fozzybronze Posted February 12, 2007 Author Share Posted February 12, 2007 We seem to have wandered off the subject, a wee bit, sorry fozzybronze, back to you. LOL... I'm beginning to think we'll never get to 10!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SASBEAR Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 Biggest load of tripe that I have ever heard, in the 70's yes, you would have been right, but not today, a lot of people did return to the UK, but a lot also came back here, as for the bands, I know from personal experience that they get frazzled from their off stage adventures with the opposite sex rather than performing & travelling. The bit about motorbikes is a load of Boll###s too, all my family & a few old mates have been out here on holidays & wish they had come with us in 1970 now, I see many pommies here on holidays and they love the place & don't want to go home. I returned to Sheffield in 1990 & couldn't get back here quick enough, this was the best 10 quid I ever spent. Well said:thumbsup: - and I had a lot more than 10 pounds to pay - but wouldn't move back. I am due to visit in april this year - first time I have been back since coming out to Oz - going back to see family - not the place. Saying that - there are some nice places still left there - so it isn't all doom and gloom. Just a personal choice - and I chose here:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 If Australia is so great why are there so many Australians living in the UK? I heard a statistic that said there are so many young Austrailans here on expired visas, especially in London, that they are one of the biggest groups of illegal immigrants in the UK. I think you will find that many young Aussies are visiting or staying with family, or looking at the place mum & dad used to call home. I know of a few kids that went for a holiday & decided to work & stay for a while longer, they had duel citizenship, Don't worry muddy, they will be back after spending a few winters there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 My son spent a year out there and thoroughly enjoyed it but says that he wouldn't want to move there. He now has a fancy for New Zealand as he met a lot of Kiwis whilst he was in Australia and says that they are far nicer folk than Australians. It's a standing joke here crookesey, there are more Kiwi's in the Sydney area than there are in New Zealand. One has to get out of the cities to meet the fair dinkum aussies, I've found them to be very friendly & helpful, like any other nationality, there's good and bad in every nation. I met a few drop kicks on my last visit to Sheffield, I don't class everyone as being in the same boat as the few I met, as I know better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanrobbo Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 LOL... I'm beginning to think we'll never get to 10!! A few sugestions: Great football The only place you can have 4 seasons in one day Good sports win or lose Home is where the heart is. We (poms) can laugh at oursleves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 can you add to them at all 1. The ability to travel through continental Europe 4. Our music scene Sorry fozzie, I've been avoiding your question, these are the only things that I agree with so far. As for a number 10, I would have to say that I've missed a proper game of football, perhaps Rangers & Celtic, all we get here is rugby league/union or the ariel ping pong that they play down in Victoria, it's funny to think that some of the best footballers in England are Aussies & the game isn't that popular here, unless the Aussie team are playing. As for banana's, they are back on the shelves again, I paid a $1-90 a kilo today & they are proper banana's, 10 inches long & beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marinaparkes Posted February 13, 2007 Share Posted February 13, 2007 yep i certainly am PLEASE talk nanrobbo into moving to hervey bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer Posted February 14, 2007 Share Posted February 14, 2007 I don't know if memory serves me right or not, but wasn't Guelph the home of a couple of big time Automobile plants like GM or Ford? I think its also the birthplace of Bobby Orr. Bobby Orr dad died couple of days ago ,Don Cherry listed bobby Orr home town as Parry Sound ??but you wouldn't know fm me i have to bow to better knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puskas Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 A quid used to be the old English pound. How old are you muddycoffee? It still is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Just to add to this thread. If Australia is so great why are there so many Australians living in the UK? I heard a statistic that said there are so many young Austrailans here on expired visas, especially in London, that they are one of the biggest groups of illegal immigrants in the UK. If England is so Great ,why are there so many Poms living in Australia,the only place to be Mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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