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Byo is brilliant. There are a few places that do it in the UK, but not like Australia. Actually, on the south coast there are lots of tiny micro breweries that have popped up. They generally don't serve food, but are happy for you to bring local takeaways in and eat them with the beer. Seems to work really well.

I haven't been to aldi or Lidl since covid started. I always found their wine quite drinkable, but just a bit bland. It's almost like they sourced wine that wouldn't offend anyone. Their beer can be good too. They do a fantastic wheat beer. These days I tend to look for wine which is on special. Something expensive which has been reduced, and buy a few bottles to stock up. Although to be honest, since I started the home brewing I've been drinking mainly that.

Snow gear isn't always the best in heavy rain. Snow doesn't penetrate like rain Mountain warehouse is good, but whatever you buy you want at least 10000 mm and ideally 20000 mm, plus breathable. You get what you pay for, but a good jacket can last ten years or more. You may need to redo the waterproofing at some stage. My mountain warehouse raincoat was 10000 mm when I bought it nearly ten years ago, and it will still keep me dry in most weather, but it did fail recently in a very heavy rainstorm. But it was ridiculously hard rain, and I wouldn't choose to go out in weather like that. I probably need to re water proof the seams. You can get sprays for that.

They used to have weird pub hours on a Sunday in the UK, but then the Sunday session in Perth never made sense. When we lived in Perth you could only buy wine on Sunday from a bottle shop. Not beer or spirit. Madness.

I know a lot of people who only drink in the pub and never drink at home. I always assumed it was a British thing.

Something I've always wondered. I've owned a property in Australia before, so I wouldn't get first time buyers. But my wife hasn't. If we bought the property in her name, could she get first home buyers?

We haven't had much rain in the south for two weeks now. Cold, but lovely in the sun. Been walking most days. Did have a bit of rain a few weeks back. But it seemed to rain mostly at night. Did make some of the footpaths impassable without wellies. But we have our winter walking paths which are fine. I don't do mud. One of the best winters we've had. But I am longing for warmer weather now Xmas is over.

Wasn't Australia the most "equal" country in the world to live, with the smallest difference between rich and poor in the world? Doesn't sound like much of a class system to me. In fact I don't ever think I've felt held back by "class" in Australia.

My parents are 84, living in Perth, and they got a letter saying that someone was going to come round and assess their needs to see what help they need. My mum was a bit miffed because she said she didn't need any help and she didn't want some stranger in her house. My dad still does over 100km a week on his bike and certainly doesn't need any help. MIL is 82, and she's not as independent as she used to be as the NHS buggered up her cataract appointments, and she had to go back on the waiting list. I told her to complain and make a fuss, but she's British. On top of that she has macular degeneration, and the combination made it very hard for her to see, and it's reduced her independence. She's had the cateracts done now, but once you lose that confidence it's hard to get it back. It's good to see people having long fruitful retirements. Wife's father retired at 65 and died 6 months later of prostate cancer. I never met him, which will was a shame as he was a top bloke by all accounts.

You do need to check your children's residency status if they go to uni and you leave the UK. I have heard of cases where they will be reclassed as foreign students, and be exposed to full foreign student fees. This could have bad ramifications on them.

That's a silly question because none of those countries is Australia. When the queen dies they will ask the question again, and chances are it will pass. The only question will be is whether the head of state is an honorary position, or whether it has real power which would require a shift in government.

It's a massive strawman argument from the right. The yanks have always said happy holidays because their holidays span from Thanksgiving to new year. It's just the right trying to make an issue out of something that never was. The only people I've ever met who object to Christmas are the atheists, and even most of those aren't bothered. But I do object to being drawn in to defend the royals when we know that they are ALL a bunch of inbred out of touch nobody's, who have no relevance or connection to any of our lives, and the sooner Australia gets rid of them the better.

I'm guessing that was an autocorrect and parley meant to say 'if you are bored, '

Happy holidays

This is probably going to blow everyone's mind, but, we have a screen door in the UK.

You could just get a vaccine? Just saying?

It's not just pension, it's jobseekers, sickness, maternity etc.

It wouldn't surprise me if there was an 'accidental' spread of covid to the covid free states over the next six months. It really wouldn't be hard for someone to do, either the 'government' or some anti lockdown nutters off their own back. Post a vial of virus to a willing recipient. Once delta is in and spreading, game over. No point staying closed.

I can go one better than that. After selling the house with the granny flat in the garden, she bought a new flat where there was no room for granny and sent granny back to England. She did give her original investment back, but only the nominal amount, which was pittance because of inflation. My mother in law lives with us, but she's good value.

I used to love watching the Australian series boney in the seventies. Never understood why no one did a remake. Or did they?

How does UK inheritance tax work if you are resident in Australia but have assets in the UK like a house?

They are a massive rip off.

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Never learned to bilateral breathe (does it have an E?) I do four strokes.

Can you go on Sainsbury's or Tesco's website and place an order to do a comparison?