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Forum: The Barbie
Apr 24th 2010, 3:55 am
Replies: 55
Views: 3,229
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Songs that mean something to ya

Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
Running Scared - Roy O
Still Within The Sound Of My Voice - Glen Campbell
Runaway - Del Shannon
That Girl Belongs to Yesterday - Gene Pitney
Old Dogs, Children and...
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2007, 4:10 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,640
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: uk pension less than 11 years?

The National Insurance contribution qualifying period for a full (i.e. 100%) pension is currently 39 years for women and 44 for men. The minimum pension that would be paid is a 'quarter pension', in...
Forum: Canada
Jun 4th 2007, 6:04 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,550
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Doubts

Yes, however (assuming the OP was prepared to try somewhere other than Calgary, at least initially) it IS possible to 'fast-track' an Education degree at the University of New Brunswick in...
Forum: Canada
May 1st 2007, 6:52 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,835
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Any British ExPats in Canada from N Ireland

No, not correct, JAJ. I've been in Calgary since 1975 and have seen snow in every month except July (and I mean in the city, not just up in the Rockies). On average, we get snow (and sometimes plenty...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 13th 2007, 4:27 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 6,503
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Is anyone returning to the UK from Canada?

Not twaddle, not even a generalization. Every Manitoban I've ever met has been hugely boring. Fact. Every single one.

Be contemptible if you choose, squire. Entirely up to you.
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2007, 2:44 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,573
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Football on TV out there?

Fair question, if you're a football fanatic. As mentioned earlier on this thread, there is a good deal of coverage (Premier League, Champions League, World Cup, Euro champs etc) but the atmosphere...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 13th 2007, 2:29 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 6,503
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Is anyone returning to the UK from Canada?

Last weekend in Calgary we were in the high-teens (temperature-wise) after some weeks of snow and pretty low temperatures. So, one thinks to oneself - 'fingers crossed, maybe that's the end of at...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 13th 2007, 1:47 am
Replies: 60
Views: 6,503
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Is anyone returning to the UK from Canada?

I have lived in Calgary for 32 years and find the Rockies to be interesting enough but no more than that, even mediocre in places. For local character and interest, much prefer the Cairngorms or...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 12th 2007, 9:13 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 6,503
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Is anyone returning to the UK from Canada?

Allowing for the fact that, as the poster himself says, he makes a few generalizations, this post is absolutely spot on. The only thing I can't totally agree with is the friendliness (or lack of it)....
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 12th 2007, 7:18 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 6,503
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Is anyone returning to the UK from Canada?

I would have to concur with the above sentiments. Canadians are indeed, for the most part, kind and friendly and Canada has many very scenic parts but, even after (believe it or not) some 32 years I...
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 6th 2007, 9:51 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 526
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Holiday/Short-Term Accommodation N/S Islands

Thanks Kev/Sarah
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 6th 2007, 7:35 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 526
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Holiday/Short-Term Accommodation N/S Islands

Thanks Maz, I'll take a look at these!!
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 6th 2007, 4:50 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 526
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Holiday/Short-Term Accommodation N/S Islands

Many thanks, I'll try these right now.
Forum: New Zealand
Mar 6th 2007, 4:33 am
Replies: 7
Views: 526
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Holiday/Short-Term Accommodation N/S Islands

Coming down from Canada late-March to late-April and planning on seeing as much as I can manage in the allotted time both North and South. Sentimental/nostalgic trip - lived in NZ in the Seventies....
Forum: Canada
Feb 21st 2007, 12:56 am
Replies: 47
Views: 23,510
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: cdn equivalent to lucozade

Last I heard (from one of the few remaining British import shops in Calgary, indeed perhaps the only one) is that there is a ban on the import of Lucozade. Apparently the nanny Canadian government...
Forum: Canada
Dec 15th 2006, 2:36 pm
Replies: 70
Views: 3,939
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: BBC article on UK immigration

Quite so. There was a considerable momentum AGAINST joining at the time, spearheaded by Enoch and others. Any referendum would have been very close, indeed most observers of the day felt that the...
Forum: Canada
Dec 14th 2006, 2:46 pm
Replies: 70
Views: 3,939
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: BBC article on UK immigration

A well-thought-out and thought-provoking post.
Forum: Canada
Dec 14th 2006, 4:49 am
Replies: 70
Views: 3,939
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: BBC article on UK immigration

Mr. Powell was no 'horrible man' but rather an honourable politician (and that's not an oxymoron in his case), probably the most honourable British politician of the last half of the 20th century. As...
Forum: Canada
Nov 28th 2006, 8:50 pm
Replies: 468
Views: 29,695
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: How does this country survive?

Excellent post. Couldn't agree more. Been here for 32 years and couldn't stand the place most of that time. What with a lengthy/chronic family illness, daughters reaching school age/university age...
Forum: Canada
Jun 20th 2006, 3:29 pm
Replies: 144
Views: 7,543
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Thoroughly disullusioned - BC (not for minors)

Sorry to hear of your situation, g_is_for_canada, and, as the previous poster says, Godspeed.
Forum: Canada
Jun 20th 2006, 3:13 pm
Replies: 144
Views: 7,543
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Thoroughly disullusioned - BC (not for minors)

Doesn't make him sound like anything of the kind. It's a simple statement of (what he sees as) fact.
Forum: Canada
Jun 19th 2006, 2:55 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 3,389
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: New to the Board...

Mmmmmm ... perhaps an insomniac.
Forum: Canada
Apr 28th 2006, 10:15 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,490
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Important Grocery Question

This is an egg that has been boiled in a pan of cold water for approx. 8 - 9 minutes somewhere in Scotland but preferably north of Inverness, (Thurso is an excellent location due probably to the...
Forum: Canada
Feb 16th 2006, 8:14 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,676
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Describe -35

Well, 'ball-freezing, cheek-chapping, skin-peeling, soul-destroying end-of-the-world misery' would do for starters.
Forum: Canada
Jan 24th 2006, 2:42 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 7,023
Posted By Pearly_Spencer

Re: Decision to Leave Canada

What an incredibly puerile remark. And it would be 'Toodleoo', by the way, not 'Tootle Loo'??.

Good luck and all the best, SeaCreature.
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