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Forum: Expats Forum 28-09-2018, 09:05 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 14,704
Posted By jaywalker
I've rejoined this site after quite along time...

I've rejoined this site after quite along time and saw the question about the Australian climate. The answer you got about WA is true but leaves out a lot about the rest of the country. The climate...
Forum: Finance & Banking 04-06-2016, 06:42 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,594
Posted By jaywalker
Gosh, that's pretty tough. I'd always been under...

Gosh, that's pretty tough. I'd always been under the impression that everyone got some sort of state pension in the UK.
Forum: Finance & Banking 03-06-2016, 04:54 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,594
Posted By jaywalker
I'm just curious as an ex-Brit - is £155 the most...

I'm just curious as an ex-Brit - is £155 the most a pensioner can get who has no other income?

Our Australian pensions currently equate to about £220 (single) a week and £330 a week (couple) but...
Forum: TV & Film 03-06-2016, 04:03 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 622
Posted By jaywalker
Good article about it here. We are still...

Good article about it here. We are still watching The Bridge on DVD as we missed it in TV and it's brilliant

http://oldaintdead.com/dicte-danish-series-crime-reporter/

As is The Killing.
Forum: General Health 30-05-2016, 07:27 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 8,136
Posted By jaywalker
I don't know if it's the placebo effect but tonic...

I don't know if it's the placebo effect but tonic water seems to help me. The placebo affect is pretty much accepted - that if you believe something will help, it does.

I also think lack of...
Forum: General Chat 30-05-2016, 07:20 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,151
Posted By jaywalker
Some of us have these sorts of thoughts all the...

Some of us have these sorts of thoughts all the time, some don't. It's something in your psyche you can't change. Absolutely no use people telling you to cheer up, pull yourself together and get on...
Forum: General Chat 30-05-2016, 07:06 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,221
Posted By jaywalker
I agree it's not nice and I don't like it either...

I agree it's not nice and I don't like it either but with the world being taken over by social media and every young (and some older) people on it incessantly, it's something we're going to have to...
Forum: Brexit Forum 23-05-2016, 08:17 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 2,965
Posted By jaywalker
Quote from The Spectator: Predicting what...

Quote from The Spectator:

Predicting what might happen in a Donald Trump presidency is easy. Day 1: A fabulous, really great inaugural, the best ever, with amazing entertainment by fabulous, top...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 18-05-2016, 07:28 AM
Replies: 110
Views: 12,753
Posted By jaywalker
We come to England every year and when people ask...

We come to England every year and when people ask where we are going I always say, England and Europe although that always sounds a bit odd because the UK is part of Europe - well, just at the moment...
Forum: General Chat 15-05-2016, 03:21 AM
Replies: 86
Views: 6,629
Posted By jaywalker
Yes, it's an interesting fact that men with...

Yes, it's an interesting fact that men with millions are never short of younger women at whatever age they are.
Forum: General Chat 04-05-2016, 08:29 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,629
Posted By jaywalker
On a Trafalgar coach tour once we were given a...

On a Trafalgar coach tour once we were given a sheet and envelope with recommended tipping for the driver and guide per day for 14 days. There were 42 people on the coach and if everyone had given...
Forum: Technology 21-04-2016, 01:13 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,568
Posted By jaywalker
I'm addicted to SpellTower and Wordstorm on my...

I'm addicted to SpellTower and Wordstorm on my iPad but they are a bit small on the phone. I also like Moxie and Boggle.
Forum: TV & Film 19-04-2016, 07:17 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,018
Posted By jaywalker
Have I missed something? i thought she was...

Have I missed something? i thought she was married to Nigel Sharrocks and had two teenage children??
Forum: Technology 13-04-2016, 08:10 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 3,018
Posted By jaywalker
Realist - I LOVE MY IPAD! REPEAT - I LOVE MY...

Realist - I LOVE MY IPAD! REPEAT - I LOVE MY IPAD.

I've had ipads from the moment they came out and wouldn't have anything else a s a tablet. I DON"T CARE what other people think about that. We...
Forum: General Chat 13-04-2016, 08:01 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 3,283
Posted By jaywalker
Who do you define as ex-pats? Those who moved to...

Who do you define as ex-pats? Those who moved to other parts of Europe in recent years or those who migrated to Australia many years ago like I did?
Forum: Finance & Banking 11-04-2016, 06:14 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,003
Posted By jaywalker
What a pity someone hasn't thought to introduce...

What a pity someone hasn't thought to introduce the Australian system of aged care. Here if you go into a nursing home, you have to pay a bond of about $250,000 (varies a bit from state to state) BUT...
Forum: Your Introductions! 08-04-2016, 08:21 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,762
Posted By jaywalker
Hello, Jeff. Another Australian (well, born in...

Hello, Jeff. Another Australian (well, born in UK) from Tasmania. My son lives on the Sunshine Coast and loves it there.
Forum: Your Introductions! 08-04-2016, 08:17 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,737
Posted By jaywalker
I've loved Norway ever since I grew up on Oslo...

I've loved Norway ever since I grew up on Oslo lunches in our school canteen here in Australia in the 50s.

http://meandmybigmouth.com.au/oslo-lunch/
Forum: General Chat 05-03-2016, 05:01 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,597
Posted By jaywalker
But this problem is NOT about a few children with...

But this problem is NOT about a few children with genuine problems - it's about a large increase in normal children having parents too lazy to toilet train them because it's easier to bung on a...
Forum: General Chat 04-03-2016, 03:16 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,597
Posted By jaywalker
Having been a high school teacher for 40 years, I...

Having been a high school teacher for 40 years, I also believe it should be both parents and schools but one thing the public needs to remember is that schools can only do so much if they are still...
Forum: General Health 04-03-2016, 01:56 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,686
Posted By jaywalker
The Chinese have been drinking Green Tea for...

The Chinese have been drinking Green Tea for centuries and live to great ages. As Bruce pointed out, it's taking the herbal extract that may be a problem.
Forum: Car Forum 04-03-2016, 01:39 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 4,515
Posted By jaywalker
Maybe they are different models here in Oz but we...

Maybe they are different models here in Oz but we have two Kias which were recommended to us by the motoring editor of the newspaper where my partner worked.

One is 17 years old and has never had...
Forum: Other Debates/Discussions 01-03-2016, 07:33 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 4,740
Posted By jaywalker
A bit of trivia - in 1992 I went to dinner in the...

A bit of trivia - in 1992 I went to dinner in the House of Commons dining room - I was a member of the Maidstone UK Speakers Club at the time and Edwina had been selected as their "speaker of the...
Forum: General Chat 01-03-2016, 07:24 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,348
Posted By jaywalker
This is interesting about the line of succession...

This is interesting about the line of succession of her father, the Earl of St Andrews.

St Andrews' wife is a Roman Catholic. According to the Act of Settlement 1701, no person who is Roman...
Forum: Brexit Forum 23-02-2016, 01:02 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 8,025
Posted By jaywalker
As an ex-pom in Australia this is all very...

As an ex-pom in Australia this is all very interesting.

If you had to put money on it, which side do you think will win the referendum?
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