Australia better than Canada?
Apr 21st 2013, 2:09 am
#136
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
Yeah, they're all getting to the end of the tether now with the snow just starting to melt. The posts on fb from frustrated Albertans have been amusing. "Where is spring already OMFG...aaaaaargh" 
First snowfall is often by the end of October. There's something like a 50/50 chance of bringing the kids Trick-or-Treating in snowsuits and winter boots.
Definitely snow by November unless it's an El Nino year.
If you would rather the -40 than +40, then I suspect you'll do just fine.
First snowfall is often by the end of October. There's something like a 50/50 chance of bringing the kids Trick-or-Treating in snowsuits and winter boots.
Definitely snow by November unless it's an El Nino year.
If you would rather the -40 than +40, then I suspect you'll do just fine.
You reminded me of this FB post from my brother recently titled "Spring in Alberta"....they are 45 mins north of Calgary:
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Apr 21st 2013, 2:33 am
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
Yup, that looks like it. Edmonton had snow in the forecast for this weekend too. Oh and 60% chance of flurries for Fri the 26th of April.
<--Albertan.
Maybe, being as content and "successful" as we were, we should have stayed in Edmonton, like Oink says, but after living your entire life in a place where it starts snowing in October and doesn't end until nearly May, well, it gets to you after a while. Ooh, look, five months of the year with no snow, just city-wide frantic construction, potholes, tornado watches, and mosquitoes. YAY! Woot!
<--Albertan.Maybe, being as content and "successful" as we were, we should have stayed in Edmonton, like Oink says, but after living your entire life in a place where it starts snowing in October and doesn't end until nearly May, well, it gets to you after a while. Ooh, look, five months of the year with no snow, just city-wide frantic construction, potholes, tornado watches, and mosquitoes. YAY!
Woot!
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Apr 21st 2013, 2:48 am
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
Yup, that looks like it. Edmonton had snow in the forecast for this weekend too. Oh and 60% chance of flurries for Fri the 26th of April.
<--Albertan.
Maybe, being as content and "successful" as we were, we should have stayed in Edmonton, like Oink says, but after living your entire life in a place where it starts snowing in October and doesn't end until nearly May, well, it gets to you after a while. Ooh, look, five months of the year with no snow, just city-wide frantic construction, potholes, tornado watches, and mosquitoes. YAY! Woot!
<--Albertan.Maybe, being as content and "successful" as we were, we should have stayed in Edmonton, like Oink says, but after living your entire life in a place where it starts snowing in October and doesn't end until nearly May, well, it gets to you after a while. Ooh, look, five months of the year with no snow, just city-wide frantic construction, potholes, tornado watches, and mosquitoes. YAY!
Woot!
Having said that he was pretty shocked by the above photo, I guess you must start to forget the worst of it over time.
Apr 21st 2013, 5:23 am
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
Accent is awful. Weather channel kept saying "Awwdum" last night, Pardon?, oh you mean Autumn.
Bad as news reporters saying 'I'd ull be dwenny degrees dudaay. Ok twenty degrees today, or on chewsdayy or jewsdaay, fursdaay will be noice.
Its sounds lazy and common, but is at its worst when frequently punctuated with bloody or the F word every second word for absolutely no reason.
Bad as news reporters saying 'I'd ull be dwenny degrees dudaay. Ok twenty degrees today, or on chewsdayy or jewsdaay, fursdaay will be noice.
Its sounds lazy and common, but is at its worst when frequently punctuated with bloody or the F word every second word for absolutely no reason.
Apr 21st 2013, 8:04 am
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
7th May 2002!!! NW Calgary.
Apr 21st 2013, 9:07 am
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
Accent is awful. Weather channel kept saying "Awwdum" last night, Pardon?, oh you mean Autumn.
Bad as news reporters saying 'I'd ull be dwenny degrees dudaay. Ok twenty degrees today, or on chewsdayy or jewsdaay, fursdaay will be noice.
Its sounds lazy and common, but is at its worst when frequently punctuated with bloody or the F word every second word for absolutely no reason.
Bad as news reporters saying 'I'd ull be dwenny degrees dudaay. Ok twenty degrees today, or on chewsdayy or jewsdaay, fursdaay will be noice.
Its sounds lazy and common, but is at its worst when frequently punctuated with bloody or the F word every second word for absolutely no reason.
'nuff said
Apr 21st 2013, 9:11 am
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
On holidays, One point that often catches immigrants is 40%+ of aussie jobs are casual. Even for long term jobs people have done for years/decades. Some huge employers have an almost entirely casual workforce. No actual holiday pay, just a small additional hourly allowance and ' if and when we need you at call work hours'. Professional jobs too, not just retail etc.
Temp/contract/casual suits a lot of people. I'm a contract worker. Have been since 1992 in SA, UK, here. I'd work no other way. The myth of 'job security' from permanent employment really is a myth - and an excuse to pay you less.
Apr 21st 2013, 9:49 am
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Re: Australia better than Canada?
No different from the UK and USA where it is very easy to get rid of staff - permie or otherwise. The rise in temp staff here is in response to labour laws that are stacked against the employer.
Temp/contract/casual suits a lot of people. I'm a contract worker. Have been since 1992 in SA, UK, here. I'd work no other way. The myth of 'job security' from permanent employment really is a myth - and an excuse to pay you less.
Temp/contract/casual suits a lot of people. I'm a contract worker. Have been since 1992 in SA, UK, here. I'd work no other way. The myth of 'job security' from permanent employment really is a myth - and an excuse to pay you less.
Apr 23rd 2013, 3:59 am
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Apr 23rd 2013, 6:08 am
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Apr 23rd 2013, 7:50 am
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Apr 23rd 2013, 9:51 am
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Apr 23rd 2013, 9:53 am
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Apr 23rd 2013, 10:21 am
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Australia can be very city vs country - so I can hear a bit of a country accent in a King's educated farmer...because he spends all his time with bushmen...
anyone who says there is no class differences in accent - work in an office - then notice the difference when the tradies visit. It's probably true though it's not so wide as in the UK - where you can still hear cut-glass and Cockney in the same office. There is a huge middle ground in Melbourne - probably equivalent to Estuary English in the SE of England.
Apr 23rd 2013, 10:53 am
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There would be class distinctions in the US too. In general the higher the education the better the speech.
Australia can be very city vs country - so I can hear a bit of a country accent in a King's educated farmer...because he spends all his time with bushmen...
anyone who says there is no class differences in accent - work in an office - then notice the difference when the tradies visit. It's probably true though it's not so wide as in the UK - where you can still hear cut-glass and Cockney in the same office. There is a huge middle ground in Melbourne - probably equivalent to Estuary English in the SE of England.
Australia can be very city vs country - so I can hear a bit of a country accent in a King's educated farmer...because he spends all his time with bushmen...
anyone who says there is no class differences in accent - work in an office - then notice the difference when the tradies visit. It's probably true though it's not so wide as in the UK - where you can still hear cut-glass and Cockney in the same office. There is a huge middle ground in Melbourne - probably equivalent to Estuary English in the SE of England.