Tangram

Ah, so it wasn't no income, it was saved income/savings.

I was thinking you went all "Good Life" which in itself produces income.

I was confused when you said no income, which wasn't the case.

Boy d

And maybe we can lead you towards objectivity and away from generalizations by xmas. Although i,m not holding out much hope.

el_richo

I call that a Vacation. I usually do it a couple of times a year


I didn't say everyone

No because i'm happy with EVERYTHING in my life right now and wouldn't want to change a thing. My next vacation will no doubt be around the time i'm looking to change my routine a little

Hawk13

Are you going to share your happy pills?

iaink

Impending fatherhood. Its an expensive cure

I'd say Im happy with my lot in life too. Its a state of mind, thats all. No pills required.

Hawk13

Fatherhood, eh. Congrats and welcome to the world of the sleep deprived - know if I could develop a pill for that, I could retire to...

Former Lancastrian

I believe he was referring to someone else about to become a father. I have my doubts about him not being on pills though as his avatar has the Welcome to Anfailed and that Liver Bird thingy

el_richo

I've learned to appreciate everything i have in life. Today is always the best day in the world

dollface

Aw I got it wrong too I though he was announcing a new wee Iaink en-route.

Animal

True.

I love my kids but I'm happy and loving life as I know I wont' be having any more

iaink

Me too...

Sorry, misunderstanding, but thanks anyway. Richo is the one whose routine is about to be turned upside down

pacepeter

All depends what you are comparing with ie council estate in mosside to a part of Canada or a part of Canada against a nice little town in the lake district

Steve_

No it definitely is worse in Canada, that example of the law being changed to allow people to sell wine inter-provincially - simply not an issue in most other jurisdictions in the world.

There was a thread in the maple leaf someone started about all the regs they had to plough through to do their garden and I quoted some other laws I've had issues with, either because they're too vague or make no sense.

And I know I've had problems with professional associations here that I never dreamt of, sometimes you have to be a member of more than one or whatever.

It's all designed to create a closed shop, imo. Canadians are resistant to change to a greater degree than Europeans. They want everything to be settled but it's not possible.

Bureaucracy is universal but in the UK for example during the Thatcher years there was a determined attempt to cut through it, but that never happened in Canada.

Here's another example that just popped into my head - if you engage in stock market transactions, each province has their own securities regulator, whereas in the US it is the SEC nationally and every other developed country has just one nationally as well whether they have a federal system of govt. or not. This creates significant issues for access to capital and also means in smaller jurisdictions the brokers have a captive market.

I've read speeches Jason Kenney (minister of immigration) has given where he clearly is extremely frustrated with unions and associations being resistant to allowing immigrants to get the qualifications they need in order to work.

Here is yet another example: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a...cope-for-broom

In other words, they want everything to carry on as normal, no immigrants to rock the boat.

Danny B

It all depends on where you live. If you are coming from a city in the UK where your weekly routine is driving in traffic, working for 8hrs, driving home in traffic, eat, sleep, repeat, then it would make no sense to do the same thing in Canada.

That was my life in the UK, so we moved to a less populous city in BC and now I have a 10 minute drive to work, 7.5 hr working day, and much more free time to do other things.

People go on about moving to Canada to go skiing or hiking up the sides of mountains but to be honest, we rarely do either and nor do any of our CDN friends. We did for the 1st year but then the novelty wears off and our time is usually spent dropping kids off at their activities that you could just as easily do in the UK - Soccer, gymnastics, piano lessons etc.

I guess what I am trying to say is, if you are leaving the UK to get out of the rat race, don't move to another big city in Canada. likewise, if you are moving from a rural location in the UK to experience city life, don't move anywhere except Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, or Vancouver as there is bugger all to do in the other cities.

iaink

But is it really necessary to move as far as Canada to escape the UK ratrace? Surely there are closer places? Its mostly a state of mind anyway I suspect.