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Forum: Australia
Nov 5th 2012, 9:22 am
Replies: 59
Views: 6,564
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Private UK education v Private Australian education

:rofl: Yeah right! 'cos the elite, selective uber-achieving schools in Melbourne, Brisbane and other places obviously dont give a stuff? pffffft. That is ridiculous. I havent reviewed stats...
Forum: The Barbie
Nov 4th 2012, 11:38 am
Replies: 94
Views: 19,014
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Bogan Aussie Names

I heard of one childs name that I suspect is just an urban myth:

"Xtian"

(pronounced 'Christian')
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 31st 2012, 3:01 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 5,197
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Nostalgia

I remember our school playground well (circa 1982?):

Boys would pretty much all play football on the playground - with a tennis ball and piles of school bags for posts. Teams varied from as little...
Forum: Australia
Oct 30th 2012, 1:07 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,374
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Dubai Airport

$90 for a 6 hour saving is SOOO worth it. (I've not travelled through Dubai - but any transit stop anywhere longer than 3 hours is worth avoiding if you can).

...Just imagine if that kind of...
Forum: Australia
Oct 30th 2012, 9:47 am
Replies: 86
Views: 10,410
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Post a good experience you had in Australia.

I fell asleep in a drunken stupor on the bus on the way home from the pub on one occasion after staggering on to the bus after a heavy session at the Normanby. I missed my stop, and the eventually...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 29th 2012, 10:40 am
Replies: 50
Views: 3,163
Posted By DadAgain

Re: do you 'celebrate' Halloween?

No celebrating here.

Any kids who knock on the door *may* if their lucky get whatever I can find from the stash of confiscated 'party bags' we have (why do all kids parties always end with a the...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 28th 2012, 3:12 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,188
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Baby bonus reduced - just how important is it?

...and yet there have been a number of occasions in recent years that the 'birthrate' at the xxxxxxxxx hospital where my wife works has seen odd little 'spikes' on and around the 1st July as...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 27th 2012, 9:51 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,013
Posted By DadAgain

I got old yesterday....

Yep it's official.

I sold the Kawasaki Ninja and bought a new Toyota Camry Hybrid.

Extremely sensible thing to do - but part of me has died. :cry_smile::cry_smile::cry_smile::cry_smile:
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 24th 2012, 9:30 am
Replies: 21
Views: 2,118
Posted By DadAgain

Re: The horror of glass bottles!

I'm pretty sure you could do some severe damage with a broken dinner plate if you were so inclined. Should we force all restaurants that open to the public to use paper plates? After all if you WANT...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 23rd 2012, 9:12 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,118
Posted By DadAgain

Re: The horror of glass bottles!

...and people are killed each year by cars but we don't ban them do we?

Some things are capable of causing horrible injuries when not used properly. trying to ban everything is not the solution....
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 23rd 2012, 4:03 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,118
Posted By DadAgain

Re: The horror of glass bottles!

At risk of sounding like one of those "guns don't kill people - people kill people" nutter I would be mildly miffed if this got up.

Whilst I have a great deal of sympathy for anyone who ends up on...
Forum: Australia
Oct 19th 2012, 7:05 pm
Replies: 576
Views: 63,882
Posted By DadAgain

Re: What is the temperature of your pool now?

Was at 27C first thing this morning.....

might even be tempted to jump in tomorrow :D
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 17th 2012, 10:57 am
Replies: 48
Views: 3,874
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Julia Gillard's fall from grace

There is, of course, a long held tradition of Australian PMs making a bit of a fool of themselves when visiting India:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o8by05rtMY
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 16th 2012, 5:59 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 3,807
Posted By DadAgain

Re: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-21/australians-pay-highest-power-prices-says-s

Perhaps, but gratuitous use of electricity ISNT a necessity and I'd bet 95% of Australians could cut their usage by waaaay more than the tiny increases due to Carbon Pricing if they could be bothered...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 16th 2012, 12:31 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,923
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Another petrol rip off

I always check the pump price too - and I never go in to the shop, I'm a big fan of 'paywave' at the pump and it always makes me giggle when I look at the shocked faces of other people when I just...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 15th 2012, 11:55 am
Replies: 54
Views: 3,552
Posted By DadAgain

Re: What were you doing 25 yrs ago ?

I remember it clearly:

It was a dark and stormy night... but we all slept soundly. However, we woke up late (what with all the clock radios not working thanks to the lack of power). We rushed to...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 14th 2012, 10:59 am
Replies: 63
Views: 3,807
Posted By DadAgain

Re: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-21/australians-pay-highest-power-prices-says-s

Dont under-estimate the ability of that man to do stupid things!

..Although I agree I dont think he'll cut the FIT any time soon. I wouldn't be at all surprised though if it gets cut by the Qld...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 13th 2012, 11:31 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 3,807
Posted By DadAgain

Re: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-21/australians-pay-highest-power-prices-says-s

Lucky perhaps - or alternatively we kept doing the Maths, realized the writing was on the wall and something had to change, and figured that there was no way we could afford not to do it - and then...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 13th 2012, 11:18 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 3,807
Posted By DadAgain

Re: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-21/australians-pay-highest-power-prices-says-s

44c was the government FIT, but retailers are free to offer whatever they want to purchase your electricity. AGL offer 8c ON TOP of the government minimum 44c - hence 52c. Origin offer 50c....
of...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 13th 2012, 9:13 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 3,807
Posted By DadAgain

Re: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-21/australians-pay-highest-power-prices-says-s

Nah - mines all European. Well researched, good brand gear.
Perhaps I'm just a better shopper than young- or I just timed it right! :D
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 13th 2012, 6:15 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 3,807
Posted By DadAgain

Re: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-21/australians-pay-highest-power-prices-says-s

Ok - y figures are based on the 5KW system that cost $9k. in order to get the 3 year ROI predicted I need to get $3k of benefit per year or an average of $8.20 per day.

i get the 52c per kWh FIT...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 13th 2012, 2:25 pm
Replies: 63
Views: 3,807
Posted By DadAgain

Re: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-21/australians-pay-highest-power-prices-says-s

The only country I can think of where most professionals would live in apartments would be Singapore... Perhaps Dubai too?

Certainly in my experience there are plenty of professional house owners...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 13th 2012, 1:06 pm
Replies: 137
Views: 32,066
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Name one thing in the UK that is cheaper than in Australia

Ah yes - I got this arse about!

My bad :o
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 13th 2012, 12:23 pm
Replies: 137
Views: 32,066
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Name one thing in the UK that is cheaper than in Australia

Things that are cheaper?

- top flight private schools <$20k

- flights to NZ? <$500

- theme park entry < $100 per year


I'm sure I could list other things, but that's enough for now...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 12th 2012, 10:36 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 864
Posted By DadAgain

Re: Dodgy teachers....

There have been a number of discussions throughout the year (without any satisfactory resolution I might add) but the feedback from daughter this week was 2 of the incidents listed above and gives me...
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