British women fed up with 'dull and gruelling' lifestyles
Jun 10th 2004, 5:35 am
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British women fed up with 'dull and gruelling' lifestyles
Sounds like a load of tosh to me:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004...l?oneclick=true
Come to Oz, and get better sex?
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004...l?oneclick=true
81 per cent wanted to escape punishing work and household roles with spiralling debts, rubbish sex and social lives and the pressures of having a perfect body.
40 per cent would rather live abroad in dream locations such as Australia.
Six out of 10 (59%) blamed a poor sex life for making them miserable
Jun 10th 2004, 7:13 am
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Re: British women fed up with 'dull and gruelling' lifestyles
Originally posted by JulesandChris
Come to Oz, and get better sex?
Come to Oz, and get better sex?
They mean come to Oz and be well-screwed by the taxation system
Jun 10th 2004, 7:28 am
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Re: British women fed up with 'dull and gruelling' lifestyles
Originally posted by MikeStanton
There are more insights in peoples' comments about Oz and England: Comments
There are more insights in peoples' comments about Oz and England: Comments
Jun 10th 2004, 7:31 am
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Ripper comments:
I can understand it. Imagine living in a country full of Pommies!
KD
What's there not to like about Australia?
From Nepal
Err, not MY comments mind.
I can understand it. Imagine living in a country full of Pommies!
KD
What's there not to like about Australia?
From Nepal
Err, not MY comments mind.
Jun 10th 2004, 7:43 am
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Re: British women fed up with 'dull and gruelling' lifestyles
Originally posted by MikeStanton
There are more insights in peoples' comments about Oz and England: Comments
There are more insights in peoples' comments about Oz and England: Comments
I can only say one thing FFS
I think before anyone in the UK can comment on life in Australia they should actually go there:scared: The perception of paradise portrayed in the UK is so far from reality you cant even laugh, its sad.
Have I missed something like I seriously wonder if the UK is putting hallucogenic drugs into the water supply and constantly showing Oz lifestyle shows in order to reduce the population
Jun 10th 2004, 7:45 am
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Originally posted by Megalania
Ripper comments:
I can understand it. Imagine living in a country full of Pommies!
KD
What's there not to like about Australia?
From Nepal
Err, not MY comments mind.
Ripper comments:
I can understand it. Imagine living in a country full of Pommies!
KD
What's there not to like about Australia?
From Nepal
Err, not MY comments mind.
You forgot to quote some of the others. Eg:
It's funny, but i bet the majority on here slagging off the UK have never been there! I had the best 3 years of my lfe living in London, i am back here to look after a sick parent but will go back ASAP.
I earnt a huge wage there, compared to OZ
I found clothes & groceries cheaper in the UK to OZ
I got to work on a more efficent 'tube' compared to cityrail's effort
Europe is at the door, North America is 6 hours away.
When i returned to OZ, i was shocked at the snobby, materialistic attitudes and 'we're the best' all the time. OZ is never mentioned in UK/Europe and everyone thinks people here live like on Home & Away and Neighbours! Go travel the world, the media is not always correct.
I earnt a huge wage there, compared to OZ
I found clothes & groceries cheaper in the UK to OZ
I got to work on a more efficent 'tube' compared to cityrail's effort
Europe is at the door, North America is 6 hours away.
When i returned to OZ, i was shocked at the snobby, materialistic attitudes and 'we're the best' all the time. OZ is never mentioned in UK/Europe and everyone thinks people here live like on Home & Away and Neighbours! Go travel the world, the media is not always correct.
What is going on here? England is a great place to live. My wife and I have been here (in England) for over six years, and we are loving it.
Sure the weather is abit drab, but at least our ears aren't falling off due to skin cancer. If it was just down to the weather, how come we aren't slagging off the Scandies or the Dutch? There are alot of those guys living here who are our friends.
And the bit about the whinging Poms, struth, have you ever heard a bunch of new Aussie arrivals in London? Now wonder so many British women want out of the capital!
After saying all of the above, my wife and I shall return... we miss the beaches and family.
Sure the weather is abit drab, but at least our ears aren't falling off due to skin cancer. If it was just down to the weather, how come we aren't slagging off the Scandies or the Dutch? There are alot of those guys living here who are our friends.
And the bit about the whinging Poms, struth, have you ever heard a bunch of new Aussie arrivals in London? Now wonder so many British women want out of the capital!
After saying all of the above, my wife and I shall return... we miss the beaches and family.
Jun 10th 2004, 7:53 am
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Re: British women fed up with 'dull and gruelling' lifestyles
Sorry but I cant stop laughing, can you honestly imagine the pommie ladies face when she hits OZ faced with a skin frazzling 40 degrees, a supermarket that thinks peeled spuds are from the moon, where men expect their dinner on the table every night, give up her well paid english job to fight off 400 other applicants for a shelf stacking job that you need to do an IQ test for
Then give up wine bars and clothes for weekends in baggy shorts standing in the corner chatting about tupperwear while passing hubby a beer Of course she could go outback and in between swotting flies wipe the sheeps butts as well as the kids
Sorry I just fell off my chair
Plus its too bloody hot for sex most of the year
Jun 10th 2004, 7:56 am
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Most of those comments are pretty balanced compared to some in the 'Why' thread
Dotty, Mike, get in there, NOW! (Pants and Hiddenpaw are doing well though)
Dotty, Mike, get in there, NOW!
(Pants and Hiddenpaw are doing well though)
Jun 10th 2004, 8:00 am
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Originally posted by MikeStanton
Hail Mary,
You forgot to quote some of the others. Eg:
And a more balanced comment - and it looks like from another Aussie.
Hail Mary,
You forgot to quote some of the others. Eg:
And a more balanced comment - and it looks like from another Aussie.
Not as pithy but.
Look, if'n yer likes mobs o' bods about, London is as good as any other Hole of Calcutta. If'n yer likes green manicured gardens Britain is not too rotten.
Jun 10th 2004, 8:09 am
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Originally posted by Simone
Most of those comments are pretty balanced compared to some in the 'Why' thread
Dotty, Mike, get in there, NOW! (Pants and Hiddenpaw are doing well though)
Most of those comments are pretty balanced compared to some in the 'Why' thread
Dotty, Mike, get in there, NOW!
(Pants and Hiddenpaw are doing well though)
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Jun 10th 2004, 8:18 am
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Re: British women fed up with 'dull and gruelling' lifestyles
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Plus its too bloody hot for sex most of the year [/QUOTE]
Heat is supposed to be an aphrodisiac Dotty! That's why most people go on their sex haunts to Sultry Spain.
Plus its too bloody hot for sex most of the year
[/QUOTE] Heat is supposed to be an aphrodisiac Dotty! That's why most people go on their sex haunts to Sultry Spain.
