Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf
Aug 9th 2009, 6:33 pm
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Replies: 482
Views: 15,735
Re: Oh So Quiet.......
<sigh>. I rest my case. Enjoy what's left of the forum. Keep in touch those of you who have my email.
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Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf
Aug 9th 2009, 6:23 pm
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Replies: 482
Views: 15,735
Re: Oh So Quiet.......
Have to agree. I miss the biting intellect and sometimes heated debates over various issues. If I wanted a bitchy coffee morning, I 'd head to Starbucks and find the hockey Mum's.
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Forum: Moving back to the UK / The Rovers Return
Aug 8th 2009, 7:10 pm
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Replies: 175
Views: 23,217
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Forum: Moving back to the UK / The Rovers Return
Aug 8th 2009, 7:08 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,339
Re: A sad time for me.....
So sorry to hear this. I had been with my ex husband for twenty years when we split, and we did have children. In that respect, I wish I had been given the option to move on with my life in a new...
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Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf
Aug 7th 2009, 2:23 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 373
Re: HELP RE EI entitlements
They can also turn his claim down on the basis that the wife was not working in NB, therefore she (they) chose to move provinces, rather than stay and maintain his employment. I have seen this denial...
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Forum: Canada
Aug 7th 2009, 2:04 am
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Replies: 100
Views: 4,324
Re: I Can't believe it!!!!!!!!!
There is also academic discrimination. A levels are for most Arts subjects, above Grade 12 standard by miles. (I am not a science based individual, so would not presume to comment on science...
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Forum: Canada
Aug 6th 2009, 7:24 am
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Replies: 100
Views: 4,324
Re: I Can't believe it!!!!!!!!!
The problem is the inconsistency between provincial jurisdictions though. In Ontario, my first UK degree gives me full credit plus one year (roughly) at Masters level. In BC, all I got was lower...
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Forum: Canada
Aug 6th 2009, 4:40 am
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,225
Re: Recommend a restaurant - Downtown Van
Another vote for Cin Cin, and a lament for the curried crab cakes with salad and a pile of fat chips they used to do at Joe Fortes.
The curried crab cakes are no more. :(
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Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf
Aug 6th 2009, 1:50 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,214
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Aug 5th 2009, 4:47 pm
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,009
Re: Returning? Did I ever leave?
Do get over yourself. You post saying you were unemployed when you went to Spain, have been on "holiday" for three years, therefore, by your own admission, continually unemployed for three years, and...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Aug 5th 2009, 6:59 am
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Replies: 37
Views: 2,009
Re: Returning? Did I ever leave?
Take enough money with you so that you don't hit either the rock or the hard place. :confused: If you don't have the money to tide you over - stay put in Spain (where you can work anyway, not sure...
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Forum: Canada
Aug 5th 2009, 6:01 am
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,371
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Forum: Canada
Aug 5th 2009, 5:15 am
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Replies: 100
Views: 4,324
Re: I Can't believe it!!!!!!!!!
BC gave me less credits than that for my first degree. :thumbdown: I had to re-do a whole bachelors degree basically, which I did in sixteen months, while working two jobs. This was not teaching...
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Forum: Canada
Aug 5th 2009, 2:19 am
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Replies: 100
Views: 6,376
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Forum: Canada
Aug 5th 2009, 1:57 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,999
Re: Housing in Canada
My goodness you must have been busy. Not sure I'd spend my time on a visit to the UK getting access to almost all of the dilipadated houses with almost identical interior layouts in the outskirts of...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Aug 3rd 2009, 11:08 pm
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,611
Re: LEAVING USA TO GIVE BIRTH IN UK
Erm....:confused:Three of my children were born overseas and they all have dual Canadian and British citizenship. Why would you go back as an NHS tourist, when you can just give birth where you are? ?
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Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf
Aug 3rd 2009, 3:10 am
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Replies: 56
Views: 3,596
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Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf
Aug 3rd 2009, 2:34 am
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Replies: 56
Views: 3,596
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Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf
Aug 2nd 2009, 8:47 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 658
Re: Anti virus software
I went back to Norton this year as I bought a new laptop. It seems to be quite efficient and has not slowed down this laptop at all. I had been using Avast, but I got a virus which went undetected,...
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Forum: Canada
Aug 1st 2009, 6:21 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 602
Re: Speech & Language Therapist
You need a Masters to practice as a speech pathologist here. All you will get for your degree is the lower level credits towards a Masters application - and if your degree is a 2:2 or below, prepare...
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Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf
Jul 31st 2009, 3:57 am
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,567
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Jul 31st 2009, 3:08 am
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,291
Re: Student Finance in the UK
You can appeal any decision made, but you have to show that your absence was always going to be temporary, and that you maintained ties to the UK throughout your absence. This is easier said than...
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Forum: Moving back to the UK
Jul 31st 2009, 1:47 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,100
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Forum: Canada / The Maple Leaf
Jul 30th 2009, 5:36 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,261
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Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2009, 3:30 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 4,537
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