Foreign expressions
January 21, 2017
Over the years, I've picked up a few interesting expressions from places I've lived that I've incorporated into my everyday conversation :) People are often confused, so here are the explanations.
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Two years in paradise
August 25, 2015
Looking down the peninsula from Timothy Hill upon our arrival Living on the small Caribbean island of Saint Kitts The good stuff "Buddies" One of the things I truly enjoy here is being in the water.
E-commerce 101: Allow your customers to pay you
January 15, 2014
Here's a quick e-commerce lesson for you: Don't validate credit card transactions based on IP address location. I left the internet fax provider I've had since 2003 because they wouldn't let me pay them .
Driving for 20 years
November 3, 2013
Ferrari GTO -- my 16-year old self's dream car As of this November, I've been driving for 20 years! I got my driver's license back in the good old days when there was no such thing as "graduated licensing".
How big is St. Kitts?
October 17, 2013
Answer: Not very big. Above is a scale map of St. Kitts beside a small area of Toronto. That's right -- driving from one side of the island to another is roughly the same distance as heading up the DVP.
Daryl and Cheryl Ashby: Victoria Real Estate Review
September 13, 2013
"My job is not to make you happy." "I'd appreciate if you talked less with your hands. I find that very irritating." "Maybe if you talked less we'd get along better." These are some wonderful quotes from Daryl Ashby , a...
St. Kitts: First Impressions
September 2, 2013
My fiancee Melissa and I recently moved from Victoria, BC, Canada to the island of St. Kitts and Nevis . This small island of about 30,000 people is in the Caribbean aka.
Selling everything you own: Part 3
August 7, 2013
The first time I sold everything I owned was 2009, when I moved to south Texas for four months as an experiment to see if I could run my consulting business remotely.
Saint Kitts and Nevis has a lot of public debt
August 5, 2013
Before moving somewhere, I always do a lot of research into the geography, climate, politics, etc. Today I found an interesting fact -- according to the CIA world factbook , Saint Kitts and Nevis has one of the highest...
Live in the South of France for cheap
December 11, 2011
I like seeing people's reactions when I tell them we are going to live in the South of France . People get the impression that we're super-rich . I've got news for you. We aren't. Not in the slightest.
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