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A decent haircut
Quality business suit, shirts and shoes

Marks and Spencer would go down really well here. They have outlets in Singapore and Indonesia.

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I tend to use this site to search for decent gear

http://www.thecasualsdirectory.com/

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free delivery from UK to Australia at the moment on their website.

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I always found that Huggies leak with both my boys best I have found here are Woolworths Select but they do seem to lead to a sore bum more often than Pampers ever did.

Pampers wipes are the only wipes I have found that when you pull one out the whole packet doesn't come out too!

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never seen it.

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everything basically they are so far behind here its unbelievable

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Where I was from it was the council estate that had the Lacoste shoes and the fitness freaks that had the asics.

I miss gravy that doesn't contain 50% of salt. The kids won't eat anything with gravy on as it is too salty.

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Can you suggest where I would find trousers (pants) like this:

• light colour, (“off white” / “sand”),
• colour fast, stain resistant,
• hidden elastic “comfort” waist (not a gather),
• polyester & cotton blend (not 100% cotton, not 100% polyester, no “elastine”, no “Teflon”, just plain “poly-cotton”),
• 2/1 or preferably 3/1 twill, technical face side on outside of garment,
• 102 to 107 cm waist, 78 cm in-leg, 108 cm out-leg,
• 2 left front & 2 right front pleats,
• 2 side pockets of strong material, (back pockets and fob optional, no other pockets)
• Non-metal zip, hook and button waist fasteners,
• 7 belt loops 4 – 5 cm
• inner waist lining,
• overlocked and double stitched seams,
• non-shrink stitching,

Used to be available in Aus but no more. Available in the UK?

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Good quality womens clothing.
In fact, good quality most things. You really have to shop around...

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The Aus textile, clothing and footwear industries have almost entirely vanished due, I think, to greatly cheaper goods from cheaper countries, most recently China, undermining the consumer's perception of value. Consumers won't pay enough to make local producers profitable.

The real problem now is not that the Chinese etc suppliers are not capable of producing higher quality products but that local vendors, lacking manufacturing knowledge, fail to conect product functionality to marketability, instead concentrate exclusively on profit margins. The customer does not count.

This has driven increasing casualization of "fashions" which adds to the downward pressure on the quality sector.

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Lacoste? Only the scallies wear them.

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So, there are things you can get and things you can't. Should the whole experience be to embrace the new country rather than pine for what you can't get in the old? being immigrants, are we not going to be spoilt for choice because of what we've had, but now what we cannot get?:thumbsup:

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You can't get decent TV.

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Walkers Crisps, Quavers but I have a lovely mum that sends them to me. Processed Peas (but I buy these in Coles at 5 times the price!) OH misses Pork Pie and Mushy Peas and have to agree that we have not yet found a nice indian.

I buy the jam donuts from Safeway, they are not up to Greggs standards but very nice anyway.

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Only the scallies wear snide ones....big difference ;)