Yearly Archives: 2006

British Expat Newsletter:
4 October 2006

By Kay McMahon | Published: 4 October 2006

Hello, and welcome to those who have joined up since our last newsletter.

In this issue This week: Prisons Virtual Snacks Bizarre Searches Quotation and joke This week

A BBC article about a postman who was sentenced to four months imprisonment, for burning mail he should have delivered, recently sparked off some debate on the British Expat forum. Whilst not making light of his crime – after all, the mail which he’d burned might have been crucial for some people or their businesses – it was generally


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British Expat Newsletter:
27 September 2006

By Kay McMahon | Published: 27 September 2006

Hello, and welcome to those who have joined up since our last newsletter.

In this issue This week: Art Virtual Snacks Bizarre Searches Quotation and joke This week

I started an online art course recently – a Foundation in Art and Design – and already it’s affected how I see things. I’m looking at things in a different way – shapes, textures, architectural detail – and noticing things I maybe would’ve missed before.

A lot of BE members are interested in art too. Several attend art classes. Personally


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Past, present and future

By Kay McMahon | Published: 25 September 2006
Pic of the Week – 25 September 2006

by Kay McMahon © 2006

All images are digitally watermarked – please don’t infringe copyright!

Kay adds:

“Construction and demolition seem to be an everyday feature of life in Thailand. The land for the hotel building in the background was cleared of other buildings eighteen months ago, but construction didn’t really get under way until about six months ago.

“I liked the way this picture fell into a neat array of past, present


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How to capitalise on Alberta’s worker shortage

By Thelma O'Connor | Published: 24 September 2006
"A good metaphor for the Canadian job market would be to describe it as an iceberg. The visible job market represents the tip, which is above the water. However, most of the jobs - like most of the iceberg - are hidden from view." Thelma suggests ways of tapping into all of those vacancies that never get advertised.
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Help Me Help My Child (Sept 2006)

By Ruth Coppard | Published: 23 September 2006
Past cases: September 2006

Here are the cases dealt with on Ruth’s page for September 2006.

My mother is dying in the UK – how do I prepare the children?

How horrible for you, much more than it may be for the children. This is your mother with all the memories of all you were to each other. I hope that you are dealing with it OK.

There are so many things to consider here; your letter says it is not necessary for you


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