Why I love Australia.
Jul 6th 2004, 10:24 am
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Why I love Australia.
I'm sick of people knocking Australia.Everyone has different experiences and for those who are taking the plunge and emigrating here it is a rollerecoaster experience.
I have been back and forth between the UK and here for a decade and love both places but FOR ME Australia" tips the balance" but everyone is different.
My main reasons are;
1.The climate.Sure summers are hot but there's nothing to beat the sound of crickets at night and the amazing tropical thunderstorms and swimming outdoors in warm water.
2.Being a nurse I get well paid and respected as a professional not a charity worker wearing a silly uniform and hat like I was in the NHS.
3.I live 30 minutes from a vibrant modern city but only 30 minutes from tropical rainforest and beautiful isolated surf beaches.
4. The amazing wildlife.I live in a a massive city yet have fruitbats,snakes(sometimes) and possums in my yard and wake up to laughing kookaburras and lorikeets.
5.The people (on the whole) have a possitive approach to life(okay there are ratbags wherever you go) and there is less class division.Yes there are rich and poor but I would argue that in the UK the divide is greater.We don't have the "stuck up" inbred gentry with silly titles that the UK has.
I have been back and forth between the UK and here for a decade and love both places but FOR ME Australia" tips the balance" but everyone is different.
My main reasons are;
1.The climate.Sure summers are hot but there's nothing to beat the sound of crickets at night and the amazing tropical thunderstorms and swimming outdoors in warm water.
2.Being a nurse I get well paid and respected as a professional not a charity worker wearing a silly uniform and hat like I was in the NHS.
3.I live 30 minutes from a vibrant modern city but only 30 minutes from tropical rainforest and beautiful isolated surf beaches.
4. The amazing wildlife.I live in a a massive city yet have fruitbats,snakes(sometimes) and possums in my yard and wake up to laughing kookaburras and lorikeets.
5.The people (on the whole) have a possitive approach to life(okay there are ratbags wherever you go) and there is less class division.Yes there are rich and poor but I would argue that in the UK the divide is greater.We don't have the "stuck up" inbred gentry with silly titles that the UK has.
Jul 6th 2004, 11:14 am
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what a refreshing read
I too am alarmed at the negativity this site has been having lately.
Come on we are all doing this so lets be positive.
sally
I too am alarmed at the negativity this site has been having lately.
Come on we are all doing this so lets be positive.
sally
Jul 6th 2004, 11:19 am
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by mary1
I'm sick of people knocking Australia.Everyone has different experiences and for those who are taking the plunge and emigrating here it is a rollerecoaster experience.
I have been back and forth between the UK and here for a decade and love both places but FOR ME Australia" tips the balance" but everyone is different.
My main reasons are;
1.The climate.Sure summers are hot but there's nothing to beat the sound of crickets at night and the amazing tropical thunderstorms and swimming outdoors in warm water.
2.Being a nurse I get well paid and respected as a professional not a charity worker wearing a silly uniform and hat like I was in the NHS.
3.I live 30 minutes from a vibrant modern city but only 30 minutes from tropical rainforest and beautiful isolated surf beaches.
4. The amazing wildlife.I live in a a massive city yet have fruitbats,snakes(sometimes) and possums in my yard and wake up to laughing kookaburras and lorikeets.
5.The people (on the whole) have a possitive approach to life(okay there are ratbags wherever you go) and there is less class division.Yes there are rich and poor but I would argue that in the UK the divide is greater.We don't have the "stuck up" inbred gentry with silly titles that the UK has.
I'm sick of people knocking Australia.Everyone has different experiences and for those who are taking the plunge and emigrating here it is a rollerecoaster experience.
I have been back and forth between the UK and here for a decade and love both places but FOR ME Australia" tips the balance" but everyone is different.
My main reasons are;
1.The climate.Sure summers are hot but there's nothing to beat the sound of crickets at night and the amazing tropical thunderstorms and swimming outdoors in warm water.
2.Being a nurse I get well paid and respected as a professional not a charity worker wearing a silly uniform and hat like I was in the NHS.
3.I live 30 minutes from a vibrant modern city but only 30 minutes from tropical rainforest and beautiful isolated surf beaches.
4. The amazing wildlife.I live in a a massive city yet have fruitbats,snakes(sometimes) and possums in my yard and wake up to laughing kookaburras and lorikeets.
5.The people (on the whole) have a possitive approach to life(okay there are ratbags wherever you go) and there is less class division.Yes there are rich and poor but I would argue that in the UK the divide is greater.We don't have the "stuck up" inbred gentry with silly titles that the UK has.
And to add !!
Uk.. Go into shop snotty nosed cow, says £2.50> u give her money to hand she puts change on counter, and carries on talking about her neighbours piles to another assistant.
Oz.. Hello there how ya going !
.......hmmmm
Jul 6th 2004, 11:24 am
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by Timber Floor Au
Very well put.
And to add !!
Uk.. Go into shop snotty nosed cow, says £2.50> u give her money to hand she puts change on counter, and carries on talking about her neighbours piles to another assistant.
Oz.. Hello there how ya going ! .......hmmmm
Very well put.
And to add !!
Uk.. Go into shop snotty nosed cow, says £2.50> u give her money to hand she puts change on counter, and carries on talking about her neighbours piles to another assistant.
Oz.. Hello there how ya going !
.......hmmmm
The shop assistants are forced to ask you "how ya goin" by the management. They HATE having to ask people that, they do not give a crap. As a laugh me and a mate used to say "real bad, I am so depressed". It totally threw their script, poor bastards!!!!
Give me the UK genuine indifference, to superficial plastic Oz.
Jul 6th 2004, 11:25 am
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here's what you do when you encounter a sales assistant like that. Go back to the racks/shelves/whatever with a trolley if they have one. Pile everything on the sales counterit r, wait for them to ring it all through the till, then walk out.
Jul 6th 2004, 11:34 am
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by kong
It that meant to be sarcastic????
The shop assistants are forced to ask you "how ya goin" by the management. They HATE having to ask people that, they do not give a crap. As a laugh me and a mate used to say "real bad, I am so depressed". It totally threw their script, poor bastards!!!!
Give me the UK genuine indifference, to superficial plastic Oz.
It that meant to be sarcastic????
The shop assistants are forced to ask you "how ya goin" by the management. They HATE having to ask people that, they do not give a crap. As a laugh me and a mate used to say "real bad, I am so depressed". It totally threw their script, poor bastards!!!!
Give me the UK genuine indifference, to superficial plastic Oz.
"Have you found everything OK, hope you come back and see us again."
"You wanna sack with that?"
Give me Australian superficial plastic anyday.
Jul 6th 2004, 11:36 am
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Originally posted by NedKelly63
here's what you do when you encounter a sales assistant like that. Go back to the racks/shelves/whatever with a trolley if they have one. Pile everything on the sales counterit r, wait for them to ring it all through the till, then walk out.
here's what you do when you encounter a sales assistant like that. Go back to the racks/shelves/whatever with a trolley if they have one. Pile everything on the sales counterit r, wait for them to ring it all through the till, then walk out.
ROFLMAO
I am going to try that here in OZ...cos there are moody rude shop assistants here too.
Jul 6th 2004, 11:38 am
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by kong
It that meant to be sarcastic????
The shop assistants are forced to ask you "how ya goin" by the management. They HATE having to ask people that, they do not give a crap. As a laugh me and a mate used to say "real bad, I am so depressed". It totally threw their script, poor bastards!!!!
Give me the UK genuine indifference, to superficial plastic Oz.
It that meant to be sarcastic????
The shop assistants are forced to ask you "how ya goin" by the management. They HATE having to ask people that, they do not give a crap. As a laugh me and a mate used to say "real bad, I am so depressed". It totally threw their script, poor bastards!!!!
Give me the UK genuine indifference, to superficial plastic Oz.
PS Were you bullied as a child ?
Jul 6th 2004, 11:46 am
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by Innyjim
Hilarious !!!!! It must be a riot spending an hour or two with you......
PS Were you bullied as a child ?
Hilarious !!!!! It must be a riot spending an hour or two with you......
PS Were you bullied as a child ?
What is your opinion on this thrilling subject then???
Jul 6th 2004, 11:47 am
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by kong
Witty one liner there mate.
What is your opinion on this thrilling subject then???
Witty one liner there mate.
What is your opinion on this thrilling subject then???
Jul 6th 2004, 12:00 pm
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by Ulujain
It had promise before you derailed it.
It had promise before you derailed it.
Think its time KONG met Godzilla and accidentally on purpose fell off his Ivory tower !
Jul 6th 2004, 12:05 pm
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by Timber Floor Au
Think its time KONG met Godzilla and accidentally on purpose fell off his Ivory tower !
Think its time KONG met Godzilla and accidentally on purpose fell off his Ivory tower !
good idea for a movie ..........
Jul 6th 2004, 12:33 pm
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by Innyjim
Hilarious !!!!! It must be a riot spending an hour or two with you......
PS Were you bullied as a child ?
Hilarious !!!!! It must be a riot spending an hour or two with you......
PS Were you bullied as a child ?
Not at all. If you have the balls to do this, the next time you go back into the shop - they will remember you and be very attentive.
Jul 6th 2004, 1:29 pm
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by kong
I am so depressed.
I am so depressed.
Jul 6th 2004, 1:34 pm
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Re: Why I love Australia.
Originally posted by NedKelly63
Not at all. If you have the balls to do this, the next time you go back into the shop - they will remember you and be very attentive.
Not at all. If you have the balls to do this, the next time you go back into the shop - they will remember you and be very attentive.
But if you like. I don't really feel the need in my life to get one up on a shop assitant who is trying to scrape a living out on minimum wage and could probably do without silly little twats playing games with them.......If that's not having balls then you must be right.......