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Forum: Canada
Dec 18th 2007, 9:31 am
Replies: 0
Views: 564
Posted By Messorius

Customs declaration for things not on goods to follow?

My husband will be doing his return trip from the UK in January, and he's got three laptops that he would like to bring with him, but are not on his goods to follow list(his personal laptop and...
Forum: Canada
Oct 2nd 2007, 12:57 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 26,034
Posted By Messorius

Re: Importing car from UK to Canada, $$?

Autoport does imports as well as new cars. :p At any rate, it's moot for us now as it's far too costly at this point in time for us to do.
Forum: Canada
Oct 2nd 2007, 12:29 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 26,034
Posted By Messorius

Re: Importing car from UK to Canada, $$?

Cool thanks! The RORO port is actually in Eastern Passage/Woodside(lived in NS all my life and man is that fun to drive by, my father worked on it one day unloading Mercedes and other top range...
Forum: Canada
Oct 2nd 2007, 12:01 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 26,034
Posted By Messorius

Importing car from UK to Canada, $$?

Hubby's been given the opportunity to purchase a 1979 military land rover. Before he starts dreaming too much, can anyone give me an estimate on shipping costs?
Aug 8th 2007, 7:43 am
Replies: 1,012
Views: 82,257
Posted By Messorius

Re: Share timeline-----Family Class!

Yay!! I've been watching still to see when you got through. Congrats!
Forum: Canada
May 25th 2007, 3:37 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,256
Posted By Messorius

Re: Just had a STRANGE experience with Air Canada

They're actually trained in some cases to emulate a western accent to make them easier to understand, even sofar as choosing a western name to use while they work. It could be a lot better, but at...
May 11th 2007, 1:32 pm
Replies: 1,012
Views: 82,257
Posted By Messorius

Re: Share timeline-----Family Class!

Whoop hubby's all landed and sitting behind me so I should probably update this :p Too bad he has to go back to sort the house, oh well, what's another couple months :curse:...
Forum: Canada
Apr 29th 2007, 10:14 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,914
Posted By Messorius

Re: Jogging in Canada

I live in NS and there are joggers everywhere, particularly around the lake paths. They go all year, shorts in summer, winterized running suits, etc.
Forum: Canada
Apr 22nd 2007, 4:43 pm
Replies: 40
Views: 2,650
Posted By Messorius

Re: Luggage Allowance

They gave me an extra 14kg(I had no idea I had overpacked so bad) but I was bawling my bloody eyes out from a combo of late for the flight and leaving hubby behind. I don't want to repeat it and I...
Forum: Canada
Apr 21st 2007, 9:42 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,052
Posted By Messorius

Re: Question: What Looks And Sounds Like America, But Feels Like England?

Sour grapes? And Calgary is perfect for representing the entire country's real estate market, natch. :p
Forum: Canada
Apr 18th 2007, 2:24 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 886
Posted By Messorius

Re: Road Trip from Halifax, NS

http://www.ovenspark.com/
Forum: Canada
Apr 16th 2007, 2:17 pm
Replies: 76
Views: 14,335
Posted By Messorius

Re: BE Wiki / Knowledge Base

Hey Judy, I don't know about the other provinces, but in NS first year of schooling is referred to as "Primary"(and then on with Grade 1-12). Kindergarten out here generally means pre-school or...
Forum: Canada
Apr 15th 2007, 10:24 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,625
Posted By Messorius

Re: Plants

Check out at a florist and ask them about taking cuttings/what you're doing, they sell little packets of things to make cut flowers last longer, so maybe they'd have something that would work for...
Apr 14th 2007, 10:22 am
Replies: 31
Views: 2,951
Posted By Messorius

Re: How can we get there quicker?

I don't think she'd be able to get PNP for being a hairdresser. I work in a spa and stylists are generally falling out of the woodwork all over, if the resumes we get in are any impression.
Forum: Canada
Apr 12th 2007, 7:45 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,526
Posted By Messorius

Re: Opticians costs/price of glasses

No, making tattoo needles, cheeky. :p
Apr 12th 2007, 6:32 am
Replies: 9
Views: 865
Posted By Messorius

Re: Did everyone recieve an AOR???

No AOR for us either, everything was just in e-Cas and we were apparently one of the lucky ones on that for info. Tons of people don't get anything until they send a letter for more documents or...
Forum: Canada
Apr 12th 2007, 6:13 am
Replies: 101
Views: 7,181
Posted By Messorius

Re: Could we please instigate a ban???

See thing is I get that where I am now. I'm in a specialized service, granted which helps make it possible but I've been able to take 3+ weeks when I was in retail too. I've never had problems with...
Forum: Canada
Apr 12th 2007, 6:05 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,526
Posted By Messorius

Re: Opticians costs/price of glasses

Scratchproofing is worth its weight in gold. I'm just now starting to get large marks in mine after 6 years of knocking around in them(including exposing them to corrosive flux every few...
Apr 11th 2007, 6:52 am
Replies: 1,012
Views: 82,257
Posted By Messorius

Re: Share timeline-----Family Class!

Part of it is a fixed rate mortgage that has a few months left on it. The rest is because around his neighbourhood they've put up a whack of Redrow houses, they're building another set of houses,...
Apr 10th 2007, 12:29 pm
Replies: 1,012
Views: 82,257
Posted By Messorius

Re: Share timeline-----Family Class!

I'm already here :p My husband is the one I sponsored, but he works 3 jobs so I'm the one doing all the forum legwork. He'll be landing on May 3rd and then I'll follow him back after about 2-3 weeks...
Forum: Canada
Apr 10th 2007, 7:10 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,526
Posted By Messorius

Re: Opticians costs/price of glasses

Yeah! Like kindof a draw to get you in the door, or just a nice thing they do. I can think of a couple companies who use that as one of their main advertising lines.
Forum: Canada
Apr 10th 2007, 7:00 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,526
Posted By Messorius

Re: Opticians costs/price of glasses

Free totally free? Whenever I get glasses my optometrist just throws the exam in for free if I want it, a lot of places do that out here. "Buy your glasses here, get a free eye exam!". That sort...
Apr 10th 2007, 5:40 am
Replies: 1,012
Views: 82,257
Posted By Messorius

Forum: Canada
Apr 10th 2007, 5:34 am
Replies: 30
Views: 2,526
Posted By Messorius

Re: Opticians costs/price of glasses

O__o have you shopped around? I've always gotten my eye exam free.
Apr 10th 2007, 2:40 am
Replies: 1,012
Views: 82,257
Posted By Messorius

Re: Share timeline-----Family Class!

Wooo he got visa! I'll be cheeky and put it down as the day it came into the post office. :rofl:

----------------AOR---------PPR----------Visa--------# of weeks(AOR->PPR)
Britishvixen2-- 28...
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