scrubbedexpat091

A block heater, what's that... (yes I know what one is.)

Oakvillian

it's been far too long since the conversation last turned to bacon and string...

Stinkypup

I was looking to see if there was a "thoroughly deflated" Smilie but there wasn't one. The nearest I got was the one at the end of my post clearly I'm easily pleased!

We have Superstore and Safeway at home and no way do they stock that range. It was a tiny little store in Ganges on the island. It was everything else they stocked, a lot of locally made produce which also amazed me.

caretaker

That's a lot of good looking cheese, maybe there's 1 section like that in the grocery stores here (plus 2x the space for cheaper domestic), but not all three pictured. I got dragged to the Richmond Market and saw the Saltspring cheese, but it's out of my budget. I got a nice Camembert this week half price ($6) and a large brick No Name old cheddar for $6.97 so I'm set for a while. Bbq cheddar bacon burgers tonight and J'm going to try the bbq veggie basket thing I got at Value Village this morning.
Staying on topic, the last picture I've taken; there were a couple of pilots who flew around the prairies from the 1940's to the late 60's taking pictures of farms, then selling them to the farmers, enlarged and colour tinted if desired. I saw this one this morning in the Salvation Army store. It was $5.99; if I knew whose farm it was I would've bought it. I probably should have anyway because of historical interest, and because it probably has a $100 antique value.

bananahammock

Now THIS is cheese

Stinkypup

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Not another word needs to be said!!

scrubbedexpat091

Some old ones I found from 2012, Port Hope, Ontario when I lived there. Fall/Winter 2012.

Last 2 were taken around July/August 2012 in San Diego, California.

Shard

Never heard of Port Hope, but it looks pleasant.

SD looks stunning. SD or Squamish .... hmmmmmm ... tough choice.

scrubbedexpat091

Port Hope is a neat little town, close enough to larger places easy access to Toronto if needed on Via Rail, nice location on the lake.

One of the few small towns I have liked...lol


San Diego is hands down better then Squamish, no debate there....

Aviator

Comparing a city of 1,400,000 to one of 17,000, no doubt it is for some.

BristolUK

It certainly looks nice enough in the pics and it IS in that stretch I discovered gets much less snow than we do.

The Weather Network has the place getting 55% of our average annual snowfall.

Kelowna is even better at a third of course.

Tinpusher63

Yeah but almost any other place in Canada get less snow than Moncton does.

1 Gander NL 443.13 cm
2 Corner Brook NL 421.87 cm
3 Sept-Îles QC 412.02 cm
4 Campbellton NB 391.99 cm
5 Baie-Comeau QC 361.52 cm
6 Moncton NB 349.91 cm

Then comes the rest of Canada

WeatherStats: Weather Winners

bats

Does Squamish have a uranium refinery? Port Hope does, this might help you decide.

scrubbedexpat091

San Diego is better then Vancouver as well in my view as well. I haven't found a major city in Canada that offers what San Diego does, but they are not located in the right geographic locations.

scrubbedexpat091

No. But good chance a liquefied natural gas plant will be built here, closest I suppose.

Port Hope just has nice look, nice downtown, and easy access to amenities, where Squamish has a crummy downtown that is way overrated, a crappy beach that has never really been turned into anything when industry left and it was cleaned up, and difficult access to amenities as there is no train, no public transit and requires a 55km+ drive.


I was comparing both based on a variety of criteria.

Port Hope was friendlier as well, Squamish for a small town is very unfriendly, but I found the parts of Ontario I met people in friendlier overall when compared to LM of BC.