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Forum: Canada
Jul 31st 2007, 3:32 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 930
Posted By Chops

Re: Immigration - Worth waiting for?

In a word: No.

When we put our Skilled Worker app in later 2004 they were "quoting" 18 months, this was in my opinion just barely acceptable.

A year later they were quoting 42 months, we had no...
Forum: Canada
Jul 12th 2007, 5:35 am
Replies: 9
Views: 818
Posted By Chops

Re: Good old CHC

From my experience they are a complete bunch of F.U.B's.

They seem completely incapable of getting our address right despite us telling them about 7 times (both directly and indirectly) that we...
Forum: Canada
Jun 13th 2007, 4:51 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 798
Posted By Chops

Re: Rental situation in Golden, BC

I hope you like water, you will be surrounded by it!

There's no reason to panic though. Normally you would have the Kicking Horse river on one side of Gould's Island but with this being high water...
Forum: Canada
May 30th 2007, 4:36 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,069
Posted By Chops

Re: Iam very confused.

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Ian.
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Forum: Canada
May 29th 2007, 3:54 am
Replies: 4
Views: 756
Posted By Chops

Hummingbirds

Hummingbird seaon is in full-swing here in BC so here's a couple of pictures of the little buggers in our back garden (ooops, I mean "yard").

If you have never seen one they are about the size of...
Forum: Canada
May 29th 2007, 3:11 am
Replies: 6
Views: 798
Posted By Chops

Re: Rental situation in Golden, BC

Um....a good question...

To be honest I don't know the answer as I don't keep my finger on the rental pulse.

There are plenty of places that are rented out in the ski season to folk "doing a...
Forum: Canada
May 29th 2007, 2:29 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,069
Posted By Chops

Re: Iam very confused.

Iam a little confused too...

Why do you keep writing "I am" as "Iam"?

"I am"
"You are"
"He is"
"She is"
"They are"
Forum: Canada
May 29th 2007, 2:20 am
Replies: 49
Views: 3,069
Posted By Chops

Re: Iam very confused.

Brilliant! Thanks Rich, that is the first time in ages I have laughed out loud at a posting. :)

Keep 'em coming!
Forum: Canada
May 20th 2007, 2:40 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 876
Posted By Chops

Re: External Hard Drives?

I bought my laptop and external disk on the flight with me, both worked fine at the other end.

Two PCs and an Xbox 360 were shipped in the container they all worked fine despite being x-rayed at...
Forum: Canada
May 19th 2007, 2:53 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 719
Posted By Chops

Re: Moved: Calling all motorbike owners

I brought my bike to BC but whether I can get it registered and road legal is another matter.

If a bike (or car) is over 15 years old then you will be able to bring it to Canada and register it. I...
Forum: Canada
May 14th 2007, 4:55 am
Replies: 11
Views: 734
Posted By Chops

Re: unlocking uK mobile phones

I used http://www.unlockitfree.com/ and it worked just fine. There was a bit of faffing about to determine which type of Nokia code I needed (DCT4) but other than that it was pretty easy.

Ian.
Forum: Canada
May 8th 2007, 5:01 am
Replies: 66
Views: 4,727
Posted By Chops

Re: Buying a house you've never seen?!?!?!

Don't do it!

Pay £1000 for flights etc. and go see it for yourself. I looked at some properties on MLS that seemed perfect but they weren't!

Ian.
Forum: Canada
May 8th 2007, 4:52 am
Replies: 2
Views: 2,421
Posted By Chops

Re: Wages for Carpenters in Alberta and BC ?

I'm paying my builder between $35 and $50 per hour for him and his carpenters.

I believe his $35/hour guys get paid in the region of $20/hour.

Around these parts I don't think a carpenter would...
Forum: Canada
May 8th 2007, 4:40 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,189
Posted By Chops

Re: Golden BC

Yup, we're in Golden.

Bought a house 2.5 years ago and have been going through the immigration process ever since. A year after submitting the skilled worker application decided this was going to...
Forum: Canada
Apr 7th 2007, 2:53 am
Replies: 16
Views: 2,403
Posted By Chops

Re: Car lease on WP

Same here, should have mentioned in the earlier post that they wanted 10 months payments as a security deposit. The good part is that after 2 years and 2 months I have no more payments to make ;)
...
Forum: Canada
Apr 6th 2007, 7:16 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 2,403
Posted By Chops

Re: Car lease on WP

Yes, I have a 2 year permit and a 3 year lease on my F150.
Forum: Canada
Apr 6th 2007, 7:12 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 607
Posted By Chops

Re: Recording TV

Get someone with a "Windows Media Center" PC to record it then copy the file to a CD and she can watch it on a PC.
Forum: Canada
Apr 2nd 2007, 1:48 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,711
Posted By Chops

Re: Anyone moving to BC this summer that fancies sharing a container?

Sounds very reasonable to me. I reckon my DIY method came out about $4000.

The plus side of doing it yourself may be time, my container arrived less than 4 weeks.

Ian.
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2007, 6:21 am
Replies: 14
Views: 946
Posted By Chops

Re: Mud contamination on your shipped goods

We shipped our stuff in November and had a load of hassle from customs.

The bottom line was customs said the food/agri people would want to inspect the container contents because of a motorcycle,...
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2007, 5:58 am
Replies: 54
Views: 2,771
Posted By Chops

Re: Motorcyclists in Canada

Call me old fashioned but why would block a "fellow" biker's path? Just let him go. In a few minutes he will be out of sight, you will never see him again and no harm will be done to anyone.

If it...
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2007, 5:38 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,209
Posted By Chops

Re: Help

I can understand their thinking on the commitment; why wouldn't you sell your house? I presume you have fair bit of equity tied up in it which would come in very handy for setting yourself up in...
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2007, 5:09 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,612
Posted By Chops

Re: What are our chances?

It is my understanding that carpet fitters are like gold dust where we are (Golden, BC). Assuming this is is the case then I would expect there to be a shortage elsewhere too.

An English friend of...
Forum: Canada
Mar 2nd 2007, 10:00 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 964
Posted By Chops

Re: Now I am a PR what is the best way to build credit???

I manage to get a Captial One credit card with just a work permit, a PR should have no problem getting one.
Forum: Canada
Mar 2nd 2007, 9:56 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,711
Posted By Chops

Re: Anyone moving to BC this summer that fancies sharing a container?

We did everything pretty much. Packed boxes, loaded container, dealt with customs, unloaded container.

There were lots of things I learnt:

1. I didn't save much money
2. I was very lucky not...
Forum: Canada
Mar 2nd 2007, 3:56 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,711
Posted By Chops

Re: Anyone moving to BC this summer that fancies sharing a container?

I know a couple hoping to move from Surrey to Golden BC around May time. They were thinking of getting a 40ft container but I suspect 20ft would be enough.

They are in BC at the moment for their...
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