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I am sorry but an awful lot of Aussies have links to the good old Isle of Wight.
So, perhaps we are kindred spirits of a sort.
In fact I think, despite the figures posted, that something like 70% of third and fourth generation 'Aussies' have a link to the Isle of Wight.
They must have been rogues on the Isle of Wight...... Welcome, mate.
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I'm sorry but you had this coming ................ Nearly all of you are European, youve just been away for a bit!!!
you need more than a couple of generations to be local in Devon and Austrailia is no different!!!
Country of Birth
76.9% Australian born, 23.1% foreign born.
The most commonly declared foreign countries of birth amongst respondents were:
United Kingdom : 1,036,253 (5.8%)
New Zealand : 355,765 (2.0%)
Italy : 218,692 (1.2%)
Vietnam : 154,770 (0.9%)
China : 142,872 (0.8%)
Greece : 116,330 (0.7%)
Germany : 108,251 (0.6%)
Philippines : 104,018 (0.6%)
India : 95,444 (0.5%)
Netherlands : 83,299 (0.5%)
Collectively 150,966 respondents (0.9%) were born in countries now known as Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia and Macedonia.
Data derived from enumerated 2001 Census data.
Mostly poms, hey??
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Mate!!! I do most humbly apologise for the gaff. I thought that the subject was sport.......Yes, you beat us hands down in the last test series.....well, a few runs. But what hurts is the fact that when Australia wins the "ashes", which we do quite often...your cricket officials don't have the decency to give us the "urn".
As for Bangladesh; that was good to see. We need more competition all round, but we won the 1st test.
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And then there's soccer! Well I suppose you've got 2 half decent players!
Dan
Yeah but you got 10 times the space!
No, mate, Australia=7,682,300 sq km to England's 130,410 sq km. But, with soccer, it is played mainly by the "european" fraternity......and is ridiculous for the antics put on by the players who score....if ever.
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Then there is Wimbledon.....Didn't see any poms win it since 1968
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/wim...ory/2955747.stm
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Then again, how about Rugby League?????
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_League_Ashes
Especially from 1973.
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i bow to your superior knowledge,
but 4---0 is still a wupping.Another "wupping", as you call it, is:
Manchester Commonweath Games.......England 166 medals, Australia 207 medals
Melbourne Commonwealth Games........England 110 medals, Australia 221 medals
And England has well over twice the population.........
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thanks very much lads, thats just the sort of things i was after to add to what i already had.
much appreciated. dave.
G'day mate, dunno if you have this link:
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A BIG HELLO TO EVERYONE
hi my name is paul i live in castleford west yorkshire my main hobby is fishing.
i tend to fish the waggler alot for course fish & carp on ponds not rivers.
i do alot of my fishing in the selby area .
thank for having me as a member hope to be here for a long time cheers
G'day mate, many, many years ago I used to live in Glasshoughton......Fished the Aire and Wharfe up in the Dales.
Having lived in Australia for the past 43 years, I have now retired to the Southern Whitsunday area Qld
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Stanbye to Moderate John, they will be awake soon
Simply brilliant cricket, mate.
We can take the knocks, the kicks, jibes and all that stuff.....even the English gold medals
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An e-mail from a mate of mine.....
Jesus' Dad's Name
A Sunday school teacher asked her class, "What was Jesus' mother's name?"
One child answered, "Mary."
The teacher then asked, "Who knows what Jesus' father's name was?"
A little kid said, "Verge."
Confused, the teacher asked, "Where did you get that?"
The kid said, "Well, you know, they are always talking about Verge n' Mary.''
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KIDS IN CHURCH
3-year-old Reese:
"Our Father, Who does art in
heaven, Harold is His name.
Amen."
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A little boy was overheard praying:
"Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it.
I'm having a real good time like I am."
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After the christening of his baby brother in church,
Jason sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car.
His father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally, the boy replied,
"That preacher said he wanted us brought up in a
Christian home, and I wanted to stay with you guys."
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I had been teaching my three-year old daughter, Caitlin, the Lord's Prayer
for several evenings at bedtime.
She would repeat after me the lines from the prayer.
Finally, she decided to go solo.
I listened with pride as she carefully enunciated
each word, right up to the end of the prayer:
"Lead us not into temptation," she prayed,
"but deliver us from E-mail.
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One particular four-year-old prayed,
"And forgive us our trash baskets
as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets."
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A Sunday school teacher asked her children as they were on the way to church service,
"And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"
One bright little girl replied,
"Because people are
sleeping."
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Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old brother, Joel, were sitting together in church.
Joel giggled, sang, and talked out loud.
Finally, his big sister had had enough.
"You're not supposed to talk out loud in church."
"Why? Who's going to stop me?" Joel asked.
Angie pointed to the back of the church and said,
"See those two men standing by the door?
They're hushers."
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A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin 5, and Ryan 3.
The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake.
Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson.
"If Jesus were sitting here, He would say,
'Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait.'
Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, "Ryan, you be Jesus!"
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A father was at the beach with his children
when the four-year-old son ran up to him,
grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore
where a seagull lay dead in the sand.
"Daddy, what happened to him?" the son asked.
"He died and went to Heaven," the Dad replied.
The boy thought a moment and then said,
"Did God throw him back down?"
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A wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to their six-year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?"
"I wouldn't know what to say," the girl replied.
"Just say what you hear Mommy say," the wife answered.
The daughter bowed her head and said, "Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?"
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Had a day's ray fishing out of Langstone cancelled on Saturday due to SW Force 7
Spent the weekend birdwatching instead - winter visitors such as Brent Geese and Pintail still with us, and some super-optimistic summer migrants such as Swallows, Terns and Willow Warblers arriving already.
By the time we set off for Sussex this afternoon, the sunny day had clouded over, and we just had time to unpack the camper van before the hail and snow hit.
Two inches of snow down as I type, and still snowing!
Just thought I'd bring a bit of "down under" summer to you....
You know it's Summer in Australia when...
1 The best parking space is determined by shade instead of distance.
2 Hot water comes out of both taps.
3 You learn that a seat belt buckle makes a pretty good branding iron.
4 The temperature drops below 25c and you feel a little chilly.
5 You discover that it only takes two fingers to steer your car.
6 You discover that you can get sunburnt through your car window.
7 You develop a fear of metal car door handles.
8 You break into a sweat the instant you step outside at 7:30am.
9 Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, "What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?"
10 You realise that asphalt has a liquid state.
11 Farmers are feeding their chickens crushed ice to prevent them from laying hard-boiled eggs.
12 The cows are giving evaporated milk.
13 The trees are whistling for the dogs.
14 While walking back barefoot to your car from the Rocks, you do a tightrope act on the white lines in the car park.
15 You catch a cold from having the aircon full blast while you sleep during the night.
16 You learn that department stores are temples to worship air-conditioning
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This little chappie is the kookaburra, born and bred in the backyard...
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Wouldn't it rot your socks??? you are all going away for holidays and I will be staying at home....But then again, winter is coming on.
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IN GENERAL
1. Never take an open stubby to a job interview.
DINING OUT
1. When decanting wine from the box, tilt the paper cup and pour slowly so as not to bruise the wine.
PERSONAL HYGIENE
3. Extensive use of deodorant can only delay bathing by a few days.
DRIVING ETIQUETTE
4. When sending your wife down the road with a petrol can, it's impolite to ask her to bring back beer too.
Er...not quite right, mate
1 Take 2 stubbies, one for the interviewer
DINING OUT
1 Stubbies are preferred
PERSONAL HYGIENE
3 We shower every day...not like the poms...er....once a week
DRIVING ETIQUETTE
4 There is ALWAYS a stubby in the esky
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I LOVE FROGS!
How can I get them to come and live in my pond? We have a two layered pond with a waterfall in between them, we could move our goldfish to the top pond and put the tadpoles in the bottom pond. Would they hang around once they grew legs or leave?
Get rid of the crap...er.... and put in some natives, like rainbow fish, add a few water-lilies, rocks and reeds for shelter. The frogs should gravitate there if the conditions are right......Then again, I could send you a few cane tur....toads.
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You must have been holding a really big umbrella, it's creating a lot of shade!
Oh dear!!! You really didn't look at the photo proper like, now. Did you??? We turned left and that is the shadow of the right wing.........
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Out fllying the other day/night with NASA;)
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Took this last night on the porch:
Found him/her in the mossie candle pot
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Managed to whisk this away from under the Government's nose.
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wohooooo!!!! holy cow now that's a fish!!!
as we say in wales 'a bomper!'
here's my piccy's for today
sat under a tree sheltering from the sun.
A very nice jewie, tubularbelle, we only have the black jew up in Qld and the NT and they only grow to 60lbs
Blue Marlin, mate, good to see that you have the casaurina trees in Mauritius...an Australian tree.
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Out of the mouths of babes.....
Children Write About the Sea
This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles. (Kelly age 6)
Oysters' balls are called pearls. (James age 6)
If you are surrounded by sea you are an Island. If you don't have sea all round you, you are in continent. (Wayne age 7)
I think sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She's not my friend no more. (Kylie age 6)
A dolphin breaths through an a##hole on the top of its head. (Billy age 8)
My uncle goes out in his boat with pots, and comes back with crabs. (Millie age 6)
When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes, when the wind didn't blow, the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would be better off eating beans. (William age 7)
I like mermaids. They are beautiful, and I like their shiny tails. How do mermaids get pregnant? (Helen age 6)
I'm not going to write about the sea. My baby brother is always screaming and being sick, my Dad keeps shouting at my Mom, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can't think what to write. (Amy age 6)
Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves into chargers. (Christopher age 7)
My Mom has fishnets, but doesn't catch any fish. (Laura age 5)
When you go swimming in the sea, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small. (Kevin age 6)
When me and Sarah went to the sea side in the summer holidays, we hid in the sand dunes and watched my big sister doing it with her boy friend. It was fun. (Lauren age 7)
When I grow up, I want to be captain of a big ship, and have lots of sailors. (Valerie age 6)
Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Two divers can't go down alone, so they have to go down on each other. (Becky age 8)
On holiday my Mom went water skiing. She fell off when she was going very fast. She says she won't do it again because water shot up her fanny. (Julie age 7)
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Steve - I read where quite a few folks say that but for me, PP is easier to untangle if I goof a cast than mono.
It is my line of choice for multipliers and at least half my fishing consists of cast & retrieve using lures.
Have to agree with Newt. A lot easier to untangle if I get a "nest". I only use 20 lb soft braid, 5ft 10 inch rods and Abu 5500-6500 reels and can cast a 25 gram metal lure up to 70 metres...fresh water and salt, only have a 3-4ft, 40 lb leader. Fish to 60 lb in fresh and spanish mackerel to 35 lbs.
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Hi all
I need some advice for boat and shore fishing at mevagissey for late July please.
marks , contacts, tackle shops etc
cheers
Tomo
Does this help you, mate?
http://www.valleyvillas.co.uk/Charter%20Bo...20Directory.htm
Just when I thought my countrymen were learning
in Non-Fishing Chat
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Pretty close to concord, hey mate???
