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• Ben.Kerr commented on Parking in Montreal, Pain or Pleasure?
  Well driving in Montréal is a skill in itself. Kind of like playing a video game, but the drivers are crazier. The same is said for parking. I can’t even begin to think about the countless times I’ve driven around the block for twenty or thirty minutes waiting for a parking spot. Westmount is the worst near green. Try going to Chez Nicks at 11:00am and you’re bound to run into all the Westmount crowd already taken up the parking spots or stalking like lions for the next available one. St Catherine on the other hand is relatively okay, I’ve...
• Ben.Kerr commented on What is the role of alcohol in your life?
  Alcohol is a social tool for me, its something I have when I’m in different social situations. Which situation though determines how and what I have. If I’m at a Gala or important dinner with my family or friends, then I’ll stick to wine or a classier drink like a G&T.; When I’m out with my boys, I’ll keep to beer, a decent amount of it to. Nothing beats kicking back with the boys in the summer, throwing back brews on the dock up at the cotty. But when I’m out to party, then its every man for themselves. I’ll...
• Ydolon commented on What is the role of alcohol in your life?
  Wew. Many here are mistaking drinking with getting drunk. Alcohol is just another item for consumption in my life. If it is available I drink it to enjoy it no matter what situation I am in. Other than the obligatory matches to some foods (say: beer-bbq, chicken-ww, beef-rw) I drink whenever I can as long as I can enjoy what I am drinking. A beer or two during a concert = cool. Vodka and dancing = cool. A bottle of XYZ on my own after valentine's = not cool. Summers are incredibly dangerous. It would seem that both the heat...
• ranidjar commented on Parking in Montreal, Pain or Pleasure?
  Montreal is known for unclear parking signs at every corner of downtown. When I first moved here from Toronto I found it impossible to understand all the different parking signs compiled over one designated area. When you think that you have finally found a spot and you actually cannot believe it, all of a sudden that excitement is shattered upon return to your car with another $52 parking ticket. People in the past told me go to court and fight it and the officer will not even show up. My usual response is that I am going to go to...
• fatimasene commented on Parking in Montreal, Pain or Pleasure?
  Pain! especially in downtown, it is expensive there is never a place to park and two days ago I got into the metro store, came back out and I received a ticket of 52$, that was more than the budget i have calculated from home! Absolute pain....