What Was New: March 2004

4 March

Moving to Canada means leaving behind family, friends, familiar food, routines and your place in the community. It's even more daunting if you're on your own. Read Thelma O'Connor's survival guide:
Alone in Canada

I've finally completed the mammoth task of archiving onto this site all the 2001 opt-in email newsletters. (The email list used to be powered by Yahoo! until we brought it in-house.) Now all I have to do is archive the year 2000 ones and catch up on this year's. :-) Click on the "Newsletter" link near the top of the navigation bar on the right if you want to sign up, or for a link to the archives.

9 March

Our friendly discussion forum had outgrown its original format, not least because we had so many queries on the country boards. Helped by our willing Moderators, we removed many of the older posts if they were of no further use.

In addition, we created a new forum just for the country boards so that posts could be categorised more easily. We hope this will help you to find the info you need as well as save the repetition of asking and answering the same questions time and again.

BE Community forum
BE In-Country Experts Forum

11 March

"At least one million people on PAYE overpay tax annually, many of whom never claim it back, so why are so many people happy to sit back and let the government take our money?"
Overpaid tax

Wanted Notice - Police Appeal

Cheshire Police are currently investigating the murder of Brian Waters, which occurred in the Tabley area of Cheshire, in June 2003. The investigating team are trying to trace a man called Christopher Guest More from the Warrington area of Cheshire.

They have published their appeal locally and nationally; however, they believe Mr More may have left the UK. They need assistance in tracing him. Can you help? They have a wanted poster, which details the investigation and a £10,000 reward. Cheshire Police investigation

12 March

Own a signed England rugby shirt

Officerlife.com has a signed England shirt to give away to the highest bidder. All profits will be donated to SSAFA Forces help. They have managed to obtain an England Rugby shirt signed by England stars, Matt Dawson, Ben Cohen, Steve Thompson, Paul Grayson, Julian White, Ben Kay, Neil Back, Austin Healey and the legendary England captain Martin Johnson. You will not only become the envy of your friends, but you'll have an item of sought-after rugby memorabilia to treasure forever.
OfficerLife.com

The Moon Song

"Well, 'It's one small step for man
And one giant leap for mankind'
Those were the scripted words for Neil Armstrong,
On July 20th, 1969"

Read more of Dave Hook's tale of the moon walk hoax(?):
The Moon Song

14 March

Response to The Moon Song

"For all the folks who read Dave Hook's poem
And think that it's right on the money
I've got a few words, if you know where I'm going
And I can't help thinking 'how funny'."

It looks as if The Moon Song has inspired some more poetry. Read GerryL's funny riposte:
Moon Song - a Response

21 March

Emigration Exhibition

"...The seminar that we were booked into - 'Surviving the Emigration experience' - was somewhat interesting, as apparently it was given by two people who didn't survive it, and have now returned to the UK. Also they did not go to Canada as we had been told, but to Australia, so not a lot of help there!" Richard gives us a review of the event:
Emigrate 2004

29 March

Early Birthday Present!

To celebrate our fourth birthday on 1 April, we're bringing you a brand new service: British Expat eCards! Why simply send your pals a boring email when you can send them one of our range of scenic and artistic photos? To see what's on offer - and we're adding more all the time - click on the link under Expat Services (top right of every page) or use this link:
British Expat eCards