Cost of living in Canada compared to uk

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Jan 28th 2010, 4:07 pm

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Re: Cost of living in Canada compared to uk

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They seem to get quite passionate about ice hockey though if the players in the games I have been are anything to go by.

I've seen a few on ESPN recently and barely a game goes by without a couple of punch up's taking place on the ice rink.

Homoerotic sports involving fighting are big here.

Jan 28th 2010, 4:08 pm

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In the NHL it's all on the ice, if you want to see crowd violence you have to go to minor league or children's games.

Jan 28th 2010, 4:10 pm

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Re: Cost of living in Canada compared to uk

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In the NHL it's all on the ice, if you want to see crowd violence you have to go to minor league or children's games.

Where the hockey Dad's kick shit out of eachother?

Jan 28th 2010, 4:10 pm

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Where the hockey Dad's kick shit out of eachother?

Mums usually. If they weren't so fat it might be fun to watch.

Jan 28th 2010, 4:11 pm

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Homoerotic sports involving fighting are big here.

It wasn't like any of the homoerotica I've ever seen and I live near one of the biggest gay districts in Europe.

Jan 28th 2010, 4:12 pm

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Mums usually. If they weren't so fat it might be fun to watch.

Oh I don't like the sound of that. I used to see 'supportive' mums at college basketball games in the US though, wearing either a replica of the kit or dressed completely in promotional team garb.

Taking it a bit too far I think.

Jan 28th 2010, 4:18 pm

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Re: Cost of living in Canada compared to uk

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In Canada?

Man U fans really are like rats aren't they, no matter where you are in the world, you're never any more than three feet away from one of the bastards.

You wouldn't happen to be a bitter Citeh fan would you?

Honestly, when it comes to bastards, the captain (in name only), Gary 'I speak in the 3rd person' Neville, often comes to mind to me.

Jan 28th 2010, 4:20 pm

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You wouldn't happen to be a bitter Citeh fan would you?

Honestly, when it comes to bastards, the captain (in name only), Gary 'I speak in the 3rd person' Neville, often comes to mind to me.

I'm not but 2 members of my immediate family are, my sister has been posting related facebook status updates all day.

I don't follow football at all, it's never really interested me if I'm honest and I don't know one player/manager from the next. My asian girlfriend actually knows much more about it than I do.

Jan 28th 2010, 4:21 pm

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Seeing reminders of home can impact our sense of being unique and exotic because we've travelled a bit. It's very disappointing to find out that actually you are pretty mediocre - and seeing a man u shirt on somebody outside the UK can do that to you. I suspect that's why some expats like to avoid other brits.

Hmm, maybe I'm reading too much into this...

No, I don't think you're reading into this too much. I've been in Florida and run into brits wearing replica strips and searching for english beer and food in the supermarkets there and they come across as quite twee.