It's nice to know that after 40 years of driving that I can still learn a thing or two. Apparently if you park too close to the corner in Vancouver you get a $50.00 ticket. ($50.00 if you pay it right away, $150.00 if you don't. ) Also if you get a ticket, you must also be towed to Buster's Towing Yard and pay $84.15 plus tax to have your car returned to you.
It was alleged that I did "stop within 6 metres of the nearest edge of the closest sidewalk on an intersecting street." Still you don't want to let a little thing like having your car towed mar your evening. But it did. It wasn't so much the large amount of money or the colossal waste of time or the damper it put on the evening as much as the horrible, sick feeling I got when I looked down from my friend's balcony and saw that my car was not where I had parked it. My mouth got dry and my heart started beating loudly. Where was my car?
The funny thing was was that we had walked to a nearby restaurant, put up with yelling at each other because it was so noisy, walked around the neighbourhood some more and sat outside on the deck on the other side of the building. We were so close to where I had parked my car the entire evening but had no inkling that it had disappeared until right before I left. Luckily, my friend was wise to the antics of parking by-law enforcers and knew right where the lot was and it too, was very close. No big deal, right?
When you are celebrating your 20 year Friend-iversary, with a very valued and important friend, you cannot let a little thing like a car towing ruin your good time. Just look at it as an impromptu lesson that enhances your 40 year driving skills. Or lack thereof.
It was alleged that I did "stop within 6 metres of the nearest edge of the closest sidewalk on an intersecting street." Still you don't want to let a little thing like having your car towed mar your evening. But it did. It wasn't so much the large amount of money or the colossal waste of time or the damper it put on the evening as much as the horrible, sick feeling I got when I looked down from my friend's balcony and saw that my car was not where I had parked it. My mouth got dry and my heart started beating loudly. Where was my car?
The funny thing was was that we had walked to a nearby restaurant, put up with yelling at each other because it was so noisy, walked around the neighbourhood some more and sat outside on the deck on the other side of the building. We were so close to where I had parked my car the entire evening but had no inkling that it had disappeared until right before I left. Luckily, my friend was wise to the antics of parking by-law enforcers and knew right where the lot was and it too, was very close. No big deal, right?
When you are celebrating your 20 year Friend-iversary, with a very valued and important friend, you cannot let a little thing like a car towing ruin your good time. Just look at it as an impromptu lesson that enhances your 40 year driving skills. Or lack thereof.
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