Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (Carlawarla @ Feb 26 2008, 07:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I guess I'm too late to give you a cup of hot brew this morning Sprailenes! Enjoy your first day at work however! Karen, I'm so sorry you're not feeling well. In honour of your flu like symptoms, I'm making YOU a cup o' tea. Cassie...sorry you've got some hard decisions to make...know that we're here for you!!!!! And with that...a VERY good morning to everyone! Carla -- thanks muchly! One of two decisions have been made, still working on the other one. But feeling much calmer today.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-02-26 11:01:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	I just got news from the doctor that I am not sure what to do with. Major decisions on the horizon.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-02-25 13:24:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	I'm officially in love with iTunes.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-02-16 12:55:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (KarenCee @ Jan 14 2008, 07:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Cassie: Wow, what a see-saw kind of day you've had! Congrats on the ratio news...let's hope it stays going in that direction. Amen to that I was thinking of you and your beloved mom today through all of this. I'll have to PM you about it.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-01-14 18:08:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (Krikit @ Jan 14 2008, 05:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Jan 14 2008, 03:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mild positive hysteria ensues again. My head hurts. I need a stiff drink. Wow. What a ride, Cassie. No wonder your head hurts. Congratulations to you and your Mom! (As a side note... I registered as a bone marrow donor years ago but have never received a call. I think that's a good thing. ) My brother and I both registered while we were in university (mid-90s) on the unrelated bone marrow registry. He got a phone call in the late fall (2007)-- at first he thought something had gone wrong with Mom's transplant that had just taken place, until they explained that he was one of four possible donors for someone. I need to ask him if anything will be happening with that, I think he had to go have some blood taken again and they would get back in touch with him. Edited by Cassie, 14 January 2008 - 06:03 PM.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-01-14 18:02:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (IR5FORMUMSIE @ Jan 14 2008, 04:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Might I suggest 200 proof Coffeemate in a dirty glass. ewwww	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-01-14 15:43:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	So last week my mom finds out that her bone marrow transplant may not have "taken" and we would have to wait for a set of results to confirm it. She gets a call from her doctors today stating that December's test results are back and that the ratio of donor cells to her cells regressed even further. Mild panic ensues. 15 minutes later Mom calls. The doctor read the test wrong -- the ratio is actually 2 to 1 (donor to recipient), instead of 1 to 2 -- because they reversed the order on the test printout. Mild positive hysteria ensues. 10 minutes later I call to make sure the doctor is really sure she read it wrong. In the middle of that call the doctor calls. Mild panic ensues again. 5 minutes later my mom calls back. The doctor called to tell mom that she ran the test results by the head of the transplant team to make sure she was right that she read the results wrong the first time. He confirms that the ratio is 2:1 and the planned bone marrow biopsy is now on hold until further notice. Mild positive hysteria ensues again. My head hurts. I need a stiff drink.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-01-14 15:37:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (Krikit @ Jan 11 2008, 09:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow. It sure is quiet around here on a Friday. Look at all this coffee going to waste. I'm normally not around on a Friday so it's weird to see no one online. wow, my ninja suit is working, no one notices i am here.........	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-01-11 10:11:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (trailmix @ Dec 23 2007, 12:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Krikit @ Dec 22 2007, 11:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (trailmix @ Dec 22 2007, 12:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Do you ever feel like you are talking to yourself here? I SO wanted to ignore you here. I have a confession to make. I don't really like Tim Horton's coffee that much. Hey my Husband and I have computers side by side, that counts as family time ! I broke down and told my husband to stop whining and get a laptop for Christmas, because I was tired of listening to him complain about being "stuck" in his office when he wanted to use the computer and hang out with me at the same time. I best be getting some Godiva in my Christmas stocking for that one! Charles :	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-12-23 20:13:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (charlesandnessa @ Dec 7 2007, 10:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Dec 7 2007, 08:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Speaking as someone who gets abused by customers regularly, there are some days and some people who make it VERY difficult to be kind. i sure hope you don't work for hughesnet oh have i got some stories for you about them! LOL No, I don't work for them. I work for a small, independantly owned specialty needlework and knitting shop, where we get customers who threaten us with "well, I just won't come here anymore" when they don't get what they want (most of time ridiculous requests, I might add). I can only bend over backwards for so long, people!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-12-07 09:53:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	Speaking as someone who gets abused by customers regularly, there are some days and some people who make it VERY difficult to be kind.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-12-07 09:20:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (charlesandnessa @ Dec 4 2007, 10:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Dec 4 2007, 08:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Completely off topic but I have a question....... Why oh why does my neighbor think it's a great idea to have a rooster running around in their yard? do they have vehicles on blocks in the front yard too? i can see somewhat of the reason one might have chickens - to keep bugs under control, but one rooster won't do that great a job. nope, no cars. We's be a classy neighborhood. What cracks me up is when it gets loose!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-12-04 09:49:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	Completely off topic but I have a question....... Why oh why does my neighbor think it's a great idea to have a rooster running around in their yard?	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-12-04 09:35:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (IR5FORMUMSIE @ Nov 19 2007, 03:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (trailmix @ Nov 17 2007, 11:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey has anyone here ever used a Quija board? IR5 mentioned it in another thread which made me think of it - and also confirmed what I think he does in his spare time, but I digress - sooo have you used one, what was the result, good fun or are you talking to the spirits out there!? Just because I have a human skull in my closet is no proof that I'm a necromancer or otherwise dabble in the black arts. I've always wondered who or what is actually on the other end of the Oiuja board? I figure 99% of the time nothing happens, it's that 1% of the time that has me worried. Can't figure out if it's a spirit or just Mickey Satan himself. At this time of the year, it's probably Miroslav Satan.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-11-19 18:27:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (trailmix @ Nov 18 2007, 12:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey has anyone here ever used a Quija board? IR5 mentioned it in another thread which made me think of it - and also confirmed what I think he does in his spare time, but I digress - sooo have you used one, what was the result, good fun or are you talking to the spirits out there!? My roommates in college broke out a Ouija board one night and had most of the dorm in our room. Apparently it was going quite well and they were "talking" to something or someone until I walked into the room, and it started to flip out and start spelling out the word hate over and over. I told them -- ask him (apparently it was a civil war soldier or something) if he likes me. The immediate answer was no and the word hate over and over. I then told them to ask it why ---they spelled out c-h-r-i-s-t-i-a and then it went nutty again. I laughed and walked out, and apparently they had a hard time finding anything else to talk to after that. I am convinced to this day that it was reacting to the fact that I am a Christian. My roommates did not know at the time that I was, and I did not tell the people operating the stylus. That has been my only experience with a board.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-11-18 00:19:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (Emancipation @ Nov 13 2007, 04:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Nov 13 2007, 02:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Emancipation @ Nov 13 2007, 03:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Nov 13 2007, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> *sigh* sometimes I just need to keep my mouth shut. Some days, it's just not worth it to offer an opinion. I hear you my friend.. feel free to PM me if you NEED to get it off your chest done Ahhhh Cassie.. I hear you!! thanks again	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-11-13 15:15:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (Emancipation @ Nov 13 2007, 03:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cassie @ Nov 13 2007, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> *sigh* sometimes I just need to keep my mouth shut. Some days, it's just not worth it to offer an opinion. I hear you my friend.. feel free to PM me if you NEED to get it off your chest done	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-11-13 14:59:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	*sigh* sometimes I just need to keep my mouth shut. Some days, it's just not worth it to offer an opinion.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-11-13 14:50:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (Krikit @ Nov 8 2007, 09:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just realized (after reading a post in another forum) that today is the anniversay of my "coming to America". Happy anniversary to me. My, how time flies. Aye indeed. yesterday was our 3rd wedding anniversary and honestly, it felt like we just got married -- can't believe that 3 years have gone by!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-11-08 22:23:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (flames9 @ Nov 8 2007, 10:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had never even heard of poutine until I went to halifax!! I know the CP 140 Aurora pilots make trips to Quebec, just to get the cheese,lol. Wel not just for the cheese, they have to fly so much to keep thier ratings, thus need trips to keep current, and Quebec works out great!! I'd fly to Halifax just to get a decent donair	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-11-08 09:37:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (MarilynP @ Nov 2 2007, 09:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i just use normal flour but when I make bread I use bread flour... I really haven't had any problems with using the regular flour... Ok cool. Just wanted Laura to have a head's up on the flour issue....when my aunt and uncle are in Florida in winter she always brings her own because she hates US flour! Edited by Cassie, 02 November 2007 - 08:54 AM.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-11-02 08:53:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	Laura, if you do your own baking here, be warned -- US flour does not behave like Canadian flour -- it's processed differently. If I remember correctly, you have to buy cake flour to get the same results as Canadian all-purpose -- can't remember for sure. Marilyn, what type of flour do you use?	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-11-02 08:37:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	Marilyn, you always seems to have the best recipes!!!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-11-02 08:30:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	QUOTE (flames9 @ Oct 31 2007, 11:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I use me being Canadian to my advantage at the hospital. When i first meet a patient I sometimes state that if you can't understand me, it is because I mumble Canadianese,lol helps break the ice and most seem to know or have family that is from Canada I was gonna do this if anyone asked me why I wasn't wearing a costume for Hallowe'en..... look at them straight in the eye and say "I'm going as a Canadian". Nobody asked me though. I was sad.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-10-31 21:10:00
Canada	Off Topic Forum...	*waves from Tulsa, OKla---ohmigoshit'sfrigginghothere--homa*	Cassie	Female	Canada	2007-08-08 22:32:00
Canada	Considering Abondoning it all	Ditto what other much wiser people than me have already expressed here. My best wishes to you as you figure all of this out.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-12-24 08:03:00
Canada	Countdown to Christmas Thread	I got to watch "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" last night -- the REAL version. Me so happy.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-12-03 00:45:00
Canada	Countdown to Christmas Thread	I have one more hat to knit, 6 more ornaments to make, cards to finish, and then I am good to go!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-11-27 12:18:00
Canada	Renewing Cdn passport WHILE residing in the USA	QUOTE (DeadPoolX @ Dec 24 2008, 07:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Reba @ Dec 24 2008, 04:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So Americans are encouraged by the government to be loud and unruly when they visit foreign nations? In a sense, yes, they do. I say this because the U.S. educational system teaches virtually nothing about other cultures and societies between grades 1 to 12. Once a student reaches college, they can take classes on such material, but it's usually optional. That's not the entire point of my comment, however. I don't understand why it's okay for "anyone else but an American" to act out when in the U.S., but a major ordeal if an American does the same in a foreign nation. Why the double standard? Speaking as someone who worked in jobs for ten years that dealt directly with visitors from all over the world, I had the most trouble on the whole with American tourists, and it wasn't just with one or two of them a day, it was with the vast majority per day. Quite honestly, it was a very rare occasion when we had trouble or atititude with someone who was not from the US. So for me, it's not a double standard or holding US visitors to a higher standard of conduct (I would get just as frustrated with someone rude from Timbuktu as I would with someone from Texas), but reality.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-12-24 07:59:00
Canada	Canada FAQ	QUOTE (Carlawarla @ Dec 22 2008, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (trailmix @ Dec 22 2008, 07:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (flames9 @ Dec 22 2008, 08:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good idea, but many are just too lay to do a search,lol and they just ask away anyhow, but doesnt hurt to try!! common questions: 1) can I visit the USA while my visa application is pending? 2) What kind of police check do I need? Do I need to get 1 for every place in Canada that I have resided 3)Which consulate do I go for the interview 4) Why are the Maple Leafs the worst team in the NHL? My question is - why wouldn't we use the Wiki? A pinned thread always becomes old news and no one wants to read 48 pages to get their answer. Even if we pin all the questions at the top, sometimes the answers change and sometimes it may not address the person's situation. Plus people always post in the pinned thread. Ideally people would go and look at the Canada Wiki and THEN post their questions here. For example, all of the questions Flames has mentioned above, are answered in the Canada Wiki - except for the Maple Leafs one If we steered people to the Wiki - when they ask what kind of police check they need - then when they come back with a question that might provide us with information on how to expand it. But we don't, we just keep answering - which is ok, I have no problem with that - i'm just saying I like the wiki because it can be updated at any time. Maybe instead of a FAQ we just need a nice link at the top of the Canada forum to the wiki page. I agree trailmix. I was thinking after I posted of this as well. Does anyone remember that Cassie was also updating and was asking for input to revamping the Clearinghouse Thread which was pinned up top as well? She put a lot of work into it. Maybe we could have a Wiki link up there. Someone should see what Cassie has updated and what she has already that could be just placed on Wiki. Aye, the way the ClearingHouse thread was set up was that I updated all the links and information on the very first post on the very first page, so that all the info would be current. As people found links and info, they would post it in the thread and then I would take it and put it all together in categories in one easy place. The idea kinda petered out once VJ was switched over a couple of years ago and all the links were broken. we tried restarting it over again and it just didn't keep going. I brought up the idea of reviving it but no-one seemed to care much about it, so honestly it should come down as a lot of the info in the pinned thread is kinda outdated. Things I see a lot: POE experience questions Medical questions importing a car importing pets moving stuff across a border when activating the visa moving stuff across a border after activating the visa (someone bring it down for them, like family member or moving company) montreal interview experiences hotels in montreal vancovuer interview experiences vancouver hotels where to find Canadian food in the states access to Canadian TV shows, particularly HNIC renewing passports while in the US / changing maiden to married name in passports I'll add more if I think of anything Edited by Cassie, 22 December 2008 - 05:39 PM.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-12-22 17:37:00
Canada	NR 73	QUOTE (zyggy @ Jun 27 2008, 07:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE Agreed, the first two statements are valid... But why are you filing an NR73... did CRA request it... if CRA didn't request it, I would not file that form. It could open a whole can of worms that you don't want to open. All you need to file is a Leaving Canada return at the end of 2008. If CRA request an NR73 at that time, then I would do it then. Hi zyggy, In my case, I am permanently leaving Canada and have no plans to return as a resident in the near future; the earliest would be our retirement. That is why I am filling out the NR 73. By a whole can of worms, what do you mean? My wife and pretty much everyone on here was in the same boat.. the NR-73 is an optional form.. it is not required. Cassie is one of the only people that I know of who have filed that form.. All you have to do is file a leaving Canada reurn at the end of the tax year. Your responses on the NR-73 may lead Canada Revenue to classify you as a deemed resident of Canada even through you may not and once that determination is made, it's very difficult to get them to unmake it... Deemed residents of Canada must pay Canadian taxes on their worldwide income... until CRA decides that you are no longer a deemed resident. I will say it again in the most strongest of terms.. Do not file that form unless CRA formally asks you to... you wouldn't want to paint yourself into a corner that you could have avoided.. Most cross border tax experts recommend that the NR-73 not be filed unless CRA formally requests it.. Only because my tax accountant told me that they couldn't file my last tax return without it, and they got that information from the CRA.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-06-27 19:43:00
Canada	NR 73	If I remember correctly, I only checked the first two. because the US has a tax treaty with Canada.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-06-27 15:51:00
Canada	Sites you visit while experiencing boredom	too many to list, sadly!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2008-10-11 10:51:00
Canada	Secret Santa Canada Forum	QUOTE (SapphireDreams @ Jan 17 2009, 05:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ^^ Yay!! I'm so glad you got it all and enjoyed it!! I did, very very much! Thanks again! QUOTE (*Marilyn* @ Jan 17 2009, 05:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i love those angels... me too! They will be a nice addition to my tree.	Cassie	Female	Canada	2009-01-17 21:38:00
Canada	Daughter wants to return to Canada	My youngest son was 16 when we moved to the USA. He struggled for over a year trying to fit in here and make GOOD friends. He hated the school he went to, so he quit in grade 11. He did get his GED but I wanted him to graduate from High School. It is now 3 years later and sometimes I wish I have never brought him here. Alot of times I feel like I ruined his life by taking him from his home in Nova Scotia. This is a way different life then what we were used to living. The US is gun crazy. Everyone and their dog owns one. I hate guns and am still not used to the idea that people carry them in their cars and on them 24/7. Best of luck with your daughter. I know how it feels.	Peggy	Female	Canada	2008-12-18 16:37:00
Canada	The Canuck Clearinghouse Thread	have moving companies been discussed? im wondering what ballpark numbers are to move my wifes stuff vs us renting a uhaul.. im sure theres a big diff, but 12 hours driving one of those things is going to be murder. lol If I remember correctly, there are a number of moving options discussed in the previous Clearing House thread (see link at the beginning of this thread, or the first one in my signature below) Once you are here in the US......getting a Driver's License http://www.visajourn...topic=13580&hl=	Cassie	Female	Canada	2006-05-15 11:50:00
Canada	The Canuck Clearinghouse Thread	hehehe you beat me to it andru! Congratulations and thanks for the thorough write-up!	Cassie	Female	Canada	2006-05-11 20:00:00
Canada	The Canuck Clearinghouse Thread	So DCF still took around 6 months!! Thought it would be faster than that!! Guess things have really slowed down in Mtl!! I went the traditional way and had my cr-1 in 6 months! Guess its taking over a yr now!! How times chg! Yeah.. the IR unit in Montreal is swamped... They've been swamped ever since they added DCF... it puts a lot more on their plate because they have to do a lot more work processing their own CR-1 visas. In the past a lot of the processing was performed by the NVC which really freed up their resources. So they esentially got a lot more work, with probably no increase in Consular Officers. yeppers. DCF makes things easier for those couples who qualify, but it definitely has added to the workload in Montreal ( I still don't get why Vancouver can't process CR/IR-1s, maybe that will eventually change??? dunno). Medicals in Toronto, and other relevant info: http://www.visajourn...opic=12198&st=0	Cassie	Female	Canada	2006-05-05 16:47:00
Canada	The Canuck Clearinghouse Thread	A successful DCF petition through Montreal! http://www.visajourn...topic=12235&hl=	Cassie	Female	Canada	2006-05-04 11:09:00
Canada	The Canuck Clearinghouse Thread	Montreal again! http://www.visajourn...showtopic=11350	Cassie	Female	Canada	2006-04-28 13:32:00