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Forum: Canada
Aug 23rd 2021, 8:49 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 479
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Quebec Car Insurance with UK no claims history

Hello,

When we bought our first vehicle in Quebec, my husband chose TD Insurance because they took into account my UK no claims and so gave him the cheapest quote. He showed them a copy of the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 26th 2021, 7:58 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 1,987
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Cabin living

Glad that my misery is of service.......:sneaky:......;)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 26th 2021, 5:56 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 1,987
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Cabin living

I live in Quebec, so that might require an adjustment to the climate. It’s +35C in the sun today and will go to -ve those degrees a few times most winters.

It is pretty here and generally well...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 26th 2021, 2:41 pm
Replies: 52
Views: 3,758
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Has Canada's pandemic response made you consider moving back to UK/Europe?

Yep, I’ve been thinking about it more frequently recently, despite never having been particularly homesick and also thinking that a return to a Brexitted UK with a Tory government is far from ideal...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 26th 2021, 1:33 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 1,987
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Cabin living

That Chilliwack house looks like it is possibly better than ours , more space, a bath tub and a new roof (sort of). Uglier than ours mind and that's saying something.

Just look at the view, though...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 20th 2021, 8:16 pm
Replies: 277
Views: 22,074
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: The Four months of not winter - 2020

We seem to have started Summer here this week, with temps hitting 30 + C the last few days. I’m out in me shorty shorts and bikini top….who needs the Med ?
Too hot for gardening, mind, and sleep -...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 15th 2021, 12:22 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 4,367
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Winter 2020-21

Haha. Yeeah, we do. Well, we all know how Quebec likes to do things a little differently !

The discovery of different types of snow and ice here is ongoing and, like the Eskimos, I have...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 12th 2021, 5:28 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 4,367
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Winter 2020-21

My objection to the railings was....they're ugly.

Insu Co's objection to no railings was.....the deck is four foot or so above the ground, thus rendering it a death hazard, I guess. (I do not like...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 12th 2021, 3:52 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 4,367
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Winter 2020-21

Actually it's our deck ! I take some of the railing 'panels' off for winter to make clearing it easier and also because they get bent out of shape with all the old heave ho.

(took the old ugly...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 12th 2021, 1:44 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 4,367
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Winter 2020-21

-30 out back and -22 out front this morning (yeah, I dunno).


This amused me…..
...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 10th 2021, 6:35 pm
Replies: 277
Views: 22,074
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: The Four months of not winter - 2020

eerm, both actually. But yes, the 3rd photo looks over toward the Green Mountains and Jay peak in Northern Vermont.

It is beautiful around here, which is one of the reasons I have found it hard to...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 10th 2021, 6:25 pm
Replies: 277
Views: 22,074
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: The Four months of not winter - 2020

Yes, good point, still it's a bit frustrating, I mean, the phone is just for snaps really. I'd love a digi SLR
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 10th 2021, 4:41 pm
Replies: 1,030
Views: 80,043
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: real estate prices in Canada sustainable?

Are you saying you lived in that house pictured ? The huge, gothic one with the turret ?

I want a turret.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 10th 2021, 4:26 pm
Replies: 277
Views: 22,074
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: The Four months of not winter - 2020

Hmmm, seriously jealous of that. Three to four months behind, here (possibly)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 10th 2021, 4:24 pm
Replies: 277
Views: 22,074
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: The Four months of not winter - 2020

Aye, thanks. (Sorry, I don't know more Scottish - my French is severely lacking too).
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 10th 2021, 4:19 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 351
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Help !! (with posting)

Hi Siouxie

Many thnks for this. I shall give this a go next time. I'd like to be able to post photos with confidence.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 10th 2021, 2:17 pm
Replies: 277
Views: 22,074
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: The Four months of not winter - 2020

I was going through my photos the other day and remembering how particularly spectacular the Autumn colours were this year, in terms of diversity and intensity. I think it was because we had an...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 10th 2021, 2:16 pm
Replies: 49
Views: 2,581
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Things you never thought you would say

“we need to rake the roof this morning”

(and probably any other utterance subsequent to even an ‘average’ snow drop) for reasons……

…never imagined I would move to a snowy cold place having...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 10th 2021, 2:15 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 351
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: Help !! (with posting)

Think I'll post them anyway. Maybe it won't be too bad. If it is, maybe one of the mods could clean up my mess afterwards....
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 10th 2021, 1:53 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 351
Posted By Fer Canard

Help !! (with posting)

I wanted to post some photos in-line, but they appear massive when I preview my post. What do I do to reduce their size within my post ??
Forum: Canada
Sep 17th 2020, 1:06 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 5,394
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: To folks in and around Kingston, Ontario…..

Hi J-A,

Actually we just did our mini tour/4 day recce of the area last week ! (I don’t know where the time went this summer, that this trip got so delayed)

Had dreary weather which was...
Forum: Canada
Aug 5th 2020, 8:18 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 5,394
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: To folks in and around Kingston, Ontario…..

Thanks for getting back to me.

So is it like in the UK where you can register with a specific doctor, who is then ‘your’ doctor ?

I’m really wanting to avoid being allocated some random doctor...
Forum: Canada
Aug 5th 2020, 4:11 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 5,394
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: To folks in and around Kingston, Ontario…..

Hey Shelley, if you are around…….

what’s it like getting a GP in your neck of the woods and is there a way of choosing a particular doctor in a practice, say, if you want a female GP or a specific...
Forum: Canada
Jul 19th 2020, 1:11 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 5,394
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: To folks in and around Kingston, Ontario…..

Thanks, DBD, all very interesting and useful stuff to bear in mind.
Forum: Canada
Jul 19th 2020, 1:09 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 5,394
Posted By Fer Canard

Re: To folks in and around Kingston, Ontario…..

Aaah, there you go again. Nice one !

I have a lot of reading to do...
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