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A question for the Aussies

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A question for the Aussies

from JoeUser Forums
Is there a nice bloke out there to help me out, pretty please?

A friend of mine needs to know what kind of power (AC) is there in Australia. I dont think it's the same as in Europe, but never know... He's from Costa Rica and has to go to Australia for a meeting but needs to know if he needs a converter for his laptop, I guess it goes by the american standards...

If anyone knows please help.

Thanks!
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Reply #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top

/me is hoping that Fuzzy gets so indignant that he will just HAVE TO send me a bottle of the grog to prove to me how good it is....

Meanwhile I'll stick to Mead....[same story....they couldn't spell 'mud']....

That stuff probably predates 'peculiers' [and religion]....

Reply #52 from JoeUser Forums Top
Jafo is such a clever bloke, hehe! Why didnt I think of THAT:
me is hoping that Fuzzy gets so indignant that he will just HAVE TO send me a bottle of the grog to prove to me how good it is....
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Reply #53 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ok sounds like you've passed the Aussie test, do you say 'mate' all the time as well?


Stone the flamin' crows....a day don't go past without: "Gid onya mate!" Crikey, I even call me missus mate....bein' she's me best friend as well.

Although I dont know how this could be related to Schweppes??


Never figured that one out myself....but amusing nevertheless. A few of the Oz beer ads have been quite funny lately...the Hahn Ice & XXXX ones in particular.

Awwww, you are so mean on yourself!!!!!


Nah, not really....just having a bit 'o fun at my own expense. I'd rather do that than insult or offend someone else with such jibes.

I sympathise. If I lived in Oz I would give up on beer too. Sheepdip hasn't got a lot going for it...


To be honest, Fuzzy, having sampled both British & Oz beers, I much preferred the Oz stuff by far....had I been still living over there, I'd have given it up considerably sooner, me thinks
Reply #54 from JoeUser Forums Top

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OY!  Thanks for the lesson.  They have to be different!

Reply #55 from JoeUser Forums Top

Another interesting point....switches in America [for example] are 'up' for 'on'. In Oz it's 'down' for 'on'....

But since they are upside down, isn't that the same way then?

Reply #56 from JoeUser Forums Top
Starkers:
Stone the flamin' crows....a day don't go past without: "Gid onya mate!" Crikey, I even call me missus mate....bein' she's me best friend as well.

LOL i love it when the aussie accent is written down, it's so fun to read!

A few of the Oz beer ads have been quite funny lately...the Hahn Ice & XXXX ones in particular.

Heh! In this froggy land we dont get any aussie television! At least when I was in Vanuatu I could suscribe for Star, and the such with local australian TV.. But here we just get the French stuff, booo!
Reply #57 from JoeUser Forums Top
But since they are upside down, isn't that the same way then?

LOL @ Dr Guy!
Reply #58 from JoeUser Forums Top
Just funny how this article was about what power they use in Australia and then drifted into beer... I suspect both subjects are closely related!
Reply #59 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I suspect both subjects are closely related!


Absolutment! How's the beer supposed to be kept cold if there's no power for the 'fridge?!

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Reply #60 from JoeUser Forums Top

Just funny how this article was about what power they use in Australia and then drifted into beer... I suspect both subjects are closely related!

is that a question or statement? {hic}

Reply #61 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Just funny how this article was about what power they use in Australia and then drifted into beer... I suspect both subjects are closely related!


They're very closely related....gotta have a light on to make sure you're not drinking any of that pommie stuff.

Sure, you'd know something was amiss upon the first mouthful....but by then the damage is done. I mean, who'd wanna be in a pommie pub during a blackout, not knowing if you're picking up a Fosters or some of that 'other' stuff.
Reply #62 from JoeUser Forums Top
Absolutment! How's the beer supposed to be kept cold if there's no power for the 'fridge?!

Haha! I didnt think about that! D'oh!

I was thinking more about beer being the power, kinda like fuel!

is that a question or statement? {hic}

*burp* I cant remember, everything is dizzy all of a sudden!
Reply #63 from JoeUser Forums Top
They're very closely related....gotta have a light on to make sure you're not drinking any of that pommie stuff.

Starkers is a very practical dude!
Sure, you'd know something was amiss upon the first mouthful....but by then the damage is done. I mean, who'd wanna be in a pommie pub during a blackout, not knowing if you're picking up a Fosters or some of that 'other' stuff.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Reply #64 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Starkers is a very practical dude!


Sure am...and ya gotta remember, my 'unfortunate' early drinking days were with that 'cat's piss', as Jafo refers to it.

Now we know why the Brits have stiff upper lips....gawd, their beer's enough to make yer teeth curl.

Sorry, Fuzzy (other beer drinking Pommies too), I know you're quite partial to the Brit version of our sheepdip. Each to their own, hey....even if our superior drop makes Aussie cricketers better.
Reply #65 from JoeUser Forums Top
Now we know why the Brits have stiff upper lips....gawd, their beer's enough to make yer teeth curl.

Well I have to admit I have never tasted it, so I cant really say... Do they sell any british beer in Australia??
Reply #66 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well I have to admit I have never tasted it, so I cant really say... Do they sell any british beer in Australia??

Can't GIVE it away...

I HAVE been known to step in it, though....[I have a cat]....

Reply #67 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Do they sell any british beer in Australia??


Yes...most Oz capital cities have an establishment called the Brittania Inn, in which various Brit beers and foods are sold to the (unsuspecting) Australian public.

Can't GIVE it away..


Now you know why there's no cover charge/entry fee to the Brittania Inn....just one to get out/escape.....

I HAVE been known to step in it, though....[I have a cat].


So did I, but it was trained to go next-door....for that very reason.
Reply #68 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Except what you call beer is more like lager. You know, the stuff drunk by lager louts and football hooligans....hmm, hang on a minute, there's a social pattern there... 
Reply #69 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Except what you call beer is more like lager. You know, the stuff drunk by lager louts and football hooligans..


Bugger....because I gave up drinking, does that mean to say I have to stop being a football hooligan as well....you know, booing and swearing at the ref for penalising my team, thumpin the bloke next to me for cheering him, jeering when my team scores?

If that's the case, I'm gonna switch sports and become a cricket hooligan so I can rev up the Barmy Army when the Poms come here to lose the Ashes

Oh, and BTW...I don't follow Aussie Rules. That's aerial ping pong, not football .....could never be in Oz long enough to swallow that stuff. No, my brand of football is Rugby League, a real man's game....when a player cops a knee/boot in the groin he gets up and keeps playing.
Reply #70 from JoeUser Forums Top

when a player cops a knee/boot in the groin he gets up and keeps playing.

Yea, but his voice rises several octaves.

Reply #71 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oh, and BTW...I don't follow Aussie Rules. That's aerial ping pong, not football .....could never be in Oz long enough to swallow that stuff.

Almost 52 years an Aussie...and the only football match I EVER went to was Arsenal Vs Stoke City ....1973 ....

Reply #72 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Almost 52 years an Aussie...and the only football match I EVER went to was Arsenal Vs Stoke City ....1973 .


I went to see Torquay United play Tottenham Hotspur just before I left the 'Old Dart', which by the way, is the name of a river (River Dart) just a stone's throw from my grandmother's house and could be seen from her bedroom window, as could Agatha Christie's cottage.

A bit further downstream was the Dartmouth Naval College, where his HRH, Prince Charles served for a while. Saw him there once during an open day in the 60's....thought at the time, if his ship's engines ever broke down, he coulda been hoisted up the mast to take advantage of wind-power, using his huge ears as sails.

Before the advent of larger ports such as Southhamton, many a Pilgrim to the U.S. and/or traveler to Oz departed from Dartmouth, hence the saying: 'Old dart'

Yea, but his voice rises several octaves.


Maybe in England or New Zealand (other Rugby League playing nations)......but not the Aussie players, whose voices remain a manly, deep baritone, despite perhaps wiping a tear from the eye
Reply #73 from JoeUser Forums Top

Maybe in England or New Zealand (other Rugby League playing nations)......but not the Aussie players, whose voices remain a manly, deep baritone, despite perhaps wiping a tear from the eye

I guess that would be the US as well.  While not a national sport, it has a dedicated following here.  My College Roommate played on a Rugby team.  I dont think he came back once where he did not at least have a couple of new rasberries.

Reply #74 from JoeUser Forums Top
LOL

I have never understood all the rules of ruby and the footie! But I do enjoy watching it with other supporters and get on the piss just for the sake of it and pretend to be thrilled when they score... Does that make me a hooligan of any sort as well??
Reply #75 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I guess that would be the US as well. While not a national sport, it has a dedicated following here.


As I understand it, Rugby Union is mostly played in the States, rather than Rugby League....which became an offshoot of Union in the early 1900's because players wanted some sort of payment system/remuneration and the purists refused, saying that it'd be the ruination of the game. While they have some similarities, they are two distinctly separate codes these days. nevertheless, both are physically demanding, heavy contact sports and aren't for the easily bruised or namby pambies.

get on the piss just for the sake of it and pretend to be thrilled when they score... Does that make me a hooligan of any sort as well??


Well that all depends! Do you swear at the ref and abuse opposition supporters when things aren't going right for your team? Even if they are? If so, then you are. Just don't go throwing toilet rolls on to the field, tho...they have more practical uses.