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Nov 25th 2009 | 8:01 am

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Flossie and Jim

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

1) Towns and cities which have a proper high street

2) a bit more character in the built environment - better mixes of uses (e.g. so you can pop to the pub at the end of your street), mixtures of old and new buildings together, no vinyl allowed on those boxes they call houses, and better design of public spaces for pedestrians (that's with my town planner head on anyway

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3) grass that is green all year round

4) Marks and Spencer in Calgary please

Nov 25th 2009 | 8:10 am

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

4) Marks and Spencer in Calgary please

When we arrived (over 30 years ago) there were 3 M & S stores in the city, it was gradually whittled down to 1 in Chinook Centre. I can't remember how long ago now since they shut forever, must have been at least 20 years ago.

Nov 25th 2009 | 8:14 am

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Originally Posted by pthom

M&S closed its last Canadian store in 1999.

Nov 25th 2009 | 8:18 am

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

The main thing I would like is a corner shop within walking distance where you can buy milk/bread etc without having to go to the supermarket.

Nov 25th 2009 | 8:24 am

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Originally Posted by Chookie

The main thing I would like is a corner shop within walking distance where you can buy milk/bread etc without having to go to the supermarket.

Move to Quebec, then. There are "depanneurs" all over the place.

Nov 25th 2009 | 8:25 am

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

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Originally Posted by Auld Yin

How the hell do you manage to get your head above the covers each morning?

I was thinking that. Also, why has Oink not returned to the UK yet? From his/her posts it seems that life in Canada is a living nightmare.

Nov 25th 2009 | 9:13 am

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

Would anyone dare to raise their head above the parapet (on this thread) and say: 'I miss Blighty - warts and all...?'

Last edited by Caimas; Nov 25th 2009 at 9:36 am. Reason: Don't want to sound like a troll - just curious!

Nov 25th 2009 | 9:17 am

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

Yorkshire ham.

Nov 25th 2009 | 9:26 am

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chookie

The main thing I would like is a corner shop within walking distance where you can buy milk/bread etc without having to go to the supermarket.

Move near to a strip mall/7-11 etc. then, the option is available if you really wanted it

Last edited by Almost Canadian; Nov 25th 2009 at 9:36 am.

Nov 25th 2009 | 9:26 am

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

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Originally Posted by bodgerx

I was thinking that. Also, why has Oink not returned to the UK yet? From his/her posts it seems that life in Canada is a living nightmare.

Seaside holidays
Cheap European holidays
Fashionable clothes
Country cottages
Cornish pasties
Radio Four
Susie McDonald's big baps
Golden Virginia or Old Holborn
Bonfire Night
BBC, ITV and Channel Four
Walk in the country without being eaten by a bear
Kippers
My nan
Snooker

Nov 25th 2009 | 9:33 am

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

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Originally Posted by Jingsamichty

And introduce a 50c coin.

There already is one, it's just not widely in circulation.

Nov 25th 2009 | 9:35 am

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

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Originally Posted by Steve_P

There already is one, it's just not widely in circulation.

Some coinage that wasn't the f'in same as the US would actually be a good idea.

Nov 25th 2009 | 9:36 am

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Re: Things that would make Canada better for you ...

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Originally Posted by Oink

I once did an academic presentation about this very subject. That in fact we are turning our children into de facto tax collectors and compulsory schooling shouldn't be subsidized by children. The amount of instructional time taken up by collecting and tabulating the enterprise is considerable. The whole coercion aspect of it etc etc. It didn't go down well. School fund raising is sacrosanct in N. America. You'd be better off attacking God.

Back to the thread. . .

Our kids don't do any fundraising for the school (well less than we did in UK)

We do a bit of fundraising for school picked charities and fun lunches with profits going to our partner school in Kenya

PS none of the above mentioned activities are in any way coordinated by the teachers- by parent volunteers

School fundraising comes form the Albertan way of casino funding. I shuffle chips every 18months and pulkl in around $2500 for a shift.

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