Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted April 12, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted April 12, 2020 I still have family out there in Victoria & Queensland since 1959, I am a great, great, great granddad a few times over with some of the family still out there, but I have lost track now as I don't communicate much like I did before living in Scotland for years. I class myself more Scottish than anything else now but I do miss my Aussie Rules Football a lot though and my team Carlton, when I was out there I would go to there games every Saturday, come hell or high water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Danny said: No but I lived there for 2 years so I picked it up, the first year I was living in rural Queensland for about 9 months and by the end of it I had backpackers surprised when they found out home was London and not Sydney. Its still there a bit if I talk to an Aussie but mostly in the raising of the voice that Aussies do You definitely sounded English when I saw you in early 08 was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,204 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, Toinho said: You definitely sounded English when I saw you in early 08 was it? Yeah I was still in Sydney then and living amongst backpackers, after that it developed a bit I still have my normal accent just have moments of an Aussie accent, but it became quite strong back then. Was working in a call centre not long after and everyone thought I was an Aussie at first. One girl knew me for two years and thought I was from Sydney the entire time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted April 12, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted April 12, 2020 I got the nick-name Aussie when I joined the army in 1972 after coming back from Australia, I had a right Aussie accent and when one of the NCO's asked where was I from and I told him he said "Ok, we will call you Aussie as we have too many with names like Skippy, Blue, Wally (Wallabee) etc..." and that name has stuck since 1972, even at my last job before I retired they called me Aussie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted April 13, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) Thanks, @Rab or whoever changed my avatar picture to the above but I didn't mean replacing the picture of Ruud but the flag... Edited April 13, 2020 by CaaC (John) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ 15,325 Posted April 13, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted April 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said: Thanks, @Rab or whoever changed my avatar picture to the above but I didn't mean replacing the picture of Ruud but the flag... You can do it yourself here: https://talkfootball365.com/settings/country/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted April 13, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted April 13, 2020 6 minutes ago, nudge said: You can do it yourself here: https://talkfootball365.com/settings/country/ Thanks, but I am afraid Scotland is not on the list Inger, only the UK which is the Union Jack, but I changed it to Australia anyway as I still have family out there since '59 and I have lived in Scotland and Australia together longer than in England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 10 hours ago, CaaC (John) said: Thanks, but I am afraid Scotland is not on the list Inger, only the UK which is the Union Jack, but I changed it to Australia anyway as I still have family out there since '59 and I have lived in Scotland and Australia together longer than in England. I should change mine to Australia haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 14 minutes ago, Toinho said: I should change mine to Australia haha Well that depends... do you prefer a flag that represents 130 years of British Imperialism, and 120 years of Australian colonialism, or a flag that represents a USA backed semi-ethno-state in the Levant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, Spike said: Well that depends... do you prefer a flag that represents 130 years of British Imperialism, and 120 years of Australian colonialism, or a flag that represents a USA backed semi-ethno-state in the Levant? I think I don’t particularly back either. I hate Israel, no idea why I have it as my flag haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 15 minutes ago, Toinho said: I think I don’t particularly back either. I hate Israel, no idea why I have it as my flag haha Still, at least the stars aren't red. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,204 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Just found old episodes of The Block on Amazon Prime, sorted for the next few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Australia is really huge people don't really realize that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 16 hours ago, Danny said: Just found old episodes of The Block on Amazon Prime, sorted for the next few days Yuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 15 hours ago, Azeem said: Australia is really huge people don't really realize that It is massive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil-Dick Willie 3,253 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 It's SO fucking big. For reference I've been as far south as Melbourne, as far north as brisbane, as far west as Bourke and I live as far east as east goes. I've covered like, a quarter of the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted April 15, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, Azeem said: Australia is really huge people don't really realize that You do when you look at maps. Edited April 15, 2020 by CaaC (John) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub 2,508 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 My TF365 Australians hierarchy list 1- Harry 2- Caac John Everybody else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf 7,161 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Got to love the Australian attitude.... https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/15/hoarder-tried-return-132-packs-toilet-rolls-150-bottles-hand-sanitiser-12558946/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted April 15, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted April 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Bluewolf said: Got to love the Australian attitude.... https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/15/hoarder-tried-return-132-packs-toilet-rolls-150-bottles-hand-sanitiser-12558946/ Set @Spike on the guy, he would beat the shit out of him with cans of Castlemaine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny 2,204 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 6 hours ago, Toinho said: Yuck Mate The Block is the best of Aussie TV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,360 Posted April 15, 2020 Subscriber Share Posted April 15, 2020 1 minute ago, Danny said: Mate The Block is the best of Aussie TV Never watched that, I will have to check if it's on my Netflix or Youtube channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 5,103 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 12 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said: It's SO fucking big. For reference I've been as far south as Melbourne, as far north as brisbane, as far west as Bourke and I live as far east as east goes. I've covered like, a quarter of the country Bourke is close to my hometown and it still a fucking huge drive away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 6 hours ago, Spike said: Bourke is close to my hometown and it still a fucking huge drive away Pre apocalypse I’d need to drive 15 hours non stop to get to the town nearest the border of South Australia. Insanity! That’s the same time as driving from Paris to Warsaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,210 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 17 hours ago, Azeem said: My TF365 Australians hierarchy list 1- Harry 2- Caac John Everybody else That’s similar to my Pakistani hierarchy list except it’s empty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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