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JohnC down under!
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07-26-2007, 03:02 PM
I'm likely headed to Canberra, Australia for 6 months starting in October. Bikes are more expensive, but there are all sorts of cool ones that we never got here. The weather is opposites-ville, and I think they all drink Fosters all the time. Besides that, I know very little about the place...
Anyone ever been down there before?
My two feet.
07-26-2007, 03:03 PM
I heard the water in the toilets swirls backwards. You have to confirm or disprove this myth.
07-26-2007, 03:06 PM
they drink bud down under...
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07-26-2007, 03:10 PM
The water doesn't flow backwards, that has to do with the size of your toilet outlet
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07-26-2007, 03:10 PM
Fosters is a joke beer in Australia. What part are you going to? It's kinna a big island ya know
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07-26-2007, 03:11 PM
CaptainHenreh Wrote:The water doesn't flow backwards, that has to do with the size of your toilet outlet Simpsons reference...
07-26-2007, 03:12 PM
white_2kgt Wrote:What part are you going to? It's kinna a big island ya know JohnC Wrote:I'm likely headed to Canberra, Australia for 6 months starting in October. ![[Image: australia.canberra.jpg]](http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9904/12/care.spy.01/australia.canberra.jpg)
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07-26-2007, 03:33 PM
We had a visiting professor here last yea from the university of Sidney and he liked to say (cue Australian accent) "Fosters, Australian for crap".
However if that means it's the Australian version of PBR, then bring it!
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07-26-2007, 04:06 PM
please have someone take a picture of you drinking this beer:
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07-26-2007, 07:37 PM
Apparently the exchange used to be *much* better, like 2 to 1. Now its more like 1.13 to 1, so everything is a little on the expensive side. Of course, I'll be getting per-diem every day and all other expenses taken care of, so I can concentrate on finding a decent bike and some nice roads.
Oh and theres some sort of work I have to do or something, I don't really remember...
My two feet.
07-26-2007, 09:20 PM
Wow - details? Did you threaten to quit and this opportunity arose or what?
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07-26-2007, 09:55 PM
John Wrote:Wow - details? Did you threaten to quit and this opportunity arose or what? Nope. I walked in on Tuesday (after returning from a "business" trip to San Diego), and my boss asked if I was interested in going to Australia. It was mostly finalized today, although it won't really be completely in the bag until late August.
My two feet.
07-26-2007, 10:29 PM
Random - but congrats!
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07-27-2007, 06:55 PM
Nice. Drive a Holden Commodore for me. My friend has dual citizenship. His family is from Perth. Its like 24 hours in a plane to get there.
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07-27-2007, 07:49 PM
JohnC Wrote:Apparently the exchange used to be *much* better, like 2 to 1. Thank Mr Busheypoo for that... I'm currently in London... A value meal at McDonalds costs $12.
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07-27-2007, 07:57 PM
Mike Wrote:I'm currently in London... A value meal at McDonalds costs $12. It was like that when I went to London in ~1991 as well. Exchange rates will always fluctuate....
07-27-2007, 08:05 PM
Mike Wrote:Thank Mr Busheypoo for that... I'm currently in London... A value meal at McDonalds costs $12. :roll: Please don't go down this road of economic ignorance...
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07-27-2007, 08:07 PM
John Wrote:Mike Wrote:Thank Mr Busheypoo for that... I'm currently in London... A value meal at McDonalds costs $12. i won't pretend to not be ignorant... please tell me why they make similar wages in pounds, but our dollar is only worth half of one pound.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant) 2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red) No longer onyachin.
07-27-2007, 08:11 PM
If I had three hours to sit down and explain the macro-policies that govern how exchange rates fluctuate, then I'd do so. But I don't...
The President has pretty much zero impact on the exchange rate, and the dollar has been in less and less demand as other nations have started to use the hard Euros instead of hard dollars. Demand for the Euro goes up, demand for the dollar goes down, relative exchange rates follows suit. It has nothing to do with who the President is...
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