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Forum: Australia

May 20th 2011, 2:10 am

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Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Posted By Gibbo

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

I'm not one of those. Came many years ago with OH and 2 toddlers, with 1500 UK pounds. Food was cheap but most other things were much more expensive than where we came from, due I suspect to the fact...

Forum: Australia

May 19th 2011, 8:20 am

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Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Posted By Gibbo

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

That I can understand, but there does seem to be some who compare food prices etc a lot, which seems silly. They live here so like it or not you pay the going price or starve. Why do it and give...

Forum: Australia

May 18th 2011, 12:16 pm

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Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Posted By Gibbo

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

Can't comprehend the obsession there seems to be with comparing prices to those of another country.

Forum: Australia

Apr 22nd 2011, 11:42 am

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Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Posted By Gibbo

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

This expression "rip off" is starting to grate on me. No matter what time in the past, whether in UK or Australia, the average family has had to be very careful with their money to make ends meet and...

Forum: Australia

Jan 19th 2011, 4:57 am

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Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Posted By Gibbo

Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

An uncle of mine, who lived in South Aus and had a number of different fruit trees, used to say urine was the best thing for them.

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