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Forum: Australia
Jul 29th 2011, 10:05 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

I got a similar reaction when I set up the Weber in Aisle 2 and started chucking their snags on it.... though they were fine once I explained I was from the local Firies.
Forum: Australia
Jul 26th 2011, 11:20 pm
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Yeah, yeah, 'course not. We believe you... honest. :D
Forum: Australia
Jul 26th 2011, 8:59 pm
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

2am fridge raiding party?
Forum: Australia
Jul 26th 2011, 10:34 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

There might be now... there didn't seem to be in those days. It seemed to be either 'yay' or 'nay'
Forum: Australia
Jul 26th 2011, 9:01 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Two factions, at each others throats, on a regular basis.
One group, who had left the UK because they basically thought it was shit, and let everybody know it. Another group, who were less than...
Forum: Australia
Jul 26th 2011, 8:47 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

The legendary "Godzoners"
Forum: Australia
Jul 25th 2011, 9:31 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Richie McRich from Richmond? What a git he was.
Forum: Australia
Jul 25th 2011, 5:55 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Are you allowed to say that?

I'm sure it say's somewhere, in the Aussie rule book for migrants, that once you land in Australia, that from that day forth, you must tell everybody who asks, that...
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2011, 7:26 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Beer and the pokies.
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2011, 2:20 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

You could indeed. No way would I buy Boddies out here, well maybe a four pack for nostaglia sake, I just noticed, when I was in Murph's the other day, just how staggeringly expensive it was.
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2011, 2:15 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

24cans in Tesco will cost you 20 quid.... or $85 in Dan's.
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2011, 2:13 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Mine is $130 a fortnight !
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2011, 1:52 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Gas/electric: £2000 ..$4400 Mine $3380
Council tax: £1450..$3190 Mine $1352
Water: £500..$1100 Mine $1820
Phone/broadband/tv with Virgin: £840..$1848 Mine $1660
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2011, 1:46 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Check out the price difference of Boddingtons 440ml cans between Tesco and Dan Murphy's. It's :eek::eek::eek::eek: inducing.
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2011, 1:44 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Hang on... your electricty bill is $170 a quarter and that covers everything?
Forum: Australia
Jul 19th 2011, 7:48 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

I blame the Scots. :D
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2010/02/11/scotland-has-highest-rate-of-cocaine-use-in-the-world-claims-united-nations-study-86908-22034446/
Forum: Australia
Jul 19th 2011, 7:45 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

I thought it was an excellent response. :thumbup:
Forum: Australia
Jul 19th 2011, 6:44 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Ditto.
Now if I had very little to lose in the UK, then yeah, I would still make the move now, but not if I had a house to sell in the UK. Just about everything seems to be against a move from...
Forum: Australia
Jul 19th 2011, 6:25 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Dead right.
When I arrived the exchange rate was about 2.3 and the cash I had behind me was enough to get me established in a similar sort of set-up as my life in the UK. Now, at 1.5, I would be...
Forum: Australia
Jul 19th 2011, 6:05 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

No, I wouldn't make the move currently either.
Forum: Australia
Jul 19th 2011, 1:21 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

Must be. I remember when I left Manchester, to live in Bristol, being surprised that they had a variety of music over the speaker systems in the supermarkets. It came as such a shock, after only...
Forum: Australia
Jul 19th 2011, 1:09 am
Replies: 380
Views: 33,669
Posted By iamthecreaturefromuranus

Re: IS IT REALLY THAT BAD OUT THERE NOW THEN

So what you are saying, between you, is that food in the UK, particularly in the North West of England, is a different colour than here in Australia?

Perhaps viewing the food under the gas lights,...
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