Olympic Plaza Bricks

[getbak]

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

It says you can pick up for a family member who purchased who passed away as long as you can prove legal interest (i.e interest in a will for example as a inheritor). They also mention if you aren't sure if you have the required documents that they encourage you to fill out an application anyways. I bet they'll release the brick to you as long as you are the only applicant for the specific brick and this is a way to deter people from claiming random bricks...

Originally Posted by Sliver

Yeah you can upload files with your request. I uploaded my mom's death certificate. I can't imagine them getting uppity about things.

Ok I'll own this, I was taking my information from my 87 yr old dad.

This is on me.

I'm gonna dig in to it a bit more.

[Sr. Mints]

Right on, I applied for ours to be removed. Last I read, the City was less than cooperative.

I doubt anybody else in my family wants theirs, and my dad is not alive. If that's the case, I like the toilet idea--might help with the hard water, too!

[PepsiFree]

For anyone who can’t get their brick, I’ll be selling bricks for $50 a pop. They’re new and piss/#### free. Never walked on. I’ll write someone’s name in sharpie for an extra $10.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

For anyone who can’t get their brick, I’ll be selling bricks for $50 a pop. They’re new and piss/#### free. Never walked on. I’ll write someone’s name in sharpie for an extra $10.

How much extra for the bodily fluids treatment?

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Wormius

How much extra for the bodily fluids treatment?

If you have to ask you can't afford it.

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Yeah you can upload files with your request. I uploaded my mom's death certificate. I can't imagine them getting uppity about things.

They work for the city.

Sorry...

They "work" for the city. So anything that causes them to have to do something is going to get them uppity.

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

aren’t these just plain bricks with names on them? what are you even going to do with this brick?

Same thing I did with my chunk of the Berlin wall.

Put in a box.

In a closet.

Somewhere...

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

Same thing I did with my chunk of the Berlin wall.

Put in a box.

In a closet.

Somewhere...

Start sneaking off with pieces of the pyramids, stone henge, great wall of china and create the greatest glory hole wall ever in history.

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Start sneaking off with pieces of the pyramids, stone henge, great wall of china and create the greatest glory hole wall ever in history.

As long as there are costumes on both sides of the wall I'm in.

[fotze2]

I am told I need to apologize for de-railing this thread with the piss bricks. Sorry.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by fotze2

I am told I need to apologize for de-railing this thread with the piss bricks. Sorry.

All the derails over the years and the piss bricks is the one you apologize for?

Probably appropriate.

[DownInFlames]

More junk for your children to throw away when you die.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Titan2

All the derails over the years and the piss bricks is the one you apologize for?

Probably appropriate.

It wasn’t even the worst thing in this thread.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

More junk for your children to throw away when you die.

lol, I'm the opposite of a packrat/junk collector.

I'm only 48. Let me enjoy the brick for a few fkn years, guy.

A lot of tits in this thread. Heaven forbid we want a memento of a neat time in our city to which we have a personal connection. The Olympics ruled, dude. I was 12 when they were here. I was one of the kids dancing and making shapes and stuff in the Opening Ceremonies. Walking out into the field after two years of intense practicing was surreal. We were on TV for the world and in front of a packed stadium. I remember going to Olympic Plaza for the medal ceremonies a couple times. Saw the aerial skiers. Saw the speed skaters.

I get if it's a nothing to you, but holy crap STFU.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by Sliver

lol, I'm the opposite of a packrat/junk collector.

I'm only 48. Let me enjoy the brick for a few fkn years, guy.

A lot of tits in this thread. Heaven forbid we want a memento of a neat time in our city to which we have a personal connection. The Olympics ruled, dude. I was 12 when they were here. I was one of the kids dancing and making shapes and stuff in the Opening Ceremonies. Walking out into the field after two years of intense practicing was surreal. We were on TV for the world and in front of a packed stadium. I remember going to Olympic Plaza for the medal ceremonies a couple times. Saw the aerial skiers. Saw the speed skaters.

I get if it's a nothing to you, but holy crap STFU.

I'm a few years older than you and loved the Olympics as well. I had pins and glasses commemorating them along with the ubiquitous SunIce jacket. I got rid of them because I don't need mementos.

I'm not saying you shouldn't enjoy your pissbrick. But I'm at my parents' house right now and I'm looking at all the crap I'm gonna have to deal with when I throw them in a home. Maybe your kids are better people than me.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

I'm a few years older than you and loved the Olympics as well. I had pins and glasses commemorating them along with the ubiquitous SunIce jacket. I got rid of them because I don't need mementos.

I'm not saying you shouldn't enjoy your pissbrick. But I'm at my parents' house right now and I'm looking at all the crap I'm gonna have to deal with when I throw them in a home. Maybe your kids are better people than me.

I'm not a boomer dude. I don't have a house filled with BS. No trinkets. No garbage.

Will have it somewhere in my Canmore condo, though. It's going to fit the vibe, big time. I have old ski signs, old snowboards, and a couple mountain-y things related to the Olympics already, an old trunk my Grandpa had when he moved to Sask from Ontario, etc. It's decorated like a chalet. I'll clean this brick, laquer the #### out of it and use it as a door stop for the patio. It'll fit right in. They can toss it if they want, but it'll completely go with the aesthetic of the chalet (which they'll get on a silver platter one day).

I have no China cabinet. No attic filled with garbage. No old toys of mine or theirs. I run a tight ship.

Sounds like I'm ornery on this, but I hear you for sure. Both my parents are gone and I was the executor, so I've been through what you're talking about. Mine were minimalist like me, so it wasn't a pain, but I do have some relatives that I look at and feel pity for the junk their kids will have to deal with one day. Just want to be clear I'm not that guy hah.

[PepsiFree]

I’ll still sell you a custom piss brick for a hefty fee.

[Wormius]

The most interesting thing to do with that brick is swab it and send to one of those DNA testing places.

Also soak it for a few days in warm water and see what happens. Maybe make your drink challenge, like the severed toe cocktail.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

I'm a few years older than you and loved the Olympics as well. I had pins and glasses commemorating them along with the ubiquitous SunIce jacket. I got rid of them because I don't need mementos.

I'm not saying you shouldn't enjoy your pissbrick. But I'm at my parents' house right now and I'm looking at all the crap I'm gonna have to deal with when I throw them in a home. Maybe your kids are better people than me.

Everyone is different.
I was 13 at the time of the Olympics. My family bought a brick. We've asked to retrieve it. My parents want it and when they pass, I will take it. I'm not a big memento person but i like ones where it leads to a good story or memory. And a brick doesn't take up much space.