So glad I made the move
Feb 24th 2014, 1:52 am
#16
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Re: So glad I made the move
Damn, I like that idea, I'll fetch my bike and start a-peddlin'.
Feb 24th 2014, 1:57 am
#17
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Re: So glad I made the move
That's all a bit Norman Tebbit don't you think. <I've probably got that wrong> but the very idea that someone would fall in love with Calgary of all places is simply weird.
Now Mississauga I could understand.
Now Mississauga I could understand.
Feb 24th 2014, 2:00 am
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Feb 24th 2014, 9:19 am
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Re: So glad I made the move
Feb 24th 2014, 11:50 am
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Re: So glad I made the move
Well, I haven’t looked back, after 10yrs and then stepping out of Canada and on to the UK..
Sitting here working from home, looking out over a garden with flowers just starting to bloom, with a high of 10 today
There is no way I’ll go back to Canada, I never want to commute under those winter conditions ever again…. Couldn’t pay me enough……
Also knowing I don’t have to give any concern to the use of DEET in the summer anymore is a plus
And so far from my limited perspective, the UK education system we are currently getting is superior in the case of my two boys, I’ve seen significant measurable improvement in under 5weeks, didn’t realize how poor the school they were in Canada was.
I liked Canada, but I’m pretty sure now that in my current place in life, the UK and Europe suits me much better….
Sitting here working from home, looking out over a garden with flowers just starting to bloom, with a high of 10 today
There is no way I’ll go back to Canada, I never want to commute under those winter conditions ever again…. Couldn’t pay me enough……
Also knowing I don’t have to give any concern to the use of DEET in the summer anymore is a plus
And so far from my limited perspective, the UK education system we are currently getting is superior in the case of my two boys, I’ve seen significant measurable improvement in under 5weeks, didn’t realize how poor the school they were in Canada was.
I liked Canada, but I’m pretty sure now that in my current place in life, the UK and Europe suits me much better….
Feb 24th 2014, 2:13 pm
#24
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Re: So glad I made the move
Been here 9 years, first half of that I couldn't wait to get back on the plane to Canada, since then, I have dreaded getting back on the plane to Canada. Regardless of where I had flown to.
Feb 24th 2014, 2:21 pm
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Re: So glad I made the move
Well, I haven’t looked back, after 10yrs and then stepping out of Canada and on to the UK..
Sitting here working from home, looking out over a garden with flowers just starting to bloom, with a high of 10 today
There is no way I’ll go back to Canada, I never want to commute under those winter conditions ever again…. Couldn’t pay me enough……
Also knowing I don’t have to give any concern to the use of DEET in the summer anymore is a plus
And so far from my limited perspective, the UK education system we are currently getting is superior in the case of my two boys, I’ve seen significant measurable improvement in under 5weeks, didn’t realize how poor the school they were in Canada was.
I liked Canada, but I’m pretty sure now that in my current place in life, the UK and Europe suits me much better….
Sitting here working from home, looking out over a garden with flowers just starting to bloom, with a high of 10 today
There is no way I’ll go back to Canada, I never want to commute under those winter conditions ever again…. Couldn’t pay me enough……
Also knowing I don’t have to give any concern to the use of DEET in the summer anymore is a plus
And so far from my limited perspective, the UK education system we are currently getting is superior in the case of my two boys, I’ve seen significant measurable improvement in under 5weeks, didn’t realize how poor the school they were in Canada was.
I liked Canada, but I’m pretty sure now that in my current place in life, the UK and Europe suits me much better….
People's own needs often allows them to justify their children being subjected to inferior education. But you see that with a lot of other things as well.
Last edited by Oink; Feb 24th 2014 at 2:23 pm.
Feb 24th 2014, 2:26 pm
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Re: So glad I made the move
I have been in Calgary for about 18 months now and I am now coming to the end of my first trip back to the UK.. I I'm so glad I never gave up on my dream of moving to Canada and I'm so glad i made that move in the first place... after spending the last two week back here in the uk I cannot wait to get back to Calgary.. just wounding how many of you thought the same after coming back to your old homes for the first time?
Feb 24th 2014, 2:58 pm
#28
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Re: So glad I made the move
The vision was to be a multimillionaire on a private island in the Caribbean now with scantily clad women bringing me cocktails whilst I wrote my significant memoirs for the world. My aspirations were high.
In the interim I have to settle for wings at Hooters on a Monday night. There is only one Hooters in the UK.....
In the interim I have to settle for wings at Hooters on a Monday night. There is only one Hooters in the UK.....
