Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
Nov 28th 2006, 10:22 pm
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Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
We're heeeeeere!! Firstly brrrrrr..... but secondly and absolutely mostly - YAAAAAAAY!!!! We are so happy to be here it's awesome!! It has been the biggest rush ever and I never thought that it would all come together in time to get on the blasted plane but it did... emotional farewells but some good solid promises for visits (bro already lined up for January LOL)
Flight was great, loads of legroom - def get and upgrade if you can, Zoom were great and really comfy, although we did have the cast of Degrassi High in there with us LOL (not the real ones of course)
Immigration were great, friendly and welcoming even if the damn computers broke just as we were at the head of the queue!! LOL, still we got chatting to a few others there so it passed the time
The drive up was great - got lost finding the rental house but no worries - coulda got done for attempted burglary as we were trying the wrong house!!!
Since then everyone has been very helpful and welcoming - from the SIN people to the phone people and our friends here have been awesome!!
So all in all, first 10 days, whirlwind but worth it and long may it continue!! (well the worth it not the whirlwind cos that'd just knacker us out LOL)
Ki
Flight was great, loads of legroom - def get and upgrade if you can, Zoom were great and really comfy, although we did have the cast of Degrassi High in there with us LOL (not the real ones of course)
Immigration were great, friendly and welcoming even if the damn computers broke just as we were at the head of the queue!! LOL, still we got chatting to a few others there so it passed the time
The drive up was great - got lost finding the rental house but no worries - coulda got done for attempted burglary as we were trying the wrong house!!!
Since then everyone has been very helpful and welcoming - from the SIN people to the phone people and our friends here have been awesome!!
So all in all, first 10 days, whirlwind but worth it and long may it continue!! (well the worth it not the whirlwind cos that'd just knacker us out LOL)
Ki
Nov 28th 2006, 10:29 pm
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
Originally Posted by Ki76
We're heeeeeere!! Firstly brrrrrr..... but secondly and absolutely mostly - YAAAAAAAY!!!! We are so happy to be here it's awesome!! It has been the biggest rush ever and I never thought that it would all come together in time to get on the blasted plane but it did... emotional farewells but some good solid promises for visits (bro already lined up for January LOL)
Flight was great, loads of legroom - def get and upgrade if you can, Zoom were great and really comfy, although we did have the cast of Degrassi High in there with us LOL (not the real ones of course)
Immigration were great, friendly and welcoming even if the damn computers broke just as we were at the head of the queue!! LOL, still we got chatting to a few others there so it passed the time
The drive up was great - got lost finding the rental house but no worries - coulda got done for attempted burglary as we were trying the wrong house!!!
Since then everyone has been very helpful and welcoming - from the SIN people to the phone people and our friends here have been awesome!!
So all in all, first 10 days, whirlwind but worth it and long may it continue!! (well the worth it not the whirlwind cos that'd just knacker us out LOL)
Ki
Flight was great, loads of legroom - def get and upgrade if you can, Zoom were great and really comfy, although we did have the cast of Degrassi High in there with us LOL (not the real ones of course)
Immigration were great, friendly and welcoming even if the damn computers broke just as we were at the head of the queue!! LOL, still we got chatting to a few others there so it passed the time
The drive up was great - got lost finding the rental house but no worries - coulda got done for attempted burglary as we were trying the wrong house!!!
Since then everyone has been very helpful and welcoming - from the SIN people to the phone people and our friends here have been awesome!!
So all in all, first 10 days, whirlwind but worth it and long may it continue!! (well the worth it not the whirlwind cos that'd just knacker us out LOL)
Ki
It sounds fab
Nov 28th 2006, 10:59 pm
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
PC up and running at last Ki
Good to hear you are settling in well.
How cold was it today !!!!!!!!!! I was gonna say this is about as cold as it gets, but I'd probably be lying.
Bye for now
Deb
Good to hear you are settling in well.
How cold was it today !!!!!!!!!! I was gonna say this is about as cold as it gets, but I'd probably be lying.
Bye for now
Deb
Nov 28th 2006, 11:13 pm
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
Welcome to Alberta Ki, I hope you continue to enjoy living in our fair province.
R2D2 you might well be lying if you said that this is as cold as it gets but it's not very often that it gets colder than this. Yes it happens maybe even once or twice a winter, but not as often as some would have us believe.
You should hear them whining down here in Calgary.
You'd think we'd been moved to the tropics in the last ten years and all of the sudden reality smacked has them in the face. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Cheers
Steve
R2D2 you might well be lying if you said that this is as cold as it gets but it's not very often that it gets colder than this. Yes it happens maybe even once or twice a winter, but not as often as some would have us believe.
You should hear them whining down here in Calgary.
You'd think we'd been moved to the tropics in the last ten years and all of the sudden reality smacked has them in the face. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Cheers
Steve
Nov 28th 2006, 11:29 pm
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
Originally Posted by Ki76
So all in all, first 10 days, whirlwind but worth it and long may it continue!! (well the worth it not the whirlwind cos that'd just knacker us out LOL)
Ki
Rob
Nov 29th 2006, 12:24 am
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
Hey you made it, glad everything went smooth.
Talk in the chat room soon.
Talk in the chat room soon.
Nov 29th 2006, 5:35 am
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
Originally Posted by Hangman
You should hear them whining down here in Calgary.
You'd think we'd been moved to the tropics in the last ten years and all of the sudden reality smacked has them in the face. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth.
I can't see that Calgary drivers cope that well with it though, form the number of accidents I have seen in the last few days!
Nov 29th 2006, 7:13 am
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
Originally Posted by Ki76
We're heeeeeere!! Firstly brrrrrr..... but secondly and absolutely mostly - YAAAAAAAY!!!! We are so happy to be here it's awesome!! It has been the biggest rush ever and I never thought that it would all come together in time to get on the blasted plane but it did... emotional farewells but some good solid promises for visits (bro already lined up for January LOL)
Flight was great, loads of legroom - def get and upgrade if you can, Zoom were great and really comfy, although we did have the cast of Degrassi High in there with us LOL (not the real ones of course)
Immigration were great, friendly and welcoming even if the damn computers broke just as we were at the head of the queue!! LOL, still we got chatting to a few others there so it passed the time
The drive up was great - got lost finding the rental house but no worries - coulda got done for attempted burglary as we were trying the wrong house!!!
Since then everyone has been very helpful and welcoming - from the SIN people to the phone people and our friends here have been awesome!!
So all in all, first 10 days, whirlwind but worth it and long may it continue!! (well the worth it not the whirlwind cos that'd just knacker us out LOL)
Ki
Flight was great, loads of legroom - def get and upgrade if you can, Zoom were great and really comfy, although we did have the cast of Degrassi High in there with us LOL (not the real ones of course)
Immigration were great, friendly and welcoming even if the damn computers broke just as we were at the head of the queue!! LOL, still we got chatting to a few others there so it passed the time
The drive up was great - got lost finding the rental house but no worries - coulda got done for attempted burglary as we were trying the wrong house!!!
Since then everyone has been very helpful and welcoming - from the SIN people to the phone people and our friends here have been awesome!!
So all in all, first 10 days, whirlwind but worth it and long may it continue!! (well the worth it not the whirlwind cos that'd just knacker us out LOL)
Ki
Wow so exciting meeting all the cast from Degrassi Junior High, oh and all the best for the move tell us more later.
Emma x
Nov 29th 2006, 12:43 pm
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
Congratulations
Nov 29th 2006, 12:47 pm
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
How's the house hunting????
Linda
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Nov 29th 2006, 3:16 pm
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
Originally Posted by Morwenna
I can't see that Calgary drivers cope that well with it though, form the number of accidents I have seen in the last few days!
This city needs to spend way more on snow removal and road sanding than it does. It seems the prime method is wait for a chinook to come along and melt it.
However we get what we pay for and according to most surveys in the past people are not willing to pay higher taxes for better snow removal. They just want to complain.
Nov 29th 2006, 3:24 pm
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Re: Yee haa and Canada eh! and all that jazz
Welcome Ki, glad things are going smoothly! Just keep telling yourselves "it's a dry cold" - supposedly this makes a difference!
I am amazed at the lack of snow removal here in Edmonton - in both Halifax and Toronto snow plows are out clearing the roads even before it stops snowing! Apparently the city of Edmonton does not even own its own plows - something about contracting out and calling them up whenever they are needed? You would think the northern-most major city in Canada would spring for a few plows.
I am amazed at the lack of snow removal here in Edmonton - in both Halifax and Toronto snow plows are out clearing the roads even before it stops snowing! Apparently the city of Edmonton does not even own its own plows - something about contracting out and calling them up whenever they are needed? You would think the northern-most major city in Canada would spring for a few plows.
Nov 29th 2006, 11:47 pm
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Welcome to the other side.
