Is it just Adelaide?
 

I have noticed since i have been here (15 months) that about 85% of people don't worry about their dress sense/ weight etc. I know i shall get a lot of criticism from this, but it's just my view. Is it the same all over Oz?

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Yes.

I should add it gets worse the further north you go. You have it good where you are!

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Yes it sure is ,its the walking around in bare feet or thongs with dirty smelly looking feet i cant stand .

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85% is a pretty specific figure. I'd be interested to know how you arrived at it.

No, but I can confirm that it is the same all over the West Midlands. :)

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Yeah, shame on them. Everyone should wear shoes - regardless of age, circumstances, personal preference, or weather.

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Speak for yourself mate :rolleyes:

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come on Curly - we know you're a dag (see into the lingo already)!

I agree with Vash, it's like nylon country where I'm sat.

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Bloody nylon wont catch me in it :eek: - where do you shop :confused: :eek:

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...that's on another thread! I think ' what do you wish you knew before you came to Aus'. I don't wear noooo nylon....but many around these parts do.

You, so near, to the mecca of West Midlands shopping would never have to stoop to nylon-wearing. :p

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OK, I will. :)

I used to wear thongs when I was a kid, but I don't anymore. I also used to go barefoot quite a lot, but these days I'm only barefoot around the house.

One of the things I miss about Australia now that I'm living in the UK, is going to the supermarket in the evening and seeing kiddies in their pyjamas and dressing gowns, out for the late night shopping with mum and dad. :cool:

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see I would like that....I'm from Edinburgh, to go shopping in the evening in winter in your jamas and slippers would be suicide....unless you cut the bottom out of your sleeping bag and shopped looking like a glowworm...difficult handling the basket me thinks

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Sounds like i should fit in quite easily into the Adelaide life then :)

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It is a different story in the CBD's of most major cities.

Suits and ties are 'de rigeur' in many businesses.

Don't kid yourselves that there is not a 'fashion culture' in Australia.

It depends on which circles you mix in.

G

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Why would you want to go shopping in your dressing gown and pjs? have the kids had their bedtime bath and got ready for bed when the mother decides that in fact they don't have enough food for the night and that they all need to go on a family trip to the local supermarket! Wouldn't it just be better for the kids to go to bed and for mum or dad to go and do the shopping alone. I can think of many other family trips that the kids would rather do than go food shopping!!!!

As for going bare foot when out and about - it is disgusting. Put on shoes or flip flops - why would you want to walk on hot ground where people have spat, animals peed or worse and no matter of other things, like broken glass.

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Grayling your right in what you say, in the city it's a different story. (very smart.)
I knew i would get criticism for asking the question. It's just seems that other Oz states take the micky out of Adelaide.
I have never been anywhere else in Oz and was just wondering if this was one of the factors?

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wait till you get upto Queensland and see 50yr old males walking around shopping centres in tank tops and Budgie Smugglers :rolleyes: ............ :beer: mm

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Do u mind ? Im trying to eat my breakfast !! lol

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True there is a fashion culture ,The SLOB .

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i found the people reasonable dressed when i was there last year ,and seemed to make a effort .There isnt nothing wrong with looking like a slob ,but a lot of it is just for comfort here in the hot sun ,the clothes have to be loose fitting so it doesnt chaf against the bed sores and rolls of fat,the bigger the bettter to allow for extra portions of chips,pies,coke ,coffee milk .

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What are budgie smugglers ?

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Speedo's like those the professional lifeguards and swimmers wear that dont leave much to the imagination. :D

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Look, I will admit to this....I have dropped my son off to school while still wearing my p.j's! :eek:

I do draw the line at actually getting out of the car though!! :D

I am used to seeing folk with barefeet now. But one thing I have noticed is a lot of Aussies have 'hammer-toes' from wearing thongs so much as kids and having to cling onto them with their toes. Have a look at their toes....see what you think. ;)

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revolting

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ive seen afew with 7 or 8 toes on each foot ,not to mention well bitten toe nails :eek:

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No worse that the UK when the sun shines. I saw some truly horrific sights walking around, letting it all hang out, when we had that really hot spell for a couple of weeks in the Summer. Sun comes out, so do the white lardy bellies! :D


Nicky

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NOW I feel ill.

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Don't worry, I've not seen any ;)












YET :scared:

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It's definitely the same here in Queensland, crusty feet and lardies.

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[QUOTE=Wendy]Don't worry, I've not seen any ;)


as u know wendy about my situation and Yunta..ill probably see a lot more of shoesless people there..lol

will just have to keep my eyes averted somehow!

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Just look straight up, you'll be fine then ;)

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But one thing I have noticed is a lot of Aussies have 'hammer-toes' from wearing thongs so much as kids and having to cling onto them with their toes. Have a look at their toes....see what you think. ;)[/QUOTE]

I have those and never curl my toes when wearing thongs. Mine came courtesy of wearing pointed toes shoes with 4/5 inch stilletto heels, in Scotland, when I was in my teens and twenties!:D

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Hey guys , your in Australia now .......... luv it or "bugger orf"...... :confused: mm :beer:

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So the country can only have happy and contented little citizens that have to like every shitty thing about it with no complaints allowed because it is the lucky country, the best country in the world. It must be true because the Australians keep telling me it is.

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You still here ? :rolleyes: we thought we pissed you orf yonks ago :D .......you get an "A" fer tryin............... :beer: mm

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yes but your hot spells only last a week ,ours last for months on end and i can tell you the lardies are dripping after a couple of months .

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surely that shifts the beef off of them though? :confused:

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Australians are only telling you because a fair percentage are doped up on anti 'depressants to get them through each mind numbing day .

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not when you see the amount of food they consume .

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Something like the Scottish Whiskey culture ;) ............ :beer: mm

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Oh god Ive heard everything now. I must be in the minority seeing as Im not in the "fair percentage" that take anti depressants. What study or statistical report have you based this statement on .. or is it just your personal observation ?