That's a Pommy/Aussie thing

F**king clueless

Well, direct flight for the Olympics was going to be $3000 for Qantas or Singapore Airlines. By booking a return to Singapore on SA and a return from Sing to Heathrow on Qantas got it for $2000. Singapore is the only place in Asia where you can book from outside the country and get a locals price. Can't do from HK or Bangkok.

I hate BBQs......the work of the devil

I speak to best mate in Aberdeen many hours a week - through extensive price comparison (we always talk about prices as seem to be doing similar things at the same time) we have found 3 things that are cheaper in Aus i) limo hire, ii) hardwood flooring, iii) someone pressure washing drive. Most stuff way more expensive here - her kitchen £12k, mine $27k - her's is twice the size and included heated flooring and knocking down a wall. Her bathroom £7k, mine $18k and again her's is bigger and had more tiling done.
Hesitate to raise the tomato thing again but she just paid £5 for 6kg tray from the greengrocer (I could weep!)

Really? Thank goodness for that, I always get strange looks from people when I say I don't like BBQs, thought I was unique!
Mind you I get strange looks anyway.....

Are you sure? I booked Hong Kong-Xian flights on Zuji HK and others flights on Cathay Pacific's website and got HKD prices. A guy I work with recently flew business-class Bangkok to Amsterdam on Finnair - all booked on a Thai website. Under AUD3k as well.

Actually I can understand that - most are pretty shite. I only like bbq'ing for my family or a few people as it is too hard to get right if trying to cook too much.

To me they are just a way of ruining good food.

When I have been invited to one and look around me I think I am not alone.

I refuse to use the one we have at home.....it only gets wheeled out when guests want one.

Well we are all different, I love barbecues, folks in the UK are more obsessed with them than the Aussies, I think it's so natural and an everyway day of live over there, it doesn't really register, but here in the UK when we get some nice weather, it's a mad frenzied scramble to the supermarket to buy some stuff to barbecue, it's sold out in no time.

True.....hardly seems worth bothering with for a small amount of food though.... I prefer the cooker

We paid $90 for a box of tomatoes the other day for the cafe.Rest assured they were cut that thinly you could see through them.

Most people I know don't bother with them......never seem to see one being used around here

Only do it on weekends and I do roasts and chickens on it as well. I often pan fry steak - quick and easy.

Can only report on what I have previously tried. I tried the Cathay website for the Olympics as I wanted to fly through HK and have a stop over. It showed HK prices then when it came time to pay the price was jacked up saying "we detect you aren't in HK"

Someone at Qantas told me not many people know but Singapore is the only place where you can get a locals price. Of course there may be other places but only going of what I tried and was told.

We pan fry steak

Usually fillet as I hate chewing tough meat