bob_kennedy

Hi ACA, what field are you in Bob

[h=1]To say I am a little disappointed in my fellow Irish men and women today is an understatement. Judging by how the General Election is going it looks like cronyism and parochial politics is well and truly alive and kicking. 8 years ago this form of government ruined the lives of generations to come. Last night Ireland allowed them back in. Amid all the protests and street marching and social media furor, people lost touch or forgot reality again when voting. What really upsets me though is that It now looks like any new government will have to form a partnership with Sinn Fein. Yes that very same “we are a political party” PR devision of the I.R.A. You know the I.R.A. that does not exist anymore. The very same Sinn Fein and very same Sinn Fein leader who declared “They haven’t gone away you know”. It is truly depressing, and makes me happy to be not there.[/h]

It depends on circumstance. We rented until September last year. The Landlord was overseas for a year. The house had a lovely rear garden, and we agreed that if I kept the garden growing and green, then we could agree a discount. We got a discount and a water allowance out of it. We were first time renters with no history, but we had the 100 points. Im not saying all renters are the same but the point is they are all different.

Great Positive article by BobinOz (no not me). http://www.bobinoz.com/blog/18519/moving-to-australia-will-it-all-work-out/

I have tested with the ITV hub and have been able to watch all the back catalogue that I tried. I have an issue watching live TV, but that could be my crappy broadband. I used Unblock-Us it back in Ireland when I needed the BBC iPlayer and the US Netflix and it works here also equally. I think from memory they give you a 30 day trial without needing a credit card

https://www.unblock-us.com/supported-services?_ga=1.96660697.792106648.1448963117 Scroll down to the TV section. I have had no its issues with BBC/4oD or Sky Go. I have not tried the X-Factor Channel (or ITV to give it it's proper name ) so I cannot vouch for that one, but the rest do work.

I use "unblock-us". It's not a vpn solution, it's a DNS solution. This means you don't have the slowdown associated with a vpn connection. Anyway it's 50 US dollars a year and is simple to use. It also allows you to look at US free to air TV and US Netflix

I know the feeling. There is no place like home. It's a good house. Garage, large shed, 5 good size bedrooms, a bit dated decor wise(70's) but solid double brick walls throughout. The fun now is spending years making it our own

It feels real now. Anyway off to Bunnings!!

We just collected the keys this morning. I feel complete now

We were at the festival today. When we got back and I told him today's result he was very upset. Bless

Well after hemming and hawing about it for the last six months, my son, my 5 year old that is, has decided we are a Crows family. He liked the colours, what can I say. So I will now, as I always have done get completely obsessed by a team I have absolutely no background history with. (Liverpool, Boston Redsox). It's too late to change now, we have already spent the money on his replica top which he wears with pride at Auskick. !!!

I walk to work, and it was chilly this morning!

I thought it would take me a lot longer to acclimatise. Seriously though is it too early to light the fire? Glad we shipped the duck downs.

It's the International Organisation for Migration. Have a look through the web site, find your local office, and ask them about flights. Our flights were 800USD each for Adults and 600USD each for the kids. http://www.iom.int/cms/en/sites/iom/home.html

Interesting.

Oh and we booked with the IOM. This also gave use 40KG baggage allowance per person. I now have very strong children. The IOM allowed us to cancel the flights a number of times without charge, as long as you're rebooking

We flew with Emirates in December via Dubai. It was the 3,4,3 seat formation in economy. Our 2 kids are 5 and 3 and Emirates staff were fantastic to them. We had more than enough TV/movies on the seat backs to keep us entertained. You get fed a lot and this breaks up the time. I personally liked the short stop over, get it over and done with so to speak.

I would have thought you dial the same number you dialled from the UK. International dialing codes don't change. AFAIK

Think you have the wrong link there Tyke, but that was funny none the less!

Tamara, I would suggest local professional researchers. I needed to do something similar back home in Ireland. They were able to do the donkey work, physically going into the libraries, land registry offices, search church/hospital and census records etc. They did not charge an arm and a leg and they did far more than the commercial websites did. Now some researchers charge more than others, but its just another option to consider. Bob

For Hoyts that is

Yea I worked out that for a family of five, if each person bought one bag of chocs and a beverage plus popcorn, the food could be nearly 2 and a half times the price of the tickets.

Brought the kids to Hoyts in Tea Tree. 1 medium bag of M&Ms, one medium bag of snickers type things (cannot remember the name). 16 dollars. I will def bring my own next time. Not having a go at Aussie prices, more or less the same in Ireland, but WOW!

So what exactly does a "British accent" sound like? I am trying to imagine an English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Ireland accent mix. :)