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What a shock to see this in the window of a thrift store on Cambie, better known for second-hand maternity, and baby clothing. I couldn't stop to go in and ask after the firepower; perhaps it's in keeping with the store's regular wares -- "Baby's first Kill-o-zap gun", or something. I'm betting, though, it's a prop from one of the many sci-fi TV series which have been, or are being, filmed here in so-called "Hollywood North."

I don't consider myself a gun fancier in the slightest, though I remember a visit in the very early 1990s to a gun shop located incongruously below Byte Computers, an Apple Computer reseller. I remember because I nearly drooled on some of the firearms -- apparently I'm kind of "easy"when it comes to good, industrial design. Byte Computers was more interesting -- they were the most expensive place in town to buy Apple wares, but they were the best. They had a computer in the middle of their showroom, loaded with Mac programs, and files. This was before I, or anyone I knew, was online, or had even heard of the Internet. Anyone could come in to Byte with their own floppy disks, and take their fill. I bought my first modem after discovering the joys of "freeware," and "shareware" at Byte Computers. They've been gone for a long time. Click the images to enlarge them.