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That's like apocalypse level hot for you Poms isn't it?
Well it will only get worse on the Gold Coast.
My mum moved from London close on 50 years ago and to this day 35+ degree days still make her feel a bit ill. BUT rest assured we have a cure for the hot days. They're called Sunny boys.
Sunny boys???
mate, apocalypse has got nothing on Australia..... 40c+!?!?! I am still struggling with that, my word i've been so frickin' cold these past few days its un-real, and in Jan I am walking into a furnace, or so it seems..... my body better adapt, and adapt fast!
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Although Australia does apparently lay claim to being drier on the basis of sitting water rather than rainfall... we get more rain than some other countries, but have less water just sitting around.
Sounds like a pleasant summer day in South West Sydney.
You'll find there's no such thing as a pleasant day in SW Sydney.
Rather like a "nice day in Hell."
QLD (especially the gold cost) gets a crapload of rain when it rains - but when it doesn't they get drought big time.
Last time I was up at Broady ( Broadbeach - 3 years ago?) they were on level 4 water restrictions the day we arrived (for 2 weeks). The day we left, they had lifted restrictions completely after 3 days of torrential rain (reservoirs were full).
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
Yeah, Newcastle has a "broady" - Broadmeadow (no 's') - the Broady I was talking about was Broadbeach up on the Gold coast, though. (Been to Broadmeadows once - it's close to Tullamarine airport.)
Nope, few Lebanese in our one. We have more Serbs, Croats and Russians than Lebanese up here. Many settled up here in the 50s (and never left).
Plenty of bogans who want to glass you just for the hell of it though (and a 1am pub n' club lockout with a 3am shutdown because of it).
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I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
Yes well in the Broadmeadows shopping centre if you look at someone the wrong way you get bottled, bashed most likely robbed. Gotta love a good glassing though. Nothing spruces up a night out on the town like having your face ruined for the rest of your life.
Not many Eastern Europeans in Melbourne. At least not in the Northern Suberbs. Lots of Greeks, Maltease, Italians and Middle Eastern though. You can't walk 10 steps up any main road without crossing a kebab or souvlaki shop.
chromedog wrote: Plenty of bogans who want to glass you just for the hell of it though (and a 1am pub n' club lockout with a 3am shutdown because of it).
Shame about most of the locals, though (I live here, but I'll never be a 'local' - I wasn't born up here. I've got friends who still aren't considered 'locals' because their grandparents were blow-ins).
If it isn't the bogans, it's the hippies.
@Snrub: Plenty of Russians around Carnegie, though. I've got friends scattered all over Melbourne (North, South, East and West) and after 20-something years of travelling down and around your city, I know it fairly well.
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
A glassing was how I met my ex-wife. It's an Irish-American courtship ritual or a declaration to a dominance challenge depending on the gender of the one doing the glassing.
I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
KalashnikovMarine wrote: A glassing was how I met my ex-wife. It's an Irish-American courtship ritual or a declaration to a dominance challenge depending on the gender of the one doing the glassing.
I can see why that marriage went well. "honey I'm home, happy annaversary" "why are you carrying a longneck in your hand?" "Hi darling *smashes bottle end against bench* I just wanted to try and recreate that feeling we had when we first got together"
Manchu - "But so what? The Bible also says the flood destroyed the world. You only need an allegorical boat to tackle an allegorical flood."
Shespits "Anything i see with YOLO has half naked eleventeen year olds Girls. And of course booze and drugs and more half naked elventeen yearolds Girls. O how i wish to YOLO again!"
Rubiksnoob "Next you'll say driving a stick with a Scandinavian supermodel on your lap while ripping a bong impairs your driving. And you know what, I'M NOT GOING TO STOP, YOU FILTHY COMMUNIST"
KalashnikovMarine wrote: A glassing was how I met my ex-wife. It's an Irish-American courtship ritual or a declaration to a dominance challenge depending on the gender of the one doing the glassing.
I can see why that marriage went well. "honey I'm home, happy annaversary" "why are you carrying a longneck in your hand?" "Hi darling *smashes bottle end against bench* I just wanted to try and recreate that feeling we had when we first got together"
Yup, we had a loving relationship based on head trauma (me) and mental illness (her)
I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
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