Wasn't Australia at one time - just a big penal colony for the UK ? :p

Yes, perhaps that's why I like them so much.

You're not one of those guys who's into "jailhouse" movies are you ?

Yes it was. The country was essentially settled by English convicts, although it could have been worse and we could have got the Puritans. ;)

These days, Australia ships their convicts to the UK, they all work in bars in London.

+1 for the steering wheel on the right (correct) side:

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Yes sir! Dehy have schnow in deh Fatherland!

Here's a pic from last yr. The previous owner would soil his pants if he knew I drove her in winter and tracked her in summer. :eek:

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OK, now back to the Aussie bashing.

Almost used the heater
 

on my way to work early this morning, top down, thought about putting a little warmth on my feet, but decided 72 was warm enough.:cheers:

I have zero risk of encountering deadly venomous things in my back yard. During our few weeks of pleasant weather I can go to the beach without fear of being eaten. I have zero risk of my house being consumed by a brush fire, and an extremely minimal risk of being flooded out or having my house dropped on some witch by a tornado. Earthquakes are for other people to worry about, and it would have to be a whopper of a tsunami to make it 1500 miles overland from the nearest ocean. I can live with a few months of snow - seems to be a pretty mild price to pay for living in what is probably one of the safest places on the planet.

But you have to have two entirely seperate wardrobes, that is just far too much work:p

And don't forget hypothermia.....:eek: :D

Sidetracking the thread here but I think that you and I Mark live in good places. Heard this morning that Vancouver is the most congested city to drive in in North America. More so than LA, New York. Who would have thought? If I lived in Vanvouver that would drive me to buying a tiptronic.....

JD - sorry to hear that you are hibernating your yellow box. I will be thinking of you when I drive throughout the winter.....

[QUOTE=recycledsixtie;370907]Sidetracking the thread here but I think that you and I Mark live in good places. Heard this morning that Vancouver is the most congested city to drive in in North America. More so than LA, New York. Who would have thought? If I lived in Vanvouver that would drive me to buying a tiptronic.....

That's what they get for stealing our film industry! :(

But, Winnipeg has the "Saddest Music in the World".

As a matter of fact I am! I just looked at my collection of prison movies and an interesting discovery, most of them were made in the UK... What does that mean?

The Hill (1965, UK)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962, UK)
Hunger (2008, UK)
Greenfingers (2000, UK)
Scum (1979, UK)
Lucky Break (2001, UK)
Porridge (1979, UK)
Ghosted (2011, UK)
In the Name of the Father (1993, UK)
Bronson (2009, UK)
Captives (1994, UK)
Screwed (2011, UK)
The Quare Fellow (1962, UK)
Scrubbers (1982, UK)
McVicar (1980, UK)
The Criminal (1960, UK)
Silent Scream (1990, UK)
The Pot Carriers (1962, UK)
Offender (2012, UK)
Mean Machine (2001, UK)
Sense of Freedom (1979, UK)
Two Way Stretch (1960, UK)
Diamond Geezer (2005, UK)
So Evil, So Young (1961, UK)
Convict 99 (1938, UK)
Prison Without Bars (1938, UK)
Yield to the Night (1956, UK)
Mickey B (2007, UK)
Release (2010, UK)
Borstal Boy (2000, UK / Ireland)
The Weak and the Wicked (1954, UK)
Jailhouse Rock (1957, USA)

What, no Bird Man of Alcatraz ?

Nor does he have that 1983 Linda Blair classic, Chained Heat!

And yet he claims to be a prison movie buff...

(Other classics also missing from the list: Midnight Express, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Cool Hand Luke, Get the Gringo... the list goes on)

Let's not forget this cinematic masterpiece !

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The UK is indeed over-run with flamin Aussies! And yes, they all seem to work in bars!

Yep they are sending back the crooks that are surplus to their needs. Please don't ship them to Canada. We have got all the baddies we can handle.....:)

All the ones I know that go to the UK seem to be bankers. So yes, I suppose that confirms your point that it is the crooks that we are repatriating to Mother England.

Over-run........I think not !!
There's a grand total of about 20 million Australians around this world (not enough I know, but) which is less than the population of some of the larger cities.

And yes we work in bars 'cos the beer is cheap and we tend to drink a lot. And then we take all the best looking women away from the Poms as part payment for the poor grog....:p