View Poll Results: Are you glad you emigrated to Canada & have a better life than in the UK?
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Poll on Canadian experience
Jan 27th 2009 | 10:58 am
#16
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From: Cochrane, Alberta
Jan 27th 2009 | 11:04 am
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Jan 27th 2009 | 11:16 am
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Re: Poll on Canadian experience
12 weeks around our house if as Triumphguy says you can avoid the damned hail.
Jan 27th 2009 | 11:51 am
#20
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Re: Poll on Canadian experience
Should have moved to Edmonton - they apparently have four more weeks of frost-free days than Calgary - who'd have thunk it, eh?
Jan 27th 2009 | 12:07 pm
#21
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Re: Poll on Canadian experience
. They have longer days in summer!Their average temp is also slightly higher.
Jan 27th 2009 | 10:14 pm
#22
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Re: Poll on Canadian experience
Jan 27th 2009 | 11:43 pm
#23
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Re: Poll on Canadian experience
Emiigrating to Canada, is , I believe an itch rather than a necessity.
You're moving from one G8 country to another.
Japan is a G8 country. Sussex, it ain't.
The difference in lifestyle ain't that huge really.
Mine is completely different to when I lived in the UK.
If you want wilderness walk the Pennine way, go live in Scotland, go partying in Widnes on a Saturday night, sail round the Solent, or go to Maine Rd. on a Saturday. (I know, I know ,they have new ground)
British countryside is just as georgeous as Canadian.
True, but there is less of it and it's over-crowded.
You can garden year round in the UK, here only for 3 and a half weeks.
May to October, in my case.
Pubs are (were) better in Britain, but you can get a steak sandwhich cheaper here in a pub, while getting a genuine "black and tan" with Guiness and Newkie Brown.
"Were" is the keyword. The distinction between a British pub and a Canadian pub is increasingly blurred.
I believe it's about the itch.
If you need to scratch it, come on over.
If you have no adventurous streak in you the move might not be successful.
Agreed.
You're moving from one G8 country to another.
Japan is a G8 country. Sussex, it ain't.
The difference in lifestyle ain't that huge really.
Mine is completely different to when I lived in the UK.
If you want wilderness walk the Pennine way, go live in Scotland, go partying in Widnes on a Saturday night, sail round the Solent, or go to Maine Rd. on a Saturday. (I know, I know ,they have new ground)
British countryside is just as georgeous as Canadian.
True, but there is less of it and it's over-crowded.
You can garden year round in the UK, here only for 3 and a half weeks.
May to October, in my case.
Pubs are (were) better in Britain, but you can get a steak sandwhich cheaper here in a pub, while getting a genuine "black and tan" with Guiness and Newkie Brown.
"Were" is the keyword. The distinction between a British pub and a Canadian pub is increasingly blurred.
I believe it's about the itch.
If you need to scratch it, come on over.
If you have no adventurous streak in you the move might not be successful.
Agreed.
Jan 28th 2009 | 1:20 am
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Re: Poll on Canadian experience
Ive no problem with dumb questions, God knows they are not the first and wont be the last, But winding each other up is going to end in trouble. My mother always told me "If you dont have anything to say, dont say anything" If you think a question is dumb, dont answer it.
Just pause for a second before hitting "Submit Reply" and ask yourself if you are adding something positive to the thread, or are you just going to end up making compete strangers think you are an arse.
Just pause for a second before hitting "Submit Reply" and ask yourself if you are adding something positive to the thread, or are you just going to end up making compete strangers think you are an arse.
Last edited by iaink; Jan 28th 2009 at 1:28 am.
Jan 28th 2009 | 1:28 am
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Re: Poll on Canadian experience
Ive no problem with dumb questions, God knows they are not the first and wont be the last, But winding each other up is going to end in trouble. My mother always told me "If you dont have anything to say, dont say anything" If you think a question is dumb, dont answer it.
Just pause for a second before hitting "Submit Reply" and ask yourself if you are adding something positive to the thread, or are you just going to end up making compete strangers think you are an arse.
Just pause for a second before hitting "Submit Reply" and ask yourself if you are adding something positive to the thread, or are you just going to end up making compete strangers think you are an arse.
Jan 28th 2009 | 1:30 am
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Re: Poll on Canadian experience
That's how you know its really me. She also used to say "Do as I say, not as I do"
You want to hear something really scary...as a mod I can edit your posts too!
Im so used to hitting the edit button on my own, quite often since my anointing Ive hit edit instead of quote on other peoples!
She also used to say "Do as I say, not as I do"You want to hear something really scary...as a mod I can edit your posts too!
Im so used to hitting the edit button on my own, quite often since my anointing Ive hit edit instead of quote on other peoples!
Last edited by iaink; Jan 28th 2009 at 2:15 am.
Jan 28th 2009 | 2:11 am
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Re: Poll on Canadian experience
Jan 28th 2009 | 2:16 am
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Jan 28th 2009 | 2:22 am
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