Scoot City

My favourite part of Hamilton’s own VIEW magazine is the Rant Line (and Savage Love is good too). For those of you who are not from Hamilton, the Rant Line is a column where people write in anonymously and well, rant, about anything that has to do with Hamilton. They are hilarious with topics that can stretch out for weeks, and more often then not very true.

Last week someone submitted the following rant and I almost died because I was just talking about this with K-9 Steve and he also agrees that it’s bullshit:

“Just moved here from Toronto. Great city, great people, great magazine. One question. What’s with all the walkers and canes in this city? I don’t understand. Is it for free bus fare? A lot of lost revenue”.

YES!!! It is for free bus fare and I can be a witness to it. Half of the people I see in Hamilton with walkers, canes and scooters don’t need them. They have told me to my face that they don’t need them. That it helps them get around town better, faster, carry their beer without breaking….whatever it is.

I look at Hamilton and it’s like reading a Lynda Barry comic strip. Everyone’s moving horizontally, sluggishly. It’s entertaining, mesmerizing, original, humorous even but when analyzed further there’s like this dark deep rooted underlying meaning. It’s sad. Really fucking sad.

But anyways…back to the entertaining part. Here are some studs on their scooters, living life in Hamilton.

Disclaimer: By the way, I’m not saying that these individuals in particular participate in utilizing mobile devices to get a free ride. Reiner has a bum leg, and Buzz needs his walker for “work”.