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Forum: Canada
Oct 5th 2024, 5:20 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 20,208
Posted By ann m

Re: Police Officer

Bit late to this thread but this is the correct answer. Reach out to Calgary recruiting. There is a UK guy starting in classes on Monday so it can happen. 🙂
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 28th 2024, 6:20 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,127
Posted By ann m

Re: Cell phone options when visiting UK

Thanks for your input folks. So it turned out my phone was not eSIM compatible, so I took out my regular SIM card and put it in my daughter’s old iPhone 12, and have now purchased an Orange Europe...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 22nd 2024, 6:09 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 2,127
Posted By ann m

Re: Cell phone options when visiting UK

Ok, thanks for some feedback and ideas…I’m still thinking this one through 😉
Forum: The Maple Leaf
May 21st 2024, 8:36 am
Replies: 9
Views: 2,127
Posted By ann m

Cell phone options when visiting UK

It’s 7 years since I visited the UK, and last time around I could add a $50 travel plan to my phone plan for up to 30 days.

Now the cheeky buggers want $16 per day (Virgin). That’s over $350!...
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2024, 10:25 am
Replies: 22
Views: 6,594
Posted By ann m

Re: How to make the payment for class 2 NI contributions

Ok thanks, that might be the reason for no Class 2 then. I was working up to May 2007 when we left UK but did not get a job straightaway in Canada (I did a stint at Starbucks) but not in a full time...
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2024, 10:12 am
Replies: 22
Views: 6,594
Posted By ann m

Re: How to make the payment for class 2 NI contributions

Yes, I have a letter, outlining an option to pay up to 17 yrs of Class 3 (only).
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2024, 9:52 am
Replies: 22
Views: 6,594
Posted By ann m

Re: How to make the payment for class 2 NI contributions

We completed the CF83 form and mailed in it last Feb. We did all the past employment stuff.
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2024, 8:49 am
Replies: 22
Views: 6,594
Posted By ann m

Re: How to make the payment for class 2 NI contributions

Ok, many thanks Pulaski. When we did the form, I sent a letter too asking them to confirm if we were eligible to buy Class 2 OR Class 3.

I’m going to call them this week!
Forum: Canada
Mar 26th 2024, 8:20 am
Replies: 22
Views: 6,594
Posted By ann m

Re: How to make the payment for class 2 NI contributions

Hi gang! After a year since completing the application form, I finally got my letter to explain costs. They confirm I have 23 years of NICs on record and laid out costs to buy back up to 17 years of...
Forum: Canada
Mar 6th 2024, 3:51 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,099
Posted By ann m

Re: Taxes and LTD

Hi PP, as Jonboy mentioned, if S used to pay his own LTD premiums (as deductions on his paycheque - look up an old one) - then the income he now receives on LTD is tax free which means nothing to...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Aug 24th 2023, 4:30 pm
Replies: 78
Views: 12,726
Posted By ann m

Re: What happened to this place?

Me too, good to hear
Forum: Canada
Aug 15th 2023, 4:03 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 4,941
Posted By ann m

Re: Canada move

Came here to say this!
Forum: Canada
Jul 21st 2023, 5:24 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 4,450
Posted By ann m

Re: Anyone find the work environment odd in Canada?

I’ve mostly really enjoyed my work at a post-secondary college here, but I did have to reign in my smutty sense of humour.
Forum: Canada
Jul 21st 2023, 5:19 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 2,026
Posted By ann m

Re: Death of my beloved husband in Nova Scotia

Another post here, not offering much useful advice, but just to say how sorry I am to hear this. Condolences Alvic.

Though many things seem to take on an element of importance and urgency,...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 29th 2022, 5:22 pm
Replies: 51
Views: 6,293
Posted By ann m

Re: when your accent becomes a figure of speech

I need a good Canadian word for “knackered”
Forum: Canada
Sep 27th 2022, 12:03 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 7,073
Posted By ann m

Re: Canada Recce Trip Advice

We’ve lived in Alberta (outside Calgary) for 15 years, and tonight is our last night of an 9 day Ontario trip mostly around Lake Ontario and I’m sitting here sipping a local cider. Admittedly...
Forum: Canada
Sep 27th 2022, 11:30 am
Replies: 52
Views: 5,536
Posted By ann m

Re: How different is Toronto to Ottawa

Wow, some resurrected names here! Hello all.

To the OP, have you not visited Ottawa? It’s only 4 hrs up the road. That’s almost a day trip in Canada😉
Forum: Canada
May 4th 2022, 5:19 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,781
Posted By ann m

Re: UK to Calgary - Family of 6

A salary of $90k is certainly decent but I do not think this is luxurious for a family of 6. Will your wife be working too at some point? Depending on deductions on your pay, you would need to be...
Forum: Canada
Oct 23rd 2021, 4:27 am
Replies: 72
Views: 13,676
Posted By ann m

Re: Final decision

i agree. Take the leap and once that decision is made, you will feel so much better. It sounds like about a year of disruption and hard work, but you’d only spend that year in bored sadness here...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 3rd 2021, 3:16 am
Replies: 307
Views: 15,711
Posted By ann m

Re: Election 2021

The dog would make a better candidate than what we have on offer.🙄😉
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Sep 2nd 2021, 5:28 pm
Replies: 307
Views: 15,711
Posted By ann m

Re: Election 2021

Just got round to checking who is running in my riding. F*** me Alberta. I’m living in the wrong place, though it is beautiful.

A liberal, a conservative, a PPC, Derek Sloan and the Maverick...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 23rd 2021, 4:08 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 718
Posted By ann m

Re: Rock Solid Builds

I think I will only ever be a fairweather visitor so will carefully plot my sunny and calm window of opportunity. If it pisses down or snows or blows a gale, then off to Disney I go.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 22nd 2021, 3:52 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 718
Posted By ann m

Rock Solid Builds

Anyone been watching Rock Solid Builds on HGTV, and got a hankering to move to Newfoundland?!

God, that is beautiful country, but with some mighty weather. Can't wait to visit and do a tour. It...
Forum: Canniversary
Apr 15th 2021, 5:08 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 10,909
Posted By ann m

Re: 40 Years

Many congrats, this is remarkable achievement of numbers, lives and wives. May your next 40 be rewarding. 😁
Forum: Canada
Apr 14th 2021, 4:45 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,637
Posted By ann m

We want you to stay

Anyone see this article?

Awesome news for some. Unusual step by govt.
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