Australia really is the most phenomenally overrated concept/place ever, isn't it.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:02 am
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The way people talk about Australia, the way they promote it, the way they defend it, the way people act like their lives are SO much better here. They are often reluctant to define how or why though cos they don't want to admit it comes down to a sun-tan and an extra living room to keep the kids out of the way.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:03 am
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Jan 9th 2010, 11:04 am
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I would gladly swap my two days of 43 with 30 days of minus 10. And I'd give you ample cash on top if we could do that swap in the next 12 hours mate!!
Australia is not overrated. It's Hell on Earth.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:04 am
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Sunshine makes me happy, miserable cold makes me unhappy. This is not at all uncommon or wrong.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:06 am
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The way people talk about Australia, the way they promote it, the way they defend it, the way people act like their lives are SO much better here. They are often reluctant to define how or why though cos they don't want to admit it comes down to a sun-tan and an extra living room to keep the kids out of the way.
Maybe they just like it here. But unfortunately some people can't accept that some others are happy, when they aren't, and need to find other reasons.
And I know exactly what I am talking about, as I used to do exactly that when I hated Australia with a passion.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:06 am
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A number of reasons but heres a couple to start with:
1) I have a 3 year old daughter who to be honest spends very little time outside getting fresh air. Sure its fun to take her out in the snow now and again but it does grate on you after a while that she can't play in the garden without 15 layers!!!!
2) I work as an on site civil engineer. Now you try standing out in this weather for 8-10 hours a day and tell me that its just "seasonal." Its criminal having people out in this weather and given I'm only 30 right now. I'd much prefer to be in a much sunnier climate in the years to come.
1) I have a 3 year old daughter who to be honest spends very little time outside getting fresh air. Sure its fun to take her out in the snow now and again but it does grate on you after a while that she can't play in the garden without 15 layers!!!!
2) I work as an on site civil engineer. Now you try standing out in this weather for 8-10 hours a day and tell me that its just "seasonal." Its criminal having people out in this weather and given I'm only 30 right now. I'd much prefer to be in a much sunnier climate in the years to come.
2) So you'd like to be a tradie outside building a McMansion in 29, 30, 31 degrees then? The sun in Australia is ALWAYS intense, all over the nation, even if the temperature isn't as high as all that.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:07 am
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Wine?? Have they run out of wine in Tesco?? Sorry - it's been a month or three since I was there and haven't been checking the news enough.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:09 am
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Yes, actually snow reflects, so therefore being in the snow does cause sunburn, which causes skin cancer.
Winter activities, such as snow skiing and snow boarding, pose a high risk of sunburn because UV radiation is more severe in alpine regions than at sea level. Snow is also very efficient at reflecting UV radiation. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/b...burn_explained
Winter activities, such as snow skiing and snow boarding, pose a high risk of sunburn because UV radiation is more severe in alpine regions than at sea level. Snow is also very efficient at reflecting UV radiation. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/b...burn_explained
Jan 9th 2010, 11:10 am
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Yes, actually snow reflects, so therefore being in the snow does cause sunburn, which causes skin cancer.
Winter activities, such as snow skiing and snow boarding, pose a high risk of sunburn because UV radiation is more severe in alpine regions than at sea level. Snow is also very efficient at reflecting UV radiation. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/b...burn_explained
Winter activities, such as snow skiing and snow boarding, pose a high risk of sunburn because UV radiation is more severe in alpine regions than at sea level. Snow is also very efficient at reflecting UV radiation. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/b...burn_explained
Settled snow lasting more than a few days is rare in most of the UK. Coldest winter in 30 years right now.
Sun burn conditions 2/3 of the year at least in Australia.
Well done on making a pointless point.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:11 am
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Jan 9th 2010, 11:11 am
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Yes, actually snow reflects, so therefore being in the snow does cause sunburn, which causes skin cancer.
Winter activities, such as snow skiing and snow boarding, pose a high risk of sunburn because UV radiation is more severe in alpine regions than at sea level. Snow is also very efficient at reflecting UV radiation. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/b...burn_explained
Winter activities, such as snow skiing and snow boarding, pose a high risk of sunburn because UV radiation is more severe in alpine regions than at sea level. Snow is also very efficient at reflecting UV radiation. http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/b...burn_explained
Doh.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:12 am
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I was always under the bizarre misconception that you could purchase Australian wine in any UK supermarket or off-license.
Perhaps I was wrong.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:12 am
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Are you originally from Oz Mono?
If not why did you go? If so why are you still there?
We all make decisions in life that we feel are the best for us. We are fully aware that there shall be times that the sun is unbearable but you'd have to be a complete moron not to be weary of skin cancer and not take the proper pre-cautions.
P.S. You can still get skin cancer in any country. It ain't just in Oz. In Scotland sunbed shops are rife so I think you'll find that skin cancer is sadly more common than you'd think in this country.
If not why did you go? If so why are you still there?
We all make decisions in life that we feel are the best for us. We are fully aware that there shall be times that the sun is unbearable but you'd have to be a complete moron not to be weary of skin cancer and not take the proper pre-cautions.
P.S. You can still get skin cancer in any country. It ain't just in Oz. In Scotland sunbed shops are rife so I think you'll find that skin cancer is sadly more common than you'd think in this country.
Jan 9th 2010, 11:14 am
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Nice one Dorothy, I was about to say the exact same.
It takes many different things to make different people happy, and everyone is different.
And as Stuart and Michelle say skin cancer in the UK is becoming more and more prevalent due to the mentality that skin cancer only affects you in hot sunny countries, so therefore when the sun does come out the british very seldom use sun screen in their own country.
It takes many different things to make different people happy, and everyone is different.
And as Stuart and Michelle say skin cancer in the UK is becoming more and more prevalent due to the mentality that skin cancer only affects you in hot sunny countries, so therefore when the sun does come out the british very seldom use sun screen in their own country.
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Jan 9th 2010, 11:14 am
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Higher proportion of deaths from skin cancer in the uk.
You are correct about the sun however much more likely to die from it in Britain.