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Jul 21st 2008, 11:13 am

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Re: If you're happy and you know it STAY PUT!

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I'll double check tomorrow and give you an update - If there's only 28 I'm off back to England (well, ok, Durham)

Your mining forefathers would despair....

Jul 21st 2008, 11:13 am

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Re: If you're happy and you know it STAY PUT!

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Where's Buzzy? I thought he'd have been here banging his Melbourne drum ages ago

Maybe the Melbourne Tourist Board have got a meet on tonight

Ah but nobody is giving incorrect info about Melbourne. If that was the case Buzzy would be here like a shot.

Jul 21st 2008, 11:15 am

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Your mining forefathers would despair....

Yeah they only had 2 types of bread and (god forbid) only ONE type of dripping

Jul 21st 2008, 11:15 am

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Re: If you're happy and you know it STAY PUT!

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I know that it was probably unintentional but you did start this off as a one-sided, fairly subjective and not particularly considered statement on a public forum. Which you are perfectly entitled to do. I think it was the absolutes within your writing style that got peoples backs up.

That was exactly my point.

Jul 21st 2008, 11:16 am

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Ah but nobody is giving incorrect info about Melbourne. If that was the case Buzzy would be here like a shot.

I've heard it's great since he moved there - lot's of choice in the supermarkets, light nights in summer - maybe we should all move to Australia (well, ok, Melbourne)

Jul 21st 2008, 11:19 am

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I've heard it's great since he moved there - lot's of choice in the supermarkets, light nights in summer - maybe we should all move to Australia (well, ok, Melbourne)

He's revolutionised the place. Why, it almost like the 21st Century now.

We hear that electricity will reach us by September...oh if only they would think about building that darn railroad.

Jul 21st 2008, 11:20 am

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Good. In the mean time, could you - or indeed any of the 'I miss Tescos' brigade, please tell me how many varieties of granary loaf it takes to make you happy?

Sod the granary loaves. You can get bagels here?

Jul 21st 2008, 11:20 am

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Re: If you're happy and you know it STAY PUT!

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It all gets a bit tedious though when you have to preface everything you say with 'In my opinion.......'. As if that makes the point any more or less valid.

Can't we just take it as read that if someone says something it is their opinion without people jumping on the 'generalising' bandwagon all the time!

Jul 21st 2008, 11:22 am

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Re: If you're happy and you know it STAY PUT!

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I can't think about cheese or bread unless you point exactly to the place where she typed that she didn't have enough types of cheese or bread. - then I can sit down for half an hour to think up a response.

It takes you half an hour to type 'You think Australia is utopia'? Blimey - it's worse than I thought ...

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Originally Posted by tictac

Sod the granary loaves. You can get bagels here?

Not only bagels, but garlic bread too.

Garlic bread, that's right Max. Garlic bread - it's the future, I've tasted it.

Jul 21st 2008, 11:23 am

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Re: If you're happy and you know it STAY PUT!

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Garlic bread, that's right Max. Garlic bread - it's the future, I've tasted it.

Snort

Jul 21st 2008, 11:25 am

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Ah but nobody is giving incorrect info about Melbourne. If that was the case Buzzy would be here like a shot.

Lets see if I can tease him out of the woodwork...

Melbourne is full of bogans and too cold to have a swimming pool in your garden!

Jul 21st 2008, 11:27 am

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Re: If you're happy and you know it STAY PUT!

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Aren't you some kind of journalist?

Not quite sure if this means that you should understand context or that it excuses why you distort things so much

She was writing about her whole experience - giving examples in each area - you probably understand but would rather continue trying to bully everyone into believing that Australia is king.

Christ who needs the Spanish Inquisition when there's you and Vash multiquoting and googling your way through life to prove that you really do live in the land of Eden.

lol, i love hutch and vash but this post knocks it on the head for me and just for the record i agree with most of the op's comments, but if its one thing ave learned on this forum, it aint australia its the problem its people and thier experiences.

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Jul 21st 2008, 11:29 am

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Re: If you're happy and you know it STAY PUT!

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Not only bagels, but garlic bread too.

Garlic bread, that's right Max. Garlic bread - it's the future, I've tasted it.

Now you're just teasing us Australians (well, ok, Brisbanites) with your cosmopolitan, socialite lifestyle so full of taste of variety. You must live in Australia (well, ok, near Sydney)

Jul 21st 2008, 11:30 am

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i love hutch and vash but this post knocks it on the head for me and just for the record i agree with most of the op's comments

Yeah, but you're in the same boat - been here 5 minutes and it's all "woe is me" Have a drink and dream of going back to Scotland

Jul 21st 2008, 11:31 am

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Re: If you're happy and you know it STAY PUT!

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Lets see if I can tease him out of the woodwork...

Melbourne is full of bogans and too cold to have a swimming pool in your garden!

Maybe we should run a book on the post number Buzzy will enter.

I will start. I reckon by post 80 he will be here.

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