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Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2004, 8:55 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Practice for those long, balmy QLD summer nights by wearing a blindfold at 7pm to simulate darkness, put on jeans and a long top and cover yourself in Aeroguard, light a citronella candle and enjoy....
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2004, 8:42 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Indeed, but until you know the price of everything you keep doing it. I like Badge's idea, which is not based on exchange rate, in my case the factor is still 2.5.

I probably know the price of...
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2004, 5:49 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

If under 25, wear your jeans as low as physically possible without being arrested and wear 'sateen' boxer shorts for all to see, preferably with 'Holden' or 'Ford' motif.

Practice Australian...
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2004, 4:41 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

I'd love to be able to get just plain old black filter coffee. I don't like milk in coffees, never mind froth, cream, marshmallows, cinnamon and syrup, but its near impossible to just get filter...
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2004, 4:35 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

You'll need a large Jiffy bag to stick an Inala resident in...
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2004, 2:55 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Prepare for sending back pesents to the UK by buying very small and lightweight gifts for your friends and family. Alternatively, buy them what you wanted to get and hand over the same amount again...
Forum: Australia
Aug 27th 2004, 12:20 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

More driving tips:

When driving on motorways and dual carriageways, adjust your speed near sliproads to ensure that any drivers attempting to join cannot do so and are required to come to a halt....
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2004, 10:59 pm
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

This one's a bit complicated so here's some explanation first. I still can't help but convert into pounds, it just comes naturally. The easy way to get roughly the right number is (based on $2.5=1...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2004, 6:56 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

General shopping tips:

When leaving a shop in the UK, go up to the assistant nearest the exit, smile and open your bag for them to look into.

Ask whether instead of the Buy One Get One Free...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2004, 6:07 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

That's an excellent idea. I think we should challenge some Poms to actually try out these tips in the UK and live more Aussie. OK you lot, you should be online about now, who's up first!

I...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2004, 5:58 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Get your child used to Aussie TV and radio by regularly using the words 'crap', 'shit', 'shithouse' and 'wanker' in normal conversation.

Get used to OZ TV news (at least on the commerical...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2004, 5:45 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Breakfast tips:

Filll your child's bowl with small, cocktail style sausages and say "well you asked for Cheerios"

Fill your child's bowl with dry carboard shaped into small bricks and say "well...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2004, 5:26 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Supermarket tips:

Go to your local Sainsbury's and ask the assistant where you can find the Coon.

Buy a poussin to familiarise yourself with the size of a Woolworths 'Large Chicken'

Go to...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2004, 3:46 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Get used to wearing sunscreen by buying it in 2l bottles with a pump action dispenser. Carry this in your car everywhere. When applying, make sure you put just enough on your face to allow the...
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2004, 1:59 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Learn how to cope with the lack of pavements in the suburbs by walking on the road.

If you have a strip of grass outside your front door, amuse yourself and others by calling it a 'nature strip'....
Forum: Australia
Aug 26th 2004, 1:32 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

I hate those unusal (i.e. stupid) spellings of 'normal' names like Katelin, Rees, Kris, Sharyn, Mishel.
Forum: Australia
Aug 25th 2004, 6:09 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Practice speaking like an Australian? Make, all your statements sound like questions? I promised I wouldn't do this? I now seem to all the time?
Forum: Australia
Aug 25th 2004, 6:00 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

OK, some more real tips:

Employ a gardener if you can afford to. It's not so much the work but how to get rid of the garden waste is the problem. You can put it in your normal rubbish bin...
Forum: Australia
Aug 25th 2004, 3:41 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Show your knowledge of the Australian language by using the words "sheila", "bonza" and "crikey" in every sentence.
Forum: Australia
Aug 25th 2004, 3:32 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Wash your car on your front lawn, not your driveway.
Forum: Australia
Aug 25th 2004, 3:18 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

If you buy a car, get the windows tinted as dark as possible. This should cost about $500 but vastly reduces UV risk and saves putiing strange sunshield socks on your windows...and it looks cool.
Forum: Australia
Aug 25th 2004, 3:08 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

To practice your BBQ skills, place your oven in your back garden, get drunk and burn your food black.

Demonstrate your knowledge of Australian history and show interest in your new neighbours at...
Forum: Australia
Aug 25th 2004, 1:20 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Buy petrol on Wednedays.

Only buy cask wine if it costs more than $15.

Set your pool filter to run for only four hours in the winter.

Rent videos/DVDs on Tuesdays, they then cost only $1.95...
Forum: Australia
Aug 25th 2004, 1:13 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

Well, I'll start with funny ones and get on to useful ones later then

Practice shopping at Woolworths and Coles by going into Sainsbury's and insisting that the checkout girl packs your groceries...
Forum: Australia
Aug 25th 2004, 12:58 am
Replies: 343
Views: 30,866
Posted By jayr

Re: Let's have a ''Top Tips'' thread..

This could be funny though!
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