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Search: Posts Made By: Mrs Madmac
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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 9th 2008, 5:58 pm
Replies: 113
Views: 7,986
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: 'British' accents

:thumbsup:
Forum: Canada
Feb 9th 2008, 4:57 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 9,400
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: cambridge-ontario

Good heavens it would take a lot more than that to upset me :) Just interesting how we all have different views on places and life would be so boring if we all thought the same.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 9th 2008, 4:54 pm
Replies: 113
Views: 7,986
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: 'British' accents

At at place I worked I overheard a conversation about me! An English man was asking a Canadian lady if she thought people would have trouble understanding me because I was Scottish....... it gets...
Forum: Canada
Feb 8th 2008, 1:37 am
Replies: 17
Views: 9,400
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: cambridge-ontario

Yes but you are talking about the "English" system for house selling when you talk about UK....... Scotland does not have chains and I sold our house in 2 days with no need for an estate agent :) To...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 6th 2008, 1:40 am
Replies: 45
Views: 3,677
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Self Cleaning Ovens

You did make me laugh - I assumed that anyway :) After all ...... we organise the food, set the table, get the plates, organise the drinks, do the salad and then they believe they have given us a...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 6th 2008, 1:35 am
Replies: 45
Views: 3,677
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Self Cleaning Ovens

I do have a friend who swears by using the BBQ - even in the winter! (His wife also agrees because the house won't smell when he cooks.) However Mr Madmac is not so keen............ wonder why? A...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 6th 2008, 1:27 am
Replies: 45
Views: 3,677
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Self Cleaning Ovens

Yes it got me too - I actually told someone I had a cooker with no grill because I thought broil was some kind of simmering function!

If anyone finds a real grill pan - do let me know :)
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Feb 6th 2008, 1:25 am
Replies: 8
Views: 18,733
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Moved: immigration.ca - colin singer

We used the Colin Singer firm to process our application (I wanted someone else to review all the stuff I did in case it got held up because I missed something or made an error.) They did not charge...
Forum: Canada
Feb 6th 2008, 1:18 am
Replies: 17
Views: 9,400
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: cambridge-ontario

We live half an hour up the road in Guelph. Cambridge - just like any other place has its nice and not so nice areas.

Have a look on the "mls" web site to see what the houses are like and it will...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 6th 2008, 12:59 am
Replies: 45
Views: 3,677
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Self Cleaning Ovens

Okay - so it sounds like we all have similar cookers................ can anyone tell me where to find a grill pan with a handle...... you know ........the broil tin so that I can try to use the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 5th 2008, 10:36 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 3,515
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Pancake Day - 2008

Lord - forgot it was pancake day................... oh well Mr Madmac now wants pancakes.......... so I shall make him pancakes.............. BUT what will I ask for in return ?????:lol:
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 4th 2008, 11:52 pm
Replies: 113
Views: 7,986
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: 'British' accents

Well ....... as I still sound as though I just hopped off the boat I am usually asked if I am either:

English
Irish
Australian

Here where we stay there are quite a lot of Scots, so if someone...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 4th 2008, 11:39 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 1,787
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Where do I look for a part time job?

I said when I came here I would never go back into local government........... so yes ...... you guessed it....... I am back in local government. However it does have advantages.............. they...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 4th 2008, 11:36 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 3,515
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Pancake Day - 2008

This is where my OH is just plain weird! (Well you read some of his posts so you already know that!)

He "sometimes" makes pancakes........... but he does not want me to eat them while they are...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 4th 2008, 11:30 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 600
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Did anyone mention.....?

Ahh but Pepsi Pete disagreed.:unsure:

(Or whatever the "yanks" call their furry groundhog.)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 4th 2008, 11:26 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 1,787
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Where do I look for a part time job?

Just a quick "Job Centre" note -

Try to find out where your local Employment Insurance office is (E.I.) and ask for contacts for job hunting. (People get E.I. when they first claim for benefit...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 4th 2008, 11:12 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 5,236
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: What does it take?

Can anyone else hear the tune to the twilght zone ? :omg_smile:
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 4th 2008, 11:08 pm
Replies: 33
Views: 1,819
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Pre move wobble

Wow - so on one hand you get to leave all those stresses behind and on the other hand you get to have some real first experiences and get all knowledgable before your OH follows!

I found the...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 4th 2008, 11:01 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 5,236
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: What does it take?

Spooky - I visited Wigan a number of times over the years. (Relatives in Orrel and Standish.) :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 4th 2008, 1:27 am
Replies: 78
Views: 5,236
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: What does it take?

True !
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 3rd 2008, 6:09 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 5,236
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: What does it take?

Ahh good old East Kilbride ....... the only place I know of where a public lavatory gets turned into a solicitors office!!

(Remember the loo's opposite the post office....... now Andrew Macallan &...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 2nd 2008, 8:48 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 2,336
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Alvic's Back in Town!!!!!!

Welcome to Canada!

I read your mum's thread and it brought it all back to me. I was a terrible wreck at the airport when I said goodbye to my mum and my little sister....... it will be forever...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 2nd 2008, 8:30 pm
Replies: 53
Views: 2,459
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: Any IT Support people out there?

That is one hell of a loaded question! :D

Mr Madmac is in IT and does have a permanent full time job in local government now (Guelph)...... however getting into the sector was really difficult and...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 2nd 2008, 7:50 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,172
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: REMOTE STARTERS

I have to admit to getting not only a remote car starter (so that I do not have to spend too much time in trying to pry open the doors of the Dodge van) but also a remote garage door opener. :o
...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Oct 26th 2007, 1:33 am
Replies: 83
Views: 6,270
Posted By Mrs Madmac

Re: What drives you nuts??

What drives me nuts................ the "white man" for pedestrians when cars have the "green" to go.............. no wonder people get knocked down!
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