Wife needs convincing
May 14th 2007, 2:13 pm
#32
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Re: Wife needs convincing
[QUOTE=Souvenir;4778687]
Which side of the river do they intend living on?
The question scenario for Ottawa would be this.
"For several months of the year the last thing you do before going to bed is shovel lots of snow off your driveway. You will get up really, really early and do it again, so you can drive to work. When you get home, the plough will have been past, leaving a big wall of snow at the entrance to your driveway. You will need to shovel this to get to your front door. If there has been freezing rain during the day (this only happens once or twice a week), you will do the shovelling with a pickaxe. What, now, are your views on moving to the National Capital Region?".
A) Can't wait; sounds very Canadian and I want to be a part of it.
B) Melbourne looks nice.
Or more correctly. A) Because that gives me the opportunity to buy a piece of gas powered equipment to help me deal with mother nature. In this instance a snowblower, in other instances a tractor/ATV/boat etc*
* delete as appropriate.
Which side of the river do they intend living on?
The question scenario for Ottawa would be this.
"For several months of the year the last thing you do before going to bed is shovel lots of snow off your driveway. You will get up really, really early and do it again, so you can drive to work. When you get home, the plough will have been past, leaving a big wall of snow at the entrance to your driveway. You will need to shovel this to get to your front door. If there has been freezing rain during the day (this only happens once or twice a week), you will do the shovelling with a pickaxe. What, now, are your views on moving to the National Capital Region?".
A) Can't wait; sounds very Canadian and I want to be a part of it.
B) Melbourne looks nice.
* delete as appropriate.
May 14th 2007, 2:20 pm
#33
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Re: Wife needs convincing
Speaking English is irrelevant we are still immigrants - invisible ethnics.
Souvenir- why did your partner leave that area
If I had that choice I would go there now.
Canadians love outdoor - not all of them, many stay inside for 6 months of the year hence the impressive amount of Canadian writers apparently.
And loving outdoors also means Canadians don't have much appreciation of culture and history and resulting in horrible downtowns and lack of historic areas; everywhere having been nicely demolished and something awful constructed. To do with the economy is their reasoning- they need to do that to create jobs.. or something. Very sad.
Souvenir- why did your partner leave that area
If I had that choice I would go there now.Canadians love outdoor - not all of them, many stay inside for 6 months of the year hence the impressive amount of Canadian writers apparently.
And loving outdoors also means Canadians don't have much appreciation of culture and history and resulting in horrible downtowns and lack of historic areas; everywhere having been nicely demolished and something awful constructed. To do with the economy is their reasoning- they need to do that to create jobs.. or something. Very sad.
May 14th 2007, 2:26 pm
#34
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Re: Wife needs convincing
Speaking English is irrelevant we are still immigrants - invisible ethnics.
Souvenir- why did your partner leave that area If I had that choice I would go there now.
Canadians love outdoor - not all of them, many stay inside for 6 months of the year hence the impressive amount of Canadian writers apparently.
And loving outdoors also means Canadians don't have much appreciation of culture and history and resulting in horrible downtowns and lack of historic areas; everywhere having been nicely demolished and something awful constructed. To do with the economy is their reasoning- they need to do that to create jobs.. or something. Very sad.
Souvenir- why did your partner leave that area
If I had that choice I would go there now.Canadians love outdoor - not all of them, many stay inside for 6 months of the year hence the impressive amount of Canadian writers apparently.
And loving outdoors also means Canadians don't have much appreciation of culture and history and resulting in horrible downtowns and lack of historic areas; everywhere having been nicely demolished and something awful constructed. To do with the economy is their reasoning- they need to do that to create jobs.. or something. Very sad.
Liana: Are you Canadian, English, an immigrant, do you like canadians.
Please can we stick to the original thread. Ta
May 14th 2007, 2:33 pm
#35
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Re: Wife needs convincing
[QUOTE=Atlantic Xpat;4778724]
"the opportunity to buy a piece of gas powered equipment to help me deal with mother nature". There is a certain amount of irony in that, depending on how you interpret "deal with".
I bought Souvette a power washer for Mothers' Day. I haven't used it yet. The main idea was to clean the car, driveway, siding and deck. It's not a monster, at 1650psi but I'm not sure how dangerous it is. We hired one to clean the deck last year and you could carve your name with it. I guess I'll try washing the dog with it first. If I don't punch a hole through him, or blast him straight through the fence, it should be OK for the deck.
I bought Souvette a power washer for Mothers' Day. I haven't used it yet. The main idea was to clean the car, driveway, siding and deck. It's not a monster, at 1650psi but I'm not sure how dangerous it is. We hired one to clean the deck last year and you could carve your name with it. I guess I'll try washing the dog with it first. If I don't punch a hole through him, or blast him straight through the fence, it should be OK for the deck.
May 14th 2007, 2:36 pm
#37
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Re: Wife needs convincing
[QUOTE=Souvenir;4778687]
Which side of the river do they intend living on?
The question scenario for Ottawa would be this.
"For several months of the year the last thing you do before going to bed is shovel lots of snow off your driveway. You will get up really, really early and do it again, so you can drive to work. When you get home, the plough will have been past, leaving a big wall of snow at the entrance to your driveway. You will need to shovel this to get to your front door. If there has been freezing rain during the day (this only happens once or twice a week), you will do the shovelling with a pickaxe. What, now, are your views on moving to the National Capital Region?".
A) Can't wait; sounds very Canadian and I want to be a part of it.
B) Melbourne looks nice.
I would very much like to meet you in person.
I'm out ther in early July.
Which side of the river do they intend living on?
The question scenario for Ottawa would be this.
"For several months of the year the last thing you do before going to bed is shovel lots of snow off your driveway. You will get up really, really early and do it again, so you can drive to work. When you get home, the plough will have been past, leaving a big wall of snow at the entrance to your driveway. You will need to shovel this to get to your front door. If there has been freezing rain during the day (this only happens once or twice a week), you will do the shovelling with a pickaxe. What, now, are your views on moving to the National Capital Region?".
A) Can't wait; sounds very Canadian and I want to be a part of it.
B) Melbourne looks nice.
I'm out ther in early July.
May 14th 2007, 2:42 pm
#38
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Re: Wife needs convincing
I bought Souvette a power washer for Mothers' Day. I haven't used it yet. The main idea was to clean the car, driveway, siding and deck. It's not a monster, at 1650psi but I'm not sure how dangerous it is. We hired one to clean the deck last year and you could carve your name with it. I guess I'll try washing the dog with it first. If I don't punch a hole through him, or blast him straight through the fence, it should be OK for the deck.
Be careful when you use this machine on siding.
Try to ensure you don't drive the water underneath the siding and damage the sheathing. Easily done apparently.
Cheers
Steve
Last edited by Steve_P; May 14th 2007 at 2:56 pm.
May 14th 2007, 2:54 pm
#39
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Re: Wife needs convincing
[QUOTE=Steve_P;4778889]
Best we old Englanders stay in Engand. You can visit if you like, we'll make you feel happy, show you around just like you'll do in your land.
May 14th 2007, 3:08 pm
#41
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Re: Wife needs convincing
That would have been great. I know other Canadian and Aussie military who are over in the UK and they have good lifestyles too; here they would only be able to rent out a modest apartment - there, they live in luxury penthouses. Nice experience though- wish I had married a military person
May 14th 2007, 3:15 pm
#42
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Re: Wife needs convincing
The response was to another post but it was a certain amount of relevance to a "wife needs convincing". Those are the positive and negative aspects of certain things here.
May 15th 2007, 12:13 pm
#43
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Re: Wife needs convincing
That risk had crossed my mind but thanks for the reminder.
May 15th 2007, 1:40 pm
#45
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Re: Wife needs convincing
I have been reading for a while now and finally decided to join in.
Been wanting to emigrate to Canada since i was 18, now 35 (don't like to rush things). Not trying to get away from anything in particular just trying to fulfill a long term dream, unforunately my wife is not as keen as myself as she is a bit of a home girl, i want to head for Southern Vancouver (surrey, Richmond etc).
Does anyone have any ideas for convincing my wife that this is the place to be and if i manage to get there for a holiday this year, where would be good places to visit to convince her.
Been wanting to emigrate to Canada since i was 18, now 35 (don't like to rush things). Not trying to get away from anything in particular just trying to fulfill a long term dream, unforunately my wife is not as keen as myself as she is a bit of a home girl, i want to head for Southern Vancouver (surrey, Richmond etc).
Does anyone have any ideas for convincing my wife that this is the place to be and if i manage to get there for a holiday this year, where would be good places to visit to convince her.
Women know your place.