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Re: Off to Canada, everything must go



You're the 2nd person I know on their way to Canada, I must say it has
a certain pull for me too, just not the rest of the clan :-)

Good luck, the the "UK" in UKHA is only a suggested location for
subscribers ;-)

On 7/3/07, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 'had an aunt who went on holiday for two weeks in Montana ... she
> took early retirement asap afterwards ... learnt to drive & bought
a
> plot of land ... built a log cabin in the Rockies ...
>
> 'did not go smoothly, but she lived there to the end, for many, many
> years ... and never regretted it ...
>
> 'went to a meeting, a few years ago, in Calgary, and took a trip to
> Banff ... around Easter-time ... 'must say, 'made me appreciate the
> UK all the more ... nature is much more tamed here ... much more to
> our scale ...
>
> before the flight home, 'went to the top of the tower, in Calgary ...
> 'can still remember seeing thunder-storms, miles & miles away,
> creeping along the Rockies .. all in a line, clear as day ...
>
> Vancouver is said to be great .. 'though not without (recent)
> problems ...
>
> good luck ... will you be self-building again ? ... ... the 'net is
> global, so do let us know !
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 3 Jul 2007, at 10:19, Graham Howe wrote:
>
> > Well after years of thinking about it I am finally leaving
blighty to
> > set up home in the Canadian Rockies. What that means is that I
have a
> > load of HA kit and other stuff that has to go, quickly!
> >
> > To list a few:
> > - Homevision
> > - FirM
> > - Multiple KAT5 units
> > - 3 x Comfort Keypads
> > - Lots of x10 plug in modules and other stuff
> > - PIR detectors, smoke and CO detectors
> > - Dell DDARs
> > - 2 x Tivo (one with lifetime sub and bigger disk, one needing
new
> > disk image, both with network card)
> > - Panasonic 42" Plasma
> > - 26" LCD TV+DVD
> > - Arcam ALpha 10 + DAVE + 10P3
> > - Two active subwoofers
> > - HP LJ4000 + Duplex + Envelope feeder + Network
> > - Various network gear including Vigor 2600 router
> > - Jaguar XJ8
> > - Discovery V8
> > - Loads of other stuff I have yet to find
> >
> > Everything is in good condition and visits to view are welcome at
any
> > time as long as it is soon. If anyone is interested, particularly
if
> > you are able to collect from Milton Keynes area in the next two
> > weeks, then please contact me at [graham dot howe at solarfish
dot
> > com] as soon as possible. You can also get me on MSN messenger
using
> > the same address. Anything not gone in the next two weeks goes on
> > eBay.
> >
> > Graham
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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