In Vancouver
I gave a PHP and Unicode talk to the PHP Users group in Vancouver last week. The turn out was decent considering it was a holiday weekend, and I got to see more of the city than the last time I visited. Apparently, the bars and clubs on Granville street can now stay open and sell alcohol until 4 am. Now, take that and add the fact that the drinking age in Canada is 19 years. Got the picture yet? Walking up and down Granville sidewalks, you practically have to shove your way through the throngs of people waiting in lines for their turn at the “drink and hit on anything with a pulse” contest. Scene:
Peter, Shane, and I are weaving our way through the crowds on the way home. Turning onto a much less crowded Davie St:
Peter: It gets easier from here on.
Just as he says this, he runs into some girl.
The girl (indignant): Hell no, you’re not touching me!
10/10/2005 at 12:44 pm Permalink
“Apparently, the bars and clubs on Granville street can now stay open and sell alcohol until 4 am. Now, take that and add the fact that the drinking age in Canada is 19 years. Got the picture yet?”
In addition to Vancouver’s immense drug abuse problem, they have a problem with alcohol abuse too?
10/10/2005 at 2:43 pm Permalink
The legal drinking age is specific to each Canadian province. It is 19 in British Columbia and most other provinces (where in some cases it was actually raised from 18 in the 70s), but 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Québec.
10/10/2005 at 5:33 pm Permalink
I don’t get it. Are you suggesting 19 is high or low for a legal drinking age? It’s higher than most countries in the world (although not by much), but lower than the US.
10/10/2005 at 7:16 pm Permalink
I believe 18 is old enough to drink, not to bring it up but I always thought if you were old enough to make a decision about war, you’re old enough to figure out what to put in your body,
10/10/2005 at 7:54 pm Permalink
Canada rules. I love Montreal. I first went there for PHP Quebec and since then, I’ve been back three times this year. Although I think Montreal may have a little more class than Vancouver, but I could be mistaken. Glad you had fun! Invite me next time.