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Nov 28th 2003 | 2:00 am
#121
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From: doncaster..then scunny... now canberra.
Originally posted by bundy
Thing is, I'd imagine this whole one-sided thing happens quite a lot. We're lucky in that I am (and always have been) totally for moving to Oz. If anything, it's getting Mr Bundy, who is revelling in the pommie life, to remember all the good things about Oz and set a return date! But we both know that it is where our future lies (visas allowing) so that's not been an issue. Plus no kids etc makes it much easier
Thing is, I'd imagine this whole one-sided thing happens quite a lot. We're lucky in that I am (and always have been) totally for moving to Oz. If anything, it's getting Mr Bundy, who is revelling in the pommie life, to remember all the good things about Oz and set a return date! But we both know that it is where our future lies (visas allowing) so that's not been an issue. Plus no kids etc makes it much easier
I can understand why she found it so hard to stay there but viewing between the frames of the programme, the hubby must have applied considerable pressure for them to go. She obviously didn't make her feelings known well enough before they were too far down the road for them to pull out. Either that or he just didn't listen... nobody know what went off before the program picked up the story.
Nov 28th 2003 | 2:02 am
#122
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From: doncaster..then scunny... now canberra.
Originally posted by OzTennis
Yep, life for expats can get complicated. You get the families migrating where some want to move and others don't, where it is one person's dream (eg Steve's) and not the other's .... and you get the couples where one person comes from UK and the other from Oz (or any 2 different countries). You get couples who move where one can get work and other can't, where one makes friends easily and the other doesn't .... and you don't even have to move to have these problems as the divorce rate figures show.
OzTennis
Yep, life for expats can get complicated. You get the families migrating where some want to move and others don't, where it is one person's dream (eg Steve's) and not the other's .... and you get the couples where one person comes from UK and the other from Oz (or any 2 different countries). You get couples who move where one can get work and other can't, where one makes friends easily and the other doesn't .... and you don't even have to move to have these problems as the divorce rate figures show.
OzTennis
yeah that too!
Nov 28th 2003 | 2:07 am
#123
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From: surrey
I laughed when she stood on the side on the boat , and fell in.
Nov 28th 2003 | 2:10 am
#124
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From: doncaster..then scunny... now canberra.
Originally posted by Enzo&Chloe
I laughed when she stood on the side on the boat , and fell in.
I laughed when she stood on the side on the boat , and fell in.
Nov 28th 2003 | 2:13 am
#125
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She had drunk to much, like at the meal!
Nov 28th 2003 | 2:15 am
#126
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From: doncaster..then scunny... now canberra.
Originally posted by Enzo&Chloe
She had drunk to much, like at the meal!
She had drunk to much, like at the meal!
lol oh yeah that was another one!!
Is anyone that bad at water skiing? She'd throw the line away before she even got moving!
Nov 28th 2003 | 2:20 am
#127
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If you watch that clip carefully, you can see her husband cutting the tow line, and then chucking a bucket of chum in.
Nov 28th 2003 | 2:38 am
#128
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Originally posted by scutterUK
lol oh yeah that was another one!!
Is anyone that bad at water skiing? She'd throw the line away before she even got moving!
lol oh yeah that was another one!!
Is anyone that bad at water skiing? She'd throw the line away before she even got moving!
I still haven't recovered from the shock of my slightly portly, sport-hating father announcing he used to be a water-skiing champion. So maybe I would be good at it. Think I might try (in aussie waters, though, for warmth and cleanliness).
Nov 28th 2003 | 3:03 am
#129
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Originally posted by Enzo&Chloe
If you watch that clip carefully, you can see her husband cutting the tow line, and then chucking a bucket of chum in.
If you watch that clip carefully, you can see her husband cutting the tow line, and then chucking a bucket of chum in.
Nov 28th 2003 | 3:05 am
#130
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From: Dartford now, Brisbane soon!
Originally posted by bundy
Can't say I've ever tried, but I've no doubt I could well be that useless.
I still haven't recovered from the shock of my slightly portly, sport-hating father announcing he used to be a water-skiing champion. So maybe I would be good at it. Think I might try (in aussie waters, though, for warmth and cleanliness).
Can't say I've ever tried, but I've no doubt I could well be that useless.
I still haven't recovered from the shock of my slightly portly, sport-hating father announcing he used to be a water-skiing champion. So maybe I would be good at it. Think I might try (in aussie waters, though, for warmth and cleanliness).
Nov 28th 2003 | 3:08 am
#131
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Originally posted by mh929
On another note, did I hear correctly that surfing is taught as part of the curricuum!!!!
On another note, did I hear correctly that surfing is taught as part of the curricuum!!!!
Nov 28th 2003 | 3:12 am
#132
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And you wont have to run through the freezing cold showers after
Nov 28th 2003 | 3:18 am
#133
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Originally posted by S Oldfield
And you wont have to run through the freezing cold showers after
And you wont have to run through the freezing cold showers after
Nov 28th 2003 | 3:19 am
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Originally posted by S Oldfield
And you wont have to run through the freezing cold showers after
And you wont have to run through the freezing cold showers after
Nov 28th 2003 | 3:22 am
#135
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From: Yorkshire
Originally posted by badgersmount
after playing footy on a autumn day, you will!
after playing footy on a autumn day, you will!
Chief Washer of the Kit. Sounds like some native american tribesman name
