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Surfing because there is really good surf there. I remember surfing monster waves at yallingup. Wine because the grapes grow well. The wine tends to be quite good though. I doubt the surfers drink it. We didn't. We made good with cheap goon.

Very bland sliced bread. But you need to put things in context. Labour in WA wiped the floor because they are a pandemic government. Trump should never have lost his election. Generally war/pandemic governments romp it in, because people have a common cause. The Tories have done so badly, but the vaccines worked and things are looking up. It's not surprising they won. But saying that, you wouldn't know we had an opposition. There's just nothing, and what there is is so bland. I don't even know what they stand for. They need to do something. They have a lot of work to do just to survive the next election.

Really? I see vast differences between transient labour and people wanted to adopt a whole new lifestyle. Did you really think that was what it was about? Maybe it was.

Are you having a range? You do get more to choose from for 1000mm, but it's whether you can fit it in. Our last house had 900mm, and we couldn't find a decent one to replace it with, (not one that was on sale anyway), so we got it fixed, which worked out ok actually. Gas/electric does give you options if you have a blackout. I find it easier to see what's happening with gas.

It should be compulsory on all new builds.

No, I was fully zipped up when I turned around. I never bothered to turn up for the court hearing. Apparently it's voluntary in the UK.

Induction is different because it uses magnet. I still think it's weird the way it heats the pot, but the stove top doesn't get hot.

Gas or induction? We went induction. My wife loves it, but I think I prefer gas. You can't leave anything with induction. It burns if you don't stir, whereas you have a bit more leaway with gas. Plus induction doesn't seem to do pancakes. But maybe that's our frying pan.

I like that. Do you have one of those ovens where the door slides under like in bakeoff?

It does bug me when they call it an elective c section. Our third child my wife had pre eclampsia. Her blood pressure spiked and the consultant said the baby was coming out today. No ifs no buts. Call your husband, we're preparing you for surgery. Then on her notes, it says elective c section! What part of that was elective?

Natural selection. All part of nature's plan.

If anyone has any qualms about being woke, just watch some TV from the 70s or 80s. Or even from 2000. It seems like yesterday, but we have made progress.

We wanted a pop up plug in our island unit, but apparently you can't have one with drawers, so we opted for power on the side of the unit. I think it actually works better.

You can get stained glass stick ons. Not sure how effective they are but they look good. Storage is always the klller. You can never have enough storage. We have oak veneer doors. They are cheaper and you wouldn't know the difference. Plug points are important too. You can't have too many, and getting usb ones is so useful. I would have liked a smart house, but sadly that wasn't in the budget. We did get the water right though. You can run two showers, have the washing machine on and water the garden without loss of heat or pressure. Worth the money.

People always said I sounded posh growing up. I think with English parents you tend to pronounce some words like dance and France differently. Although nowadays if you have the ability to use a knife and fork and eat at a table people think you are posh. I swear there are some people who always eat In the lounge in front of a TV.

We have delayed getting my youngest citizenship mainly because it is a pain maintaining two passports. Children need them renewed every five years. I'll get it done before he is eighteen though. Probably easier if I do it in Australia too.

Has the changing weather affected potholes?

Do you not think Australia can learn from other countries? Double glazing is a brilliant idea. Good for summer and winter and cuts down the noise. If only they had decent flyscreens in the UK. They are trying, but not their yet.

I remember my first Christmas in the UK. I stayed in my uncle and aunties place in London. Woke up Christmas day, I thought I was back in Perth. She had the heating set to the low thirties. We keep ours at twenty. You can always put a jumper on.

Is Canberra not a big place for IT? When I look for jobs in Oz Canberra comes up most for me. Admittedly I'm old school COBOL currently.

I love the skyhooks. Play them sometimes when I'm feeling nostalgic. I remember the song, but balwyn means nothing to me. I was very young when we lived in Melbourne. All I remember were the Nissan huts, and then some grotty high rise before we moved to French's forest in Sydney.

Even compared to the southeast the better parts of Sheffield are comparable. Maybe not Brighton or London, but say Worthing. Sure, if you want to buy a place in Rotherham then yes, it will be cheap. But the nicer areas near the university are not cheap.

I guess that much weight is placed on how you pronounce yogurt.

I'm guessing the wedge was the original though.

Is there a difference between woke and PC?