MIDNIGHT BEER RUN TO HULL! :)
(sorry to yell, just remembering screaming such things years and years ago... Wonder if that's still 'what the kids do'... Is the drinking age still 18 in QC and 19 in ON?) -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:15 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: hurricanes suck just never try to buy gas after 10 pm or beer on Sunday ;) Dana On 10/28/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Little? I guess Ottawa proper isn't large --but the surrounding suburbs > make it quite big. I lived in Nepean when I was there... And I quite > loved it. I would go back in a heartbeat under the right circumstances. > > The best part about Ottawa though, is that you are so close to Montreal > that you can go for the weekend... But not have to live IN Montreal. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 2:26 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: hurricanes suck > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178674 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
