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weird things aussies do
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stefan idiot jones wrote: »Receipts with invisible ink.
We keep every receipt for a while then go over them every couple of months for a clear out, and a load of them have faded into nothing.
Is this a sneaky ploy to avoid warranty or do they just use crappy heat paper ?
That's possibly just the hotter weather or you're carrying them around in a wallet.
Although that will normally cause the receipt to turn black.
There are actually some European Standards for receipt paper though.
Maybe the Aussies are getting some cheaper / lower grade thermal paper or something?
Their version of Cadbury's chocolate is also waxier for the same reason. The normal Cadbury's chocolate formula melts too fast for the climate in Aus and it would have been introduced long before air conditioning and proper refrigeration was the norm there.
You also have to remember that Australia's high level of development is relatively recent compared to the USA, Canada or much of Western Europe for example. Things were relatively basic until the boom took off but they've really caught up fast since.
Like Aus had quite bad telecommunications infrastructure in the 1970s & 80s compared to Western Europe or North America once you got outside the big cities.
It also explains much of the oddly low building standards and stuff like that.
I'm not saying any of this to 'dis' Australia, its a great spot, but its boomy economy hasn't always been there.
It wasn't ever poor, but it certainly wasn't as loaded as it has been in recent years. Things were simpler and the quality of life was always pretty decent.
Think back to skippy
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I have to say I don't mind it, there is some good stuff to be had here and it definitely beats the American crap!
That said a friend from home sent me some chocolate this week; it was heavenly.
American chocolate (especially Hershey's) is a bit if an acquired taste! I think you have to grow up on it. It always smells a bit like sour milk to me.
I had to resort to eating Belgian chocolate in the states nom-nom-nom! 0 -
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I get a lot of people complaining to me about foreigners (Indians and Chinese) just after complimenting me on my Irish accent and telling me about how there father was from there they really don't seem to get the irony
Also ya the chocolate here sucks apparently the beer has something in it to keep it cooler as well but I can't tell the difference
The wierdest thing Aussies do is hook turns they just feel wrong 0 -
I get a lot of people complaining to me about foreigners (Indians and Chinese) just after complimenting me on my Irish accent and telling me about how there father was from there they really don't seem to get the irony
Also ya the chocolate here sucks apparently the beer has something in it to keep it cooler as well but I can't tell the difference
The wierdest thing Aussies do is hook turns they just feel wrong
+1 - but when I question it, the response is generally - "nah mate, you're one of us". I encounter lame attempts of humour on a daily basis in work and it is so rubbish I laugh out of sympathy!
I do wonder what the Indian and Chinese have to put up with on a daily basis.0 -
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The wierdest thing Aussies do is hook turns they just feel wrong
I think hook turns are an excellent solution to the problem posed by tram lines. I would even go as far to say they should be more commonplace world over, how many times have you been caught behind a car that is impeded from turning right when you want to proceed straight ahead.0
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