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What is it about Oz that shits you to tears?

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View Poll Results: What's the most annoying aspect of living in Australia
utility companies treating you like scum
26.09%
supermarkets running a monopoly
47.83%
Banks taking this piss with charges etc
43.48%
everything is so bloody expensive!
47.83%
crap TV
50.00%
real estate agents
17.39%
sausage sizzles
19.57%
thongs/slippers/bare feet instead of shoes OUTSIDE
19.57%
living amongst Australians...(joke!)
17.39%
isolation from the civilised world
30.43%
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What is it about Oz that shits you to tears?

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Old Jan 18th 2011, 9:57 pm
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Looks like a Chevy.
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Old Jan 18th 2011, 9:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Officer Dibble
Looks like a Chevy.
It's needed at the levy
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Old Jan 18th 2011, 10:02 pm
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Originally Posted by unfair dinkum
It's needed at the levy

I need another bevvie.
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Old Jan 18th 2011, 10:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Officer Dibble
I need another bevvie.
He ain't heavy
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Originally Posted by unfair dinkum
He ain't heavy
Givin' the Torana a little revvie....
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Old Jan 18th 2011, 10:07 pm
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A real estate agent is preferable to the alternative.

Hold on, no, I got that wrong.
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Originally Posted by unfair dinkum
testing out the poll functionality
You forgot to add Bert newton
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Originally Posted by unfair dinkum
He ain't heavy
He's my brother.
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Old Jan 19th 2011, 12:29 am
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Originally Posted by unfair dinkum
He ain't heavy
just big boned
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Old Jan 19th 2011, 11:29 am
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Not a thing, I LOVE it here! I suspect you don't though, so why not just go back to where you came from!? *SIMPLES*
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Old Jan 19th 2011, 11:36 am
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Originally Posted by Jen1977ni
Not a thing, I LOVE it here! I suspect you don't though, so why not just go back to where you came from!? *SIMPLES*
thanks, I'd never thought of that!
I'll just tell my wife I'm leaving her..
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Originally Posted by Turban Explorer
Somehow, though, despite the carve up the market being pretty similar to the UK, the pricing in Oz is just so similar. Unless you buy out of date food Woolworths, Coles, Bi-Lo, IGA etc just don't seem to compete on price - not sure if Aldi is the same as there ain't one in Cairns.... I can't understand why there is no price competition unless they DO follow some oligopoly pricing policy.....Oddly, it's the same at Rusty's market in Cairns - about 50 stalls - selling groceries from the Tablelands - but all at exactly the same price!! It really is odd how the price elasticity of demand theory is just so unapplicable in Oz...
I've not found that. I've found the prices can vary dramatically between the shops here whereas in the UK they tend to be more uniform.
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Why is it more expensive to drink in Melbourne than Sydney?
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Originally Posted by DeadVim
I can't be the only one admiring the pool ute can I?
I'd do it for a giggle if I had a ute.
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Originally Posted by Deutschmaster
Why is it more expensive to drink in Melbourne than Sydney?
Keeps the riff raff at bay.
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