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Old Jan 2nd 2007 | 8:38 am
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Originally Posted by oceanMDX
Cucumber sandwiches? :scared:

They should be banned.
Along with yorkshire pudding!
 
Old Jan 2nd 2007 | 8:38 am
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Originally Posted by Mutters
Probably should have mentioned, we need to be able to commute to either: Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton or Kelowna (Sinead needs to work in a cancer centre and I'm hoping to work from an airport)
If that is the case, I am not aware of a place in Canada that would be able to give you everything on your wish list.
 
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Vancouver and especially Victoria are warm and quite dry during the summer. I have yet to see a summer in Victoria where the lawns weren't burned brown unless watered.
 
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Originally Posted by Mutters
Thanks for that. Okanagan sounds terrible.
Probably should have mentioned, we need to be able to commute to either:
Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton or Kelowna (Sinead needs to work in a cancer centre and I'm hoping to work from an airport)

How long deos it take to get from Okanagan to Vancouver?

Thanks, Neil
Hi Neil

Just to add that Kelowna has an international airport & also is the location for the Southern Interior Cancer Centre.

Cheers

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Along with yorkshire pudding!
And Marine Biologists from Victoria, eh???
 
Old Jan 2nd 2007 | 9:34 am
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Hi Neil

Just to add that Kelowna has an international airport & also is the location for the Southern Interior Cancer Centre.

Cheers

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Kelowna may be called an international airport as it does have customs facilities there but you'd have difficulty getting a direct flight to anywhere other than a Canadian destination.
 
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Vancouver and especially Victoria are warm and quite dry during the summer. I have yet to see a summer in Victoria where the lawns weren't burned brown unless watered.
True. I think summers in Victoria can not be beat - warm, never stiffling hot, no humidy, no mosquitos, always cools off at night, no rain, etc... but the irritating hoards of ice cream cone fellating tourists, the wrist-slitingly depressing winters and the vacuous development of the place over the last 10 years is a dear price to pay.

... oh then, there's also my fambly!
 
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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
And Marine Biologists from Victoria, eh???
Only in the dark recesses of your little mind BC!
 
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Only in the dark recesses of your little mind BC!
Well dont pick on me Nan's Yarksha Pud then.
 
Old Jan 2nd 2007 | 10:10 am
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Well dont pick on me Nan's Yarksha Pud then.

My apologies to Nan. My irish grannie tried for years to get me to like it, and I just cant get my head around it!
 
Old Jan 2nd 2007 | 10:11 am
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My apologies to Nan. My irish grannie tried for years to get me to like it, and I just cant get my head around it!

OH that explains it the irish never could make decent yorkshires
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OH that explains it the irish never could make decent yorkshires
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PMSL - but they make the best shortbread (all that butter!)
 
Old Jan 2nd 2007 | 10:20 am
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Originally Posted by Steve_P
Kelowna may be called an international airport as it does have customs facilities there but you'd have difficulty getting a direct flight to anywhere other than a Canadian destination.
IIRC you can get flights to Seattle from Kelowna International.

Yes, apparently Horizon Air flies direct Seattle/Kelowna.

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Old Jan 2nd 2007 | 10:23 am
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Kelowna may be called an international airport as it does have customs facilities there but you'd have difficulty getting a direct flight to anywhere other than a Canadian destination.
True you won't be able to catch a flight to the UK.... but last time I checked, Mexico & the United States were international. *prepares all sorts of stick out tongues & rolling of eyes* *chuckles*
 
Old Jan 2nd 2007 | 10:35 am
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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
True. I think summers in Victoria can not be beat - warm, never stiffling hot, no humidy, no mosquitos, always cools off at night, no rain, etc... but the irritating hoards of ice cream cone fellating tourists, the wrist-slitingly depressing winters and the vacuous development of the place over the last 10 years is a dear price to pay.

I have to agree.... Victoria's summers can't be beat, and I would put its summer climate up against anywhere in the world.

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