Hello,

speaking to my Mother and I was telling her that I could imagine being happy living in Canada told her about the likes of Trent, Bammers, Derezo, Neil Roy and Thomas and how nice you always are to eachother .

She said you could go there for a holiday next spring. So that's what I'm planning to do.

So I'm wondering if I could plan some kind of trip which involved meeting some allegro users mentioned above and any other Canadians who're on Allegro who I've forgotten.

If it's not possible but you could let me know, I'd be grateful for that too.

I don't drive and am gonna be really busy with my web show and game making once the new year starts, but if you're gonna be around and about in south-western Ontario, send me a PM and maybe we could work something out.

William, do you have any real awareness of just how big Canada is? Just because they're in the same country doesn't mean they're anywhere close to each other.

The extreme width of Canada is 9,306 km (5,780 miles)

Distance from London to Bangkok Distance is 9544 kilometers or 5931 miles or 5153 nautical miles

I am in Northern Ontario, and depending on how you travel you'll either pass right by me or way around me (as Andrei did). In any case, if you're anywhere nearby we could certainly meet up (though without a third person I think we'd be extremely awkward ). I can't speak for Sam H.^[1], but he'd come too.

Then somebody should also make it clear that public transport in Canada is terrible by your standards. I'm sure any European that has been to Canada can put it into better context than I could (since I don't use it).

There is the railway for going between provinces mostly, but it's not going to meet European expectations. The bus systems are terrible in most cities (when they exist), and obviously flying would be super expensive. Many cities will also have taxis, but those too will be too expensive. So yeah, expect to be annoyed.

Yeah, getting around with public transportation within a single city in Canada is fine, but the moment you want to go between cities you'd best be prepared to shell out some cash and spend a lot of time in transit.

Okay guys.

Aught to mention that I won't have the money before spring. I'll post again about it again in a month or so.

Thanks.

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I'm currently in close to the speed of light sub-space probe and a month has passed due to time dilation.

I hope the forthcoming revelation doesn't prompt feelings which could only be quelled by a volley of flaming....

I've since decided that the plans are ill-concieved because I am studying for a maths degree at the moment and also I think it would be too fraught and awkward to
go on my own to Canada. So for the foreseable future I won't be coming to Canada.

Perhaps the thread wasn't a complete waste of everyone's energy. I felt heart-warmed at the response I got and I thank you all for that.

Thanks again guys

Thanks you Matthew.

Making a trip, even a small one, can be quite the commitment, so no worries if it's not going to work out anytime soon.

Tomasu lives close to the north pole I think.

Here's the official Allegro meet up beer label to be printed on label sheets and attached on every pint or bottle you drink at the pub, to the great annoyance of the pub staff.

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Like bamccaig said, if you're travels take you through northern Ontario then I'd definitely hang out for a bit.

I don't really expect it would be worth the bus/airfare to meet up with us though