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Sep 19th 2018, 4:10 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,115
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Moving back UK from Canada - with kids and no hubbie

Hi... Been in Canada since 2005, but separated since 2015 - and I'm really feeling the draw to return home.
Since being here - I've only been back to visit once, so I'm missing a LOT of things :P...
Jun 17th 2016, 2:59 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 641
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: Name change and citizenship

Thanks!

Problem solved though, I downloaded a newer copy of the Citizenship form, and guess what?

There is a section for "Name you wish to be known as" (paraphrasing).

... so with my BC...
Jun 16th 2016, 2:14 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 821
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: Old member: Been and gone, and back again...

Thanks! I've been having a rummage around - looks like not much has changed - lots of new people - but seems like the same ol' place that it was.
Helpful peeps and conversations... :) hehehe.
...
Jun 16th 2016, 2:01 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 821
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Old member: Been and gone, and back again...

Just saying HI...

... used to be here, a long time ago during my whole PR process, and then for a while afterwards as we landed and settled... but I can't log into my old profile (Purple74) ......
Jun 16th 2016, 1:56 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 641
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Name change and citizenship

.. So, I want to apply for Citizenship.
Been here 11 years, it's time.

But I'm also now separated, and I am going to change my name back to my maiden form.

Now... as my BC still says...
Forum: Canniversary
Jun 16th 2016, 1:52 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,705
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

11 years yesterday

A long, long time ago I was on here are Purple74, but I can't login - something comforting about coming back here after spending 2-3 years as a member.

... Have been in SWO now for a decade plus...
Forum: Canada
Jan 29th 2013, 6:41 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 4,720
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: Passport renewal - UK, not Canadian

FABULOUS!!!! Thank you!

... and really, in your opinion, what's the worst that could happen?

I don't have a Canadian passport as we're still British only....
Forum: Canada
Jan 29th 2013, 3:39 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 4,720
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: Passport renewal - UK, not Canadian

Was this via Washington or via the UK?
Jan 29th 2013, 3:37 pm
Replies: 219
Views: 15,199
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: Tenuous Connections to Famous People

... and if Henry VIII is famous, then I *think* I found a 12th great grandfather who was in his court.
Forum: Canada
Jan 29th 2013, 2:58 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 4,720
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: Passport renewal - UK, not Canadian

And thanks re: link to the thread! :thumbsup:
Forum: Canada
Jan 29th 2013, 2:56 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 4,720
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: Passport renewal - UK, not Canadian

See, I thought I'd found a loophole where it said that you can apply while you're in the UK visiting.... and then I thought - "Are they going to check the flight records?" ...

... I object to the...
Jan 29th 2013, 2:53 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,946
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: I stood next To Cam Woolley at the bus stop this morning

OH!!!! I'm sorry.

Seriously - first time I had to deal with him, I went home all excited "YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO GUESS WHO *I* SPOKE TO TODAY!!!"
My hubbie was as impressed. We both respected...
Forum: Canada
Jan 29th 2013, 2:51 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 4,720
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Passport renewal - UK, not Canadian

Husband and I's UK passports have expired (as has our PR cards - sigh - we really should apply for Citizenship!) ... and I was pretty shocked to learn that we'd have to apply for renewal via...
Jan 29th 2013, 2:47 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,946
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: I stood next To Cam Woolley at the bus stop this morning

so if I said I forgot to mention that he was rude, that would surprise you even less?

;-)

... Meanwhile, when I used to work for our Nation's great smartphone maker, some of the larger famous...
Jan 29th 2013, 2:44 pm
Replies: 219
Views: 15,199
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: Tenuous Connections to Famous People

A friend from back in Scotland is the cousin of Ewan McGregor.

:P

AND!!!! Thanks to ancestry.com - I'm Walt Disney's 7th cousin eight times removed.

:-)
Jan 29th 2013, 2:42 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,946
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: I stood next To Cam Woolley at the bus stop this morning

... I work in a field related to the media, and I've had dealings with him.

Impatient, arrogant, and a little sexist (if you ask me, as a female in a technical job).

Disappointed to be...
Forum: Canada
Sep 10th 2006, 4:26 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,529
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: One year on....

hahahahahahahahaha... Child labor. :D Bring back chimney sweeps old skool stylee... :-D
Forum: Canada
Sep 10th 2006, 4:24 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,529
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: One year on....

Cheers!
I'll get my GO train... :-)
:-P

hehehehehehe...

Hope you're having a fab weekend!

W.
Sep 9th 2006, 2:44 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,237
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: think my hushands taking the p*ss

OH!!! Happy hound! :D :D I hope you get her!!! :D

I think Mutts are great... Toby's a mutt, and he's ... well... perfect.
:D
Forum: Canada
Sep 9th 2006, 2:40 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,529
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: One year on....

Yah, that's true.

Some people have a high pain tolerance, I have a high sh!t job tolerance. :-P Spent 7 years in one in the UK, knowing we were coming here is the only thing that can me above...
Forum: Canada
Sep 9th 2006, 2:39 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,529
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: One year on....

nononononononononononono!!! I've been itchy with glee at the thought of GO train coming out here....

... who can I write? I need answers! :-P
Forum: Canada
Sep 9th 2006, 2:37 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,529
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: One year on....

....sssooooooo, tootling along the 401 last night towards HWY6 and I see "County of Wellington" and go "AH!!! THAT'S WHERE IT IS!!!" ... :-P Now I know where you're at. :-D Conestoga's an alright...
Forum: Canada
Sep 8th 2006, 7:10 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,529
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: One year on....

Yah, I know someone that knows someone. :-P I think it's 2007, and it's going to use the existing Via Rail (obv). A LOT of peeps commute into K-W from Toronto and the likes - so it'll make HUGE...
Forum: Canada
Sep 8th 2006, 7:07 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,529
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: One year on....

Sure... drop me a PM with email addie and I'll forward it on. I didn't make the doc, I found it... :D
Forum: Canada
Sep 8th 2006, 5:45 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 2,529
Posted By Cathairtumbleweeds

Re: One year on....

Yup! A job's a job... :-D ... there's a few places for IT peeps in the area, this is (afterall!) the "Technology Triangle" ... just on this street alone we have Raytheon, RIM, Agfa, Opentext, IBM ......
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