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Forum: Australia
Dec 4th 2012, 4:18 am
Replies: 220
Views: 17,807
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Racism in OZ

It's an odd one this and I sometimes think it comes down to how you define racism.

I've found that Australians - colleagues and friends will make remarks about race - generally thoughtless or...
Forum: Australia
Nov 24th 2011, 3:41 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,233
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Fingers Crossed - homeward bound?

Berwick's not too bad - Personally I'd rather chew my thumbs off than live in Narre Warren - but whatever floats your boat I suppose.

You could look at the city side of Dandy - around Blackburn or...
Forum: Australia
Nov 4th 2011, 2:07 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,884
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Advice please on shipping: everything vs just treasured possesions

Well, there you go - a range of opinions.

What it comes down to is what matters to you, what you're attached to and what you feel you'll need. You've got everything here from 1 packing case to...
Forum: Australia
Nov 3rd 2011, 12:45 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,884
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Advice please on shipping: everything vs just treasured possesions

Bring it all. (or nearly all)

We sat down and costed replacing all household items using sites like Ikea Australia, freedom furniture, Harvey Normans, etc. Laborious but worth it.

We then did a...
Forum: Australia
Jun 29th 2011, 4:15 am
Replies: 4
Views: 778
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Suburb Advice Pleasssseee

Mt Eliza is the prettiest - but furthest away. Bonbeach is sometimes talked about as being a little downmarket for a coastal location but it looks alright to me. Never really understood that one.
...
Forum: Australia
Jun 16th 2011, 11:31 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 6,621
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Speaking in Received Pronunciation/BBC English – Do Australians care?

Being Scottish, I sometimes affect RP just to make myself understood - particularly when speaking to a call centre or soemone I don't know on the phone. My kids think its hilarious.

I've sometimes...
Forum: Australia
Jun 7th 2011, 5:32 am
Replies: 121
Views: 22,001
Posted By Phlanger

Re: anyone up for english cod in melbourne

Yeah - fancying a bit of soggy battered cod and wanting to cut someone's hand off for theft - same thing.
Forum: Australia
May 29th 2011, 11:28 pm
Replies: 77
Views: 6,433
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Negativity v Constructive Comments

Reads to me as expats behaving as stereotypical expats - in which case, fair point. I've come across some fairly clannish/blokey behaviour in expat cohorts - not fuelled by ill intent, I don't think,...
Forum: Australia
May 26th 2011, 5:18 am
Replies: 77
Views: 6,433
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Negativity v Constructive Comments

Its true - a cautionary tale can be taken as either fair warning or negativity depending on the delicacy of one's constitution.

If all you want is unalloyed positivity you'd be better off (a)...
Forum: Australia
May 16th 2011, 7:13 am
Replies: 7
Views: 825
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Vinyl in Australia

And here was me thinking this was a thread about floor coverings!


I'll get me coat..................
Forum: Australia
May 16th 2011, 7:11 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,182
Posted By Phlanger

Re: English Mineral Water...

Sure its the different water and not the climate?

I notice my skin is drier since I haven't been able to get McEwans Export.

Water? Pfft.
Forum: Australia
May 16th 2011, 3:14 am
Replies: 82
Views: 5,281
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Census 2011 : Religious beliefs question.

Yeah, that's how it starts....;)

At my daughter's school the chaplain is in charge of the Social Action Committee, working with kids who want to be involved in , errr... social action.

Strangly...
Forum: Australia
May 5th 2011, 11:29 pm
Replies: 82
Views: 5,281
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Census 2011 : Religious beliefs question.

You might be interested in this then - if it's been posted elsewhere, apologies.

http://religionsinschool.com/

"Fairness in Religion in Schools" - committed to getting 'nutters' out of the...
Forum: Australia
Mar 28th 2011, 3:00 am
Replies: 1,069
Views: 163,872
Posted By Phlanger

Re: The Melbourne thread

Providing social housing springs to mind as a potential option.
Forum: Australia
Mar 17th 2011, 1:21 am
Replies: 5
Views: 898
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Social Work Experience

No - I'm a community worker - (CLADO in Scottish terminology). I've been in "strategic" roles over the past few years with state and local government, working across community development programs.
...
Forum: Australia
Mar 15th 2011, 10:52 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 898
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Social Work Experience

She'll be fine - The qualification bars for social and community work aren't as rigid as the UK (In Victoria at least)

The voluntary sector will sometimes employ 'social workers' even without a...
Forum: Australia
Mar 10th 2011, 2:46 am
Replies: 243
Views: 34,940
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Does Australia suffer from inferiority-complex?

All good points - not meaning to single out Arabs btw, just an example.
Forum: Australia
Mar 10th 2011, 12:32 am
Replies: 25
Views: 34,988
Posted By Phlanger

Re: HELP PLEASE -Rewiring australian plug to UK plug

Absolutely right - I went a bought a batch of plugs for my appliances and tools when I moved over.

When I paid for them the kid in Dick Smiths handed me a card - 'What's this?' I asked. 'It's an...
Forum: Australia
Mar 10th 2011, 12:28 am
Replies: 243
Views: 34,940
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Does Australia suffer from inferiority-complex?

Oh dear....
Forum: Australia
Mar 10th 2011, 12:27 am
Replies: 243
Views: 34,940
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Does Australia suffer from inferiority-complex?

Muslim's a religion and Anglo's a race of course - so I wonder what this means for the future?

Will the muslim population remain muslim or will they adopt the secular model of their adopted...
Forum: Australia
Mar 10th 2011, 12:15 am
Replies: 243
Views: 34,940
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Does Australia suffer from inferiority-complex?

Oh dear.....
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2011, 10:30 pm
Replies: 243
Views: 34,940
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Does Australia suffer from inferiority-complex?

That's what confused me! A clash of paradigms!
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2011, 10:27 pm
Replies: 243
Views: 34,940
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Does Australia suffer from inferiority-complex?

I've never read anything so bizarre in my life. (Or this week at least)

Most of the Australians I know do work in the public sector - which might be because most of the people I know I've met...
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2011, 5:26 am
Replies: 243
Views: 34,940
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Does Australia suffer from inferiority-complex?

Brazil's number 8!!??
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2011, 3:39 am
Replies: 243
Views: 34,940
Posted By Phlanger

Re: Does Australia suffer from inferiority-complex?

...but I thought those were the legoland slums.....;)
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