Clever Clogs
Posts: 640 
Location: Baja Canada
Location: Baja Canada
January 23rd, 2008, 08:06 PM
My electric bill was $500 this month/so living off $300 a month is truly impossible in my neck of the woods. Can I ask you something? I'm not being nosy. I just don't understand how things work in Canada, that's all.
Do you receive food assistance, such as food stamps? Here you would qualify. Also you would qualify for free medical (but you get that), a housing allotment, and depending on your disability, free transporation. Does Canada make provisions for the handicapped such as these?
Uncle
Quoting MikeyDB
Mikey,
Nuggler
No offense taken my friend.
I'm living the legacy of the Mike Harris government's regard for the disabled, and no I don't honestly believe that anyone on this site think the situation is either fair or appropriate. It's been like this for me and many others for 12 years and the McGuinty government of Ontario felt it approprate to give MPPs a 25% raise while the disabled recieved 2%. A 2% raise covers a haircut for me but doesn't radically change the quality of life I can lead.
I'm sorry if anyone felt I was dumping on the gang here at CC... That wasn't my intent. Despite those who feel that waging wars in the name of democracy and "freedom" is a good and appropriate thing for Canada to be doing...there are a great many Canadians who live at and below the same level as I. Is there any reasonable expectation that Canada will take care of its citizens before it decides to play brother-war-monger with America?
Probably not, and in the interim, hundreds of thousands of Canadians will be forced to make a choice between eating and living in-doors, between living in darkness because they can't afford electricity and staying fixed in one spot because they can't afford the bus. We've made choices and even if the concensus is that families and the disabled, aboriginals and the elderly are second class citizens, it's tough to understand that Lebannese and Afghanis and so many others who've contributed nothing to this country get a so-much-larger slice of a limited pie.
Sorry...grousing a bit...
No offense taken my friend.
I'm living the legacy of the Mike Harris government's regard for the disabled, and no I don't honestly believe that anyone on this site think the situation is either fair or appropriate. It's been like this for me and many others for 12 years and the McGuinty government of Ontario felt it approprate to give MPPs a 25% raise while the disabled recieved 2%. A 2% raise covers a haircut for me but doesn't radically change the quality of life I can lead.
I'm sorry if anyone felt I was dumping on the gang here at CC... That wasn't my intent. Despite those who feel that waging wars in the name of democracy and "freedom" is a good and appropriate thing for Canada to be doing...there are a great many Canadians who live at and below the same level as I. Is there any reasonable expectation that Canada will take care of its citizens before it decides to play brother-war-monger with America?
Probably not, and in the interim, hundreds of thousands of Canadians will be forced to make a choice between eating and living in-doors, between living in darkness because they can't afford electricity and staying fixed in one spot because they can't afford the bus. We've made choices and even if the concensus is that families and the disabled, aboriginals and the elderly are second class citizens, it's tough to understand that Lebannese and Afghanis and so many others who've contributed nothing to this country get a so-much-larger slice of a limited pie.
Sorry...grousing a bit...
My electric bill was $500 this month/so living off $300 a month is truly impossible in my neck of the woods. Can I ask you something? I'm not being nosy. I just don't understand how things work in Canada, that's all.
Do you receive food assistance, such as food stamps? Here you would qualify. Also you would qualify for free medical (but you get that), a housing allotment, and depending on your disability, free transporation. Does Canada make provisions for the handicapped such as these?
Uncle
Clever Clogs
Posts: 640
Location: Baja Canada
Location: Baja Canada
January 23rd, 2008, 08:15 PM
The roast would cost a lot more than that here, I think. I don't but that cut, but a
rump roast to serve 4 generously would cost about $20.
PS: I printed out the recipe, and since it's so simple, I plan to try it.
Uncle
Quoting #juan
Thank you very much. They look like pop-overs. Is this really a pudding or a bread?
No sooner said than done... BTW, the roast cost about twelve dollars. Yorkshire pudding is an old English dish to be served with roast beef and gravy, The recipe is below.
http://tinyurl.com/24l63
BTW, the roast cost about twelve dollars. Yorkshire pudding is an old English dish to be served with roast beef and gravy, The recipe is below.http://tinyurl.com/24l63
The roast would cost a lot more than that here, I think. I don't but that cut, but a
rump roast to serve 4 generously would cost about $20.
PS: I printed out the recipe, and since it's so simple, I plan to try it.
Uncle
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Posts: 8,475 
January 23rd, 2008, 08:44 PM
Uncle
A pot roast needs a cut of beef with a lttle gristle and fat in it because it cooks so long. A good, lean, cut of meat will likely turn out stringy. On the other hand, any roast is better if it is well marbled.
BTW, Yorkshire pudding is a first cousin to pop-overs.
Uncle
A pot roast needs a cut of beef with a lttle gristle and fat in it because it cooks so long. A good, lean, cut of meat will likely turn out stringy. On the other hand, any roast is better if it is well marbled.
BTW, Yorkshire pudding is a first cousin to pop-overs.
