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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Apr 30th 2009, 2:12 am
Replies: 68
Views: 4,137
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Dog bite advice please

Sorry to hear about your son, hope there are no lasting problems...health or otherwise.
Have you chased up the RCMP to see what their position is?
You say that the owners were paying...
Forum: Canada
Apr 12th 2009, 5:45 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,531
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Motorcycle Testing/Training Calgary

not wishing to back one m/c licence trainer against another, but have to agree with above. I have friends that have trained with 'Too Cool' and said they were very good. All equipment from the m/c to...
Forum: Canada
Apr 12th 2009, 5:39 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 998
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Car insurers

we are with co operators insurance and pay about $55 per car per month.
Here in Alberta, you pay about $72 per car for a years licence plate renewal.......obviously different to that in Ontario!!...
Forum: Canada
Apr 4th 2009, 12:09 am
Replies: 29
Views: 2,359
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: no more contributions from me

Holy crap!! Talk about jumping to conclusions Caitlin.:frown:
Some of us have been in Canada more than 5 minutes and when a person posts on this PUBLIC forum with "useful" advice, others may...
Forum: Canada
Apr 2nd 2009, 2:49 am
Replies: 22
Views: 2,627
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: landed, got sin, exchanged driving and motorcycle licence!

******************re the m/c exchange issue*******************
I today spoke with my local registries office who in turn spoke with someone in the canadian govt dept for licences etc etc.
There is...
Forum: Canada
Apr 1st 2009, 5:13 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,627
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: landed, got sin, exchanged driving and motorcycle licence!

hmmmmmmmmmmm............I dont think that "shop around" is very sound advice, but it worked for you!! I will be checking with my local Registry office to see if the rules have changed. I think you...
Forum: Canada
Mar 31st 2009, 4:45 am
Replies: 22
Views: 2,627
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: landed, got sin, exchanged driving and motorcycle licence!

how did u manage to get your m/c licence exchanged?? I tried to exchange my UK one and was told that you weren't allowed to......only the car!!!:mad:
I lost the m/c part when I traded the UK one in...
Forum: Canada
Mar 24th 2009, 6:23 am
Replies: 877
Views: 76,446
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: What's wrong with Canada?

haven't found much wrong so far....apart from the retarded tax system!!:frown:
Forum: Canada
Mar 24th 2009, 6:19 am
Replies: 13
Views: 801
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Are we good candidates???

google it
Forum: Canada
Mar 22nd 2009, 7:29 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 3,294
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Calgary's Bitter winter...

this ******* snow.....................:frown::mad:i've only just got the car back from the body shop because of a winter collision!! well it was a coyote and took out most of the front bumper!! i...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 19th 2009, 9:23 pm
Replies: 95
Views: 3,206
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Necessary 'force' or murder by a man in uniform?

Holy crap................police officers DO NOT intend to kill anyone!! They only shoot to STOP people and NOT KILL them...............
Forum: Canada
Mar 12th 2009, 6:41 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 2,717
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Transfer my police pension to Calgary, best way?

pm me for a contact who specialises in this sort of thing........dont do anything until you are sure that you are going to stay here though!!
Forum: Canada
Mar 9th 2009, 3:03 am
Replies: 9
Views: 661
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Banff / Jasper hotels

Have just come back from Banff today and stayed at the Brewsters mountain lodge hotel. Reasonably priced and staff very friendly. Hotel was nice and in a fantastic location, right in the middle of...
Forum: Canada
Mar 5th 2009, 8:55 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 4,556
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: I just lost $103,000USD

This thread sounds like a complete load of bollox.............you took the gamble and lost, live with it!! lots of us that invested now have to, however, lots of us didn't lose that sort of money...
Forum: Canada
Mar 4th 2009, 7:57 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 3,435
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: When did you feel homesick/ think that you made a mistake? Please respond!

HOLY CRAP..............JUST NOTICED I'VE GOT A STAR!! GONNA HAVE TO SLOW DOWN ON SUBMITTING REPLIES TO THIS FORUM......DON'T WANT TWO STARS!!!!!!!:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
Forum: Canada
Mar 4th 2009, 7:56 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 3,435
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: When did you feel homesick/ think that you made a mistake? Please respond!

Been here 2 1/2 years now, dont regret moving and haven't been homesick yet! Mind you, it helps as the wifes family live here and the mother in law is great!!! YES i really did say...
Forum: Canada
Mar 4th 2009, 7:48 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 632
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: fuel cost's around Calgary

In Cochrane its between 77 and 81 cents a litre......some gast stations are cheaper and have fuel incentives like safeway. The more you spend on food, the more you save on gas as its a running total.
Forum: Canada
Feb 12th 2009, 11:36 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 2,389
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: How much time do you spend on BE?

not a lot, hence the low number of posts!! even though i have been a visitor to canada for 11 years and have been living here for the past 2 1/2....
some of us DO have a life in beyond the computer...
Forum: Canada
Feb 12th 2009, 11:32 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 617
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: home purchase lawyer in calgary.. costs and any recommendations?

We have moved twice and both times paid about $1000.00
You should ask your realtor, sometimes you will get a small discount from the lawyer if they were recommended by the realtor.....hope that...
Forum: Canada
Feb 12th 2009, 11:27 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 1,565
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Am I alone......????

No not crazy.............just normal!!
Forum: Canada
Dec 31st 2008, 12:22 am
Replies: 15
Views: 4,785
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: a stupid question re- air exchangers

we have recently moved into a new home and it has one of those air exchange "thingys" (technical term!!). the site supervisor advised us to set it to about 24% humidity due to the warm air from the...
Forum: Canada
Dec 13th 2008, 2:56 am
Replies: 57
Views: 5,447
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Tips on surviving the Mother in Law Visit

Best one I can think of is find a nice motel to put her in........or yourself!!:rofl:
Forum: Canada
Dec 13th 2008, 2:55 am
Replies: 70
Views: 13,073
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: John Smiths Bitter

Tell your other half not to worry about his beer, as has already been said, there are other beers here that are pretty good......anything from Rickards should more than suit his tastes.
Coming from...
Forum: Canada
Dec 13th 2008, 2:51 am
Replies: 68
Views: 6,286
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Ready for the Storm....

Yep, I was told anything below -15 and you should plug ya car in......whether this is a cynical approach by those that manufacture/sell them I don't know but better to err on the side of caution as...
Forum: Canada
Dec 5th 2008, 4:40 pm
Replies: 115
Views: 9,444
Posted By yorkie lad

Re: Coming to Alberta - please just be aware

But on a positive note regarding gas prices................at least its cheaper to fill the cars up now!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:
Regarding oil companies.....when its good, employees get all sorts of...
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