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Bc Ferries
in Canada
I should know better, but I can't resist replying.
1) The union are being idiots not complying with the cooling off period
2) The management (and the government pulling the strings behind the scenes) are complete idiots thinking that the workers will happily agree to:
a) a longer work week (changing some of the time they currently get in OT to regular)..
b ) a reduction in the rate of OT (from 2x to 1.5x)
c) a reduction for any new hire to 70% of the current scale
d) contracting out all land-based services
#1 is going to kill Jackie and her union, and ...
#2, it's pretty hard to swallow a pay cut after the CEO and higher management just gave themself a pay-raise. In the GEU & HEU agreements, they took 0% and a paycut respectively to maintain staffing levels, whereas the BC Ferry Services are offering the double whammy of a pay-cut and cutting jobs, a pretty unrealistic approach to bargaining..
BTW Gordo, if you wanted the ability to legislate them back to work, you shouldn't have privitised it, should you? You can't have it both ways.
FACTS (not well advertised by anyone):
As for those people that are complaining about white-spot staff getting $22/hr, let's remember that the reason there are 48 staff members on board a (S class) ferry is that it's required by transport canada in the same way you need 3 flight attendants and two crew on a Boeing 737. Try calling a flight attendant a 'waitress' and see what happens. Add to that it generally takes 5 years of casual employment to get an FT job on a ferry (often a lot more), and that a good chunk of the training you need you have to pay for.
Those 'burger flippers' are profitable. Download the Ferry Corp's annual report and see that catering makes about 50% profit. Not a bad side business when the staff have to be on board anyway.
The BC population may pay for some of the ferries, but over-charging on the Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen route pays for 33% of all the subsidies to BC Ferries, which is basicly a hidden tax on the residents of Victoria.
Huh you say? Well, SwB -> Tsw is WILDLY profitible. In the last report from BC Ferries, it made $35m profit on $135m in ticket sales, and all of that profit (over charging) Victoria residents goes to subsidize other routes. (only Hsb->Nan also makes a profit, around $4-5m)
And this from someone who rides the ferries enough for the ticket people to not have to ask me where I'm going, they know me...
Scott
Team Giblert
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A little late replying, but I emailed the contact at BCIT to ask who was teaching and was told they haven't hired an instructor yet.
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For all those that have posted, it appears that Scott The Bear has been rescued and is now resting quietly. I'll update again when he's full released back into the wilds
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FRS RADIOS
in Canada
We have three, all different, and use them a lot. Here's our $0.02;
Radio 1; Cheap CONAIR ($1.99 after Rebate from Fry's in the states).
+none
-No sub channels
-AAA batteries (which are expensive and don't last long)
-Too easy to bump on (push button on)
Radio 2; GE, $19.95 from London Drugs.
+AA batteries
+sub channels
+outside air temp reading (useless but fun)
-too easy to bump on (push button)
Radio 3; Motorola
+AA batteries
+sub channels
Bottom line, get one with subchannels, takes AA batteries, and doesn't accidentally switch itself on rattling around in your pack.
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Thanks for the thought George.
Anyone else up for a Travel Bug Rescue mission?? If you want more details, email us
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Sorry to be vague.... It's not in a cache, hence it doesn't have a name. There's a group of people in the NW that take things from caches, and just LEAVE them willy-nilly after proudly annoucing it on their message board.
I'm purposely not mentioning it here to avoid the thrill they get from finding they've pissed people off, but I'm sure if you seatch for 'r a i d e d' caches in the [NW] message boards you'll see what I'm on about.
[This message was edited by Team Giblert on September 15, 2003 at 04:37 PM.]
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I'm not sure what else we can say?
Somebody took our bug and released it to the coordinates provided. We aren't from the area so can't fetch it ourselves. We're simply hoping somebody might be in the area and able to find him, and move him along.
Please let me know if there is something specific you'd like to know.
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One of our bugs was pinched by he who cannot be mentioned and I need a daring young (or old) geocacher to go rescue him.
47 37.949 122 23.831
Anychance someone can grab him and place him in a nearby cache?
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Caches in Stanley Park:
No Math Multi-Cache by The Count (GCDFBE)
- although it's a multi it ends up in Stanley Park
Big Bertha by Berkut (GCG1BF)
Caches near Stanley Park:
the emperor's new geocache by canadazuuk (GCGWBD)
Not A Protest by Xcountry-duo (GCGB81)
Hope this helps.
Also, I have a travel bug in my possession that is in a race and needs to go east via other provinces. Any chance I could leave it with you? I could place it into a cache that you're going to hit here in town if you'd like...
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Yup - got mine no problem.
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This site has a handy conversion utility. It's also linked off of every cache page (right under the UTM of the cache coordinates).
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Originally posted by LQQKING4U:Jeremy when you fix something. Please tell us that you fixed it instead of saying "SEEMS OK NOW". Like there was nothing wrong.
Thanks
Ouch!
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The good folks at the Texas Geocaching Assoc have some helpful links and files, including what you're looking for.
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I kind of agree, although I think people have personal opinions that will differ dramatically. When typing up a new cache page, I try and describe the terrain in detail if it's going to be more than a 1/1.
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Objet: if you email me at geocache@giblert.com I will send you the .prc file. It works fine on my Palm.
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Edit: oh geez - now even more people are offended. I'll remove the comment.
[This message was edited by Team Giblert on July 27, 2003 at 12:18 AM.]
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I'll be out of town on the weekend of the 12th but it sounds good for everybody else so go for it! I'll catch up with you all next time. Have fun!
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I agree with Renegade Knight. No point in spending more money until you know if you need to. Maybe try a few easy caches and see how it goes?
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Congratulations on your first hide! In my experience it usually takes a day or two for approval of a new cache, assuming there are no hick-ups.
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Originally posted by Team Spending Time, Saving Cache:Pretty ignorant reply... You post a msg about personal safety/etc and do not think guns will come up? LOL
Maybe that was not directed toward me, but it seems like it because I started the gun issue. Oh well I have tough skin 
.Actually I don't think it's that ignorant. I didn't even think about guns when I started reading this thread, probably because I'm Canadian. I see Seneca is from my neck of the woods so perhaps it didn't occur to him either. For the record, the only time I felt vulnerable was when I (a female) was alone on a trail on the side of a mountain, looking at an abandoned cabin and realizing it was getting dark and what would happen if somebody untoward came upon me. It was also the location of a recent bear sighting. I descended to my car and went home immediately.
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As far as I know, you have to contact the admins and ask them to do so.
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My favourite non-hint, and no disrespect meant to the cache hider as it was a great cache location!
"THIS CACHE IS LOCATED AT THE BASE OF A SMALL DEAD TREE COVERED IN MOSS"
(the tree is alive and it's covered in lichen)
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Oops - looks like something changed so won't be able to do it this Saturday, the 7th.
Bc Cache Gear
in Canada
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Visited this afternoon, TNLN. Great location, hope to come back again soon.
Thanks Pete!