especially when the poster deletes comments after they've been replied to - rather poor etiquette on any forum, not just this one, I'd have thought?

I 100% agree with you. I'm not contesting the fine. Although I think $700 is a bit steep. I'm not contesting I should lose my license. I think it is right. I just can't believe this happened to me at the worst possible time ever.

On the up side, should I get the job in Toronto it prompts me to rent a room near by or maybe even talk to the company if I can rent a room in the student housing they have. Force me to use public transportation and make me learn the city all over. Save up a bit of money and eventually get my own place and ability to buy furniture. Won't need to ship anything for a while, like my cats.

So it gives me time to adjust to my surroundings teh hard way and after that things will be easy.

:-)

Now that's what I call a positive attitude!

Nope. That's 1 litre (Euro-babble measurement) of Absolut Swedish vodka speaking.

Just to cheer you up, this ex-traffic cop has been nabbed twice since getting to Alberta
It's the long wide straight roads and my inability to stick to the pedestrian speed limit that's the problem, oh and the fact that they can operate radar in the dark which is not allowed in Scotland due positive vehicle identification. (watch out if there are street lights though). Never mind, when in Rome, drive like a halfwit whilst balancing your Tim Hortons in one hand and cell phone in the other, so long as you don't speed you will be fine.

Absolute and tonic is fine. But if it's vodka straight up it's Bison Grass (Zubrowka). There is also the nice Russian President.

I'm also in to Slivovitza.

It is strange but I can handle vodka better than I can handle beer. But in Canad I'll live on Blue.

:-)

Right, off to book flights now.

I was under the impression that you crazy Scandinavians distilled your own firewater called Aquavit(?) due to the exorbitant prices charged for booze?

Ah! Aquavit is available in the booze shop. What you're on about is "hem bränt" which is very close to moonshine.

It is vial, horrible and lethal and no mixer in the world can disguise a badly done moonshine.

I believe the social norm is to get pickled on decent booze and then swap over to the moonshine, poteen, hem bränt or whatever and thereby hope it slips down unoticed?

Having drank a bit of poteen I can't say this method works too well.

I'll take that over the pickled fish they eat

As long as you don't think it's Poutine!

Aw - you don't like rollmop herrings?

Mmm - yummy. Even better with ice cold Vodka.