Play the ball was slow but the players didn't seem bothered and Bentham let it slide.

Quote ="Mintball"Makes you wonder why there are so many Aussies in London – and why, if a story I saw in the last couple of weeks was true, so many people who went to Oz are coming ">back.'" You still around? I do not know what you represent I thought you had passed on. Your Avatar always intrigues me in a very negative way.

Quote ="Mintball"Makes you wonder why there are so many Aussies in London – and why, if a story I saw in the last couple of weeks was true, so many people who went to Oz are coming ">back.'" You still around? I do not know what you represent I thought you had passed on. Your Avatar always intrigues me in a very negative way.

Quote ="Mintball"First of all, intelligent, educated and literate people know that 'history' and 'culture' are not, in such a context, proper nouns and do not require capital letters. But then again, they also know that 'there' and 'their' are not synonyms (big word - look it up in a dictionary). Australia has an appalling record on racism, so don't try to play that card. It makes you look sillier than ever. And just what have Australia's contributions to history and culture been - apart from Rolf Harris, Dame Edna, [iNeighbours[/i, the inability to win or lose at sport with anything approaching grace, dignity and class, and the racist, religious fundamentalist that is Mel Gibson? Any Shakespeare? A Chaucer, Dickens, Hardy, Austen, Keats, Byron, Shelley, Pinter, Golding, Brönte, Gaskell, Trollope, Defoe, Marlowe or Bennett? * Your Elgar, Holst or Vaughan Williams? Australia's Turner or Constable or Stubbs or Freud or Bacon or Blake? And that you have to ask the question of what people "do" with culture is indicative simply of your own ignorance of the subject. * I'll give you Peter Carey - he's not bad at all. But then you did foist Germaine Greer on us as an illustration of your intellectual might. And you've produced a couple of good actors - Hugo Weaving and Geffrey Rush - but you haven't overwhelmed the cultural ">world.'" Is this your view as a Moderator of this Forum or your personal opinion? Or is that the same thing? Moderators opinions and comments are backed by RLFANS? I await your reply.

Quote ="Mintball"First of all, intelligent, educated and literate people know that 'history' and 'culture' are not, in such a context, proper nouns and do not require capital letters. But then again, they also know that 'there' and 'their' are not synonyms (big word - look it up in a dictionary). Australia has an appalling record on racism, so don't try to play that card. It makes you look sillier than ever. And just what have Australia's contributions to history and culture been - apart from Rolf Harris, Dame Edna, [iNeighbours[/i, the inability to win or lose at sport with anything approaching grace, dignity and class, and the racist, religious fundamentalist that is Mel Gibson? Any Shakespeare? A Chaucer, Dickens, Hardy, Austen, Keats, Byron, Shelley, Pinter, Golding, Brönte, Gaskell, Trollope, Defoe, Marlowe or Bennett? * Your Elgar, Holst or Vaughan Williams? Australia's Turner or Constable or Stubbs or Freud or Bacon or Blake? And that you have to ask the question of what people "do" with culture is indicative simply of your own ignorance of the subject. * I'll give you Peter Carey - he's not bad at all. But then you did foist Germaine Greer on us as an illustration of your intellectual might. And you've produced a couple of good actors - Hugo Weaving and Geffrey Rush - but you haven't overwhelmed the cultural ">world.'" Is this your view as a Moderator of this Forum or your personal opinion? Or is that the same thing? Moderators opinions and comments are backed by RLFANS? I await your reply.

Move to Australia? Not sure what the big fuss is about. Dux described Bondi beach to me as Scarborough with central heating.



I've done a fair bit of travelling, but my favourite place in the world is the lake district, I love exploring the fells.



My wife lived in Vancouver for two years with work before we were together and tells me how much I'd love it, but I'd never move so far away from my family, or from a more practical point, my business.



I remember reading a statistic that said a large % of brits that moved to Australia return, whereas people who go to the USA tend to stay.

Quote ="Pepe"I think you're a bit deluded, son. Australia is 95% arid dust bowl with some inhabitable areas around the edges, which are nothing more than spider infested snake pits. I can guarantee that the vast majority of English people do not wish to live there. =#0000FFI could ask myself a million times, where I’d rather live, and it would never be Australia. If I wanted to move somewhere hot, I'd go to Cyprus, which is truly beautiful. I wouldn't have to check my shoes every time I put them on, just in case something had crawled in whose bite would kill me or cause necrosis. I could relax in my garden without worrying that something wicked will sink its fangs in me while I’m having a nap. And, best of all, there are no Aussies. icon_smile.gif" alt="icon_smile.gif" title="Smile" /> '" Same here and icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> love all the above.

Quote ="Pepe"I think you're a bit deluded, son. Australia is 95% arid dust bowl with some inhabitable areas around the edges, which are nothing more than spider infested snake pits. I can guarantee that the vast majority of English people do not wish to live there. =#0000FFI could ask myself a million times, where I’d rather live, and it would never be Australia. If I wanted to move somewhere hot, I'd go to Cyprus, which is truly beautiful. I wouldn't have to check my shoes every time I put them on, just in case something had crawled in whose bite would kill me or cause necrosis. I could relax in my garden without worrying that something wicked will sink its fangs in me while I’m having a nap. And, best of all, there are no Aussies. icon_smile.gif" alt="icon_smile.gif" title="Smile" /> '" Same here and icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> love all the above.

Quote ="Dr Chim Richalds"Same here and icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> love all the ">above.'" It’s all true though, Chris. You can’t even go for a nice, peaceful crap without worrying that some hateful creature will attack your nether regions and, before you know it, you are being dragged off the “[iDunny[/i[size=150*[/size” floor, part paralyzed and covered in your own , by paramedics who will no doubt laugh at your sorry predicament and insinuate that you are a “[iPommy poofter[/i[size=150*[/size” for not simply being able to wipe your and walk away. That is why we sent our criminals there and why all, but the most stupid and desperate, would ever want to move there. [size=150*[/size [i"Pommy poofter"[/i – (Troglodyte): for an Englishman who shows signs of being homosexual or girly in some way. [size=150*[/size [i“Dunny" [/i– (Troglodyte): Toilet.

Quote ="Dr Chim Richalds"Same here and icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing" /> love all the ">above.'" It’s all true though, Chris. You can’t even go for a nice, peaceful crap without worrying that some hateful creature will attack your nether regions and, before you know it, you are being dragged off the “[iDunny[/i[size=150*[/size” floor, part paralyzed and covered in your own , by paramedics who will no doubt laugh at your sorry predicament and insinuate that you are a “[iPommy poofter[/i[size=150*[/size” for not simply being able to wipe your and walk away. That is why we sent our criminals there and why all, but the most stupid and desperate, would ever want to move there. [size=150*[/size [i"Pommy poofter"[/i – (Troglodyte): for an Englishman who shows signs of being homosexual or girly in some way. [size=150*[/size [i“Dunny" [/i– (Troglodyte): Toilet.