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Forum: The Trailer Park
Oct 15th 2021, 2:06 am
Replies: 43
Views: 9,619
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: I got called 'an arrogant s**t' today..

When I first came over in the 70s we were called "DPs" meaning Displaced Persons.

Often used in phrases similar to "You f*****g DPs are coming here and taking all the jobs."

Things haven't...
Forum: Canniversary
Sep 5th 2021, 12:17 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,890
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: 54 years ago today ..............

Two young guys looking for an adventure with no thought of staying permanently.

Jobs and shiftwork meant we didn't see much of each other.

It's a lonely feeling to walk down Yonge Street in...
Forum: Canniversary
Sep 4th 2021, 1:09 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,890
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: 54 years ago today ..............

I got off the boat on the 28th of February 1967 at Halifax Nova Scotia in a blizzard.

My first thought on landing in Canada was "I want my mum"

Obviously things got better because I'm still...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 2nd 2020, 1:35 am
Replies: 6,426
Views: 353,398
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Coronavirus

I live in SW Ontario which has acres of greenhouses growing fresh vegetables.
The industry itself employs about 8000 seasonal workers mostly from Mexico who are housed in what are basically...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 16th 2019, 12:57 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 647,197
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Try working your way through a swimming pool solar Blanket.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 12th 2019, 12:18 am
Replies: 177
Views: 13,686
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Winter 2019/20 It's here

The only one who might fit that description is "Cowboy Dave" in Boquete
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 12th 2019, 12:04 am
Replies: 177
Views: 13,686
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Winter 2019/20 It's here

Wednesday morning :-

Windsor to Toronto...Toronto to Panama City...Panama City to David Panama...A one hour drive to Gariche where the last I looked it was 28C with showers.

Back in 5 months,...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 11th 2019, 11:57 pm
Replies: 177
Views: 13,686
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Winter 2019/20 It's here

I live in the Windsor area and usually manage to get out of Dodge before the snow starts.

First time I've seen a heavy snow in 5 years.

If it had only waited until Thursday, I would have been...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 18th 2019, 1:07 am
Replies: 115
Views: 10,817
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: What are you doing to combat climate change?

I have never heard anyone mention how many batteries a plane would need to carry a few hundred people from say the US to Britain.
Forum: Canada
Aug 28th 2019, 12:20 am
Replies: 48
Views: 5,281
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Water. Restaurants. Sea/Lake view. Pubs. Boats.

Amherstburg ON if you can be satisfied with just a river
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jul 24th 2019, 12:33 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,720
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Flying into Chicago on "Black Friday" (Friday before Christmas)?

Black Friday in the States is in November.
Forum: Canada
Jun 6th 2019, 1:29 am
Replies: 136
Views: 20,306
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Five years and homesickness increasing..

I was reacting to Jerseygirl's post where she said her husband was also homesick.

Nobody mentioned children in any of the posts that I remember reading, although, if we are talking about retirees,...
Forum: Canada
Jun 6th 2019, 12:57 am
Replies: 136
Views: 20,306
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Five years and homesickness increasing..

OK, I am an immigrant who has been here for over 50 years and I am more than happy here.

I have nothing to say that would make an unhappy immigrant feel any better, so I'm not going to try.

But...
Forum: Canada
May 30th 2019, 12:50 am
Replies: 15
Views: 3,328
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Tell me about your part of Ontario and why you Love it!

Just read in the paper that Windsor had its first homicide of the year.

A couple of days short of half of 2019.

When I lived in Toronto many years ago, we used to wonder if we could get through...
Forum: Canada
May 24th 2019, 1:25 am
Replies: 3
Views: 1,123
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Tell me about your part of Ontario and why you Love it!

I can't give you much information about Windsor.
We live out in the county and only go there when we have to, because neither the wife or I are fans of the city.
It seems at least as safe as most...
Forum: Canada
May 13th 2019, 11:38 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 3,328
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Tell me about your part of Ontario and why you Love it!

Look into where we live.
Locally known as the "Sun Parlor"
As far south as you get in Canada.
Windsor is the main City, but you are only half an hours drive from the wine route and Lake Erie....
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 10th 2019, 12:45 am
Replies: 74
Views: 9,470
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Summer thread

Summer must be close.

The Hummingbirds and Baltimore Orioles arrived today.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 29th 2018, 12:56 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,115
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Still going strong...

Red Green as of last year was still touring doing stand up comedy.

He has been appearing at the Migration Hall in Kingsville Ontario for as long as I can remember.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Nov 25th 2018, 1:51 am
Replies: 51
Views: 2,901
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Happy Thanksgiving

We were in Canada for the Canadian Thanksgiving and we bought a nice turkey, but living in the Banana Belt of SW Ontario, it turned out to be too warm to have the oven on for hours, so it went into...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 3rd 2018, 12:58 am
Replies: 490
Views: 37,850
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19

Living reasonably and depending how close you are to the bigger cities, you can pay from $450 to $650 a month to rent a 2 bedroom condo.
Obviously you can pay much more if you go overboard.
We paid...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Nov 2nd 2018, 2:02 am
Replies: 490
Views: 37,850
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19

We stay a few miles from the Costa Rica border in an area known as Gariche.

We rent in a small condo complex consisting of six units draped around the small pool.
There is also a larger casa and...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 30th 2018, 1:01 am
Replies: 490
Views: 37,850
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: The new winter thread - 2018-19

Just over two weeks and then off to Panama for the winter.
Forum: Canada
Sep 30th 2018, 12:50 am
Replies: 30
Views: 3,355
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: That "outdoors" lifestyle.

Some nice beaches in Ontario.

This is mine.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/britishexpats.com-vbulletin/1776x1196/img_0009_94965d38e05b34974e2caea9e4356d045464eedc.jpg
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 6th 2018, 1:45 am
Replies: 88
Views: 4,615
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Toronto Shooting

https://britishexpats.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=130487&stc=1&d=1536198166
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 5th 2018, 1:08 am
Replies: 88
Views: 4,615
Posted By daveincolchester

Re: Toronto Shooting

There was a statistical analysis done by some research group a few years ago in Britain.

It showed that the longer the incarceration, the less likely to reoffend.

Long sentences seem beneficial...
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