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JoolsB Feb 6th 2008 9:14 pm
So many poms!
 
Hey everyone here in Melbourne is British :lol:-the guy who runs my local wine shop, the man on the gate at quarantine, the ladies in front of me at the car park ticket machine in South Yarra, the family lunching at the table next to me in St Kilda yesterday...the couple we're buying our house from actually asked us what was wrong with UK as loads of folks they know are selling to Brits.

Shakmaty Feb 6th 2008 9:23 pm
Re: So many poms!
 
Originally Posted by JoolsB (Post 5898300)
Hey everyone here in Melbourne is British :lol:-the guy who runs my local wine shop, the man on the gate at quarantine, the ladies in front of me at the car park ticket machine in South Yarra, the family lunching at the table next to me in St Kilda yesterday...the couple we're buying our house from actually asked us what was wrong with UK as loads of folks they know are selling to Brits.
Come down to Elsternwick, most people are Russian or Jewish or both:)

Hutch Feb 6th 2008 10:07 pm
Re: So many poms!
 
Originally Posted by Shakmaty (Post 5898321)
Come down to Elsternwick, most people are Russian or Jewish or both:)
Mainly Australian round these parts... I know that's unusual in Oz, but there you go. :D

Shakmaty Feb 6th 2008 10:09 pm
Re: So many poms!
 
Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 5898459)
Mainly Australian round these parts... I know that's unusual in Oz, but there you go. :D

Even the Aussies round here speak with an Eastern European Drawl:lol:

Timber Floor Au Feb 6th 2008 10:13 pm
Re: So many poms!
 
DYA VONT A VUCK SHEILA OR VOT !

Shakmaty Feb 6th 2008 10:17 pm
Re: So many poms!
 
Originally Posted by Timber Floor Au (Post 5898489)
DYA VONT A VUCK SHEILA OR VOT !
With most of the old Russian women, I'd say OR VOT:lol:

Peter Feb 6th 2008 10:28 pm
Re: So many poms!
 
Originally Posted by JoolsB (Post 5898300)
Hey everyone here in Melbourne is British :lol:
You guys finally out-breeding the southern and eastern Europeans after what? 50 years? :thumbup:

IvanM Feb 7th 2008 8:54 pm
Re: So many poms!
 
Originally Posted by Shakmaty (Post 5898321)
Come down to Elsternwick, most people are Russian or Jewish or both:)
Sounds like Bondi.

Shakmaty Feb 7th 2008 8:59 pm
Re: So many poms!
 
Originally Posted by IvanM (Post 5903483)
Sounds like Bondi.
Without British backpackers:)

Mrs Jackaroo Feb 7th 2008 9:01 pm
Re: So many poms!
 
Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 5898459)
Mainly Australian round these parts... I know that's unusual in Oz, but there you go. :D
Same here Hutch - apart from us and those who work with hubby - the remainder seem to be all Aussies...... Noice :D

IvanM Feb 10th 2008 8:59 pm
Re: So many poms!
 
Originally Posted by Shakmaty (Post 5903497)
Without British backpackers:)
We've nearly priced them out.


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