>> In Canada, no matter what the balance of your current account, there’s a limit for how much you can buy on your debit card in any one day, even if your available funds easily exceed that daily limit. And when you are new to Canada, your limit is set low. This is especially important to remember when visiting Ikea. A $400 daily limit will not secure the purchase of 3 shopping trolleys full of stuff.
>> Stop means stop (no I haven’t been caught again, but yes it is worth repeating).
>> Minus 7 is not cold.
>> Shoveling snow is good exercise. Shoveling snow is good exercise (& repeat)
>> Kijiji is good (pronounced: ka-gee-gee, look it up online!)
>> “Kitty corner” is not where cats do their business; it’s actually a colloquial phrase that describes “the diagonally opposite corner to where I am standing”. Strange but true.
>> To tell all the funny little coins apart, instead of looking at the shape (as you would in England) look at the picture on the front. Speeds up the time it takes to pay the bus fare.
>> An hour’s drive really isn’t that far away.
>> The weather here would gladly kill you given the chance. I’m not being too melodramatic here, as a British person the weather is occasionally an inconvenience. Here if you’re not prepared, it will murder you and use your frozen body as a popsicle.
>> Open air ice skating is fun, but it’s really scary without a hand rail around the side!
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