New to Gransnet from Canada

Welcome ! I'm a fairly recent new member myself, and am hooked ! It's always good to read of other people's experiences and to ( try to) help with some of their problems.

PS I'm half Canadian myself - my Mum came from Halifax to marry my Dad during WW2.

well yours is the next post to mine and so let me say welcome and you could not find a kinder set of people who always offer a kind word and are often amazing funny!

Hello and welcome BookieGram, lots to talk about here

Welcome!

Thank you for the welcoming comments. Actually, I'm mostly of British ancestry, back to great grandparents who emigrated to the United States, but I was born and raised in Canada. My parents came to Canada from the US in a covered wagon somewhere around 1930-35. One of my older sisters was actually born on the trip in the covered wagon. I am number 9 of 10 children. Huge family!!

Welcome, BookieGram, and I hope you enjoy Gransnet.

Welcome from me too!
I misread your post and thought you were a bookmaker.

Hello!

Welcome Bookie. ? You will find Grans from all over the place including some of us from the Antipodes. GN is a great place to discuss Life with all its joys and tribulations.

Hi Marydoll! I knew someone would think that. I have a bookkeeping client who calls me "his bookie" so I thought it would be a cute username.

Thank you all for your warm welcome.

Hello Apricity! Australia is one of the places I have always dreamed of visiting. Getting a bit late in life now for that dream, but thanks to the internet we can experience some of these places virtually.

Thank you for your message.

Hi Bookiegran and welcome from me too ?

Hi Bookiegram and welcome. Recently been to Vancouver Island to visit relatives who emigrated from the UK nearly 30 years ago. What a beautiful country you live in!

Nice you've joined the 'chatting over the garden wall' Bookiegram. Canada and New Zealand are on my list of places to visit when I win the lottery! Until then there's always Google maps. ?. I visit Gransnet most days but am more a lurker than a poster. You will soon get to recognise names, and make up mental pictures of everyone. It's addictive!

Welcome from me too Bookiegram nice to meet you. Enjoy finding your around this lovely interesting and supportive site most people are friendly and helpful but if you like argy Barry debate you’ll find that also. Keep posting

Argy bargy that should say, predictive text argh!!!

Welcome Bookiegram

I prefer argy Barry!! ?

Welcome from me to BookieGram. I'm from the Lake District.

Hi BookieGram - welcome from another Canadian (although I have lived in London, England for 50 years)! Where do you live? I grew up in rural Ontario (Grey/Bruce counties) and still consider it 'home'. My 7 year old GS has become fascinated by Canada and says we have to go when there's lots of snow, and eat tiger tail ice-cream (sure hope that flavour is still being made!).

Morning BookieGramand welcome. Horrendous weather here in SW Wales. Rain and wind. This is a site full of interesting people with loads of experience and helpful advice, should you need it

Welcome, BookieGram.

Welcome from me too. Canada is a place I've always wanted to visit - my dad was sent there during the war for 6 weeks while the ship he was travelling on had to be repaired - he often mentioned it with fond memories. I have a cousin who lived there for many years too until she returned to the UK a few years ago.

Good morning new friends! Thank you for all the lovely greetings. I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The weather today is grey, gloomy and very wet. I had been hoping for a nice fall but, oh well, this is Alberta after all. If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and it will be changing! And if you like the snow, we have already had two snowfalls in September. That's very early, even for Alberta. And for "Cangran", tell your grandson that we still have the tiger ice cream.