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Forum: Australia
Oct 2nd 2005, 11:50 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 3,504
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Response from MP's office re new citizenship leglislation

bah!

reply indeed...


we had our interview on 13/9 (tuesday), the wife had the letter (for her and the kids) from the citizenship minister fella on the friday of the same week (so 3 days...
Forum: Australia
Mar 26th 2005, 10:42 am
Replies: 14
Views: 689
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Nothing to do with Oz, but it's driving me mad!!!

thank christ. bloody irritating geordies - they should have stayed on byker grove.

Jon (northumbrian)
Forum: Australia
Mar 9th 2005, 12:00 am
Replies: 61
Views: 3,557
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: The Ashes

probably foxtel only.
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2005, 11:44 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,474
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Citizenship & Holidays back to the UK

there you go, i knew someone would confirm i was right!
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2005, 11:04 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 487
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Joondalup Giants Rugby

well no, but to be honest it's the grinding, invisible (boring?) stuff that the forwards get up to that i enjoy the most. you just don't get that playing with the boneheads..:p
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2005, 10:43 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 3,557
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: The Ashes

nope, same as usual - australia will be 3 or 4-0 up, then take the foot off the gas and england will sneak one.

(no indian bookies involved there then :p)
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2005, 10:42 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 487
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Joondalup Giants Rugby

I used to play rugby (civilised) for leigh (or leeeth if you prefer :D), and we used to play against a lot of bone crunching old leagers.

I will be looking for a union club to play for when we...
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2005, 10:40 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,474
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Citizenship & Holidays back to the UK

no...

IIRC it's something along these lines...

1) 2 years in the past 5years in Oz
and
2) one year (total) in the past 2 years
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2005, 10:38 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 487
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Joondalup Giants Rugby

<DONS FLAMEPROOF JACKET>

when i saw the title was rugby i clicked on it. i didn't realise you meant the inferior cousin ;)! I once did go along to league training when they first moved to summer...
Forum: Australia
Mar 7th 2005, 4:26 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,474
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Citizenship & Holidays back to the UK

we can do ours any time from the 25th of this month! (well my wife and kids could do theirs now, but i can't until the 25th)
Forum: Australia
Feb 25th 2005, 11:06 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 812
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Medicals - glad I'm giong to OZ and not NZ!!

[poor taste]
must be why michael barrymore chose NZ to go and live in then. ;)

[/poor taste]
Forum: Australia
Feb 19th 2005, 7:43 am
Replies: 11
Views: 608
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Auburn NSW

s'not a problem :).
Forum: Australia
Feb 19th 2005, 7:37 am
Replies: 11
Views: 608
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Auburn NSW

no, the hills region of sydney. have a search on domain (http://www.domain.com.au/Public/ChooseSuburbs.aspx?mode=buy&state=NSW&areas=Hills) and see what you think.

Jon
Forum: Australia
Feb 19th 2005, 7:30 am
Replies: 8
Views: 766
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Internet in Oz

there's no "free" internet providers in oz, so you'll have to sign up with someone (for dial up dodo (http://www.dodo.com.au) seems a good, cheap choice).

The reason there is no free 'net is...
Forum: Australia
Feb 19th 2005, 7:26 am
Replies: 11
Views: 608
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Auburn NSW

it's as rough as guts. there's loads within an hours commute of there (although presumably you want to drive rather than train with the hours you'll be on) have a search for the "hills" area - we...
Forum: Australia
Feb 19th 2005, 7:19 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,677
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Australia, suddenly a naughty word !!!!!

when we first told my parents that we were going to be coming out here, my dad was against it. we all went out that evening and he spent the entire evening trying to get his cronies to agree with him...
Forum: Australia
Feb 17th 2005, 7:51 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 432
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Mole clinics?

i took monty to one the other day. the poor little chap had hurt one of his digging paws :D
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Forum: Australia
Feb 16th 2005, 11:11 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,398
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Save an absolute fortune with FREE phone calls

i think the answer to this one is zero! ;)

I use skypeout for work, it's bloody good - works out at about 3c a minute to call UK/Europe/US/NZ (landlines) - whilst no chaper than using an apple...
Forum: Australia
Feb 16th 2005, 10:46 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,398
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Save an absolute fortune with FREE phone calls

yes, the call quality is far superior. and you can have conference calls - but beware it is peer-to-peer, so don't expect wonderful quality on a conference call if you are on dialup!
Forum: Australia
Feb 16th 2005, 7:47 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,806
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Eta Refused

no sure that's still the case. in november i got ETAs for my mum and dad, both of whose passports expire at the end of april. (they did, however, have problems for their stopover in KL as malaysia...
Forum: Australia
Feb 15th 2005, 9:41 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 544
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: UK Mother's Day cards Sydney CBD

we often send ours from moonpig (http://www.moonpig.com). they have a decent selection (which is more than can be said for a lot of shops around here...
Forum: Australia
Feb 15th 2005, 12:41 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 5,028
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: HOT, HOT, HOT (Perth)

i've found PomsInPerth (http://www.pomsinperth.com/discussionboard/), will that do for you? :D
Forum: Australia
Feb 15th 2005, 8:56 am
Replies: 7
Views: 544
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: UK Mother's Day cards Sydney CBD

i think it's the first sunday of the month (the 6th) - at least according to my wifes whsmith mini-filofax-y thing. it seems very early to me - i always remember it bine around the 20th
Forum: Australia
Feb 15th 2005, 12:06 am
Replies: 6
Views: 613
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: English speakers ?

it was indeed. back in the dark old days of the "white australia" policy they could apparently ask you to do stuff in "a european language of their choice" which of course included...
Forum: Australia
Feb 14th 2005, 10:25 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,142
Posted By BillyGoatGruff

Re: Freo Dockers Premium Gold Membership for sale.

dammit, it must be the northumbrian in me, i read that as "free Dockers Premium Gold Membership for sale"!

would love to, but

a) can't afford it (buying new house)
b) it'd weaken my case...
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