Help and advice needed on moving to Canada for young couple

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Jul 28th 2008, 9:06 pm

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bodgerx

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Re: Help and advice needed on moving to Canada for young couple

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Massively more choice. Every type of cuisine served by natives of the country of the cuisine. Competing cheesemongers packed in one next to the other. Nan, roti, sushi, hundreds of single malts, Boston butts.

If people chose to eat badly that's their problem, there's no need for that.

How is the price of the old "Scottish evening wine" over there? Never bought any when I was out there last. As relatively as expensive as the wine?

Jul 29th 2008, 12:09 am

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Re: Help and advice needed on moving to Canada for young couple

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How is the price of the old "Scottish evening wine" over there? Never bought any when I was out there last. As relatively as expensive as the wine?

Yes! The OH is a big single malt consumer (I blame that year at university in Aberdeen). We always buy them in the US as they're generally about half the price of here. One of the largest bar bills I've seen was run up here:

http://home.istar.ca/~feathers/

if you spend $200 a person on booze in one go you at least expect a little wobbling.