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    Well, house prices are definitely lower the closer you are to being nowhere near anything.
    My parents want to retire in Proston because they can actually afford a place there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rawhide View Post
    Just you wait. Next thing you know, I'll be scratching at your door and frothing at the mouth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Black_Pants_Guy View Post
    Agh! Zombies! *boards up the doors and windows*
    Frothing at the mouth, not bleeding.

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    So, last weekend, I had to get up at 4am on Saturday!

    And at 4am on Sunday!

    Both times, to go into the city in order to help out with the Sydney Triathlon.

    Anyone else there/watching it?


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    Good Day, Fellow Australians. I am an Australian like you. Do not be alarmed, I have been here for a long time. I enjoy the consumption of beer, the open-air burning of meat and the tossing of egg-shaped balls. Haha.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eldan View Post
    Good Day, Fellow Australians. I am an Australian like you. Do not be alarmed, I have been here for a long time. I enjoy the consumption of beer, the open-air burning of meat and the tossing of egg-shaped balls. Haha.
    Hmmmm.. ya need ta work on yar Ocker' accent there.
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    Another update; I managed to get 50 bucks from a friend that owed me some money.
    Then today I had to pay over a hundred bucks because of vet-related stuff for my poor cat =/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elm11 View Post
    Hmmmm.. ya need ta work on yar Ocker' accent there.
    Not that convincing, hmm?

    Well, I have another two months for that.
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    Frothing at the mouth, not bleeding.
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    So I'm told that there was an earthquake in Canberra this morning, apparently I'm a pretty heavy sleeper.
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    It originated in an unpopulated area North of Canberra and could only be felt by a handful of areas. That said, it woke my Sister up!
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    The article I saw (okay, the headline I read) said it was 50km away from Canberra... so I'm not surprised if you didn't notice it.

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    I'm kinda glad, I don't really like the idea that I would sleep through an earthquake, I'd like to think I'd wake up so as to be able to react to it.
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    And then my father comes at me with the teapot and says "Why. So. British?"
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    Hey, I can wait. I'm young with my entire life ahead of me. I'll dream of empires amongst the stars in worlds undreamt of if I wanna :p
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    Quote Originally Posted by _Zoot_ View Post
    I'm kinda glad, I don't really like the idea that I would sleep through an earthquake, I'd like to think I'd wake up so as to be able to react to it.
    Well, the kind of earthquake you're likely to sleep through is the kind you won't need to react to. And that one was 3.7 apparently, not really strong enough to do any damage unless you're unlucky. I've been in one that strong before and the only thing I did was grab my computer monitor to stop the picture I had sitting on it from falling off (it was an old CRT monitor). I've also been in a 6.0 quake and while I freely admit, it scared the crap out of me, by the time I'd decided 'yeah, probably should get under some cover now' it was over. Good thing the worst that happened was Mary and Joseph fell over (from the nativity scene) - this was a couple of days before Christmas in Christchurch last year.

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    It'd be worse if you were making love and the ground started doing a better job than you were.

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    Oh knowledgable and gravitationally confusing ones, I seek wisdom about your silly country and your bizzare manner of speaking.

    I was talking with a friend about storms and weather and I remembered that you Australian types have an odd name for storms. We in the atlantic call them hurricanes, Asian folks call them typhoons but if I remember correctly, Australians call them "wally-wallys" or something equally strange. Am I remembering this correctly or has my mind finally gone completely?

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    I'm pretty sure we call them cyclones...
    At least, we do in Queensland...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elemental View Post
    I'm pretty sure we call them cyclones...
    At least, we do in Queensland...
    That's what I answered too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Succubus View Post
    Oh knowledgable and gravitationally confusing ones, I seek wisdom about your silly country and your bizzare manner of speaking.

    I was talking with a friend about storms and weather and I remembered that you Australian types have an odd name for storms. We in the atlantic call them hurricanes, Asian folks call them typhoons but if I remember correctly, Australians call them "wally-wallys" or something equally strange. Am I remembering this correctly or has my mind finally gone completely?
    Typhoons and hurricanes we call cyclones. You're talking about willy-willies. Most Australians know them as the little swirls of wind you'll get on a quadrangle or wherever, like mini-tornadoes. But way out in the desert, so I'm told, you can get willy-willies that are actually full-blown tornadoes - they just usually happen way away from where anyone can see them.
    Shame on you all, not knowing he meant willy-willy!

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    >.>

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    "willy"

    *snicker*

    EDIT: Well, that's actually a surprise. I didn't think Australia had the right sort of climate to spawn tornadoes. I know you folks get water spouts from time to time along the coastlines but in the central deserts as well? Huh.
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    We also have willy wag-tails (they're actually pretty hardcore)

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    They are indeed awesome. They used to tease one of our cats.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Succubus View Post
    EDIT: Well, that's actually a surprise. I didn't think Australia had the right sort of climate to spawn tornadoes. I know you folks get water spouts from time to time along the coastlines but in the central deserts as well? Huh.
    We have a big ol' desert and windy areas... There was actually a thing I think sometime last year, though, where there were a bunch of them on the coast, and suddenly everyone was all "wait, we get tornadoes here?! "
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    Once in a blue moon, we even get fairly weak ones in the UK as well.

    Now that I think about it, it does make a certain sense in a way. Your beers are bigger, your BBQs are more interesting, you have Ayer's Rock while we have a small boulder on the outskirts of Luton...it figures that your tornadoes would be bigger and more impressive as well. >.>

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    Probably. They're still not very common though. The weather conditions for them are still considerably more common in America.

    And one mustn't get dust-devils and tornadoes confused.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Succubus View Post
    Once in a blue moon, we even get fairly weak ones in the UK as well.

    Now that I think about it, it does make a certain sense in a way. Your beers are bigger, your BBQs are more interesting, you have Ayer's Rock while we have a small boulder on the outskirts of Luton...it figures that your tornadoes would be bigger and more impressive as well. >.>
    Not really. We rarely ever have anything in the way of a significant storm. Occasionally you might get one up on the coast, but other than that, eh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Elemental View Post
    They are indeed awesome. They used to tease one of our cats.
    And they're cute

    I remember mentioning them to a friend of mine once and she went 'Oh is that their actual name?!' - her grandfather is Australian and mentioned them once, but apparently he's a bit of a joker and she was convinced that he was just messing with her.

    Quote Originally Posted by Serpentine View Post
    We have a big ol' desert and windy areas... There was actually a thing I think sometime last year, though, where there were a bunch of them on the coast, and suddenly everyone was all "wait, we get tornadoes here?! "
    Coupla links.
    There was a tornado in Australind (1.5 hours south of Perth) a couple of years ago. Went barreling right down the street my mother-in-law lives on. Fortunately, she was okay - house next door? not so much. Kinda threw everyone for a loop though.

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    It's practically two in the morning!
    Why am I still awake?

    I should really work on those sleep patterns of mine, probably by forcing myself to get out of bed by eight...
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    According to reviews, The Secret of Monkey Island was the single greatest and funniest game of all time. According to those same reviews, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge did the impossible and was better. Who's ever heard of a sequel that was better than the original? Especially one as good as that was.


    Now presented in HD (1080P) graphics with remastered music, audio, and brand new voice recordings, you can switch between the old and new versions of the games seamlessly in the middle of the game by pressing a single key. Highly recommended!
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