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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 11th 2012, 1:40 am
Replies: 51
Views: 2,724
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Christmas song question

It's not Christmas till I hear the pogues and Kirsty McColl.... I've heard just about every other Christmas song but this one.... :-(
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 19th 2012, 11:30 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,191
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Photos of Canada, All you can eat!

Great find Dave....... Moraine lake is used in the windows 7 Canada theme... Not much to be seen out the window ths morning visibility at about 30ft at the moment due to fog... Another beautiful day...
Forum: Canniversary
Nov 8th 2012, 1:08 am
Replies: 89
Views: 14,657
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Six months and gave up - BIG mistake

Like you guys, I think the drive to florida for a holiday would be great (all part of the adventure!.. but how does the car insurance feel about this?). Take time and drive 2-3 days to get there and...
Forum: Canada
Nov 3rd 2012, 3:16 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 3,741
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: recommend a region free dvd player please

We bought a Chinese blue ray from walmart http://forums.redflagdeals.com/walmart-warm-seiki-blu-ray-disc-player-bd660-easy-region-free-48-a-1227969/ this wee player can be changed both DVD and blue...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 20th 2012, 3:42 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,438
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Cat Owners...are the Canadians reinventing the wheel?

Hi there,
While I personally don't have cats my sisters 2 cats have a fountain back in Scotland. They've had it for years and they love it. They do drink from bowls as well but seem to prefer the...
Forum: Canada
Sep 15th 2012, 11:41 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 3,128
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Looking to move to canada soon from scotland

hehe... no I was typing in a hurry and wanted to make sure I got the important parts across.... Ipad touch screens are not as good as the old "proper" keyboard?!.

Haggis88.... normally my spelling...
Forum: Canada
Sep 15th 2012, 6:12 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 3,128
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Looking to move to canada soon from scotland

Muzzy,

We came over 4 months ago. Le u both my wif and I were prison officers on Scotland. Canadian corrections havent been hiring for. He last 2 years and with jails closing in northern ontario...
Forum: Canniversary
Sep 8th 2012, 9:55 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,684
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: 2 months

Hang in there..... we're coming up on 4 months and its been ups and downs. had it not been for family we'd be out of luck and heading home.

My wife is degree qualified and not getting anywhere...
Forum: Canada
Aug 22nd 2012, 2:04 am
Replies: 7
Views: 992
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Visa, who did you use?

Like the others have said......
If its a straight forward case, its cheaper and easier to do it yourself. there's a sense of achievement when it's all done and you've moved. :-)
Forum: Canada
Jul 25th 2012, 12:38 am
Replies: 32
Views: 4,212
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Goods to follow list-How strict?

dont worry too much... as stated above...... we moved over bringing our bookcases (not on the original list ,different tent and extra electronics... ipods lappies and a couple of other things) there...
Forum: Canada
Jul 13th 2012, 3:54 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 3,606
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Shipping: Attending Customs in Person?

guys,

We moved 10 weeks ago and our stuff was already waiting for us when we got here.... it was sitting in Toronto the day we arrived, we arranged to have it delivered to a bonded warehouse/truck...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 21st 2012, 6:28 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 518
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: blu ray player advice

thanks for taking the time with this one Mike... I'll run a long film tonight and see how it holds up..
marty
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 21st 2012, 5:58 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 518
Posted By mcfly1313

blu ray player advice

guys,

I'm looking for some advice...... I dug out my blu ray player and was planning on getting a step up converter for it..

However when I plugged it directly into the wall socket (110v) it...
Forum: Canada
Jun 4th 2012, 3:42 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 3,763
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Cell Phone - Which Network ? What Plan ?

hi there,

see : http://www.virginmobile.ca/en/support/longdistance.html?itcid=NAV:41

we're with virgin on the supertab plan... seems ok but need to watch the data :( other than that who can...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 3rd 2012, 1:18 am
Replies: 20
Views: 15,755
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Buying a phone in the UK that will work in Canada..

my tuppence.... just for info...
My wife and I had an HTC desire each that we got unlocked... i was sure it would work with any network over here... I turned up at the virgin kiosk and we tried...
Forum: Canniversary
May 24th 2012, 1:38 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,279
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: One week tomorrow.......

I've seen that on some of the larger roundabouts in the uk, I tend not to think too much about it now instead just reverse my direction from experience. it's settling down now.. :thumbsup:
Forum: Canniversary
May 17th 2012, 12:24 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,279
Posted By mcfly1313

One week tomorrow.......

Hi Guys,

Finally after nearly two years of waiting (for the flat back in scotland to sell!!) we've made it over.....

So far the week has been pretty relaxed, all or property was waiting for us...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 18th 2010, 3:27 am
Replies: 1
Views: 482
Posted By mcfly1313

what will we need and can it be done without too much hassle?

hi guys,

advice needed....
going to niagara tomorrow and fancied crossing the rainbow bridge into US ( just for the hell of it!!). we've not got our cards but do have the paper counterfoil handed...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 9th 2010, 2:04 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,591
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: FT McMurray, AB

thanks for all the replies guys......

like the tale goes... " if something is too good to be true there's usually a catch!".....

there was another job joining as a civvy but i think we'll miss...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 9th 2010, 2:46 am
Replies: 17
Views: 2,591
Posted By mcfly1313

FT McMurray, AB

Guys,

Has anyone here spent any time in Ft McMurray AB?..... i was checking through the jobs pages and there's openings with the RCMP ( both my wife and I are prison officers in the uk), this...
Forum: Canada
Jan 29th 2010, 12:40 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 702
Posted By mcfly1313

smooth smooth smooth........

guys,

a quick update on our landing exp.

We landed last night at 1600 local time, immigration was a simple and pleasant experience with all our docs being checked and signed in less than 20...
Forum: Canada
Jan 28th 2010, 9:23 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,456
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: Landing tomorrow!!

hey hey :thumbsup: ......well done Merry hope you have a great time and everything goes smoothly....

cheers
marty
Forum: Canada
Jan 27th 2010, 8:20 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 639
Posted By mcfly1313

Smile landing tomorrow.......

OMG.... it's finally here.... we land tomorrow in toronto at about 2100 scotland time.

it's been a long haul and this board has been a mine of good info!, I'm worried that we've made our list too...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 11th 2010, 1:09 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 521
Posted By mcfly1313

Re: landing advice needed?

haha...... cool... :rofl: cant remember where my log book is so not too sure about flap settings or stall speeds. Been told any landing you walk away from is a goodun! :thumbsup:

cheers
marty
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jan 11th 2010, 11:09 am
Replies: 4
Views: 521
Posted By mcfly1313

landing advice needed?

guys,

my wife and I are going out to land in 3 weeks time..... I'm probably cutting it close but do we really need our medical records at this moment ( we're only staying for a month then coming...
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