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Forum: Australia
Jan 3rd 2015, 8:27 am
Replies: 254
Views: 119,567
Posted By Beermonster

Re: British Passports when in Australia

When I had to travel back to the UK for my fathers funeral, my UK passport had recently expired, but I was travelling on my AU passport. Whilst in the UK, I arranged to renew my UK passport using the...
Forum: The Barbie
Apr 1st 2007, 11:01 am
Replies: 67
Views: 4,253
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Tsunami?

Warning on the BOM site

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20003.txt

Based on the magnitude and location of the earthquake,
tsunami could start affecting these locations at the...
Forum: Australia
Dec 22nd 2006, 11:58 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 735
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Refrigerated air con

Incredibly stupid question, but you do have the doors and windows shut?

I have never had evaporative cooling systems but from what I have read, you generally leave a window or two open to allow...
Forum: Singapore
Nov 29th 2006, 1:51 am
Replies: 2
Views: 3,055
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Credit cards in Singapore

I was caught by point 2.

Definitely a nasty feature of Sing cards! That, and the limited abilities of online banking here and NETS makes for an interesting life!
Forum: Singapore
Nov 26th 2006, 12:59 am
Replies: 2
Views: 3,055
Posted By Beermonster

Credit cards in Singapore

I have just had a really nasty surprise with my HSBC SIngapore credit cards. On a trip back to Oz, I put about $2300 on the card, and then found I could only pay off $2000 at the local 7-11 using...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 26th 2006, 12:33 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,024
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Radon? when selling house in UK

Check out this fact sheet http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/publications/newsletters/environmental_radon/2003/ern34.pdf.

Hopefully it will answer all your questions
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 29th 2006, 1:40 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,174
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Australia to be next rogue nation?

The news report in the Australian went on to say

The gaffes were lost on the audience and he was given a rousing standing ovation from Democrats and Republicans alike. Any chance of clarifying Mr...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 28th 2006, 7:31 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,174
Posted By Beermonster

Australia to be next rogue nation?

Nice to see some American politicians are on the ball and have a very strong grip on reality

The following is from the Australian...
Forum: Australia
Oct 27th 2006, 4:14 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 12,033
Posted By Beermonster

Re: uk private number plate can you take to oz

I like those red police cars you see on the motorway between brisbane and the GC, with the rego plate HEAT 5 or HEAT 7
Forum: Australia
Oct 24th 2006, 11:51 am
Replies: 8
Views: 650
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Hello From Lincoln.....for the time being :)

IS Lincoln now empty? I went to school in Lincoln (used to live on Birchwood in the days the old airfield -complete with tarmac runways and control tower) was still there
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 24th 2006, 2:52 am
Replies: 51
Views: 2,123
Posted By Beermonster

Re: The random Image thread II

Health and safety at work...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 24th 2006, 2:42 am
Replies: 51
Views: 2,123
Posted By Beermonster

Re: The random Image thread II

I like this one
Forum: Australia
Oct 23rd 2006, 1:41 am
Replies: 7
Views: 947
Posted By Beermonster

Re: best sites for flight deals ??????????

I found several good deals on ITV Ceefax.
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 22nd 2006, 4:01 am
Replies: 51
Views: 2,123
Posted By Beermonster

Re: The random Image thread II

The ideal christmas gift?
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 22nd 2006, 3:46 am
Replies: 56
Views: 2,309
Posted By Beermonster

Re: How many different jobs have you had?

Quite a few, but mostly in the same field (R&D)

However, worst jobs ever had are:

picking caterpillars out of peas at a cannery
sticking turkeys necks up their bums in a frozen poultry plant
...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 19th 2006, 2:48 am
Replies: 11
Views: 838
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Stunning photo of cute Australian native

A small kangaroo, and funny enough, that is the only one I have seen in our area (Helensvale)
Forum: Australia
Oct 19th 2006, 2:44 am
Replies: 13
Views: 872
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Is Oz Broadband ready?

Because Australia is so large a country, there are severe difficulties in providing broadband, its very hard to hold a 2,000km long piece of string tight without the knots coming out of the cans at...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 18th 2006, 3:16 am
Replies: 11
Views: 838
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Stunning photo of cute Australian native

Here is my photo of a cute native animal. This one decided to drown itself in my pool
Forum: Australia
Oct 17th 2006, 6:58 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 3,309
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Australian Passport - how long does it take?

10 days: forms lodged in Singapore and passport collected from there too.
Forum: Australia
Oct 17th 2006, 2:18 am
Replies: 8
Views: 896
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Citizenship Interview - Letter already

I was told during my interview that my citizenship was approved (DIMIA office on the Gold Coast), and the confirmatory letter arrived a week later.

Its a long wait to the day you qualify for...
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2006, 3:15 am
Replies: 4
Views: 648
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Daylight Saving changes vote!!!!

But your curtains will fade if you have daylight saving (or is that just Queensland?)
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 13th 2006, 3:08 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,675
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Tom Cruise films

Thats his next film..

Tom Cruise is a prize prat, in fact he is a very good prize prat. Has a crisis of confidence......
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 13th 2006, 3:04 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,675
Posted By Beermonster

Tom Cruise films

Apparently Tom Cruise doent like giving interviews, just in case the plot of his latest film project is revealed, yet....

Tom Cruise is a cocktail waiter, in fact he is a pretty good cocktail...
Forum: Australia
Oct 10th 2006, 3:56 am
Replies: 14
Views: 978
Posted By Beermonster

Re: Sausage Help!!

The Old English sausages in Woolies are pretty good. The usual woolies aussie snags are however bloody horrible!
Forum: Australia
Oct 9th 2006, 11:25 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 3,856
Posted By Beermonster

Re: For those bringing UK electrical goods to Oz

Without a tick mark (the australian equivalent of the BABT sticker), they will not be approved for connection to the australian phone system anywhere
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