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caliburn Oct 25th 2010 4:19 am

Does size matter in Australia?
 
How did it go for you......:)

Centurion Oct 25th 2010 8:31 am

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 
Yes obesity is a problem in Australia.

monkeyalan Oct 25th 2010 1:51 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 
yup , the bigger the car the more people you can intimidate on the freeway apparently.

Dorothy Oct 25th 2010 1:53 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 
No, there are far more short men here than where I'm from.

jad n rich Oct 25th 2010 2:01 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 8942287)
No, there are far more short men here than where I'm from.

Your avatar :thumbsup::lol:

Amazulu Oct 25th 2010 2:57 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by caliburn (Post 8941261)
How did it go for you......:)

I have a massive, porno sized one, so it's never been an issue.

Sherlock Holmes Oct 25th 2010 3:05 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 
Our fridge is a bit bigger...but the one I brought from the UK also works well. ;)

Kelli28 Oct 25th 2010 3:23 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 8942287)
No, there are far more short men here than where I'm from.

Yes and they all wear those stubbie shorts and long socks.

ColinandLyn Oct 25th 2010 8:55 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by kelli28 (Post 8942411)
Yes and they all wear those stubbie shorts and long socks.

eeewwwww and sandals !!!

mr mover Oct 25th 2010 11:18 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 8942287)
No, there are far more short men here than where I'm from.

Yeah but most of them are Gay, "i,m a lumber jack and i,m ok" ring any bells .........:thumbup:MM

ColinandLyn Oct 25th 2010 11:47 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by mr mover (Post 8942962)
Yeah but most of them are Gay, "i,m a lumber jack and i,m ok" ring any bells .........:thumbup:MM


thats scary ! how did you know i was that old ? ( by the way we used to go on old fart rally's on the bikes ):thumbup:

Hebe Oct 26th 2010 11:24 am

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 
We went to France recently with some Australian Friends - we were in the Narbonne area and we sent Allen in to see if a hotel had two rooms for the night. They did. The owner then asked "Anglaise" Firmly he replied "NO - Australian" To which she replied (without any prompting) "Ahhhh Australian - le petite Trumpet" using her fingers to indicate what she meant!!!

We nearly died laughing. She must have been around a bit me thinks!

TiddlyPom Oct 26th 2010 12:20 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 
I've had big, I've had small, I've had wide, I've had tall...

It's not how big it is, it's what you do with it that matters.

ColinandLyn Oct 26th 2010 6:03 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 
I can't reach top shelves at shops,......soooooo have to wait for some hunk to help !......................bonus being little

RenShen Oct 26th 2010 9:40 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 
Yes. Our bbq is MASSIVE :rofl:

ColinandLyn Oct 26th 2010 9:43 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by RenShen (Post 8945055)
Yes. Our bbq is MASSIVE :rofl:


beers to small

Kelli28 Oct 26th 2010 10:11 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by mr mover (Post 8942962)
Yeah but most of them are Gay, "i,m a lumber jack and i,m ok" ring any bells .........:thumbup:MM

No but "Ding dong the witch is dead" does.

ColinandLyn Oct 27th 2010 1:27 am

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 
Yes.......when buying clothes or shoes UK > spain> Aus......?????????

Sherlock Holmes Oct 27th 2010 3:44 am

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by ColinandLyn (Post 8945488)
Yes.......when buying clothes or shoes UK > spain> Aus......?????????

http://www.asknumbers.com/SizeConversion.aspx

ColinandLyn Oct 27th 2010 7:58 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by alistairboyle (Post 8945749)

( thanks for that, another trauma avoided) :thumbup:

Sherlock Holmes Oct 27th 2010 10:07 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by ColinandLyn (Post 8946989)
( thanks for that, another trauma avoided) :thumbup:

However, if you have favorite shoes in UK, buy lots and bring with you.

Dorothy Oct 27th 2010 10:43 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by alistairboyle (Post 8947177)
However, if you have favorite shoes in UK, buy lots and bring with you.

Why? They sell shoes here, you know.

Sherlock Holmes Oct 27th 2010 10:45 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 8947259)
Why? They sell shoes here, you know.

well yes, but many of the ladies have mentioned quality etc. Mens shoes are shite, say what you like. I get mine from England on the net. They are available in Melbourne at twice the price and 400 klms away.

Alfresco Oct 27th 2010 11:03 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by alistairboyle (Post 8947177)
However, if you have favorite shoes in UK, buy lots and bring with you.


Originally Posted by Dorothy (Post 8947259)
Why? They sell shoes here, you know.

Yep, but keep 'me clean. Just paid $110 to have 2 x pairs destroyed by AQIS. :rolleyes:

Waiting to see which one of us is missing shoes. :lol:

Kim67 Oct 27th 2010 11:11 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by Alfresco (Post 8947288)
Yep, but keep 'me clean. Just paid $110 to have 2 x pairs destroyed by AQIS. :rolleyes:

Waiting to see which one of us is missing shoes. :lol:

Oh bugger. Our container arrived in Port on Monday supposedly and am waiting to see whether we get the full search and destroy thing.

Alfresco Oct 27th 2010 11:20 pm

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by Kim67 (Post 8947302)
Oh bugger. Our container arrived in Port on Monday supposedly and am waiting to see whether we get the full search and destroy thing.

Well we passed customs inspection today, delivery to residence on Tuesday. :thumbup:

Choice was: $165 to clean & re-inspect or $110 to destroy. No description of shoes given. :blink:

Dorothy Oct 28th 2010 12:10 am

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by alistairboyle (Post 8947265)
well yes, but many of the ladies have mentioned quality etc. Mens shoes are shite, say what you like. I get mine from England on the net. They are available in Melbourne at twice the price and 400 klms away.

I don't know where people are looking for things quite honestly. In Perth my husband buys excellent quality shoes and clothes. I think he bought his last pair of shoes at the Florsheim shop on Hay St. Me? I buy the same Italian leather shoes here at Meyer I would have bought overseas. As for clothes, the quality of what I bought in London is no different to the quality I bought in the US or here.

Kim67 Oct 28th 2010 12:16 am

Re: Does size matter in Australia?
 

Originally Posted by Alfresco (Post 8947318)
Well we passed customs inspection today, delivery to residence on Tuesday. :thumbup:

Choice was: $165 to clean & re-inspect or $110 to destroy. No description of shoes given. :blink:

That's crazy $110 to destroy! The only thing I'm really worried about is the lawn mower, any dirt or residue we couldn't get off is actually from Australia (didn't mow lawns in the desert) but I'm sure they won't take that as an excuse.


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