Main reason for moving back?
May 14th 2008 | 2:11 pm
#361
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
voting is up to 61 now not bad in a few days, well done everyone 
May 14th 2008 | 2:23 pm
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May 14th 2008 | 2:27 pm
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
Thanks all. I presume activity on the other thread has dried-up so I can put the note on other boards now....and wait for the flack. By the way...if you've got extra email addresses, please use them too. My kids used their two Planet Patrol mail addresses to ramp up another couple of votes and I used hubbies work address too. Must get it to 201!
What have you been distracted with Flea...anything interesting?
What have you been distracted with Flea...anything interesting?
May 14th 2008 | 2:28 pm
#364
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
oh gud on ya FFFF!!!!
keep ya pecker up chuck soon be HOME
keep ya pecker up chuck soon be HOME
May 14th 2008 | 2:54 pm
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
Thanks all. I presume activity on the other thread has dried-up so I can put the note on other boards now....and wait for the flack. By the way...if you've got extra email addresses, please use them too. My kids used their two Planet Patrol mail addresses to ramp up another couple of votes and I used hubbies work address too. Must get it to 201!
What have you been distracted with Flea...anything interesting?
What have you been distracted with Flea...anything interesting?
May 14th 2008 | 2:57 pm
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
No, heard it's raining. Mind you, foggy over here this morning. The kids were moaning about it, and I was ready to break out into a bit of 'I'm walking in the air/clouds"....fortunately, I have a sore throat so everyone was saved from my singing....can feel another burst coming on now though!
May 14th 2008 | 5:28 pm
#367
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
See my thread in rovers return. Not been a good couple of days.
But, yes i am looking forward to leaving here more than ever now!
Hope the petition gets something happening!
May 14th 2008 | 6:00 pm
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Can't find your thread in rovers return...give us a hint (want to know what you've been up to!)
May 14th 2008 | 6:02 pm
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
Jul 11th 2008 | 5:53 pm
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
=:curse:======================RANT WARNING====================:curse:
God im pleased its not just only me and my partner who share the same opinion!!!
We went travelling there at the beginning of april and planned to settle after finding a place we liked the most..... we didnt. All i harped on about for the past 5 year was moving to oz. And am pleased to say i have got it out of my system and will be in the UK tomorrow, as we are currently touring asia and are at our final stop (Hong Kong)
We managed 3 months and couldnt wait to leave, we travelled up the east coast from Melbourne to Brisbane. What a dissapointment nowhere stood out, very beige I would say. It did however stand out for the wrong reasons..
a) Patriotism is almost sickening (what is there to be so proud of?)
b) Racism - We heard of a man in his 20's up north petrol bombing a Indian familys house and going about braggin about it.
c) Its impossible to make friend with aussies.... If you dont have an aussie accent dont bother looking for a decent conversation or making a friend.
d) Sh!!te food shopping
e) Even sh!!ter T.V
f) Its like living in the 80's. Even the mobile phones are behind the times.
g) Having a "perfect" body is a be all or end all.
h) Sexism- If you or are not a white hetrosexual male your automatically a 2nd class citizen.
I) THEE Worst banking system in the world! Again it feels like stepping into a time-warp to the 80s just going into a bank. No chip and pin, and just all magnetic strips and ridiculous charges for the most simple things. Almost anything important has to be done in a branch, making phone helpline a waste of time. All you ever hear is "you need to visit the branch to do that)
J) Being asked for I.D For absolutly EVERYTHING!!! in the bank while trying to withdraw money over the counter we had to enter our pin number(anywhere else that would be it) then produce not only our passports but our driving licenses before they would hand money over....After all that we had to sign our signature not once but twice to cross check on the system as the first time they said it wasnt my signature!
Also we were BOTH asked for id whilst buying a bottle of wine, we are both 22 and look our age, my partner had his id but woudnt let him buy it coz he was stood next to me!
k) Homophobia - I actaully am gay and from the first day of arriving in oz i and my partner felt almost uncomfortable. It all came to a head when we were in Brisbane. We shot on some clothes not thinking as you do and went into town unfortunate for us our choice of t-shirts happened to be pastel pink..... we must of been heckled and called puff and fag 10 times just on a 15 min walk into town, People in cars shouting and passers by in the street laughing. We felt bullied and i was never even bullied in school! Im sorry but pink is what 99% of straight guys wear back home!
l) We personally can't wait for Australia to become a Republic. Then finally the Union Jack will be removed from there flag. They do not deserve to be associated with such a great symbol (now who's being patriotic? well at least we have something to be patriotic about)
God im pleased its not just only me and my partner who share the same opinion!!!
We went travelling there at the beginning of april and planned to settle after finding a place we liked the most..... we didnt. All i harped on about for the past 5 year was moving to oz. And am pleased to say i have got it out of my system and will be in the UK tomorrow, as we are currently touring asia and are at our final stop (Hong Kong)
We managed 3 months and couldnt wait to leave, we travelled up the east coast from Melbourne to Brisbane. What a dissapointment nowhere stood out, very beige I would say. It did however stand out for the wrong reasons..
a) Patriotism is almost sickening (what is there to be so proud of?)
b) Racism - We heard of a man in his 20's up north petrol bombing a Indian familys house and going about braggin about it.
c) Its impossible to make friend with aussies.... If you dont have an aussie accent dont bother looking for a decent conversation or making a friend.
d) Sh!!te food shopping
e) Even sh!!ter T.V
f) Its like living in the 80's. Even the mobile phones are behind the times.
g) Having a "perfect" body is a be all or end all.
h) Sexism- If you or are not a white hetrosexual male your automatically a 2nd class citizen.
I) THEE Worst banking system in the world! Again it feels like stepping into a time-warp to the 80s just going into a bank. No chip and pin, and just all magnetic strips and ridiculous charges for the most simple things. Almost anything important has to be done in a branch, making phone helpline a waste of time. All you ever hear is "you need to visit the branch to do that)
J) Being asked for I.D For absolutly EVERYTHING!!! in the bank while trying to withdraw money over the counter we had to enter our pin number(anywhere else that would be it) then produce not only our passports but our driving licenses before they would hand money over....After all that we had to sign our signature not once but twice to cross check on the system as the first time they said it wasnt my signature!
Also we were BOTH asked for id whilst buying a bottle of wine, we are both 22 and look our age, my partner had his id but woudnt let him buy it coz he was stood next to me!
k) Homophobia - I actaully am gay and from the first day of arriving in oz i and my partner felt almost uncomfortable. It all came to a head when we were in Brisbane. We shot on some clothes not thinking as you do and went into town unfortunate for us our choice of t-shirts happened to be pastel pink..... we must of been heckled and called puff and fag 10 times just on a 15 min walk into town, People in cars shouting and passers by in the street laughing. We felt bullied and i was never even bullied in school! Im sorry but pink is what 99% of straight guys wear back home!
l) We personally can't wait for Australia to become a Republic. Then finally the Union Jack will be removed from there flag. They do not deserve to be associated with such a great symbol (now who's being patriotic? well at least we have something to be patriotic about)
Jul 11th 2008 | 6:09 pm
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
=:curse:======================RANT WARNING====================:curse:
God im pleased its not just only me and my partner who share the same opinion!!!
We went travelling there at the beginning of april and planned to settle after finding a place we liked the most..... we didnt. All i harped on about for the past 5 year was moving to oz. And am pleased to say i have got it out of my system and will be in the UK tomorrow, as we are currently touring asia and are at our final stop (Hong Kong)
We managed 3 months and couldnt wait to leave, we travelled up the east coast from Melbourne to Brisbane. What a dissapointment nowhere stood out, very beige I would say. It did however stand out for the wrong reasons..
a) Patriotism is almost sickening (what is there to be so proud of?)
b) Racism - We heard of a man in his 20's up north petrol bombing a Indian familys house and going about braggin about it.
c) Its impossible to make friend with aussies.... If you dont have an aussie accent dont bother looking for a decent conversation or making a friend.
d) Sh!!te food shopping
e) Even sh!!ter T.V
f) Its like living in the 80's. Even the mobile phones are behind the times.
g) Having a "perfect" body is a be all or end all.
h) Sexism- If you or are not a white hetrosexual male your automatically a 2nd class citizen.
I) THEE Worst banking system in the world! Again it feels like stepping into a time-warp to the 80s just going into a bank. No chip and pin, and just all magnetic strips and ridiculous charges for the most simple things. Almost anything important has to be done in a branch, making phone helpline a waste of time. All you ever hear is "you need to visit the branch to do that)
J) Being asked for I.D For absolutly EVERYTHING!!! in the bank while trying to withdraw money over the counter we had to enter our pin number(anywhere else that would be it) then produce not only our passports but our driving licenses before they would hand money over....After all that we had to sign our signature not once but twice to cross check on the system as the first time they said it wasnt my signature!
Also we were BOTH asked for id whilst buying a bottle of wine, we are both 22 and look our age, my partner had his id but woudnt let him buy it coz he was stood next to me!
k) Homophobia - I actaully am gay and from the first day of arriving in oz i and my partner felt almost uncomfortable. It all came to a head when we were in Brisbane. We shot on some clothes not thinking as you do and went into town unfortunate for us our choice of t-shirts happened to be pastel pink..... we must of been heckled and called puff and fag 10 times just on a 15 min walk into town, People in cars shouting and passers by in the street laughing. We felt bullied and i was never even bullied in school! Im sorry but pink is what 99% of straight guys wear back home!
l) We personally can't wait for Australia to become a Republic. Then finally the Union Jack will be removed from there flag. They do not deserve to be associated with such a great symbol (now who's being patriotic? well at least we have something to be patriotic about)
God im pleased its not just only me and my partner who share the same opinion!!!
We went travelling there at the beginning of april and planned to settle after finding a place we liked the most..... we didnt. All i harped on about for the past 5 year was moving to oz. And am pleased to say i have got it out of my system and will be in the UK tomorrow, as we are currently touring asia and are at our final stop (Hong Kong)
We managed 3 months and couldnt wait to leave, we travelled up the east coast from Melbourne to Brisbane. What a dissapointment nowhere stood out, very beige I would say. It did however stand out for the wrong reasons..
a) Patriotism is almost sickening (what is there to be so proud of?)
b) Racism - We heard of a man in his 20's up north petrol bombing a Indian familys house and going about braggin about it.
c) Its impossible to make friend with aussies.... If you dont have an aussie accent dont bother looking for a decent conversation or making a friend.
d) Sh!!te food shopping
e) Even sh!!ter T.V
f) Its like living in the 80's. Even the mobile phones are behind the times.
g) Having a "perfect" body is a be all or end all.
h) Sexism- If you or are not a white hetrosexual male your automatically a 2nd class citizen.
I) THEE Worst banking system in the world! Again it feels like stepping into a time-warp to the 80s just going into a bank. No chip and pin, and just all magnetic strips and ridiculous charges for the most simple things. Almost anything important has to be done in a branch, making phone helpline a waste of time. All you ever hear is "you need to visit the branch to do that)
J) Being asked for I.D For absolutly EVERYTHING!!! in the bank while trying to withdraw money over the counter we had to enter our pin number(anywhere else that would be it) then produce not only our passports but our driving licenses before they would hand money over....After all that we had to sign our signature not once but twice to cross check on the system as the first time they said it wasnt my signature!
Also we were BOTH asked for id whilst buying a bottle of wine, we are both 22 and look our age, my partner had his id but woudnt let him buy it coz he was stood next to me!
k) Homophobia - I actaully am gay and from the first day of arriving in oz i and my partner felt almost uncomfortable. It all came to a head when we were in Brisbane. We shot on some clothes not thinking as you do and went into town unfortunate for us our choice of t-shirts happened to be pastel pink..... we must of been heckled and called puff and fag 10 times just on a 15 min walk into town, People in cars shouting and passers by in the street laughing. We felt bullied and i was never even bullied in school! Im sorry but pink is what 99% of straight guys wear back home!
l) We personally can't wait for Australia to become a Republic. Then finally the Union Jack will be removed from there flag. They do not deserve to be associated with such a great symbol (now who's being patriotic? well at least we have something to be patriotic about)
You will probably know this already, but in Aus i think the vast majority of gay people flock to Sydney as some kind of refuge..lol! Forget it in the rest of Aus to a large degree, although Melbourne might be ok.
I have just moved back from there and lived close to the centre of Sydney.
I used to love mardi gras every year!!
You are spot on about most things in your post. Like you, i couldnt wait to get out. Especially got sick of the sexist society.
Have a safe trip back
Jul 11th 2008 | 6:24 pm
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
She said she couldn't stand the Australian men and the sexism here, after 30 years of being worn down to think it's normal she still can't handle it!
Jul 11th 2008 | 6:25 pm
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
Hiya
You will probably know this already, but in Aus i think the vast majority of gay people flock to Sydney as some kind of refuge..lol! Forget it in the rest of Aus to a large degree, although Melbourne might be ok.
I have just moved back from there and lived close to the centre of Sydney.
I used to love mardi gras every year!!
You are spot on about most things in your post. Like you, i couldnt wait to get out. Especially got sick of the sexist society.
Have a safe trip back
You will probably know this already, but in Aus i think the vast majority of gay people flock to Sydney as some kind of refuge..lol! Forget it in the rest of Aus to a large degree, although Melbourne might be ok.
I have just moved back from there and lived close to the centre of Sydney.
I used to love mardi gras every year!!
You are spot on about most things in your post. Like you, i couldnt wait to get out. Especially got sick of the sexist society.
Have a safe trip back
How are you? You back at work? did it all pan out ok and are you feeling recovered now?
Faye x
Jul 11th 2008 | 7:41 pm
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
=:curse:======================RANT WARNING====================:curse:
God im pleased its not just only me and my partner who share the same opinion!!!
We went travelling there at the beginning of april and planned to settle after finding a place we liked the most..... we didnt. All i harped on about for the past 5 year was moving to oz. And am pleased to say i have got it out of my system and will be in the UK tomorrow, as we are currently touring asia and are at our final stop (Hong Kong)
We managed 3 months and couldnt wait to leave, we travelled up the east coast from Melbourne to Brisbane. What a dissapointment nowhere stood out, very beige I would say. It did however stand out for the wrong reasons..
a) Patriotism is almost sickening (what is there to be so proud of?)
b) Racism - We heard of a man in his 20's up north petrol bombing a Indian familys house and going about braggin about it.
c) Its impossible to make friend with aussies.... If you dont have an aussie accent dont bother looking for a decent conversation or making a friend.
d) Sh!!te food shopping
e) Even sh!!ter T.V
f) Its like living in the 80's. Even the mobile phones are behind the times.
g) Having a "perfect" body is a be all or end all.
h) Sexism- If you or are not a white hetrosexual male your automatically a 2nd class citizen.
I) THEE Worst banking system in the world! Again it feels like stepping into a time-warp to the 80s just going into a bank. No chip and pin, and just all magnetic strips and ridiculous charges for the most simple things. Almost anything important has to be done in a branch, making phone helpline a waste of time. All you ever hear is "you need to visit the branch to do that)
J) Being asked for I.D For absolutly EVERYTHING!!! in the bank while trying to withdraw money over the counter we had to enter our pin number(anywhere else that would be it) then produce not only our passports but our driving licenses before they would hand money over....After all that we had to sign our signature not once but twice to cross check on the system as the first time they said it wasnt my signature!
Also we were BOTH asked for id whilst buying a bottle of wine, we are both 22 and look our age, my partner had his id but woudnt let him buy it coz he was stood next to me!
k) Homophobia - I actaully am gay and from the first day of arriving in oz i and my partner felt almost uncomfortable. It all came to a head when we were in Brisbane. We shot on some clothes not thinking as you do and went into town unfortunate for us our choice of t-shirts happened to be pastel pink..... we must of been heckled and called puff and fag 10 times just on a 15 min walk into town, People in cars shouting and passers by in the street laughing. We felt bullied and i was never even bullied in school! Im sorry but pink is what 99% of straight guys wear back home!
l) We personally can't wait for Australia to become a Republic. Then finally the Union Jack will be removed from there flag. They do not deserve to be associated with such a great symbol (now who's being patriotic? well at least we have something to be patriotic about)
God im pleased its not just only me and my partner who share the same opinion!!!
We went travelling there at the beginning of april and planned to settle after finding a place we liked the most..... we didnt. All i harped on about for the past 5 year was moving to oz. And am pleased to say i have got it out of my system and will be in the UK tomorrow, as we are currently touring asia and are at our final stop (Hong Kong)
We managed 3 months and couldnt wait to leave, we travelled up the east coast from Melbourne to Brisbane. What a dissapointment nowhere stood out, very beige I would say. It did however stand out for the wrong reasons..
a) Patriotism is almost sickening (what is there to be so proud of?)
b) Racism - We heard of a man in his 20's up north petrol bombing a Indian familys house and going about braggin about it.
c) Its impossible to make friend with aussies.... If you dont have an aussie accent dont bother looking for a decent conversation or making a friend.
d) Sh!!te food shopping
e) Even sh!!ter T.V
f) Its like living in the 80's. Even the mobile phones are behind the times.
g) Having a "perfect" body is a be all or end all.
h) Sexism- If you or are not a white hetrosexual male your automatically a 2nd class citizen.
I) THEE Worst banking system in the world! Again it feels like stepping into a time-warp to the 80s just going into a bank. No chip and pin, and just all magnetic strips and ridiculous charges for the most simple things. Almost anything important has to be done in a branch, making phone helpline a waste of time. All you ever hear is "you need to visit the branch to do that)
J) Being asked for I.D For absolutly EVERYTHING!!! in the bank while trying to withdraw money over the counter we had to enter our pin number(anywhere else that would be it) then produce not only our passports but our driving licenses before they would hand money over....After all that we had to sign our signature not once but twice to cross check on the system as the first time they said it wasnt my signature!
Also we were BOTH asked for id whilst buying a bottle of wine, we are both 22 and look our age, my partner had his id but woudnt let him buy it coz he was stood next to me!
k) Homophobia - I actaully am gay and from the first day of arriving in oz i and my partner felt almost uncomfortable. It all came to a head when we were in Brisbane. We shot on some clothes not thinking as you do and went into town unfortunate for us our choice of t-shirts happened to be pastel pink..... we must of been heckled and called puff and fag 10 times just on a 15 min walk into town, People in cars shouting and passers by in the street laughing. We felt bullied and i was never even bullied in school! Im sorry but pink is what 99% of straight guys wear back home!
l) We personally can't wait for Australia to become a Republic. Then finally the Union Jack will be removed from there flag. They do not deserve to be associated with such a great symbol (now who's being patriotic? well at least we have something to be patriotic about)
I fully agree with all you say.
Can't wait to get out of this arrogant and ignorant part of the world (Aussie = Redneck )
We are putting our house up for sale within the next few days with the intention of moving back to the UK , it won't be easy however I feel worth the stress.
The media here is like watching some kind of 1940's style propaganda in favour of bloody "Aussie Aussie Aussie" and they just won't listen to the outside world !!
Jul 11th 2008 | 10:18 pm
#375
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Re: Main reason for moving back?
I am slowly getting better. Had a bit of a relapse last week but talked the hospital into just giving me another course of antibiotics as i didnt want to stay in there.Feeling much better this week.
I have started back at work. I am finding it ok as i only sit at my desk all day. My new colleagues have been very helpful.
Are you over the flu now? I hope so!!
