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Now im in oz i come on to try help others heading my way. Also cos im nosey and i like to see how people are doing.
Dont come on as often as i used to years ago, but i still feel an affection for the BE posse:thumbsup::wub:
Mandy

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it isn't, it's an oblate spheroid :rolleyes:

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It's a habit I've acquired, I'm generally on here when Ive a cup of tea made.... I drink a hell of a lot of tea though. It keeps me from doing mundane housework things... The other side of the coin is I dont have that much patience for TV.

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Because sometimes questions pop into my head and one of you in here has the answer.

You guys do realise when I log off you all cease to exist till I log on again.;)

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I'm Australian now but will never be an Aussie. I will tread in that half between life of not recognizing household Australian celebs names and still loving a good BBC drama whilst wearing thongs.

Here there are like minded people and very occasionally a pearl of wisdom in the otherwise entertaining drivel. ;)

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that is such a Soapy line!

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tis isn't it, very scary :scaredhair:

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All of the above for me.....ok, I'm not actually in Australia yet, but I've been on here a bloody long time :blink:

The one highlighted in red above means that I've never had to come back with a different name :lol:

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Not yet in Australia but in some respects I feel that I'm already there :o

BE is addictive and fills those otherwise idle moments to chat, have laughs with, share help and gain (sometimes shocking but often heartwarming) insights into a very mixed bag of people :thumbsup:.

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BE was invaluable before our move for information, I have used it since 2003 when we were first planning our move. When we first arrived in Brisbane Oct 2005, feeling very isolated it was a virtual friend - now we are settled I try to give back any info I can to anyone who asks especially in the business owner field. We have met some fantastic people from the forum - including you good selves:thumbup:

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If we're all objects of your imagination, you're a very sick, twisted individual. ;)

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I stumbled in here by mistake....Tranzfers website went down which was v. unusual so I googled and found B.E. :eek:

Saw a question someone had asked and I had a reasonable answer. That was 4,078 posts ago.

I'd like to think I'm wanting to be helpful but I'm just nosey. :(

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Because I'm stuck in a life with a spouse and children who don't speak to me so I have to communicate with someone.

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Same here, I was researching the process of early retirement in Spain and found BE....

Dunno what I'm doing in the Australia section. :lol:

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Help others if I can (not often, admittedly)

Feel loved (even less, especially if that Sallybird is about! :))

Have a laugh (very common)

I used to post endlessly on AOL UK message boards until they shut them down - this is my little substitute :)