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Forum: Canniversary
Aug 4th 2017, 3:12 am
Replies: 12
Views: 2,619
Posted By xavier1955

Re: 55 years ago

most definitely .. I am no spring chicken
Forum: Canniversary
Aug 3rd 2017, 3:15 am
Replies: 12
Views: 2,619
Posted By xavier1955

Re: 55 years ago

i had just turned 19 and had finished my A levels at a grammar school near Old Street tube station (Cowper street ) in London

memories, well I will have to give it some thought
Forum: Canniversary
Aug 2nd 2017, 3:15 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,619
Posted By xavier1955

55 years ago

arrived at dorval july 30 1962
Forum: Canada
Nov 30th 2016, 2:05 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 4,012
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Possible move from France/UK to Montreal

montreal is cold in winter

that is to be expected

but if you bundle up you will be ok and the homes and office are very well heated

summers however can tend to be horrid what with the...
Forum: Canada
Nov 30th 2016, 1:54 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 4,012
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Possible move from France/UK to Montreal

do not associate France with Montreal

in theory we speak french over here but it does not even sound the same as in France

over here we are north Americans of A VERY distant French decent
...
Forum: Canniversary
Nov 11th 2016, 5:24 am
Replies: 24
Views: 5,142
Posted By xavier1955

Re: 54 years and counting

that makes me infant at 73 years ;)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 7th 2016, 3:30 pm
Replies: 356
Views: 23,161
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Any Trump supporters in Canada?

that is no apology so it is anything but OK

and he probably will get away with a lot more

he has a lot in common with Bill Clinton

I just can't wait for this election to be over with
...
Forum: Canniversary
Sep 24th 2016, 7:43 am
Replies: 24
Views: 5,142
Posted By xavier1955

Re: 54 years and counting

for myself I was barely 19
Forum: Canniversary
Sep 23rd 2016, 2:57 am
Replies: 24
Views: 5,142
Posted By xavier1955

Re: 54 years and counting

that is quite something

how old were you?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 16th 2016, 10:55 am
Replies: 53
Views: 4,831
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Best way to deal with bad co workers

CJAD 800 – News. Talk. Radio. :: Ex-Concordia employee goes to Human Rights Commission over sex harassment :: News - HUMAN INTEREST NewsHUMANINTEREST - 2.0 Article...
Forum: Canada
Sep 11th 2016, 2:58 pm
Replies: 44
Views: 6,093
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Brexit and Canada

My reaction is precisely the opposite as I actually look forward to winter even if it is bloody frigid at times. The horrid humidity plus the heat in this city in the summer is downright tropical and...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 9th 2016, 2:48 am
Replies: 11
Views: 565
Posted By xavier1955

Re: One of the most tasteless ads ever

does not surprise me

that is the sort of sh*t one can expect
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 6th 2016, 2:44 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,118
Posted By xavier1955

older drivers - what do you think?

Older drivers are 'not dangerous' - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37292951)

In the UK research shows they are not dangerous. In fact better than their much younger...
Forum: India
Sep 4th 2016, 6:27 am
Replies: 8
Views: 5,500
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Expat community and schools in Mumbai?

OK THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION

i WENT TO SCHOOL IN HAZARIBAGH WITH THE JESUITS
Forum: India
Sep 3rd 2016, 3:27 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 5,500
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Expat community and schools in Mumbai?

Just curious

I left school in 1959

In those days we used to write the senior Cambrige exams where the exams, as I recall, were shipped to England, marked there, and returned to the school in...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 2nd 2016, 5:30 am
Replies: 197
Views: 12,504
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Anxiety or Stress

thanks
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 2nd 2016, 1:46 am
Replies: 197
Views: 12,504
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Anxiety or Stress

i think we have a medical doctor posting at BE

maybe he or she can advise?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 2nd 2016, 1:43 am
Replies: 197
Views: 12,504
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Anxiety or Stress

[QUOTE=Zoe Bell;12042047]
I found that CBT helped to some degree. The antidepressant s also help a lot.

QUOTE]

What is CBT? This is new to me
Forum: Canada
Aug 30th 2016, 3:34 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 3,070
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Canadian Résumé

I can recall the days when there was no HR dept and one applied to an ad in the newspaper. Your CV was simple and one didn't have to learn the resume writing technique.

You applied for a job and...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 30th 2016, 10:55 am
Replies: 35
Views: 2,314
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Canada Post Labor issues

seriously folks , does anyone care?

to me this is a non event
Forum: Canada
Aug 30th 2016, 10:43 am
Replies: 31
Views: 3,070
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Canadian Résumé

I fully understand were she is coming from, although i suspect many will claim they have to get out of the house, get away from the spouse, etc. etc. and it is not for the money:rofl:
Forum: Canada
Aug 30th 2016, 8:51 am
Replies: 31
Views: 3,070
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Canadian Résumé

I work 2.5 days per week and i just turned 73
Forum: Canada
Aug 29th 2016, 2:39 pm
Replies: 59
Views: 4,495
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Montreal winters

You will adapt .

We all do

There are only a few days in a typical winter when it might go down to 25 below Celsius or worse and you bundle up

And on very hot humid summer days I actually...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 29th 2016, 2:26 pm
Replies: 188
Views: 9,363
Posted By xavier1955

Re: the best to Harper, I wish him well

An excellent point you raise

this should be a lesson to the younger crowd here.

save like hell and invest and start young if, gawd forbid, you should be so fortunate to live to a ripe old age...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 28th 2016, 12:53 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,391
Posted By xavier1955

Re: Retention period for documentation?

In Quebec we have the QPP which is a mirror image of the CPP

I can request, at any time, a statement of contributions for both of us (wife and me) and these go back to 1966, the year the pension...
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