Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, I learn so much from reading our CSA magazine, plus the sharing of information from our snowbirds via Bird Talk. Is there a way to determine the best cell phone plan to use between Canada and the U.S. that avoids the prohibitive roaming fees? Ideally, one would not have to establish and […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, I am a Canadian spending my winters in Arizona. Last winter I had an eBay account and paid for my purchases through PayPal with a Canadian credit card for delivery to my temporary U.S. address. This worked fine. This year I ordered an item on eBay and to my embarrassment PayPal refused […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk: I read with great interest Ross Quigley’s editorial in your summer 2006 issue of CSANews. Could you possibly relay my comments to him, as well as a few queries I have about his car importing experience? I am also a bit of a car nut as well. Last fall I purchased a […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, I have just had a rather annoying and stressful situation crop up which I am relating to Bird Talk so that other CSA members will be aware of a situation which, when known, can be controlled by the member. My birthday falls in March. I would be 80 years old, and would […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, Reading the winter issue of CSA News, I noted the various efforts on recruiting new members. After showing the issue to friends, most of them mentioned the many pictures of loving couples (front and back covers, inside pages, all the advertisements), arms around each other in affectionate poses. Wonderful if you are […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, We are members of the CSA and read with interest your publication. One new point of interest to members may be regarding car/van tire rotation. Owners should check the nuts/bolts before leaving the garage. One member of our family did stop in time—three bolts were not tightened properly, a near fatal accident. […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, As a member of CSA, I was hoping to get some information. I would like to rent a condo in south Florida next winter and am wondering how I can be sure that the person who is renting out the condo is the actual owner and it is not a scam. I […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, Last winter while in Panama City Beach, I purchased an e-mail machine. This machine is for sending and receiving e-mails only. I found I could keep in touch with my family and friends anywhere in the world, where there was a telephone/110 volt plug-in. The machine is called a VTech (1-888-468-8324) in […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, Thank you for the latest CSA Special Report, which arrived recently. Having been visitors to Florida on a regular basis, each winter since 1991, we have had our mail forwarded by Canada Post for a period of almost six months each time. The service we have received from the Oakville Post Office […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, In your winter 2014, Issue 93, you advised Linda Johnson of Vancouver B.C. that the sale of her current home “would be subject to capital gains tax on the difference between the sale price and the purchase price you paid, less improvements. Ten per cent of the sale price is required to […]
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