meant to add, my mother lives in Ottawa these days and yes, it is a beautiful little town and what you say about the Gatineau maple is true, but the key word in this sentence is "little" and I can't contemplate going back with out an acute sense of claustrophobi.
Dana On 10/27/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's so true... If you can hack it up north, the pay is amazing, > benefits are fantastic and you get a northern allowance. That doesn't > even take into account the income tax breaks you get for being up there. > > For somebody like my sister, it's not too bad... She gets paid a LOT > more than she would in a southern community, she gets to work 5 on / 5 > off... So she gets long enough breaks to travel out of there... And the > experience (for somebody in emergency services) is significant. > > The downside is that many communities up North have unemployment rates > above 75% overall, because the work is primarily seasonal when it's > there. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:42 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: hurricanes suck > > Me to man. Me to. Don't know how he's going to do it. > > But they will be able travel like 3 months out of the year, and the pay > is > incredible. > > Tim Heald > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ColdFusion Developer > Signal Solutions, Inc > > Work : 202-224-1224 > Cell : 703-765-0618 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:38 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: hurricanes suck > > > > No thanks, that's too isolated for me. > > > > larry > > > > On 10/27/05, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Don't know if I mentioned it but my dad is back up in Canada now. > > > > > > His wife had been teaching on a fly in rez in northern > > manitoba for a > > > few years, and coming down for summers. Well he was sick > > of his job > > > so he took a teaching position up there too. So now he is > > there music > > > teacher, computer techer and network engineer. > > > > > > I wonder how he's doing, haven't heard from him since he left. > > > > > > Tim Heald > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ColdFusion Developer > > > Signal Solutions, Inc > > > > > > Work : 202-224-1224 > > > Cell : 703-765-0618 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 3:17 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: hurricanes suck > > > > > > > > You're making me homesick. I cannot think of anywhere > > else where you > > > > can go from an urban landscape, and within 20 minutes be > > somewhere > > > > that is still wilderness where you need a canoe just to > > get around. > > > > > > > > larry > > > > > > > > On 10/27/05, Jillian Koskie > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > My sister lived in Vancouver for a few years and I loved > > > > it! It was a > > > > > great place to visit for a few weeks at a time. I > > wouldn't want > > > > > to live there though. The islands are another story... > > Wow. Mom > > > > > is in Ladysmith and it's lovely, quaint... And not entirely too > > > > far from Victoria. > > > > > > > > > > I have spent a lot of time out East (Ottawa / Montreal) and > > > > I prefer > > > > > it... Ottawa is a lovely place, and a short drive to lovely > > > > places you > > > > > can hike or ski or boat and such... Depending on the > > > > season. A person > > > > > would never understand the reason Canada has a red maple > > > > leaf on its' > > > > > flag until they have seen the hills out there completely alive > > > > > with the maple leaves turning colour in the fall. > > > > > > > > > > Manitoba and Saskatchewan are generally regarded as the > > armpits in > > > > > Canada... But I think they are lovely provinces... Enough > > > > population > > > > > to 'have stuff'... But we aren't crowded or polluted. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178658 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
