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Old Jan 20th 2010 | 10:59 pm
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Originally Posted by kporte
I actually find a lot of Hutch's posts very amusing. He does have an undercurrent of nastiness that I don't like however. I am absolutely sure he is not the slightest bit concerned about this. I just feel it is a shame that a witty and intelligent poster can't have a bit empathy for some on the forum. I am sure it goes both ways......
Agreed.

Though not so sure about the amusing, witty and intelligent bit

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Old Jan 20th 2010 | 11:01 pm
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Originally Posted by quoll
Hmm, havent lived here then, just been on a long holiday. Big difference!
you don't have to have PR to live here. We live here on a Temp Visa and don't qualify for PR for another 2 years.....if we qualify at all !
 
Old Jan 20th 2010 | 11:04 pm
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Originally Posted by kporte
they use BMI, a 100 year old rough barometer to determine obesity. Every Bodybuilder or Footballer will be "obese" on this basis.
http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/07/wor...artner=yahooau
"Footballer" no, rugby player yes !
 
Old Jan 20th 2010 | 11:06 pm
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Originally Posted by kporte
My experience is that I have seen less overweight people here but the overweight ones I have seen, are far more obese than I saw in the UK, if that makes any sense......
yup sure does....but nowhere beats the good ol' USA!!
Just STAND WELL BACK THERE !!!
 
Old Jan 20th 2010 | 11:09 pm
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Originally Posted by Hutch
****ing tedious though isn't it? Bunch of dreary ****ing whinge-bags whining incessantly about their lives and how they were conned and how it was someone elses fault and how if they had their time over and how it's hot and how it's cold and how the same impetus that brought them 12,000 ****ing miles round the planet somehow doesn't work in reverse and how nobody understands and how everyone else's lives are a never-ending parade of happiness and on and on and on ...

Blah blah ****ing blah.

That is all. Carry on.
Sorry, did we wake you ????
 
Old Jan 20th 2010 | 11:09 pm
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Originally Posted by BATS666
"Footballer" no, rugby player yes !
Most codes of football, even "soccer" produce big lads these days.
At 18 and 5' 10", I was 15 stone and obese going by the bmi.
I had 18% body fat and ran the 100m in Olympic qualifying time.
This is a hopeless way of determining "fatness"
 
Old Jan 20th 2010 | 11:10 pm
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Originally Posted by BATS666
yup sure does....but nowhere beats the good ol' USA!!
Just STAND WELL BACK THERE !!!
There are some 8 or so Pacific Islands where the percentage of "obese" people are in the 90's percent wise. USA just makes the top 10!
 
Old Jan 20th 2010 | 11:10 pm
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Originally Posted by livinginreality
I would of thought for someone who has spent a year in Australia,you would of known what "Bogan"meant!Interesting you did'nt know.
Yes, bogAn, not bogUn ......
carry on.....
 
Old Jan 20th 2010 | 11:35 pm
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Right, this one is getting closed too. Enough guys. There are too many nasty comments starting to fly around. Please read the rules and let's get the Barbie back to being a fun place to post. Serious discussions can be carried out quite successfully without resorting to nastiness and abuse.
 

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