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The pro's and con of Winter

iaink

He does have a point, two posts, two plugs. If they are your pictures, just post em here, no need for the link.

"The forums are not a venue for advertisements in any way. It will be the sole discretion of britishexpats.com and its moderators as to what constitutes an advertisement. Please do not post promotional urls, nor specifics that would lead people to your site. However, a single line in your signature with a link to your site is allowed. Offending posts or signatures will be edited or removed. We tend to err on the side of caution to protect the integrity of the system."

User rule #8

Paul-F

I have a passion for helping people relocate to Canada - this is true. I have been managing 3rd-party policy delivery for International Fortune 500 companies for most of my career. I also love assisting people on the internet during my own time too - even volunteering with refugee councils and govt agencies to deliver free support. Your flippant remark(s) will not deter that.

But I have yet to mention anything about where to find cheap viagra, free porn or one single product that would grow your missing hair back. Don't discount those nasty spammers yet dbd33, they might have you smiling again after all!

I hope that being new to the boards and having a natural background in Relocation support (and posting a link along with my attachments to find more Canada pics in a Canada pic thread) does not offend anybody else here besides dbd33?

Ok, now back to contributing positively...

Paul-F

Thanks for the feedback iaink.

I was aware of the signature option, and I do read the rules of the forums I participate in.

The reason you do not see any signature, or link in my signature, is because I am not spamming! I am not here to promote - just to contribute.


Note to self: Do Not Post Free, On-Topic, Helpful Resources as part of a relevant thread on the boards.

I hope that helps. No problem.

Hudman

Give the guy a break, he aint exactly peddling kiddie porn. Perhaps a few ex-pats or people in the process may get some info from his input.. Keep your inquisitive fingers off link if you dont like where the guys is coming from. To be honest I am more alarmed about peoples naivety posting personal pics, phone numbers etc...This is a public access forum I am amazed that people are not more wary.

iaink

Fortunatly Im not a moderator so dont have to makes these calls, but I think if hes running a commercial site, he should pay for his advertising rather than piggy backing on the obvious appeal of this site. The owner of this site is running a business too after all.

If hes a helpful new poster without an affiliation to that site, who found a useful site then fair enough, its an honest mistake. Its still not as useful a site as settlement.org no matter how you look at it.

Have to agree about personal photos, there are a few weirdos around, like the way someone pretended to be me during my paternal absence :scared:, dragging up a photo I'd posted a little while before in another thread. No photos of my family will appear here. (pink blob baby pictures dont count...shes changed so much already that those probably dont matter)

dbd33

That's a shame.

Paul-F

Thanks again to everyone who is contributing to this thread.

There really is some breathtaking photos in here! I love photos of the 'less travelled' areas of Alberta and British Columbia - nice to see the D.T. Freeway near Banff!


A couple more...and instead of highlighting the contrast to UK/Europe, here is a little piece of 'old world' charm in the heart of Toronto:

1. Casa Loma - Toronto's 'Castle'
- Quite an interesting story about the original owner of this place.
2. The Gardens at Casa Loma.
- One of many terraces on the grounds of Toronto's mighty 'castle'.
3. Ornate fireplace from inside Casa Loma.
- Search 'casa loma' in a search engine to find the story behind this place.
4. Example of the 'old world' woodwork that you can find inside Casa Loma.
- The city of Toronto now runs this location (with the help of a service club), and it has gone through many incarnations to end up how it is today.

If you are vacationing in Toronto, you many want to add this spot to your venue list.

Cheers,

Paul-F

dbd33

The problem is, if people are wary, they have to keep falling back on dog pictures, which gets a bit dull.

Souvenir

Oh, I dunno. That one of it in the bath wasn't dull.

daft batty

you need to get out more...............

Hudman

Dogs at least can't be stalked or as somebody else mentioned having weirdos posting stuff.
The only reason I have such a skewed view of this potential is years spent working for the Probation service, I had to listen to all the scams some of these guys were up to, and flavour of the month with many offenders was using chatrooms/forums to stalk and get information out of people, the results probably are not so they can compare doggy pictures.
I know if I posted my picture the thread would be shut down due to public decency violation.

dbd33

On the one hand, I take your point and was mocking myself over the excessive use of dog pictures. On the other, I live with someone I met from the Guardian talkboard and we often socialise with other Guardian posters (that's how I know Souvenir), so I can't say that all internet encounters end badly. I guess I have met fifty people socially from the internet and very many more who are clients first known from that source. Of all these people, only one turned out to be like someone you'd expect to meet on the internet.

midget

heres our dogs

Hudman

I dont know what I'd expect of anybody on the Internet to be like, or what they look like, but the mind paints a mental picture, and its probably best that way.
I am sure its a good way to socialise/ meet people, generally probably 99% of people on BE have good intentions and I was not suggesting that all encounters will end badly. To be honest the scams I heard actual physical contact was not their intention, just to glean information.
I did say I had a skewed view of the world, and having spent every day for 4-5 years with crims you become a little cynical, I once asked a senior about best policy for personal safety, health & safety etc, His reply was assume everyone has a deadly infectious disease and that they want to kill you.