Wot tings ave yous learrnt tooday?
 

As life is a glorious journey filled with wondrous experience we constantly learn new things (wretch).... today I've discovered

1) The Yanks call Tunisia 'Tune - eesh - year'
2) My 1 year old cat, Outboard, can lay a turd the size of King Kong's finger
3) A massive brown stripey spider found in the car can evade an industrial hoover

What about yous?

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1) Wynnum/Manly/Lota seafront is quite nice actually
2) That my sprog shouldn't climb too high on the spider-web thingys
3) The half-life of a chocolate ice cream in this weather is about 15 seconds

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I learned today that one of the darlings of the dotcom boom in Australia was a company called Sausage Software! I thought that was pretty funny...according to Wiki they sold products called snaglets! :lol:

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4) There is an International Dutch Oven Society

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I reckon my OH is a member of that - if you are referring to making a 'fart chamber' out of the duvet and then holding my head in said 'chamber'. :frown:

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I learnt that i should not drink at the same pub as my 21 year old neighbour!:eek:

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I didn't realise there was a non-fart-related Dutch Oven ... I didn't need to know though ...

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Apparemment a dutch oven is some sort of cast iron pot for cooking up skag. I've seen the tat equivalent in Bunnings.

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That Alabama Whitman in True Romance is actually the main character psychic in the tv series Medium. :thumbup:

I also learnt that I simply CANNOT live here without aircon, roll on Saturday when the new one is installed.

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That I am doomed to be outwitted by a minor bird...actually an army of minor birds.....little feckers!:sneaky:

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That the for sale outside our house is massive
That my youngest can now say 'knee'
That someone I work with is divorced from someone else that I've met
What hydro dilatation is
That the weeds I thought I'd eradicated at the weekend have already sprung up
That an 11 year old at a local primary school was given 'colouring' as homework
That an older woman at work (?mid 50s) is quite sexy

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1) That Phoenix Nights is funnier when drinking whisky
2) That amazingly my Aviva shares are rising in today's bearish FTSE
3) How miserable it is to have given up buying tiramasu for NY Resolution
4) That post from the Shetlands to Oz can take about 2 bloody months

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OK it was yesterday - the Yanks call tulips twoo-lips.

Today- there are hardly any personal number plates beginning with 'V'.

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I woz at Bunnings today looking fer Billy Kart gear ... Skool Olidayz rule :)

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1) Learnt how to strip gyprock/plasterboard from the walls of a flash riverside apartment :)

2) Met an english lady helping who moved to cleveland when she first arrived in brisbane to get the big house/pool etc that many british dream about and said the quiet retirement atmosphere almost sent her insane/depressed. Has sold it all and moved closer to Brisbane and now happier. We agreed that for many british (not all) used to compact heavily populated cities the better option would be a smaller house in a busier inner area.

3) Learnt that behind some modest looking mirrored doors in Duncan Street in West End there is a fantastic greek/asian supermarket/deli.

4) Learnt that this half complete residential development now has the most unfortunate name in Brisbane: http://www.watersedgewestend.com.au/main.html (sound, open in IE)

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I live in Cleveland and it's wonderful. :wub:

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Shall I quote some of your previous posts :)

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That having a wad of tissue up yer nostril cause the fkr won't stop bleeding not only makes you look stupid but you cant drink from a tea cup:thumbdown:

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But can you drink from a beer mug? :)

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Will let you know later;)

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Today I learnt that cutting the grass in 33 degrees is preferable to cutting it in 10 degrees. :) (or less)

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i cant spell and my grammer sucks:(


lol

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That the 2 m3 load of logs i just had delivered dont burn very well:frown:

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To trust no-one :frown:

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I learnt nothing to my answers but the questions continue to mount...

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You actually CAN polish a turd

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That was from a previous life :D

I is now settled and enjoying life. :thumbup:

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That takes me back, my first html editor was Hotdog, so they are still going.

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That the Greek news channel is still far more informative than the Aussie despite the fact I don't speak a word of 'bubble'

That Nicole Kidman seems to be modeling her new look on Kryten from Red Dwarf :ohmy:

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That's really good, I'm happy for you. :thumbsup: Just to emphasise it I am not saying everybody should avoid the quiet outer suburbs just that for "some" people they would be too quiet and/or lonely and the big house/lap pool does not compensate those people. For others they love it. It seems like 90% of people on here are heading to those type of estates I just wonder whether the percentage should be lower as they can make some british immigrants miserable?

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I know you're not necessarly talking just about Cleveland, but it doesn't really fall into that bucket. A lot of it is quite established, has is its town centre, shops etc...it does have a bit of character. It's a nice spot, but I would still fit into that rather be closer to the action category.

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Something else to learn:
Sprog means something different in Aus. :eek:

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The Sprog is a 14foot (4.27m) two sail hard chine dinghy. :)

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The sort of thing you could see a "sperm" whale from? ;)

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I would answer that but it's lunch time.......

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Ta, I'll consider myself educated :)

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hmm..yes..but nonetheless I often talk about my sprogs.

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That Women generally are far better at detecting bullsheet than most blokes and spend their valuable time far more effectively. :o

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That everytime you open a bill now you will nearly die of freaking shock:eek: and will spend at least an hour per bill trying to negotiate some better, deal, plan, supplier.

:thumbdown:

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Michael Clarke still can't bat