New Canadian citizen as of January 1, 1947

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Oops! Doing this on a phone is problematic.

I had to look both of those items up. I'll work on acquiring those as well as developing an appreciation for hockey. I've never been much of a sports fan, but it's probably great exercise for the muscles used to turn the head. I'm looking forward to it.
 

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Hockey and Baseball are great for the arm muscle lifting the beer to ones lip... Also now that you are a Canadian I must warn you do not put your tonque on the school fence no matter what anyone tells you.
 
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All this list came into Canadian citizenship in 1947?

That's impressive; all the more so considering what's going on down here.
 
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Patrick Robert James said:
Lucky B*****d!

Just remember though that as a US Citizen even if you move to Canada you will still have to pay tax....
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We have a lot to learn about that. Of course there is no way to escape US taxes short of moving to a country with no extradition, but that isn't at issue. We need to learn what obligations we would have up there if we were to make the move.

We are mostly "retired" but would hope to have some income in Canada from photo activity - which is yet another topic for conversation. We aren't sure yet what we're going to do. Moving gets more difficult every.year at our age.
 

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Bob Carnie said:
Also being a Toronto Maple Leaf fan and a Blue Jay fan will help you integrate into our society.
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Actually, being a Toronto Male Leafs fan in the western part of the country may mean you won't get invited to the parties. If you pick any of the western teams - Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton or Winnipeg, you will have more fun.

You can cheer for the Blue Jays though. In fact, if you attend a Blue Jays + Mariners game at Safeco Field, and cheer for the Blue Jays, you will most likely be in the majority

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Lucky B*****d!

Just remember though that as a US Citizen even if you move to Canada you will still have to pay tax....
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You might not have to pay US tax, but you will have to file a US tax return. The tax treaty between the countries may result in the tax credits you can claim (due to the income tax you pay Canada as a resident) offsetting any US income tax that would otherwise be due.
 

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bowzart said:
I definitely need to work on politeness. Down here it's considered a character flaw.
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Actually, I've found most of the people we encounter in Washington when we visit to be really nice.
 

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Bowzart - Hello! 'Sounds like you're heading from one goreous place to another. I've always loved Anacortes. But Canada has been wonderful also. Breathtaking beauty & wonderful people. I hope the move goes well & you love the new locale. And that we get to see some of your images.
 

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Most Canadians, but have you met Dinesh?? every time he comes to my shop I ask him for an advance warning and funny enough we seem to be closed each time.
 

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I am confused. I see license plates that say "Beautiful British Columbia". Where is ugly British Columbia? What about so so British Columbia? How are mediocre British Columbians treated? That just seems so unfair! It does not encompass the Canadian way! With Trump as President should we now ban mediocre British Columbians since they are evidently not good enough for their own country? As I said this is all very confusing.
 

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All I can say about the slogan on our license plates is: "Sorry"
 
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MattKing said:
Actually, I've found most of the people we encounter in Washington when we visit to be really nice.
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Well, yes. Most of my friends seem to be pretty nice, and I'm sure that most people I know would be nice to visitors. Do the people you talk with even know you are a visitor?

The general climate here is a bit uncomfortable right now, though. People just don't talk much with others they don't already know well. Some of what happens isn't much fun. Lots of distrust. Stress in neighborhoods.
 

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You may also benefit from a lesson or two... especially on how to remember to add the "eh?" to the end of every question that you ask.

Ken
 

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California's slogan is all Greek to me.
 

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We haven't decided what to do yet. We are so well set here. I have a large studio with a gravel pad out back that has a sewer cleanout for my darkroom effluent. Darkroom is in a trailer because I wanted to build only one more. That might seem easy, but it has to live somewhere. And leaving friends, who we see all the time, even if it's close. Crossing the border has its problems, too. We've been tossed- coming back into the US. We're exploring.
 
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Thanks for the link. That has to be really interesting. Having been schooled by f/64, making friends with Mortensen took awhile, but I love that stuff.

Where'd your son go to school in PDX?
 
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MattKing said:
Our "accent" tends to give us away .
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My grandfather, Bidwell Thaddeus Bullis, born in Wolfe Island Ontario, moved from Manitoba to the southern tip of Texas in 1923.

To the end of his life, he had a mighty thick brogue which he displayed prominently by singing really loudly in church.
 
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