Money, Eggs, Hockey, a summer of sorts!

But surely the quality of the eggs is outweighed by the cost of the cheese?

I remember someone yakkin on about cheese before, to be honest I never notice, I just buy what I want, do miss Wensleydale cheese though, they do it with ruddy cranberries here....yuk!, the red/white wine package at Safeway is good.....I digress!

My local (loblaws) independent has cranberry free wensleydale at the deli counter... .

French Canadian(Ok Québecoise) wife who did not like Waddon Croydon !

A few of us (Brits) sitting around a table in a bar here in Montreal asked the same question after we just played a round of golf on a nice hot summer day and we came to the conclusion that it's like being on holiday.

We are all in our 50's play golf still try to play football and just do things activity wise that my family and mates back home just do not do unless it revolves round the pub

I am unskilled have a small biz (have a job going if anyone wants one ) and it just seems easier here.

completely agree!!!!

This is one of my main reasons to move to, fed up with the pub culture here

The problem is the English national instrument is those annoying morris bells isnt it?, and they cause offence even to the English, so what are ya gonna do?

You do know that they have sides here and in New York State? There's no escaping those bells. Worse, some places here, and even in America, have pubs and people drink in them! People with bells on. And others. Dogs, country, yadda.

No, I was blissfully ignorant until now. Where are these places, in order that I may avoid them?

If you properly want to avoid pub culture then I suggest Provo UT or Dundalk ON. Bigger places, even Utahan ones such as Salt Lake City, have a thriving social scene. In Provo religionists dominate.

Dundalk does have bars but the terrifying physicality of the customers and the way in which they look similar to one another, sharing the same thoughts to the point of not needing ever to speak, makes the places bars and not pubs; "a liquor license with stools". It would be a stretch to call that a "culture" of any sort.

You think Canadian eggs are good...?

If you keep chickens in Canada you can get good eggs.

Unless the Canadian chickens are extraspecial, surely you can get equal quality of eggs from chickens in Britain?

I imagine so but, in Britain, one can just wander down to a shop and buy free range eggs. Why trouble to keep a chicken?