Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Jan 18th 2005, 9:03 pm
#46
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
That's it ... look at yourself in the mirror every morning and say "every day, in every way, life is getting better & better" 
maybe for some not looking in the mirror may improve their day
Jan 18th 2005, 9:20 pm
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by MikeUK
maybe for some not looking in the mirror may improve their day
What's the use of worr'ing
'Bout a single blessed thing,
After all it's done and said,
Pretty soon we all be dead!
So as we're alive,
If there's a bother you want to survive,
Just you take it on the chin,
Cultivate a little grin and smile!
Hmmmm ... it's an interesting approach to life ...
'Bout a single blessed thing,
After all it's done and said,
Pretty soon we all be dead!
So as we're alive,
If there's a bother you want to survive,
Just you take it on the chin,
Cultivate a little grin and smile!
Jan 18th 2005, 9:30 pm
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
That's it ... look at yourself in the mirror every morning and say "every day, in every way, life is getting better & better"
Jan 18th 2005, 9:33 pm
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by Crispie
You should be the forum Guru from now on!
Repeat after me .... om, om, om, ....
Or for Canadians ..... eh?, eh?, eh?, ...
Jan 18th 2005, 9:36 pm
#50
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Hi KJT,
I would like to point out that there are many of us that have moved to Canada and have made a success.
My wife, Son and i would never move back to the UK. I have found that people that move over here tend to have a chip on their sholders and when things dont go their way slat Canada off.
I have a web group for people that are moving from the UK to Calgary, i would say 80% of the people that have moved over here still love it.
Anyway. thats my two CENTS worth
Steve
Hi I have been searching the pages of this forum for a week now and can not help but to see a pattern of bad luck and bad news!
Has anyone who has moved to Canada from the UK within the past couple of years actually made a success of the move?
About to slit my wrists.....
KJT
I would like to point out that there are many of us that have moved to Canada and have made a success.
My wife, Son and i would never move back to the UK. I have found that people that move over here tend to have a chip on their sholders and when things dont go their way slat Canada off.
I have a web group for people that are moving from the UK to Calgary, i would say 80% of the people that have moved over here still love it.
Anyway. thats my two CENTS worth
Steve
Originally Posted by KJT
Hi I have been searching the pages of this forum for a week now and can not help but to see a pattern of bad luck and bad news!
Has anyone who has moved to Canada from the UK within the past couple of years actually made a success of the move?
About to slit my wrists.....
KJT
Jan 18th 2005, 9:48 pm
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by stallas
i would say 80% of the people that have moved over here still love it.
Admittedly a small sample, but still very positive ... nobody can say we're a bunch of negative whiners again
Jan 18th 2005, 10:24 pm
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by SANDRAPAUL
As I get Boll'cked on here for not doing my research maybe you should do the same. Unless you for a fact KNOW, don't compare as it confuses those in waiting.
Stop putting words in my mouth.
PS are you a failed emigrant in waiting to return home or just re-adjusting. It helps to look at the numbers not convinced.
My interest in leaving the country is mostly because it is NOTHING in comparison to the country I've lived in most of my life.
Jan 18th 2005, 10:27 pm
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by iaink
Sometimes I wonder if I'm not living on a different planet to Dan, instead of just a different part of the same province.
Jan 18th 2005, 10:28 pm
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by DanMarsden
My interest in leaving the country is mostly because it is NOTHING in comparison to the country I've lived in most of my life.
Jan 19th 2005, 12:34 am
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by MikeUK
The Health service on average I would say slightly lower quality than the UK at least here in Toronto.. my own experience would say way worse but on speaking to others there are good and bad hospitals in town most would seem to be slightly below Uk standards on average … small win the UK
But in Alberta I world say it's miles ahead of the shambles that is the NHS (better and quicker diagnostics, more efficient, better rehab, physios ....
I've worked in both.
Like another posters wife I would cry if I had to return to the UK.
Jan 19th 2005, 7:16 am
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by MikeUK
The Health service on average I would say slightly lower quality than the UK at least here in Toronto.. my own experience would say way worse but on speaking to others there are good and bad hospitals in town most would seem to be slightly below Uk standards on average … small win the UK
Recently, which has gone under the carpet since, there was a spate of people sent abroad for their ops as they could not be done quick enough in the UK. Perhaps only a trial but it gives you an idea.
Do Canadians go the states to get treatment as it is not avaialble in Canada -just a question?
My wife watched a programme about Brits abroad and getting health care/operations done. The patients were able to compare like for like what they would be offered, treatment, environment, facilities, aftercare etc and the UK did not come out well.
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Jan 19th 2005, 7:23 am
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by SANDRAPAUL
Do Canadians go the states to get treatment as it is not avaialble in Canada -just a question?
Healthcare varies from province to province ... I've heard it isn't too good in Ontario, my own experience is that its way better in Alberta than it was in the UK.
I remember hearing of one guy who broke his ankle in motorbike crash in the US ... he rode his bike all the way back to Canada with a broken ankle because he didn't want his health insurance to be hit by overpriced US fees.
Jan 19th 2005, 7:29 am
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
I assume you mean if its not available
No wonder my wife checks EVERYTHING that leaves my desk. Just does not trust me!
What you doing up so late?
Jan 19th 2005, 9:55 am
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by SANDRAPAUL
Do Canadians go the states to get treatment as it is not avaialble in Canada -just a question?
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Jan 19th 2005, 12:14 pm
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Re: Is anyone actually happy in Canada?
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
Pamela Anderson is Canadian but her boobs are American
Anybody been there ... is it full of Ford capris?
The US is known as the home of "elective" surgery ... don't know if you get the Swan or Extreme Makeover in the UK yet? Both shows aim to prove that happiness is just skin deep.