Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	Does anyone have DirectTV instead of Comcast?	QUOTE (thetreble @ Oct 5 2009, 09:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well one thing I did notice was that the dish network gives you the option to either go on a contract or not. Which, obviously, we would not! J & K, I already called Comcast actually to get a price reduction a few months ago which we did. All of our promotions had ended and I got a bill for $260.00. Come one..for two tvs, the internet and the phone?? The phone and the internet are only 30 bucks combined. It's the TV that is horrible. I got her down to about $160.00/month, but that was getting rid of my DVR and all the special channels except for HBO and the Fox Soccer Channel. But, I can't live without the DVR..I tried over the summer, and it was easy because there is nothing to watch, but now that all the shows have come back my husband and I like to watch quite a few of them certain nights of the week that are on at the same time. So, I got my DVR back. They just nickel and dime you at comcast. I mean I know most companies do that, but I find them equatable to Rogers or Bell. They charge me 6 bucks a month on top of the $9.99 for the regular HD Box, and $14.99 for the HD DVR box, for an "HD Conversion Charge". I mean, come on... between the phone/internet modem and the boxes, they cost me like $40.00 a month! I don't know.. Holy #######! I have 2 HDTVs and internet and I have all of the specialty channels, plus HBO, Showtime, Starz, DVR Service and 2 HD/DVR boxes and all I'm paying is $107/month! Now granted...I have my own Modem so I don't pay for the modem charge, and I have vonage which is only $33 a month...so all together I'm paying $140/month for all three. Why the heck are they charging you for an HD Conversion???? I don't have that charge at all! Maybe because it's a difference area of Comcast...I know that they have different promotions for different things. I know that when our promotion ends (which I have had extended twice now) I always threaten to cancel the service and go with another company, but I've been happy with Comcast and really don't want to do it, but if it's going to save me money, yadda yadda yadda the service rep usually gives in and gives me a really good deal I would try calling them now anyway, and see if they can do any better, or you're going to switch to DirectTV...see if that will light a fire up their butt to keep you as a customer!	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-05 10:22:00
Canada	Does anyone have DirectTV instead of Comcast?	Just curious as to what you're paying for what service with Comcast. I'm with them and have no motivation to switch....yet I originally went with Comcast because with DirectTV they pull your credit during the application, and at the time John's credit was horrible, and I didn't have any history, so I didn't want to have to pay an outrageous down payment. Comcast offered a "Double Play" of Cable and High Speed Internet for $66/month which was only their digital classic channels. Then we got more channels and I think it brought it to $85/month then we got a HDTV and had to upgrade the digital box to an HD box, then Hubby wanted more channels...soon we were paying $105/month. So one day I called to see about downgrading...and the lady on the phone actually figured out that we could get a different promotion, get Showtime, Starz, HBO, etc for the exact same price that we were already paying! I went for it! Try calling Comcast to see if there are any promotions going on and if they can reduce your monthly bill in any way. They don't want to lose you as a customer, so if you ask you might just be surprised at what might happen	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-04 08:37:00
Canada	Immigration Notice	I got one of those letters from VSC way before I needed to file as well. It's just a reminder letter telling you not to forget to do it	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-17 08:14:00
Canada	Travel help...	If you can GoTrain out to Niagara area, they have shuttles to the Buffalo Airport. I believe my grandmother, aunt and uncle have used it...they live in Grimsby.	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-15 15:07:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	So I just talked to my mom... Teacher's name was Mr. Hobbes(sp?) He was a Music Teacher. I don't know if he would have still been teaching there when you went...my mom was at MP in the late 60s - early 70s	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-20 13:49:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	I don't think it was Purdy...I would remember that name (one of my fav Canadian authors was Al Purdy)	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-20 13:42:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	Yes, very creepy. I'll have to ask her tonight what his name was	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-20 13:30:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	My mom and Aunt went there, still friends with some of her high school buddies. She loved Monarch...my dad went to Parkdale. They always remember one teacher who I guess it's been within the last 10 years, they found out to be a child molestor...I'll have to ask her what his name was! She always points him out in her yearbook...said he was always kind of creepy.	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-20 13:16:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	My mom went to Monarch Park	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-20 12:55:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	Born in Toronto, raised in Oshawa. My parents were both born and raised there, and always talk about the 'good ole days' of Toronto...but now they hardly recognize it and it actually saddens them. My mom lived near Coxwell and Danforth, and my dad was in the west end at Queen and Roncesvalle. I loved going into the city to see my grandparents (when they lived there) or taking the train in and walking around Queen and Yonge. Going to Skydome (I don't care that it's called Rogers Centre now, it will always be Skydome to me!) Hearing my dad tell all these stories about different places (he was a postman in Toronto for many years before going out to Oshawa and Ajax). In fact, he worked at Station A which became the Air Canada Centre. Do I miss it? Sometimes, for the busy lifestyle. I live in a VERY small town in Northern Virginia called Berryville...or as I like to call it MAYBerryville. We have 1 Andy and 6 Barneys. But, it give John and I plenty of opportunity to go out and see other parts of the area we live in and explore.	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-20 12:47:00
Canada	Did Montreal Forget About us...	Here's hoping that you get your interview soon. And great pic of your family	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-29 10:15:00
Canada	Bridezilla Update...(I think I'm OK posting this here...)	I think regarding the assets in this marriage, she's screwed. according to An Overview of Equitable Distribution in NJ "New Jersey is an equitable distribution state which means that, in the event of a divorce, the marital property is not automatically split 50-50. Rather, equitable distribution is defined as the division of marital assets in a manner that is fair but not necessarily equal. New Jersey courts have developed a three step process to distribute assets. First, the court will identify which assets are subject to distribution. Assets included in an equitable distribution may range from the marital home, a business, bank accounts and automobiles to stock options, pensions, bonuses and lottery winnings. Generally, courts have defined marital property to be property acquired by either or both spouses from the date of marriage to the filing of the divorce. I think a judge is going to laugh at her for asking for so much in just 2 weeks of marriage. First off...I hope you can bring character witnesses to this, as I'm sure there will be people lined up out the court doors to defend your BIL. Second, Karma...all I can say is KARMA...and I hope if comes back to haunt her over and over Edited by J&K, 02 November 2009 - 11:41 AM.	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-02 11:40:00
Canada	Bridezilla Update...(I think I'm OK posting this here...)	QUOTE (Krikit @ Nov 1 2009, 07:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Darkchilde..... what's a WIL? lol I think that would be "Witch-In-Law" Edited...because apparently I can't spell Edited by J&K, 01 November 2009 - 10:00 AM.	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-01 09:59:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	Me too! Been applying like crazy to jobs, but haven't had much success. At this point I'd love a full time job. Even if it were for half of what I'm making an hour now, I'd be making the same amount at the current job working only 24 hours/week! BUT at least it would be a full time job with probably extras like benefits or a 401(k) which I don't get now.	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-05 12:33:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	Oh I can definitely relate Sam and Bren! I am very grateful to my friend / boss for giving a job 2 years ago, as it was getting desperate for my husband and I...but now I'm regretting it, big time. I need to find something else, or either a) I'm going to insane b ) Money is going to run out (being made even MORE part time than before...at 8hours a week) or c) I'm going to go insane He is a horrible manager, and terrible at his own job. I'm still waiting for an expense check from the end of Sept! wow...I like this vent thread	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-05 12:27:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	QUOTE (lgg @ Nov 3 2009, 12:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> On hold Music that is SO FREAKING loud and just slightly off the channel as to be buzzy and annoying. Wow. I was just on hold with a company and I had to hold the phone away from my hear or else risk permanent hearing loss in my only good ear. Kermie doesn't hear so well to begin with... While working at Home Depot I had to call credit services for a customer...I was put on hold and for the next 20 minutes had to listen to the Friends theme song in MUZAK...I put it on speaker so everyone within a 10ft radius had to endure with me	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-03 12:59:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	Kathryn, I too had problems like that a few weeks ago with my practically brand new computer. Kept having the blue screen of death, and driver issues. Turns out...it was a microsoft update for Vista. I went in and removed any updates that had happened since the last one, and it fixed the problem. Now I only let updates happen when I want them too. You might want to try that to relieve yourself of the frustration until 7 shows up	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-21 08:31:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	Stupid work vent: Boss writes me an email to call him and check in right away. He is working in the office. I am at a client and haven't been able to check my email, and phone email isn't working. Could he have not just picked up the phone and called me???? Ugh...I swear, I need to find a new job or I'm going to go insane with the lack of hours and the lack of a proper manager who OWNS the freakin' company. /rant done	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-20 12:53:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	My 'favourite' annoying thing I hear people say when they don't understand is "Do What?" Ugh...whatever happened to "Pardon? or "i'm sorry?" My boss does this and it drives me crazy!	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-06 09:21:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	QUOTE (Sprailenes @ Sep 30 2009, 09:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Speaking of doing nice things for others... Tonight at Ethan's hockey practise this kid on his team was all frazzled about his skates not being sharp. He was upset last week because they weren't sharp, and apparently his parents are never around because they have like 7 kids and are busy. So I tell him to give me his skates and I run over to sharpen them. Well Mike gets all upset about it saying: "Is his parents going to give you $8.00 back for that?" Umm no, it's $8.00... who cares, his parents are obviously not here to do this and its been an issue since last week.. I don't mind. It sure made Mike crabby though. He told me he hates that I do stuff like that and that I need to toughen up. That was very nice of you! John is like that...and I'm much like Mike But for a kid I wouldn't mind QUOTE (JillA @ Sep 30 2009, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh when you put it that way.... I think I will write a letter! It shouldn't be up to us to pay their share of the water, all those extra showers, laundry loads, toilet flushes, etc. So not cool. It sucks how the bill is split it half, not sure why. The water company sends a bill to the landlord each month since she owns the duplex, then she sends us each a bill of half the cost, I don't think there is anyway to seperate the bill (must come from the same 'line' or something) I'm tired of being Mr. nice guy I'm SURE if the landlord knew this many people would have moved in, she never would have rented to this woman The other place we lived was a 10 apartment antebellum mansion that was heated by Oil, both the radiators and the water. Now, water was paid for by the landlords (not that cheap in our little town, so I took a lot of baths when they ticked me off ) but the oil was split by all of the tenants (she split it by 10 even if all the apartments weren't occupied). Well, to make a long story short, one of the tenants was having an issue with his radiator, and one was never home, and was in fact living in DC with a girlfriend, but kept his windows open in the winter time! Our Oil bills were through the roof! I think for one month we all ended up paying $350/tenant to cover the cost. I hate Oil and will never live in another place with it. If we do end up finding a place that is heated by oil we'll convert to propane, or a heat pump. So, I feel your pain!! Oh, and I'd 'squeal'	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-09-30 21:51:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	It's so creepy that maintenance guy would do that! I used to hate when my landlords would go into the apartment when we weren't home. Sure, they have a right to (as long as they inform you beforehand) but still...gives me the willies! I'm so glad we're renting a house now, and the only time my landlords have had to come in is when they installed a new thermostat, or their daughter took care of the furballs They totally don't act like the landlords...they act like my next door neighbour. Probably because they are!	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-09-29 18:32:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	QUOTE (BermyCat @ Sep 4 2009, 12:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My husband was just laid off. I've no idea what we're going to do now. I'm pretty sure that they laid him off because of one particular jerk that works there. This guy has even called to harass us at home because he dislikes Phil so much. Unfortunately, he's got his head stuck so far up the owner's backside that he gets whatever he wants. Heck, he's been getting away with taking credit for other people's work for years. ~ Catherine I'm sorry to hear this I too was essentially laid off last week (hours cut drastically). Thankfully I was able to apply for partial benefits from UI. So it should help a little bit. Been applying for new jobs since Monday, and not one single callback or email I'm just grateful that John has a good stable job and have reserves should we need them....just hope we don't.	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-09-04 11:41:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	So I spent Thursday and Friday looking for new jobs, and only found three that I was qualified enough to do. This is going to be hell I just know it. I had to ask my boss if my next two paychecks were going to bounce (he's already bounced 2 on me this year, which was NOT fun to deal with). On monday I'm going to ask my boss straight up why he didn't just put me on unemployment. If he needs the hours, he can take mine, while I collect and look for a new job. This week has probably been the worst in my life, and I'm hoping it only gets better...meaning, I hope I have hit rock bottom so I can make my way back up again	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-08-29 15:01:00
Canada	The Vent - Part 2	Here's my vent. I just got laid off (ok, not completely) but cut back to just 8HRS a week! I can't believe it, as it was out of the blue, and I'm ticked off at my boss who did it in a not so nice way. He should have just laid me off completely...at least then I could have applied for unemployment. But, then his taxes would have gone up. Which makes even more angry, because he's looking out for himself only. He's a friend too! I should have never started working for him 2 years ago. So I'm on the hunt for ANYTHING. It's so hard to get motivated to look when you're so depressed.	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-08-27 11:06:00
Canada	Funny things to declare over the US/Canada border...	QUOTE (Sousuke @ Nov 10 2009, 10:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> J&K you have a Bren gun!!!!!!!!!!!! That is probably the coolest thing i've read on VJ all day! Yes, I have a Bren Gun...but it's only Semi-Auto A friend of mine has many many many WWII full autos though, including Bren Guns, MP40, MP44, MG34, MG42. It's kind of disgusting, but only because I'm jealous	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-12 15:09:00
Canada	Funny things to declare over the US/Canada border...	QUOTE (Ant+D+A @ Nov 8 2009, 01:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Interesting to read all of your stories so far about declaring: -historical weapons (Kathryn41) (by the way, are permits needed for those?) Since they were flintlocks, they technically aren't considered 'firearms' so no permit needed Now...if it had been my WWII Bren Gun (LMG) I probably would have been surrounded by a SWAT team and had some serious trouble Edited by J&K, 08 November 2009 - 02:56 PM.	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-08 14:55:00
Canada	Funny things to declare over the US/Canada border...	Coming back into the US my last two trips... Hockey equipment And the last time, I was bringing back some things for a friend of mine who is also a WWII re-enactor...a couple of WWII dated Canadian marked kitchen flys, and a 20 inch combat rim (split rim) for a CMP (BIG military truck). I didn't declare those, and never got asked about it, even though the rim was behind my passenger seat in the back	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-07 10:14:00
Canada	Forgive me fellow Canadians ....	Welcome back! I had seen your postings in the ROC and thought, she needs to come back to Canada Glad you did!	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-17 10:15:00
Canada	A US/Canadian Citizen is born in July!	Congratulations! And good luck with everything else! Especially the catching up part...you may need a miracle	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-08-10 19:47:00
Canada	Tree or not to Tree	I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!! Whoops, a little overexcited there Growing up, we flipped between real and fake. I have loved Christmas for as long as I remember, in fact, I remember being home sick from school one day and set up the fake one with all of the lights and ornaments while no one else was home I spent Christmas 2005 with John down here in VA, and he was living in a tiny little apartment and no Christmas decorations. So I bought a tiny fake tree and flew it down with me in my luggage Surprised I didn't get pulled into secondary for that I have a picture of it but I can't seem to find my external HD! If I find it, I'll post it	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-18 17:38:00
Canada	US to Canada calling . . . Cell Phone Providers?	Can't help with cell phone, because it too was costing too much to call home when I moved down here. Eventually when we got internet, we went with Vonage. I can call home as much as I want for $24.99/month (plus taxes and fees). As well as John can call his mom, dad / family in West Virginia, Texas and Oregon. As long as the internet or power doesn't go out, I'm good	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-08-14 12:30:00
Canada	Yip yip yip yip uh-huh uh -huh	Tele - Phone Tele - Phone Tele-phone Telephone telephone telephone!!!! I loved them! Funny...I knew exactly what you were doing when I read the thread title	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-11-26 19:10:00
Canada	We got our Interview Date!!!!	Congrats!!! the date will be here before you know it!	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-12-04 08:32:00
Canada	Weird Things Americans Have Said To/Asked Me	QUOTE (Sprailenes @ Oct 6 2009, 12:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't even really like pizza, but my favorite place to get pizza was pizzaville. I miss pizzaville. *in an accent* It was a rainy day in pizzaville... That's 736-36-36...not 7freesex-freesex-freesex LOVED those ads	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-10-06 11:49:00
Canada	12 WORST hotels in Canada	It's been a while since we had to go to Montreal, but even then I don't think John and I wanted to stay there...we ended up at the Hilton instead, and well worth the extra money.	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-12-27 16:20:00
Canada	Great Christmas Gifts You've Gotten?	Well darn...guess I'll have to get both then Good info to know!	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-12-26 16:22:00
Canada	Great Christmas Gifts You've Gotten?	QUOTE (Malrothien @ Dec 26 2009, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Wii Fit is good, but it won't replace a gym membership. Oh I know that...but I have a bad habit of getting a membership and then never using it. Mainly because by the time I get home from work, it's 7pm and I don't feel like leaving my house. I was actually more interested in the Wii Active rather than the Fit for right now. Plus, it's another excuse to have fun	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-12-26 16:14:00
Canada	Great Christmas Gifts You've Gotten?	QUOTE (Hugglebuggles @ Dec 26 2009, 01:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We got the Wii Fit Plus for Christmas and it's pretty awesome! But rather difficult! You need to have good balance to do a lot of the games and I'm pretty wobbly and all over the place Apparently it will help me improve it in time. I've been a hockey goalie since I was 6, and I've always had good balance...just gained a few pounds when I stopped playing. Now that I am playing again, I'd like to speed up the process of losing some weight It might be a good investment...cheaper than a year's membership at our local gym!	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-12-26 16:05:00
Canada	Great Christmas Gifts You've Gotten?	So many people I know got the Wii this year! I'm thinking of treating myself to a after Christmas present I'd really like to get the Wii Fit and the Active...we'll see though. Like I said in an earlier post, John and I did pretty well with the gifts, but the best present we got this year was the ability to give a few kids a nice Christmas. We usually buy a toy for Toys for Tots for John's work. But this year, we went a little further. We bought 2 toys for Toys for Tots, and we adopted 2 kids from the Angel Tree that his work sponsored. Two Kids who got what they asked for, and then some. Made us feel really good. I could have spent the money on us, but the feeling we got from being able to do something good, was probably the best present of all Plus, it gave me a chance to know what it feels like to buy Christmas presents for kids...good practice for when we have them	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-12-26 10:22:00
Canada	Great Christmas Gifts You've Gotten?	QUOTE (MrsCat @ Dec 25 2009, 11:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is it true, do you love his nuts? I laughed at that this morning when I saw the commercial, and almost spit out my tea. My mom got the Slap Chop for Christmas, and need to ask her about his nuts	J&K	Female	Canada	2009-12-25 23:22:00