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Forum: Canada
Nov 20th 2003, 4:45 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 671
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: Living in Ottawa

I moved back from Ottawa to the UK a few months ago. Quite enjoyed my time there (apart from the last few months of unemployment). The cost of living is higher in Toronto, but there's a lot more...
Forum: Canada
Nov 1st 2003, 5:09 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 789
Posted By JeffBrown

Well as you've lived there for 40 odd years its...

Well as you've lived there for 40 odd years its hardly surprising that you have more memories of living in Ottawa than in the UK.
With regards to one or two other points I have to say one of the...
Forum: Canada
Oct 31st 2003, 7:05 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 789
Posted By JeffBrown

i think its fair to say that the high tech sector...

i think its fair to say that the high tech sector has taken a hell of a hammering over the last two or three years. I moved back from ottawa just recently and am still settling back in to London. In...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 29th 2003, 6:10 am
Replies: 83
Views: 10,185
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: why would you want to return to the U.K

I came back for work reasons...basically I was unemployed where I was (Ottawa) and with no prospect of picking up any meaningful employment, beyond earning 9 dollars an hour in a supermarket or some...
Forum: Canada
Aug 29th 2003, 7:15 pm
Replies: 105
Views: 21,179
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: The Most Advanced 3rd World Country on the Planet

I'm glad that things worked out for you so well. However I'm not so sure that experiences of emigrating forty years have too much relevance to modern day realities. As I said before its quite...
Forum: Canada
Aug 26th 2003, 4:45 pm
Replies: 105
Views: 21,179
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: The Most Advanced 3rd World Country on the Planet

I've been reading this thread with interest. I recently returned home (UK) after a couple of years in Ottawa. I work in IT field, and as people may be aware ottawa has recently been taking a big hit...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jun 7th 2003, 5:50 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 604
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: Light at the end of the Tunnel

Hope the move works out for you JayJay. I'm seriously thinking of moving home for work reasons too (nothing as adventurous as you though!....I'm only in canada) so I hope everything goes smoothly.You...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 26th 2003, 8:08 pm
Replies: 79
Views: 6,564
Posted By JeffBrown

could be worse...you could be in Winnipeg, where...

could be worse...you could be in Winnipeg, where (as i'm sure you've already heard) there are eleven months of winter and mosquitoe season:D
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 26th 2003, 5:59 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,492
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: IT job market...Ottawa/London.

Thanks NC penguin. Yep, I've been checking the job websites, and the market does seem a bit more bouyant than over here at the moment. Still no luck over here though.....
Forum: Canada
May 26th 2003, 2:30 am
Replies: 24
Views: 2,147
Posted By JeffBrown

Agree 100%. i know that in my area (IT) there has...

Agree 100%. i know that in my area (IT) there has been a worldwide popping of the bubble, so its something of a specialised case, but its horrendeous looking for work out here at the mo ....unless I...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 26th 2003, 2:26 am
Replies: 30
Views: 3,470
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: return Uk (fish and chips )

i'm sure you're right. i wasn't trying to get into an argument, just saying that these things are also an issue here in canada.
btw....I don't think anyone is 'coming home' just to eat the fish...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 24th 2003, 6:06 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,299
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: Moving Back to the UK from Canada-- Banks and Credit

This is also a (potential) worry for me if I move back, but i think i'm going to contact my old bank in england, and see what they say about it. I'm hoping that because of my good credit history...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 24th 2003, 6:03 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 3,470
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: back in UK

fish depletion is a threat worldwide. Here in canada newfoundland used to built around fishing, but its cod industry collapsed ten years ago and has never recovered...still an ongoing sourse of...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 23rd 2003, 9:35 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,492
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: IT job market...Ottawa/London.

Just wanted to add, please feel free to e-mail me, or send a personal message!
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 23rd 2003, 9:30 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 5,937
Posted By JeffBrown

Re: Going home

Yes thats all true. Long hours don't only exist in the UK you know! It was a bit of a shock coming here initially, with these idea's that I would be working far fewer hours etc. Turned out I put in...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
May 23rd 2003, 9:26 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,492
Posted By JeffBrown

IT job market...Ottawa/London.

does anyone here have recent direct experience of the job market for IT in both london/south east and ottawa/ontario? I'm in ottawa and have been unemployed for five months and getting seriously...
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