Hi all from Montreal

[Morax]

Hello all! I am new here! Anxious to read on! I have a question, is there a place where I could offer some of my personal speaker cables, I have a few sets that I need to sell? On this site or else where, feel free to email me...anxious to start knowing some new friends! cheers to all!

 

[RBFC]

Welcome to WBF! We have a "Trading Post" forum, where members may offer items for sale. Participation in the Trading Post requires a 25 post minimum for WBF members.

Here are the terms of use for the Trading Post:

http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthread.php?5131-Terms-And-Conditions

So, please feel free to join in the discussions and it won't take you long at all to reach the post count necessary.

Lee

 

[Morax]

Thanks for the fast reply and the info! Then I am sure that in now 23 more posts, a few members here will make the deal of the centry on some cables! I'm planning on re-equip myself!

 

[amirm]

Welcome to the forum Morax. I have not been to Montreal for some 30 years! I suspect it has changed a lot. At that time, it was almost completely French speaking. Was there a movement of English speaking folks when Quebec was talking about separating from the rest of the country?

P.S. I am helping you with your post count .

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Welcome to the forum Morax. I have not been to Montreal for some 30 years! I suspect it has changed a lot. At that time, it was almost completely French speaking. Was there a movement of English speaking folks when Quebec was talking about separating from the rest of the country?

P.S. I am helping you with your post count .

There was indeed Amir, and not just people, but corporations as well. Quebec witnessed a huge exodus of both once the PQ got elected ( I think it was 1976), which continued quite dramatically for about 10 years. I was one of them.

 

[amirm]

Thanks Jack. I recall our French speaking country manager for the computer company I worked at was bragging about how cheap houses were in Montreal after English speaking people had left!

What happened to the fines they had in Quebec city for using English signs. Still there?

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Thanks John. I recall our French speaking country manager for the computer company I worked at was bragging about how cheap houses were in Montreal after English speaking people had left!

What happened to the fines they had in Quebec city for using English signs. Still there?

Fixed your post!

I've been away for too long to really say with any degree of certainty if the language laws are being enforced as strictly as they were back then, but I suspect they are to some degree. It was a real shame what happened there as it's such a great city. So much culture and joie de vivre. I miss it, but I go back occasionally.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

And yeah...real estate was dirt cheap, and although it's recovered somewhat it still pales in comparison to the prices being demanded in Toronto and Vancouver.

I bought my first house in Montreal in 1982 for $53,900 (1,200 sq.ft. bungalow on a 60x100ft lot). I invested another $20,000 and only basically broke even 5 years later when I moved to Toronto. As an aside...the interest rate back then was a staggering 19%, but I got a deal at 14.75% through the builder.

 

[treitz3]

Hello, Morax. Please allow me to offer you a warm welcome to the What's Best Forum. We hope you enjoy what this forum has to offer you and we'll see you around campus.

Tom

 

[amirm]

Thanks John. And sorry for getting your name wrong . I was offered a job during that time to work in Montreal. But I was living in Florida then and the temperature difference was a bit much for us .

 

[Particapant]

Hello all! I am new here! Anxious to read on! I have a question, is there a place where I could offer some of my personal speaker cables, I have a few sets that I need to sell? On this site or else where, feel free to email me...anxious to start knowing some new friends! cheers to all!

Cheers and Welcome, from a Canadian brother, from a different mother!

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