Cherie(mumof2)... Nope we don't have
chillies.. I dont know if they have them
in brisbane either. I'm several hrs west
of brissie so we don't have anything real
special out here!
I've never had ranch dressing.. Not
really something u see on supermarket
shelves here!
Jordan -.. Here when u talk about a human
u usually aren't discussing cigarettes!
(hint: a guy)
hmm.. Trying to think what else is
different.
We don't have cable for anything.. Tv,
net, whatever. Some of the capital
cities have it in some areas but for the
rest of us we have regular tv or for those
who can afford it, satellites for tv.
Dialup is very common because broadband
isnt available in a lot of places still
and it's still expensive and has
restrictive download limits. I finally
got broadband a week ago and it's not
great.
Aussies tend to have a lack of unity,
community spirit, national pride.. All
except our sportsmen who are worshipped
like gods (ugh). The average aussie only
knows half our anthem.. We're a country
of 'i dont give a stuff'
apart from dress sizes, shoe sizes are
also different from those in the us and
uk. I have aussie shoes in size 8, uk
ones in a 5 (love my dr marten's
best thing to come
out of the uk.. Those and the techno guys
'underworld'!) and once had swedish ones
in a 38!
We call college university... And not
everyone goes to uni when they finish
school. Some go to tafe (it's like a
tech college) or get jobs, apprenticeships
or traineeships. We get into uni based
upon marks in grade 11 and 12, not on
having to write essays or get letters of
recommendation or anything. The
government pays for us to go to uni, so it
costs us nothing in the short term.. Then
if u get a full time job earning over a
certain amount, u have to start paying
your uni fees back from each paycheck. I
was at uni for 3 yrs and my debt is
$12,000 but because I only earned over the
threshold for 4 mths, I only paid back
$600 of the debt.. And now I dont work
(my husband works full time to support us)
I dont have to pay it back.
We don't have bosco.. Not that i've
seen.. It might be in some supermarkets
tho. We have oreos tho.. But they're
really expensive.. We also have a
horrible old oreo ad on tv with a kid and
a dog and a glass of milk
We get tv shows aaages after you guys,
movies also. Any form of acting or
musical talent tends to leave aust and
move to the us or uk in order to get
anywhere. Nicole kidman is a prime
example.
We don't have wic or programs like that
that u guys discuss. We do have family
payments tho from the govt. Here we have
a public health system so that u can get
medical treatment without having private
health insurance. If u do get health
insurance, it has waiting periods before u
can use it. For example, the insurance
that covers pregnancy related stuff has a
12 mth waiting period so u have to take it
out many months before u even get
pregnant! All the insurers are
different, but that sort of thing seems to
be the norm.
I have never once met someone named
jayden, jaydyn, jaiden, etc! Seems to be
a common name amongst the americans on
this forum but I havent yet come across it
here irl!!!
Nothing else comes to mind atm
loren.
