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Aug 3rd 2022, 11:28 am
Replies: 23
Views: 3,248
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Should I stay or should I go

Well I took the plunge too... (after wrestling with the should I stay or should I go) booked my flight...for Christmas. (15th Dec to 3rd Jan) I really hope they don't shut things down again, ...
Forum: Canada
Jul 28th 2022, 10:20 am
Replies: 40
Views: 4,570
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Keep British passport as well, or just Canadian?

Thats interesting too, why would you use a Canadian passport in Europe and not the British one, even with Brexit, surely that the British one has more of a link to Europe than the Canadian one? are...
Forum: Canada
Jul 27th 2022, 12:19 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 4,570
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Keep British passport as well, or just Canadian?

Thats interesting...I have never known the full ins and outs of it, but have always entered UK with my British passport and Canada with my Canadian passport... its nice to know that is the correct...
Jul 12th 2022, 11:24 am
Replies: 23
Views: 3,248
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Should I stay or should I go

I am thinking of a trip for Christmas, my aunt passed away in Feb, I agonised weather to go to the funeral or not, i chose not to in the end through fear of not being able to get back in to Canada if...
Forum: Canada
Jun 29th 2022, 10:50 am
Replies: 24
Views: 5,360
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Anyone still feel like an outsider?

I recommend a Guy Fawkes evening too! I have done that a few times, and my Canadian friends have loved it... nice bonfire...a few fireworks, oven baked potatoes, sausages and onion gravy, maybe a...
Jun 14th 2022, 12:14 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 2,667
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: wish me luck! I have booked a flight

Good to know your flight was relatively delay and trouble free.... in the current situation of utter chaos, I could live with 40mins delay! ..... think I am going to go ahead and start making plans...
Jun 8th 2022, 4:31 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 639,945
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Ahh... big deep sigh...the decade that I started as boy and ended as a man... with countless fond memories along the way.....those were the days, I was saying to someone the other day, I often "mourn...
Jun 8th 2022, 10:39 am
Replies: 32
Views: 2,667
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: wish me luck! I have booked a flight

You will have to let us know how you get on... I am toying with the idea of getting and Air Canada flight to heathrow for Christmas this year... I too now have very little patience when it comes to...
Jun 2nd 2022, 4:55 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,024
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Shall we start a cheese war?

Yes, I couldnt believe it when I paid Sainsburys a visit last time I was in the UK for a few food items.... i picked up some "Sainsburys Canadian mature cheddar" on the back I read "Packaged for...
Jun 2nd 2022, 4:21 pm
Replies: 6,426
Views: 347,820
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Coronavirus

Yeah I think most people have had it now. The only downside was not being able to go anywhere...even for teabags! other than that, I carried on as normal... and on the plus side I ate a lot of my...
Jun 1st 2022, 4:13 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,024
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Shall we start a cheese war?

I usually stock up on Canadian cheddar when I go back to the UK..... its a bargain. :confused:
May 19th 2022, 10:14 am
Replies: 958
Views: 63,432
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Masks

I hope not either..it sounds nasty. I think it was probably just some lingering effects of it still in my system... I have felt fine recently, with no noticeable differences to my health.
May 18th 2022, 4:18 pm
Replies: 9,776
Views: 639,945
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

I guess its only slight different to having "chip shop curry sauce" with your fish and chips which is as popular a side as mushy peas in some parts of the UK
May 18th 2022, 11:30 am
Replies: 958
Views: 63,432
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Masks

yeah, I think I have had some of that, I lost a lot of my sense of taste and smell after covid.... it was still there, but nothing was quite the same, it was like that for about 2 or 3 weeks, its...
May 18th 2022, 11:27 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 639,945
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Yeah I know o f only one place in Canda where I have gotten mushy peas with my fish and chips.... I still get a perplexed look when I say hold the coleslaw... I dont mind the coleslaw but gravy is as...
May 16th 2022, 8:36 pm
Replies: 958
Views: 63,432
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Masks

I wouldn't disagree, and Im sure no one would be seen without a mask in places like that, which makes total sense, plus the same people wouldny be going to a busy pub on a Saturday night.



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May 16th 2022, 4:36 pm
Replies: 958
Views: 63,432
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Masks

Yes, as many of us have said, its time to move on.

I went to see a great band play at the pub on Saturday night... everyone just seemed to go wild... and most I spoke to, just kept saying its...
May 9th 2022, 11:12 am
Replies: 9,776
Views: 639,945
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Random stuff - the anything else thread

Yeah thats sad... a huge staple on TV growing up as a kid.
May 6th 2022, 11:29 am
Replies: 6,426
Views: 347,820
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Coronavirus

I understand what you are saying, it many environments work at home can offfer "stability" as you put it... but it really does depend on the profession and the stage you are at in your chosen...
May 6th 2022, 11:16 am
Replies: 6,426
Views: 347,820
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Coronavirus

I could cope with a hybrid... I think the eventual plan is be at home on Monday and Friday (if you choose) and Tue Wed and Thurs in the office... that would be ok, as lots of time to "learn by...
May 5th 2022, 11:29 am
Replies: 6,426
Views: 347,820
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Coronavirus

Fully agree. I work in engineering as a mechanical designer, working at home makes my life a lot more difficult... sometimes I am in a meeting I am swtiching between 3-4 drawings on the screen ...
May 3rd 2022, 10:51 am
Replies: 6,426
Views: 347,820
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Coronavirus

Its been that way for some time now, so I hear from my sister and friends over there.
Apr 27th 2022, 10:37 am
Replies: 6,426
Views: 347,820
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Coronavirus

Yes I saw that.... wow... that is one crazy country. I love to travel, but that is one place I have no interest in at all.
Apr 26th 2022, 4:30 pm
Replies: 196
Views: 18,566
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: 2020 - movies seen this year

Hmm...I hadn't heard of that movie, but just read the synopsis and I am very intrigued by that story line.... it reminds me a little of that movie a few years ago called the Butterfly effect... not...
Apr 14th 2022, 4:06 pm
Replies: 958
Views: 63,432
Posted By Paul_Shepherd

Re: Masks

LOL you know how much you miss it... remember Hale and Pace too? I saw them live twice! I have even taught some of my Canadian friends some of their one liners... priceless! ... however beware of...
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