Comments on: Yes, the Civic Strike in Vancouver is a Big Deal

By: Binny

Binny — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:58:25 +0000

Fruitfly remedy – white or red wine vinegar and diswashing soap in a little bowl will catch tons!

As a city tax payer, will I receive a refund on my rental bins! Instead I’m putting my stuff in the park bins which read $2,500 fine for illegal dumping…. Pleeeeez – why should I drive to pay to dump my stuff when I’ve paid for it already.

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Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:03:04 +0000

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By: random thoughts » Blog Archive » uneducated, unkempt and smelly

random thoughts » Blog Archive » uneducated, unkempt and smelly — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:15:37 +0000

[...] the library has been closed, the grass in the parks hasn’t been cut and, more importantly, no one is collecting garbage (incidentally, I overheard someone on the bus today discussing whether skunk bites were serious so [...]

By: H-dawg

H-dawg — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:40:32 +0000

Red wine is a winner for catching fruit flies. But the biggest FLY around is Sam Sullivan, and he is a loser. I am totally and utterly astounded at the total lack of effort in resolving the strike – or maybe it’s more fact that he does not APPEAR to be taking it seriously. He will so ignominiously dumped next election – no Olympics for you buddy. You can watch from the sidelines liek everyone else – there is an election BEFORE 2010 right??

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:43:07 +0000

from what i can tell, vancouver city management has skeletons to hide.

i dunno why vancouver voted for these neo-nazis, who probably voted in that drunktard premier of BC campbell twice.

but the problems today go back to the early nineties. i know cos some cop decided to wake me up one day by pounding on my dad’s car during the wake following my grandmother’s death circa 1992.

when i came back with my dad, the cop was gone with his van. i figured out he was a cop cos vancouver’s finest were having some kind of retirement banquet in pink pearl restaurant.

only a Vancouver cop would have problems trying to back out of the parking lot because some Japanese kid is sleeping in his dad’s car.

i guess my peaceful snooze was distracting him.

By: Ariane

Ariane — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:41:53 +0000

SERIOUSLY the fruit flies are driving me nuts. although they’ve been a bit better the past couple days, i think mainly cause it’s been colder and i haven’t had my windows open as much. i live just off denman, and although the back lane garbage isn’t too bad, the fruit flies have been just crazy.

By: 298 Photos of the Garbage Strike

298 Photos of the Garbage Strike — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:42:26 +0000

[...] complaints about rats and fruit flies (Jen also provides a handy remedy), while Rebecca gives a general state of the refuse address on the [...]

By: Raul

Raul — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:57:40 +0000

I dunno what happened with the skunk. I didn’t even see it. But apparently he must have seen me and he decided that I was a potential threat and WHOOSH, all of I sudden I felt affected by this awful skunk smell!!!!

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:07:02 +0000

I have 3 of these strategically located in my kitchen. They seem to work well at catching the flies.

By: gus greeper

gus greeper — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:31:43 +0000

yeah the kitchen ones are getting bad even when i do clean it.
im surprised it is the second longest the last one felt like forever….being the THIRD one i lived her through since 96.
i see the parks under the cambie bridge every friday and it is BAD even for an are like ‘that’, and the bridge itself is gross, to the point of walking by bloody road kill to all the garbage.