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They are the super-spreaders though, so that would hurt innocent people.

Instead I would suggest creative use of Liquid Ass Fart Spray (which can be found at various local stores and stuff), for anyone without covid, who wants to mess with them. And please don't forget to get it on video.

Hey, welcome. Where did you move from? I just moved here from Saskatoon slowly over the last few months. KittyJerky has a pretty good rundown below, lol. Depending on your age and what you like to do ... There's lots of meetup groups too (meetup.com) and Big White is nice and close for skiing/boarding/tubing. What types of things are you into?

Correct, this one:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.bc.gov.WildfireInformation&hl=en_CA&gl=US

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But sometimes fires pop there which are just small bush fires or have been put off and not updated.

My intention with this post was to confirm with someone actually located at Big White if this is an active fire and visible from the mountain.

A backroads map of the Okanagan will show the forestry roads around. There's a ton of gravel roads to go down.

For instance I believe you can connect the Okanangan Falls FSR and then go along the Kettle river up to the Highway 6. Just be smart about back country travel; go with a partner, let someone know where you're going, be prepared to spend the night if you have to.

I've seen morels and lobster mushrooms this year near arrow lakes. Not sure how consistent they are. Haven't looked more locally.

Is there a local club that can help with identifying edible mushrooms? All I have is this: https://www.amazon.ca/Field-Edible-Mushrooms-Pacific-Northwest/dp/1550175424

"Moving To Kelowna, BC: A No-Nonsense Guide" contains data, graphs,maps, cultural stuff, history, etc
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B071VDJ8SX/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Definitely, usually referred to as crampons. I have a set very similar to these:

https://www.amazon.ca/Yaktrax-Traction-Cleats-Running-X-Large/dp/B007S3R6KO/

I use these for trail running on the West Side through the winter. Rarely if ever feel any kind of slippage. If you're going to buy a set, from personal experience, make sure you get a set like these that has a strap that goes right over the top of the foot. I've had some that just stretch around the shoe and in my experience, they tend to slip off on occasion and you may not notice when they do.

Honestly, you can just do it yourself. From my experience, most of the "professionals" don't know what they're doing either, although I agree with the other poster about the guys at EcoCircuit.

You could remove the side maintenance panels and vacuum out the spiderwebs if you want. Have a peek around for signs of water leaks. If it's not leaking and everything is working, I'd leave it alone.

If a pump is leaking, shut the power off, drain, unhook and take it in to EcoCircuit. Or you can buy the parts from them and do it yourself, but honestly their shop rate is worthwhile IMHO.

If you have an ozone generator, it's probably toast (most only last around 3 years). Replace that if you want -- it helps sanitize the water and reduces the amount of chemicals you need. I replaced mine last year and it took all of 5 minutes.

When you're ready to dump the water and refill, I really recommend using Ahh-some. You'll be shocked at the gunk it drags out of your pipes, even if you've been using other cleaning products. They sell it in a bigger size as well.

Lastly, if you have questions I've found a good spot to ask and learn is over at Trouble Free Pool.

When it's happening right beside where you live and it is bothering people and scaring your dog and they're doing doughnuts right on Enterprise I'd say you can fuck off, little boy. I hope your back firing exhaust backfires the pistons right out of the piece of shit car you call cool. It's not hard to find the douche bags. Nice to meet you.

Telling ME to grow up? How mature. I don't need to parade around in my car going up and down the street to impress people, but, I hope you can find the love and support you need!

Here are some resources for you:

how to stop being a douche bag

Buy this book, its only $11 bucks, I'm sure daddy will buy it for you:

Guide to stop being a douche

Good luck, see you next year!

The one I use is Transit

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thetransitapp.droid

Pretty reliable, informs me if there's detours or anything happening that might impact my trips and unless the drivers themselves mess up their route, it's pretty reliable.

> so let’s hope OP is using ExpressVPN, the highest rated VPN service on the planet

LOL 😂 as someone who has a foot in the security end of IT, a “secure VPN” is a very low bar that none have yet reached, much less exceeded. Especially when the provider is relying on average users to set up and implement the client, and effectively administer the platform the client is installed on.

Sure, using a VPN is better than not using one at all, in the same way as wrapping your pecker in Saran Wrap before going to town on a back-alley $10 “worker” is still better than going in bareback. But most VPNs harvest and sell your data in order to keep their own prices attractively low, and precious few of them don’t record your info. And if you have to pay using any traceable form of payment, there is no “privacy” from a warrant. Even BitCoin transactions can be traced back to the holder. Which is why some low-tech things - like physical cash - will always be king so long as enough people ignore the fact that he has no clothes.

You're getting bad information here.

The scooters are easy to steal for anyone with basic electrical skills. You just have to remove/break the controller board/gps and install a new controller. They are available on amazon along with chargers. Less than $100.

I haven't seen it in Kelowna yet but go to san francisco and you'll see homeless people riding around on scooters with wires hanging loose and duct tape holding their "upgraded" controller to the machine.

You could buy a copy of Okanagan Trips and Trails...

Please consider getting a dashcam

My rabbits get this stuff. It's really nice hay compared to some I've tried.

I haven't really found any local hay in town. I'm not sure if regular farm hay is ok for them, but if you find a better source let me know!

my xenoscience studies range from urban to agrari^a^n Oh Mordin.

I couldn't help but notice all the Animal Crossing in your profile. I'm big into Doom and for the first tiny project in my comp-sci course I made something silly you might enjoy

based on this incredible youtube video

I use NordVPN. Solid service, lots of locations, and they’re based out of Panama so they don’t fall under Five Eyes surveillance agreements. They keep no records either so the only thing they could likely be compelled to verify is your login. You can pay via crypto too I think if you really want to go all in on being private.

I might be in the minority, but I've had nothing but good service from Telus for internet. There was an issue with my connection and they sent a tech out the next day, upped my phone data permanently, and spent hours fixing the issue (hardware issue in my building).

When I was overseas I used both Astrill and ExpressVPN and preferred Astrill. They had more connections, less dropped connections, and were overall faster for me.

Kick-butt starting your own business! I started my first making devil sticks out of electrical tape and old bicycle tires. If this is just a hobby business because you love crocheting, then great! If you are using this experience to learn how start a business, might I recommend the following resources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwShFsSFb-Y&list=PLBh9h0LWoawphbpUvC1DofjagNqG1Qdf3

For a more advanced course, but easy to watch (Steve Blank is the entrepreneurship guru from Stanford University - top in USA): https://www.udacity.com/course/how-to-build-a-startup--ep245

Might appear advanced, but it's actually done in many entrepreneurship courses at advanced high schools in the USA. Canada is fairly behind in this regard.

Best of luck! And if you want to pm me for any advice feel free to.

You mentioned orchards and I have a question for someone who might know a bit more about the people who own that land up there.

I'm considering moving up in the next few years with a tiny home (think music city tiny house https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/3207994) and I was wondering if I would be able to park my tiny house on an orchard somewhere or if you knew of anyone doing anything like that? While I am still living in the US I plan on trying to park it on a large estate and be a live in grounds/gate keeper. If it wasn't possible to trade work for parking my off grid tiny home I would be willing to pay, and if that would be the case I would love to know how much you might think someone would charge for something like that.

I've had it for many years - it's not longer manufactured. Here is a link to what I have on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.ca/Canon-CanoScan-9000F-Color-Scanner/dp/B003JQLHEA

It was about $300. The Epson V600 shown as an alternative on the Amazon site would be a good choice. I am more familiar with the Canon software - it allows you to scan as many photos as you can fit on the screen and saves them as separate pictures. It's a real time saver - I can't imagine the Epson software wouldn't do the same but you might want to check that first.

On Android, I use this app to import my card into Google Wallet/Pay.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=color.dev.com.tangerine&hl=en_CA&gl=US

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.bc.gov.vaxcheck

The app just shows your name and that you're vaxxed.

I believe the QR code also contains when you were vaxxed and your birthday, but the app doesn't show that info to the operator.

Lots of good books too, this is the one I bought a couple of years ago, great info:

https://www.amazon.ca/Bushcraft-Outdoor-Skills-Wilderness-Survival/dp/1772130079

Instead of plastic containers there are great glass ones that are sanitary and will last forever. I'd just order off amazon, no comment on this brand just an example https://www.amazon.ca/Compartment-Containers-Airtight-Tupperware-BPA-Free/dp/B075CTKZW8

Same info amigo! We're beginner friendly. Everyone is happy to help you learn and honestly the best way to learn is to just jump on in.

If you're interested in reading through the rules of the game, purchase the Players Handbook. It's the D&D bible. https://www.amazon.ca/Players-Handbook-Wizards-RPG-Team/dp/0786965606/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525446946&sr=8-1&keywords=players+handbook+5e

Seeing no better advice yet, I would try italki (what I use, though in my case for Japanese). Particularly in the case of Mandarin you should be able to find native speakers via italki willing to help you 1-on-1 over Skype for less than the cost of any kind of instruction from people living here in North America. If italki is too expensive, I would look for other online options with as small of class sizes as possible to maximize your practice time. If learning Mandarin is anything like learning Japanese (my experience), you will also want to avoid hearing other non-native speakers (ie. students) speaking your target language so you don't pick up their bad pronunciation.

Assuming you go the italki route, check around for vbloggers on YouTube giving away italki promotions before you sign up (or wherever you can find a promo). Usually you can score an extra $10 for your lessons.

If you want to learn Chinese writing, I'd recommend a system like the one used in this book: https://www.amazon.ca/Remembering-Simplified-Hanzi-Book-Characters/dp/0824833236. I used the equivalent by the same guy for Japanese ("RTK"), the idea being that Chinese characters can be broken down into simple parts you can recognize easier. An fast example is that forest (森) uses 3 trees (木), so if you learn 木 first that's easier to remember than the 12 individual strokes... Another quick one, "difficult" (難) can be reduced to 2 components most people call "Sino-" and "turkey", etc... Heisig then uses mnemonics (little stories) to tie them together and help you memorize them.

Anyways best of luck. I've heard getting used to speaking a tonal language is tricky, but that Mandarin grammar is relatively straightforward (compared to Japanese).

Best bet is always online for things like this. Depending on your price range Higher and big or you can go smaller and lower.