If you don't like it - Don't do it
Feb 25th 2018, 9:02 pm
#46
Bex in the city
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Re: If you don't like it - Don't do it
I know Canada needed foreign workers back in the 1960s/70s.
Now with more people flying and travelling around, there is more freedom to move around. However the downside is that its more ‘competitive’ and therefore more need for a clean criminal record, background checks, proof of funds and skilled work experience.
Feb 25th 2018, 9:10 pm
#47
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Re: If you don't like it - Don't do it
We had no idea that a narrow white strip of paper should have been stapled into each passport ........ we put it into a safe place, and travelled everywhere with no proof that we really were PRs until we got citizenship in 1974 and our Canadian passports. We didn't have any PR cards.
Plus we didn't have to do any tests or go before a judge to get citizenship.
When I was about to finish university here I was under some crazy idea that government jobs were the place to be (quickly got that out of my system
) and realized that I needed to be a Canadian citizen for some. Since I was over 18 by then I had to sit the citizenship tests etc and go in front of the judge with the rest of the family. The judge asked my father, 'what was the most recent public holiday in celebration of'? This was asked in Ontario in June and the correct answer would have been 'Queen Victoria's birthday'. My father was stumped and didn't get that answer correct. When the judge told him it was Queen Victoria's birthday, he informed her that wasn't a holiday in the UK. I believe she asked him that question as she believed as a UK citizen he would know of Queen Victoria's birthday.
Jun 2nd 2018, 1:37 pm
#49
I still dont believe it..
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Location: 12 degrees north
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Re: If you don't like it - Don't do it
We get american nastiness [chex mix] instead of monster munch, but strangely we get waitrose own brand crisps too...
I bought a proper deep fat fryer which makes beautiful fish [snapper or mahi mahi fillets] and chips [idaho american spuds are lovely.]. Is alcohol purchasing an issue for you there?
Jun 2nd 2018, 1:42 pm
#50
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Re: If you don't like it - Don't do it
Jun 2nd 2018, 2:39 pm
#51
I still dont believe it..
Joined: Oct 2013
Location: 12 degrees north
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Re: If you don't like it - Don't do it
Allah akhbar!
Funny how islam abhores alcohol - unless theres a profit from an infidel involved.
Actually veal and beef bacons ok, as is sailfish bacon, which we get locally.
Funny how islam abhores alcohol - unless theres a profit from an infidel involved.
Actually veal and beef bacons ok, as is sailfish bacon, which we get locally.
Jun 2nd 2018, 5:43 pm
#52
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Location: A Briton, married to a Canadian, now in Fredericton.
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Re: If you don't like it - Don't do it
You can certainly buy bacon, sausages and pork in the UAE, Jordan, Palestine and... Israel...they just don't have signs up advertising the fact. In bigger supermarkets they have Mr.Piggy outlets, but those buying pork are asked to bag it themselves. Nor are these countries dry and have licensed liquor outlets. Morocco and Tunisia make excellent wine.
Islam didn't corner the market in intolerance.
We could do with a bit of the Maldives in Eastern Canada today...the wind is quite brisk! Yes...I moved to Canada...but don't always appreciate the weather
Jun 3rd 2018, 2:43 am
#53
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Re: If you don't like it - Don't do it
It was so beautiful there - crystal clear waters, white sand beaches (on one side it was somewhat overgrown with tropical plants and bushes, palms etc)... we spent a few hours in Male one afternoon (arms and head covered - didn't see a single female there), going by speedboat, bouncing over the waves. On Villingili, there were just a few huts for people to sleep in and one main area with a bar and dining area which was open and had hermit crabs everywhere.
All water and food had to be bought in by boat, so supplies were frugal although all drinks - alcoholic or not - cost $1 at the time! I had the most wonderful time there.. very fond memories.
I'm sure things have changed with tourism increasing, but I'm not surprised there's things you miss! I;m most envious of you though, to live in such a beautiful, magical place.
Jun 3rd 2018, 7:00 am
#54
I still dont believe it..
Joined: Oct 2013
Location: 12 degrees north
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Re: If you don't like it - Don't do it
... lots of parts of the Islamic world are very tolerant to Christians and other faiths.
You can certainly buy bacon, sausages and pork in the UAE, Jordan, Palestine and... Israel...they just don't have signs up advertising the fact. In bigger supermarkets they have Mr.Piggy outlets, but those buying pork are asked to bag it themselves. Nor are these countries dry and have licensed liquor outlets. Morocco and Tunisia make excellent wine.
Islam didn't corner the market in intolerance.
We could do with a bit of the Maldives in Eastern Canada today...the wind is quite brisk! Yes...I moved to Canada...but don't always appreciate the weather
You can certainly buy bacon, sausages and pork in the UAE, Jordan, Palestine and... Israel...they just don't have signs up advertising the fact. In bigger supermarkets they have Mr.Piggy outlets, but those buying pork are asked to bag it themselves. Nor are these countries dry and have licensed liquor outlets. Morocco and Tunisia make excellent wine.
Islam didn't corner the market in intolerance.
We could do with a bit of the Maldives in Eastern Canada today...the wind is quite brisk! Yes...I moved to Canada...but don't always appreciate the weather
A lot of arabs certainly enjoy a drink. At oxford, there was a dining club called the gulf, their dinners and subsequent hangovers were legendary, once many years back i recall a group of about 20 ran up an unbelievable bar bill in an evening, settled by a young saudi royal. There was that arabic student found dead with a case of [very good] scotch by his bed.
Jun 4th 2018, 3:11 am
#55
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Re: If you don't like it - Don't do it
Sort of like
Me nyem is michael an' ahm from Newcassel will ah hev tuh tek an english test .
Me name is michael and Am from der pewl wul ay 'uv ter take an english test.
Oim michael an' I liv' in Burminum wull I yav ter tek an english test.
Mah nam is michael an' aam frae scootlund will Ah hae tae tak' an sassenach test.
One's name is michael and one is mwah mwah sweetie england will one has to take an english test.
Me nyem is michael an' ahm from Newcassel will ah hev tuh tek an english test .
Me name is michael and Am from der pewl wul ay 'uv ter take an english test.
Oim michael an' I liv' in Burminum wull I yav ter tek an english test.
Mah nam is michael an' aam frae scootlund will Ah hae tae tak' an sassenach test.
One's name is michael and one is mwah mwah sweetie england will one has to take an english test.
Jun 4th 2018, 9:10 am
#56
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Re: If you don't like it - Don't do it
To the poster who asked about British whingers in Australia and NZ - we do get them but they tend to be a different variety. We get a lot of people with rose-coloured glasses who cite "lifestyle" and "more time with the kids" as drivers of wanting to move because they think Australians and New Zealanders work less hours than Brits and the weather is always gorgeous. That usually means they are in for an anvil to the face when they arrive and we do try to warn them - but usually get sprayed with hostility for "being negative" in response.
I will usually say something like "more time with the kids? So you're going to work just part-time?" and when the answer is "no of course not, full-time, but the Oz lifestyle means I'll have more time with the kids" that usually is the tip-off that someone has unrealistic expectations and is totally unprepared for migration.
Best post I've seen in two years as an active forum member and about another eight as a lurker before, was in the NZ forum, by someone I can't remember, and some years ago. He told a story about a "Whinging Pom" he worked with who moved to Auckland. He tired of the city rat-race in London and his corporate office job and moved to NZ citing "lifestyle" . . . and then moved to Auckland and took a corporate office job in the Auckland CBD and whinged constantly. Finally someone at the office got tired of it and asked him, if he was tired of the city and an office desk job to the point that he was willing to move halfway around the world . . . why did he do so to then move to another big city and take another office desk job?
I will usually say something like "more time with the kids? So you're going to work just part-time?" and when the answer is "no of course not, full-time, but the Oz lifestyle means I'll have more time with the kids" that usually is the tip-off that someone has unrealistic expectations and is totally unprepared for migration.
Best post I've seen in two years as an active forum member and about another eight as a lurker before, was in the NZ forum, by someone I can't remember, and some years ago. He told a story about a "Whinging Pom" he worked with who moved to Auckland. He tired of the city rat-race in London and his corporate office job and moved to NZ citing "lifestyle" . . . and then moved to Auckland and took a corporate office job in the Auckland CBD and whinged constantly. Finally someone at the office got tired of it and asked him, if he was tired of the city and an office desk job to the point that he was willing to move halfway around the world . . . why did he do so to then move to another big city and take another office desk job?
