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Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by TrickyTree
According to Telstra we have the wrong phone lines coming into our house with no copper wire so we cannot get ADSL.
But we can get it through cable (like FOX TV) except we are now on our 3rd visit from Telstra and still have no cable into our house. There next great plan is to destroy half my garden to lay new pipes and cable as the old ones have collapsed. Anyone would think I was after the bloody holy grail not just internet the way Telstra go on. And to top it all off theres no sorry TT we are totally inept just total silence. Telstra make me :mad: and could drive a man to :beer: . TT Before you start digging... Have you investigated wireless internet? Is it available in your area? Just checked my postcode book and can't see Forest Lake listed, so have no idea even which state you're in. But I have wireless internet with I-Burst as I don't even have a phone line in my place (use Orange mobile). Check it out, it works well if you are in a good reception and is very fast (broadband) At the moment I think it's only eastern seaboard but it won't be long before it's in all cities I think with Australia's rate of mobile penetration. |
Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by OzTennis
I'd suggest you read the first post in this thread:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=306666 BTW it was reported in the last few days that 1/5 of 11 year olds in the UK are illiterate and there have been calls to return to the traditional way of learning how to read - C A T spells cat etc. The government have re-iterated that they want children to be taught by the new phonics method! OzTennis :) phonics is not NEW!!! and the national literacy strategy teaches a combination of analytic and synthetic phonics. parents should do more reading with their children rather than letting them watch tv, play computer games or "play out" and then we would not have illeterate children! the majority of children are quites capable of reading, the report of illiteracy stems from research in Clackmananshire and is of course over dramatised by the media! :zzz: |
Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by PommieLeague
Was 30C recently over in the UK wasnt it? Not always cold mate is it.
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Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by TopCat3
30 seconds wi' t'fan 'eater?! Bai goom lad, you were loocky! We were so poower, we 'ad to take turns 'oldin' t'matches when we got dressed fer school
in t'mornin', and that was BEFORE we licked road clean wi' tongue! (Any one remember this, Python fans?) :rolleyes: |
Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by beebopaloola
parents should do more reading with their children ... and then we would not have illeterate children!
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Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by jond
You were lucky, we lived in a cardboard box in the middle of the road and we had to get up 1 hour before we went to bed and work 26 hours down pit and you tell the youth of today that and they won't believe you
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Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by Merlot
We still do here in Teesside :p
Aye your ard up north, not like us southern softies |
Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by sackofspuds
You never know, these kids might even learn to spell "illiterate"! :)
Being a spelling dunce myself (though far from illiterate :rolleyes: ) god BLESS the new spell check on here:D |
Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by possoms
Because its bloody freezing in winter
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Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by kelli28
why would you need double glazing? :confused:
Put a warm meal in an eski (A cool box) without the ice ,your food will stay warmer for longer. Put some ice in the same box it will stay cooler - simple really - I don't know why some people keep thinking you only really need double glazing for the winter to keep the heat in. same reason why you insulate anything - to regulate, to keep inside the room or box etc the temp that you want. cheers:) |
Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by beebopaloola
phonics is not NEW!!! and the national literacy strategy teaches a combination of analytic and synthetic phonics.
parents should do more reading with their children rather than letting them watch tv, play computer games or "play out" and then we would not have illeterate children! the majority of children are quites capable of reading, the report of illiteracy stems from research in Clackmananshire and is of course over dramatised by the media! :zzz: My mother tells me I was beginning to read at 3, long before I went to school, so when I went there, all the little systems they had were not of any use - I just learnt the whole word not the phonetics. She couldn't work out all this phonetic business. badge |
Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by jond
You were lucky, we lived in a cardboard box in the middle of the road and we had to get up 1 hour before we went to bed and work 26 hours down pit and you tell the youth of today that and they won't believe you
OzTennis :) |
Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by Badge
The most important thing is reading at home with your parents. Nothing else comes close. If your kids are reading before they go to school then they will have no problems. People who discuss school systems and/or blame the teachers are not doing enough. What can they do?
My mother tells me I was beginning to read at 3, long before I went to school, so when I went there, all the little systems they had were not of any use - I just learnt the whole word not the phonetics. She couldn't work out all this phonetic business. badge 1 Mobile phones, email and the widespread use of 'txt speak'. I see homework and examination answers littered with 'the U R GR8' type expression and the writer often believes that this is acceptable (because in their sub-culture it is)! Personally, I think a low point in man's history was reached last year when over 50% of mobile phone traffic was devoted to texting for the first time and I fear there is no way back! 2 Parents giving in to 'pester power' and letting little John or Betty have PC's, DVD's, TV's, Play Station's etc - in many instances in their bedroom to where they often hastily retreat with their meals! Have meals together, read together, talk to each other, look at newspapers (fewer young people tend to read them these days), join a library etc. OzTennis :) |
Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by Ceri
it's an "insulater"
...same reason why you insulate anything - to regulate, to keep inside the room or box etc the temp that you want. cheers:) |
Re: Aussie Standards
Originally Posted by sackofspuds
You never know, these kids might even learn to spell "illiterate"! :)
always a smart arse ready to reply!! :zzz: |
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