Aus is not pants?
May 18th 2004, 7:07 am
#31
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Originally posted by jad n rich
Hasnt Country Victoria got some pretty good goings on tho, what about Moe, the murdered baby and people chucking pigs heads through windows, some of the details in that case made country Victoria look less than pretty. Weve got mates in Wangaratta they keep 4 rotweilers as guard dogs! Think its a bit sweeping to say once out of Melb its all OK, there are some rough as hell dumps down there too, just like anywhere.
There seems to be a big drive on at the moment to make out aus is some squeaky clean safe old place, (not you, just forum in general), look I like aus but some of the posts are getting just a a bit too unbelievable, I can understand newbies or visitors claiming that its some drug free crime free world, the tourist haunts usually are very clean and very nicely controlled!! But the good old suburbs, no surely someones pulling a leg here
Hasnt Country Victoria got some pretty good goings on tho, what about Moe, the murdered baby and people chucking pigs heads through windows, some of the details in that case made country Victoria look less than pretty. Weve got mates in Wangaratta they keep 4 rotweilers as guard dogs! Think its a bit sweeping to say once out of Melb its all OK, there are some rough as hell dumps down there too, just like anywhere.
There seems to be a big drive on at the moment to make out aus is some squeaky clean safe old place, (not you, just forum in general), look I like aus but some of the posts are getting just a a bit too unbelievable, I can understand newbies or visitors claiming that its some drug free crime free world, the tourist haunts usually are very clean and very nicely controlled!! But the good old suburbs, no surely someones pulling a leg here
There sure are some rough as hell dumps in Melbourne as in any city, I think there fewer than a good few cities in UK though. The good ol suburbs around the South East here have very few problems & even in city at night I feel a helluva lot safer than wandering around Glasgow at night. The good ol suburb life over here suits us fine.
May 18th 2004, 8:39 am
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Originally posted by jad n rich
There seems to be a big drive on at the moment to make out aus is some squeaky clean safe old place, (not you, just forum in general), look I like aus but some of the posts are getting just a a bit too unbelievable, I can understand newbies or visitors claiming that its some drug free crime free world, the tourist haunts usually are very clean and very nicely controlled!! But the good old suburbs, no surely someones pulling a leg here
There seems to be a big drive on at the moment to make out aus is some squeaky clean safe old place, (not you, just forum in general), look I like aus but some of the posts are getting just a a bit too unbelievable, I can understand newbies or visitors claiming that its some drug free crime free world, the tourist haunts usually are very clean and very nicely controlled!! But the good old suburbs, no surely someones pulling a leg here
What parts of Australia do you have experience of ?
May 18th 2004, 9:00 am
#33
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We also live in a suburb, and I know people who leave the doors unlocked while they are pop down the shops, and people who lock the door, then leave their keys on the doorstep in a shoe! Mind you, the doors here aren't exactly tough enough to stop anyone determined!
May 18th 2004, 9:04 am
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Originally posted by Pollyana
We also live in a suburb, and I know people who leave the doors unlocked while they are pop down the shops, and people who lock the door, then leave their keys on the doorstep in a shoe! Mind you, the doors here aren't exactly tough enough to stop anyone determined!
We also live in a suburb, and I know people who leave the doors unlocked while they are pop down the shops, and people who lock the door, then leave their keys on the doorstep in a shoe! Mind you, the doors here aren't exactly tough enough to stop anyone determined!
Bondi is nowhere near as bad but I would not leave the doors unlocked.
May 18th 2004, 10:46 am
#35
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Originally posted by jeff hardy
Which bl***y competition is that then, OzT? Go on, I just want to see you say it!
Which bl***y competition is that then, OzT? Go on, I just want to see you say it!
(Sorry I didn't pick this up until now).OzTennis
May 18th 2004, 10:50 am
#36
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Originally posted by bondipom
I lived in Darlinghurst and I everything gets knicked there. Once even had the neighbours lob a syring full of red liquid at us. Bondi is nowhere near as bad but I would not leave the doors unlocked.
I lived in Darlinghurst and I everything gets knicked there. Once even had the neighbours lob a syring full of red liquid at us.
Bondi is nowhere near as bad but I would not leave the doors unlocked.
(I know someone who was threatened with a syringe at an ATM in Melbourne CBD - fortunately he could run faster than his spaced out assailant and the message is don't use an ATM late at night by yourself in a 'dodgy' area of any city).
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May 18th 2004, 1:43 pm
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You have all reverted to the same theme - again! God it's so blo*dy tiresome.
Last edited by MeganEkno; May 18th 2004 at 1:55 pm.
May 18th 2004, 1:50 pm
#38
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Originally posted by jad n rich
Hasnt Country Victoria got some pretty good goings on tho, what about Moe, the murdered baby and people chucking pigs heads through windows, some of the details in that case made country Victoria look less than pretty. Weve got mates in Wangaratta they keep 4 rotweilers as guard dogs! Think its a bit sweeping to say once out of Melb its all OK, there are some rough as hell dumps down there too, just like anywhere.
There seems to be a big drive on at the moment to make out aus is some squeaky clean safe old place, (not you, just forum in general), look I like aus but some of the posts are getting just a a bit too unbelievable, I can understand newbies or visitors claiming that its some drug free crime free world, the tourist haunts usually are very clean and very nicely controlled!! But the good old suburbs, no surely someones pulling a leg here
Hasnt Country Victoria got some pretty good goings on tho, what about Moe, the murdered baby and people chucking pigs heads through windows, some of the details in that case made country Victoria look less than pretty. Weve got mates in Wangaratta they keep 4 rotweilers as guard dogs! Think its a bit sweeping to say once out of Melb its all OK, there are some rough as hell dumps down there too, just like anywhere.
There seems to be a big drive on at the moment to make out aus is some squeaky clean safe old place, (not you, just forum in general), look I like aus but some of the posts are getting just a a bit too unbelievable, I can understand newbies or visitors claiming that its some drug free crime free world, the tourist haunts usually are very clean and very nicely controlled!! But the good old suburbs, no surely someones pulling a leg here
Wow you are so enlightened. Country Victoria is surely going down the pot because of this instance. Perhaps we should never venture to Petersborough because girls get murdered there! Grow up.
There is no drive to make Australia perfect in this thread. As pointed out this whole thread is directed at how good and bad happens everywhere.
As for your mates living in Wang, gee what kind of people are they. They must live in an area of Wang I don't know about, or else they must be druggies who hand around the wrong kind of people to feel the need to have four big vicious guard dogs?
May 18th 2004, 1:51 pm
#39
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Originally posted by MeganEkno
You have all reverted to the same theme - again! God it's so blo*dy tiresome.
You have all reverted to the same theme - again! God it's so blo*dy tiresome.
Welcome back Meg, yes the " My place is better than your place" is getting a bit repetitive.
May 18th 2004, 2:03 pm
#40
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Re: Aus is not pants?
Originally posted by kong
Tell that to the likes of plumber then who slate the UK on the basis of their shithole welsh town. This site is full of people from crap towns and cities of Britain who judge the country as a whole on their deprived surroundings.
Tell that to the likes of plumber then who slate the UK on the basis of their shithole welsh town. This site is full of people from crap towns and cities of Britain who judge the country as a whole on their deprived surroundings.
I'm not from a deprived surrounding. Brought up in the countryside, top secondary school in the Gloucestershire, went to Uni and now living in Bristol. I just think the lifestyle is crap.....matey!
May 18th 2004, 2:38 pm
#41
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Originally posted by Ulujain
Do you only feel safe with a concealed weapon license and a .38 stuffed down your pants? A lot of my neighbours and workmates only feel safe then.
Heaven forfend if Australia gets to that stage anywhere huh?
Do you only feel safe with a concealed weapon license and a .38 stuffed down your pants? A lot of my neighbours and workmates only feel safe then.
Heaven forfend if Australia gets to that stage anywhere huh?
LOL I live in florida USA, Ulujain, and I had to laugh cos thats one of the reasons I'm leaving here. In almost any dispute over here you will hear "I'm gonna go git my gun!!" so sad.
please tell me its not that way in Oz.
May 18th 2004, 2:41 pm
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Originally posted by callë
LOL I live in florida USA, Ulujain, and I had to laugh cos thats one of the reasons I'm leaving here. In almost any dispute over here you will hear "I'm gonna go git my gun!!" so sad.
please tell me its not that way in Oz.
LOL I live in florida USA, Ulujain, and I had to laugh cos thats one of the reasons I'm leaving here. In almost any dispute over here you will hear "I'm gonna go git my gun!!" so sad.
please tell me its not that way in Oz.
Some idiot will inevitably get on this forum and post you back saying Australia is going that way.
May 18th 2004, 2:53 pm
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Originally posted by MeganEkno
Some idiot will inevitably get on this forum and post you back saying Australia is going that way.
Some idiot will inevitably get on this forum and post you back saying Australia is going that way.
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May 18th 2004, 2:54 pm
#44
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Originally posted by Grayling
Or the UK
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Or the UK
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May 18th 2004, 8:44 pm
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Surely in any city it's to do with what suburb you are in. I live in a suburb of Birmingham. I feel completely safe both during the day and at night. My neighbours are friendly, I quite often leave the back door open when I've popped out and I,ve never been the victim of any significant crime.The shop assistants are friendly, I've never seen syringes in the park the kids play in and when someone snapped my wing mirror off the police came round twice to show a prescence and deter kids from doing it again. Most people would assume that Birmingham was a dangerous and grotty place to live but that's not my experience because I don't live in one of the bad suburbs where crime is high and gangs rule. Surely the same can be said for Melbourne or any city in the western world.