Welcome Ivor.

[farouk]

Hi Helen
They are called refuge collectors - I sadly think it would take me too long to save my pennies, I have cousins out in Canada that I would love to see again- would need to have a large win on a lottery !!!!
Dan was telling me that marmite is not popular in the USA! Is that the same in Canada ?
I prefer marmalade - and I do like kippers !
Pennies, well we have the one pence and the two pence coins now, but that is not the same as the old penny ( pre decimal ) what year did you go to Canada ?
Rita

Try Air Transat; their fares are not too bad...

 

[Butterfly]

Where do your cousins live Rita?
You could get a two for one trip out of it...if they are here in the West.

No, Dan is probably right, none of my American friends or Canadian's friends come to that...like Marmite.
I guess a person must be born and raised on it to appreciate it.
Both my girl were also 'Marmite babies'. Boiled egg, toasted 'soldiers' with Marmite before school.

They used to have pots of Bisto also like that.
I remember how I loved the advert on the walls of the tube stations when I was small. The boy and the girl pointy noses ...both saying:- " Aah...Bisto" ( and a cup of steaming Bisto between them)
Boy, that is a blast from the past.

Here is a picture of the kids, but its the wrong one..their noses aren't pointed even...and the other were not full bodies.

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I think my cousins live in Ontario, but I no longer have their address, we keep in contact on Facebook these days- I will have to ask.
We have 'Bisto ' ads still, but not with the boys anymore ( I remember it too )
Rita

 

[Butterfly]

Try Air Transat; their fares are not too bad...

it's not just the finances, if I am honest there is no way I could travel to Canada on my own - it's bad enough when I have to go to Germany xx

 

[Butterfly]

Hahahaha!! I love it when we catch me out, like that...I need to laugh more than I do. I worry too much as a rule. ( but better than I was.)

1) Now, did no one else notice that? 2) Or was everyone else just too polite to point it out.

Once again Enoch , Well caught

I didn't notice, I think my brain just translated it, so I thought it said refuse !! Lol

 

[farouk]

it's not just the finances, if I am honest there is no way I could travel to Canada on my own - it's bad enough when I have to go to Germany xx

Kind of depends on what one is accustomed to, I guess...

 

[farouk]

I didn't notice, I think my brain just translated it, so I thought it said refuse !! Lol

Sometimes we notice things and it's completely different from what other ppl notice or think...

 

[farouk]

We need more Brits here !!! Lol

Some Canadians are from a British background...