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« Reply #20 on: February 14, 2005, 05:46:48 PM » |
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Haha! That's hilarious! Actually I didn't know a Boomslang was a real creature until now though...  I thought it was something JK made up! Silly me... |
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Trey
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« Reply #21 on: February 15, 2005, 04:45:24 AM » |
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Hey Trey, which part of the country are you from? My family lives in the country as well (and I mean real country NSW) - I live in Sydney cos of university - and there are roos here as well  Sadly, as yo said, they do tend to bound across and around roads. I was not there, but one night about 2 years ago, my dad hit one while driving as it just came out of nowhere. He was fine, the car was not too bad but the roo was so badly injured that he had to put it out its misery  I live about 15-25 minutes out from Melbourne Airport ( I really dont want to say where in case someone is reading this and starts stalking me hehe unlikely but hey, its the last thing I need at the moment!) around suburbs like Kyneton, Gisborne, Sunbury, Romsey....they are close-ish to the city (50mins) but they are still very much country suburbs surrounded by paddocks so we see heaps of roos and they are a nusance on a lot of the back roads. |
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Brilliant Snape.... once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion!!
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« Reply #22 on: February 15, 2005, 02:57:02 PM » |
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( I really dont want to say where in case someone is reading this and starts stalking me hehe unlikely but hey, its the last thing I need at the moment!)
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« Reply #23 on: February 15, 2005, 02:58:47 PM » |
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« Reply #24 on: February 15, 2005, 03:49:59 PM » |
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I feel like Gollum... "he is always watching". You are very sensible Trey and I am only teasing... we never know who's watching |
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« Reply #25 on: February 15, 2005, 06:57:59 PM » |
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I can relate to your Roo problem as we have the same dangers but with Moose, Deer, and Black Bear here in upper New Hampshire where I live. We have large signs on the highways warning about the animals especially the Moose but people drive way too fast especially at night and you just cannot see them and brake in time. We are always reading about car accidents with animals and unfortunately we suffer anywhere from 5 to 20 deaths a year from these accidents. Many of them happen in the Summer and Fall and most of the fatalities are tourists visiting our State.
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« Reply #26 on: February 16, 2005, 04:43:26 AM » |
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*acts innocent* Who, me??? Now now Roz and FTY....you really dont want to start stalking me cause if you came to the door my mum would make you a cuppa and chat to you for a couple of hours!! hehe  Also Roz you already know my address so I cant hide anyway  |
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« Reply #27 on: February 16, 2005, 05:18:47 AM » |
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Now now Roz and FTY....you really dont want to start stalking me cause if you came to the door my mum would make you a cuppa and chat to you for a couple of hours!! hehe Sounds great... what time should I be there? Also Roz you already know my address so I cant hide anyway D'OH - completely forgot that |
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« Reply #28 on: February 16, 2005, 05:26:40 AM » |
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Now now Roz and FTY....you really dont want to start stalking me cause if you came to the door my mum would make you a cuppa and chat to you for a couple of hours!! hehe Sounds great... what time should I be there? oh no you misunderstand me....this is not a reward it is a Punishment!!! Listening to my mum babble on for a couple of hours can drive the sanest person insane!!! But she does make a good cuppa |
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Brilliant Snape.... once again you've put your keen and penetrating mind to the task and as usual come to the wrong conclusion!!
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« Reply #29 on: February 16, 2005, 05:41:43 AM » |
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Now now Roz and FTY....you really dont want to start stalking me cause if you came to the door my mum would make you a cuppa and chat to you for a couple of hours!! hehe Sounds great... what time should I be there? But she does make a good cuppa Still - the promise of a good cuppa is an overpowering one... couple that with a sit down and a nice chat.... hmmmmmmmmmmm I think I could live with it PS I have run out of milk... hence my desperation for a good cuppa! |
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« Reply #30 on: February 16, 2005, 05:43:33 AM » |
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Go an do what we do in the country - go and chase down the nearest cow |
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« Reply #31 on: February 16, 2005, 05:45:22 AM » |
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Hmm.. there are several grazing just outside the city on Midsommer Common... but it's dark outside and I might get eaten by a Highland cow which might mistake me for an overgrown piece of grass |
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« Reply #32 on: February 16, 2005, 05:47:05 AM » |
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And a 6 ft one at that |
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« Reply #33 on: February 21, 2005, 11:51:11 PM » |
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I have been to Ireland a few times and a majority of the people I met there poured on and on about wanting to visit Australia. Being the American that I am, I have always wanted to see London, Paris, Rome (the usuals). Why is it that so many people on the Europe side want to flock to Australia? Not that it isn't a lovely place I'm sure, but just asking why that is a universal destination.
PS. please excuse the ignorant american questions.......
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« Reply #34 on: February 23, 2005, 05:32:59 PM » |
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I think when most of us think of Australia we tend to think of the bush first with yer kangeroos, koalas and the like. Now when you think of America you tend to first think of big cities (New York, San Fransisco, Las Vegas etc) and everywhere has big cities. Maybe it's the fascination with something a bit different that makes everyone want to visit Australia? I don't really know - I want to visit Aus but there are also tons of other places I want to visit too! I don't mind which order I do it in |
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« Reply #35 on: February 23, 2005, 05:48:53 PM » |
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Well, if you want something different, come to Melbourne, where we have all four seasons in one day Just the other week we had a really hot day which turned into massive storms and our yearly average rainfall in one night |
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« Reply #36 on: February 23, 2005, 05:54:57 PM » |
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No offense to any other countries here.... but ... Everywhere we Europeans go people compare it to places like home... for instance, my friend who went to the Himalayas came back saying... well ... basically it's Dartmoor scaled up a bit... But people who go to NZ and Aus don't compare it to anywhere in the UK or Europe, so it seems it's so radically different from our home that we want to see it Plus we read all these books ("A town like" Alice etc) - so a lot of popular literature describes Australia too... hmm why else? Oh well 90% of Brits are dying to climb up Uluru... although apparently we need a Akubra though as there's a lot of flies up there apparently... now why would they all congregate at a rock such as that... is is shelter or is it just to eat the tourists? With America... we Brits tend to go for the shopping - people actually do 3 day shopping trips before Christmas (apparently)... or to meet all the people we've been exchanging emails with for years It's very odd as the US has amazing places I'd like to see - Grand Canyon, the Windy City, Jellystone...ahem Yellowstone park, Mount Rushmore... (oh go on - you have to... I know - I know... but you have to don't you??) then New York (yes despite the fact that Mark would be putting on a hideous Italian American accent all the time) Boston, (so I can say - yep yep - a guy from Emmanuel College Cambridge started all this, ooh and a guy from Magdalene College Cambridge was the first President of the University (Henry Dunster), and the white mountains to the North. And admittedly yes like every other Brit with a credit card I want to buy a new wardrobe whilst I am there too - not to mention some skates By the way - I do realise that I just described places a long way away from each other Anyway there's not much point to all this as I'll probably be just buying a round the world ticket and try and see it all at once - yes that's right after I rob a bank  |
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« Reply #37 on: February 23, 2005, 05:57:34 PM » |
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Just the other week we had a really hot day which turned into massive storms and our yearly average rainfall in one night YOUR ANNUAL AVERAGE RAINFALL IN ONE NIGHT? Jeez I hope that average is not much - you guys with parched ground must have had floods...surely? Was everything ok? Since posting the above Mark has added that we need to be in the US at the time of the San Diego Comic Con too - and also for the games equivalent - E3.... so basically we need to move to the USA for about 3 years in order to see all this stuff |
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« Reply #38 on: February 23, 2005, 06:03:17 PM » |
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Just the other week we had a really hot day which turned into massive storms and our yearly average rainfall in one night YOUR ANNUAL AVERAGE RAINFALL IN ONE NIGHT? Jeez I hope that average is not much - you guys with parched ground must have had floods...surely? Was everything ok? I think it worked out to be about 120mm. I got stuck in the Sydney airport when it closed; all planes were grounded. In the botanical gardens and other gardens in Melb, Elms and other trees 100years old were up-rooted. The yarra river (which runs through Melb) rose so high it flooded all the footpaths along it. It was all a bit chaotic, but no major long term problems  |
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« Reply #39 on: February 23, 2005, 06:28:56 PM » |
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Melbourne is well known for its bad weather |
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