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Forum: The Rovers Return
Feb 15th 2005, 5:16 pm
Replies: 148
Views: 22,507
Posted By Taffia

Thumbs up Re: Any regrets coming back to Blighty?

Some folks may have read the few posts I've written. As I said I was lucky & had 7 yrs in the MN. I got around. The US, Oz, Canada, & many others, 30 total. So I've seen quite a cross section of the...
Forum: Australia
Feb 7th 2005, 2:38 am
Replies: 150
Views: 12,469
Posted By Taffia

Talking Re: Part of aussie culture? I hope not!

:cool: Watch the'Yank' bit cobber. Used to be OK, but since King George & his Ubersturmbanfeuhrers took over, I'm a Northern member of the 'Blue States' Resistance, other than that I hope the Bush...
Forum: Australia
Feb 6th 2005, 6:42 pm
Replies: 83
Views: 6,849
Posted By Taffia

Talking Re: English sense of humor getting me into trouble in Oz!

:) As Hels said, some folks would understand the humour. Some wouldn't. It's the same in all the Countries that attempt to speak English. :D Some getit,some don't.
After 45 yrs. my humour is still...
Forum: Canada
Feb 6th 2005, 6:09 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 697
Posted By Taffia

Thumbs up Re: Survival Job

Going back a bit, but I worked in the West End in the '60s. In ''65 we were on strike for four months, & we (2000 of us, worked at day jobs from the Employment Office. We hd some interesting &...
Forum: The Rovers Return
Feb 6th 2005, 12:01 pm
Replies: 148
Views: 22,507
Posted By Taffia

Re: Any regrets coming back to Blighty?

I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. Before I came to Canada in '60, I was in the MN for years. Every time I went home on leave,the Country seemed smaller, & gloomier,(which it was compared with Can;...
Forum: Canada
Feb 6th 2005, 7:07 am
Replies: 36
Views: 3,492
Posted By Taffia

Re: 2 1/2 - 3 years wait??????

Don't answer my posts, then they can't charge you with collusion. I was gonna say they can't do anything to me, but upon reflection, they could probably have me 'whacked'.
We don't have black...
Forum: Canada
Feb 6th 2005, 6:24 am
Replies: 36
Views: 3,492
Posted By Taffia

Question Re: 2 1/2 - 3 years wait??????

When did any #@%$^&% Govt. Agency ever make any sense. I think they have a room somewhere full of mental incompetents, writing out rules for different situations.
Then they pick the worst of these,...
Forum: Australia
Feb 5th 2005, 5:36 pm
Replies: 150
Views: 12,469
Posted By Taffia

Post Re: Part of aussie culture? I hope not!

:zzz:
Maybe manana Phoenix. It's 0135 hrs., I'm knackered,& if I'm wrong, I hate hitting my rack with conflicting emotions.
Buenos noches,
Johnny
Forum: Australia
Feb 5th 2005, 4:15 pm
Replies: 150
Views: 12,469
Posted By Taffia

Smile Re: Part of aussie culture? I hope not!

Nope, Wales has no passport of it's own, but we should. Maybe one day soon. I haven't followed the whole thread, but having depended on my UK passport for years, it was treated with respect,as is my...
Forum: Canada
Feb 4th 2005, 8:53 am
Replies: 36
Views: 3,492
Posted By Taffia

Thumbs up Re: 2 1/2 - 3 years wait??????

I think you're lucky the brown envelope didn't come. Sure, 49,000,000 didn't vote for Bush, but think about living with the ones who did. :confused:
It's bad enough living so close to the...
Forum: Australia
Feb 2nd 2005, 5:48 pm
Replies: 150
Views: 12,469
Posted By Taffia

Wink Re: Part of aussie culture? I hope not!

i may be wrong,but isn't there a Convit ship sunken n Botany Bay.
Rase her,fix her up, & youw on't need anextra isand for Illegal Immigrants.
Johnny
:rolleyes:
Forum: Canada
Feb 2nd 2005, 5:01 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,387
Posted By Taffia

Thumbs up Re: Going to the dentist

nope. nada. In ont., even being retired, my work insurancepays 90%. My dentist has pribeat rooms, & treatments are painles. I get my teeth cleaned poished
& checked 3 times ayear.. Get some...
Forum: Canada
Feb 2nd 2005, 4:35 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,953
Posted By Taffia

Wink Re: London or Ottawa?

Jaynie/ I guess some people think GTA is known Worldwide. It means Greater Toronto Area, from downtown to the 'burbs.
Be the same as GLA, Greater London Area, which would be as clueless as GTA....
Forum: Australia
Feb 1st 2005, 5:48 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 904
Posted By Taffia

Thumbs up Re: Poms face alcohol challenge

I'm Welsh born & bred. when I was a teenager, we had the same antiquated hrs. as the English, with the exception of Sunday. In Wales pubs were closed. As it was 16mls. across the Bristol Channel to...
Forum: Canada
Feb 1st 2005, 11:36 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,953
Posted By Taffia

Wink Re: London or Ottawa?

You gotta be from S.Wales. Oh yeah,Swansea! We're not the greatest Welsh speakers, are we? I'm from Barry. But, I took the trouble to learn speed reading it. Translation follows:-

All human beings...
Forum: Canada
Feb 1st 2005, 8:28 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,953
Posted By Taffia

Re: London or Ottawa?

Jesus, Taff (W/M) Here's me racking my few brains tryna come up for descriptions of the Quinte area.
Now i find out you've lived over here, & giving advice to others, about london, Ottawa et al....
Forum: Canada
Jan 31st 2005, 11:24 am
Replies: 11
Views: 783
Posted By Taffia

Re: Is this a record?

Nah! You're not wrong. TH coffee is OK, but I find a few other places in town that I prefer.
Now if Tim's pal Bobby Orr had the franchise, I guess I'd drink it out of loyalty.
I watched him from...
Forum: Canada
Jan 31st 2005, 6:08 am
Replies: 100
Views: 8,582
Posted By Taffia

Question Re: How do you cope with the cold weather

:rolleyes: Don't be put off by the humour. Even though many of us have had similar experiences, we're still not in a rubber room. We've acclimatised, and as long as we take our medication, we're a...
Forum: Canada
Jan 30th 2005, 5:22 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 8,582
Posted By Taffia

Cool Re: How do you cope with the cold weather

One gets used to it. One example follows:-
------------------------------------------
Dec, 8th.
Our first day in our new Canadian home.
Thewife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours by the...
Forum: Canada
Jan 30th 2005, 9:51 am
Replies: 6
Views: 676
Posted By Taffia

Post Re: Welsh/Brits in Quinte, Ontario?

Hi Welshmountie,
I've been looking on line for employment in the Quinte area. Of all the sites I perused, this one may be of help.
Johnny

...
Forum: Canada
Jan 29th 2005, 4:39 pm
Replies: 100
Views: 8,582
Posted By Taffia

Thumbs up Re: How do you cope with the cold weather

xxx
I've lived in Ont.,150mls. N. of Toronto, since landing in 1960. The weather takes some time to get used to. But the blue skies in Winter, along with the cold make it great, The heat from the...
Forum: Canada
Jan 29th 2005, 11:45 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,454
Posted By Taffia

Re: Expert Fence Sitting

[QUOTE=ClareBC]Well I met a Brit in the Bank who had been back 3 times (for good each time) but is now settled in Vancouver - (THREE times - Flippin' heck!) :scared.

As an old codger, I have no...
Forum: Canada
Jan 29th 2005, 7:38 am
Replies: 23
Views: 7,839
Posted By Taffia

Thumbs up Re: Moderator

Hi WelshMountie,
It's a few years since I drove through the Belleville area, but it was a nice towm.A College town, so expect a few Yobboes,(they seem to bloom wherever young gentlemen band...
Forum: Canada
Sep 21st 2004, 4:13 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 1,797
Posted By Taffia

Wink Re: Just bought a canoe

:rolleyes:
All females have tempers. French-Canadians too. I know------ I was married to one.
Forum: Canada
Sep 20th 2004, 5:41 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 7,839
Posted By Taffia

Cool Re: Moderator

;) I came to Toronto, from Wales,many moons ago. Actually I had been in the M.N. for 7yrs.,& when I was on leave, I found The UK to be so cramped after sailing to the US,Canada Australia, to name a...
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