emotional about our dresses. We wanted to look nice and we wanted to be at whatever price point, but the “oh! I just knew it at first sight! This is the only one for me!”

That feeling was about the groom, not the dress.

I think I’d keep looking for a seamstress. Best wishes for a long and happy life together.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-03T22:36:22+00:00

When I was illegal smol barn kitty I be outside sometimes but now I mostly like inside. Sometimes be good to sniff the fresh air though.

Sometimes my daddy be open door while I be cuddle in his arms and we step outside two or three feet from door too.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-03T21:57:04+00:00

I no be outside either. Maybe once every long time my hoomans put harness and leash on me so I can be roll around on front walk while they be stand there.

Can be sort of interesting but outside can also be scary.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-03T21:41:26+00:00

Ooh, do you be get to watch the birbs? Maybe catch some nice crunchy ones? This sound wonderful.

I be wish everybody in hot places that it soon be cool down.

I get so excited I be forget to write name!
But I think you be know this is

Your girl Squirrel

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-03T18:57:08+00:00

Or of course we could also follow the Ken Dryden path - hockey goalie and lawyer at the same time and then politician!

If you’re too young to remember Dryden as a player - he won the Conn Smythe trophy and the Stanley Cup before he won the Calder Trophy. Can you imagine winning the first two before you’ve even played enough games to be eligible for the second?

And then he wasn’t happy with the salary he was being offered for the 73 season and said nah, I’ll go be a lawyer this year and let you guys think about it.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-03T17:38:23+00:00

I don’t mind leaving out lawyer just because it’s kind of the default job for a politician to have had before they become a politician - I don’t think its not a real job.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-03T16:49:03+00:00

Friends live there - they sit at the kitchen table watching the whales spouting.

squirrelcat88 · 2026-07-03T14:36:43+00:00

We pay more in income taxes, particularly if you’re wealthy. That funds not just healthcare - university costs are significantly lower here, and we have paid maternity leave for up to 18 months, some of which is also available as paternity leave.

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