I was just curious about how many friends from canada are on this board?
It would be nice to know, Just incase some of us need info. about TS issues here in the great white north. ;)
I'm one, over in Montreal. Would help if you posted where in Canada you are, its kinda big :P
Dawn
Oops! I'm an hour west of Toronto, just outside of the Waterloo area.
I was born and lived in Montreal for 18 years, then in 79 I moved here.
Go Habs Go :D
I lived on the south shore in a place called Greenfield Park, Before that I lived in Pierrefonds.
Looking for Canucks, eh?? Well, hello from tiny lil' ol' NB. Unfortunately as you know my help on available services will be limited since we have no TG services here, except those willing to try and adjust our attitudes for free when we go out somewhere!!LOL. But all in all it sure is great to hear from other Canucks on here.
Kim :angel:
Quote from: Karla B on February 21, 2008, 03:20:51 PM
Oops! I'm an hour west of Toronto, just outside of the Waterloo area.
I was born and lived in Montreal for 18 years, then in 79 I moved here.
Go Habs Go :D
I lived on the south shore in a place called Greenfield Park, Before that I lived in Pierrefonds.
small world eh?, I was on the shore (St Julie) for about 10 years, and I had quite a few friends from Greenfield Park (since its english and all :P )
Go habs go indeed!, we finally beat the Rangers, huzzah!
Dawn
I'm a Canuck, so's Steph and Natalie I can think of off the top of my head. I'm in BC.
Dennis
I'm from Ontario near the border of Detroit.
I'm in Kingston Ontario.
Steph
We have spring flowers blooming in BC. How's the weather out there? >:D
Dennis
Quote from: Dennis on February 21, 2008, 10:28:43 PM
We have spring flowers blooming in BC. How's the weather out there? >:D
Dennis
Ha, ha, ha... it was minus 20 this morning - brrrrrrrr - Smarty pants
Steph
I'm glad to hear from you all. I hope there's more out there.
Ya! It's been really cold through out the whole province. Brrrrrrrrrrr. It looks like it'll be that way for another couple of weeks. ( The weather Network )
Question from a ignorant Southerner; I was told that Canuck was an insult and don't call Canadians that. Something about trailer-trash French Canadians? Anyway, do you use it among yourselves but beat snot of Americans if we do?
I'm from Canada too. Lived 17 years in Montreal and 6 years in Repentigny. I live in Terrebonne now (and have for 2 years and a half).
For those who can't place Terrebonne on a map (and I don't fault you, if you're not from Montreal or around), it's north-east from Laval, Laval is directly north from Montreal. The distance between Montreal and Terrebonne can be covered in 20 minutes or so outside rush hour.
Quote from: Claire de Lune on February 22, 2008, 12:14:08 AM
Question from a ignorant Southerner; I was told that Canuck was an insult and don't call Canadians that. Something about trailer-trash French Canadians? Anyway, do you use it among yourselves but beat snot of Americans if we do?
Nope you can call us Canucks - just don't call us late for supper :) It's quite common for us to use it our selves. Our olympic ski team was once referred to as the crazy canucks.
Steph
Seems many Ts here are or where from Montreal.
But, I'm the only one living in the city proper, not the suburbs!
I HATE suburbs!!!!
Quote from: Claire de Lune on February 22, 2008, 12:14:08 AM
Question from a ignorant Southerner; I was told that Canuck was an insult and don't call Canadians that. Something about trailer-trash French Canadians? Anyway, do you use it among yourselves but beat snot of Americans if we do?
LOL, never heard of that, Canuck is quite acceptable so dont worry about that :). And the french trailer trash wouldn't even understand what the word means so no worries there either.
I've actually wondered about the term "Yankee" in a similar fashion, is it positive?, negative?
And salut Schala from a fellow North Shore'er (?), im over in St Eustache now :D
Dawn
Posted on: February 22, 2008, 12:22:01 PM
I was just thinking, since there are a few Montrealers here, does anyone attend any T* groups in the area?. Personally I'm a member of ASTT(e)Q which has weekly meetings downtown, part of Cactus Montreal, heck, I may already know one of you :P
Dawn
QuoteI was just thinking, since there are a few Montrealers here, does anyone attend any T* groups in the area?. Personally I'm a member of ASTT(e)Q which has weekly meetings downtown, part of Cactus Montreal, heck, I may already know one of you
Been there twice in downtown to ASTTEQ. I've been to the ATQ about 4 or 5 times, near Ste Catherine and Viau. It's been a while though.
We're Canadian here in B.C.
Wing Walker and Cindy
Posted on: February 24, 2008, 03:53:58 AM
Quote from: Dawn Labelle on February 22, 2008, 01:36:45 PM
Quote from: Claire de Lune on February 22, 2008, 12:14:08 AM
Question from a ignorant Southerner; I was told that Canuck was an insult and don't call Canadians that. Something about trailer-trash French Canadians? Anyway, do you use it among yourselves but beat snot of Americans if we do?
LOL, never heard of that, Canuck is quite acceptable so dont worry about that :). And the french trailer trash wouldn't even understand what the word means so no worries there either.
I've actually wondered about the term "Yankee" in a similar fashion, is it positive?, negative?
And salut Schala from a fellow North Shore'er (?), im over in St Eustache now :D
Dawn
Posted on: February 22, 2008, 12:22:01 PM
I was just thinking, since there are a few Montrealers here, does anyone attend any T* groups in the area?. Personally I'm a member of ASTT(e)Q which has weekly meetings downtown, part of Cactus Montreal, heck, I may already know one of you :P
Dawn
I am an American citizen and as such i have the authority to say that "Yank" is a perfectly acceptable word to use.
Wing Walker
Pssssssst, you wanna know something? Dennis is right, some type of flowers sprouting in some places and there are about five different types of plants that keep their green leaves all winter and it's been 50 - 55F and sunny for the last week.
Cindy
I'm in Calgary, Alberta. *shurgs* Don't ask me why no one from Alberta is in here, considering trans people are all over this city and province... combined with the amount of trans people moving to this province. The GID program is actually over burdened now (thus, my surgery has been bumped, once again, to who-knows-when).
--natalie
I'm half Canadian, that count? Lots of family in Alberta and B.C.
Hi Natalie my wonderful sister, I am so sorry to hear you got bumped back again, I know how very hurting and disappointment this can be. Wing Walker sends you hugs amidst all of this.
Hey sis, if you have a desire to, you are more then welcome to come to Vancouver, we always have the room for one more.
HUGS FROM BOTH OF US.
Cindy
I'd love to visit sometime. :) I probably wouldn't move there until after surgery, so I don't end up stuck in the BC system since sometime this year I'll get surgery through the AB system. Pretty much all of my friends are going through that started around the same time I did. I've been FT longer then several who are getting surgeries in April. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong that gets me delayed. But I try to look at the bright side: I moved to a new apartment with an awesome roommate. I'm hopefully getting a better and much higher-paying position at work. I get a few more months to actually afford taking a couple of months off for surgery (one thing I'm afraid of is that I won't be able to afford to take time off work to have surgery, and I'd have to delay it myself... that would be hard, knowing it's there waiting for me, everything is approved, and I can't afford to take two months off). Also, I now have a new girlfriend. So, I try to see the silver lining despite the set backs. And it could be worse, I could be living somewhere where there is no program, no funding, no anything. I have it better off than many others, even if there are set backs.
Hi Natalie, thanks for responding and I am glad to hear you are OK for it. Well Wing Walker and I have been attending the meeting pretty regularly every week here. Well it does appear that they actually process people through the system for SRS. But as you have pointed out it depends where on the availability list you are before being processed to the final product which is supplied by the surgeons.
I have specifically asked about if anyone has been pushed back and the answer came back as NO ONE gets pushed back unless they didn't pass the requirements. Eventually one gets to see the nice shrinks to approve you. Ehhhh to me it sounds like a bunch of bureaucratic paper pushing. Still I need to know methods on how they process transfolks How the whole process works for when we open the drop in center and support group here in Surrey
Cindy