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    People fall victim to Australia because of Home & Away, Neighbours and the various programmes where Brits get some TV bod showing them around nice looking houses at half of what we'd pay over here. It all paints a tempting picture of sunshine, beer and barbecues.

    But scratch the surface and it all falls away. It's too hot, it's permanently on fire, all the animals want to kill you and even the Koalas are dripping with STD's.

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    Deadly magpies too apparently, I never knew about them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco View Post
    Deadly magpies too apparently, I never knew about them.
    I had to look this up.

    They remember people's faces and hold a grudge.

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    If you feed them they will love you.

    YouTube is full of magpie human socialising.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Offshore Toon View Post
    My best mate from uni is in Melbourne and he's finally had enough of their shit so he's moving back to the UK later in the year. That's a huge win, especially given my 'Australia looks a bit shit' stance.
    Has he asked the Federal Government for permission?

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    New Zealand into a 3 day national lockdown over one case, just 24 hours after their PM urged the Taliban to uphold human rights.

    Heads. Gone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Queenslander View Post
    Has he asked the Federal Government for permission?
    No idea. Are they genuinely stopping people from leaving the country?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Offshore Toon View Post
    No idea. Are they genuinely stopping people from leaving the country?
    Yes.

    "COVID-19: Leaving Australia | Smartraveller" https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/COV...lia#travel-ban
    Last edited by Queenslander; 17-08-2021 at 11:28 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Queenslander View Post
    Yes.

    "COVID-19: Leaving Australia | Smartraveller" https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/COV...lia#travel-ban
    What a place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Queenslander View Post
    If you feed them they will love you.

    YouTube is full of magpie human socialising.
    Have the magpies succeeded?

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    Indian Miner has run off the Maggie's in my street. There are definitely problem magpies at the closest park to me.




    Lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Queenslander View Post
    Yes.

    "COVID-19: Leaving Australia | Smartraveller" https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/COV...lia#travel-ban
    "...you must meet at least one of the following:

    • your travel is as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including the provision of aid
    • your travel is for your business/employer
    • you are travelling to receive urgent medical treatment that is not available in Australia
    • you are travelling outside Australia for a compelling reason for three months or longer
    • you are travelling on compelling or compassionate grounds
    • your travel is in the national interest
    • you are ordinarily resident in a country other than Australia"


    He should be okay on #4, but #2 is ridiculous. You can leave as long as it's for work.

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    Yeah fair enough. Lucky bugger a change of country would be mind blowing after what Victoria have been through.

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    His gf is Aussie so there may be problems there, but you'd think it'll be fine with the same reasoning assuming they start making logical decisions some time soon.

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    There is an Aussie guy I know (who lives here) who decided to go to his family in Aus in January to avoid our covid shit.

    Guess who landed back in the UK last week.

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    We should set up a swap deal. They can have our bedwetters, we'll have their people that can't be arsed with it anymore. Win:win.

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    Feel free to take all our anti-vax loons.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    New Zealand into a 3 day national lockdown over one case, just 24 hours after their PM urged the Taliban to uphold human rights.

    Heads. Gone.
    People entering Queensland from NZ must now spend 2 weeks in hotel quarantine at their own expence.

    That'll learn em for being mean to me about Rugby Union on social media.

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    https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nat...18-p58ju7.html

    ."One case of Delta means we need a lockdown ... until we get 70 per cent of our population vaccinated,” she said on Wednesday. “If we don’t find the first case, we won’t be locking down for one or two weeks, we’ll be locking down for months.”
    Our longest lockdown was a month last year.

    Edit: The ADF will be patrolling the QLD/NSW border untill NSW are out of lockdown.

    Fortress Queensland aka People's Republic of Queensland.

    https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/nat...19-p58k3a.html

    I think it is time we set up our own Embassies around the world. The PRQ wishes Australia well with their ongoing battle with Covid. We claim the Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea as our own Territories. We invite New Zealand to join us when they are covid free.

    We also offer an air Bridge to Britain and humbly offer Port Douglas as the location for a new British Embassy.
    Last edited by Queenslander; 19-08-2021 at 01:36 AM.

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    Vaccine rollout seems to be improving at least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Queenslander View Post
    Feel free to take all our anti-vax loons.
    Anti-Vaxxers are to be included under "bedwetters" so you will actually be keeping them and receiving all of ours. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

    You are welcome to come over here as a non-bedwetter, but please leave the temperature gun at home. It will only upset you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    Anti-Vaxxers are to be included under "bedwetters" so you will actually be keeping them and receiving all of ours. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

    You are welcome to come over here as a non-bedwetter, but please leave the temperature gun at home. It will only upset you.


    I would love to visit England during your summer.

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    Beds have gone.

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    https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-...-high-12384933

    @Baz

    Professor Sarah Walker, Chief Investigator for the Survey, said: "We don't yet know how much transmission can happen from people who get COVID-19 after being vaccinated.


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    https://my-plumber.co.uk/blog/how-to...-dripping-tap/

    @Baz

    Leaking or dripping taps can be a serious issue in daily life. Not only do they produce an annoying sound, but the leaking can also result in wastage of 3 gallons of water every day. One day, you’ll realise your water bills are rising and what you are paying for is simply draining out. Repairs might involve some up-front expenses but save you money in the long run. If you have some handyman skills, you can fix the dripping tap yourself. This blog post is for all of you who wish to fix this maintenance issue on their own.


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    Nice of Quincy to cut that sentence short.

    - for example, they may have high levels of virus for shorter periods of time But the fact that they can have high levels of virus suggests that people who aren't yet vaccinated may not be as protected from the Delta variant as we hoped..
    And furthermore:

    Overall this study is excellent as it shows that although Delta is better at infecting vaccinated people than previous variants, the vaccines still work remarkably well.

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    Jeeez a National Party MP from Queensland has appeared on Fox News where he spoke to Laura Ingram about covid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shindig View Post
    Nice of Quincy to cut that sentence short.



    And furthermore:
    He’s a lost cause.
    I'm a twit

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    You've all been infected in the head.

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    Sure. We're the problem here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Sure. We're the problem here.
    Your attitude is sunshine.

    I need a full apology from Barry and Spikey.

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    We finally have a case in the office. What a run.

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    The study may well be hinting that the vaccine doesn't reduce transmission of Delta variant but keep calm and get jabbed, Quince because it still reduces it for the earlier variants.

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    No side effects from either vaccine. Just an elite human being.

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    Good job this board has quincy to keep us up to date with all the Sky News links. God knows what we’d do without them.

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    I read a cracking article about Mark Noble on Sky News once.

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    Work thread cross posting, our top bods announced we can go back into the office next month but it will be masks on when not at a desk, every other desk not in use and only 20% of desks available to use via prebooking. I would surmise there will be about 12 desks available next month, down from the pre covid 80.

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    My work has cancelled any mandatory in-office expectations until Feb 2022 at the earliest

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    I'm anticipating a similar announcement next week. Any request to wear a mask and I won't be showing up @Lofty

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raoul Duke View Post
    My work has cancelled any mandatory in-office expectations until Feb 2022 at the earliest
    Ooft, nice. Best we've heard so far is that it's apparently now unlikely to be this side of Christmas.

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    Our situation gets reviewed in September. I honestly can't tell which way they'll side with. We wear masks away from the desk which always feel daft for the sake of a few yards.

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    Has DQ gone full magic?

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    He's yet to piss his own innards out but mentally I think they're on the same page.

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    Quincy is just asking what his 'mate' is saying. Not his beliefs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7om View Post
    Good job this board has quincy to keep us up to date with all the Sky News links. God knows what we’d do without them.
    I think you're being genuine, so thank you. Are you and I friends now? Probably, yes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Quincy is just asking what his 'mate' is saying. Not his beliefs.
    Jokes on you, I have no mates. Apart from Zom.

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    It's utterly bizarre to me hearing about all these more corporate/public sector offices. We had a while where you needed a mask in some parts of the building, but even that went months ago. Completely as normal since, like, May.

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