My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
#76
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Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by Ransi
I thought I had worms once...turned out to be lettuce...
I cannot imagine anything worse than having worms and scratching your arse.
When I did my parasitology section for my vet nursing, it was some time before I could eat spaghetti.
#77
Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by Professional Princess
<snort>
Shall we play 'My dump is bigger than your dump?'
Shall we play 'My dump is bigger than your dump?'
anything like this
http://www.ratemypoo.com
#78
Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by WendyC
I think we killed the thread
#80
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Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by WendyC
I think we killed the thread
#81
Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by Professional Princess
I cannot imagine anything worse than having worms and scratching your arse.
When I did my parasitology section for my vet nursing, it was some time before I could eat spaghetti.
#83
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Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by Ransi
it was a load of shit anyway...( )
Can you believe people send in piccies of their shite?
#84
Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by Professional Princess
Can you believe people send in piccies of their shite?
#85
Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
I can't help noticing that most of the OP's points fall into the "You must have known this before you arrived, so why are you whinging about it now?" category.
But anyway, moving right along...
Well said that man.
Let's look at the UK real estate market, shall we?
That's a 3 bed, 1 bath semi in Aldridge, which is just a short drive from where I live. It has a driveway and a rear detached garage (rare privileges in this area!) but no laundry. It is built on a small block of land, it is identical to just about every other house in a 48 kilometre radius, it shares a wall with the house next door (wave goodbye to your privacy!) and it is excruciatingly ugly.
The price of this fabulous establishment is £250,000, which translates to $589,190 in Australian money.
Now, if a British ex-pat turned up in Australia and discovered that $589,190 would only buy him a 3 bed, 1 bath semi in a working class suburb, it's fair to say that he'd be whinging at the top of his lungs from here to the middle of next week.
Another excellent point.
People who think that a country just over 200 years old has "no history" are either ignorant cretins or cultural snobs of the worst possible kind.
Astonishing as it might sound to some folks, 200 years is enough time to built up quite a lot of culture, history, and national identity.
And on the basis of the OP's yardstick, Birmingham (which didn't become a proper city until 1731, and today consists largely of 19th Century buildings and a few half-hearted attempts at modern infrastructure) has no history whatsoever, no old buildings, and no culture.
But anyway, moving right along...
Originally Posted by Hutch
House-prices are over-priced in many areas but have fallen back by about 20% in the area I'm moving to, and continue to fall. I see no such price realignment happening in the UK where homes are similarly over-valued. Have you seen what 250K buys you in a 'nice' area of the UK lately?
Let's look at the UK real estate market, shall we?
That's a 3 bed, 1 bath semi in Aldridge, which is just a short drive from where I live. It has a driveway and a rear detached garage (rare privileges in this area!) but no laundry. It is built on a small block of land, it is identical to just about every other house in a 48 kilometre radius, it shares a wall with the house next door (wave goodbye to your privacy!) and it is excruciatingly ugly.
The price of this fabulous establishment is £250,000, which translates to $589,190 in Australian money.
Now, if a British ex-pat turned up in Australia and discovered that $589,190 would only buy him a 3 bed, 1 bath semi in a working class suburb, it's fair to say that he'd be whinging at the top of his lungs from here to the middle of next week.
6. History - I never do buy this one when it pops up as a complaint, but I really don't get in your case, since you make no reference to the stately homes, castles or standing stones people usually claim to miss, but instead beoman the fact that pubs aren't crammed full of fake horse brass! Classic! Anyway, this really is down to the area you're in - there are some bloody excellent pubs down where we're moving to. In fact my brother-in-law took me to one in a town outside Robertson in the Southern Highlands which, complete with comfy leather sofas and roaring log fire, could have been in the middle of Dartmoor instead of the middle of New South Wales.
People who think that a country just over 200 years old has "no history" are either ignorant cretins or cultural snobs of the worst possible kind.
Astonishing as it might sound to some folks, 200 years is enough time to built up quite a lot of culture, history, and national identity.
And on the basis of the OP's yardstick, Birmingham (which didn't become a proper city until 1731, and today consists largely of 19th Century buildings and a few half-hearted attempts at modern infrastructure) has no history whatsoever, no old buildings, and no culture.
#86
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Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by Hutch
Nah! The trolls are merely regrouping... there'll be more ...
We are Hutch's Army and it is our duty to protect.
We have performed a hostile invasion of this thread and taken it to the level of faeces.
We shall see how long it takes for a nasty response.
Hutch, grab your weapon and be prepared.
Ive just farted, only a small one though.
#88
Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by Professional Princess
Can you believe people send in piccies of their shite?
Yes, I can
I think some of them post on here, except the shite somes out of the other end
#89
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Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by manxfamily
Yes. heres the proof - http://www.ratemypoo.com/ratemy/poo
#90
Re: My Top 10 Aussie Gripes
Originally Posted by Hutch
1. You moved 12,000 miles round the planet to continue staring at the idiot box? You're not in Kansas anymore Toto - you can step away from the cathode ray tube and discover the world outside your front door!
Originally Posted by Hutch
8. Perhaps you'd prefer everyone wore black-tie when they popped down to the IGA to get a loaf of bread.
Originally Posted by Hutch
10. Travel to Europe's over-rated. Why would you deliberately place yourself in the company of the French for instance?
Originally Posted by up my street 2
here's another degree-educated incessant whinger
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ee#post3196461
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ee#post3196461
Originally Posted by goldcoastblue
Absolute cracking post, couldnt agree more with you.
But you missed one thing the "dog in the back of the ute" in the style section.
But you missed one thing the "dog in the back of the ute" in the style section.
In fact, in all fairness, and in the interests of a balanced discussion, maybe I should point out some of the GOOD things about Australia :
The people are fantastically friendly and welcoming.
Beautiful vistas and countryside
Actually being able to enjoy being outside for the majority of the year rather than the minority
You CAN find Lurpak in Woolies if you look hard enough
erm....I will think of some more, there are loads.
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