Godzone
Jul 7th 2004, 5:53 am
#31
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Originally posted by walla1
Kong
I like you as you make me laugh. Only prob you have is you are a bit subjective but I can live with that, deal with it everyday of the week.
As long as you're prepared to take it (big styley) as well as give it, there's no worries from me.
Could you tell me thou what you seem to hate everything Oz?
Walla
Kong
I like you as you make me laugh. Only prob you have is you are a bit subjective but I can live with that, deal with it everyday of the week.
As long as you're prepared to take it (big styley) as well as give it, there's no worries from me.
Could you tell me thou what you seem to hate everything Oz?
Walla
The place is too remote, expensive to go anywhere overseas
I come on here to give balance, thats all. Most of the posters here already sound Aussie, with their blinkered one eyed Aus is great/UK is a dump threads.
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Jul 7th 2004, 6:12 am
#32
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Originally posted by kong
I did not like the inward looking narrow minded outlook of the place. I missed decent pubs, good supermarkets. The obssesion with sport drove me up the wall. The national pastime of pom bashing wound me up. Constantly being told how lucky I as a pom was to be in Godzone and being told that the UK is a dump. Most people I found to be superfiscial, shallow and unwordly.
The place is too remote, expensive to go anywhere overseas
I come on here to give balance, thats all. Most of the posters here already sound Aussie, with their blinkered one eyed Aus is great/UK is a dump threads.
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I did not like the inward looking narrow minded outlook of the place. I missed decent pubs, good supermarkets. The obssesion with sport drove me up the wall. The national pastime of pom bashing wound me up. Constantly being told how lucky I as a pom was to be in Godzone and being told that the UK is a dump. Most people I found to be superfiscial, shallow and unwordly.
The place is too remote, expensive to go anywhere overseas
I come on here to give balance, thats all. Most of the posters here already sound Aussie, with their blinkered one eyed Aus is great/UK is a dump threads.
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Fare enough, but there must have been some good points, good and bad everywhere and all that. You've had a bad experience.
Thing is Kong, on this forum there are both Australians and Europeans and others around the world who all realise that everything isn't a bed of roses in Australia, they freely admit it.
Members get angry with you because it's all negativity coming from your end and it's a case of "tell us something we don't know" see what I'm saying? Show some objectivity.
OK, so you didn't like Oz, fair doos, but lot of people do and a lot of people are hoping to (me included). So give us a break. If we don't like it we'll come back just like you did.
Anyway, enough of that, where in Oz where you?
Walla
Jul 7th 2004, 6:15 am
#33
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Originally posted by kong
I did not like the inward looking narrow minded outlook of the place. I missed decent pubs, good supermarkets. The obssesion with sport drove me up the wall. The national pastime of pom bashing wound me up. Constantly being told how lucky I as a pom was to be in Godzone and being told that the UK is a dump. Most people I found to be superfiscial, shallow and unwordly.
The place is too remote, expensive to go anywhere overseas
I come on here to give balance, thats all. Most of the posters here already sound Aussie, with their blinkered one eyed Aus is great/UK is a dump threads.
.
I did not like the inward looking narrow minded outlook of the place. I missed decent pubs, good supermarkets. The obssesion with sport drove me up the wall. The national pastime of pom bashing wound me up. Constantly being told how lucky I as a pom was to be in Godzone and being told that the UK is a dump. Most people I found to be superfiscial, shallow and unwordly.
The place is too remote, expensive to go anywhere overseas
I come on here to give balance, thats all. Most of the posters here already sound Aussie, with their blinkered one eyed Aus is great/UK is a dump threads.
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And one more question.....what specific balance do you give? A specific example of your experience before each line of generalism you state might give a modicum of balance?
Qualify - do not think quantity outweighs the scale of being an ass?!
(I love mixing metaphors and speeling!)
Jul 7th 2004, 8:07 am
#34
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Originally posted by kong
I did not like the inward looking narrow minded outlook of the place. I missed decent pubs, good supermarkets. The obssesion with sport drove me up the wall. The national pastime of pom bashing wound me up. Constantly being told how lucky I as a pom was to be in Godzone and being told that the UK is a dump. Most people I found to be superfiscial, shallow and unwordly.
The place is too remote, expensive to go anywhere overseas
I come on here to give balance, thats all. Most of the posters here already sound Aussie, with their blinkered one eyed Aus is great/UK is a dump threads.
.
I did not like the inward looking narrow minded outlook of the place. I missed decent pubs, good supermarkets. The obssesion with sport drove me up the wall. The national pastime of pom bashing wound me up. Constantly being told how lucky I as a pom was to be in Godzone and being told that the UK is a dump. Most people I found to be superfiscial, shallow and unwordly.
The place is too remote, expensive to go anywhere overseas
I come on here to give balance, thats all. Most of the posters here already sound Aussie, with their blinkered one eyed Aus is great/UK is a dump threads.
.
Bit like their trans-Tasman cousins then...
Jul 7th 2004, 8:29 am
#35
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Jul 7th 2004, 10:40 am
#36
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Originally posted by kong
I did not like the inward looking narrow minded outlook of the place. I missed decent pubs, good supermarkets. The obssesion with sport drove me up the wall. The national pastime of pom bashing wound me up. Constantly being told how lucky I as a pom was to be in Godzone and being told that the UK is a dump. Most people I found to be superfiscial, shallow and unwordly.
The place is too remote, expensive to go anywhere overseas
I come on here to give balance, thats all. Most of the posters here already sound Aussie, with their blinkered one eyed Aus is great/UK is a dump threads.
.
I did not like the inward looking narrow minded outlook of the place. I missed decent pubs, good supermarkets. The obssesion with sport drove me up the wall. The national pastime of pom bashing wound me up. Constantly being told how lucky I as a pom was to be in Godzone and being told that the UK is a dump. Most people I found to be superfiscial, shallow and unwordly.
The place is too remote, expensive to go anywhere overseas
I come on here to give balance, thats all. Most of the posters here already sound Aussie, with their blinkered one eyed Aus is great/UK is a dump threads.
.
Jul 7th 2004, 10:51 am
#37
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Originally posted by chippy
Ok. Nice pics of industry.
And fair enough, we must have 'balance'. So have we got any proper awful pics of OZ? Bring it on......
Ok. Nice pics of industry.
And fair enough, we must have 'balance'. So have we got any proper awful pics of OZ? Bring it on......
Yeah, I'd be pretty worried if there wasn't any industry in Oz!!!
Well, I have 9 years worth of pics from Oz, I'm sure I can find some awful ones!
Though, depends what you find awful.....
We were in Brisbane for 5 days in 1988 (campervan had to go to garage). 'Pissed it down' for the whole 5 days in the 'Sunshine state'!!!
This is Surfers Paradise! (high flats aren't my thing either
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Jul 7th 2004, 10:53 am
#38
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Awful pic of Oz: mother in law arriving at the airport. Staying for 2 months!!!!!!!!!
Ok, this isn't my MIL, this is my grandma.
My MIL is only coming for 1 month (in December)................ 
Ok, this isn't my MIL, this is my grandma.
My MIL is only coming for 1 month (in December)................
Jul 7th 2004, 11:40 am
#39
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Pool in middle of winter!
Jul 7th 2004, 12:30 pm
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Originally posted by darkless
Wow look at that blue sky - CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE
Wow look at that blue sky - CAN'T WAIT TO GET THERE
Imagine it in the areas without industry, where you have to travel an hour or so to get to work.
Jul 7th 2004, 1:12 pm
#41
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This is my first post which I was prompted to make after reading all Kong's negatives about Oz. The generalisations about pubs and supermarkets are just ludicrous. As for Australians being parochial, well, I would venture to say they are among the most travelled people in the world. After finishing high school or uni. an awful lot of them take at least a year to travel the world before they settle down. I've lived here for 38 years and ofcourse, from time to time, there have been things that have annoyed me but that happens no matter where you live. I still believe that Oz is the best place in the world to live and bring up a family. Others wouldn't. After all we are all different. Thank the Lord!!!
Jul 7th 2004, 6:20 pm
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Re: Godzone
Originally posted by MikeStanton
> Today, I was having a
chat with a lady from NZ. Her biggest complaint about NZ'ers? "They are
so parochial. It amazes me how they think that NZ is so great,
when they haven't even been out of it".
>
> Bit like their trans-Tasman
cousins then...
Bet you're one of those that think Earth is
the best. :rolleyes:
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> Today, I was having a
chat with a lady from NZ. Her biggest complaint about NZ'ers? "They are
so parochial. It amazes me how they think that NZ is so great,
when they haven't even been out of it".
>
> Bit like their trans-Tasman
cousins then...
Bet you're one of those that think Earth is
the best. :rolleyes:
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Jul 7th 2004, 6:51 pm
#43
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Originally posted by MikeStanton
Today, I was having a chat with a lady from NZ. Her biggest complaint about NZ'ers? "They are so parochial. It amazes me how they think that NZ is so great, when they haven't even been out of it".
Bit like their trans-Tasman cousins then...
Today, I was having a chat with a lady from NZ. Her biggest complaint about NZ'ers? "They are so parochial. It amazes me how they think that NZ is so great, when they haven't even been out of it".
Bit like their trans-Tasman cousins then...
