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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Apr 27th 2008, 11:17 pm
Replies: 88
Views: 7,585
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: The Final Rant

Maybe its easier to fix PR than it is to fix the real life version.
Forum: The Rovers Return
Apr 23rd 2008, 12:37 pm
Replies: 477
Views: 50,046
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Main reason for moving back?

Compulsory voting doesn't "encourage" participation, its enforces it.

Voter apathy is a problem throughout Western Style democracies though - strange when you think we can't be bothered to vote...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 25th 2008, 8:32 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 895
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Request for advice from JAJ please ?

Many thanks - you are one of nature's gentlemen.

One further question - do you have any idea how long it takes to turn around a spouse visa from Perth ? I would hope that we are a...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 25th 2008, 9:31 am
Replies: 5
Views: 895
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Request for advice from JAJ please ?

She was in the UK (on her Ancestry visa) for 6 months in 2005 (not working - on holiday) and then visited UK on holiday with me for 2 months in 2007. All the rest of the time she has been in...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 25th 2008, 9:28 am
Replies: 12
Views: 873
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: My bingeing shame !!!

My arteries will do as they are damn well told !
Forum: The Trailer Park
Mar 24th 2008, 8:34 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 873
Posted By Skyblue67

My bingeing shame !!!

In the extremities of homesickness I needed some serious grub so last night I pigged out on:

Sausage
Fried Egg
Crinkle cut chips
Beans
(white) bread & butter
Cup of tea (large)
HP sauce
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 24th 2008, 8:05 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 895
Posted By Skyblue67

Request for advice from JAJ please ?

Hi JAJ,

Could I ask for a wee bit of advice ?

There is an outside chance that I may be able to return to the UK in 1-2 years. My partner is Australian and currently holds a UK Ancestry visa...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 20th 2008, 10:15 am
Replies: 83
Views: 7,269
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Told a couple of people I was going home. (OH MY GOD)

Does this ring any bells ??

"Crab fishermen have long known that there is no need to bother putting a lid on the bucket you are using to catch crabs. Once you've tossed in a few crabs, they'll...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 15th 2008, 1:41 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,119
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: headlines today - daily mail rant

The UK media equates "News" with "Bad News". Its all they are interested in and they seem to be in competition with each other to paint the most bleak, sordid, hopeless and depressing portrait of the...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 11th 2008, 11:55 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,971
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Removal Firms

Just wondering - seeing as furniture in Perth is of the "Land of the Giants" variety - how many people have problems trying to fit this stuff into UK Houses when they go back ?
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 13th 2008, 10:34 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 2,456
Posted By Skyblue67

Trying too hard...????

I'm sure we have all met new immigrants to Aus who, lets be kind, try a bit too hard to "go native". By this I mean wearing bush hats, AFL shirts (why do they call them "guernseys "?), saying things...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 13th 2008, 6:58 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 1,831
Posted By Skyblue67

An uplifting story (I think....?)

Hi - Skyblue67 here - long time reader, very infrequent contributor.

I emigrated from UK to Perth in 2002, the idea being to do the two years, get the citizenship, have a life-experience then take...
Forum: Australia
Mar 4th 2007, 6:01 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 971
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Perth City - Charles Landry Report

Yeah the good old testcard.Don't know what the girl is doing these days but I think the green bloke got a job designing Perth.....
Forum: Australia
Mar 4th 2007, 4:57 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 971
Posted By Skyblue67

Perth City - Charles Landry Report

Has anyone been reading these (plus the columnists putting their 2 bob worth in) in the West Australian ?

International Urban Strategy Expert (!) Charles has been commissioned to report on the...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 6th 2007, 7:08 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,258
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Skyblue67's Culture Corner !

Agreed, I believe Yorkshire is the best place in the world but, in all honesty, Bradford is not the best advert for it.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 6th 2007, 6:53 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,258
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Skyblue67's Culture Corner !

The VB in Coogee tastes like Cat Pee
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 6th 2007, 6:49 pm
Replies: 50
Views: 3,945
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: My own dilema

FPM,

My circumstances are very different to yours but there are some of the same themes in there. In the past I have devoted countless hours to trying to solve problems relating to which half of...
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 6th 2007, 5:54 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,258
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Skyblue67's Culture Corner !

I got it from "The Little Book of Yorkshire" by the "Dalesman" magazine. You'd probably love it !
Forum: The Trailer Park
Feb 6th 2007, 5:31 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,258
Posted By Skyblue67

Skyblue67's Culture Corner !

Here's some thoughts by J.B. Priestley I came across the other day. I guess they could be equally valid to people wanting to go home and also the "can't go back" brigade. See what you think...
...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 20th 2007, 10:25 am
Replies: 96
Views: 6,210
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Returning home

Couldn't agree more. When I have visited UK for holidays its like waking up from a coma. Can't help but think of the life you COULD have been leading. Makes you go all "Sliding Doors". Having to come...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 9th 2007, 9:51 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 1,659
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Were off - everything booked 47 days to go

I don't know anything about who you are or what your life is like but right now I wish I was you.

Best of British to you !
Don't forget to come back for a holiday - sometime around 2030.
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 9th 2007, 9:46 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,242
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: Fish and Chips

Aye. Combine the two and you can be in real trouble !

Hic !
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 9th 2007, 9:43 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 2,689
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: If you fancy a bout of homesickness...

"Heartbeat" has got to be one of the worst programs ever inflicted on the viewing public but I watch it religously to get a look at the North York Moors, particularly the areas around Whitby.....
Forum: The Trailer Park
Jan 9th 2007, 9:41 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,242
Posted By Skyblue67

Fish and Chips

I've been on a health kick since New Years - low fat food, no grog, gruelling exercise etc - and I've just had fish and chips with peas, white wine and fruit 'n' nut chocolate. Let me tell you - I've...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 7th 2007, 9:34 pm
Replies: 210
Views: 13,395
Posted By Skyblue67

Re: to all who are thinking of returning!

Don't know about the drug side of it but the drink driving here is absolutely rife. A lot of people seem to routinely drive around pissed and get away with it because a lot of the suburban roads are...
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