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Graeme Natress is Canadian??Posted by Phil
I'm British, but I've been in Canada long enough that I filled in the forms for citizenship last month. Still not heard back from them though.... Hope it doesn't take as long as residency to come through!
Graeme [www.nattress.com] - Plugins for FCP-X
I'm English, grew up in Canada and signed the citizenship papers then moved to back to London and live each day wondering whether I should be back in Canada. England is A) Flirting with Bird Flu. B) Too expencive. C) In Iraq. God help this country. We are though one of two countries on planet Earth fullfilling our duty to the Kuyoto agreement.
I'm in Ottawa, which is our nation's capital. Nice, place to live. Lots of open spaces. Only thing wrong with Canada is poor selection of Scotch Whisky due to stupid federal and provincial control of liquor.
Graeme [www.nattress.com] - Plugins for FCP-X
Where in the UK did you hail from G?
I have been meaning to visit Canada so if I make it over what wee dram will ya be havin? Famous Grouse, Glenmorangie, Glenfiddich? or are you a man of expensive tastes? Johnnie Walker - Blue Label (blended 25-67yr old) at £180 per bottle? or The Classic Cask - Rare Scotch Whisky (35 year old Single Malt) at £250 per bottle? Me I'm a Rum man so if any of you go anywhere near Central America and happen upon some 15 to 50 year old Guatemalan Rum then put a few aside for me :-P Ben For instant answers to more than one hundred common FCP questions, check out the LAFCPUG FAQ Wiki here : [www.lafcpug.org]
Ben, I was born and lived in Durham, England.
As for scotch, well, single malts only, none of those blends cuts it, even the expensive ones. And it's really got to be from Islay, although I do have a large bottle of Glenfiddich in the house as a "drinking" whisky when I don't feel like diving into the expensive bottles. So, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Ardbeg etc. is what I'd be drinking. If you're in the north east area, there's a wonderful little whisky shop in the Gateshead Metro Centre. Got a bottle of 16yr old cask strength Laphroaig there last trip over. Lovely. It's wall to wall good stuff in there. Graeme [www.nattress.com] - Plugins for FCP-X
Way-ai man - so you did the simple longitude shift?...
I have friends in Durham one of whom works at Gateshead College - I will check out the Grog Shop in the "Meht-roo" when I go up in the summer. Ben PS I don't imagine your an MS man but if you are then I believe you can still get copies of this: [www.jardmail.co.uk] For instant answers to more than one hundred common FCP questions, check out the LAFCPUG FAQ Wiki here : [www.lafcpug.org]
Yesterday I got my Canadian citizenship! I passed the written test a couple of weeks ago, and was called in to participate in the citizenship ceremony yesterday, where you get officially sworn in, and get your certificate.
So yes, I am Canadian! Graeme [www.nattress.com] - Plugins for FCP-X
Gratz G
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Oy! Yo! Congrats on that, matey Graeme, Canadian seems a very fine thing to be. Are your ears and eyes and brains overflowing with factoids of Canadian History? Do you know more about what Canada than your native neighbors? When I meet a US citizenship-test passer, they always know more than I do about this place... Care to share an oddment or two with an ignorant American (well, not ignorant in all areas, but certainly clueless when it comes to Canadian hist)?
Still Marla, still in NY, but lived in Detroit from ages 2 through 8, and crossed the border into your fair Canada many times... though not for whisky...
1867, confederation, 1965 Flag, 1999 Nunavut etc. I'll forget them soon enough though....
Graeme [www.nattress.com] - Plugins for FCP-X
The omdern Canadian flag oly came into being in 1965 - yes, that's true! Before that I have no idea! Nunavut is the newest territory in the North.
Britain - great people and there's no reason why Britain can't be great again, but like our friends to the south, they seem to being going along a fast track route to 1984, putting privacy and freedom to one side in the process. When I was a kid, 1984 was compulsary reading in schools. I guess that because Blair is older than I am, he missed that lesson in English Literature classes. Graeme [www.nattress.com] - Plugins for FCP-X
I'm not sure that GWB ever attended ANY classes...
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