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Forum: Canada
Apr 12th 2015, 9:51 pm
Replies: 70
Views: 6,965
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Making friends

Hi Chudleigh,

I'm afraid I can't offer any useful advice but I just wanted to sympathise. I have lived in Canada for 16 years now and in that time I have made no real friends. As you say,...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 8th 2015, 12:02 am
Replies: 5,259
Views: 382,963
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread

Lol, the Black Cats triumph yet again over the magpies.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 7th 2015, 9:06 pm
Replies: 5,259
Views: 382,963
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: The Toon Army / EPL thread

There's only one decent team in the North East:

Gary Rowell column - Derby win made you proud to be a Sunderland fan - Sunderland Echo...
Forum: Canada
Apr 3rd 2015, 10:18 am
Replies: 49
Views: 4,660
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Moving to Alberta or BC

So I take it that you eat no meat and your dog also has a vegetarian diet?

mmmmm goose!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 29th 2015, 7:35 pm
Replies: 84
Views: 5,658
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: the Maritimes: the incredible shrinking region

We have been in Nova Scotia since 1998 and seen successive Cons, NDP and Liberal governments. They are all united by dire lack of imagination and unwillingness to upset the status quo, ploughing...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 29th 2015, 7:05 pm
Replies: 84
Views: 5,658
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: the Maritimes: the incredible shrinking region

I'd love to have Cabelas set up near Halifax. I have to buy most of my hunting/fishing gear by mail order from Cabelas in Winnipeg anyway as the choice offered by Canadian Tire/Walmart is generally...
Forum: Canada
Mar 8th 2015, 9:39 pm
Replies: 97
Views: 8,005
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: If you could move to the US

Yes, I love the States, particularly out west, Montana, Wyoming, but maybe New Hampshire too. I have found Americans to be more open and friendly than Canadians. I like the more libertarian...
Forum: Canada
Mar 4th 2015, 8:33 pm
Replies: 98
Views: 12,378
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Thoughts on moving from NS to BC

November-April is winter.
May and June the blackflies come out, followed by mosquitoes.
July and August are hot and brutally humid, foggy along the coast. Lots of huge savage horse flies....
Forum: Canada
Mar 4th 2015, 12:49 am
Replies: 98
Views: 12,378
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Thoughts on moving from NS to BC

We have been in Nova Scotia for 16 years now and it really is killing me. I have to stay another 6 years in my job here before retirement then I am out of here. The reasons have been well...
Forum: Canada
Feb 2nd 2015, 10:12 pm
Replies: 630
Views: 56,272
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Differences between Canadian and British people

I don't know much about other parts of Canada, but a major annoyance is the Nova Scotian unwavering belief that their province is the best, most amazing and beautiful place on the planet. The...
Forum: Canniversary
Feb 2nd 2015, 9:55 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 5,064
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Five Years in Nova Scotia

I'd also say go for Citizenship. There really is nothing to lose, well apart from the fee, but it's very nice to have a Canadian passport and to be able to come and go freely to the UK and States. ...
Forum: Canada
Jan 15th 2015, 12:19 am
Replies: 6
Views: 867
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Where to live near halifax?

Welcome Joannarose,

My wife, two daughters and I moved from Northumberland in 1998 and bought a house in Haliburton Hills, Stillwater Lake. We lived there for 12 years then built a house in the...
Forum: Canniversary
Dec 15th 2014, 9:26 pm
Replies: 185
Views: 42,574
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Still Homesick after a year!

Thanks for sharing Tim. I'm sure that in your position, knowing what I know now, I would stay in England. It's not just the extra money and week off, though that is attractive, you have to take...
Forum: Canniversary
Dec 13th 2014, 9:45 pm
Replies: 185
Views: 42,574
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Still Homesick after a year!

Hi Rosie Lee,

I can really sympathise with your predicament. I moved to Nova Scotia in 1998 with my wife and two pre-teen daughters and the first two years were marked by intense home sickness...
Forum: Canada
Dec 8th 2014, 4:35 pm
Replies: 412
Views: 33,321
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS

Hi Claire,

I came out a couple of months before my family and had a chance to look at houses with a realtor while my wife was handling the sale of our house in Northumberland. I ended up buying...
Forum: Canada
Dec 7th 2014, 7:28 pm
Replies: 412
Views: 33,321
Posted By Lost Boy

Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS

Welcome Claire and good luck with your venture!

I moved to the Halifax area from the UK with my wife and two pre-teen daughters back in 1998. We came "blind", I had never been to Canada before...
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