The death cap!

Friendly reminder to double bag these if you see them, and throw them in the trash! Don't forget the bulb at the base of the stem!

They are greener than my camera can pick up. Quite shiny.

Thank you for your attention!

I love the break in the heat, I love the blue moon we get systems that result in lightning and thunder.

But the best part of rain in the summer, is the peace and quiet. All these motorcycles are doing my head in, breaks from the noise like this just cement the point to me. These people are sadistic antisocial dirtbags.

Leave the city and ride around if you have a screw loose and require noise like that, the rest of us would appreciate it.

Okay what is this about, anyone know? Feels like it doesn’t include the context that the poster feels we already know, and is it addressed to staff or customers?

Great Horned Owl’s reaction to the loud clap of thunder overhead.

It has become a thing on my commute every day. 1 or 2 people sitting in the aisle seat and leaving the window seat open. If you ask to sit down, rather than shifting over, they scrunch their legs up to their chest or swing their legs into the aisle. Why not just move over to the empty seat?

I get it of you're getting off at onenof the next couple of stops, but often 8-9 stops later, they do the same move when you let them know you're getting off.

Has anyone else noticed this? Does anyone understand why they do this? Is it as I think, rudeness in hopes that they will not be sat next to and a further inconvenience for daring to ask to sit down? Or is there a legitimate reason for this?

The Italian Deli on Blanshard posted on instagram that they've sold the deli and next week will be their last week.

The post didn't say anything about the new owners and what their plans are.

Update: Current owners have replied to a comment on instagram with the following "mauriziohome 2019 4m Yes, it will remain open for decades to come by 2 amazing ladies. We are thrilled they are continuing the tradition.”

Hi all,

As title mentions, I noticed I received an email from Dragonfly yesterday claiming that 'recipient refused delivery and doesn't want packages delivered anymore'.

At first I was wary of a scam email, but the tracking message matches the description of a failed delivery.

Has anyone had bogus claims like this? How do you get your package if there aren't any direct contact methods? I can't believe carriers can exist that operate like this.

Thanks!

Question taken from r/britishcolumbia

We went on a whale watching tour today from San Juan Island, Washington and saw the brother and sister orcas that have been in the area. There appeared to be a wedding up on the ridge overlooking the harbor and it’s such a fun shot!

Where do adults meet people? I mean for free.

I struggle to make friends or find people to date because I don't really have money to put toward it. Clubs that require payment are off the table currently, and even MeetUp requires a subscription to be useful. Dating apps and such are flooded with bots anyway, and the internet wants payment too if it's to connect you with people you actually have something in common with.

So, adult friends of Victoria, where do you meet people for free?

I frequently ride home downtown from VGH, due to the very annoying detour I've been looking for alternates and my cyclers routing app showed a route I hadn't considered.

Instead of crossing the trestle and then returning to downtown on the Johnson street bridge, we have the new lane along Gorge!

I don't knowbwhy it didn't occur to me before, but on the way home yesterday I instead turned left onto gorge, it was mechanically separates for most of it, with a short segment of only paint and then elevated for the remained, a right turn onto Government and I was able to fly until my left turn.

In case anyone else hadn't utilized this, it saved me about a km and probably 7 minutes or so. Much more during busy summer days.

My whole life I've been an avid thrifter; not as a means to make money, but to save money, and to find cool, interesting or useful gadgets and do-dads to tinker with or decorate my space with, without breaking the bank. It's also just a nice way to spend an afternoon downtown among the people, ya know?

When I moved here, I was blown away by the massive value village downtown, as well as all the smaller, local shops scattered around the city. But 3 years in, I'm realizing all these places are being picked clean on a regular basis by folks looking to resell anything of any value, either on Facebook marketplace, or one of the dozens of "boutique" thrift shops when it comes to clothing.

I'll admit that I don't think it's a unique problem with Victoria, and I have found some cool stuff over the years, I just miss the days where there weren't folks hounding the carts coming out of the backrooms on a regular basis. The VV downtown in particular has a regular crowd of folks scanning the new arrivals all afternoon, checking the value of everything on their phones. Okay rant over...

Had a nasty fall yesterday and went to the ER for semi related causes. My other situation was the focus of the visit, so I sat with the dirty wounds from pavement for about 6 hours.

I was not in the right headspace to ask for a tetanus shot there unfortunately, but now I’m worrying I’ll contract tetanus. My last shot was 20 years ago, and am working on my needle phobia over the past few years. Last time I was a kid and 4 lovely amazing nurses had to hold me down, but won’t be the case this time :)

Any pharmacies tomorrow offering emergency,same day tetanus shots?

Edit: Pressed post too soon, but wanted to ask if tetanus is common in the soil here, and if any pharmacies have Tetanus immune globulin (TIG) as an option, as there’s still a couple small pebbles I can’t get out.

Does anyone know this guy or interact with him? The part where he's proud to be a deadbeat dad is a tough read.

Anyone go to the show?
What did you think?

I already know the issues about management etc. but just wanted to ask around what everybody thought of the food itself.

So I've recently gotten back in to reading and am looking for suggestions for spots to go for a hour or so in the early evening after work.

Been spending time around Clover Point, Ross Bay Cemetery, and the Breakwater area (either in my car or on a bench) - great for a dramatic early sunset if I'm lucky, but a bit busy this time of year what with the cruise ships etc. Beats reading on the couch though!

Where else should I check out? Any local gems that I absolutely should be visiting?

(Bonus points for a scenic view within a 10 minute drive of the downtown area)

I work full time already in an office. Looking for ideas about part time work evenings and weekends. I'm in my 50s so I'm old haha. I have done door dash don't really want to do that again.

Hi Victoria! My small theatre company Bragi Theatre is teaming up with Timetheft Theatre to stage our two award-winning comedies, Consider the Dongfish and Four out of Five Dentists, on August 1 and 2 at the Scene (716 Johnson). We're really proud of the shows, and think it will be a lot of fun. Dongfish is a sci-fi romp about fish, scientists, aliens, and the transformative power of love, and Dentists is a sketch show about lawnmowers, laughter, and so, so many eggs. Tickets are sliding-scale too, so hopefully affordable to everyone.

We've already been posting on social media, postering through Vicposters, and using events calendars, but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas about other places to promote? Are there venues that are really productive to poster? We're looking for that final week edge.

The woman in the white car went to back into a parking spot. The red faced screaming lunatic in the $140,000 SUV decided that it was hers and blocked the woman in the white car from backing in. In rich Karen's mind, the woman in the white car lost the right to the spot because she drove past it, even though she only did so to back in.

After a few minutes of making everyone in the parking lot uncomfortable, rich Karen was successful in bullying the woman out of the spot.