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Forum: Canada
Aug 20th 2008, 10:14 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 4,973
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: City of Calgary hires 80 Brits

Not bleak at all. The only way I managed to get a credit card is to secure it with cash, a $1000 dollar limit meant I had to give them a $1000. What does a bus driver earn $60k ish a year maybe, 3x...
Forum: Canada
Aug 20th 2008, 5:55 pm
Replies: 46
Views: 4,973
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: City of Calgary hires 80 Brits

Good luck to them trying to get a mortgage on a family property on a driver's salary with no credit history in a city where the average house price is still $400k ish for a small box and being new...
Forum: Canada
Aug 19th 2008, 1:53 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 996
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Renewing UK passports

We used Walmart on 130th in the SE....They have a creamy white background which was accepted by the BE in Ottawa.... Make sure you ask for UK spec sizes and take the measurements with you. Otherwise...
Forum: Canada
Aug 18th 2008, 9:37 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 901
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Canadian Revenue

Don't get me started on Revenue Canada....Filed my first Canadian returns on April 15th... Surprisingly they owe me $3500. I rang today to be told that they take 16 weeks to create a first time...
Forum: Canada
Aug 18th 2008, 9:29 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 996
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Renewing UK passports

I renewed mine three weeks ago, total time from sending it registered post (next day delivery) to having it back in my grubby hands - 7 days... Thursday to Thursday......:thumbsup:

Added - we only...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 31st 2008, 6:14 pm
Replies: 159
Views: 14,369
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Who are you and where do you come from ?

Name/nickname: Rob/ DOBBIE - old school nickname
Age: 40
Location: Calgary - born and brought up in West London, worked all over the UK, finally moved north of the border about 12 years ago, been...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 18th 2008, 7:32 pm
Replies: 244
Views: 8,921
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Can you imagine anyone doing this in Canada?

Just the bit about the "fast lanes" not the keep over point...! I wasn't picking on Steve's post just ranting as I tend to do sometimes.... Don't get me started on people moaing about speeding...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 18th 2008, 7:26 pm
Replies: 244
Views: 8,921
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Can you imagine anyone doing this in Canada?

That's what I wrote....Keep over to the left in the UK and the right here....
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 18th 2008, 7:21 pm
Replies: 244
Views: 8,921
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Can you imagine anyone doing this in Canada?

He's right - there is no such thing as a fast lane, exactly the same in the UK. All lanes are the posted speed limit...If traffic is going slower than the posted speed limit then it should keep over...
Forum: Canada
Jul 15th 2008, 7:22 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 3,197
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: So Sad

Same here, 'cause it's normally my MIL...!!!!:rofl::rofl:

Only joking of course - it's the only thing that's hard about our move - the saying goodbye to family when they leave. Especially as I...
Forum: Canada
Jul 15th 2008, 7:12 pm
Replies: 94
Views: 7,879
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: The cons of Canada??!!

Like that also over here in the West. There are long waiting lists for doctors etc...we also managed to get in through a Canadian friend who recommended us to her GP. Maybe that's not a bad policy...
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jul 15th 2008, 7:01 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 3,599
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Temporary foreign worker application

Hi Vikty,

Don't panic this is a perfectly normal route to take, one I am going through right now.... I am at the end of that road awaiting the call from CIC to submit my passport for the rubber...
Forum: Canada
Jul 15th 2008, 12:41 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 3,241
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Vacation allowance

4 weeks vacation (previous related experience taken into account) 10 personal days off (I have to take the 3 between xmas and new year, shame :p) and all the stats available including rememberance...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 14th 2008, 7:01 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 782
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: British weather?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: SUPERB.......
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jul 14th 2008, 6:50 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 1,362
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Stampede is over LONG LIVE STAMPEDE

I am awaiting the phone calls that tell me I am now the proud owner of two pickup trucks, a boat and a 5th wheel...... Not sure whether they'll all fit on the drive?

Am I the only one who thought...
Forum: Canada
Jul 7th 2008, 5:18 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 9,848
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Any success with Willis Brazolot?

Funnily enough, I have just received a fax from WBC with an applicants details on it. They look, on paper, to be just another recruitment agency and to that I would advise never pay money to them to...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 9th 2008, 9:19 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,360
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: so you dont looks silly?

Chips (Can) - Crisps (UK)
Fries (Can) - Chips (UK)
Eraser (Can) - Rubber (UK)
Truck (Can) - Lorry (UK)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 6th 2008, 5:27 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 9,770
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: 7 seater SUV's advice please?!

You're not an SUV lover are you.....:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 6th 2008, 5:20 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 9,770
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: 7 seater SUV's advice please?!

Ahhhh the light goes on - Based as in base of the car ie Chassis!!! I was referring to the "based" as in looks like/ compares to....!! The mercedes/ bmw comment was irrelevant, which was how I saw...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 6th 2008, 3:22 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 9,770
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: 7 seater SUV's advice please?!

Yes "based on the Lexus" seeing as the original post mentioned that they liked the Lexus but not the price...! Why not add that BMW and Mercedes are not the same just in case BASED on them being...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 6th 2008, 3:00 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 9,770
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: 7 seater SUV's advice please?!

Who said they were?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 6th 2008, 12:56 pm
Replies: 60
Views: 9,770
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: 7 seater SUV's advice please?!

Just bought the Hyundai Veracruz and love it, has all the bells and whistles on it to make me happy and has 7 seats for the family and relatives that frequent our house on numerous visits a year -...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jun 4th 2008, 7:31 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,446
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: A far more accurate event of a fateful morning

At which point Daddy bear gets up, goes to work to earn money for mummy bear to squander on her credit card during the day without a good meal in his stomach.......:eek:
Forum: Immigration & Citizenship (Canada)
Jun 4th 2008, 7:23 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 397
Posted By DOBBIE

Medical Timelines when in Canada

I apologise up front if this is somewhere on this forum, I have tried looking but I am a bloke, so can't find things when they are right in front of my eyes (my wife would testify to...
Forum: Canada
May 8th 2008, 3:18 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 2,223
Posted By DOBBIE

Re: Where would you recommend we live? (Vancouver)

In a house or condo, something warm and dry though :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

I'll get off this thread now seeing as I am not contributing anything of value :o
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