I need your deal then, for Sky world with all the trimmings its £45 per month which is pretty much what the guy was saying CO.

Back to the OP, 6 weeks i've had longer ****s . Sorry but as everyone says you cant judge anything on 6weeks, I found things very much what I expected on our Recce, I thought beer might be cheaper but hey I needed to cut down anyway

Any country that has A & W cant be bad

We don't have Sky World (no idea what it is!), but have Sky Knowledge pack plus usual channels, free Sky+ box, broadband, line rental and all calls (including international) for the £17.50.

So nearly $100 seems v expensive to me!!

I didn't like to ask ...... we're close but not that close!

I thought it was a funny comment but he said that when you tear toilet paper in England a lot of dust comes off - our Charmin stuff felt like real cotton, no dust.

It did feel good to be 'exporting' stuff for once rather than giving him a list of things to bring .... still they'll make a nice cheap Christmas present this year (and fairly light to post)

And yes, they do still have that shiny stuff ... I remember my gran putting that in the outside loo but that was years and years ago - who on earth still uses it??

J

Six weeks.... ridiculous, they haven't even tried. Did they think it would be so easy? I have seen people who ASSume they will walk into jobs just because they come from the UK where they worked for a large well known company etc... They do not change their superior attitude until they havent been employed for a while and are willing to step down the ladder a ways. I worked in an inferior position for the first 18 months and then rebuilt my career by my actions and knowledge. The rest of their complaint is more of a shopping and expectation problem. (or could it be an exchange rate thing)

The reason things are difficult in life is to weed out those without the stamina, character to reach the goal! So I guess this is the same.

Troll alert.

Stuff like like this could've been discovered by an afternoon of research. Boring.

Are you sure they actually immigrated and weren't just on holiday?

See everyone was as surprised as I was. It is a bit serious moving after 6 wks....

My understanding is, they havent been there before and did all the research via internet. Sold everything lock stock and barrel and within 2 wks bought a house. The house was a wreck but they didnt know that at the time and now is spending money on fixing it up to sell.
The have teenagers who wont have the chance to start school and are hoping to sell up and shift out befor the school term in Sept.

I have tried to convince them to stay but they think that Canada is backward and lacks a lot of the likes of internet shopping. They dont like that when they complain to the Canadian that their country is lacking in supplies that they get shut off They think the Canadians are too friendly

I suppose I was just wondering if anyone had gone through anything that shocked the lives out of them.
I have been many times on recces and wouldnt be moving without the knowledge of the country in some way or other so I just want to hear about any stumble stories that anyone has had and thought that it wasnt what they were expecting...Anything I should be aware of. We are moving to the Toronto shortly and if anyone has anything to offer, stories or anything to watch out for that I might have missed whilst there.

Well, although we are still in the UK we haven't had a TV for 6 years, live 5 miles from the nearest pint of milk and all our (close) friends live between 125 to 300 miles away


Looks like Canada is right up my street

If there's one product that deserves a boycott it's Charmin. The television adverts with the bear and the message than "less bits flake off and get stuck in your arse" is revolting and extremely unlikely to be true; the product of a diseased imagination. Every roll purchased puts more images of cracks encrusted with wet filth on prime time television. Buy some other brand.

Hmmn, doesn't sound right to me. All bells and whistles at £17.50 ? Not a chance. Although it is cheaper mine is £67 but its not much cheaper and the quality of the services are better in Canada. Its the old addage, you gets what you pays for

You can get the basic SKY package for £17.50 but if you have all the sports/movies and HD on top it is £55 IIRC. Broadband with SKY adds £5 on top and ESPN (formerly Setanta) adds another £10 on top.

Works out at about £70 the month which is everything apart from the phone line that is done through BT.

Tim

My Virgin Media Package is £30 a month inclusive of 10MB internet, Telephone (free eve & w/e, and dirt cheap international), and cable TV (including eurosport, ESPN, hundreds of other channels but not the usual sky movies).

We'll have been here five years next month and I still tend to think the same as I did after the first few weeks. Why did we move here? Canada is a fine place but I've never learnt to love it because I just preferred living in England.

Over time I've got used to the way of living here and it's okay but I'm just not really all that happy here and I'd prefer to move back in a perfect world.

But we're established here and a move back isn't the easiest thing to do but maybe we'll do it at some point. It would have been a lot easier to do after six weeks but who'd think of moving back after six weeks?

I would be truly amazed if you could get 5mb plus internet, all the channels (HD etc) free UK calls (local and long distance) and free international calls (1000 mins a month) for 17.50 GBP a month - all of which the other poster referred to (from a Canadian perspective). i.e., no matter how much one uses the phone, the price remains the same.

We had all of the above when we are in the UK and the price was very comparable to what it costs in Canada. (From memory Canada was slightly cheaper) I doubt very much that prices have come down that much.