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Forum: The Barbie
Jan 16th 2013, 9:08 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

Out of interest, whilst we sit here and verbally pick at the sores on Australia's ass, they have floods in Jakarta.

109,000 people were displaced yesterday. most will have lost everything.
...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 16th 2013, 6:32 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

My personal experience was the opposite. The first generation West Indians I knew worked hard, went to church and were law abiding.

Their sons tried to sell me drugs and white women on...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 16th 2013, 1:53 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

Thats interesting, as its exactly the opposite to what was promised with multiculturalism. People were told that races and ethnic backgrounds would assimilate over time, taking two or three...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 16th 2013, 1:22 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

If you love medieval churches then you are in heaven in Shropshire. If you love tropical beaches you are stuffed.

Its all a trade off, and you pick the lifestyle you want to live.

What I...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 15th 2013, 10:12 pm
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

and a screen showing streaming porn.

(I dont know why i just wrote that....)
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 15th 2013, 10:11 pm
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

Exactly. Except in Australia there are 20 million people, maybe 10% of whom are bogan. The UK, having a higher population, has more bogans, especially on per km basis. In fact it has whole counties...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 15th 2013, 10:06 pm
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

The BBC Lied???????

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/06_june/24/licensing_detector_vans.shtml

TBH I always wondered because it would be hard to discriminate between a...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 15th 2013, 5:11 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

I think the one thing that sums up regulation in the Uk is television licences.

They STILL have vans sneaking around at night trying to catch people using a television without a licence. It must...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 9th 2013, 11:08 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

All of my life i have been hearing about "peak oil" and the doom that will come from it. It was first proposed in 1956 ad we were assured it would occur in 1970. In the mid 70s it would all be over...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 3rd 2013, 10:41 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

Been a while since I was there. Great place. Strong economy, well located, good expat life, sort of cleaned up Indonesia. Maids are cheap, nice lifestyle for an expat.

Other guys on BE might...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 3rd 2013, 10:27 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

Out of interest Bob, what car does it fit? If you are driving a Maserati in maroochydore......:)
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 2nd 2013, 9:25 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

I will say that in all the time I spent in Scotland, including some of the rougher areas of Glasgow, i was only ever shown kindness and goodwill, and was never robbed, threatened or abused. :)
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 2nd 2013, 9:00 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

Scotland has an excellent "nick-quik" service in some areas, that provides complete wheels and tyres.

:)
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 2nd 2013, 5:23 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

The tyre wont be an issue.

Laws and the police might.

Attitude of the locals will be.

DingoBob, take note. It isn't the UK, and it isn't Australia. Things happen there that you don't...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 2nd 2013, 5:06 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

My guess is your rants about the ME will involve a bit more than the inability to get a tyre fitted on NYE. :)
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 2nd 2013, 12:09 am
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

+1001.

Serious note here Bob. Unless you know the ME don't go there if you find QLD frustrating.

Seriously. You have to live there to know frustration.

Im not joking Bob. Look past the...
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 1st 2013, 11:58 pm
Replies: 205
Views: 17,115
Posted By slapphead_otool

Re: Australia - summed up

For some time now we have measured economic purchasing power parity via the "big mac index", using the price of a common goods to test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods...
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