so your going back to the uk?
Feb 18th 2007, 1:29 pm
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so your going back to the uk?
can you tell me one thing you will take from oz that you didnt have in the uk?
Feb 18th 2007, 1:37 pm
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Re: so your going back to the uk?
... Ahem .... one thing I took from the US when I returned was an appreciation for being polite. It's funny, a lot of people criticize the US heavily for the "Have a nice day!" insincerity. However, having lived in the south (where it's supposedly worst) for 16 years I met way more genuinely polite people than insincere polite poeple. I deal with people every day and find it goes so much better if you just smile a little and show interest (even on days you don't feel too hot).
Or were you referring to the towel I nicked from the airport hotel?
Feb 18th 2007, 4:04 pm
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Re: so your going back to the uk?
Feb 18th 2007, 4:05 pm
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Re: so your going back to the uk?
Mine is a love of sushi! (I'm moving back from Canada)
Feb 18th 2007, 8:40 pm
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Re: so your going back to the uk?
Being more open minded to other nationalities and cultures and by having them as friends, it adds a more interesting dimension to your life. You can return not realising then how much you may have moved on to the way you were brought up and were taught to think and may appear to be a stranger to those who thought they knew you. The other interesting dimension is that you can also be treated as a "foreigner" by strangers who don't realise you are British.
PS I joined Dundoving in nicking something from the airport hotel, but I chose the Towelling Robe....but I think they got me back by putting it on the credit card......if I'd known how expensive it was, I wouldn't have nicked it....LOL>
PS I joined Dundoving in nicking something from the airport hotel, but I chose the Towelling Robe....but I think they got me back by putting it on the credit card......if I'd known how expensive it was, I wouldn't have nicked it....LOL>
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Feb 18th 2007, 8:49 pm
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Re: so your going back to the uk?
A laid back attitude!
Ohh and a heap of furniture that will never fit in an English house
Ohh and a heap of furniture that will never fit in an English house
Feb 18th 2007, 9:41 pm
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Feb 18th 2007, 9:44 pm
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Re: so your going back to the uk?
A Batchelor of Education degree ( I hope!) 
A love for salted popcorn.
An Aussie cat. My hubby thinks we won't, but oh yes we will dear!!
A love for salted popcorn.
An Aussie cat. My hubby thinks we won't, but oh yes we will dear!!
Feb 18th 2007, 9:56 pm
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Feb 18th 2007, 10:46 pm
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Re: so your going back to the uk?
Can't limit it to one. I've got so much from Aus, including:
A master's degree (or I will come June!).
A more laid-back attitude (if that's possible!).
A love of cricket.
A greater acceptance of others.
A greater sense of adventure.
A 'she'll be right' trust in the unknown.
Two slightly itchier feet.
I'll be leaving a settee and a bed. It's a fair trade, I reckon.
A master's degree (or I will come June!).
A more laid-back attitude (if that's possible!).
A love of cricket.
A greater acceptance of others.
A greater sense of adventure.
A 'she'll be right' trust in the unknown.
Two slightly itchier feet.
I'll be leaving a settee and a bed. It's a fair trade, I reckon.
Feb 19th 2007, 2:29 am
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Re: so your going back to the uk?
A suntan! 
Oh, and a baby!
Oh, and a baby!
Feb 19th 2007, 2:41 am
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Re: so your going back to the uk?
my dog!!!!
bloody thing is costing me a fortune to get back, lol, but hes adorable...
i will appreciate my surroundings more, i will get out and about more, i will enjoy life and be bloody thankful
