New guy here
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:12 am
#31
Canadiain
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 688
From: Up Over, (not Down Under)
Re: New guy here
As you know, I don't think Brampton is less crowded than Milton Keynes and I think the lack of experience of crime is a consequence of being relatively richer than before; expat Brits just live in better places than they did at home.
I don't follow the different political and social landscape comment. Two parliamentary democracies in which the populace by and large opposes foreign wars in which the government has elected to join regardless. Two countries with strong economies in a couple of regions and nothing much happening in the rest. Two countries with socialized medicine and nominally progressive but actually regressive tax systems. Two countries with similar class structures, one based primarily around money, the other ceding some status to ancestry. Everything happens more slowly in Canada but similar things happen.
The only clear difference I see is that while the politicians in both countries are prone to finance corruption and consequent scandals British politicians also have sex and so are prone to a wider range of scandals.
I don't follow the different political and social landscape comment. Two parliamentary democracies in which the populace by and large opposes foreign wars in which the government has elected to join regardless. Two countries with strong economies in a couple of regions and nothing much happening in the rest. Two countries with socialized medicine and nominally progressive but actually regressive tax systems. Two countries with similar class structures, one based primarily around money, the other ceding some status to ancestry. Everything happens more slowly in Canada but similar things happen.
The only clear difference I see is that while the politicians in both countries are prone to finance corruption and consequent scandals British politicians also have sex and so are prone to a wider range of scandals.
Yes, we know your views. You know mine. I cant be arsed going into all that again other than to say two things;
At least there is still a place for a liberal agenda in canadian politics that is largely missing now in the UK.
Its easy to attribute everything to money, but I dont have vast amounts of money, and yet manage to have avoided all petty crime with little effort for nearly ten years now in Canada, as opposed to about 10 months as a best effort in the UK.
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:14 am
#32
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Meh
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 887
From: Calgary
Re: New guy here
It can get a bit nippy here at times, at least in Cowtown we had Chinooks.
As you say, it's pretty much all oil based, even the farming with the biofuels is having an impact. However the affluence also has a knock on effect to many other industries too, hotrod builders, car sales, real estate etc. On the other hand it can be a pain, I've been trying for weeks to persuade any manufacturing company to bend me a bit of pipe for my Lotus rollbar but they're all far to busy to be bothered with a $100 job.
As you say, it's pretty much all oil based, even the farming with the biofuels is having an impact. However the affluence also has a knock on effect to many other industries too, hotrod builders, car sales, real estate etc. On the other hand it can be a pain, I've been trying for weeks to persuade any manufacturing company to bend me a bit of pipe for my Lotus rollbar but they're all far to busy to be bothered with a $100 job.
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:20 am
#33
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Re: New guy here
The GTA has the beauty of the Islands, a ravine that runs throughout the city core, trails that allow you to traverse on foot or by bike the entire city length, several very large Beaches, plus other undiscovered jewels for those who step off the beaten path.
Gavin has obviously Zero Knowledge of Ontario, he makes broad comments that may apply to Southern Ontario, but even then they are shortsighted and way off the mark.
Ontario is beautiful, the Ottawa Valley, the Muskokas, the Beaver Valley, the Blue Mountains, Manitoulin Island,the 1,000 Islands, the Near North, the North, the Great Lakes , Georgian Bay, and so on
The list is endless, that is why we say
Ontario, Yours to Discover.
Gavin has obviously Zero Knowledge of Ontario, he makes broad comments that may apply to Southern Ontario, but even then they are shortsighted and way off the mark.
Ontario is beautiful, the Ottawa Valley, the Muskokas, the Beaver Valley, the Blue Mountains, Manitoulin Island,the 1,000 Islands, the Near North, the North, the Great Lakes , Georgian Bay, and so on
The list is endless, that is why we say
Ontario, Yours to Discover.
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:23 am
#34
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Meh
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From: Calgary
Re: New guy here
Hmm, I think I said SW Ontario and that the North is beautiful. Plus I lived there for a couple of years so I do have first hand knowledge.
Typical Ontarion reply.
GavinR
Typical Ontarion reply.
GavinR
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:29 am
#35
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Re: New guy here
Ontarian, although we like to think of ourselves as Canadian, unlike those in The Republic.
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Let those Eastern Bastards freeze in the dark, Albertan Political Campaign.
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Let those Eastern Bastards freeze in the dark, Albertan Political Campaign.
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:33 am
#37
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Meh
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From: Calgary
Re: New guy here
Confederacy if you please. You have a gun rack for sale for my truck? Oops no, you had to give them all away with the registry.
Just pulling your leg.
GavinR
Just pulling your leg.
GavinR
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:37 am
#38
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 40,070
From: Ontario
Re: New guy here
Every night I hear gunfire. I'd be surprised if there's a house on our street without a firearm. I don't think you need worry that there are too few guns in Ontario.
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:38 am
#39
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Re: New guy here
http://www.ontarioguide.com/OntarioPhotos/BeaverValley/
Hope the link works, just scroll through the slides, we reside in Thornbury.
Hope the link works, just scroll through the slides, we reside in Thornbury.
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:46 am
#40
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Meh
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From: Calgary
Re: New guy here
Yikes, gunfire! Occasionally here too but mainly kids getting their 20c from the farmers for each gopher tail. Never heard any in anger as we're a bit too far from Edmonton for that!
Nice pics of Beavervalley, we used to enjoy going up to lake Huron on the penninsula. Didn't much like the 80 kmh journey to get there though
This was the view from our home just South of Calgary.
Nice pics of Beavervalley, we used to enjoy going up to lake Huron on the penninsula. Didn't much like the 80 kmh journey to get there though
This was the view from our home just South of Calgary.
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:54 am
#41
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From: Ontario
Re: New guy here
Why did you go so slowly? This morning I again did the 70miles in from that direction in an hour and a quarter. Perhaps what you need is a vehicle suitable for rapid travel on mixed roads, something able to take corners quickly and cope with getting airborne as well as cruising comfortably at high speed on the highway stretches. Perhaps you need to trade that Lotus and roll bar (you must know what Ian Dury sang about people with roll bars) for a Beetle.
Jul 11th 2007 | 7:59 am
#42
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From: uae
Re: New guy here
hi bro
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Jul 11th 2007 | 8:11 am
#45
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Meh
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From: Calgary
Re: New guy here
That's funny!
I got 4 speeding tickets when we lived there and another 2 in Northern Ontario whilst driving over here! Just my luck, never had one before or since. You like me Lotus?
I got 4 speeding tickets when we lived there and another 2 in Northern Ontario whilst driving over here! Just my luck, never had one before or since. You like me Lotus?
