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Forum: The Barbie

Dec 28th 2006, 10:09 am

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

Most people in your situation just enjoy a one-time boost in status due to the equity they bring with them. After that, you may find that Australia is just as much a rip-off, over-taxed, etc, as the...

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 16th 2006, 2:58 pm

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

That must have been very hard. I have been fortunate so far and have never lived on welfare, which is why I asked the question.

But eleven million people seems to be a very, very high figure,...

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 16th 2006, 1:21 pm

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

Interesting stats, both pretty shocking.

How is poverty defined these days? Is it having an LCD TV with a screen size of less than 40 inches? Surely in both countries people can claim welfare,...

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 9th 2006, 2:03 pm

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

I've been doing the same with houses in Victoria (Mount Eliza, etc, on the Mornington Peninsula). Weather puts me off a bit.

That place in Cairns looks amazing. Only a house, though, at the end of...

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 8th 2006, 2:10 am

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

I agree that people should try to be respectful with terms, but sometimes I get the impression that arbitrary rules are just made in order to trip people up, thereby giving the "offended" party...

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 8th 2006, 1:41 am

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

Damn, it's all so confusing.

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 8th 2006, 1:30 am

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

Err..., shouldn't that be the adjectival form?

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 6th 2006, 7:59 pm

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

Not entirely settled, unfortunately, but did buy into a growth area which gives us options. I think you could be right about the few weeks winding down by the beach. Not ready to retire just yet.

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 6th 2006, 7:53 pm

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

Very true.

The growth up here has outstripped the overall Perth housing market by quite a bit though, and it takes a bit of local knowledge to find those kind of areas.

He was right about the...

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 6th 2006, 7:41 pm

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

Me too, escaped from Tokyo, guilty as charged. I now live just up the road from PB's old place in Quinns Rocks. The ocean is beautiful, but sometimes I do feel like I have opted out of life and crave...

Forum: The Barbie

Aug 3rd 2006, 1:33 am

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3 Years on , back in UK

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Posted By Exile

Re: 3 Years on , back in UK

Beautiful. This is pure entertainment.

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