Thinking of moving to Australia?
Apr 13th 2008 | 12:41 am
#46
Australia's Doorman
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From: The Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Re: Thinking of moving to Australia?
You sound fairly intelligent for a reactionary nationalist, but your lack of apostrophes lets you down a bit mate.
Besides, I wonder if the native Australians mutter the same thing as they sniff petrol in their piss-stinking shacks...
Besides, I wonder if the native Australians mutter the same thing as they sniff petrol in their piss-stinking shacks...
Apr 13th 2008 | 12:44 am
#47
Fighting my corner
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From: Adelaide, South Australia
Re: Thinking of moving to Australia?
Apr 13th 2008 | 12:48 am
#48
Australia's Doorman
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From: The Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Apr 13th 2008 | 1:02 am
#49
Fighting my corner
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From: Adelaide, South Australia
Re: Thinking of moving to Australia?
Well, yes. I'd give you some examples from this forum, but I'm spoilt for choice and can't decide which to choose.
The classic sign is an apostrophe in a plural ("shop's"; "car's"; "tv's"). Very common in the UK, and this forum.
See above.
The classic sign is an apostrophe in a plural ("shop's"; "car's"; "tv's"). Very common in the UK, and this forum.
Pray tell, dear heart, what your line of thought is? 
Apr 13th 2008 | 2:01 am
#50
Auntie Fa
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From: Seattle
Re: Thinking of moving to Australia?
Shockingly common everywhere I think, Vash, not just the UK. 
edit: I was judged by my Facebook friends, "the person most likely to correct your grammar", so I'd better stop there.
edit: I was judged by my Facebook friends, "the person most likely to correct your grammar", so I'd better stop there.
Apr 13th 2008 | 2:32 am
#51
Home and Happy
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Re: Thinking of moving to Australia?
"Oven Ready Rabbit's Eggs"
No wonder we grew up very confused
Apr 13th 2008 | 2:57 am
#52
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From: The Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Apr 13th 2008 | 3:29 am
#53
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Apr 13th 2008 | 4:54 am
#54
If all else fails...smile
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From: Northern Territory
Re: Thinking of moving to Australia?
hmmm...what a post :curse: I am sure that we brits don't come out to knock any Aussies back, certainly regarding the property, it could well have been an Australian who took it over.....I am also sure that when we do come out we put into the economy of Australia, it is not like we are able to just come on over and have to put alot of time effort and money in proving that if we are allowed to stop, we will not live off the state 
and I for one wouldn't want it any other way........so please don't blame us for what you feel is going wrong in your country.....Ems x
and I for one wouldn't want it any other way........so please don't blame us for what you feel is going wrong in your country.....Ems x
Apr 13th 2008 | 6:18 am
#55
I'm really a monkey!
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: In a tree
Re: Thinking of moving to Australia?
Oh god bless mother England, we couldn't do it without you. Give me a break.
If its such a struggle to move here, why not stay home with your tea and cake?
A recent arrival AND a property investor? Don't get me started.
What queue are you referring to? If your "skilled" mates are here to fill the gap then why are they in a queue? To be frank most poms I've met in industry are all talk and no walk. We colonials obviously can't see you as the gems the immigration department thought you were. Maybe we're blinded by nepotism or maybe there's really no "skills shortage" after all. The truth is that high levels of immigration serves primarily to moderate wage growth via competition, temporarily supplant the need for serious investment in education and training or to increase levels of workforce participation (ie an increase in full-time employment), and create some short-term economic stimuli.
I'm not saying bring immigration to zero, but when the influx has been mach 3 for some years now, there is the question of how much is enough? An exception applies for health care workers, construction workers, tradies, miners
At the end of the day, my message is really to the potential boaties. I acknowledge its probably too late to send most of you back, after all, you're just here to help us "build the nation". ahem.
If its such a struggle to move here, why not stay home with your tea and cake?
A recent arrival AND a property investor? Don't get me started.
What queue are you referring to? If your "skilled" mates are here to fill the gap then why are they in a queue? To be frank most poms I've met in industry are all talk and no walk. We colonials obviously can't see you as the gems the immigration department thought you were. Maybe we're blinded by nepotism or maybe there's really no "skills shortage" after all. The truth is that high levels of immigration serves primarily to moderate wage growth via competition, temporarily supplant the need for serious investment in education and training or to increase levels of workforce participation (ie an increase in full-time employment), and create some short-term economic stimuli.
I'm not saying bring immigration to zero, but when the influx has been mach 3 for some years now, there is the question of how much is enough? An exception applies for health care workers, construction workers, tradies, miners
At the end of the day, my message is really to the potential boaties. I acknowledge its probably too late to send most of you back, after all, you're just here to help us "build the nation". ahem.
Apr 13th 2008 | 9:42 am
#56
Australia's Doorman
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From: The Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Re: Thinking of moving to Australia?
Speak for yourself - I moved here so I could throw hard-working and blameless Australian families out on the street. I particularly enjoy eviction day itself, when I wear a large top hat and a monocole and smoke an Alfred Dunhill cigarette through a foot long jet black cigarette holder. As the tenants are removed from the property I let a sneer creep over my unloved pasty white face and, on occasion, I curl my lip very slightly and then look suddenly to the left for dramatic effect.
Apr 13th 2008 | 9:43 am
#57
Australia's Doorman
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From: The Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Apr 13th 2008 | 9:44 am
#58
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Re: Thinking of moving to Australia?
Speak for yourself - I moved here so I could throw hard-working and blameless Australian families out on the street. I particularly enjoy eviction day itself, when I wear a large top hat and a monocole and smoke an Alfred Dunhill cigarette through a foot long jet black cigarette holder. As the tenants are removed from the property I let a sneer creep over my unloved pasty white face and, on occasion, I curl my lip very slightly and then look suddenly to the left for dramatic effect.
Apr 13th 2008 | 9:53 am
#59
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Re: Thinking of moving to Australia?
plenty of aussies think like that, plenty are pissed off with the housing and job situation, maybe the poster was genuine.Or it could be the bloke who parks his ute on the main drag into one of the big pom estates here
, a ute, 2 aussie flags on it and the classy "if you dont like it F#$% off sign.
