Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
Jul 14th 2009, 12:48 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
Blimey....who died and made her queen of the forum...
Its a public forum, and an odd request. If you had read the read me file at the top of the Canada forum then you would probably have known what to expect. If a post is abusive (and I dont see anything here beyond gentle ribbing), report it and let the mods deal with it, dont pour gas on the flames
Its a public forum, and an odd request. If you had read the read me file at the top of the Canada forum then you would probably have known what to expect. If a post is abusive (and I dont see anything here beyond gentle ribbing), report it and let the mods deal with it, dont pour gas on the flames
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Jul 14th 2009, 12:48 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
I'm biting my tongue on this one.
Jul 14th 2009, 1:26 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
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
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
I was going to post a helpful comment saying that you can buy good loo seats in Canada that can be removed easily so that you can clean the loo properly. But then why should I say anything polite and helpful about Canada? A polite helpful Canadian has just labelled me British and snotty so that's what I will be.
As for doing as the Romans do I suggest you look into your countries policies on assimilation vs multiculturalism.
Jul 14th 2009, 2:21 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
I refer the honourable ladies and gentlemen to the answer I gave earlier
Jul 14th 2009, 2:50 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
"thankfully I dont have to worry about going back to canada, i am a born and bred canadian."
Why the question about loo seats then????
Why the question about loo seats then????
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Jul 14th 2009, 3:09 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
In a probably vain effort to provide a serious answer.....
Oddly, we did bring a loo seat with us
but not exactly on purpose - it's one of those special 3-part ones with a smaller seat for toddlers. We'd taken it off the loo in preparation for selling our flat, the packers found it in a cupboard and wrapped it up in bubblewrap before we had a chance to get rid of it. It now has pride of place in our powder room, where it fits perfectly on our Canadian throne. Having said that, though... Angie, you must have expected some sarcastic comments, surely, when you posted a question about toilet seats?
Light fixtures are a different matter. If you have table lamps, standard lamps etc to which you're particularly attached, it's not a big effort to rewire them for Canadian use. You'll need new flex (a 120V/60W bulb draws more current than a 240V/60W bulb) and a new bulbholder, in order to meet CSA approvals, but these are available by the ton in Crappy Tire or Home Depot and it's a job any moderately competent DIYer can do.
We bought a couple of bits of furniture from a saleroom just prior to moving over - a chest of drawers for a spare bedroom, a couple of bedside cabinets, a set of dining chairs - because our small flat in the UK had no need of these, but we anticipated having a rather larger house when we got here. Our taste in furniture was, and remains, closer to what we could get for a song in the UK than to what we could spend (a lot) more to buy here. Good new furniture is expensive anywhere; good old furniture is hard to find in Canada, in our experience.
Oddly, we did bring a loo seat with us
but not exactly on purpose - it's one of those special 3-part ones with a smaller seat for toddlers. We'd taken it off the loo in preparation for selling our flat, the packers found it in a cupboard and wrapped it up in bubblewrap before we had a chance to get rid of it. It now has pride of place in our powder room, where it fits perfectly on our Canadian throne. Having said that, though... Angie, you must have expected some sarcastic comments, surely, when you posted a question about toilet seats?Light fixtures are a different matter. If you have table lamps, standard lamps etc to which you're particularly attached, it's not a big effort to rewire them for Canadian use. You'll need new flex (a 120V/60W bulb draws more current than a 240V/60W bulb) and a new bulbholder, in order to meet CSA approvals, but these are available by the ton in Crappy Tire or Home Depot and it's a job any moderately competent DIYer can do.
We bought a couple of bits of furniture from a saleroom just prior to moving over - a chest of drawers for a spare bedroom, a couple of bedside cabinets, a set of dining chairs - because our small flat in the UK had no need of these, but we anticipated having a rather larger house when we got here. Our taste in furniture was, and remains, closer to what we could get for a song in the UK than to what we could spend (a lot) more to buy here. Good new furniture is expensive anywhere; good old furniture is hard to find in Canada, in our experience.
Jul 14th 2009, 3:36 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
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
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
We worried endlessly about what we should bring over with us, but really there's nothing you can't buy or get your hands on through ebay etc, so no need to worry too much about it. There's nothing I can think of that's truly essential.
Jul 14th 2009, 4:02 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
i had heard that cheese, chocolate and cereals are in short supply out there.
and mint sauce!
and mint sauce!
Jul 14th 2009, 4:29 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
Angie 123 totally get what you are saying - it really puts me off posting and I haven't yet dared to start a whole new thread even tho I have
questions to ask...
questions to ask...
Jul 14th 2009, 4:33 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
Jul 14th 2009, 4:38 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
People are generally too sensitive, you have to remember that british humour is the norm here, sarcasm is part of that, as is poking fun at people. I suspect the relative anonymity of the internet adds to that too, but rest assured, genuine abuse will not be tollerated.
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Jul 14th 2009, 4:40 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
We simply cannot read every post, if you feel that somebody is overstepping the mark or being abusive then click on the report button - that's what it's there for!
Go on Kate, be brave, post those questions.................
(Just check the Wiki first to make sure the answer isn't in there )
Jul 14th 2009, 4:55 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
Here I am, hoping that someone will mention Marks and Spencer's bras so we can have another discussion about ample women's wobbly bits.
Jul 14th 2009, 5:04 pm
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Re: Advice for what to buy in UK to bring to Canada
Kate and others who have commented in a similar vein - if you have issues with the forum and think posts are out of line, then why not report them to the mods?
We simply cannot read every post, if you feel that somebody is overstepping the mark or being abusive then click on the report button - that's what it's there for!
Go on Kate, be brave, post those questions................. (Just check the Wiki first to make sure the answer isn't in there )
We simply cannot read every post, if you feel that somebody is overstepping the mark or being abusive then click on the report button - that's what it's there for!
Go on Kate, be brave, post those questions................. (Just check the Wiki first to make sure the answer isn't in there )
anyway thanks for the encouragement - ill give it a go one day soon... watch this space!