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May 14, 2012, 08:29:41 PM
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May 14, 2012, 08:28:38 PM
May as well take 'Canada Visa' out altogether as the reference to the website is still there! :(
 

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May 14, 2012, 02:48:44 PM
Clever... will have to check the newbies a little closer!!
 

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May 12, 2012, 02:39:30 PM
Seems the latest spammer trick is to come back a day or two later and add their links...sigh...
 

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May 08, 2012, 09:29:05 AM
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Chris

May 03, 2012, 10:31:30 AM
I will be *so* glad when we move. With luck it will be the end of June but until then it's like living in an opp shop. Stuff everywhere!! :(
 

Minx

April 26, 2012, 10:09:42 PM
Good to see you Sennex
 

Senexx

April 26, 2012, 10:01:12 AM
I finally remembered the name and URL of this site.
 

jen

April 24, 2012, 09:16:19 PM
Nup. Month sounds good to me  :) :)
 

Minx

April 23, 2012, 09:41:12 PM
I'd think not...suggest that we hold about a Calendar month
 

Chris

April 23, 2012, 07:09:24 PM
Wow... we have 543 pages of shouts stored!! Do we *really* need to keep all those?? :D
 

Chris

April 23, 2012, 07:08:16 PM
Seems to me he's being hung, drawn and quartered by Abbott before there's any sort of judicial inquiry. The real 'joke' is that Turnbull was up for the same 'offence' but was allowed to keep working while it was sorted out!! Hypocrisy at its worst.
 

jen

April 23, 2012, 08:39:49 AM
OK I am n ot getting into the Peter Slipper thing - I dont follow politics closely enough - but will wait and see... apart from that, not much in the news pages
 

jen

April 22, 2012, 06:22:32 PM
Hi Bravus, nice to hear things are going well for you... nice and quiet here - just the way I like it! ;)
 

Bravus

April 22, 2012, 07:16:22 AM
Wandering by to say 'Hi'. Completely flat out at the moment, studying 2 courses and teaching 3, plus buying a townhouse on the Gold Coast for our big move in a few months. All the developments are good ones, though. Hope all's well with all here.
 

Minx

April 20, 2012, 08:38:13 PM
It will start to look so good that you won't want to leave...take a teaspoon of cement, harden up and get over that feeling
 

Chris

April 18, 2012, 09:29:58 AM
Not a lot from me. I'm still up to my neck in paint and likely to remain that way for some weeks to comes... maybe even months! Still, the old house is starting to look a little better than it was. :)
 

Minx

April 17, 2012, 08:51:46 PM
Came, read and went
 

Minx

April 15, 2012, 06:16:53 PM
Finally updating my Bookmarks on the new puter...added this place..might remember to come here now :)
 

Chris

April 15, 2012, 06:15:24 PM
Good on ya jen... wish I was there!! I'm still trying to motivate myself to get on with the work :)
 

jen

April 15, 2012, 11:46:37 AM
Won't be in much this week, if at all...going on a camp for work - wish me luck and good weather!! lol  ;D
 

Chris

April 14, 2012, 01:08:17 PM
Nice one Bravus... I love the Gold Coast and wish we could live up there but the commute to Sydney is a bit too long! :D
 

Bravus

April 12, 2012, 10:30:54 PM
(oh, did I mention I got a new job at Griffith Uni's Gold Coast campus? hence the move)
 

Bravus

April 12, 2012, 10:30:15 PM
Just had our offer accepted on a townhouse in the Gold Coast today, so if all the finance works and the body corp approve the dog, we'll be moving too.
 

Chris

April 12, 2012, 09:06:05 PM
Damn right... it is *not* a pleasant experience but the new house will be worth it if we get it!! Remind me and I'll tell you where it is so you can come visit!! :D
 

bambu

April 12, 2012, 05:10:15 PM
Moving house?

That means taking every little thing out of every cupboard and wardrobe.
Everything out of the garages.
Everything out of the whole house.
OOOOOOOHHHHH, I have a headache even thinking about it.  ;)
 

bambu

April 12, 2012, 05:05:17 PM
Chris,

it's because the calories going in are more numerous than the ones departing thru work etc. :)
 

Chris

April 11, 2012, 11:08:24 PM
Why is that that tho I'm working my butt off... I'm no lighter?? :D
 

jen

April 10, 2012, 09:13:37 AM
I was just going to post about a missing boy in Cardiff NSW... but he has been found safe and staying at a friends. The friends parents were alerted to the police search when they heard the police media conference on TV. So there's a media upside - good work!  ;D
 

Chris

April 05, 2012, 09:40:43 AM
Has to be done I suppose but it's keeping me off the computer and I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing?? :D
 

jen

April 02, 2012, 08:11:14 AM
Eeeesh Chris - all that packing! I am so glad I dont have to move - because I know I dont want to!! lol
 

Chris

April 02, 2012, 06:44:23 AM
Next weekend is the biggie... and then in 12 weeks we move house.
 

jen

April 01, 2012, 04:33:56 PM
So... did everyone go away for the weekend, or was that just me? :o
 

Chris

April 01, 2012, 08:25:22 AM
We're on the move... put offer in for new house so in three months big changes happening. :)

Will almost certainly have a knock on effect regarding the site so... we'll see.
 

Chris

March 23, 2012, 11:04:46 AM
Yeah... TGIF... :D
 

jen

March 23, 2012, 09:08:08 AM
Mornin'! Gotta love a Frida that you don't work...  ;D
 

Chris

March 20, 2012, 06:52:54 PM
Heh... so I saw on Facebook :D
 

jen

March 20, 2012, 05:54:05 PM
Having a look around from my new lappy!! :)
 

Chris

March 20, 2012, 09:39:13 AM
Ok... still quiet in here... I'm off to the garden! :D
 

Chris

March 20, 2012, 09:31:39 AM
Woohoo... been looking at the stats and I'm starting to catch up with Bambu in the list of 'top ten posters'*. Only another 1,000 and I'll beat him!

*(but still need another 25 *days* online to catch his other record!)
 

Chris

March 13, 2012, 02:30:34 PM
Loads to write up... I just need the time to get near the computer to post properly!! :D
 

Cran

March 10, 2012, 01:35:01 PM
I was mostly thinking about it in the paved areas, but yes will try that.

Thanks, Chris for your wishes - appreciated.
 

Minx

March 09, 2012, 10:49:26 PM
Don't know Cran...try it. The website says it kills just about anything and to be CAREFUL of it around plants you want
 

Cran

March 09, 2012, 09:29:51 PM
Does it work on creeping death ... um, I mean couch grass?
 

Chris

March 09, 2012, 05:18:25 AM
Worked here too... tho not as well because of the rain washing the vinegar off. Still, it's dried off a bit today (so far) so will give it another try! :D
 

Minx

March 08, 2012, 07:58:34 PM
MINX REPORT:
CC posted a week or two ago about using white vinegar instead of nasty chemicals on weeds. Did a trial- yep, it works
 

Chris

March 06, 2012, 07:26:33 PM
Just thought I'd explain I'm not posting much because I can;t see to read!! Until my glasses come back I'm relying on my contacts, and as I explained on a previous occasion... they are impossible to use for most ordinary tasks! :D
 

jen

March 06, 2012, 08:19:05 AM
lol MInx...I think gladly! ;D

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You can bank on losing your home
« on: November 09, 2010, 05:24:02 AM »
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/cba-boss-admits-extra-rate-rise-will-cause-hurt/story-e6freuzr-1225949627225


CBA boss Sir Ralph Norris admits extra rate rise will cause hurt


COMMONWEALTH Bank CEO Ralph Norris has conceded his bank's mammoth 0.45 per cent interest rate rise will cost some of his customers their homes, a reality he says causes him immense angst.

But in defence of his bank's Melbourne Cup Day rise, Sir Ralph said it was better to see "a few" foreclosures than have an economy hamstrung by a low-profit banking system.

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He should go back to New Zealand.

Variable rate home loans should be banned...the govt must act, now.

Time to regulate the banks.

Foreclosures...that's where families are standing out on the street with their few possessions...a few weeks before Christmas.
There's 'nowhere' to rent, the once govt owned bank now has no idea, and the $16m man CEO who grew up in a housing commission estate, now inhabits the world of the ruling elite and has forgotten where he came from.

It's a joke!...but the only ones laughing are the banks.
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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2010, 06:27:37 PM »
I am expecting one early next year! Lucky Me !


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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2010, 07:46:50 PM »
Quote from: mutation on November 09, 2010, 06:27:37 PM
I am expecting one early next year! Lucky Me !

Foreclosure or rate rise??
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« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2010, 12:39:10 AM »
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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2010, 07:35:32 AM »
That's terrible.

Greedy banks!...baaah!
Nasty and misguided govts...70% of homes don't have mortgages.

Interest rates are going to continue to rise..."because of the strong economy".

Strong economy my ass!...small businesses are going broke all over the place, and the People can't afford to pay their bills of necessities...and people are losing their homes because greedy banks are just doing, and being allowed to just do...whatever they like!
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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2010, 07:49:30 AM »
Quote from: bambu on November 10, 2010, 07:35:32 AM
Nasty and misguided govts...70% of homes don't have mortgages.

Really?? That many people own their homes?? Wow!!
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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2010, 01:08:16 PM »
I honestly don't think I'm ever going to be able to own a home.
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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2010, 04:51:53 PM »
Quote from: Crankenstein on November 10, 2010, 01:08:16 PM
I honestly don't think I'm ever going to be able to own a home.

You can buy mine!


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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2010, 05:27:57 PM »
Quote from: Crankenstein on November 10, 2010, 01:08:16 PM
I honestly don't think I'm ever going to be able to own a home.

Patience. If you work towards it you'll get there slowly but surely.

One problem many 'young ones' have got is expecting to have everything their parents have immediately... forgetting that their parents might have worked 30 years to get the stuff the have.

The wife and I arrived in Australia with her last months salary from her last job in the UK. We landed with nothing and owing nothing.

After all these years, (and after borrowing the deposit from a friend) we managed to build ourselves up to 'owning' our own house, i.e. owing hundreds of thousands of dollars and being knee deep in debt.

We're living the Australian dream! :D
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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2010, 09:11:34 PM »
Yeah... that's the thing.

I'm thinking rent is probably a better way to go than mortgaging and getting owned by interest...

Besides, being a teacher I will probably have to move around a fair bit...
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« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2010, 10:11:58 PM »
Quote from: Crankenstein on November 10, 2010, 09:11:34 PM
Yeah... that's the thing.

I'm thinking rent is probably a better way to go than mortgaging and getting owned by interest...

Besides, being a teacher I will probably have to move around a fair bit...

I,m thinking 2 shipping containers in the bush !



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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2010, 10:41:55 PM »
My uncle and auntie lived in a shed for 2 years...
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2010, 12:56:57 AM »
Quote from: Crankenstein on November 10, 2010, 10:41:55 PM
My uncle and auntie lived in a shed for 2 years...

I could do it easily but the rest of the family might not be too happy!



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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2010, 08:01:00 AM »
Quote from: Crankenstein on November 10, 2010, 01:08:16 PM
I honestly don't think I'm ever going to be able to own a home.



Sure you will...graduate, start teaching, start saving...get married, two incomes, save more...save the deposit, then get a home loan.

There's life beyond the waterfront mansions, suburban mansions of the best suburbs, suburban mansions of the not such best suburbs of the big, now overcrowded and almost impossible to live in, big cities.

The people who actually own their homes outright are older folks, who've had time to pay the loans back after 25 or 30 years.

Lots of coastal and rural towns in Australia.

Units, town houses, villas...cheaper than houses as a rule.


When thinking of buying a home... you might want to be careful it's not built on a BIG HUGE 'sink hole'/mine shaft in the middle of Sydney or another capital city:

 http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/ 

Sodden suburbia
Home owners shafted. On ACA, the giant holes lying beneath suburban homes, causing properties to disappear before your eyes.

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Re: You can bank on losing your home
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2010, 08:05:13 AM »
Ifya buy a block of land from Ross he'll give you a free gun!   ;)

...story video after the sink holes and vanishing houses one.

http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/
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