angie123

well, house is on the market, and getting in gear to move back to Canada - racking my brain what to buy that I know I will regret, if i dont, to bring back to canada.

I am going there this week and will be looking at stuff adn prices so i can come back and see what i need to ship over.

any ideas for me on that score? Can you use UK toilet seats in Canada? i know the lightbulbs are different, so no point in bringing my light fixtures.

what would a nice 1930's wooden side cabinet cost? i can get them here for next to nothing but it will cost to ship.

by the way, good deals on canadian affair at the moment, crappy airline (from memory) but cheap.

bodgerx

Quality cheese?

iaink

You wouldnt be allowed to bring it in under the foodstuff requirements

Personally I cant think of anything...

Adeletrotter

Bovril!!!!

Edo

Some good quality tyres cuz people say it snows a lot in Canada and then the roads are difficult to drive on?

iaink

Much more chance of finding decent winter tires in Canada I suspect... The snow actually makes the roads EASIER to drive on...it fills in the gigantic pot holes

dbd33

One of the very few things we've had brought from the UK was a kitchen sink. An embarassed daughter travelling as an unaccompanied minor brought it back. You just can't get quality kitchen sinks here, they don't have draining boards.

jericho

If you dont have it now, why would you want to specifically buy it and ship it over??

Helen Parnell

I have read it all now!!! i thought people bringing over christmas tree lights was a bit silly (cost about $10 new here) but toilet seats and light bulbs.

Don't for get to bring your own toilet paper

Alan2005

irony pills

Londonuck

Chocolate. Get rid of everything else and just fill up your bags with chocolate. Oooh and kidnap an Indian chef from your local curry house. Bring two if poss get a load on Canadian Ebay for him.

dingbat

I finally found a good BC curry house - Shandhar Hut in Chilliwack. Honestly.

P.S. The new Presidents Choice range in the white boxes is really good. Even my kids woof down the Aloo Gobi.

angie123

I asked a simple question and yes i want to bring my own toilet seats because i bought a bunch on sale at B&Q (wooden ones) and dont want to waste them

the sarcasm isnt appreciated - and not needed and not helpful. I want to bring whatever I can from here, that i can use, and not have to buy over there.

I am paying £4000 in transport moving fees anyway, so might as well load it up.

I know there are always 'senior' members on a list like this and often that 'title' carries with it 'big fish in a small pond' syndrome, but please keep it to yourself when responding to my queries. they are legitmate queries and I came here to get information not for my posts to be laughed at.

examine why you feel the need to belittle someone's query. As a canadian, I and others of my compatriots are often known as very polite, compared to other cultures - if you are a new canadian I suggest you try and do as the romans do and leave your british snottiness back home, or whatever kind of snottiness it is. Lots of very rude canadians too, just like everywhere else, and whatever group you wish to fall into, has very little to do with helping people on a list like this. please develop some maturity when answering people's posts, or consider not answering them at all.

thankfully I dont have to worry about going back to canada, i am a born and bred canadian. however, there are people on this list desperate to get to canada and i am quite sure they have enough to deal with than your sarcasm.

thank you

dbd33

I do wonder what people in your household do on or in toilets such that it's worth buying a bunch of seats. My post about the kitchen sink was truthful, no sarcasm there.

AdrianR

DFTBH!!!


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