Evening life
 

Well, we have been to a lot of parties, and or have been out to dinner at the riverside tavern opened last year. Last night was a big water pistol fight at my mate's wife's mother's and father's. Bruce had to go home to pick up his gigantic water cannon so I positioned all the kids in the drive in a massive pre-set ambush. The father hugged me and said I had become part of the family and was glad to have me back in Australia. We met more friends of friends from Sydney and Melborne and swapped numbers and addresses. A bit of banter was exchanged but only for a few mins. I gave it to them about the Rugby.

A good time was had by all. Watched the Sky UK News and thought ' bloody hell these Poms sound pompous!'. They were talking for 15 mins about student fees and I still haven't understood the crux of the argument this time around! Something about 15K or something. The Aussie News keeps things nice and simple and the pollies and newsreaders just keep discussions quick and easy. None of this long rah-rah and shouting to the camera like in UK.

Mossies not too bad. A few small spiders observed, but no Huntsman yet :-(

Tonight meeting up with some SA friends. Tomorrow a massive party in my honour as well. Everyone is coming, even Australia's World motorbike champ who my mate knows - no names.

Badge

Re: Evening life
 

The Aussie News keeps things nice and simple and the pollies and newsreaders just keep discussions quick and easy. None of this long rah-rah and shouting to the camera like in UK.

By this I take it you mean in OZ the news is strickly auusie news therefore usually sport sport and sport. Whereas the Uk news is soooo pompous when it reports world news and in depth current affairs.

Go watch your today tonight about whether coles seels cheaper milk then woolies if I were you.:rolleyes:

I think there is a sadness in someone who has been in oz a few days and has to try and act like an aussie in every way and slate the UK at any oppurtunity.

Re: Evening life
 

But remember that it was capital in the UK that enables you to live in OZ:D






Scottm

Re: Evening life
 

Badge, you have me in fits, I mean we just cant see you at the normal aussie party where they chuck out a few cheerios (weiners) and a bowl of sauce can we??

Look if you come up here I can rustle up 4 sports stars, I TV presenter, 2 solicitors, I doctor, 1 Author, if hes not overseas. Oh and a couple of property barons.

Now will that do the honours, or should I get Johnny H as well???

We have a bit of red carpet somewhere, and I'll see if the newspresenter can slot us in for a few piccys on the 6'O clock.
:D :D :D

whilst watching the news did you feel you were in australia. I never do I just feel I'm in NSW. They don't even cover the next state.

When something truly international happens (like a Sept 11 disaster)I don't think you'll be rushing for the Ch9 reportage of it. No you'll be heading to the BBC. Why? Because thats where quality reporting lives.

The choice is simple - quality ...or tat.

Re: Evening life
 

Perhaps if you knew some of Badge's history here you might not be so quick to chuck some of your ill-considered comments in.

Isn't it strange how you know that some people will "fit" in Oz better then others......... you keep enjoying it Badger! And bring me a nice big Huntsman to eat the cockies!!!

It sounds like you're having a ball BM, enjoying your posts!

You really cant win on here, if you're making an effort to 'do it Oz style' like Badge, you get criticised for slating the UK, if you complain about anything Oz you get slated for not trying hard enough to integrate????????

i think it takes all sorts to 'fit' into OZ. IMO Badgers is unique. No one else could or would post in the same way. I think the best description given the other day was 'child in a sweet shop'. Which for me described the innocence and wonder that is Badgers.

Badge has a big personality.

Hes a wonder of aussieness to those still in the Uk and how well he's getting it. But to a broken in aussie- pom hes got a bit of a cringe factor, like turning up after 3 days in OZ getting the accent. (Just most aussies would think you were a right nutter or taking the piss).

My guess is he must be a right laugh to get away with. :)

i bet he is, i would like to go on a night out with badge, there would never be a dull moment.

‘Perhaps if you knew some of Badge's history here you might not be so quick to chuck some of your ill-considered comments in’.

‘History here’ So tell me when someone reaches this elevated position of Demi-God on this forum are all other members expected to show some kind of respect no matter what controversial item is posted? Should posters bow in awe because of some other member’s history of popular posts and huge sycophantic following, (Badges appreciation thread) which could possibly be leading to an over inflated ego? Okay some folk have met through various ‘meets’ which I think are a great idea, but come on can some of you really justify this form of hero worship (okay its only a bit of fun?) when in reality you know so little about anyone – get a grip!

As for ill-considered comments, in taking the time to post any reply I’m sure consideration is given to contents whether you appreciate them or not.

As for Bagers’ I have enjoyed many posts and have no argument with most, but don’t you think Bager’s is capable of answering there own criticism?

Its one thing to enjoy and integrate into your new country. Its this weird fixation that aussies and newly arrived pom reffos have with knocking the UK I cant understaand.

I maen saying that Aussie news is good and the UK version is pants????? I mean come on, next you,ll be claiming the TV in general is better, take off those blinkers.

I have never met Badgers but I assume by the way he writes on this forum that he is sincere in his own naivity. He has a certain outlook on life, and it obviously works for him.

I have no idea how the Aussies take to him, but I think he brings out the maternal/paternalistic side of other posters which is why they step forward to defend him.

I think he can stand up for himself and has done so. What I don't think he ever does is play games, he is what he is. Like it or not.

I couldn't not like Badgers if I tried because he makes me smile so often.

don't you mean dislike?

:confused:

Perhaps badgers is just winding people up.

I mean what would happen to the average pommie immie, if they turned up at a party after 3 days, flanno shirt, thongs, OZ accent, ute, slab of aussie beer, hat with corks on. Come on, most would get kicked down the driveway, or punched in the mouth :D Aussies dont like people taking the piss out of them.

Badge is having a bit of a laugh winding everyone up, just hope nobody rocks up at a Bikie Party in Perth acting like that :scared:

I used a double negative - couldn't not like

I should probably have used not dislike, i read it back twice and thought it sounded right but you know how it goes when your posting whilst cooking tea. Oh no you wouldn't would you ;)

Trying to imagine you crammed in the back of the van on the road cooking and posting through the satellite dish as pots and pans fall all around : ) )

Re: Evening life
 

I didn't get the impression that BM was saying the UK news version is pants and the Aussie version is good....I think that we just don't need so much news. I must admit that sometimes I think we can overanalyse news in the UK - we are getting like the U.S IMO. If you want more indepth news from the average Aussie news then, like someone said, there is always BBC World Service.

I don't know who badger is.

I think that people slag off the UK because it makes them feel better about the move. They are just trying to convince themselves that they made the right decision. If they have nagging doubts then of course they will take the opportunity to bash the UK.

The other reason I think is:

Q: How do you integrate with a new culture?
A: Slag off your old one.

So by laughing with Aussies at the poor pommes they feel that they will integrate quicker.

As for me and the wife - we are not leaving britain, we are going to Australia. Push vs Pull. Pull is ALWAYS the better and more satisfying motive for doing anything.

Finally two things that the UK is famous globally for are:

Our news service.
Our supermarkets.

Both are considered the best in the world, and are the model for most other countries - including America even.

He obviously thinks it is, at this moment in time, and therefore has a right to say it.
He is also not 'acting' Aussie (I believe), but is just that type.
I also cannot see where Badgers slates of the UK at every oppertunity. Please come up with evidence, and then compare it to all posts about the UK and Badgers total post count.

Yes, you can show some respect, and should do to all. And I don't think there's anything controversial in Badgers posts.
Of course you have the right to disagree, but we also have the right to defend someone (who isn't online enough to do it himselve, if he feels the need) against what I believe are unfair comments.

Not sure what you mean by hero worshipping, but that thread was part joke/part defence/part whatever.
And if you are on here as often as some of us, then you do get to know more about people.
It's all about communication. It's difficult saying what you mean in posts, but the more posts you read, the more you write, the better you understand where people are coming from.

Nobody is semi-god on here (especially not to me). There are a few with whom I agree on nearly every subject, but there are always things we'll think differently about.

A members history is not about popular posts, or the followers, but the content. Unfortunetly it is nearly impossible to read it all, it's so much.

I also agree with Jirrupin on this, as I do with nearly everything she says ;)

As you don't know badgers and I do a bit more I would say he is also going because of Pull.

We are also going like that, and I agree with you that that is ALWAYS better! :)

You could be right about the slagging of reason, but I think that of course there are some who really do feel Oz is better on that particular subject (not just slagging of for the sake of it I mean).
I don't think Badge is having any doubts, and I doubt that he ever will, though you really never know!

In past discussions I've had with the black'n'white furry one, we have both come to the conclusion that its not so much a case of hating the UK, or wanting to "slag it off." Its more a case that we prefer the Aussie way of life, and the Aussie way of thinking. He's too down to earth to get an over-onflated ego, and when the thread started in his honour I bet he was just laughing his thongs off!! As Jirrupin says, "he is sincere in his own naivety."- excellent way of describing him. If you ever get the chance to meet him Jirrupin, I think you'd get on famously!!


Pleeease Badger - I hope you turn up on The Big Day in your ute, wearing thongs - and clutching at least one slab of whatever beer you desire! If you don't, you won't be the Badger I remember - totally you, and totally genuine!:beer:

Wouldn't all of us still in the UK like to be in Badgers shoes ..er.. thongs??

I would rather be having a laugh with new and old friends at parties, celebrating being there in Australia than still be stuck in UK, glued to this computer, dreaming of how things are going to be!

Good luck to you Badge, I know nothing of your 'history', all I hear is a fella having a good time and soaking everything up. I, for one, won't be giving a toss about university fees in the UK either when I get there.

Envious? I certainly am.

sandy

Only a week to go until we are off in the van. Sadly no satellite dish in sight. Just connected the gas up today, now we only have some awning and mosquito nets to get and we are ready for the off.

If there is a way to post from the van we will find it, probably have to keep some record on disc and post when we get to an internet cafe.

Count me in on that one too. I much prefer the aussie way of life. You know how people say that you can't choose your family? Well it's the same with your place of birth - you can't choose where you are born, but you can change where you decide to live. Some people are just not born in the *right* place and are better off elsewhere. I think Badge is one of these, as are others on this forum.

Badge would be the first to admit that he likes to wind people up a bit and some of his posts are a little bit tongue in cheek. But he also offers sensible and useful advice, as well as cheering some of us up with his posts.

As for defending himself, just you wait. He'll be back...

:D

Bloody hell - I am glad Badge is having a such a good time in Aussie and being accepted for who he is out there because the poor bloke can't do anything right on this forum of late.

If I was him I'd be saying b******s to 'em about now - but then I am a miserable old cow and Badge is of a more generous nature than I.

I wasn't having a go at badger. Like I said - I don't know him/her.

The thread appeared to be going the way of 'why do people have a go at the UK' so I was really responding to that (cos I'm sick of brit bashing and someone has to stand up for my family).

I probably went off-thread. Sorry.

I've told my Aussy mates that I'm not migrating, I'm invading.

I like that - can I steal it? :D

Hi cutgrass,
I'm pretty sure the above posts are mainly aimed at dazuk and the other one, not you.
And the threads here go off-topic ALL the time, which I think isn't that bad usually.
There is sometimes a lot of threads started about the same thing, which is a bit of a shame, but that doesn't really matter either.

Welcome to the forum by the way!

:)

Listen to yourselves!
 

I hope that Badge is all the things you say about him – if its all true then I want him as my best mate too, lets face it who wouldn’t.

The point I’m making is that with the exception of maybe a few of you who may have met him in person Bagde could be a little red Martian (No offence to Badge and If they find any little red Martians up there – my apologies). It’s the blind obedience to the point of passionate defence that some of you go to, to defend him that I find strange. You have to ask yourself if the idea of moving to Oz could be based on the same blind faith (there are those who are going having never visited, but, on the strength of forum threads and other second and third hand advice).

I reiterate my first statement in this reply about Badge (in fact the point of my thread has nothing to do with Badge personally but with the concept of Badge) But wonder if he is becoming the product of what some of you want to believe and will defend to the hilt – as some of you are doing, in the very same way as everything negative about Oz is defended to a greater or lesser degree by it being what your mind set believes?

Could Badge be the rose tinted specs that some of you are looking through?

Re: Listen to yourselves!
 

That's a very good post, and it's interesting to hear the thoughts of those who are newer to the forum and thus read Badge's (and others' posts) with less of the preconceptions some of us may have.

Mind you, the thought of Badgers as a concept is a scary one!:D

Re: Listen to yourselves!
 

I'd just like to point out that you are also making a lot of assumptions about us, based on this same forum.

Most of the people in this thread, are in Oz, or have already been there for more than a holiday.

I'm also a bit worried about people going there who have never visited, because I also believe that every country has it's problems etc etc

I suppose one thing to remember about Badgers when reading his posts, is that unlike some forum "characters", he is totally genuine and doesn't hide behind a persona. He posts what he believes in, and passionately defends the same ideals in real life.
When I first met him neither of us had posted much on the forum, and I had no preconceptions about him at all - I formed my opinion in person, and later found it confirmed through posts on here.

Not everyone would like him, or agree with him, but I have always found his attitude and his honesty refreshing and fun.

(and after all that flattery Badger, you owe me lots of Cascade!!!)

Well, take some flattery back, Pollyana, because I think much the same about your posts and, as you have actually met Badgers, I trust your opinion of him.

Admittedly, we can't really 'know' each other from this forum, but I think those of us that are on it most days get a good sense of the personalities behind the posts. Maybe I'm just being naive and Pollyana is really an axe-wielding maniac, or that Badgers isn't actually in Oz at all, but here in the UK pretending he is in Oz by playing on a stereotype...but somehow I prefer to just my judgment as to how genuine people are.

well said polly, i cant wait to meet the now famous badgers, i hope he turns out to be everything we think he is.

here here (hear hear ??) The WHOLE post.
( I could be naive too. Am sometimes. There are a few on here that I don't entirely trust, but I'm quite sure most are qenuine.

I accept what you say Polly' and think 'thats great' honestly- However I dont think your answer is relevant to my thread reply

Didnt I mention that after I met her for the first time? :D

And of course Polly & I could be one of those multiple personality posters people go on about, except for the fact that if we were, then we must also be the force behind the other 37 people that came to the expats meet at Wynnum ;) .

Truth's out now, eh?!!!:D :eek: