Anyone think a Canadian Expat forum would be a good idea (maybe under the Regional header)? I wouldn't mind discussing stories, culture shock, motivations and processes with other Canadian Expatriates abroad.
Seems like we have a fair share in these forums.
bossdog
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:27 pm
C'Mon! I know I'm not the only one out there!
Zoraja
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:11 pm
Well I would fit into that category for the next few months so Ill agree. But what would be the focus of it. A sports forum, or a tech one have a theme, I think this one might just be another general chat.
bossdog
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:41 pm
Threads in this sub-forum could look like this:
Bossdog: From Ottawa to Pittsburgh
Zoraja: From Canada to Scotland
and we could just share stories and discuss things like how we got where we are, how often we go back home, other expats in your area, culture shocks, immigration processes, etc.
edited for fear of online amputation by zoraja because I mispelled her name
Last edited by bossdog on Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Canadaka
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:05 pm
good idea, I will add it too the list.
Zoraja
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:10 pm
its Z-o-r-a-j-a
I am in England.
And yeah, I dont think that would be a very busy forum, or few threads.
It would go something like : I jsut arrived in ____ it sucks, I want to go home.
Blue_Nose
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:15 pm
Oh, Zaroja, it can't be that bad
Zoraja
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:18 pm
you suck, and so does this country.
bossdog
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:31 pm
Sorry for all the errors - it is afterall St Patricks week!
You see, if we had a sub-forum for this, you could tell us all about how you ended up there and why you hate it so much!
Toro
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:33 pm
I arrived in Florida 10 years ago.
Its great.
I don't miss the winters at home.
But yeah, I'd participate.
Zoraja
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:39 pm
fine point made.
bossdog
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:39 pm
Cool - we're moving to Florida this summer \ fall from Pittsburgh.
ShepherdsDog
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:44 pm
I'll pop in every once in awhile. I've done and I am still doing the Hebrew thing.
bossdog
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:32 pm
We'll be here Shep - I hope all is well with your travels.
ShepherdsDog
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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:39 pm
Travels?? You mean the thing that my parents, wife and kids are enjoying right now!! If anyone has seen the Asterix and Obelix cartoons, there is one where they are stuck performing a task in a bureacratic hell (The place that drives you insane). I'm in version 2.1.