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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 15th 2015, 7:22 am
Replies: 90
Views: 6,198
Posted By bigshark

Re: California Drought

whatever buddy. enjoy your retirement.

I am done with this forum.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 15th 2015, 6:29 am
Replies: 90
Views: 6,198
Posted By bigshark

Re: California Drought

lol thats fair enough, and I respect that - i dont know anything about Novocastrian or his background, and I couldnt care less to be honest. but to attack me by calling me an idiot for sharing my...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 15th 2015, 3:47 am
Replies: 90
Views: 6,198
Posted By bigshark

Re: California Drought

Just relaying something I recently learned from a course I did at UBC ;)

you could understand more about Canada in a warm climate from the likes of specialist climate scientists or research...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 13th 2015, 6:46 am
Replies: 90
Views: 6,198
Posted By bigshark

Re: California Drought

contrary to what many people believe, climate change (global warming) may be good for Canada. the climate here is getting warmer and more ideal for growing stuff, and the growing season has been...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 5th 2015, 4:19 am
Replies: 123
Views: 7,480
Posted By bigshark

Re: Beef, do you buy it still?

good question! Most premade burgers and bangers are made with off-cuts of meat + other parts of the animal (that normally wont sell on its own) to bulk it up, hence the cheaper price.

For us we...
Forum: Canada
Jun 3rd 2015, 10:13 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,183
Posted By bigshark

Re: Taking the plunge and moving to Van

Does the name of company you will be (or already) working for start with G?? If I had to pick one of the 4 area you mentioned I would probably go with Burnaby. Seems to be a lot going on in that area...
Forum: Canada
Jun 3rd 2015, 9:43 am
Replies: 115
Views: 11,849
Posted By bigshark

Re: Work ideas?

How about retrain and become a qualified swimming instructor and perhaps have your own swimming school?? This is something that has recently come into my mind. I have been trying to book some...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 13th 2015, 11:48 am
Replies: 45
Views: 2,669
Posted By bigshark

Re: Destructive people to others property

btw I feel your pain / anger - i had my side window smashed before and things knicked, and the car was parked in our private drive!

I hope you get it sorted!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 13th 2015, 11:42 am
Replies: 45
Views: 2,669
Posted By bigshark

Re: Destructive people to others property

should pretty straight forward to change - you probably need to have the car door open to do this, 'pop' the trim off with the flat head screw driver (unless it is screwed-in, remove the screw before...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 5th 2015, 5:09 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,257
Posted By bigshark

Re: Swallowed a coin!

I would get that checked out for sure! if she for some reason or another needed a MRI scan, having a coin inside her can be quite dangerous!

If it happened last year, chances are that the coin...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 24th 2015, 10:32 am
Replies: 2,699
Views: 327,947
Posted By bigshark

Re: Groceries

Noice :thumbup:
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 24th 2015, 10:18 am
Replies: 2,699
Views: 327,947
Posted By bigshark

Re: Groceries

Nice! what do you use to preserve the salmon, olive oil or brine?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 24th 2015, 9:11 am
Replies: 2,699
Views: 327,947
Posted By bigshark

Re: Groceries

We are quite picky when it comes to buying our food, especially meat. we get our food from the local delicates and online grocers (spud) which costs us $100 - $150 a week. admittedly we dont have...
Forum: Canada
Apr 22nd 2015, 6:35 am
Replies: 5
Views: 914
Posted By bigshark

Re: sending suitcases back to europe

I would use dedicated couriers such as DHL, fedex or UPS as they operate world wide. unlike these couriers, the local postal services (Canada post?) are only responsible for the shipping up to the...
Forum: Canada
Apr 10th 2015, 5:35 am
Replies: 34
Views: 3,692
Posted By bigshark

Re: Would like to move to Canada

thats probably one of the best thing you can do in your current situation - contact the ideal companies and ask for an informal visit, or even take the contact out for lunch or coffee, get your name...
Forum: Canada
Apr 8th 2015, 12:30 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 3,038
Posted By bigshark

Re: possible moving to BC Vancouver from London UK.

I thought as much! Nice one, my ex-colleague were working on this project before I left!
Forum: Canada
Apr 7th 2015, 5:49 am
Replies: 17
Views: 3,038
Posted By bigshark

Re: possible moving to BC Vancouver from London UK.

Is the project name 'Tribeca Square' by any chance?
Forum: Canada
Mar 31st 2015, 1:52 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,534
Posted By bigshark

Re: First steps of moving

Hi jess,

I hear Kelowna in BC is meant to be nice and tick most boxes for you - warm in the summer (not so sure if it is snowy in the winters), it is technically a city but with a population of...
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2015, 2:45 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 789
Posted By bigshark

Re: Question About Employment Law in BC

Thanks for clarifying.

We came here for a better quality of life and plus we had enough of UK in general! :lol:

We have had it pretty sweet so far and we have not struggled at all, and that is...
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2015, 2:30 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,747
Posted By bigshark

Re: Offered credit - should I take it?

I'd second that! You could never be too careful. we always get calls from all sorts saying that they are calling on behalf of RBC, and not actually from RBC. I think this happened to our friend...
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2015, 2:18 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 789
Posted By bigshark

Re: Question About Employment Law in BC

Hmm.. cheers guys! It is annual vacation.

So am i right in thinking that they legally dont have to give me any paid holidays until after 12 months?

On the other hand they did say I will be...
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2015, 1:19 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 789
Posted By bigshark

Question About Employment Law in BC

Well, i have just been offered a job (yay!). It is currently a Part Time position however it will develop to a Full Time position as the company take on more projects.

One thing I noticed in their...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2015, 12:40 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 4,306
Posted By bigshark

Re: Vancouver monthly living costs

bear in mind our block of apartment is in the Broadway / Granville area, and I think the rent is actually very reasonable for where we are and what we get with it (2x secure underground car parking...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2015, 10:51 am
Replies: 31
Views: 4,306
Posted By bigshark

Re: Vancouver monthly living costs

Rent: £1900 for a 2 bedroom Apartment 15-20min from DT Vancouver.

Electricity/gas: Electricity November to Feb was $70. Gas is included for us which is very handy as we have a gas cooker and a...
Forum: Canada
Jan 22nd 2015, 9:09 am
Replies: 25
Views: 3,899
Posted By bigshark

Re: Canada's Oil Sands

I got a friend that works for one of Canadas biggest construction companies and she said that one of their biggest pipe laying contract is on hold and are scaling back operation at the minute (since...
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