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43 years today !
On Saturday, March 14, 1969 I landed at Montreal, in transit to Halifax, N.S. I had one small suitcase and $183 !
Fortunately there was someone who urgently needed my skills and I started work the following Monday. I have never looked back, felt homesick or had any desire to return to the UK to live even though I have visited there on holidays many times. Canada isn't perfect by any means but it has been very good to me and I don't regret a day of it. |
Re: 43 years today !
Congratulations Simon.
Im guessing Canada is a lot more agreeable if you can overwinter in Arizona:) |
Re: 43 years today !
Originally Posted by iaink
(Post 9953295)
Congratulations Simon.
Im guessing Canada is a lot more agreeable if you can overwinter in Arizona:) |
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Congratulations. Only been here 6 1/2 months so far but no regrets. I really hope that we feel the same in 42 years (if I live that long!!)
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Before man had even landed on the moon or Woodstock had taken place and the Beatles were still a group (just)..:)...
..congratulations on the 43 years and Nova Scotia (and the CRA) is looking forward to your return :thumbsup: |
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Congratulations Simon to you and yours.....:thumbup:.
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Re: 43 years today !
Originally Posted by jimmydean
(Post 9953681)
Before man had even landed on the moon or Woodstock had taken place and the Beatles were still a group (just)..:)...
Goodness me, how to make a fellow feel old!!!:p
Originally Posted by Simon Legree
(Post 9953229)
On Saturday, March 14, 1969 I landed at Montreal, in transit to Halifax, N.S. I had one small suitcase and $183 !
Fortunately there was someone who urgently needed my skills and I started work the following Monday. I have never looked back, felt homesick or had any desire to return to the UK to live even though I have visited there on holidays many times. Canada isn't perfect by any means but it has been very good to me and I don't regret a day of it. |
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Congratulations! Wow 43 years; there's hope for the rest of us yet!
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Congrats - always nice to hear from the happy fellas! :D
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Re: 43 years today !
Originally Posted by ann m
(Post 9954436)
Congrats - always nice to hear from the happy fellas! :D
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Congratulations. Like you, I have been here for 43 years, soon to be 44. No regrets at all. We have a wonderful life here. First in Montreal for 6 years and now in Nova Scotia.
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Re: 43 years today !
Originally Posted by sandylns
(Post 9955158)
Congratulations. Like you, I have been here for 43 years, soon to be 44. No regrets at all. We have a wonderful life here. First in Montreal for 6 years and now in Nova Scotia.
Well done to you as well on a happy and productive immigration and integration. Long may it continue and hope we do as well. (I am not yet 6 months up, so nothing for me to compare with you:o) |
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Belated congratulations :)
What was immigration like back then - did you just turn up and they let you in? Genuinely curious ;) |
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Originally Posted by Siphorous
(Post 9967082)
Belated congratulations :)
What was immigration like back then - did you just turn up and they let you in? Genuinely curious ;) I, as a very young man, had a particular skill which someone in Canada wanted badly. The process was started by them on my behalf in mid November 1968. The whole thing took only about 16 weeks and I landed on March 14, 1969. I have no idea what "stream" I was admitted under. I landed in Montreal and a yellow "Landed Immigrant" card was stapled into my passport. That was it. |
Re: 43 years today !
Originally Posted by Simon Legree
(Post 9967131)
No, you didn't "just turn up".
I, as a very young man, had a particular skill which someone in Canada wanted badly. The process was started by them on my behalf in mid November 1968. The whole thing took only about 16 weeks and I landed on March 14, 1969. I have no idea what "stream" I was admitted under. I landed in Montreal and a yellow "Landed Immigrant" card was stapled into my passport. That was it. I apologise for any disrespect there may have been in my phrasing of the question - I was genuinely curious and didn't mean any. |
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