Books that changed your lives - or at least made you think!
Mar 20th 2008, 12:17 am
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Re: Books that changed your lives - or at least made you think!
Hmm - think they've quoted nearby Valemount's population in that article by mistake - we've only got a couple of hundred...
It's where highways 5 and 16 meet, about 10 mins drive from Mt Robson... Other than our famous mountain, the nearest well known place is Jasper (100km) as we're not v.far from the AB border.
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Mar 20th 2008, 12:43 am
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Re: Books that changed your lives - or at least made you think!
http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regio...s/?townID=3991
Hmm - think they've quoted nearby Valemount's population in that article by mistake - we've only got a couple of hundred...
It's where highways 5 and 16 meet, about 10 mins drive from Mt Robson... Other than our famous mountain, the nearest well known place is Jasper (100km) as we're not v.far from the AB border.
Hmm - think they've quoted nearby Valemount's population in that article by mistake - we've only got a couple of hundred...
It's where highways 5 and 16 meet, about 10 mins drive from Mt Robson... Other than our famous mountain, the nearest well known place is Jasper (100km) as we're not v.far from the AB border.
Mar 20th 2008, 1:10 am
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Re: Books that changed your lives - or at least made you think!
My husband was having a stressful day at work and during his lunch break he spotted a B&B property we'd previously stayed in (in Whistler) on the market for over a million dollars!
He sent me the link and jokingly asked if I wanted to buy it?He went back to his work and I carried on browsing the B&Bs FSBO site and found Lazy Dog Acres. I sent him back the new link and said, how about this one instead? We both instantly fell in love with the pictures and the asking price turned out to be less than we would get for our 3 bed semi in Chester, so we decided to sell up.
About 4 months later the sale and purchase was completed and we moved over. (It was all made far easier by having a Canadian born husband.)
You're right - there isn't much around here, apart from the mountains, but that's why we love it. There's plenty of work if you're technical and not too fussed what you end up doing
My husband has ended up being a Technical Analyst after having never done any IT at a professional level before (he was an R&D hardware engineer, designing scientific instrumentation in the UK.) I've only just (as in, last week ) got my PR. My plan is to finally tackle some of the websites that locals have been asking me to do...do a bit of PC repair work...maybe the odd bit of freelance PCB layout...and that's all stuff I can do from home, so it's not a problem that we're a bit remote!Bet you wish you'd never asked
Mar 20th 2008, 1:30 am
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Re: Books that changed your lives - or at least made you think!
Just an impulse really...wanted a change of pace!
My husband was having a stressful day at work and during his lunch break he spotted a B&B property we'd previously stayed in (in Whistler) on the market for over a million dollars! He sent me the link and jokingly asked if I wanted to buy it?
He went back to his work and I carried on browsing the B&Bs FSBO site and found Lazy Dog Acres. I sent him back the new link and said, how about this one instead? We both instantly fell in love with the pictures and the asking price turned out to be less than we would get for our 3 bed semi in Chester, so we decided to sell up.
About 4 months later the sale and purchase was completed and we moved over. (It was all made far easier by having a Canadian born husband.)
You're right - there isn't much around here, apart from the mountains, but that's why we love it. There's plenty of work if you're technical and not too fussed what you end up doing My husband has ended up being a Technical Analyst after having never done any IT at a professional level before (he was an R&D hardware engineer, designing scientific instrumentation in the UK.) I've only just (as in, last week ) got my PR. My plan is to finally tackle some of the websites that locals have been asking me to do...do a bit of PC repair work...maybe the odd bit of freelance PCB layout...and that's all stuff I can do from home, so it's not a problem that we're a bit remote!
Bet you wish you'd never asked
My husband was having a stressful day at work and during his lunch break he spotted a B&B property we'd previously stayed in (in Whistler) on the market for over a million dollars!
He sent me the link and jokingly asked if I wanted to buy it?He went back to his work and I carried on browsing the B&Bs FSBO site and found Lazy Dog Acres. I sent him back the new link and said, how about this one instead? We both instantly fell in love with the pictures and the asking price turned out to be less than we would get for our 3 bed semi in Chester, so we decided to sell up.
About 4 months later the sale and purchase was completed and we moved over. (It was all made far easier by having a Canadian born husband.)
You're right - there isn't much around here, apart from the mountains, but that's why we love it. There's plenty of work if you're technical and not too fussed what you end up doing
My husband has ended up being a Technical Analyst after having never done any IT at a professional level before (he was an R&D hardware engineer, designing scientific instrumentation in the UK.) I've only just (as in, last week ) got my PR. My plan is to finally tackle some of the websites that locals have been asking me to do...do a bit of PC repair work...maybe the odd bit of freelance PCB layout...and that's all stuff I can do from home, so it's not a problem that we're a bit remote!Bet you wish you'd never asked
Edit: double doses are apparently not allowed.
Mar 20th 2008, 1:35 am
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Re: Books that changed your lives - or at least made you think!
Personality Plus.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad.
The L-Shaped Room.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad.
The L-Shaped Room.
Mar 20th 2008, 1:40 am
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Mar 20th 2008, 1:41 am
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Re: Books that changed your lives - or at least made you think!
"How to win when facing divorce" by Barry J Roche 
Mar 20th 2008, 1:44 am
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Mar 20th 2008, 1:53 am
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Re: Books that changed your lives - or at least made you think!
The Throwback by Tom Sharpe, because it made me laugh so hard in the middle of court (as a student) I nearly got booted from the course.
Under A Glass Bell by Anais Nin
The Republic Plato
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
Brave New World Aldous Huxley.
Ballad of the Sad Cafe Carson McCullers.
The History Man Malcolm Bradbury. (Can't believe I thought University was like that....oh yeah..it was....
)
All the ones on Novo's first list.
Under A Glass Bell by Anais Nin
The Republic Plato
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
Brave New World Aldous Huxley.
Ballad of the Sad Cafe Carson McCullers.
The History Man Malcolm Bradbury. (Can't believe I thought University was like that....oh yeah..it was....
)All the ones on Novo's first list.
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Mar 20th 2008, 1:58 am
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Re: Books that changed your lives - or at least made you think!
The Throwback by Tom Sharpe, because it made me laugh so hard in the middle of court (as a student) I nearly got booted from the course.
Under A Glass Bell by Anais Nin
The Republic Plato
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
Brave New World Aldous Huxley.
Ballad of the Sad Cafe Carson McCullers.
The History Man Malcom Bradbury. (Can't believe I thought University was like that....oh yeah..it was....)
All the ones on Novo's first list.
Under A Glass Bell by Anais Nin
The Republic Plato
Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad
Brave New World Aldous Huxley.
Ballad of the Sad Cafe Carson McCullers.
The History Man Malcom Bradbury. (Can't believe I thought University was like that....oh yeah..it was....
)All the ones on Novo's first list.
Heart of Darkness was prescribed school reading, so I didn't enjoy it until
I re-read it in the aftermath of Apocalypse Now
Mar 20th 2008, 1:59 am
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Mar 20th 2008, 2:16 am
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Re: Books that changed your lives - or at least made you think!
Books that changed your lives
Mar 20th 2008, 2:26 am
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