Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
Jan 14th 2010, 3:18 am
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
Im not sure, but I think Jan misses her family and friends and wants to go back to the UK...
Is anyone else picking that up from her posts?
Seriously, we get it, enough already!
Is anyone else picking that up from her posts?
Seriously, we get it, enough already!
Jan 14th 2010, 3:18 am
#17
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
As for things I'd have never done, well, learning to sail and (co)owning a small sailboat, and learning to Ski.
Though I might have, at some point learnt to Ski, I very much doubt I'd have learnt how to sail and/or own a sailboat.
What else, hmm, watched hockey and baseball games at a stadium/arena.
Jan 14th 2010, 3:25 am
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
This is an ethnic thing that strikes me as being very strange. The point of eight or nine ball is to bet. At the very least you bet the price of a game on a machine table, more commonly the price of the table and a drink, often a hundred bucks or so. If the table's in your basement do you give yourself money when you lose?
Jan 14th 2010, 3:26 am
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
You would be doing it now, well, depends where in the UK (if you were) you were
As for things I'd have never done, well, learning to sail and (co)owning a small sailboat, and learning to Ski.
Though I might have, at some point learnt to Ski, I very much doubt I'd have learnt how to sail and/or own a sailboat.
What else, hmm, watched hockey and baseball games at a stadium/arena.
As for things I'd have never done, well, learning to sail and (co)owning a small sailboat, and learning to Ski.
Though I might have, at some point learnt to Ski, I very much doubt I'd have learnt how to sail and/or own a sailboat.
What else, hmm, watched hockey and baseball games at a stadium/arena.
I suppose skating and skiing are both things Im unlikely to have done in the UK, certainly not after work anyway. I guess barbequeing in all weather also counts too, plus swimming in the back yard..
Jan 14th 2010, 3:31 am
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
owned 2 houses - rented one out lived in the other,
snowblow our 400' drive,
ride on a lawn mower to cut 3 acres of lawn,
own 2 goats
put up an electric fence
play pool on our pool table in the basement
rent the workshop out to a local mechanic
drive for 18 hrs to Virginia Beach
experience freezing rain
snowmobile around our 5 acre field
see bears and deer and porcupines almost on our doorstep
MISS FAMILY and FRIENDS who mean so much back in the UK
snowblow our 400' drive,
ride on a lawn mower to cut 3 acres of lawn,
own 2 goats
put up an electric fence
play pool on our pool table in the basement
rent the workshop out to a local mechanic
drive for 18 hrs to Virginia Beach
experience freezing rain
snowmobile around our 5 acre field
see bears and deer and porcupines almost on our doorstep
MISS FAMILY and FRIENDS who mean so much back in the UK
Jan 14th 2010, 3:37 am
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
Don't think I would have skied and after two failed attempts here not sure I will again.
Shoveled snow (and loved it).
Had an ice rink in the back garden (and used it).
Been to a baseball game (and loved it).
Been to an ice hockey game (and loved it).
Meeting a certain expat who has a keen affiliation to donkeys (have fun with that one guys) and enjoying a few beers/wings in several unique establishments.
Tried to remember to stop as in STOP at junctions and not to sail passed stopped school buses (so far, so good).
Shoveled snow (and loved it).
Had an ice rink in the back garden (and used it).
Been to a baseball game (and loved it).
Been to an ice hockey game (and loved it).
Meeting a certain expat who has a keen affiliation to donkeys (have fun with that one guys) and enjoying a few beers/wings in several unique establishments.
Tried to remember to stop as in STOP at junctions and not to sail passed stopped school buses (so far, so good).
Jan 14th 2010, 3:48 am
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
That's a bit specific, there's no denying though that there's nowhere quite like the Loretto Inn in the UK. I shall forever remember that place.
Jan 14th 2010, 4:08 am
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
....having enough land to warrant the hire of self-drive heavy equipment for landscaping.
....bought an ATV and regularly gone riding. From my doorstep if I choose to.
....snowmobiling. Particularly, snowmobiling to the top of Western Brook Gorge in Gros Morne national park.
....sailed round an iceberg
....felt good about utility over style in clothing choices.
....gone back to University to do a Masters.
....considered 'where to put the snow in winter' when siting fences, flowerbeds etc.
....snow shovelling / blowing / snow tires etc. etc.
....realised that I will (unless my lottery numbers come up) never own a boat like I did in the UK.
....joined BE!
....bought an ATV and regularly gone riding. From my doorstep if I choose to.
....snowmobiling. Particularly, snowmobiling to the top of Western Brook Gorge in Gros Morne national park.
....sailed round an iceberg
....felt good about utility over style in clothing choices.
....gone back to University to do a Masters.
....considered 'where to put the snow in winter' when siting fences, flowerbeds etc.
....snow shovelling / blowing / snow tires etc. etc.
....realised that I will (unless my lottery numbers come up) never own a boat like I did in the UK.
....joined BE!
Jan 14th 2010, 4:14 am
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
Jan 14th 2010, 4:23 am
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
This is an ethnic thing that strikes me as being very strange. The point of eight or nine ball is to bet. At the very least you bet the price of a game on a machine table, more commonly the price of the table and a drink, often a hundred bucks or so. If the table's in your basement do you give yourself money when you lose?
Jan 14th 2010, 4:25 am
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Re: Things you have done in Canada that you would never have done back home....
- See my kids so happy
- Having kids play outdoors without some drug dealer offering them stuff
- walk out from the supermarket and not have to look (yeah they actually stop do the cars
)
- Goto the shops and leave my car running with the keys in and hey its still there when i return
- See my oldest join cheerleading
- See my eldest have so many nice friends and be the social deva that she is
- To see my son reach such a high level in his education and OMG where did he get that voice for choir.........that one shocked me
- To have my youngest kid excel and get 99% in her test at school (yeah ok she takes after her dad)
- To have met some awesome people that have helped us so much...........
- To finally know that i am 100% happy with my life
SO looking forward to buying the house of my dreams
- Having kids play outdoors without some drug dealer offering them stuff
- walk out from the supermarket and not have to look (yeah they actually stop do the cars
)- Goto the shops and leave my car running with the keys in and hey its still there when i return
- See my oldest join cheerleading
- See my eldest have so many nice friends and be the social deva that she is
- To see my son reach such a high level in his education and OMG where did he get that voice for choir.........that one shocked me
- To have my youngest kid excel and get 99% in her test at school (yeah ok she takes after her dad)
- To have met some awesome people that have helped us so much...........
- To finally know that i am 100% happy with my life
SO looking forward to buying the house of my dreams
Jan 14th 2010, 4:26 am
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Jan 14th 2010, 4:30 am
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