I`m Back

Been away for a while but now i`m back, I've been busy learning to drive,Trying to sell my house. trying to find a job in Canada, trying to feed 500 from two loafs of bread and a couple of fish (that's a metaphor for money).
Oh and I haven`t actually achieved any of these thing but I keep on trying.

Gizza Job

Remember Yosser Hughes, the lovable job seeking maniac from the early 80s TV series, the wonderful Thatcher baiting "Boys From The Blackstuff.

Well that's me at the moment and no I haven`t grown a Grahame Souness like tache, I`m after a job in Canada which isn't easy seen as I live in the UK but i`m trying, i`m currently in the process of sending my CV (or Resume as the Canadians/Americans call it) to all the major companies in the Guelph/Kitchener/Waterloo region and hoping one of them picks up on what a wonderful asset I would be to any workforce, If that fails I`ll move on to sending my wife's CV.

So go on gizza job

The same man?

Earthquake

It was the main topic of conversation at work this morning, the earthquake that rocked most of England.
I personally woke up and believed I had some kind of violent dream which had resulted in me shaking the bed which in turn had set the dog off barking downstairs ( he never barks during the night normally). My wife said what was that to which I replied “no idea”.
My second thought was that we were been broken into so I ran down stairs (what a hero, I don’t know what I would have done if there was anyone there though) and checked on the dog who just looked up at me as if to say “what the hell do you want”.
So I basically went back to bed, Earthquake never even crossed my mind until I switched the BBC on when I woke up and it was plastered all over the news.
It had happened around 1.00am and I remember distinctly looking at the clock on the oven and it had said 1.00am exactly.
A little bit of excitement for millions of people in the UK, next ones due in about 20 years.

The Canadian Adventure

After 42 years of living in the UK, My family and I have decided to immigrate to Canada; the reasons for this include boredom, disillusionment and hopes of a better life.
The kids aren’t particularly bothered about moving, our 9yr old was quite belligerent to start with but he’s been gradually talked around.
They don’t make it easy to emigrate these days and it could be a pretty long drawn out affair, we have our application in (put in last June) but we were told it may take up to 4 years.
We are currently looking at getting in the back door (legally of course) and trying to find employment in Canada, applying for a work permit and then taking it from there, not easy believe me but as of today the campaign has begun so I will update my progress on a regular basis.
As we stand at the moment the place we are looking at is called Guelph which is 100kms from Toronto