Posted by Damos on February 20, 2005, at 14:57:17
In reply to Re: except possibly australians » Damos, posted by alexandra_k on February 17, 2005, at 20:50:44
> > I'm a Sydney boy. currently posting you from my desk at work overlooking the harbour and Opera House and out to the heads.
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> Cool. Have to admit the only place I have been in Sydney is the airport. Well, I had to taxi round from international to domestic so I saw a little tiny bit of Sydney too ;-). I do have to say that I was very impressed with the ashtray. A nice big metal one with sand in it and everyone stood their butts upright. I almost took a picture :-) You can get a good view of the opera house as you fly in. Amazing.The airport ey. Now there's a representative slice of Oz if ever there was one. Geez with our taxi drivers you were probably lucky to get there.
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> I have been to Tasmania and Canberra. Spent close to 3 months in Canberra last summer. Peoples tell me that they are hardly representitive of the rest of Australia, though. Have you been to NZ?Can you believe I've never been out of the country! But it's never too late to start. How on Earth did you survive 3 mths in Canberra??? Tassie is beautiful but just way smaller and slower than most anywhere else. I'm still coming to grips with 3mths in Canberra. The only people who live there are pollies, public servants and porn distributers (so I'm told) ;0)
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> >Actually live about 40 mins west by train, out near a place called Parramatta (the so-called geographic heart of Sydney). Yes that makes me a loooooong suffering Waratahs supporta.
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> Hmm. And there are the Parramatta Eels too, aren't there. (Is one rugby and the other league??? - I'm not much of a sports nut.)
>Boy you really do know your stuff! So I guess I should see your Eels and raise the Chiefs =0). I'm no huge sports fan either, just a supporter of underdogs and quiet achievers. But Sonny Bill Williams is ginormous here right now.
> > What's the only thing more depressing than watching the Waratahs on TV?
> > Watching them live.
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> Heh heh.
> I am from Hamilton.
> Waikato.
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> > One of the funniest things Clive James ever said was: "Why did God create America?" ......"So there was a place to keep Americans!" Ouch.
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> Thats okay, beats what Freud said about America ;-)
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> > Croc jokes are okay as is pretty much anything else. I've got pretty thick skin - goes with the head! Still doing a bit of emotional big wave surfing as part of my withdrawal - bought 20 CDs in the last 2 days, and there's only one real dud amoung them
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> :-)
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> > Oops gotta go. Take care ey.
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> Yup. You too. Mate.Hope your weekend was great. Over here it was wet, wet and wet!
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