British Expats - Search Results
British Expats

Go Back  British Expats > Search Forums
Reload this Page >

Search Results

Register
FAQ
Wikiposts
Today's Posts
Search
 
Page 1 of 9
1
2
3
4
5
Last »
Search: Posts Made By: I am I said
Showing results 1 to 25 of 208
Search took 0.05 seconds.
Forum: Canada
May 20th 2025, 11:01 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 14,681
Posted By I am I said

Re: idle musing - move to canada to avoid UK's IHT?

thanks all for the useful observations. Especially that I had not really thought through the implications of 'ongoing presence in the UK' point.

I will be back again one day to get another dream...
Forum: Canada
May 19th 2025, 12:44 am
Replies: 17
Views: 14,681
Posted By I am I said

Re: idle musing - move to canada to avoid UK's IHT?

hi, it is my estate passing on and I am the only Canadian in the couple.
Forum: Canada
May 19th 2025, 12:25 am
Replies: 17
Views: 14,681
Posted By I am I said

idle musing - move to canada to avoid UK's IHT?

Despite the occasional daydream, I think I have mostly accepted that my [British born] wife and I will never move to Canada. But.. retirement looms and I am looking at my pension [from 2027] as well...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 14th 2024, 4:00 am
Replies: 5
Views: 877
Posted By I am I said

Re: Toronto's beer halls

round my way, it was an order of garlic bread.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 4th 2024, 10:32 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 4,795
Posted By I am I said

Re: Canadian slang

i cannot recall if i first heard it in oz or england, but to canadian ears 'should i knock you up in the morning' certainly raised eyebrows?
Forum: Canada
Nov 29th 2023, 10:34 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 798
Posted By I am I said

Re: National anthems, songs

Neil Young with Willie Nelson - Four Strong Winds (Live at Farm Aid 1995) - YouTube
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 10th 2023, 9:44 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

Re: a recent Pearson experience

Two things seemed different to me, using Arrivecan this trip vs the cluster in August. I did the machine thing and I **think** the printed slip had less writing but included a number that might have...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 9th 2023, 5:01 am
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

Re: a recent Pearson experience

well... that was much better. Through Pearson almost as quickly as I could walk yesterday. Key tactics were:
- use the ArriveCan app [thanks whoever suggested that]
- walk fast from the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 11th 2023, 10:15 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

Re: a recent Pearson experience

The camera pans up to show multiple flight delays at Toronto Pearson a... | TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@ctvnewstoronto/video/7257322142830759174?lang=en)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 11th 2023, 9:58 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

Re: a recent Pearson experience

any suggestions for apps or other tactics to streamline my upcoming journey through Pearson? I am a Canadian citizen/passport holder, but not resident in Canada.

Any value to trying to use that...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 15th 2023, 1:14 am
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

Re: a recent Pearson experience

After my 75 minute - late BA flight landed at LHR yesterday, it turned out the one person who knows how to operate the air bridge was on holiday, or something. 30 minutes later, with threats to use...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 6th 2023, 9:39 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

Re: a recent Pearson experience

Under 'who is eligible' for Nexus on the site, it says:
>> U.S. and Canadian citizens and permanent residents may apply for a NEXUS membership.
All good here.

But the website introduces...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 5th 2023, 7:34 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

Re: a recent Pearson experience

I looked it up, but Nexus is only for flights between Canada and the US?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 31st 2023, 1:55 am
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

Re: a recent Pearson experience

But, but, but... ice wine! Silver medals in some unrecognisable wine tasting competition or another, blind taste testing... [I was raised in Niagara, I have been indoctrinated since the days of...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 30th 2023, 1:06 am
Replies: 340
Views: 50,078
Posted By I am I said

Re: Life's Turning-Points

I am genuinely intrigued... how do you get to "cheered on"? If I squint, I can see 'did not value non Western lives as much as Western', but 'cheered on'? Other than Korea, all those wars [police...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 28th 2023, 7:28 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

Re: a recent Pearson experience

Oh, don't tell me that... I had Montreal on the list of potential entry points to bypass Toronto.

I agree on the train signage at Heathrow.. I **know** there is a stairway route from the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 21st 2023, 7:37 pm
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

Re: a recent Pearson experience

On this trip, we were directed to the wrong baggage carousel. Eventually found our bags where they had been offloaded from a carousel to somewhere almost close by.


It was the decision to route...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 21st 2023, 12:59 am
Replies: 54
Views: 5,683
Posted By I am I said

a recent Pearson experience

Oh my... flew into Pearson on 2 August and out again on the 16th. I had noted dbd33 [& others] views on the unsuitability of the place, but assumed they had just not had an opportunity to go through...
Forum: Canada
Jul 12th 2023, 12:03 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,073
Posted By I am I said

Re: looking for some east coast advice

thanks for the insights.
Forum: Canada
Jul 11th 2023, 7:16 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,073
Posted By I am I said

Re: looking for some east coast advice

thanks both, and does north shore mean North Sydney?

Early recon trip to west Cork went well. None of the promised wind and rain showed up! [except in the middle of the night]
Forum: Canada
Jul 5th 2023, 7:29 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,073
Posted By I am I said

Re: looking for some east coast advice

thanks for the insights, and Pembrokeshire is worth thinking about as well.
Forum: Canada
Jul 5th 2023, 6:45 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,073
Posted By I am I said

Re: looking for some east coast advice

I was acting on the advice of my therapist.

I am not expecting to need to work, this is a retirement decision.

I am looking for recommendations of towns or areas to visit on a recce tour. I...
Forum: Canada
Jul 5th 2023, 5:39 am
Replies: 13
Views: 2,073
Posted By I am I said

looking for some east coast advice

It is about that time of the decade again, where I muse over returning to Canada. This time, it is prompted by thinking it really must be time to step off the corporate hamster wheel, buy a lawn...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 23rd 2023, 11:57 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 2,834
Posted By I am I said

Re: Top 10 Best Places to Live in Canada - Moving Waldo

20. St. Catharines, ON

Population: 421,000
Highlights: Niagara Region, the sixth-largest urban area in Ontario.
Main employment drivers: Shipbuilding, mills.
Cost of living for a single...
Forum: Canada
Jan 16th 2023, 11:42 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,056
Posted By I am I said

Re: Emigrating to Canada

And although only 30 miles from the snowmageddon of Buffalo, NY, it gets a fraction of the snow. Even going up the escarpment to Welland can be a dramatic change in winter weather. [St C is where I...
Showing results 1 to 25 of 208
 
Page 1 of 9
1
2
3
4
5
Last »


 
Forum Jump

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service - Your Privacy Choices

Copyright © 2026 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.