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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Medipac, Thank you very much for mailing pictures of our house in Maple Leaf Estates, Port Charlotte, Florida, taken after the destruction of Hurricane Charley. While I have received a number of pictures of my place in MLE, your pictures are by far superior in detail to any I’ve seen, and were most helpful […]

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 […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, “Angels come in all shapes and sizes” A wonderful experience happened to us while travelling back north for the summer, we were on I-79 north of Pittsburgh when our car suddenly just quit in the middle of nowhere. No longer than three minutes after we pulled off the road, a fellow pulled […]

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 […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

I ordered a supply of placemats a week ago and they have already arrived. Thank you so much. Please let me know if there will be any special supplies available to help celebrate our 150th birthday. Diana McNiven St. Catharines, ON Response: If you want some CSA 25th Anniversary Pins, call the CSA and I […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Gerry (Brissenden, CSA Past-President) gave a presentation to our coffee hour folks at Sunnybreeze Christian Fellowship yesterday near Arcadia, Florida. Just over 200 listened with appreciation (half-Canadian and half-American audience). The presentation was so well received that one of our American friends asked Gerry if he would consider becoming an American citizen, […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

From time to time, I see articles in Bird Talk regarding questions on telephone services between Canada & U.S. Prior to departing Canada in 2016, I signed up with a company called Comwave which was advertising a six-month promotional deal for unlimited Canada & U.S. long distance for $19.95 per month. Sounded like a no-brainer, […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Any further information about a rumour that Canadians who have property in the U.S. and stay for longer than four months in a calendar year are deemed to pay income tax, the same as an American citizen would? Also, any news about the visitor visa for Canadian seniors? Stan S. Ontario Response: Ed.: Nonsense! Don’t […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, This may be old hat to experienced snowbirds, but it was news to us. We are newbie snowbirds planning to spend February through April in South Carolina. We put our second car into storage and removed all but comprehensive insurance; the resultant savings paid for the storage fees three times over. So […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Snowbirds who are looking at renting a house in Florida that uses propane for heating a pool should be very careful. Although some people claim that heating a pool with propane is similar in cost to that for hydro, propane rates from propane suppliers vary widely based on a home’s annual usage […]