Sydney, Australia vs. Toronto, Canada
Aug 20th 2014, 12:24 pm
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Re: Sydney, Australia vs. Toronto, Canada
Aug 20th 2014, 12:53 pm
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Aug 20th 2014, 1:00 pm
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Re: Sydney, Australia vs. Toronto, Canada
I'm sure they are! Don't take anything I say too seriously (unless I'm being serious 
) - I like a bit of banter. You remind me a lot of my stepdad - he's forever saying things to get a rise out of people and quite often succeeds, the old bastard 
) - I like a bit of banter. You remind me a lot of my stepdad - he's forever saying things to get a rise out of people and quite often succeeds, the old bastard
Aug 20th 2014, 1:01 pm
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Re: Sydney, Australia vs. Toronto, Canada
Aug 20th 2014, 1:07 pm
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Re: Sydney, Australia vs. Toronto, Canada
nah just your mother's
Anyhow this has been stimulating but my sexy blonde English wife is a calling.
Ponder this whilst you long for a life back in the UK
Vitamin D from sun exposure can be life-saving
Anyhow this has been stimulating but my sexy blonde English wife is a calling.
Ponder this whilst you long for a life back in the UK
Vitamin D from sun exposure can be life-saving
Aug 20th 2014, 2:07 pm
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Re: Sydney, Australia vs. Toronto, Canada
Ok, it's not dewy 20 year old skin, but that's probably because it's 54 year old skin
Still, it's not quite the weather-beaten ruin that some people (hi Chris!) would have people believe old Aussies like me have, and I'm just average.
Aug 20th 2014, 2:24 pm
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Re: Sydney, Australia vs. Toronto, Canada
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Ok, it's not dewy 20 year old skin, but that's probably because it's 54 year old skin Still, it's not quite the weather-beaten ruin that some people (hi Chris!) would have people believe old Aussies like me have, and I'm just average.
Ok, it's not dewy 20 year old skin, but that's probably because it's 54 year old skin
Still, it's not quite the weather-beaten ruin that some people (hi Chris!) would have people believe old Aussies like me have, and I'm just average.
Aug 20th 2014, 5:04 pm
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Re: Sydney, Australia vs. Toronto, Canada
Surprisingly I don't see many tanned girls here on my way to work, just lots of lovely milky legs striding to the station and the prompt definition of the figure due to essential clothing. Because of the sunlight I wear oversized sunglasses that permit me to enjoy viewing without the worry of detection - although it does mean I miss out on all the pretty eyes because everyone else is wearing the damn things.
I could never get away with wearing such large sunglasses in the UK - people would think I was a pervert!
I could never get away with wearing such large sunglasses in the UK - people would think I was a pervert!
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And on another note, let's keep this thread civil gents. Thank you.
Aug 24th 2014, 2:16 am
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Re: Sydney, Australia vs. Toronto, Canada
The thing about the Sydney Opera house is that they can fill it with tourists on any given night of the year. Melbourne has quite a few venues and so any act has to compete with any other act. We find sometimes we lose ticket receipts to other venues and we can never be sure what will sell. Someone once listed every significant venue in Melbourne and I was quite surprised.
What sweeping generalisations you make about Australians.
When I lived in the Middle East, the Aussie kids were the ones by the pool with the full sleeved rashies, long board shorts and zinc all over their faces while the Brits were the ones in their bikinis burnt to a crisp. It's funny, the group of Aussie girls I hung around were always being asked by other nationalities about why we didn't all have dark tans like they expected us to. My grandfather was an old bushy and always working in the north west sun - and I remember when he was dying, the doctor was amazed at how lovely and youthful his skin was for a man in his 80's. As well as genetics playing a part, he'd always worn long pants, long sleeved shirts, an akubra and boots, his skin was almost flawless.
When I lived in the Middle East, the Aussie kids were the ones by the pool with the full sleeved rashies, long board shorts and zinc all over their faces while the Brits were the ones in their bikinis burnt to a crisp. It's funny, the group of Aussie girls I hung around were always being asked by other nationalities about why we didn't all have dark tans like they expected us to. My grandfather was an old bushy and always working in the north west sun - and I remember when he was dying, the doctor was amazed at how lovely and youthful his skin was for a man in his 80's. As well as genetics playing a part, he'd always worn long pants, long sleeved shirts, an akubra and boots, his skin was almost flawless.
I worked outdoors in a northern hemisphere summer and the Australians covered up - the English and Americans sunbaked. When my family holidayed in the Northern Hemisphere at a beach resort - we all covered up and our family were quite surprised to see how serious we took the sun. My family in California do not cover up like we do.
I have said on this forum that the jury is still out as the generation brought up on slip slap slop have not got much into middle-age. I think the current generation will do better than their parents - all things being equal.
My wife uses moisturiser with built in sun block (or equivalent) every day and will probably fare better than some as a result. Enough about that.