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If it's beer we're relying on, roll out the Honey Brown Quidi Vidi's!
Oh wow, I'm in a beer mood now O_O

Its not a medium sir- its a tall grande. Tall Grande. No not 'ok' SAY IT! SAY IT DAMN YOU!!!

! So true. I can't stand Starbucks. Timmy Ho's anyone? As for using contaminated water... ours (And by ours I strictly mean CORNER BROOK, and not Newfoundland) had everything under the sun in it. -_- Thank GOD we're surrounded by fresh running pure springs. We never run out of fresh water to drink. So you say there are literally no bottles of water around? How is that possible??
Sure I just picked up over 20L of fresh, clean water for under 8 bucks the other day for me and my fish. They seem to be loving it. And to make matters insanely better, a huge batch of 4L bottles of Pure Life- the water I use for my fish- got shipped to Wal Mart yesterday. They have dents in the bottles. DENTS. So they're selling them for half off. LOL! A day and age where vanity makes all the difference. It just makes the bottle a tiny bit difficult to open, otherwise it's fine. At regular .97 cents I'm getting 4L for about 50 cents! ...you could say I'm rather thrifty. Wow Mark, my heart goes out to you on that one. I just got past a big water issue. But if you need some water, here would be a dandy place to be right now!

Sheesh....this is worse than I thought. I'm suprised that the government's not declared a state of emergency. If Vancouverites are like the caffeine-dependant Torontonians, they must be having "walking down the street with my poser Starbucks mug" withdrawal. Poor dears........

Right....Time for a cup of tea

Martin.

Oh wow you got ripped off dude... Shazaam- that same water here costs a lot less than that...

I can get 16 liters for like 2 or 3 dollars...

You might want to find a more affordable water source? That's high. As long as its bottled and the numbers are good...

Martin Thoene wrote:Sheesh....this is worse than I thought. I'm suprised that the government's not declared a state of emergency. If Vancouverites are like the caffeine-dependant Torontonians, they must be having "walking down the street with my poser Starbucks mug" withdrawal. Poor dears........

Right....Time for a cup of tea

Martin.

State of Emergency... hehe...

Martin, you think New Orleans was bad? Imagine if that happened here?
There is absolutely no infrastructure for that... Case in point- our entire Atlantic Naval Fleet relies on ONE resupply vessel (as of August 2004 current stats may vary)

Martin Thoene wrote:Sheesh....this is worse than I thought. I'm suprised that the government's not declared a state of emergency. If Vancouverites are like the caffeine-dependant Torontonians, they must be having "walking down the street with my poser Starbucks mug" withdrawal. Poor dears........

Right....Time for a cup of tea

Martin.

Vancouver has 938 Starbucks outlets. For a mere 800,000 people in Vancouver proper or 2.5 million in the surrounding area, it seems like a lot of outlets. May their losses from these storms be as significant at least as my loach woes.

There... Now we're back on topic!

Mine's a double-double

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Martin.

You might want to find a more affordable water source? That's high. As long as its bottled and the numbers are good...

!!!
AFFORDABLE?! In Newfoundland...
EVERYTHING has to be shipped here. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
It has to be shipped from the US or Canada, then sent in by plane or ferry every time.
Though, I can easily get great water for free- the springs here are absolutely flawless.
I'm just lazy. LOL

shazam26 wrote:

You might want to find a more affordable water source? That's high. As long as its bottled and the numbers are good...

!!!
AFFORDABLE?! In Newfoundland...
EVERYTHING has to be shipped here. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
It has to be shipped from the US or Canada, then sent in by plane or ferry every time.
Though, I can easily get great water for free- the springs here are absolutely flawless.
I'm just lazy. LOL

Get like a kilometer of silicone flexible tubing, run it into a spring and pipe it through your window???

Angelfish has never been to the Rock, it seems.

I guess not Mark. Neither have I, but I know those who have and I've worked with Newfs too. It's a whole different world up there angelfish83....and the cost of living is high and wages are low. Never a good combo.

Just as shazam said, EVERYTHING gets imported and is premium price.

How's fish prices by the way?

Martin.

Wasn't Mr, Starbuck the mate on the Pequod. Another of these darned whalers
BTW, I agree with Martin that the water advisory in Vancouver is probably just CYA from the water utility. A bit of brown mud never hurt no one, nor fish either. But if they are triple dosing it with Cl it would be best to be liberal with the water conditioner.

that is too good about the star bucks not being able to sell over priced coffee.
man I hate that place
you got it right angelfish666.
anyhows maybe the silt is good for algae and plant growth Mark.
hey shaz do tell us what the prices are for loaches etc on the rock are please.
The one place I have yet to visit

Mark in Vancouver wrote:Oh, and are there any posters from just south of here? I think Seattle and Portland may also be in a similar bind.

I'm in Portland, and there is a backup system whereupon water is drawn from wells near the Columbia River if the turbidity in the reservoir system gets too high. The water there is slightly harder and more alkaline, but not too much. Supposedly, the water bureau adds more chloramine to the well water and that can cause some issues as well.

I did a water change two days ago and there was no problem. But again, that's Portland's well water. Portland's reservoir water is something like pH 6.8 to 7, hardness nil.

Joemid wrote:

Mark in Vancouver wrote:Oh, and are there any posters from just south of here? I think Seattle and Portland may also be in a similar bind.

I'm in Portland, and there is a backup system whereupon water is drawn from wells near the Columbia River if the turbidity in the reservoir system gets too high. The water there is slightly harder and more alkaline, but not too much. Supposedly, the water bureau adds more chloramine to the well water and that can cause some issues as well.

I did a water change two days ago and there was no problem. But again, that's Portland's well water. Portland's reservoir water is something like pH 6.8 to 7, hardness nil.

I think WA and BC got the worst of the storm. But it's November: here comes another one! Tomorrow is meant to be miserable. Does Portland get washed out, or are you far enough south?

Mark in Vancouver wrote:

Joemid wrote:

Mark in Vancouver wrote:Oh, and are there any posters from just south of here? I think Seattle and Portland may also be in a similar bind.

I'm in Portland, and there is a backup system whereupon water is drawn from wells near the Columbia River if the turbidity in the reservoir system gets too high. The water there is slightly harder and more alkaline, but not too much. Supposedly, the water bureau adds more chloramine to the well water and that can cause some issues as well.

I did a water change two days ago and there was no problem. But again, that's Portland's well water. Portland's reservoir water is something like pH 6.8 to 7, hardness nil.

I think WA and BC got the worst of the storm. But it's November: here comes another one! Tomorrow is meant to be miserable. Does Portland get washed out, or are you far enough south?

I'm not sure what washed out means, but we got seven inches of rain in three days from the middle of last weekend into Tuesday. It's dried out a little bit now, but more rain is likely.