BBC - Wanted Down Under
#841
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Joined: Dec 2004
Location: NW England
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Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
HI ALL,
got a question for anyone who took part in WDU.
the impression I've got from the program is that it wasn't a totally free jolly from the BBC.
can u tell me if you had to fork out any money yourself living expenses etc?
i only ask because 1 of the shows ( cant remember which 1 )
they forgot to book a hire car & had to fork out the cash upon arrival to hire one,
i'd of thought the BBC would have sorted all that out for you.
thanks
got a question for anyone who took part in WDU.
the impression I've got from the program is that it wasn't a totally free jolly from the BBC.
can u tell me if you had to fork out any money yourself living expenses etc?
i only ask because 1 of the shows ( cant remember which 1 )
they forgot to book a hire car & had to fork out the cash upon arrival to hire one,
i'd of thought the BBC would have sorted all that out for you.
thanks
I thought I`d seen reference to this somewhere and just found it again, on the WDU thread on the Pomsinperth website.
Basically looks like the BBC messed up!
"The airport filming was false as they forgot to arrange transport and the week we were there was the Telstra car rally and all the hired cars were booked at the airport and in the city, we wernt the only ones stranded,not as it looked on tv, and the bbc payed for the taxi not me.
TV HEY."
CHRIS & JUD
http://www.pomsinperth.com/discussio...10074&start=43
Not sure if these folks post on here.
#842
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
Well when you accused me of being racist, I simply had no other option than to respond!
Thought you'd wasted too much energy on me?
Understood just about everything you posted! Some of it was beyond comprehension, as i do not view life like you do, nor would I want to!
Thought you'd wasted too much energy on me?
Understood just about everything you posted! Some of it was beyond comprehension, as i do not view life like you do, nor would I want to!
#843
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
And as for not having any answers, what about not letting the Poles have access to our labour markets like the other EU established countries. How about not voting Labour in 97,01 or 05 as I didn't. Maybe leaving the EU may not be such a bad prospect (I seem to remember when we were in the ERM and only the "cranks" said we should get out and when we were forced out it was the best thing that ever happened to our economy).
Now lots of employers are actually praising the work ethic of the Eastern Europeans. Some employers are obviously exploiting them! I suppose it's their fault they are being exploited in your eyes?
Says what exactly, I have A level Sociology and you don't? Or does me having studied Sociology make you think in some way you're superior to myself? Or do you think that someone who's done Sociology is thus a Liberal?
#845
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Location: In the hilly bit around Perth WA :)
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Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
So much agression in this thread
#846
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
Just watched the 3rd episode, do carpet fitters really get paid that well in Brisbane , I'm in the wrong job
Watching the program it seem the British people have a really low option of the UK
Watching the program it seem the British people have a really low option of the UK
#847
Joined: Jan 2007
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Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
i know the episode with the carpet fitters had me thinking my god they get paid that much my oh gasfitter plumber and everyone keeps telling me that there desperate for plumbers in queensland he will get a job easily etc but wonder what he will end up on it doesnt look like he will get as much as a carpet fitter seems to earn im amazed
lesley
lesley
#848
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
i know the episode with the carpet fitters had me thinking my god they get paid that much my oh gasfitter plumber and everyone keeps telling me that there desperate for plumbers in queensland he will get a job easily etc but wonder what he will end up on it doesnt look like he will get as much as a carpet fitter seems to earn im amazed
lesley
lesley
#849
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
I totally agree, I found it much cheaper to do a weekly shop back home and that was with the wine & beer. You can't buy alcohol in the supermarkets here, which is a real pain.
#850
Joined: Jan 2007
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Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
you cant buy alcohol in supermarkets my god you mean you have to go to a seperate shop for wine. wonder why that is?
#851
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
Well not here in Perth you can't. Some of the supermarkets have their own bottle shops on the side, but it means you still have to pay for your groceries at the checkout, then push your loaded trolley into the bottle shop and queue up again. I found it a right pain in the ar*e when we first came, still do sometimes to be honest.
#852
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Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
Well not here in Perth you can't. Some of the supermarkets have their own bottle shops on the side, but it means you still have to pay for your groceries at the checkout, then push your loaded trolley into the bottle shop and queue up again. I found it a right pain in the ar*e when we first came, still do sometimes to be honest.
#853
Joined: Jan 2007
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Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
lesley
#854
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
Do you mean if you order off the internet? I know they do grocery deliveries, but I've never heard of deliveries from the bottle shops. I don't even bother with Woolies bottle shop now, far too small to get a trolley round without bumping into every shelf and box they stack in your way. I go to a separate bottle shop like Liquorland, or ask the o/h to stop if he's passing one on his travels. Still a pain though, much preferred getting it altogether in Tesco etc.
#855
Re: BBC - Wanted Down Under
I must admit I found it a little misleading on house prices and stuff like that.
Is Cleavland a village and is the average plot 1/4 of an acre
Is Cleavland a village and is the average plot 1/4 of an acre