GMTV.. want a laugh?
Oct 14th 2009, 3:31 pm
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
LOL....yeah they'd have to slap on so much make up, have high hair and say "mate" to everyone.....all with a stuck on smile....I watched a programme when we were "back home" a couple of years ago and I could not believe it...it sounded a fantastic place...the home looked okay and the area that was shown looked very trendy with coffee places etc and some nice pubs.....it even made me look forward to coming back to Aus. lol...but then and here's the crunch..the area was Armadale...now not knocking Armadale (know a few people who live there) but it certainly is not the place the t.v. show made it out to be AND....well the Pubs...there is only one decent pub and that's the Elzabethan...all the others are really,really Ferral...with a captial F.....just goes to show how they can "paint" anywhere to make it look good......and yes some friends have seen GMTV ...luckily they have been to visit and know what it is like here.....makes you wonder how much the Australian Toursit Board are paying GMTV....lol.....
Everytime ive been there its people in groups of 4s and 6s all sitting there gormless because they are forced to listen to that shite .
Oct 14th 2009, 3:45 pm
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
Oct 14th 2009, 3:52 pm
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
Whats the deal with the elizbethan pub though when they got the bloke singing and playing the guitar , its hardly background music ,you honestly have to sit out side with the bilbeys if u want a conversation .
Everytime ive been there its people in groups of 4s and 6s all sitting there gormless because they are forced to listen to that shite .
Everytime ive been there its people in groups of 4s and 6s all sitting there gormless because they are forced to listen to that shite .
Oct 14th 2009, 4:00 pm
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
You're more than welcome. 
I'm chilled now, but it does wind me up how people are so negative about where they've moved to. Makes me wonder why they move there in the first place
It doesn't really spread much hope to those looking to make the move when everyone is so negative?!
And as far as I can see (queue angry retorts) not everyone who emigrates has a crap time of it? It's only the minority...? Granted they all seem to congregate on this forum...
I'm chilled now, but it does wind me up how people are so negative about where they've moved to. Makes me wonder why they move there in the first place
It doesn't really spread much hope to those looking to make the move when everyone is so negative?!
And as far as I can see (queue angry retorts) not everyone who emigrates has a crap time of it? It's only the minority...? Granted they all seem to congregate on this forum...
Oct 14th 2009, 4:05 pm
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
No we all live right on the Ocean....(don't get stuck in traffic jams with mad,driving all around)....do the beach run or swim...shower off...have breakfast on the balcony...watch the dolphins swim by....walk to the private jetty and sail into work.....bliss....oh...just woke up....
Oct 14th 2009, 11:03 pm
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
And your on this site because?........what you want to spread love and happiness around...lol....some of us have been here for a while...and just find it is time to move on....and some of us going back have had a good time here, some have even done very well for themselves and a few have had a hard time here and some have just not liked it at all..some for family reasons and some because they cannot leave Aus for some other reason.....so I think it is a bit arrogant of you to say we are all negative.....you know the saying "walk a mile in someones shoes".....amazing really how many migrants jump on to this site to put people down when really not many of us go onto the "coming to Aus" site and start sprouting "your mad.mad.mad"....
Those of us with a modicom of insight can see why these morons continuously come in here doing this sort of crap. It has far more to do with THEM and their demons than it ever is about ours.
But hey, it keeps me amused and entertained
Oct 14th 2009, 11:49 pm
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
They'd be hard pressed to move here, I can't imagine any of them have the skills to get a visa.
Oct 15th 2009, 2:23 am
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
You're more than welcome.
I'm chilled now, but it does wind me up how people are so negative about where they've moved to. Makes me wonder why they move there in the first place
It doesn't really spread much hope to those looking to make the move when everyone is so negative?!
And as far as I can see (queue angry retorts) not everyone who emigrates has a crap time of it? It's only the minority...? Granted they all seem to congregate on this forum...
I'm chilled now, but it does wind me up how people are so negative about where they've moved to. Makes me wonder why they move there in the first place
It doesn't really spread much hope to those looking to make the move when everyone is so negative?!
And as far as I can see (queue angry retorts) not everyone who emigrates has a crap time of it? It's only the minority...? Granted they all seem to congregate on this forum...
It's not hard to imagine that people make a move with high hopes and are disappointed. Never tried something -- a new food, a holiday place, a date-- with high hopes and found it not what you expected?
Er, you're surprised that the moving back forum is the hang out for those who didn't like it? Where else would they be?
As it happens, I spent over 30 years in Canada and it wasn't crap or I'd have been out of there. Still glad to be back.
But if you want hope, why aren't you on the other parts of this site where the contented emigrants hang out?
The thing is, it's no one here's duty to make you hopeful, and sometimes people feel they should toss some warnings, so others will go into the adventure with a better idea about possible problems. That's more likely to make the new life work, don't you think?
Bev
Oct 15th 2009, 10:43 am
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
[QUOTE=brits1;8017632].....you know the saying "walk a mile in someones shoes".....
And you'll be a mile away and still have their shoes.
And you'll be a mile away and still have their shoes.
Oct 15th 2009, 8:32 pm
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
and to be honest, I wish I had found this site before I made the move....would have at least forced me to think twice before making the move, which inevitably like other hopeful emigrants, we still would have made!!!
I can't watch these types of shows anymore - they make me so angry....just the thought of the false hope being portrayed - but for those intending to make the move, be prepared and be realistic - it is not and never will be a bed of roses just as returning the UK is not perfect nor the easy solution - it is actually harder to be back and to start all over again and thats without the benefit of the enthusiasm and drive that compelled you in the original move - you come back slightly jaded, knocked back and knowing you have a much harder slog the second time round.
I can't watch these types of shows anymore - they make me so angry....just the thought of the false hope being portrayed - but for those intending to make the move, be prepared and be realistic - it is not and never will be a bed of roses just as returning the UK is not perfect nor the easy solution - it is actually harder to be back and to start all over again and thats without the benefit of the enthusiasm and drive that compelled you in the original move - you come back slightly jaded, knocked back and knowing you have a much harder slog the second time round.
Oct 15th 2009, 8:59 pm
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Re: GMTV.. want a laugh?
and to be honest, I wish I had found this site before I made the move....would have at least forced me to think twice before making the move, which inevitably like other hopeful emigrants, we still would have made!!!
I can't watch these types of shows anymore - they make me so angry....just the thought of the false hope being portrayed - but for those intending to make the move, be prepared and be realistic - it is not and never will be a bed of roses just as returning the UK is not perfect nor the easy solution - it is actually harder to be back and to start all over again and thats without the benefit of the enthusiasm and drive that compelled you in the original move - you come back slightly jaded, knocked back and knowing you have a much harder slog the second time round.
I can't watch these types of shows anymore - they make me so angry....just the thought of the false hope being portrayed - but for those intending to make the move, be prepared and be realistic - it is not and never will be a bed of roses just as returning the UK is not perfect nor the easy solution - it is actually harder to be back and to start all over again and thats without the benefit of the enthusiasm and drive that compelled you in the original move - you come back slightly jaded, knocked back and knowing you have a much harder slog the second time round.
