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Forum: Canada
Apr 9th 2017, 5:59 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,667
Posted By leith

A Taxing Time

Revenue Canada (akaCRAp) has to be one of the most inefficient and intimidating organizations in the country. They made a huge error in my 2015 return and attempted to bully me into paying tax I did...
Forum: Canada
Mar 11th 2017, 1:06 am
Replies: 32
Views: 5,385
Posted By leith

Re: Thinking of buying a property in Canada? Act now!

Canada is in a housing bubble which is inevitable going to burst. This is a terrible time to buy a house in Canada.
Forum: Canada
Mar 2nd 2017, 5:29 pm
Replies: 58
Views: 7,863
Posted By leith

Re: Newbies in Canada - STRESS ALERT

You haven't seen anything yet. For a real nightmare,try dealing with Revenue Canada.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 22nd 2017, 5:54 pm
Replies: 225
Views: 14,183
Posted By leith

Re: Winter 2016-17

We've had almost two feet of soggy snow on Vancouver Island with the plough making sure to leave a good big heap across the end of the drive soon after we'd cleared the last pile away. With the...
Forum: Canada
Feb 22nd 2017, 5:38 pm
Replies: 83
Views: 6,108
Posted By leith

Re: Baked Goods you miss from Home

Real crumbly Scottish bannocks (oatcakes here), not these thin insipid things stuck together with a lot of flour. Yes to big fat juicy Eccles cakes. Real baps, not these horrible Kaiser rolls. I...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 17th 2017, 5:04 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 673
Posted By leith

Islamophobia Bill

A Liberal MP has introduced a motion condemning islamophobia (whatever that means - she doesn't specify) and now there's a big commotion about how the motion should be worded. Nobody, however, has...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 6th 2017, 5:19 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 808
Posted By leith

Re: Sound Sensitivity

Sorry, I misquoted Ogden Nash although he does attribute the use of pogo sticks to his neighbors. The poem is "The People Upstairs".
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Feb 6th 2017, 5:11 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 808
Posted By leith

Re: Sound Sensitivity

I find it amazing how some people seem to think that others aren't irritated by their noise or might actually enjoy it. Here are the ones I find most annoying.
1. Cleaning or doing other work on...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 23rd 2017, 5:08 pm
Replies: 111
Views: 6,391
Posted By leith

Re: God save America

The Obamas were a class act - intelligent, articulate, decent people.Trump is a loudmouthed,arrogant, vulgar bully. He is also stupid if he thinks that he can shut the media up or make them say only...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 18th 2017, 6:01 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 2,978
Posted By leith

Re: Kevin O'Leary

While Kevin O'Leary does come across as greedy and ruthless. at least he has shown that he knows how to manage money and seems to be articulate and speaks to the point, abilities in which Trudeau has...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 14th 2017, 4:45 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 3,198
Posted By leith

Questions for PM

Trudeau is doing a cross-Canada tour of public meetings where anyone can ask him a question. (He won't, of course, give anything approaching a straight answer but we're all used to his ums and ahs...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Jan 3rd 2017, 5:08 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 343
Posted By leith

Politicians' Top Songs for 2016

Maybe not top of the pops but here's a start to what some politicians might have been singing in 2016.
Donald Trump - Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better
Angela Merkel - I'm Just a Girl Who Can't...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 22nd 2016, 7:55 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,199
Posted By leith

Re: Tips and Christmas Boxes

Great tips from Aviator. I'd like to add:
Hairdresser: Please don't keep snipping bits off my hair to correct your mistakes. I did not ask for a buzz cut.
Financial advisor: How about giving me...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 22nd 2016, 7:23 pm
Replies: 99
Views: 5,763
Posted By leith

Re: Christmas Menu

We usually bake nice thick halibut steaks. Even here on coast BC, this is a very expensive fish so we have it only at Christmas. Sometimes we have a locally produced ham instead. There's always far...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 21st 2016, 7:50 pm
Replies: 290
Views: 36,195
Posted By leith

Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.

Congratulations. Have you notified the Guinness Book of Records yet?
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 21st 2016, 7:47 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,199
Posted By leith

Re: Tips and Christmas Boxes

According to Miss Manners, you're supposed to give money or a gift to just about everyone who's already been paid to do something for you during the year. The garbage collectors, for example, should...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 21st 2016, 4:52 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,199
Posted By leith

Tips and Christmas Boxes

It seems that some kind of extra tip or reward at Christmas is expected here for just about everybody - garbage collector, mail carrier, newspaper deliverer, hairdresses etc. What's your experience...
Forum: Canada
Dec 21st 2016, 4:46 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 1,888
Posted By leith

Re: Second hand furniture shops in Calgary?

Try Habitat for Humanity's ReStore. I've found good deals there on better quality furniture.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 20th 2016, 4:54 pm
Replies: 290
Views: 36,195
Posted By leith

Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.

There is no guarantee that you will get an item even if you have a card saying that it's available for pickup at the post office. Even at the small postal outlet in the town where I used to live,...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 18th 2016, 5:05 pm
Replies: 290
Views: 36,195
Posted By leith

Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.

Canada Post's tracking system is useless. My neighbor tried tracking a package he was expecting and the system showed that it had been delivered. What it didn't show was that it had been delivered to...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 17th 2016, 5:45 pm
Replies: 290
Views: 36,195
Posted By leith

Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.

I am seriously considering swapping addresses with a neighbor on the next street. He gets more of my mail than I do and I get most of his. I actually caught the Canada Post employee at our bank of...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 15th 2016, 5:45 pm
Replies: 290
Views: 36,195
Posted By leith

Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.

One of the Liberals' election promises was to restore home delivery by Canada Post and to do away with community mailboxes. Right now, only 27% of Canadian households get home delivery. Restoring it...
Forum: Canada
Dec 11th 2016, 8:56 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 2,463
Posted By leith

Carbon Tax-Effects You See Coming

Only Saskatchewan and Manitoba haven't signed on to the Canadian "framework" for reducing carbon emissions. By 2020, the carbon tax levy will be $50 a tonne. BC already has a $30 per tonne levy. It...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 9th 2016, 7:57 pm
Replies: 225
Views: 14,183
Posted By leith

Re: Winter 2016-17

Just had about a couple of inches of snow here on mid Vancouver Island but I think it's supposed to change to a rain/snow mix later in the day, making for very slippery conditions. Glad we kept our...
Forum: Canada
Dec 9th 2016, 7:50 pm
Replies: 92
Views: 7,867
Posted By leith

Re: How's Your Hydro?

I agree with Jsmth about baseboard heaters. They are an very inefficient way to try to heat a room. The only one in our living room is right under the main window. We no longer use it. Instead, we...
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