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Old Aug 4th 2015, 1:54 am
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Painting is year round, there are clubs, classes.
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Old Aug 4th 2015, 2:22 am
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Originally Posted by bats
Painting is year round
It doesn't easel off at any time?
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Old Aug 4th 2015, 2:30 am
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
It doesn't easel off at any time?
Don't give it the brush off
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Old Aug 4th 2015, 3:01 am
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Originally Posted by HGerchikov
Hiking, rollerblading, cycling, all can be done in chilly, not snowy weather. It was never an issue for us as our kids turned out to be quite good ice hockey players so our autumn was filled with practices and games at least 6 nights a week. Also gave us a social life as we met a lot of people. I accept that having kids just because you are bored between the summer and the snow may be a little drastic though
Kids do seem to open up new avenues to social life... But as you said a bit of a drastic approach....

There are a boat load of activities here for parents and families, a bit lacking though for us childless couples.
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Old Aug 4th 2015, 3:12 am
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Kids do seem to open up new avenues to social life... But as you said a bit of a drastic approach....

There are a boat load of activities here for parents and families, a bit lacking though for us childless couples.
Dogs are good too, when ours was younger I used to take him to the dog park every day, I met a lot of lovely people there.
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Originally Posted by HGerchikov
Dogs are good too, when ours was younger I used to take him to the dog park every day, I met a lot of lovely people there.
Yes, we do meet people in passing with the dog. She is a people lover and seems to attract people over,...lol
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Old Aug 4th 2015, 1:45 pm
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Originally Posted by HGerchikov
Dogs are good too, when ours was younger I used to take him to the dog park every day, I met a lot of lovely people there.
In the dog park in Allen Gardens one winter I met a man who recognised my accent. I was disconcerted at the accuracy of his perception, even more so when he lowered his trousers to show me that he really did have a cockeral tattooed on his bum.

"Yiddo!" I muttered without the usual enthusiasm.
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Old Aug 4th 2015, 2:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Winter sports actually seem like fun, well not skiing or snow boarding, but those snow mobile things look fun....I looked into it last winter, but like most winter sports, cost too much. One day though, it's on my bucket list, just once so I can say I did it....

If anyone likes mountain climbing or mountain biking, come out this way, we have more places to do those 2 things then I can count, both have a very active community here as do the whatever its called on the water with a surf board like contraption and some sort of parachute/kite like thing that they skim across the water on, kite boarding I think they call it.

For outdoor sports people, this area is pretty sweet, really is no time of year where there isn't an outdoor sport to do.
I had a friend working at jasper park, his photos looked amazing. He really preferred out west to this side. We moved here to be close to my wife's family though.
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Old Aug 4th 2015, 2:07 pm
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Originally Posted by bats
Don't give it the brush off

Oh dear
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Originally Posted by Shirtback
+1.

In other news, I hauled my lazy arse down to the lake today with kayak, & remembered why this little corner of Canada is really Not That Bad.
where in Qc are you?
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Old Aug 4th 2015, 8:48 pm
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Originally Posted by laddo73
where in Qc are you?
Between Tremblant & St-So. 45 minutes out of Lachute. PM for details.

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Old Aug 5th 2015, 12:36 am
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Originally Posted by laddo73
I had a friend working at jasper park, his photos looked amazing. He really preferred out west to this side. We moved here to be close to my wife's family though.
I prefer the west coast of both the US and Canada, always been a west coast person.

I tried the US upper Midwest and Ontario a for a bit, and I did like some aspects of those places, but they were not the west, and I found the more humid spring and summers not so pleasent.

I've not been further east in Canada then Ontario, Belleville, ON is as fast east as I made it.

Also lived in Edmonton, had some advantage over BC. but I didn't like being some what isolated from major US city's and the border so back to BC I went.
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Old Nov 5th 2015, 6:26 pm
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10 months in & still think the UK has more to offer than Canada
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Old Nov 5th 2015, 7:32 pm
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Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian
Perhaps CIC should stop Brits emigrating to Canada for say those over 20 years old then that way BE would have less threads about how things in Canada are different to the UK. If there was an Olympic sport for whining about other countries not being the same as the UK then the Brits would be gold medal winners with probably the USA winning silver.
A thread several pages long about how Indian food and curries in Toronto being bad. The only obvious reason I can come up with is Toronto isn't in ****ing India thats why.
As someone else said you are trying to replace something thats isn't always here and because you miss it you become unhappy and question your reasons for moving here.
I have yet to meet anyone who said they moved here for the fish and chips or banking system or any of the other things that Brits miss. It also comes as no surprise that if they are told they can actually get this or that which they miss they then bitch about how much it costs or its too far to go etc etc
Admittedly Canada being part of the Commonwealth is totally at fault for this as they advertise certain aspects of Canada being similar to that of the UK. They have towns and cities named after their UK counterparts to fool you into believing that they are the same such as London, Liverpool, Halifax and Stratford to name a few.
Im sure there is a French expats website somewhere where they are bitching about how come there are no Renault, Peugeot or Citroen dealers in Canada.
There again Im sure there are just as many Canadians bitching about the lack of iced hockey and its standard of play compared to the NHL or the fact that there are very few moose to hunt in Cheshire.
I could go on and on but lets face it Canada is not the UK and never will be no matter how hard they try to replicate things. Once you come to realize this and the sooner you accept it then life will become easier.

Now how come chip shops in London UK don't sell steak puddings? They certainly didn't in the 80s nor did they sell Lions bitter or mild. What sort of place is that to live?
I had to laugh at the highlighted part, considering it was Scottish and British settler/immigrants that named those places in Canada. There is no plot to fool people.

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Originally Posted by laddo73
10 months in & still think the UK has more to offer than Canada
Well presumably you know what you must do if your life is to be a happy one.
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