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On two different occasions, Vancouver residents have stumbled upon naked men who had broken into their homes cooking eggs in their kitchens
Clocks moving slower on Vancouver Island
Truly on ‘island time’, now! 🙂
The province of British Columbia is known, and often envied, for a relaxed, laid back lifestyle that runs at a much slower pace than the rest of the country.
And recently, there is truth behind that perception, as time literally slows down on Vancouver Island this week — at least as far as the clocks are concerned.
“It’s always been known time moved at a slower pace on the west coast, but now Tofino can literally make this claim,” says Weather Network meteorologist Tyler Hamilton.
A major upgrade to the current system means individual areas are being switched off the main grid and over to local generators, according to BC Hydro. As a result, clocks plugged in are running up to fifteen minutes behind.
The industry refers to the process as ‘islanding.’ Though power is still being supplied, a very slight alteration means that the time-keeping devices are the only electrical item affected, slowing losing minutes over a 10-day period.
“Normally the frequency is 60 hertz, and so when an area is islanded, it operates at just under 60 hertz so that means the clocks run a bit slower,” Simi Heer, a spokeswoman for BC Hydro, told the Vancouver Sun.
Residents living in coastal communities such as Tofino and Ucluelet noticed that clocks were running a few minutes behind late last week, and they can expect the lapse in time to continue until all work is completed on September 24.
They noticed? Surprising! 😉
The delay only affects electric clocks that are plugged in, and will not alter the times on computers, watches or mobile devices.
No, really? People need to be told this? LOL! 🙂
For parts of Vancouver Island, the busy summer tourist season is starting to wind down, and many locals will likely welcome the return to a slower pace of life.
And if it isn’t slow enough, after some ‘B.C. bud’, it will be. 😉
A man once ate a deer with its own teeth
From the Kamloops Sentinel (British Columbia), in 1968.
Fish in a tree
From a recent edition of the print-only publication Coffee News:
Fake eyes provided for blind aquarium fish to prevent other fish from picking it to death
Veterinary staff at Vancouver Aquarium have provided prosthetic eyes for a fish. This was done so other fish would not pick it to death because it did not have eyes.
Wouldn’t it just be cheaper to get another fish?
British Columbia tax dollars at work! 🙂
The Coat of Arms of Penticton, B.C. features an ogopogo
Vancouver couple tie the knot on a bus
From a recent edition of the print-only publication Coffee News:
Crack pipe vending machine
At the Portland Hotel Society’s Drug Users Resource Centre in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
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