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<p><p>Alright pabs, good win yesterday. I see you ain't been on here for a while either, hope alls ok with you mate.</p></p>

<p><p>Happy Christmas mate, be good <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/wink.png" alt=";)" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/wink@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /></p></p>

<p><p>Nice one pabs, really pleased for you.....sorry I couldn't be much help over here. You'll sell yer house in 12 month I recon mate and the exchange rate will only get better......... things are looking up back home I heard..... now Dave and George got country but on track :laugh::wink:</p></p>

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<p><p>Alright mate, how's it hanging:wink: nice to be back in the sun I can tell yer:cool: </p></p>

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<p><p>Pissed down most days back home :dull: so nowt else to do but drink and wath footy in me old locals:rolleyes: spent more time in bars in 4 weeks than I have in 17 month here:wacko:</p></p>

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<p><p>Let me know when yer fancy a scoop matey, i'm a bloody pro supper now:cute:</p></p>

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<p><p>Merry christmas mate,hope you have a great day:xmas24::wink:</p></p>

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<p><p>Thanks for the sciatica tips mate, its been a long couple of weeks with it. </p></p>

<p><p>Been really damp and cold at work last month or so, always brought it on back home, don't know why. </p></p>

<p><p>Had a couple of types of tablets off the dr, bit better now. Mus'nt grumble to much, many folk worse off than me.</p></p>

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<p><p>Must be karma cats, think I remember reading on here that your off home for xmas:unsure:.........well, so are we :laugh: booked the flights couple of weeks back.....$8200 with emirates, not bad for 4 of us and only 1 stop in dubai, adelaide direct to manchester:cool: kids really looking forward to xmas with grandparents.</p></p>

<p><p>Will be a pretty low key celebration for us........nice meal out(can afford them now) and a few drinks will do me:angel_happy_face_ha</p></p>

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<p><p>Glad the jobs going well for you, took the mrs a while to settle in but alls good now.</p></p>

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<p><p>Hi mate, sounds like we arrived about the same time.....double cerlebration next weekend I recon:yes: </p></p>

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<p><p>Like you we had a tough start, managing on one income for 8 months is no picnic........but we're still here a year later and things are looking good, with summer on the way aswell:cool:</p></p>

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<p><p>Hows your job going? good i hope:wink:</p></p>

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<p><p>No worries :wink:</p></p>

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<p><p>Happy easter mate</p></p>

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<p>That is a strange coincidence, I started doing mostly joinery but got fed up with being stuck inside and in the same place all the time, was nice in the winter though.</p>

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<p>Sort of not bothered about selling now, might be better off renting as long as we get good tenants of course.</p>

<p>My kids are 11 and 5 and both looking forward to going, although i don't think our youngest fully understands.</p>

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<p>Ian</p>

<p>Hi lindsey</p>

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<p>We've had our house for sale 18 months now and have sold subject to contract 3 times, each time the sale falls through because the buyers house sale fails or people can't get the mortgage they need. There's no confidence in the housing market at the mo. If we don't sell before we go renting it out will have to be an option.</p>

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<p>No i have never been before, my parents have been loads of times and we know a few people over there. We thought about going on a recci but its like you said about validating, it would take a lot out of our savings.</p>

<p>To be honest even if we sold the house there's no way i would take any more money than we would need to get started, the exchange rate is so bad at the mo.</p>

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<p>I think Adelaide/SA has got it all really, seems safer than Qld too, also depends on your occupation i suppose. I'm a self employed carpenter/roofer and my wife has always worked in hospitals as a medical secretary, seems from research that these jobs are in demand in SA. </p>

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<p>Ian</p>

<p>Hi Lindsey </p>

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<p>It cost £125 extra for x-rays for our 11 year old, the whole thing is a rip off really.</p>

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<p>We were in the med centre (Birmigham) for 2 hours, then the 90 mile drive home, just in time for the rush hour :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>We are heading to Adelaide, ideally arriving for late winter/early spring over there,so we can acclimatise to the hot summers they have over there , 45 degrees recently :eek:</p>

<p>Where you heading and when you hoping to go?</p>

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<p>Speak soon,</p>

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<p>Ian</p>

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<p>I got a CO on 1st of feb :rolleyes: was starting to think it would never happen.</p>

<p>Mr T has learnt nothing from previous mistakes, he forgot to tell us that our eldest who is now 11 would need the cheast x-ray :realmad: luckily the med centre told us when we booked. God he's useless, by checking our online application we knew we had a CO 2 days before he called us, now there's a man with his finger on the pulse, not :SLEEP:</p>

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<p>We did our meds last week, nothing to worry about, hardest part was paying for it £815.00 :swoon: sent the police checks off to happy yesterday.</p>

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<p>Best of luck with your meds</p>

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<p>Ian</p>

<p>Hi Lindsey, just noticed you have a CO at last, thats really great news :jiggy:</p>

<p>I remember you because we both had problems with a certain Mr Tindle from the visa bureau:wacko: and we also logged our visa in 17 june 2009 </p>

<p>We have also got a CO now so hopefully we're almost there :cool:</p>

<p>All the best</p>

<p>Ian & family.</p>

<p>Hope you and the family are having a good Crimbo Toolbox <img src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png" alt=":)" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Kat x</p>

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<p>Hi Kat, having a great christmas thanks, hope you are too:hug:</p>

<p>Got to vist the mother in law today though:frown: yep no christmas is complete unless i go 12 rounds with her on boxing day :wacko:</p>