Bud Lite Lime, dear, Bud lime has as much alcohol as them killer American beers. Can't be drinking that while bunning a fathead.

My cap today is plaid and says "The Guess Who - 73rd Reunion Tour", what you sporting for a titfer?

Here in the joyous newly-declared Great People's Calgarian Jamahiriyah we are now sporting natty keffiyehs - just like in my avatar. God is Great!

You'll be issued plaid ones with ear muffs, inshallah.

It's all about the trilby. At a jaunty angle. Oh so hipster, me.

Please provide an example of the type of boat you can pick up for <$5k? Rowing boat, Canoe, Gin palace?

A trilby wearer walks by my desk from time to time (indoors! hat indoors! probably drives in it too). I assumed he belonged to a near cult, Mennonitry or similar, but my friend says it's because he's gay. He's a bit grubby and drools slightly, I don't fancy his chances at Rainbow Ridge, so it seems an implausible explanation. Then again, she's a cradle, and headgear for the Canadian friend of Dorothy isn't what I know best, would you attach this significance to such a hat on a local?

No. Maybe in the country a hat has all this attached significance. But here in civilisation it just means that you are cool, you may stalk around obsessively texting all your many friends while glugging down buckets of frothy coffee and talking in a loud and obnoxious manner. You are likely to live in a loft somewhere so trendy it hurts and work in new media or the arts.

Oh. And lederhosen?

I think you've possibly stumbled onto the set of Glee.

Unacceptable.

Ireland to Canada:

We bought a 24 foot C&C sailboat for $3800, and we had plenty to choose from. Older boat obviously but still great if you're not planning on crossing the pacific. Didn't really look at powerboats but I believe you can also pick up smaller ones for about the same price.

Prices tends to jump up when you hit about 30 foot.

For the critical people, as I stated this was supposed to be mildly tongue in cheek, and I also never said anything was wrong with some of the things I stated, they are just my observations/opinions.

One thing I discovered moving to Canada, was in many ways I guess I subconciously expected things to be the same, being an English speaking and Western civilised country. It is easy to forget there are many litlle nuances and differences in the culture because you are here and doing the same things you do back in the UK - Going to work, going for a drink, going shopping during the day etc. If I had moved to Thailand (eg) I would automatically expect things to be different, here i have to remind myself.

Actually it was me asking about the boats, not I2C...

Interesting. My mother in law is currently selling my late father in laws C&C 38 for considerably more. Boat prices in this isolated area of Canada, even for small boats, seem expensive compared to the US and even the UK.

Wonderful! If I had my own boat I would no longer be at the mercy of airline prices.

The price does jump massively here at around 30 foot. You still have to shop around here, and a lot depends on age and condition. I was just trying demonstrate you CAN get out of the water if you want to.

A few examples of current stuff for sale...

Cheap:

http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/boa/1962800332.html

http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/boa/1967591425.html

Not so cheap:

http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/boa/2011685199.html

http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/boa/2011510731.html

Ah, I know of a 24' boat that's been to Europe twice and is going for a most reasonable price. It's stored, of course, for the winter but I already have a membership at the club so the storage fee wouldn't be much more than the mortgage. Care to have half a yacht?