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Forum: Canada
Jun 28th 2011, 8:47 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 8,250
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Child abuse?

My kids much prefer the...ummm "abuse" they've incurred since being here, I mean the constant "where are you from?" or "I LOVE your accent can you say something", sleepovers, camping invites,...
Forum: Canada
Mar 4th 2011, 7:36 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 5,665
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Looking more likely we'll have to leave dog behind...

Good luck in your quest.

I toyed with leaving my dog at home after my Husband refused to pay the fee for him to go (oh that was a good row!). My Boxer was 7 and I didn't want to part with him no...
Forum: Canada
Jan 5th 2011, 7:40 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 4,835
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Switching between accents

[QUOTE=chanceUK;9074453]I worked for a year as a veterinarian in canada - I had to change the way i spoke very quickly since people found my english accent very difficult to understand and it became...
Forum: Canada
Sep 10th 2010, 3:00 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 4,977
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Can I come back to the uk for surgery once I eventually get to Canada

I've heard you can still pay your National Insurance stamp to top up your pension whilst you are living in Canada - so surely this is the same for medical treatment.

So if you were still paying...
Forum: Canada
Sep 1st 2010, 5:08 pm
Replies: 140
Views: 10,349
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: LinkedIn: Useful tool, internet fad, or

PS Alan I am not playing games - I guess I just should have shut up like most people do as I knew this would continue on the way it has.

I stated a fact - mind games are not my thing and never...
Forum: Canada
Sep 1st 2010, 4:59 pm
Replies: 140
Views: 10,349
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: LinkedIn: Useful tool, internet fad, or

The point I was trying to make was not just about linked in FFS - it was GENERALLY across this board about any topic - the PM's I received were stating that they too were fed up with the replies that...
Forum: Canada
Sep 1st 2010, 3:43 pm
Replies: 140
Views: 10,349
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: LinkedIn: Useful tool, internet fad, or

As I thought - let all just group together and take the piss - no-one is seeing the real point of the matter - people are fed up with this behaviour on here and yet no-one gives a hoot.

Im sorry...
Forum: Canada
Sep 1st 2010, 6:24 am
Replies: 140
Views: 10,349
Posted By NatsnSid

Thumbs down Re: LinkedIn: Useful tool, internet fad, or

[Being disturbed by being grouped as a "twat" seems to me absurdly sensitive. Being disturbed by being thought a twat for liking a particular web based communication facility doubly so. I hope you...
Forum: Canada
Sep 1st 2010, 1:29 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,671
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Van Island (Mill Bay, Cobble Hill, Nanaimo, Comox) B&B family accommodation

ok so its 30-40 to Milstream - hahah - no I don't fly but the times I go is not peak times hahahah

Disclaimer: If you are going to be travelling in peak times whilst on your recce trip - please...
Forum: Canada
Aug 31st 2010, 8:52 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,671
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Van Island (Mill Bay, Cobble Hill, Nanaimo, Comox) B&B family accommodation

Hey there.

I live in Cowichan Bay, used to rent in Cobble Hill.

There are a few B&B's near me:

Dreamweaver B&B - which is right on the bay
Peggy's Cove B&B - also right on the bay.
Wessex...
Forum: Canada
Aug 31st 2010, 7:26 pm
Replies: 140
Views: 10,349
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: LinkedIn: Useful tool, internet fad, or

Surely the original poster who called the users of such media twats should have been warned just as quickly. To me the original comments were a personal attack because a few of us had put our hand...
Forum: Canada
Aug 27th 2010, 10:52 pm
Replies: 140
Views: 10,349
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: LinkedIn: Useful tool, internet fad, or

I credit Linkedin with my bit of luck at getting back in with the same employer I had in the UK - here in Canada.

My UK boss emailed the equivalent Canadian boss before I left and both (plus...
Forum: Canada
Aug 21st 2010, 4:33 pm
Replies: 41
Views: 4,191
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: The House Price Myth?

I hear what you are saying ........but!

We would never of been able to afford the house we have here in the UK. If I took my house to the UK and plonked it where I used to live, i'd be paying an...
Forum: Canada
Aug 20th 2010, 6:42 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,381
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: WORKING FROM HOME - HOW DO I REGISTER FOR TAX PURPOSES

Hi Daimon

I work as a contractor for a large IT company. I am currently a contractor through an agency (who are a preferred vendor of the large company so are used solely to pay me).

Right...
Forum: Canada
Aug 17th 2010, 7:10 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,121
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Medicals - ins and outs

Don't forget you have to pee in a pot too! :huh:

Anything "out of the ordinary' will be picked up and you'll be notified to re-take it (or questioned if they sense anything odd I guess).
Forum: Canada
Aug 17th 2010, 5:11 pm
Replies: 91
Views: 13,398
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Some tragic news

Hi Angela

Sending hugs from a fellow Basingstoker....xxx My condolences to you.

Perhaps you could call the CIC office and advise them and whilst you are talking to them/emailing find out what...
Forum: Canada
Aug 16th 2010, 8:30 pm
Replies: 126
Views: 13,707
Posted By NatsnSid

Smile Re: halifax unsure wether to stay or go back to uk

Kevin & John. (Long post sorry!).

Just thought i'd send a post to you to help keep your chin up. (I don't want to preach)

I had the same feelings as you when I first arrived here. There...
Forum: Canada
Aug 11th 2010, 2:47 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,951
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Dream Rental Property Falls Through. Is It The Realtors Fault ?

He seems a bit of a nightmare anyway if he's that easy to "go off on one" - maybe it was a lucky escape. I know its annoying but its best to view it like that!

After all is said and done -...
Forum: Canada
Aug 4th 2010, 5:09 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 4,371
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Ford Explorer XLT

HA HA HA - the seats are not small ....my children are not hobbits, however they are both skinny - perhaps this appears to give them more room? :blink:

Generalised values....think they left a long...
Forum: Canada
Aug 4th 2010, 4:21 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 4,371
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Ford Explorer XLT

HA!

I have 2 dogs, a Doberman and a Boxer. I have two kids 12 years and 10 and I can say that my kids have ample (more room than my dogs). I have long legs and have my seat right back but they...
Forum: Canada
Aug 4th 2010, 12:51 am
Replies: 56
Views: 4,371
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Ford Explorer XLT

I have a Ford Explorer XLT. It wasn't my car of choice but as funds were limited and we have dogs, we decided it would be a good car to start out with.

I have had it nearly 2 years and it has...
Forum: Canada
Jul 30th 2010, 3:46 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,559
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Swapping Licence - 90 days to do as Permanent resident

If you are just visiting - you won't be here after a week.

So your "landing" day to live here will be when you come back next time. (Even though you are landing so to speak in PR terms).

So you...
Forum: Canada
Jul 28th 2010, 6:28 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 2,559
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Swapping Licence - 90 days to do as Permanent resident

I have always been told by the ICBC and fellow expats that its 90 days upon arriving in Canada.

So if you come for a holiday - doesn't count

If you come on a TWP you have 90 days

If you come...
Forum: Canada
Jul 28th 2010, 4:37 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 6,127
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Dog food issue

If your dog is currently on a dry food and you are worried about how it will cope on a different brand - I would do the following.

Start introducing home made foods for a while - until their...
Forum: Canada
Jul 18th 2010, 2:15 am
Replies: 4
Views: 688
Posted By NatsnSid

Re: Licensing question.

When I left the UK I changed my paper license over to the new Card/paper.

It stated on the card it was 'issued' in 2008 - when in reality my driving license was issued in 1991.

When we arrived...
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