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Old Oct 13th 2011, 10:59 pm
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As an expat, what do you hate about this country? I am not an Oz expat yet so I would like to ask you guys what are the cons of living in Oz.
Hope this post won't get messy!
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Whinging poms.
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Whinging poms.
Oh no, are there many? As right now I am living on a UK colony territory and I simply can't handle them anymore, especially the one in my office ...
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Oh no, are there many? As right now I am living on a UK colony territory and I simply can't handle them anymore, especially the one in my office ...
Shit loads.
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As an expat, what do you hate about this country? I am not an Oz expat yet so I would like to ask you guys what are the cons of living in Oz.
Hope this post won't get messy!
Tin roofs and the lack of sleep due to wildlife crawling on them and rain bouncing on them.

Subway.

The lack off egg mayonnaise baguettes.
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Tin roofs and the lack of sleep due to wildlife crawling on them and rain bouncing on them.

Subway.

The lack off egg mayonnaise baguettes.
I conquer.

Add to the list prickly grass, I mean why can't they have soft grass like everywhere else? Is it really that difficult? It really does spoil the fantasy 'outdoor lifestyle' I'd created in my own mind as a preconception, previous to ever setting foot in Australia.
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Originally Posted by bingobob777
Tin roofs and the lack of sleep due to wildlife crawling on them and rain bouncing on them.

Subway.

The lack off egg mayonnaise baguettes.
I like the sound of rain on a tin roof

"The lack of" by the way.

Originally Posted by spartacus
I conquer.

Add to the list prickly grass, I mean why can't they have soft grass like everywhere else? Is it really that difficult? It really does spoil the fantasy 'outdoor lifestyle' I'd created in my own mind as a preconception, previous to ever setting foot in Australia.
"I concur" by the way.

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As an expat, what do you hate about this country? I am not an Oz expat yet so I would like to ask you guys what are the cons of living in Oz.

Hope this post won't get messy!
What would lead you to believe such an innocuous question would lead to such a thing?

Now, much as I'd like to go 'in deep' with this fresh subject that hasn't been done to death I have a bloody great hole to continue digging. I fear I shall need to miss out on the philosophical insights that will inevitably ensue.

On topic - I hate expats in Oz that try to act as typo and spelling police.

Originally Posted by FloydiusMaximus
Run, rabbit run.
Dig that hole, forget the sun,
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down it's time to dig another one.
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Default Re: what do you hate about Oz?

Originally Posted by DeadVim
I like the sound of rain on a tin roof

"The lack of" by the way.



"I concur" by the way.



What would lead you to believe such an innocuous question would lead to such a thing?

Now, much as I'd like to go 'in deep' with this fresh subject that hasn't been done to death I have a bloody great hole to continue digging. I fear I shall need to miss out on the philosophical insights that will inevitably ensue.

On topic - I hate expats in Oz that try to act as typo and spelling police.
Good point, at least some of these issues I am facing here in the Caribbean are also in Oz so I won't feel far away from this shitty island ... [:-P]
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Originally Posted by randb
Good point, at least some of these issues I am facing here in the Caribbean are also in Oz so I won't feel far away from this shitty island ... [:-P]
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Originally Posted by DeadVim
I like the sound of rain on a tin roof

so do I, just not when it wakes me up

"The lack of" by the way.

Got it right first time, 2nd time was a bump on the train

"I concur" by the way.

[What would lead you to believe such an innocuous question would lead to such a thing?

Now, much as I'd like to go 'in deep' with this fresh subject that hasn't been done to death I have a bloody great hole to continue digging. I fear I shall need to miss out on the philosophical insights that will inevitably ensue.

On topic - I hate expats in Oz that try to act as typo and spelling police.
I'd be curious to know the perceived advantages of a tin roof as all I can see are bad points
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I'd be curious to know the perceived advantages of a tin roof as all I can see are bad points
It will make less noise when a cyclone will blow it away!
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I'd be curious to know the perceived advantages of a tin roof as all I can see are bad points
Not punctured by large hail.
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I'd be curious to know the perceived advantages of a tin roof as all I can see are bad points
Cheap. Besides if you put a proper roof on your average Australian house the walls would buckle.
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