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Title: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: nimrod on June 27, 2015, 08:36:54
1) too expensive

2) too far away

and this

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/field-of-screams-the-mystery-of-maningridas-25000-tarantulas-20150623-ghv2ip.html
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: goat on June 27, 2015, 09:13:29
for fucks sake, what is the point of australia anyway? its too hot and everything wants to bite you, even ken...possibly
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: nimrod on June 27, 2015, 10:30:07
Quote from: goat on June 27, 2015, 09:13:29
for fucks sake, what is the point of australia anyway? its too hot and everything wants to bite you, even ken...possibly

Its only there to annoy you   :D

Im emigrating soon
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: Rowley Birkin QC on June 28, 2015, 00:03:35
Quote from: goat on June 27, 2015, 09:13:29
its too hot and everything wants to bite you, even ken...possibly

No - you're reasonably safe on that score.
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: Dizzy on June 28, 2015, 20:10:20
Quote from: nimrod on June 27, 2015, 08:36:54
1) too expensive

2) too far away

and this

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/field-of-screams-the-mystery-of-maningridas-25000-tarantulas-20150623-ghv2ip.html
Correct on No 1 - I'm still bankrupt and traumatised from the cost of everything.  Love the enormous vegetables though!

No 2 - well yeah but no but yeah but - I managed to make my birthday disappear as I was flying when the date arrived and by the time I got to Oz it had gone - result!  (I don't like birthdays).

Can't bring myself to look at No 3 as I may never return and I definitely want to go again one day.
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: goat on June 29, 2015, 04:01:51
Quote from: Dizzy on June 28, 2015, 20:10:20
Quote from: nimrod on June 27, 2015, 08:36:54
1) too expensive

2) too far away

and this

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/field-of-screams-the-mystery-of-maningridas-25000-tarantulas-20150623-ghv2ip.html
Correct on No 1 - I'm still bankrupt and traumatised from the cost of everything.  Love the enormous vegetables though!

No 2 - well yeah but no but yeah but - I managed to make my birthday disappear as I was flying when the date arrived and by the time I got to Oz it had gone - result!  (I don't like birthdays).

Can't bring myself to look at No 3 as I may never return and I definitely want to go again one day.

i think they prefer to be called australians dizz
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: nimrod on June 29, 2015, 10:26:07
Ive got a big vegetable Dizzo
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: Swiss on June 29, 2015, 18:50:45
I had an awesome time in Perth (Scarborough) back in 2002 and it was dirt cheap!
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: Dizzy on June 29, 2015, 21:43:58
Quote from: nimrod on June 29, 2015, 10:26:07
Ive got a big vegetable Dizzo
Is it easy to peel Nimmers?
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: reddishblue on June 29, 2015, 22:34:32
Not now it's gone soft.
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: goat on June 30, 2015, 10:08:40
discovered this yesterday, its australian. not sure if it helps or not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zaHLhj8jjA
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: nimrod on June 30, 2015, 22:13:18
used to love Danger 5  :D

think they were all on drugs.......




or Welsh
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: Dizzy on June 30, 2015, 22:32:37
Quote from: reddishblue on June 29, 2015, 22:34:32
Not now it's gone soft.
:D Can't beat a bit of close-season humour!  8)
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: goat on June 30, 2015, 23:18:53
Quote from: nimrod on June 30, 2015, 22:13:18
used to love Danger 5  :D

think they were all on drugs.......




or Welsh

saw the mengele, nazi dinosaurs and monkey lads in a band episode today
its good
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: nimrod on July 01, 2015, 00:47:49
Quote from: goat on June 30, 2015, 23:18:53
Quote from: nimrod on June 30, 2015, 22:13:18
used to love Danger 5  :D

think they were all on drugs.......




or Welsh

saw the mengele, nazi dinosaurs and monkey lads in a band episode today
its good

:D
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: zacc on July 01, 2015, 10:39:07
only reason I go to Oz is to visit my family which is just a 10 hour hop from Malaysia!!  ::)
Not hard to work out the white population are descended from criminals, mad Irish,Scots and probably a few Welshies  8)
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: nimrod on July 01, 2015, 23:37:09
Quote from: zacc on July 01, 2015, 10:39:07
only reason I go to Oz is to visit my family which is just a 10 hour hop from Malaysia!!  ::)
Not hard to work out the white population are descended from criminals, mad Irish,Scots and probably a few Welshies  8)

10 hours cazz I can do it in 7 from Singapore are you on some kind of budget airline
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: BongoBlue on July 02, 2015, 05:28:45
Yeah Oz is expensive but I loved it and would go back in a heartbeat.

Then again, I do live in the land of bullshit and chewing gum... ;)
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: nimrod on July 02, 2015, 06:41:27
Quote from: BongoBlue on July 02, 2015, 05:28:45
Yeah Oz is expensive but I loved it and would go back in a heartbeat.

Then again, I do live in the land of bullshit and chewing gum... ;)


never used to be Bongo, used to be cheap as chips to live here, now its turned to shit

median house price in Sydney is $918, 000 (about 460,000 quid) expected to reach a million by next year

just paid registration (road tax) for my car - 510 quid a year

petrol still cheap though and no heating reqd

a lot of pensioners fucking off to Bali & Thailand
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: Stephen Paul on July 02, 2015, 16:32:36
Neighbours ?
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: goat on July 02, 2015, 16:40:03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woN-Ifqu6UQ

the fuck is this?
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: zacc on July 02, 2015, 18:41:24
Quote from: nimrod on July 01, 2015, 23:37:09
Quote from: zacc on July 01, 2015, 10:39:07
only reason I go to Oz is to visit my family which is just a 10 hour hop from Malaysia!!  ::)
Not hard to work out the white population are descended from criminals, mad Irish,Scots and probably a few Welshies  8)

10 hours cazz I can do it in 7 from Singapore are you on some kind of budget airline

Coming from Kota Kinabau which adds couple of hours  whoever you fly with.
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: Dizzy on July 02, 2015, 21:34:14
Quote from: BongoBlue on July 02, 2015, 05:28:45
Yeah Oz is expensive but I loved it and would go back in a heartbeat.

Me too Bongo - I loved every minute I was there.   :)
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: BongoBlue on July 03, 2015, 05:41:07
Quote from: Dizzy on July 02, 2015, 21:34:14
Quote from: BongoBlue on July 02, 2015, 05:28:45
Yeah Oz is expensive but I loved it and would go back in a heartbeat.

Me too Bongo - I loved every minute I was there.   :)

Would go back in a heartbeat Dizz. Nimmers, it is expensive but I would hate to tell you what I pay in property and excise tax in the US right now. Income tax is still not too bad but they get you in so many other ways over here.

I will be retiring to a nice cheap Central American country when the time comes. I have the lingo even. Well almost...;)
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: goat on July 03, 2015, 06:44:03
bongo escobar eh
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: nimrod on July 03, 2015, 12:32:38
Quote from: goat on July 02, 2015, 16:40:03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woN-Ifqu6UQ

the fuck is this?

mad shit, they ate too many bush raisins
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: nimrod on July 03, 2015, 12:50:23
Quote from: Dizzy on July 02, 2015, 21:34:14
Quote from: BongoBlue on July 02, 2015, 05:28:45
Yeah Oz is expensive but I loved it and would go back in a heartbeat.

Me too Bongo - I loved every minute I was there.   :)

Im studying the dreamtime Dizz, aboriginal artifacs and long told stories. My family however are considering having me committed to some kind of institution.  ;D

Here is the story of Barramundi

Long ago in the dreamtime, there were no fish, so the people lived on animals, roots and berries. They were all quite content. That is except Boodi and Yalima; for they wanted to marry. But the tribe insisted that Yalima marry one of the old men, to look after him. Boodi and Yalima decided to run away, and so they did. Now, to go against the Elders of the tribe is breaking the law, and is punishable by death, so soon the men of the tribe began hunting them.

They ran on and on, although they became very tired, they had to keep running. Eventually, they came to the edge of the land, where the water began and they knew that to survive, they would have to fight.

With the angry tribe descending on them, they quickly gathered wood, and made as many spears as they could . But the tribesman were too many, and soon the spears were all gone. Boodi turned to his beloved Yalima and said, "for us to be together forever, we must go into the water to live." And so they did.

They are still there in the shape of the Barramundi hiding amongst the logs and reeds.

(https://www.didjshop.com/images/stories/5ws012Sm.jpg)


There were hundreds of aboriginal dialects, Im learning the core language but progress is slow as there isnt a core really

badagarang is the eastern grey kangaroo and wulaba is the rock wallaby

Australia’s language is interspersed with words that come from Aboriginal languages. Today around 400 words are in common usage which come from 80 different Aboriginal languages. Most of these words are used to describe flora and fauna or other “things”.

A survey of newspapers in July 2007 found that the most common Aboriginal word is ‘kangaroo’, followed by ‘wallaby’ (which might be influenced by the rugby team of the same name), ‘waratah’ (also a rugby team), ‘koala’, ‘billabong’, ‘kookaburra’, ‘dingo’ and ‘wombat’.
Not surprisingly, all of these words come from a language spoken in the area of Sydney and surrounds where they were adopted early on in Australia’s history.


(http://www.grandpapencil.net/austral/austrgra/roo.gif)

Winba duru Dizz



Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: reddishblue on July 04, 2015, 01:22:15
I'm shit at throwing boomerangs.
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: nimrod on July 04, 2015, 01:37:10
Quote from: reddishblue on July 04, 2015, 01:22:15
I'm shit at throwing boomerangs.

back at ya..
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: Dizzy on July 04, 2015, 15:35:34
Quote from: nimrod on July 03, 2015, 12:50:23

Winba duru Dizz
Winba duru to you too Nimmers.

I think I want to live in Oz because I can't - if that makes sense!  Too old - they only want youngsters with trades it seems. ..... But when I was in Melbourne, in partic, there were kerbillions of Chinese - do they have a better chance to emigrate than Poms?
Title: Re: Reasons not to come to Oz
Post by: The Blue Blooded Maniac on July 04, 2015, 18:09:56
(http://beijingcream.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/22-High-expectations-dad.jpeg)