British Expats - Am I making a HUGE mistake!?!?

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- Canada (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/)

- - Am I making a HUGE mistake!?!? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/am-i-making-huge-mistake-807722/)

Siouxie

Sep 1st 2013 3:05 pm

Re: Am I making a HUGE mistake!?!?

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10881176)

That's quite interesting.

Tilers are rather uncommon in Canada, where roofs are commonly covered in asphalt shingles.

He'd likely do better in the UK.

You are confusing tiler with roofer, a common mistake amongst UK immigrants - if you had been completely assimilated you would know that a tiler, in Canada, fits tiles to bathroom walls, shower stalls, kitchens, floors and chimney stacks.

;)

Novocastrian

Sep 2nd 2013 2:33 am

Re: Am I making a HUGE mistake!?!?

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Originally Posted by Siouxie (Post 10881209)

Oh really? :) I just do that stuff myself.

caretaker

Sep 2nd 2013 3:29 am

Re: Am I making a HUGE mistake!?!?

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Originally Posted by Novocastrian (Post 10881176)

That's quite interesting.
Tilers are rather uncommon in Canada, where roofs are commonly covered in asphalt shingles.
He'd likely do better in the UK.

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In case she meant roofer -
Clay tile or ceramic roofs are gaining popularity, and have been big in Vancouver for ages. They make them out of recycled tires as well. Copper roofs are rare, but someone does it. Narrow niche market for wealthy eccentrics and old government buildings though. A man I played darts with saw my darts were made in Waltham-on-Thames and said he did his plumber's apprenticeship there, and that cladding copper roofs was part of the plumbers trade there, said they take a little brake up with them to custom bend.

Supermum1

Sep 2nd 2013 6:34 am

Re: Am I making a HUGE mistake!?!?

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Originally Posted by OntarioIsForLovers (Post 10877949)

Thats a tough one because my heart is screaming to get back on the plane ASAP but my head is saying to wait, and that I can go to Canada in a couple of years when I have this job on my resume. I guess my IEC is valid until March 2014, if I love my job I will have the answer, if I hate it I can always go to Canada as planned

You have your answer already, right here.
Take the job, if it doesn't work go there sooner, if so, even better you waited and got more experience, and got to do both, which also means no regrets for not having done one of them. Job is more solid than a boyfriend too, no guarantee what will happen in any relationship, I'd always put job before a fella for that reason.

bats	Sep 2nd 2013 10:58 am

Re: Am I making a HUGE mistake!?!?

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Originally Posted by OntarioIsForLovers (Post 10881126)

He is a tiler, which he can do anywhere, but we both want to live in Canada for the lifestyle

Ah, the lifestyle. ;). Work out what you would be doing in Ontario that you wouldn't do in England.

If you lived. In England instead of Canada for a few years, well that could be fun. You would have much more vacation time, could visit Europe easily, London, arts, culture. Then after a few years together you coukd do a spouse visa.

AllyS

Sep 2nd 2013 2:57 pm

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Originally Posted by magnumpi (Post 10878044)

I thought it was the other way round in Canada, a boyfriend is the bread winner and a career is just to keep women occupied until they get married and have ikle babies ;)

:thumbsup:

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