Australia ranked third most desirable country to live in :)

Jeanie

pjfan31 wrote:

As far as i am concerened, Australia is the best country in the world. As far as deadly creatures go, I live on the North Shore in Sydney and in the space of a week I have Killed 2 deadly spiders, 1 funnel web and a white tail so they do exist. (Sorry all u really really greenies but i wasnt goin to let them hang around) But earlier in the year i got bittten by a black house spider, so u don't have to live in the bush to get these spiders.... Yikes

Oh I had a white tail in the house last week. I do try my best not to kill the Huntsmen but I'm not mucking about with the white tails and besides they know the rules! You wanna live don't be coming into my space!

You can keep ya funnel webs though! :eek:

I suppose the deadliest spider I see around here is the red back and I mean you'd have to be bloody slow to the doctor to be killed by one of them these days.

Jeanie

Heineken Helen wrote:

well in my rankings, it's Ireland

I mean Norway and Iceland have fuck all daylight in the winter, too much of it in the summer (how do ya sleep in THAT?) and they're way too expensive. Everything that moves in Australia can kill ya Canada's simply too big and shouldn't be on this list by default.

So yep, Ireland should be number 1

Seriously Hels, nothing against Norway or Iceland but they wouldn't even make my top 5. But Ireland would even though it's too fecking cold!

Jeanie

Heineken Helen wrote:

:eek: with all the talk of mozzies eating ya alive and crocodiles killing ya and stuff... you two are REALLY doin a great job convincing us that Oz ain't so dangerous after all :eek:

deadly shells for fuck sake???

I think he meant the stone fish. If he did mean a deadly shell I'm really not sure I know what he's talking about anyway.

Only crocs I've seen have been in crocodile parks.

And the mozzies won't get ya if ya remember the Aeroguard and avagoodweekend!

catefrances

Heineken Helen wrote:

well it rarely goes below freezing during the day in winter here and at least in the summer you can go outside without dropping dead from heatstroke... and... eh... what's a drought?

a drought is when the pub runs out of beer, mate.

catefrances

Jeanie wrote:

Oh I had a white tail in the house last week. I do try my best not to kill the Huntsmen but I'm not mucking about with the white tails and besides they know the rules! You wanna live don't be coming into my space!

You can keep ya funnel webs though! :eek:

I suppose the deadliest spider I see around here is the red back and I mean you'd have to be bloody slow to the doctor to be killed by one of them these days.

you do your best not to kill a huntsman? why would you even contemplate killing one? i just let them roam around. eventually they disappear somewhere and then theyre no longer my problem. or i take them outside.
and i swear the first time i see a funnel web in my house, i am out of there FOREVER. theyre too big, theyre too hairy and what the hell do they need all those legs for anyway? oh and yeah theyre deadly.

catefrances

Heineken Helen wrote:

:eek: with all the talk of mozzies eating ya alive and crocodiles killing ya and stuff... you two are REALLY doin a great job convincing us that Oz ain't so dangerous after all :eek:

deadly shells for fuck sake???

helen we're not trying to convince you oz isnt dangerous, we're trying to convince you NOT to come and stay to live. well...at least i am.

Heineken Helen

catefrances wrote:

a drought is when the pub runs out of beer, mate.

:eek: Aussie pubs run out of beer? that's sealed it for me then so... I'm never going NEAR the place.

Heineken Helen

Jeanie wrote:

Seriously Hels, nothing against Norway or Iceland but they wouldn't even make my top 5. But Ireland would even though it's too fecking cold!

Yeh, it probably would be too cold for an aussie in the winter it's still pretty bearable... I'm probably one of the only people in the world who actually likes the Irish weather rarely too hot and rarely too cold. No extremes.

catefrances

Heineken Helen wrote:

:eek: Aussie pubs run out of beer? that's sealed it for me then so... I'm never going NEAR the place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ExTr53-Qo0

Jeanie

catefrances wrote:

you do your best not to kill a huntsman? why would you even contemplate killing one? i just let them roam around. eventually they disappear somewhere and then theyre no longer my problem. or i take them outside.
and i swear the first time i see a funnel web in my house, i am out of there FOREVER. theyre too big, theyre too hairy and what the hell do they need all those legs for anyway? oh and yeah theyre deadly.

That's right. I give them a fighting chance to leave the building but if they resist then I'm sorry but they gotta go.
I've improved. Used to be if they were in the house they had to die straight away no questions asked. Now they get some time, an open window and they're encouraged to leave.
I doubt I'll ever be like my Nan, who picks them up in her bare hands and takes them out. :eek:

Jeanie

Heineken Helen wrote:

Yeh, it probably would be too cold for an aussie in the winter it's still pretty bearable... I'm probably one of the only people in the world who actually likes the Irish weather rarely too hot and rarely too cold. No extremes.

Bearable my arse!!! :eek: It's freezing there even in bloody Spring Hels and I know it!

catefrances

Jeanie wrote:

That's right. I give them a fighting chance to leave the building but if they resist then I'm sorry but they gotta go.
I've improved. Used to be if they were in the house they had to die straight away no questions asked. Now they get some time, an open window and they're encouraged to leave.
I doubt I'll ever be like my Nan, who picks them up in her bare hands and takes them out. :eek:

oh and you know what's cool? (well to me anyway) when you get dozens and dozens of tiny spiderlings dropping from the ceiling on their webline. tis like a paratrooper drop over france in WW2

Heineken Helen

Jeanie wrote:

Bearable my arse!!! :eek: It's freezing there even in bloody Spring Hels and I know it!

see it's just you aussies... can't cope with a wee bit of hailstones eh? can't handle it?

You'll see us out in our shorts and tshirts in that weather

catefrances

Heineken Helen wrote:

see it's just you aussies... can't cope with a wee bit of hailstones eh? can't handle it?

You'll see us out in our shorts and tshirts in that weather

not this aussie. i live for winter. and as for hailstones, well theyre just smaller harder golfballs arent they?

Jeanie

catefrances wrote:

oh and you know what's cool? (well to me anyway) when you get dozens and dozens of tiny spiderlings dropping from the ceiling on their webline. tis like a paratrooper drop over france in WW2

Yeah, perhaps if we're talking small spiders, like those little jumpy guys but not huntsmen. I don't mind watching them go about their business outside. We've got a Golden Orb spider in the garden that comes out this time of year and he's fascinating to watch and very pretty too. But I can't cope with their unpredictability in the house.
But if I wasn't actually sleeping at your house and just visiting I could probably watch tiny spiderlings do that and think it was cool too.

Anon

catefrances wrote:

you do your best not to kill a huntsman? why would you even contemplate killing one? i just let them roam around. eventually they disappear somewhere and then theyre no longer my problem. or i take them outside.
and i swear the first time i see a funnel web in my house, i am out of there FOREVER. theyre too big, theyre too hairy and what the hell do they need all those legs for anyway? oh and yeah theyre deadly.

I have had it with these motherfucking huntsman on this motherfucking house!

i have the biggest spider phobia ever. i am terrified of them. no chance of me killing them though cate i could never get close enough to one to do it.

polaris

Scubascott wrote:

Yeah. Weird that the other three countries in the top four are all. . . well, fucking cold! I think they forgot to take that into account.

I have a canadian friend who says he much prefers australia because he hates spending six months of the year locked indoors with nothing to do but drink beer and watch ice hockey on TV.

those are who we refer to as "hosers" ... can't wait for the snow to fall!!

but for sure - if you don't like winter - best to live somewhere else

Anon

Ahnimus wrote:

I'd actually be mostly concerned with swimming in Australia. Step on a rock that isn't a rock, it's a deadly seashell. Deadly seashell? wtf?

hehe Ahnimus i lived by the beach all my life until recently. swimming in Australia is no more dangerous than anywhere else, as long as you follow the basic safety rules. nothing to be concerned about, apart from how beautiful it is. this is just around the corner from my house. 3 minute walk.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7127/1170984938halfnewcastleyf8.jpg

Austicman

VB Beer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9pAXl2NCQ0

Jeanie

Austicman wrote:

VB Beer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9pAXl2NCQ0

That's a cool ad! Did you know they had to teach actual musicians how to use the new "instruments"

Although it is a bit of a rip off of those other guys that were doing it first.