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Forum: Canada
Jul 22nd 2004, 2:17 am
Replies: 67
Views: 19,032
Posted By taira

3 months

For those of you in your first year, try and relax and just enjoy as much as possible.

I've learned from a few 'big' moves that it takes typically up to 5 years before the 'new' place starts to...
Forum: Canada
Apr 23rd 2004, 11:02 am
Replies: 40
Views: 3,523
Posted By taira

For tv I pay 24$ a month for basic service which...

For tv I pay 24$ a month for basic service which gives me about 30 channels--kids tv is basically the only one thats on here. Through the same company I pay roughly 40$ a month for the cable modem...
Forum: Canada
Apr 22nd 2004, 8:35 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 3,523
Posted By taira

Not sure if you mentioned it or not. Ontario...

Not sure if you mentioned it or not.

Ontario has a tax on every item bought or sold. (GST) Its not hidden so you go to pay your item at one price and have to mentally add the percentage on at the...
Forum: Canada
Apr 22nd 2004, 12:18 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,843
Posted By taira

Yes, at seven years old my kid had a paper route....

Yes, at seven years old my kid had a paper route. He borrowed his sisters buggy because he couldn't manage to carry all the papers and twice a week he delivered the flyers on our street. We all...
Forum: Canada
Apr 21st 2004, 4:50 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,843
Posted By taira

My kid here is 9 years old. He is paid 4$ a week...

My kid here is 9 years old. He is paid 4$ a week for walking his little sister too and from school. For that he is pretty happy.

If he shovels a driveway or something he can make an extra dollar...
Forum: Canada
Apr 21st 2004, 4:39 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 798
Posted By taira

Its expensive and you have to shop around to find...

Its expensive and you have to shop around to find a dentist that will accept a payment plan. Dental coverage is the way to go and as said most jobs have a plan of some sort.
Forum: Canada
Apr 21st 2004, 4:34 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 822
Posted By taira

52K in Vancouver is nothing to scoff at. ...

52K in Vancouver is nothing to scoff at.

When I was there my partner was going through for work in the ministry so we were definately on the lower end of the scale. But we could still rent a...
Forum: Canada
Apr 21st 2004, 3:44 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 3,523
Posted By taira

Okay, am not gonna go on too, too much about...

Okay, am not gonna go on too, too much about taxation and whatnot because I'm one of those who has to pay someone else to figure it all.

Iain, am darn curious as to which province you are in. ...
Forum: Canada
Apr 17th 2004, 4:13 am
Replies: 3
Views: 632
Posted By taira

I'm from the south of England, from a little town...

I'm from the south of England, from a little town called Hythe which is just across on the ferry from Southampton. We moved to Ontario when I was 11 to a little town called Paisley which was also a...
Forum: Canada
Apr 16th 2004, 10:43 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,021
Posted By taira

In Burnaby and Vancouver area they have many...

In Burnaby and Vancouver area they have many excellent restuarants. Burgers, pizza, hotdogs, mexican, chinese, you name it they have it. One of my favourite restuarants they have right in Burnaby...
Forum: Canada
Apr 16th 2004, 10:38 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 632
Posted By taira

Vancouver has several different newspapers and...

Vancouver has several different newspapers and will probably be the closest one that you buy. Burnaby is sort of like a 'subdivision' of Vancouver--much like Scarborough is to Toronto so if it has...
Forum: Canada
Apr 16th 2004, 10:30 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,409
Posted By taira

I shop at a 'chain store' called "FoodBasics" and...

I shop at a 'chain store' called "FoodBasics" and also at the A&P and also at a Bulk Barn which is also a 'chain' store. Food Basics I find has many good deals and meat is reasonable though A & P is...
Forum: Canada
Apr 15th 2004, 7:20 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,566
Posted By taira

I get nitwits cutting me off without signalling,...

I get nitwits cutting me off without signalling, people not stopping at the stop signs, people playing cat and mouse near the 4way stops, i can go on

I just assumed this was the reason it now...
Forum: Canada
Apr 15th 2004, 6:56 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 690
Posted By taira

Can't speak from personal experience about the...

Can't speak from personal experience about the city of Saskatoon, but have a sister and my mother now are both in Prince Albert which is Saskatchewan. I know that Saskatchewn has a relatively high...
Forum: Canada
Apr 15th 2004, 6:38 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 705
Posted By taira

There's a little vegetarian restuarant in the...

There's a little vegetarian restuarant in the square in Victoria BC where the main concerts of their Jazz Fest are played. Been so long I can't remember the name but man is the food there ever good....
Forum: Canada
Apr 15th 2004, 4:20 am
Replies: 133
Views: 24,285
Posted By taira

You bring a sample of the exam or a test they...

You bring a sample of the exam or a test they wrote, along with samples of writing and English. Good to bring as much info on what the curriculum they have taken in Glasgow with you. Then...
Forum: Canada
Apr 15th 2004, 4:07 am
Replies: 3
Views: 513
Posted By taira

Granville Island as suggested is awesome. ...

Granville Island as suggested is awesome. English Bay is awesome. Also Stanley Park is excellent as well.

Jazz Festival is cool but is way crowded at that time.

There's a little restuarant...
Forum: Canada
Apr 14th 2004, 4:54 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,049
Posted By taira

Just wanted to mention a few things you might...

Just wanted to mention a few things you might want to try to help. To me sounds as if your living in the past sort of--is what I can tend to do at different times.

Try walking for about 15...
Forum: Canada
Apr 14th 2004, 4:34 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,049
Posted By taira

"I have always put others first and i sacrificed...

"I have always put others first and i sacrificed anything for my children. i do what most mothers would do."


Am speaking from the perspective of a daughter here--an adult daughter who is also a...
Forum: Canada
Apr 14th 2004, 6:09 am
Replies: 83
Views: 7,656
Posted By taira

*wanders now exactly what constitutes real...

*wanders now exactly what constitutes real 'Canadian' food*

Being "Brittish Canadian", I grew up even in Canada on Mom's shephard pies, cornish pasties, sausage and mash, toad in the hole and...
Forum: Canada
Apr 14th 2004, 4:34 am
Replies: 68
Views: 6,714
Posted By taira

The air right inside Sarnia, especially the south...

The air right inside Sarnia, especially the south side which is by the chemical plants is certainly less than perfect. As stated its sort of comparable to the air in Hamilton though in all honesty I...
Forum: Canada
Apr 13th 2004, 7:54 pm
Replies: 68
Views: 6,714
Posted By taira

Getting back to topic of thread--where to settle...

Getting back to topic of thread--where to settle in Ontario?

Given one is an RN and other is a millright, water is wanted and somewhere where property is not so expensive I'd still vote for Sarnia...
Forum: Canada
Apr 12th 2004, 4:03 am
Replies: 68
Views: 6,714
Posted By taira

Depending on the types of jobs that are openned...

Depending on the types of jobs that are openned to you and your husband I would suggest something a little more radical than the Toronto/Niagara area which is very built up (with all of its pluses)...
Forum: Canada
Apr 12th 2004, 3:41 am
Replies: 133
Views: 24,285
Posted By taira

I remember when I first came to Canada. The...

I remember when I first came to Canada. The school system was very different and at first it was very hard to adjust. Someone in here wrote about the social change and I think this is more...
Forum: USA
Apr 8th 2004, 5:00 pm
Replies: 76
Views: 6,224
Posted By taira

There are good things and bad things about every...

There are good things and bad things about every country and am sure US is nothing truly different. And I don't think I"ve seen ANY political figure that hasn't managed to put his foot in his mouth...
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