reptilescorpio
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Hello! Yeah they pulled the discount for Flower but Flow was still active for some reason.
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AusGAF 11 - Twice the price, a year late but still moving forward
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Hello! Yeah they pulled the discount for Flower but Flow was still active for some reason.
zorlaczerohero
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What the hell is up with this country? I'm from the North of England where the temperature is often in minus figures and you can't open the back door due to snow. But here I'm absolutely fucking freezing. i think it must be the range that does it. In the UK it's just cold, all the time. But here the afternoon Sun tricks you in to letting your nipple guards down, then BAM, it goes dark and all that is warm and good is leeched from the Earth.
dishwasherlove
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Australian houses have shit insulation so you feel the cold unless you have the heater blaring 24/7.
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Yup.
That and houses in Queensland are essentially big sheds.
That and houses in Queensland are essentially big sheds.
viciouskillersquirrel
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When we were house hunting, Mrs Squirrel loved showing me these big old queenslanders with spacious verandahs and white picket fences. I vetoed them all in favour of a house with walls that didn't leak air like a sieve. These houses are designed to allow breezes through in summer, so people think of them as being cool, but people forget that at the time these were all the rage, there was no such thing as air conditioning.
I think the English and Irish settlers found the heat here so distressing, they were prepared to put up with being cold in winter if it meant alleviating some of the sweating.
bodyboarder
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Yep. Especially anything built pre 2000.
It's all good, they're not in any order. It's like Archie in that sense.
reptilescorpio
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Trading in Destiny ASAP and picking up The Taken King at retail when it hits. I got more than my moneys worth out of Destiny but TTK seems like a Reaper of Souls level improvement, on top of the extra content (and expansions I never grabbed).
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Whereas the Scottish ones felt right at home with the insanely high temperatures and the kangaroos, crocodiles and shit.
One of my theories as to why Australians and Southern-state Americans are so crazy is because it's the consequences of leaving a bunch of Scots, English and Irish folks in hot environments for a prolonged period of time. We got so deranged we even invented new accents and shit.
sure
viciouskillersquirrel
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I'm sure there were a few Welsh settlers in there as well. From what I understand though, the majority of the first settlers were Londoners and of Irish extraction. Our accent is apparently even heavily based on the cockney accent of the time.Whereas the Scottish ones felt right at home with the insanely high temperatures and the kangaroos, crocodiles and shit.
One of my theories as to why Australians and Southern-state Americans are so crazy is because it's the consequences of leaving a bunch of Scots, English and Irish folks in hot environments for a prolonged period of time. We got so deranged we even invented new accents and shit.
ClivePwned
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except we say "I was sitting there" or "I sat there," instead of " I was sat there." What the fuck is up with that?
viciouskillersquirrel
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We also use the term "pigs" as slang for police, which is straight out of Dickens.
It's probable that the cockney accent has itself changed somewhat in the last two centuries.
ClivePwned
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that's bang out of ordah! get out of my pub!
pronounce hard consonants like a stroke victim.
Australia, outside of some limited areas, doesn't really get cold.
I somewhat agree but it's currently 2 degrees overnight and I'm about 45min west of Melbourne
bobnowhere
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<<<<Some Limited Area!
In the last 2 months, it's been <-6° more than 7 times. Not even the dog has any interest in going out in that. No snow though.
ClivePwned
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Yup.
Darren870
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Ha. .ha.. Clayton is such a shit hole. Sorry.
There was an okay Malaysian or Chinese restaurant upstairs across from the station.
The only good thing there was the cafe at the Clayton's Bowls Club. It used to have two ex vue de monde chefs. Sadly they've left so there isn't much left.
I love shit holes! The one time I went to Sydney I stayed in a hostel in Redfern! While wandering around after dark I ran into a drunk lady who was trying to get home from some sort of art exhibition, or so she claimed
Ah well I'm sure whatever PoS hotel the university put me up in will be able to feed me
Never stopped you before.
ClivePwned
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Bam. I have been zinged!
I also now have implied permission to spout obvious, corny and old jokes
Going to see Fantastic Four today, mainly because I want to see these ads again. I just love them so much.
-Hotel ad ripping of MJ's Black or White
-Westpac ad with sad music
-A dozen short schweppes ads
-Mastercard ad with pregnant woman buying a T shirt that says "get your fucking hands off my belly," off of a really dodgy-looking website
-Megan Gale makeup ad
-BMW ad
I think the last 6 films I have seen have had only these ads. At least the Westpac one has a few slight variations.
Oh man, we (gf and I) were just commenting about that the other day, I was saying I really don't need to hear about someone's Polynesian skin or the BMW I can't afford etc. We go to the movies regularly so it's pretty grating, last time I timed it to ~ 5 minutes for that ad block, and they always start on time so we will just walk in 5 minutes later and avoid them.
ClivePwned
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same here. I did go and see one non-GC movie this year (also at Event) but there were no ads due to technical fuckery.
teacupcopter
Banned
I haven't followed the level of hype/controversy with this expansion, I bought Destiny ages back and bought the season pass stupidly as I barely have played it. That said, I want to get back into it. Will I get Taken King with my season pass? Should I swap it in at EBgames ASAP to get something for it and just buy the relaunched version?
reptilescorpio
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I saw Mad Max 4 towards the end of its run in Melbourne and I had to sit through 35 minutes of ads. Fucking insane!
Season pass gets you the 2 expansions before The Taken King. You can just get TTK digitally on PSN/XBL and you are good to go.
Season pass gets you the 2 expansions before The Taken King. You can just get TTK digitally on PSN/XBL and you are good to go.
teacupcopter
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Delicious. I'll start playing again soon then.
In Wii U news - Xenoblade Chronicles is suddenly available in the eShop today for $26!
http://www.vooks.net/xenoblade-chro...lade-chronicles-on-the-wii-u-eshop-right-now/
http://www.vooks.net/xenoblade-chro...lade-chronicles-on-the-wii-u-eshop-right-now/
Uuuuuhhh you will still need to have Destiny to play The Taken King.
Pretty sure retail Taken King includes everything - Destiny plus first expansions though?
Edit - yes it seems to: https://www.ebgames.com.au/ps4-208751-Destiny-The-Taken-King-Legendary-Edition-PlayStation-4
Mark Di Stefano (the not EB one) tracks down the originator of "Australia's greatest ever meme": http://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/seriously-john-howard-djs-like-a-mad-cunt#.xeqd4oJx5
It's no doubt obvious to citizens which meme is being referred to, but since we have a lot of new and temporary Australians in this thread, the meme in question is:
It's no doubt obvious to citizens which meme is being referred to, but since we have a lot of new and temporary Australians in this thread, the meme in question is:
FormallyMegadrive
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That still makes me laugh, its the best image on be internet.
Mark Di Stefano (the not EB one) tracks down the originator of "Australia's greatest ever meme": http://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/seriously-john-howard-djs-like-a-mad-cunt#.xeqd4oJx5
It's no doubt obvious to citizens which meme is being referred to, but since we have a lot of new and temporary Australians in this thread, the meme in question is:
That is great
I'm surprised it took that long. I remember commenting on the guy's Flickr account when I discovered where the original came from *years* ago. I'm the "Shane" in the comments on the Flickr page.Mark Di Stefano (the not EB one) tracks down the originator of "Australia's greatest ever meme": http://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/seriously-john-howard-djs-like-a-mad-cunt#.xeqd4oJx5
It's no doubt obvious to citizens which meme is being referred to, but since we have a lot of new and temporary Australians in this thread, the meme in question is:
Edit: Managed to miraculously log into that Flickr account (my main one is completely different) and found this, dated 9th Jun 2007:
Oh right. I'm just going to buy the upgrade.
Galak-Z is now available on the Aus PSN store. Love being able to buy games on my phone and set them to start downloading so they are there when I get home. Grabbed N++ too. It's going to go up in price in a few months, the devs said, when they add more content. Best get in on the ground floor.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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DJ newspaper doodle reminds me of "dicks of the herald sun". I'd post pics but I'd rather not be insta-perma-banned.
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