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Forum: Australia
Apr 23rd 2006, 10:28 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,591
Posted By <")))><

Re: Salary Sacrifice

My new Oz employer is offering this, labelled as Smart Salary (in fact it is managed through a 3rd party of the same name)....and this is the bit I don't like. If my contract were to end, and I found...
Forum: Australia
Apr 17th 2006, 7:51 am
Replies: 15
Views: 922
Posted By <")))><

Re: Irons

LOL, yeah right Buzzy...the Mrs is asking is she??! ;)

We bought one the other day for $20 and got a free food mixer ! Enough said? :D
Forum: Australia
Apr 16th 2006, 12:51 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,194
Posted By <")))><

Re: $1.45 for a Cadbury's Cream Egg

Hmmm, interesting.....going to have to buy one now, whatever the price !!
Forum: Australia
Apr 16th 2006, 12:48 am
Replies: 46
Views: 2,794
Posted By <")))><

Re: which is the best way to fly to oz with kids?

We've flown with Cathay Pacific, Emirates and Singapore with 2 kids (6 and 3 yold). For us, stopovers were unnecessary...our kids sleep really well on planes. The stops at the airports were enough to...
Forum: Australia
Apr 16th 2006, 12:35 am
Replies: 86
Views: 5,543
Posted By <")))><

Re: Are you glad you migrated?

So far, we are still in the honeymoon zone with Aus.

There was a lot at stake: I had a great job in the UK, the boys were happy in their schools, we both had good friends and family close...
Forum: Australia
Apr 16th 2006, 12:27 am
Replies: 86
Views: 5,543
Posted By <")))><

Re: Are you glad you migrated?

ROFL.......some warts are called beauty spots, eh Arkon?
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 13th 2006, 10:39 pm
Replies: 83
Views: 4,578
Posted By <")))><

Re: any welsh people out there??

Unrhyw un ar y bwrdd yn siarad yr iaith? Gweld eisiau ambell air yn Gymraeg bob hyn a hyn.
Forum: Australia
Apr 13th 2006, 2:38 am
Replies: 152
Views: 12,166
Posted By <")))><

Re: Whos got a pool?

Yup, although it's getting a bit chilly now
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 12th 2006, 3:09 am
Replies: 83
Views: 4,578
Posted By <")))><

Re: any welsh people out there??

I'm from New Quay on the west coast of Ceredigion, welsh speaking Cardi boy through and through. Met the wife in Cardiff, we lived in Cathays as students then Roath before moving to England (pah,...
Forum: Australia
Apr 9th 2006, 10:46 am
Replies: 2
Views: 412
Posted By <")))><

Re: Arctic Monkeys - can't wait!!!!

Who the ***** are Arctic Monkeys? (in joke) :D

Gutted I'm missing them in Reading this year....line up looks brilliant, guess because there'll be no Glasto until 2007.

I'm off to Byron for...
Forum: Australia
Apr 9th 2006, 6:30 am
Replies: 63
Views: 3,983
Posted By <")))><

Re: Unexpected effect of heat and humidity

What UPS you got? Most come with software that gracefully shuts down your computer if configured correctly.

IT bore...yeah I know. :zzz:
Forum: Australia
Apr 9th 2006, 6:19 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,226
Posted By <")))><

Re: sun creams

Same here Tracey. We used to be sun worshippers on holiday in the Med or Carib, soaking it all up as much as we could.

Here, we look for shade after an hour or so.....not once have we burnt, even...
Forum: Australia
Apr 9th 2006, 12:00 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,731
Posted By <")))><

Re: Damage after shipping stuff to Oz

We used John Mason. The pickup went smoothly with no dramas and we received our stuff on this side without too many delays.

However, there were a few breakages; 2 lamps, an arm on the sofabed, a...
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2006, 11:48 pm
Replies: 341
Views: 17,499
Posted By <")))><

Re: I went to Oz for a holiday

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......I was waiting for someone to say that. I'm a Welshman and grew up on that coastline. It's beautiful. Yet another nail in the OP's coffin.
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2006, 11:44 pm
Replies: 341
Views: 17,499
Posted By <")))><

Re: I went to Oz for a holiday

Amen to that.
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2006, 1:59 pm
Replies: 341
Views: 17,499
Posted By <")))><

Re: I went to Oz for a holiday

...which is precisely why I described the original posters comments as a crock, semantics withstanding or not.

Anyone who offers advice on expatriation (most read by those eagerly awaiting their...
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2006, 1:06 pm
Replies: 341
Views: 17,499
Posted By <")))><

Re: I went to Oz for a holiday

Now now, Vash. :rolleyes:

"An opinion shared is a burden halved." from the BE handbook
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2006, 11:19 am
Replies: 341
Views: 17,499
Posted By <")))><

Re: I went to Oz for a holiday

No, no kiwichild...I think you misunderstood (again)

It really is A CROCK OF SHIT to say..... "I just found there was no character to it." Obviously millimog didn't have the presence of mind to...
Forum: Australia
Apr 8th 2006, 9:42 am
Replies: 341
Views: 17,499
Posted By <")))><

Re: I went to Oz for a holiday

Sorry you had a bad time, but what a crock of shit.
Forum: Australia
Mar 25th 2006, 11:33 am
Replies: 43
Views: 2,373
Posted By <")))><

Re: What you've done to make it good..

Someone read us a quote before we left that still rings in my ears:

"Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of travelling"

Gradually (and thankfully), we have seen what it means...
Forum: Australia
Mar 24th 2006, 2:10 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,384
Posted By <")))><

Re: Where does everyone in Sydney live ?

Cherrybrook

...quiet, rural suburbia - far enough from the CBD (sometimes a little too far to be honest) but lovely to come to at the end of a working day. Leafy, with good schools, shops and...
Forum: Australia
Mar 19th 2006, 6:56 am
Replies: 6
Views: 481
Posted By <")))><

Re: Bringing an Antique Dollshouse to Oz

Hey BB, clearly you will have to declare it and possibly even have it looked at/certified professionally before hand.

I'd be more worried about the possibility of it getting damaged in transit,...
Forum: Australia
Mar 19th 2006, 6:55 am
Replies: 16
Views: 1,832
Posted By <")))><

Re: Cold in Australia?

You have got to be kidding?!?!?!?!?!?

:rolleyes:
Forum: Australia
Mar 18th 2006, 9:11 am
Replies: 25
Views: 972
Posted By <")))><

Re: We got it!!!!!

Nice work....enjoy !!
Forum: Australia
Mar 18th 2006, 9:05 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,512
Posted By <")))><

Re: is it a risk worth taking?

Missed what boat exactly?

Do you mean the boat that lets you sell your UK property and buy an Aussie dream house in paradise with no mortgage for the rest of your lives?

Sorry if I sound blunt,...
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