Rete

I heard every word you said. I lip read.

scrubbedexpat091

I spent most of the week talking to a dog, or just talking out loud in general and I am not old, just gets too quiet and boring otherwise.

Jerseygirl

You are not alone there J. I think most dog/cat lovers talk to their furry friends. As for talking to yourself out loud, I do it all the time.

scrubbedexpat091

In person I mean. I am not around other people much during the week, just me and the dog.

scilly

I often talk to myself out loud ................ I make more sense than a lot of people around me (but that doesn't include OH!)

caretaker

Bears like meat pies.
https://globalnews.ca/video/5309918/..._campaign=2019

Jerseygirl

I know what that’s like. My hubby was travelling/working most weeks, only home at weekends.

scrubbedexpat091

Can be tough.

I think the dog misses her during the week too, she sleeps 90% of the day away, I take her for walks, and her mission is to get back home as soon as possible, venture too far away and she pulls to go back the direction of home, and who says dogs don't know where they live..lol

scrubbedexpat091

Article brings up some good points. Having rented in various US city's and various city's in Canada, renting in Canada is far more stressful and unstable experience.

https://globalnews.ca/news/5366848/r...anada-germany/

BuckinghamshireBoy

That's a very interesting read (I'll need a few more goes at it to take it all in), thanks Js for posting this.

I find the whole rent vs buy intriguing when comparing 'norms', 'mind sets' and obviously relative costs across various (relevant) countries. I don't see Switzerland on the Home Ownership rates graphic, I'll have a hunt for where they rank, but at a guess I would say closer to Germany than Canada.

Edit: Found it, wow!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ownership_rate

scrubbedexpat091

Surprised in a way to the countries that make the top of the list. We are lucky now that we found a dedicated rental owned by the developer as part of a city program to increase dedicated rentals, so more stability vs renting from an investor landlord who may only own 1 unit.

We are fortunate to be paying 2017 level rent still, currently 1 bedroom in this building through the developer units is $1,975 privately owned units are closer to $2,300 a month.

scilly

I stayed in Canada in 1992/3 while OH and daughter went to NZ for 11 months ...... he was on sabbatical and she on a gap year. I joined them for December and January, but I was alone from end of September to end November, and from beginning February to end of July. Daughter and I were alone together in September as OH had to go to Indonesia on business.

I was working 4 days a week, had things to do on Friday, and made sure I went out during the day on Saturday. Friends came to stay on 3 Saturday nights during that total period, and we went to the Vancouver Opera together.

I kept myself busy in the evenings and from Friday to Sunday evening ......... I read a lot, went for walks if I felt like it (I did a lot of walking on the days I worked!), cooked up a storm on Sunday so that I had meals in the fridge and freezer for during the week, did quite a bit of dressmaking, didn't watch much TV except for the news ..... and usually cleaned one room a day!

No internet, so main contact was by letter and the occasional phone call ............. as it had been for OH and I in the 5 months in 1967 after we got engaged and he had to leave the UK while I had to finish my contract teaching. That time, he returned to England 10 days before our wedding date, to help in final arrangements and to move my stuff from my home to his for the packers to eventually pick up.

I quite honestly never found myself feeling lonely, nor did I talk to myself any more than normal ......... which in those days was usually a swear word and muttering when something went wrong!

We survived, our marriage was strong, and daughter discovered a lot about what she wanted to do with herself in the future by having time to really think about it ...... she changed her university entrance from the Science Faculty to Arts Faculty, for one thing!

scrubbedexpat091

Work can certainly alleviate loneliness even if your not best friends with co-workers simply being around other people can help.

It was easier when I was working, people to talk to and work itself was semi-enjoyable so it was something decent to occupy time.

I do go for walks with the dog, it's just East Vancouver isn't the well nicest area of the city and its very busy, noisy so not very pleasant walks.

Too bad there is no time machine, would go back and tell my young self not to have so many dreams, would have made adult life easier.

scrubbedexpat091

Article about Ocean Fall's BC. Would be a neat little place to visit, they seem to get visitors and even have a small hotel next to an abandoned 400 room hotel which was at one time 2nd biggest in BC.

"Calling it a town is a bit of a misnomer. There's no mayor, there's little government representation, but it wasn't always that way. Ocean Falls was once a much bigger deal.

What was once a town of about 3,000 people is now home to about 25."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...ipWH3ku9uKqOoQ

Siouxie

https://realestate.mitula.ca/houses-ocean-falls

Ocean Falls real estate -