more beer and transit

you cannot drink beer on the bus in almost all places. don't try it. this post is not an endorsement of such activity (unless you get away with it)

beer (start with the better stuff0

in quebec city, there is a worker owned brewery (it's like anarchist heaven) called La Barberie. Their beer is good, nothing tastes better than the revolution

also there is a little brewery on the Ile D'Orleans, i forget their name not worker owned, damn good beer

there's the usuals, b'oreale, those folks who put too much alcohol in their beer (fin de monde and such). Much like the scotish, there is a mistaken idea that the taste of too much alcohol makes beer yummier, this is incorrect, stop it

transit, i forgot to mention that in quebec city they have cute arrows on the bus stops telling you which direction the bus will go in

,montreal, i sung their praises, but they do the toronto thing, no buses for thirty minutes then three in a row. like WTF? and instead of frequent service (FS on your toronto schedule, really means fairly seldom). they do this : ">>", which also means "fairly seldom"

however their trains use rubber tires. what a great idea, you can sleep on the platform. reminds me of washington DC for some reason. also, there is a cote tard in one station selling beer. my god, finally civilization

ottawa - nice bus drivers (also got to talk to some posties we are screwed for strikes now), the bus in its own lanes specially made, great mid range idea until you can get a subway. on the other hand, what the f++k is the "O" train? it's weirder than the original Vancouver sky train and goes less places. however, it takes my best friend from grade school home from work so it's ok with me

north bay has buses, and their bus stop signs are neon yellow, which is cool because every worker in london england wears it (a lot of british people are short sighted). they don't run often, but the only mall seems to be at the bus station so every bus goes there. they also charged sidney (who is six) a full fare. In quebec we kept saying "he's six" and they'd say "yep he's five, don't pay any money" (plus all day on fete nationale they didn't charge for the bus)

on other news, we have suddenly seen or talked to so many people we love: jordan and jared (a man needs a maid, oh and youtube "go the f++k to sleep" parents), moose, john h, meg (the leitolds are stalking us across canada), sarita (only by phone), bita, fiegehen, karen, and the wifey. it's nice to seem friends and comrades

there are a lot of dead flies here in north bay, lesley likes them, she'll tell you about them

mac