Hello and advice required :-)
Feb 7th 2012 | 2:08 pm
#31
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From: Toronto, ON
Re: Hello and advice required :-)
@hellcat cheers for clarification I can see the benefits of what you say and as things progress it may turn out that we can do that in answer to your savings question we don't have any savings but we will not be moving unless we can sell our house or perhaps put it on buy to let in both cases we would be freeing up equity before making any moves so we would have enough in the bank to live on if things did go wrong.
@lmartin999 we love Norfolk and you are correct Norwich is a pretty good place sadly the current state of the country and a distinct lack of prospects for either myself or my children have made us decide to try and make a better life elsewhere, we have decided on Canada and it seems my skills are in demand especially in Alberta hence the choice. I have to say I am not a fan of pub culture or at least not the way it seems to be going far to much trouble comes from the binge drinking majority which tends to ruin the atmosphere for the rest of us :-(.
@ all again thanks for info on LMO times I will be speaking again with prospective employer and will let him know that things have changed a bit hopefully he will still be interested.
@beaverquest you are right it is something of a leap of faith hence wanting as much info as possible it does seem that Brooks may have scent troubles but until we can see or smell it for ourselves I guess we wont know how much of a problem that is I have heard good things about the area from other sources. I guess I was hoping someone on the forum may have been living in Brooks or have lived there recently so I could get a better understanding of the place. Thanks for your best wishes I don't mean to sound ungratefull or argumentative any feedback helps.
@lmartin999 we love Norfolk and you are correct Norwich is a pretty good place sadly the current state of the country and a distinct lack of prospects for either myself or my children have made us decide to try and make a better life elsewhere, we have decided on Canada and it seems my skills are in demand especially in Alberta hence the choice. I have to say I am not a fan of pub culture or at least not the way it seems to be going far to much trouble comes from the binge drinking majority which tends to ruin the atmosphere for the rest of us :-(.
@ all again thanks for info on LMO times I will be speaking again with prospective employer and will let him know that things have changed a bit hopefully he will still be interested.
@beaverquest you are right it is something of a leap of faith hence wanting as much info as possible it does seem that Brooks may have scent troubles but until we can see or smell it for ourselves I guess we wont know how much of a problem that is I have heard good things about the area from other sources. I guess I was hoping someone on the forum may have been living in Brooks or have lived there recently so I could get a better understanding of the place. Thanks for your best wishes I don't mean to sound ungratefull or argumentative any feedback helps.
Feb 8th 2012 | 12:18 am
#33
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From: Somewhere between Vancouver & St Johns
Re: Hello and advice required :-)
Just in case you didnt know Brooks has been referred to as the New Sahara as a quarter of the population is a mix of Sudanese, Ethiopian and Somalian refugees who work at the meat packing plant.
Feb 8th 2012 | 12:42 am
#34
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Re: Hello and advice required :-)
Feb 14th 2012 | 11:30 pm
#35
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Re: Hello and advice required :-)
Hello all,
Firstly sorry to my hubby for hi-jacking his thread, only just signed up and had itchy fingers lol.
Thanks for the comments about Brooks, we had only ever intended to use this town as a stepping stone because of the job offer as ultimately we would like to be much more central. We had heard that the smell had improved but on more recent information it would seem that this is not the case. Also the excessive amount of refugees at the plant is a concern for me as last week I read some statistics that state that only a third of Brooks population is Canadian. Also I believe there has been a lot of drug related crime. So thanks everyone for the pokes to look into the area further.
However since then my OH has had a interview via Skype (the wonders of technology!) for a job in the Red Deer area which would save us the stinky stepping stone. The company are getting together the forms for a LMO so fingers crossed.
Firstly sorry to my hubby for hi-jacking his thread, only just signed up and had itchy fingers lol.
Thanks for the comments about Brooks, we had only ever intended to use this town as a stepping stone because of the job offer as ultimately we would like to be much more central. We had heard that the smell had improved but on more recent information it would seem that this is not the case. Also the excessive amount of refugees at the plant is a concern for me as last week I read some statistics that state that only a third of Brooks population is Canadian. Also I believe there has been a lot of drug related crime. So thanks everyone for the pokes to look into the area further.
However since then my OH has had a interview via Skype (the wonders of technology!) for a job in the Red Deer area which would save us the stinky stepping stone. The company are getting together the forms for a LMO so fingers crossed.
