Garfielduk

hot wasabi peas]Unedited! (let's see how Biiiiink handles this! )!

Racism in the UK is alive and well (unfortunately)

Believe me the Education system is so good here (sarcastic) that most people couldn't stick a pin in France if they were shown a map.
Isn't politics the same in every country ? They all just talk a good deal and the Government in the UK is so greedy.

You ain't seen red tape like in Britain, I should know after Visa and Citizenship applications plus extortionate fees for same for my Ukrainian wife and son.
You have to be joking, most people in Britain will smile and joke with you and then call you an ass behind your back, how shallow is that.
Surface niceness is in abundance in work and play in the UK
Why do you think we want to get out of Britain, its already that way over here.
Yeah, and you think they just exist in Canada, I think not !

Maybe I have just started a list of Cons of living in the UK. Anyone wnat to back me up here.

Judy in Calgary

Actually this forum has many posts about the disadvantages of staying in the UK. After all, the majority of the people who post here are waiting to get out of the UK and into Canada. I don't come from the UK, but this forum has taught me words I didn't know before (chav, etc.). If you do a search for that word alone, you'll pull up umpteen threads that diss the UK.

Judy in Calgary

Ah, those of us who have come to Canada have turned our backs on that most sensible of paper sizes.

Garfielduk

What size paper do I (hopefully) need to get used to when I arrive ?

acer rose

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html

Scroll about half-way down to reveal the full horrors.

Alberta_Rose

Had to smile at this one.... a coupla weeks ago we shared the gondola coming down from Sunshine with a two Canadian ski instructors. They were having an animated discussion about the Loch Ness Monster, except the guy kept saying he couldn't remember which lake in Ireland it lived in.

After he had repeated this question a couple of times we could not resist suggesting that maybe the Loch Ness Monster lived in a "lake" called Loch Ness, and actually it was Scotland.

"Whatever!" was the predictable reply!

...... maybe the altitude gets to them too? ....

Garfielduk

I have had a look and seems like Ontario used the Worldwide formats from 1972 - 1976 and then dumped them in favour of sizes that only applied in Canada :scared: If it wasn't written in black and white I wouldn't have believed you; do the Government do other stupid things like that !

Judy in Calgary

Hmmm, let me see. I wouldn't be able to claim that all of my favourite experiences of Canada are unique to Canada. In fact, I've had some really neat experiences in Australia, I had a moving experience in a poor town in -- of all places -- Serbia during a September 2004 trip to trace my mother's Hungarian roots, etc.

However, for what they're worth, here are some more experiences that have happened either to me or to close family members in Western Canada (mostly Calgary):

Well, Chris, I suppose I could go on and on. However, I hope this list gives you a general sense of my experience.

flashman

Toilet paper of course!

daft batty

why dont you have ago?

hot wasabi peas

I don't have a lot of thunderstorm experience; they're very rare on Vancouver Island... like once every 5 years or so... so these last few years in the UK have been amazing in that respect (to me).

hot wasabi peas

Beautiful stuff Judy. I'm all teary-eyed.

scribe123

I'm going to do a pros and cons list with my wife as part of the discussion (if she will). I'll post the results when we have finished. Actually it will probably be a work in progress until we decide to stay in the UK or get on the plane

Chris

scribe123

Cheers Judy,

You're a great help.

Chris

Garfielduk

Okay Batty, I have posted a few things about road users in the UK on the Thread "Reasons to Leave the UK", I'll have a go at a pros and cons list on there. Maybe Chris will be interested also to compare his list when he's had that all important discussion with his wife