I confirm that I am active internally. I have a very full life which is keeping me over busy. I still have a lot of love for Talossa, and I do read the Clark each month to make my mind on how to vote on it. And I didn't change political party.

I each month hope to become more active, but life has other plans for me for now.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 09, 2025, 09:05:47 AMWe do love food... but we're vegetarians!  So I don't think the brisket or reuben is going to be for us.  I will definitely remember to try the bagels, Montreal-style.  What does that mean?  Are they different somehow?

There are good vegetarian places, but since I have so many plant-based food intolerances since I was sick that I can't actually become a vegetarian, or I wouldn't have much proteins to eat :-(

Are they different... Oh boy!

The abomination you call bagels, is a pastry. It has far too much salt in it, and are basically processed food. They are are basically bread with a hole in them (as said in the video below). They are boiled in baking soda, yuck.

The Montreal style bagels are something else... artisanal, fresh, boiled in honey water with a golden crush with an fluffly internal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-wHd6oJUIU

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on April 05, 2025, 03:43:29 PMOne day the whole truth will come out about how John J. aka Ian Metaira was in the behind-the-scenes discussions with the Republican secessionists in May 2004 :D Of those here, probably only @GV and @mpf would have full-hand knowledge, but that guy was definitely playing both sides

My perception at the time, was that Ian Metaira was fully on board with the secession, but John J. wanted to stand by his friend.

If you like metal music, you have to stop at the Foofs as it is legendary (but underwhelming in my humble opinion).

If you like food, well, Montreal is often #1 in gastronomy lists, with Austin, TX as a second (I remember, I was in Austin, and a food server proudly told my group that Austin was #2 in all of North America. I asked what number #1 was, and he said "Ah, it's not even in the USA, it's Montreal". He was actually HAPPY to serve a Montrealer... but he didn't blow my mind.

You need to taste Montreal style bagels, but don't need to go to St-Viateur or Fairmount if you can't. There are other places. Just make sure they are Montreal style.

You should also find a deli and get a smoked-meat sandwich, they came from Montreal apparently, but you can get them elsewhere, they are called "Reuben" outside of Montreal.

The difference is in the brisket. I had a Reuben in Austin,TX and it wasn't as good as in Montreal, but maybe it's me...

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 09, 2025, 08:16:34 AMYeah, since I posted that first post, I did enough research to find that I probably will have to park at the hotel. It's good to hear that's correct.

Any place you think I should particularly go in the city, that a tourist might not ordinarily think to go to?

Thank you for your advice, by the way!

There is PLENTY to do in Montreal, but I don't know what you have in mind?

Do you like to walk? The underground city is fun to have a walk in while it's raining.

Do you like museums? The McCord museum is not well know but is rather cool.

How far do you want to travel? Because the downtown area is very cool, but there are places too.

Do you want farmer's market? To ride a bike?

Thank you both!

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 09, 2025, 07:10:13 AMI will be staying downtown.

I don't think we're Facebook friends? I don't really use it anymore.

Any advice you have to offer would be really appreciated, when it comes to visiting the city. I've been before, but only briefly to walk the cobblestones of the old city.

I don't really have one. Parking over night is banned almost everywhere and if you leave it at night at a park and ride, odds are you will be towed. So the hotel parking is most likely the best (and possibly only) option

There are no free parking options downtown. All "free parking lot" have deals with towing companies to tow cars from non-customers, and every other parking place charges per hour, sometimes with a maximum per day, but still expensive.

The only option I could see, is to park at a downtown hospital, since the government put a maximum parking cost on those parking lots, and several offer long term parking (like if you are hospitalized)

Unlike shopping malls, the parking lot of the hospitals are NOT managed by the hospital, but rather by the non-profit foundation of the hospital.

As such, I don't think they check you really are in the hospital?

Like, if you park at Notre-Dame:

https://en.parkopedia.ca/parking/lot/h%C3%B4pital_notre_dame/h2l/montr%C3%A9al/?arriving=202507090900&leaving=202507091100

It's $11 per 24 hour period, and 49.75 per week. It is visitor only, but I don't know how well they check.

Away from downtown, there might be areas where you can park for free near a subway station, especially far away from downtown (like on the Orange line on either branches).

That could be an option, but be careful; if you don't drive your car at all, it might still be towed for being abandoned, even if parking is legal.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 03, 2025, 07:35:47 PMMy wife and I will be going to Montreal in a couple of weeks -- I wonder if there's anyone local who can tell me if it's a good idea to get parking at the hotel, or if it makes more sense to use a park-and-ride garage and just take the metro?  We'll be staying downtown.  Is @mpf around to opine?

I honestly have no idea! Where are you staying? Are we facebook friends?

I personally think that Senats candidates should be selected as follows, if there is more than one candidate:

50% of the vote is by members of the party within the province, and 50% of the vote is from members outside of the province.

Senators represent a province, sure, but they are also important safeguards for the Cosa.

Let's say that there are 3 members of the party in the province, and two of them are in a sort of fringe sub-branch. They propose one of them, while the party backs another.

They would get 2/3 in the province, which is 67%, but the rest of the party all vote for the other member (who has 1/3).

2/3 + 0   = 33.5% of the total vote
1/3 + 100 = 66.5% of the total vote.

The province still has a say, they are 50% of the vote, but that way, the party can make sure that the backed senate candidates trully represent the party.

59RZ20: Contrâ
59RZ21: Abstain
59RZ22: Për
59RZ23: Për
59RZ24: Për

Please, can we do whatever you can to help move this forward?

Can this be Clarked for the 5th Clark?

I also abstain on Party President, I am not sure I know the candidate.

I vote per on the rest.

WHEREAS abuse of trust isn't only against minors, but can be against anyone under authority, such as a college student graded by a teacher, or an elderly person helped by an orderly, and
WHEREAS RZ8 is a good bill that just doesn't go far enough,

WHERE BE IT ENACTED by the King, Senäts and Cosă in Ziu assembled that section 7.3.1.1 in El Lexhatx A.7.3.1 which currently reads as:

7.3.1.1. "Sexual violence" shall include abuse of trust, where a Talossan citizen over the age of 18 initiates sexual conduct (physically or by means of words or images) with any person under the age of 18; and the citizen over 18 is in a position of supervision, authority or tutelage over said person under 18.

Be changed to:

7.3.1.1. "Sexual violence" shall include abuse of trust, where a Talossan citizen over the age of 18 initiates sexual conduct (physically or by means of words or images) with any person over which they area position of supervision, authority or tutelage, unless proper prior consent is given and that person is 18 of older.

Proposed by Marti-Pair Furxheir, Senator of Ataturk.

I believe in the importance of the Senate. I think it is the supreme chamber of the Ziu, whose role is to ensure the Cosa doesn't pass laws that aren't represented by ALL of the provinces.

Because of this belief, I cannot accept that we nominate a Mencei without ALL of the Senators seated.

If we do, we will need to do it AGAIN once all of them are seated, so I vote yes, postpone until official.