Biiiiink

Across the border. Although Mr B is now being told horror stories of litiguous 'merkans so is getting cold feet. I think when he gets properly cold feet (was reading today a Winnipeg winter is colder than an Arctic one?!) his metaphorical ones might thaw a bit.

dbd33

Dunno about dentists but my father-in-bigamistic-common-law is a doctor in the US, he works in a hospital now but had his own office for years. He said he didn't fear litigation so much as the cost of the malpractice premiums. He also said that the book keeping was a huge effort, each patient seemed to have a different insurer and they all had different claims procedures. He looks wistfuly at the idea of a single payer system. I guess collecting payment is the same problem for a dentist either side of the border; there's no single payer for dental work.

hot wasabi peas

That's very likely. Though it can get incredible cold in the Yukon - the worst I've felt is -36, most of the time in the winter it's just in the mid -20s and that's with perpetual darkness. It's the loooong 5 month night that is the real pain in the ass in winter up there, not so much the cold.

Jingle-bells, jingle-bells... ah Winterpeg! I bet you can't wait!

iaink

Can tell you dont have dental insurance. There is a single payer...the client! Dentist charge the individual, who then claims it back from their insurer.

As a courtesy most dentists send your claim directly to the insurance provider for you (electronically)...but by then they already have the payment from you, so they are never out of pocket. If the system is down, then its up to you to send the relevant bits of paper off and hope for the best.

Souvenir

That's not universally true. The dentist I had in Oakville waited until the course of treatment was over, and had received all the reimbursement due to her from the insurance company, and only then asked me to cough up the balance. Maybe I just had a nice dentist.

babyblue

great stories guys!

Seacreature?.... how are things for you now? is it an up or down time? we all have them. I was talking to an old guy from Ireland yesterday and he has been here over 40 years but still misses home. Funny how he calls it home when more of his life has been here.
I stil have my moments. Especially when you have to fight for everything!

I was listening to the news recently about the building force here. Makes me laugh really when bring such good qualifications and experience with us yet we struggle to find the desired work.
Many people even struggle to get here in the first place.

nice to here good inspirational stories though!

sysclp

If you do go south, consider the Alabama gulf coast. I grew up there and my mother is still there. Same white sand beaches and warm weather as Florida but MUCH cheaper and not so many NY and NJ transplants to worry about (i.e. the natives are really from there). Very good shopping there too, especially the gigantic outlet mall in Foley (near my mom) and lots of really great and fresh seafood. Lots of Canadian snowbirds come there in the winter and they are always very welcome.

rossandvi

Hi we went to Canda on holiday 2 years ago in the month of May............
We landed on Prince Edward Island and as we drove off the ferry the sun was reflecting on the clear clean water the air was fresh and spring was everywhere....amazing.
We drove for an hour on almost empty roads enjoying the views of this fantastic island and arrived in the capital Charlottetown.
This town seemed to hve been in time warp with its large Victorian white wooden houses the lnscaped gardens and the sea......... fantastic.
We stayed 2 weeks and toured the whole island and that was it for us we fell in love with the place.......... ''the biggest farm in the world''
Being Atlantic Canada we were aware the winter storms could be very severe so we returned last winter and stayed throughout Jan Feb. March and yes we had wild snow storms........ it was great the main roads were cleared of 9 feet of snow in a matter of hour and everyone helps out digging out cars etc.
We came home and made up our minds this was where we want to live......great place great people and we hope a great future.........
Applied for the Nominee program in March this year.......letter of acceptance from the Island April.........Forms etc to London.........AOR ......June........medicals this coming Tuesday.....Fingers crossed if thats ok and we get a buyer for our home we will be off by the end of the year.

Biiiiink

I will! Sounds lovely Mr B was thinking Georgia for no apparent reason other than it may have featured in trash novels he reads. And Savannah looked pretty when the boating was coming out of there in the Olympics. Neither he nor I have been south of Virginia. All a bit random really!

Who knows, if we survive these 2 winters with all fingers and toes in tact we might just stay put after all

Biiiiink

sysclp

Considering that I come from down there where a cold winter day is 40 degrees F, I have not really had any problems with the winters here. -20 degrees C is pretty cold, but I can dress for that and it isn't that bad.

davio28

i moved for love

Snave

Me too.

Umm... not Davio's... Mrs. S.'s.

stepnek

Personally speaking, if we stay in Canada for the next forty years (and effectively the rest of my life) then I'm going to be greatly disappointed if I went through all that time still missing the UK and still calling it home. At the moment I do miss it terribly and I still consider it home. Still, we've only been here nine months so that's to be expected. And the reason for being here? Fell in love with a Canadian.

seacreature

Thanks for asking!
I'm OK, but still very frustrated about jobs. How are you keeping?
I've been looking for bank teller work, but once again, I'm not having a great deal of luck.

Incidentally, as an experiment I did actually fabricate an entire resume, showing I'd worked for various UK banks over a period of 10 years. I even got a British friend to help with the details. Still nothing!

I sent a similar CV to a couple of banks in the UK and received an email from a HR guy at NatWest asking me to ring him asap!! Can you believe it?

At least it shows I stand a good chance of finding work once I return to England!

sysclp

One thing that may stop you from getting any job at a bank (even their call centre) is the lack of a Canadian credit report. Apparently there is some rule or law here that you can't work for a bank if you don't have an excellent credit report. I know for sure that is true for their call centres as a friend of ours was trying to get a job there and they liked her except she couldn't pass the credit check so didn't get the job.