Hmm, many a time my career manager has softened the blow of a posting by saying "at least it's not Shilo." That said, my only experience of the place was to stop on the Trans-Canada and look at the water tower from a distance.
And as for Australia, I have to admit that I seriously considered moving to Melbourne after my first visit there. That is, until I went to the Melbourne museum and saw the spider display. We may have crappy weather here, but at least any animal that can kill you is generally loud enough to hear coming from a distance. I reconsidered again when we got to Brisbane and one of the local breweries gave us 48 cases of beer for free. How I do love our Commonwealth brethren!
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Mike Baker
Comox, BC
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