Canadia, eh?
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:15 pm
Is that rope, magic?
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:26 pm
Is that rope, magic?
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:31 pm
Like it says in the caption, it's the danger of autofocus.Worm wrote:Is that rope, magic?
Bruce
...or maybe I just put it in there to TEMPT Mr. Parrish.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 12:05 am
The captions do not display in firefox.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:01 am
That place is awesome. I thought you guys were going to get some shit shack somewhere just to prove some anti-American, anti-toilet, you-don't-need-electricity-when-you-have-lillet stance to the rest of us.
How much time out of the year will you be there? Who will care for it when you are not there?
How much time out of the year will you be there? Who will care for it when you are not there?
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:11 pm
Well, we were. But the price for this was pretty reasonable. Let me rub it in, bitches. The down payment was a cast-iron bitch and I'm really poor right now, but my mortgage payments on a 2100 square foot house on 38 acres of land with a year-round stream with trout in it are under $800/month Canadian.Vitriola wrote:That place is awesome. I thought you guys were going to get some shit shack somewhere just to prove some anti-American, anti-toilet, you-don't-need-electricity-when-you-have-lillet stance to the rest of us.
Don't know yet. A lot of the summers, for sure, and other than that, as often as we can afford. We have a property manager to look in on it every couple weeks, but...if you're offering to move in and be a caretaker for it, yeah, I'm accepting applications for the post.How much time out of the year will you be there? Who will care for it when you are not there?
Bruce
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:12 pm
That sucks. I gave them both alt and title tags, which I thought would cover all the bases.Worm wrote:The captions do not display in firefox.
Bruce
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:13 pm
Also: all the furnishings and stuff are going to be gone at the end of the month when the older couple in those photos have moved out.
Bruce
Bruce
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:22 pm
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:21 am
bruce wrote:fucking sweet man! Place looks wicked.. looks like a dream home, nestled in the woods.. I always wanted to build a log cabin.Vitriola wrote:That place is awesome. I thought you guys were going to get some shit shack somewhere just to prove some anti-American, anti-toilet, you-don't-need-electricity-when-you-have-lillet stance to the rest of us.
You don't have to change anything with citizenship if it's considered a "vacation home"?
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:29 pm
No. I don't have to change anything with citizenship if I move up there, although I'd need to get my Green Card Equivalent, which would be, in my case, a Skilled Worker Visa. Once I have that, though, five years later I can become a Canadian citizen, and if I'm living there fulltime....Jack Straw wrote:You don't have to change anything with citizenship if it's considered a "vacation home"?
Bruce
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:12 pm
Aren't the work visas mostly for skilled trades, and wouldn't it take quite awhile to go through?
I've looked at the Canada relocation thing a few times and it always seemed like a cluster.
I've looked at the Canada relocation thing a few times and it always seemed like a cluster.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:00 pm
Do the dual-citizenship thing. That way when you're on an airplane that gets hijacked, you can whip out the Canadian passport and not get your ass shot off.bruce wrote:No. I don't have to change anything with citizenship if I move up there, although I'd need to get my Green Card Equivalent, which would be, in my case, a Skilled Worker Visa. Once I have that, though, five years later I can become a Canadian citizen, and if I'm living there fulltime....
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:41 pm
Well, there's a couple of different things:Jack Straw wrote:Aren't the work visas mostly for skilled trades, and wouldn't it take quite awhile to go through?
I've looked at the Canada relocation thing a few times and it always seemed like a cluster.
Specific work visas can be had at the port of entry for $150, and they let you work for a particular employer doing a particular job for a year.
What I'd be getting if I went up there full-time would be Skilled Worker Immigrant status. That'd be permanent residency, like a Green Card. It's based on a point system, and under that system as currently implemented, I have enough points to qualify.
Bruce
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:41 am
Do you get a 12-pack of Molson at the border every time you cross over into Canada?
Pretty cool - BC is beautiful country... one of the places I'd like to go visit (particularly the town of Hope where they filmed the first Rambo).
Pretty cool - BC is beautiful country... one of the places I'd like to go visit (particularly the town of Hope where they filmed the first Rambo).
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:24 pm
Hope is on the way from Vancouver to my house; it's where you get on the toll road to pay $10 but save 100 km. I bought a phone card and a tank of gas there last trip.nessman wrote:Do you get a 12-pack of Molson at the border every time you cross over into Canada?
Pretty cool - BC is beautiful country... one of the places I'd like to go visit (particularly the town of Hope where they filmed the first Rambo).
And no, I usually save my duty free for hard liquor. Coming back the last time I bought a bottle of advocaat, which is, no shit, basically egg schnapps. I came up with a drink recipe for it: it's the "Arnold Benedict"
1-1/2 oz. Advocaat
1/2 oz. lemon juice
Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail glass
Top with club soda
Garnish with a steamed asparagus spear, two cubes of ham on a toothpick, and a piece of melba toast.
Bruce