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Sep 24th 2009, 11:46 pm

#166

iamthecreaturefromuranus

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Re: is it worth it

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Originally Posted by Manc_in_Adelaide

Get over it for FFS. I wound you up, you've had your tantrum and youve said your piece, but now youre behaving like a big girl.

Dust yourself down and put your dummy back in.

Youre not some kind of 'God of the forum' where only your opinion counts and you don't really have the right to abuse people because they have a different opinion than yours. You just think you do.

Agreed, maybe I shouldn't have been a bit tw@tty with OzzieEagle (who's posts I see do contain a lot of maturity and reflection) but get a grip mate.

Lets ALL move on and get back to posting some valid comments on here ......

I am sorely tempted to respond but SallyClaire would shout at me.... so I will let it go. I do hope you stick around long term. We could have a very interesting time ahead.

Sep 25th 2009, 12:23 am

#167

Dorothy

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Re: is it worth it

Can we please all just grow up here? Stop the name calling, stop the insults or stop posting. Your choice.

Sep 25th 2009, 12:49 am

#168

iamthecreaturefromuranus

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Re: is it worth it

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Originally Posted by Manc_in_Adelaide

It wouldn't be so bad if some of them explained why they are unhappy instead of posting shite, or waffling on about cash. I think some of them have adopted their own role as 'the fun police'.

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Originally Posted by Manc_in_Adelaide

So less than 25% makes for a 'huge proportion' ?

What school did you go to ?

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Originally Posted by Manc_in_Adelaide

Big deal. Youve got some whinging POM mates on a few forums. That hardly qualifies your statement regarding 'a huge proportion of people that would find the UK as a much better and therefore far more worthwhile country for them'.

Have you actually got any facts, or are you really just trying to pass off your negative views as such ?

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Originally Posted by Manc_in_Adelaide

Lets ALL move on and get back to posting some valid comments on here ......

OK... back to posting 'valid' comments. As previously stated by more than one poster... being 'worth it' is a personal call. Some would say Australia is well worth it, some not, and many change their minds, in both directions, as the years pass. So is it worth it??

Yes, No and Maybe probably covers it.

Sep 25th 2009, 12:55 am

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Re: is it worth it

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Originally Posted by iamthecreaturefromuranus

I am sorely tempted to respond but SallyClaire would shout at me.... so I will let it go. I do hope you stick around long term. We could have a very interesting time ahead.

Well, i'd whip your butt except you would probably enjoy that!

Sep 25th 2009, 1:00 am

#170

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Re: is it worth it

Has it been worth it? Yes it has.

Sep 25th 2009, 1:05 am

#171

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Re: is it worth it

stop the valid,lets get back to the scrapping.always good to see royalty fighting.............. or is it a bridge too Farquar?

Sep 25th 2009, 2:09 am

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Re: is it worth it

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Originally Posted by Bernieboy

As much as i think yer a aguementative pain in the arse and a ****wit to boot,it would appear you have some heart,connect with yer bro and never lose that connection.

Call me what you want. You always seem to get away with it.

Sep 25th 2009, 3:25 am

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Re: is it worth it

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Originally Posted by jackinoz

hi all just want to know people that have done it,up sticks and gone is it worth it

No.

Sep 25th 2009, 3:47 am

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Re: is it worth it

Nice for a little while but not in the long run.

Sep 25th 2009, 3:49 am

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Re: is it worth it

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Originally Posted by Nu-Shooz

Sounds like a great plan Kapri. A year in OZ, test the waters. I wish we had done that instead of giving everything up in UK. Are you selling your house or renting it?

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Originally Posted by Kapri

The plan is to rent it out and take a years sabbatical from my job. I would have sold up and moved completely but OH doesn't want to. This is our compromise

That sounds very sensible. Good luck!

Sep 25th 2009, 3:49 am

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Re: is it worth it

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Originally Posted by Officer Dibble

Nice for a little while but not in the long run.

Yeah, I didn't really mind it for a while I guess, it was something to do, but I knew the day I landed here ''to live'' that it wasn't for me really. Ideally, would have liked to be gone by now. 4 years later am still here. You get stuck and that makes it definitely, 100%, NOT worth it!

Sep 25th 2009, 4:06 am

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Re: is it worth it

Four years down the line and it's still definitely worth it for us. Ask again in another four years and who knows what the answer will be. Nothing's cut and dried in life, go with the flow, change things if you want to and are able, otherwise just work with the good stuff and avoid the crap as much as you can.

Sep 25th 2009, 4:08 am

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Re: is it worth it

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Originally Posted by willamos

Then some people change.... watch out for that one

Sep 25th 2009, 4:20 am

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Re: is it worth it

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Originally Posted by ozzieeagle

My own personal biggest regret, is not sharing life's big moments with my brother, who I still manage to chat and have fairly decent contact with. Marriage/new homes/ kids etc etc. He was 14 when I left, he is 44 now. I've seen him 3 times in 30 years. We get along really well considering, and he did a fantastic job of looking after my Daughter for us, when she started off in the UK.

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Originally Posted by Lord_Farquar

I miss my bro. We are really close. He is the most unemotional person in the world (outwardly at least) but the last time he dropped me off at Heathrow he was in tears. Made me seriously think hard about whether I want to stay in Sydney longterm.

Those are huge statements and respect goes out to both of you for posting such open and honest comments, especially of such a personal nature. I sincerely hope both of you can find a solution to the situations you are presently in.

From my own perspective, the whole saying hello\goodbye thing at airports was also a bit of a killer, and also the first time that it made me seriously reflect on what I had left behind. Saying your goodbye's isn't easy, and maybe if your a bit borderline on your whole emigration experience, or worse still, having a rough time, then I can see it really getting some people down.

But, aside from a few weeks of fairly mild 'winter homesickness' which I seem to touch on every year, all things considered, my emigration experience remains a very positive one.