If you could do it again?
May 8th 2009, 12:02 am
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May 8th 2009, 2:35 am
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Re: If you could do it again?
The wonders of Hindsight, but what would I have done differently:
Let my son finish UK High school, (pop over to Canada, activate visa, then go back for this period).
Check out Toronto and suburbs as a place to live, before bringing the family to the furthest most inconvenient point - Vancouver Island (I'll get slated for this, it's a naturally stunning place.....!)
Not arrive at start of Winter, try and time it for the 'fair months'
Not have a tree fall on our rental cottage in the middle of the night...... lol
That's probably enough, now where's that time machine.......
Cheers.
May 9th 2009, 10:52 am
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Re: If you could do it again?
its a good attitude to have mate
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Let my son finish UK High school, (pop over to Canada, activate visa, then go back for this period).
How many years did your son have left? our eldest will be going into highschool next yr
Check out Toronto and suburbs as a place to live, before bringing the family to the furthest most inconvenient point - Vancouver Island (I'll get slated for this, it's a naturally stunning place.....!)
were quit out of the way up here so are a little bit used to it but im sure by some canadian standards were over populated
Not arrive at start of Winter, try and time it for the 'fair months'
time of year was one of the things we were just talkin about this morning and we were thinking maybe end of winter to sample some winter but not the harshest parts, thatll hopefully help us settle a bit better but without the Rose tinted glasses on the weather front
Not have a tree fall on our rental cottage in the middle of the night...... lol
i'll try to avoid gettin a house with a tree within falling rangeThat's probably enough, now where's that time machine.......
thanx for your info
May 9th 2009, 3:00 pm
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Re: If you could do it again?
I would remember to bring an english TV so that the children could use their playstation.
Wait for the exchange rate to be better.
I always use the violet/pink font color its just summat I do
I changed it to purple as I realised some folk found it hard to read and sore on the eyes and then i changed it to Navy when someone asked me to as they had a problem with purple
an navy is easy enuf to read I reckon
I just think forums can be visually quiet dull and using different font colours can brighten them up just like I use quiet a lot of smillies in my post to try and get my emphasis across as posts are to easilly misinterpreted without them (in my opinion)
As for the grammar I tend to type frenetically as I see forums more as a kind of chat than letter writing,
if some people dont like the way I spell or the font I use, I dont mind if they just dont read my threads.
Just like im not friends with everyone I know or meet in the real world I dont expect to be in the cyber-world
I dont mean that offensively its just a fact of life my character isnt suited to everyone, no ones is
I changed it to purple as I realised some folk found it hard to read and sore on the eyes and then i changed it to Navy when someone asked me to as they had a problem with purple
an navy is easy enuf to read I reckon
I just think forums can be visually quiet dull and using different font colours can brighten them up just like I use quiet a lot of smillies in my post to try and get my emphasis across as posts are to easilly misinterpreted without them (in my opinion)
As for the grammar I tend to type frenetically as I see forums more as a kind of chat than letter writing,
if some people dont like the way I spell or the font I use, I dont mind if they just dont read my threads.
Just like im not friends with everyone I know or meet in the real world I dont expect to be in the cyber-world
I dont mean that offensively its just a fact of life my character isnt suited to everyone, no ones is
Welcome to the mad house.
May 9th 2009, 11:58 pm
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Re: If you could do it again?
I crumbily apologise for the use of purple but I was forced into it temporarily by those who shud know better
as you can see i'm now Navy as Pink was just a step too far for some
Im glad to see im not the only one with a font colour
Why wud you take all your furniture?? I ask coz we were thinkin of leaving it all
as you can see i'm now Navy as Pink was just a step too far for some
Im glad to see im not the only one with a font colour
Why wud you take all your furniture?? I ask coz we were thinkin of leaving it all
May 10th 2009, 1:26 am
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Re: If you could do it again?
I crumbily apologise for the use of purple but I was forced into it temporarily by those who shud know better
as you can see i'm now Navy as Pink was just a step too far for some
Im glad to see im not the only one with a font colour
Why wud you take all your furniture?? I ask coz we were thinkin of leaving it all
as you can see i'm now Navy as Pink was just a step too far for some
Im glad to see im not the only one with a font colour
Why wud you take all your furniture?? I ask coz we were thinkin of leaving it all
May 10th 2009, 2:29 pm
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Re: If you could do it again?
I crumbily apologise for the use of purple but I was forced into it temporarily by those who shud know better
as you can see i'm now Navy as Pink was just a step too far for some
Im glad to see im not the only one with a font colour
Why wud you take all your furniture?? I ask coz we were thinkin of leaving it all
as you can see i'm now Navy as Pink was just a step too far for some
Im glad to see im not the only one with a font colour
Why wud you take all your furniture?? I ask coz we were thinkin of leaving it all
Furniture is more expensive here, Canadian houses are bigger. It cost us more to move out here than we had allowed for (even with relocation allowance).
For us it would have been more cost effective to have brought more out in the container and replaced the tat at our leisure. We move next month and are currently scouring for dining room table and another settee........
May 10th 2009, 2:53 pm
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Re: If you could do it again?
I crumbily apologise for the use of purple but I was forced into it temporarily by those who shud know better
as you can see i'm now Navy as Pink was just a step too far for some
Im glad to see im not the only one with a font colour
Why wud you take all your furniture?? I ask coz we were thinkin of leaving it all
as you can see i'm now Navy as Pink was just a step too far for some
Im glad to see im not the only one with a font colour
Why wud you take all your furniture?? I ask coz we were thinkin of leaving it all
May 10th 2009, 3:15 pm
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May 10th 2009, 3:23 pm
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May 10th 2009, 3:23 pm
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Re: If you could do it again?
However, gas prices went up and it cost a fortune to run so I sold it at a huge loss and bought a brand new small car instead.
One year went by and we realised that the small car is too small, so I sold it at a huge loss and bought a brand new SUV.
I wish I had bought the SUV when I first arrived and not lost $15k on new cars
May 10th 2009, 9:15 pm
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Re: If you could do it again?
not bought a crappy old banger from a dodgy guy on a gravel lot with a portakabin thinking, this nice canadian chap would not rip me off, they are so terribly nice in canada. wrong. blew up. lost $6,000.
May 11th 2009, 11:16 am
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Re: If you could do it again?
only if you promise to stop stalking my fonts
jod done
Furniture is more expensive here, Canadian houses are bigger. It cost us more to move out here than we had allowed for (even with relocation allowance).
For us it would have been more cost effective to have brought more out in the container and replaced the tat at our leisure. We move next month and are currently scouring for dining room table and another settee........
Interestin may be worth gettin a container then i'll have to work some figures out
Yep i done that too with cars
Aha so not all Canadians are nice
thats a bummer tho mate, always the chance with buyin a used motor tho even newish ones
jod done
Furniture is more expensive here, Canadian houses are bigger. It cost us more to move out here than we had allowed for (even with relocation allowance).
For us it would have been more cost effective to have brought more out in the container and replaced the tat at our leisure. We move next month and are currently scouring for dining room table and another settee........
I bought a 3yr old truck truck outright when I first arrived, it was a 6 six seater and suited our needs perfectly.
However, gas prices went up and it cost a fortune to run so I sold it at a huge loss and bought a brand new small car instead.
One year went by and we realised that the small car is too small, so I sold it at a huge loss and bought a brand new SUV.
I wish I had bought the SUV when I first arrived and not lost $15k on new cars
However, gas prices went up and it cost a fortune to run so I sold it at a huge loss and bought a brand new small car instead.
One year went by and we realised that the small car is too small, so I sold it at a huge loss and bought a brand new SUV.
I wish I had bought the SUV when I first arrived and not lost $15k on new cars
thats a bummer tho mate, always the chance with buyin a used motor tho even newish ones
May 11th 2009, 11:47 am
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Re: If you could do it again?
Scared to type anything, will just stick with black
Thats interesting as one of our group planning to go to NS is convinced the furniture is so much cheaper, however as family with two drains on resources I will be taking as much as poss! Including the
Thats interesting as one of our group planning to go to NS is convinced the furniture is so much cheaper, however as family with two drains on resources I will be taking as much as poss! Including the