Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	I need a Tourtiere Recipe	I LOVE tortiere. I made a whole pile last year. This is my fave recipe but it's better as you tweak it to your taste. I use this one as a guideline but a tortiere is as different as every family. I always add more clove and lots of onion. ANd I make a homemade ketchup maison for it. that is like a tomato and onion chutney but en francais! It's sweet and sour-ish and great with your tortiere. I make that from my head but I'd be happy to give you a low down for it if you like. It's simple. Torteire Recipe I always make my own crust and I also skip celery as I hate it. I'll put a little dash of celery salt instead. I like a half pork and half ground beef myself. My dad used to make it with venison and pork mix. Really good. Edited by lgg, 04 December 2009 - 01:42 PM.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-04 13:41:00
Canada	A little laugh for the designers...	God. Maybe I'll just go give myself a lobotomy.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-04 14:10:00
Canada	A little laugh for the designers...	Oh #######! Tell me about it. Oh and then? How about the 'kids' with little to no web or design experience who come in and 'design' sites for, oh, say, a cookie or a sammich or something therefore making it harder for the rest of us who actually know our ####### to charge a decent fee. True story. Fecking kid did a ####### site for a baker that wanted me to do it for a damn freaking COOKIE!!!! It was a big, fancy cookie but holy #######. I was going to charge scale. QUOTE (estadia @ Dec 4 2009, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> im laughing hard i recently also did a do really want to do this for the rest of my life experience.......omg web design, labels cd dvd or clothing, advertisement..media..it dont seem to matter they hire you after seeing your work someplace then decide that they want to design it them self.......had a guy that wanted me to make a dating site for him........so i did up some samples just like i do for anyone........he was never satisfied with any design wanted me to copy some other web site exactly like theirs was...... i ended up telling him he needed to find someone with less experience than i have.........oh and when they want to bargain and do a little trading for part of the fee....trust me you gonna take it in the shorts never fall into that..........thanks for the laugh but u know its spot on lol sara Edited by lgg, 04 December 2009 - 01:37 PM.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-04 13:37:00
Canada	A little laugh for the designers...	OH my god. This was like the last web design I did. The first meeting was like, okay, don't use our colours, our logo, our fonts or any of our marketing material. We want a fresh, new look! I know, makes ZERO sense, right. 3rd meeting later, after 4 organic mock-ups, they bring in a new business partner who, you guessed it, wants to use their fonts, logos, colours and all the rest... It was a BUST UP!!!! WEll, it was truly awful. They did, however, pay for my design time which is better than the nothing some people would get. Deposit. Up. Front.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-04 13:10:00
Canada	finally got IR1 visa after denial	congratulations! that must be one heck of a giant relief, eh? Best, LGG	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-04 07:14:00
Canada	Customs officers killed most of visit to USA	Oh man, sorry garnet, I had no idea! So much for my unhelpful help, eh? I feel like that sucks even more now. I hope someone answers your query about appealing the date they're making him leave -- I have nothing of value to add to that. But I do wish you luck and I hope it all works out. Well, it will... it'll just be a little bit harder. You have lots of help on this board. LGG QUOTE (garnet80 @ Dec 9 2009, 03:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (lgg @ Dec 9 2009, 02:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey there, Just want to say that I'm really sorry for what's happened. How about, if I may suggest, you guys get married at city hall or something during this visit and then have a renewal of vows/party when all the immigration stuff is done? I would really suggest it as with how long it's taking Montreal to schedule, you really want to get your paperwork in and stuff as soon as you can . I wish you luck. And even if you wanted to do an AOS, (I know you said you aren't but I'm just saying) you can't now with this in his passport and in the system. It will be a little tougher for him to get in so... why not just get married now so you guys can start the process. Use this energy for that rather than using it to try and get his visit prolonged or getting one ready for February Just my humble... Good luck! LGG Thank you. And we would love to do just that. Unfortunately due to finances, I am in the process of a divorce. It's been filed, paid for, but my court date isn't until january 8th. Just four days after they are making him leave... My ex and I have been separated and living apart for a couple of years. I only wish we could have gotten the divorce done sooner... or had some clue this would happen, then we would have booked the trip for later on!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-09 15:56:00
Canada	Customs officers killed most of visit to USA	Hey there, Just want to say that I'm really sorry for what's happened. How about, if I may suggest, you guys get married at city hall or something during this visit and then have a renewal of vows/party when all the immigration stuff is done? I would really suggest it as with how long it's taking Montreal to schedule, you really want to get your paperwork in and stuff as soon as you can . I wish you luck. And even if you wanted to do an AOS, (I know you said you aren't but I'm just saying) you can't now with this in his passport and in the system. It will be a little tougher for him to get in so... why not just get married now so you guys can start the process. Use this energy for that rather than using it to try and get his visit prolonged or getting one ready for February Just my humble... Good luck! LGG QUOTE (garnet80 @ Dec 9 2009, 03:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We always intended for him to file for the CR1 visa while home in Canada. It is not even a consideration to do anything but that. A family member of his suggested we visit the local ICE office and see if they will extend the stay. Is this a good idea? If his stay was extended, we could get married since I don't really think he's going to have an easy time getting back in the country, and then he could go home as intended, and we would begin the CR1 visa... I am so confused as to what is best. I'm scared they wont let him back in. We would never even consider illegal immigration, but of course, they don't know that. We just want to get married, but unfortunately can't do it within the one month they gave us. Any advice?	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-09 15:40:00
Canada	Customs officers killed most of visit to USA	(No Extension Of Status/Change Of Status/Adjustment Of Status) I think it just means that he has to file for a visa while outside the country, I believe! I could be wrong. I think they will look at him a little harder upon future visits too, so just make sure he has a TON of ties to Canada... Best of luck to you... QUOTE (garnet80 @ Dec 9 2009, 03:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just noticed that his passport was stamped with "sll no eos/cos" ... what does that mean for us? Is it safe to assume he is going to have a terrible time if he tries to return for two weeks in February? He is allowed to stay until January 4th, 2010, after his one month stay (Dec 5-Jan 4) now. We want to book a two week trip for him mid to late February.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-09 15:21:00
Canada	Birth Certificates	I am not your daddy!!!! QUOTE (Missa @ Dec 11 2009, 04:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> you stay away from my calise de chin and my chins don't make me tell you tree times but seriously though, thats how my dad talks	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-11 16:45:00
Canada	Birth Certificates	We are ON it!!! Here Missa, how about a scritch under the chin? *scritch* QUOTE (Missa @ Dec 11 2009, 04:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i was in first!!! do i get a prize , like maybe some icecream?	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-11 16:41:00
Canada	Birth Certificates	Hey there... yeah, you WILL need the birth certificate with your parent's names and dates and places of birth on them. It's called a 'long form' but that doesn't sometimes represent size, just content. you'll need it. I would order two, if I were you. What province were you born? I was born in British Columbia and it took only like 8 days for them to get it to me. The time it takes and the cost differ between province but I believe that they are all referred to as a long form. QUOTE (flipper @ Dec 11 2009, 04:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello all, after reading around on the k1 forums I seen some people talking about needing a birth certificate that has both parents name on it. Mine does not have my parents names on it, it has my name, dob, birth place, date of registration/issued and the registration number. Will this work or should I look into getting a different one with my parents name on it? Thanks Edited by lgg, 11 December 2009 - 04:36 PM.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-11 16:35:00
Canada	Weird Things Americans Have Said To/Asked Me	heheheeeee... Moi aussi, ma belle. QUOTE (trailmix @ Oct 9 2009, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I like peanuts	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-09 13:27:00
Canada	Weird Things Americans Have Said To/Asked Me	To quote the shamwow guy: YOu're gonna LOVE my nuts! Peanuts are getting a bad rap here, people... Oh, for that matter, so are brains.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-09 13:21:00
Canada	Weird Things Americans Have Said To/Asked Me		lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-09 13:18:00
Canada	Weird Things Americans Have Said To/Asked Me	Okay. How about this then... . *ahem* We are the world You all are a**holes We are the ones who make a bigger laugh So let's start chuckling There's a vice we're twisting We're punching our own faces It's true we'll make a bigger laugh Just you and meeeeeeeeeeeee!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-09 13:13:00
Canada	Weird Things Americans Have Said To/Asked Me	*ahem* Can't we all just get along??? ~ We are the world We are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start giving There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives It's true we'll make a better day Just you and meeeeeeeeee ~	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-09 13:07:00
Canada	Weird Things Americans Have Said To/Asked Me	Word, Trailmix! Ca c'est vrai... QUOTE (trailmix @ Oct 9 2009, 12:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Sc0tt28 @ Oct 9 2009, 10:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Instead of a poll let's do some research and find out what percentage of Canadians travel to the United States compared to the percentage of Americans that travel to Canada. The point being that the numbers weigh heavily in favor of the average American having no idea what you are talking about if you say "zed", while on the same hand the average Canadian knows that Americans use "zee". This same type of mentality is used by those French-Canadians that expect everyone in the world that dares to visit Quebec, to speak and understand French. Are we bitter at all? I would think it has very little to do with actually travelling to the U.S. - I don't know if you are the Canadian or the American Scott - what are the odds that if you are visiting the U.S. that you would hear the word Zee? I think it has more to do with the fact that we get a lot of American television up here. Also - 'those French-Canadians' you speak of are 'our' French Canadians and while, for some of us they are like an annoying Brother or Sister - they are OUR Brothers and Sisters and it's not nice to insult someone elses family.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-09 12:43:00
Canada	Weird Things Americans Have Said To/Asked Me	Puke to anything on celery. Puke to celery. Mal... based on this, am reconsidering friendship! QUOTE (Malrothien @ Sep 23 2009, 01:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (trailmix @ Sep 23 2009, 10:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Krikit @ Sep 23 2009, 10:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (warlord @ Sep 23 2009, 12:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I never really remember it ever being called Z'ed' in Canada until the 90's. Maybe I never noticed or maybe people just never said it, but growing up in the 70's and 80's even in Southern Ontario everyone I remember called it Z (zee). Maybe a lot was because I was brought up on the rhyme from Seaseme Street and this was before Canada hijacked the show and induced 'Canadian Content' changing the letter from Z to a Zed or something. I just know it just sounds really odd and strange to hear it called Zed, though now when I visit Ontario, it seems everyone now says it that way. It was like everyone in the early 90's jumped on this whole Canada kick and started trying to show they have a unique identity or something and started using the British term for it more. No clue. Still sounds really weird and foreign... That may just be a Windsor thing. Or it is that you never noticed it. lol. The rest of Ontario says zed. Yeah I agree, we always said zed too and I never watched sesame street The mini ritz with peanut butter was banned due to the fact that it sounds really gross. Pfft. Celery and cheese wiz is nasty! Celery and peanut butter > all!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-09-23 12:54:00
Canada	Good Luck Greenhaus!	Good luck, let us know how it went for you! You'll be just fine... LGG	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-10 10:40:00
Canada	Montreal interview times	Hey Moosker! You were there from 6am to 11am!!! HOLY Freak, is that normal? that sounds crazy long... That's 5 hours! Did something happen? May I ask? Wow... QUOTE (Moosker @ Dec 15 2009, 02:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was there at 6:30 a.m. - the first one in line and was the first one put through, which helped me get out around 11 a.m. or so.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-15 14:37:00
Canada	Medical exam result for K-1	*inhales asbestos, smokes pipe, cigar, cigarette and cigarello* WHat??? QUOTE (Sprailenes @ Dec 18 2009, 10:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Peachey @ Dec 18 2009, 09:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You totally get to keep it from other people's experience. So if you ever get some kind of lung disese you have an example of when your lungs were healthy! lgg takes good care of herself so she won't have to worry about such things.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-18 10:33:00
Canada	Medical exam result for K-1	OH wow... that's cheery! QUOTE (Peachey @ Dec 18 2009, 09:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You totally get to keep it from other people's experience. So if you ever get some kind of lung disese you have an example of when your lungs were healthy!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-18 10:02:00
Canada	Medical exam result for K-1	I have to be honest, I am totally digging my x-ray -- I think it's cool. I am hoping that I get to keep it at the end of it all. I have nice bones!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-18 09:52:00
Canada	In the Sea of Domicile	Good luck, AVery! I am not a good person to be doling out this kind of advice but I just wanted to wish you tons of luck! Speedy, speedy! LGG	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-21 11:21:00
Canada	Year-End Top Fives of 2009	It's an album that I really must get! Seriously... The Bon Iver album? Freaking gorgeous, SKinny Love breaks my heart every single time... I is a HUGE sap sometimes. QUOTE (Sprailenes @ Dec 1 2009, 01:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was supposed to go to a show there last summer but went to a festival in Canada instead. They're from Baltimore too or half of them is from there. I love them soooo much.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-01 13:38:00
Canada	Year-End Top Fives of 2009	LOVE your music list, Merriweather post pavillon is amazing and it's a park/venue right in Columbia maryland... Your movie list is a list of movies that I have been dying to see but don't have the time and I no longer have a DVD player at the house... long story.... QUOTE (Sprailenes @ Nov 30 2009, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay... Music: 1. Animal Collective - Merriweather post pavilion 2. Tegan & Sara - Sainthood 3. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - It's blitz 4. Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns - now technically it came out in 2008 - but I didn't discover it until this year. 5. The Most Serene Republic - And the Ever Expanding Universe Movies: 1. Star Trek 2. Where the wild things are 3. Funny People 4. Grey Gardens 5. Coraline	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-01 06:05:00
Canada	Year-End Top Fives of 2009	Oh I know, Nev... I just SAW those movies this year ! Didn't see a lot of movies this year so that's all I had to offer!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-11-30 17:03:00
Canada	Year-End Top Fives of 2009	Movies: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The Machinist Skeleton Key Slumdog Millionaire The Wrestler Music: Neko Case -- Middle Cyclone Bon Iver -- For Emma, Forever ago Bell X1 -- Flock Matt Costa --Unfamiliar Faces Martha Wainwright -- I know you're married but I have feelings too... ** As I saw them in 2009, they may or may not be older!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-11-30 16:54:00
Canada	Medical Review	just wanted to post in this thread that i picked up my medical results and all was well. the nurse did say that EVERYONE who gets it done gets all worried and stuff so... I don't feel so bad. Anyway. The xrays cool and that step is officially done and now, onto the rest! If anyone wants to know anything or ask questions, PM me and I'll help where I can.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-16 19:00:00
Canada	Medical Review	And then they wrote that down in your file! QUOTE (Hugglebuggles @ Dec 14 2009, 03:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Peachey @ Dec 14 2009, 01:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I didn't want to sit on the chair either, so I sat on the table with the paper thing and the doctor made me sit on the chair. They must sanitize it after every person. I sure hope so! I asked if I could just stand and he gave me a look like I was absolutely insane and let me go. I just said, "sorry, I'm a little bit of a germaphobe"	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-14 15:44:00
Canada	Medical Review	*walks toward Wyatt with an ice-cold speculum* Google it. QUOTE (Wyatt's Torch @ Dec 14 2009, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Honestly...ANYthing to do with doctors makes me glad I'm a guy. Women have a much tougher lot than us, for sure!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-14 14:54:00
Canada	Medical Review	I know, right??? This was the part I was fearing the most, as my friends and my buddies here know. But once we get our results back, I don't think I'll be worried about the interview too much at all. It feels like the cap on the tube of tooth paste, you know? QUOTE (ValerieA @ Dec 14 2009, 01:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yay lgg! Now that is done...you're almost there! And you will ace the interview.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-14 13:55:00
Canada	Medical Review	It never even occurred to me to sit on the chairs as I am well trained to sit on the lay down thing with the spread of paper on it. We conducted the questioning like that, me aaaaaal. the way over on the examining bar and him sitting at the desk. But you made me laugh! How considerate of you! QUOTE (Hugglebuggles @ Dec 14 2009, 01:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Did they ask you to sit down in that chair beside the desk in the exam room? They told me to get totally naked and put on the gown, which I did, then when the doctor came in he asked me to sit in the chair so we could go through the questionnaire part. Ummm, dude, my #### is exposed, I'm not sitting on a chair! Then I started to think about all the naked asses that had sit on that chair through the years and it wasn't happening.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-14 13:53:00
Canada	Medical Review	PS @ Wyatt. Oh!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-14 13:31:00
Canada	Medical Review	Mikey78... Um, actually, the biggest undies I own were on today. I could have covered my whole torso in them if need be. And of course frogs' legs you guys... shheeeeeeeeesh! And yes, there are some very prudish things about me -- it's really part of my charm. Only a very lucky few get to see un-prudish LGG...	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-14 13:15:00
Canada	Medical Review	I dunno what it was, when I got the pantie part, I was like, Nah... don't feel like it. If they need to look, go ahead but I'm keeping them on. I guess you could call me bit of a cheeky monkey... or thus, lack thereof! I also wore the biggest pantaloon undies I could find. Not. Even. Kidding. It wasn't bad, I'll feel the sense of completion once I have my report in my hands. Question, if you go and pick everything up and they give it to you, it means that all is well, right? QUOTE (Peachey @ Dec 14 2009, 11:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That was easy wasn't it? The interview is just as easy Also, Haha, you didn't take your undies off. I had to sit naked throughout almost the whole medical part thing (well with the blue gown on). They never peaked down there with me.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-14 11:30:00
Canada	Medical Review	Hey all... just came back from my medical in Toronto. I live downtown so, it was a pretty quick metro ride and then I took a 10 minute walk to get there. I have been up since 5am and got there at about 7am. I recommend this as when I got there, feeling all set up, there were already 5 people ahead of me. This clinic is 100% efficient and I found the staff very nice though perfunctory. They really know what they're doing. I submitted all my documents to a lady who wrote down all my information and got my details together and took my 275$ in cash. Then I waited for a bit and was called in for my chest x-ray. The woman who performed it was a bit curt but actually, we had a couple of laughs -- just let her move you about like a rag doll, it's easier that way. I wore my hair clipped up but if you have long hair, she'll want you to keep it up for the xray. I went back to the waiting room and then was calling in again to a different nurse who did my blood work. Again, fast, efficient and nice. back to the waiting room where I was then called in the questions and the medical. I was prelim checked for ht. wt. bp and heart rate -- all healthy and normal. Then 2 male doctors came in and asked me all the questions. Joked around a bit with me, asked me what I did for a living. They checked my vaccination record all was well, asked me the litany of questions about did I do drugs, have any diseases, have I tried to kill myself and such and so forth .I am not on any medications, never have been and have not had any surgeries save for my wisdom teeth being taken out when I was 18. I don't do drugs or have any issues with alcohol or anything so it was fast and easy. I know there is some uneasiness about these questions, but the way they are phrased is hard to miss. i was asked, do you take street drugs? Of course not. Have you ever had a problem with alcohol. Of course not I wonder if the phrasing is the same for all panel physicians as I found the answers to these questions quite obvious. I was expecting to be asked, do you ever drink (as drugs have never been an issue) and I was fully prepared to say that I had a couple of drinks every two weeks or so-ish. Depending on the season and whatnot. But it was pretty straight forward. So, those guys left, (I was asked to get totally naked and put the backless gown on but I kept my undies on as i got a case of the shys). Then another doctor came in with a nurse with him to oversee him while he checked my heart and my organs and looked at my feet and hands. Then finally, another nurse came in to give me a breast exam. Nothing too probing, just a prelminary check. She also went to check 'under my gown' and was a little taken aback when she saw I'd kept my undies on. I asked her if she needed me to take them off and she said no but asked if I had any scars there that she should know about. All of it was, really. I guess they're just making sure that you're preliminarily healthy and don't pose any real risk for any communicable. So... I got dressed, signed out and am hoping that on Wednesday I can go and pick up my results. I was told to bring a large shopping bag as the xray is enormous There's my review of the medical I had in TOronto. If anyone has any questions or whanot, feel free to ask I'm happy to pass anything on to you. I feel really relieved that it's over. After I get my stuff on Wednesday, the last step is the interview. I can hardly believe it.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-14 11:22:00
Canada	Montreal CR-1 Interview	Congratulations! I dunno why, reading your review made me a little nervous... I get all stuttery and tongue-tied when I'm nervous! Great review, now I will at least prepare myself accordingly.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-22 10:45:00
Canada	Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!	Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year to my sweet VJ friends!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-18 15:17:00
Canada	The weatherman is the Grinch	Oh I hear you on that! I am on that site all the time at travel time. That and accuweather.com which has the best weather and FAA flight stats and stuff like that. It's so easy to become obsessive over this sort of stuff, isn't it? Can't wait 'til I don't give a hoot about what the weather holds and if the airport is backed up. hey Wyatt, if you haven't already, get yourself on Flight stats and accuweather... Obsess with us, it'll be fun! QUOTE (kballtex @ Dec 22 2009, 11:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've been checking flightstats.com religiously to watch for delays. Flying DFW to YYZ tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait to see my lady on the other side of customs.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-12-22 11:32:00