THE MEANING OF OZ - All you need to know!

The best team won margo, how could you possibly barrack for a team of stray alley cats!

Bloody geelong!!!!! ya pic em they lose ya don't pick em the buggers win
Wouldnt have backed the hawks in a million years.

Crawf is gonna be a happy lad now.

I'm officially in test mode now.
Where are we? India I think

Boo! Hiss!

Yep "test mode" is most likely the best place for a cats backer to be, at this stage, dadpad!

Me, I had to drive through "hawks territory" this afternoon - returning from visiting my mother in Gippsland in eastern (country) Victoria & got breathalized by the police! Around 5 pm! Looks like quite a bit of post-grand final celebratory drinking must have been going on today in Hawthorn territory!

AggHHHHHHHHHH!

Craig Kelly (last played for Collingwood Magpies in 1996) will coach my local team next year.

He's a local, dadpad?

Do you play for the local team?

I think I remember doing so. But it is so long ago now.....
I dont follow the local team to strongly, they need to have a change in culture. Very alcohol based. Last time I went to a match (admittedly some years ago now) there was an aboriginal umpire. I only heard one racial comment but that was enough.

dadpad

On the credit side: some things are changing for the better. On the debit side: most remain the same as they always were! I know what you're talking about when you talk about the culture being off-putting. I feel the same. Seems to go with the territory, doesn't it?

If you're too "old" ( ) to play these days, perhaps Son of Dadpad? (Though I certainly wouldn't wish the culture on him!)

Msolga, my daughter has a job with a property management group in St Kilda but cannot find a unit or flat to rent. Even share housing seems difficult to come by. Do you know of anyone who may have room, board, unit, house sitting, for rent ......any thing at all? Some kind of base for her to work from even temporary or short term might be usefull.
She has good rental and personal references.

I will put my think hat on, dapad. Most folk I know live on the other side of the city. How would she feel about a daily commute over the Westgate?

<Thinking, thinking ...>

Is this the same daughter who was o/s, dadpad? She's come home?
You must be pretty pleased about that!

dadpad

I idea of sharing accomodation in Williamstown, or Footscray or Yarraville, for example, for a bit might not be such a bad short-term solution. A fairly quick trip to St Kilda, I'm told. (Not that I'd personally drive on the Westagate Bridge on a windy day for quids! )

Is this right? I just heard on the radio that daylight saving starts this Sunday. What, already??! Just when the amount of daylight around 6:30 am seemed just right for getting out of bed. Bugger. I'm imagining all those worn out students (who always go to bed way too late, anyway ...) on Monday morning, when the school term starts here.

Yup, daylight saving on sunday. The lack of low cost accommodation made the age. someone is scamming students (esp international students).

Rent scam rips off students
The Age (Australia), October 2, 2008

AN ONLINE scam offering cheap rental accommodation is exploiting international students unfamiliar with the best way to find a place to live in Melbourne during a rental property drought.

The Tenants Union of Victoria said yesterday it had received 12 reports of students losing about $1000 each in the past three weeks.
olicy and liaison worker Toby Archer said the scam lured students with promises of cheap rent for inner-city apartments on websites such as easyroommate.com and realestate.com.au, one of Australia’s most popular property sites.

Students were told the Australian landlord was overseas and the first month’s rent and deposit should be paid into an overseas bank account before keys could be posted to the prospective tenant.

“Needless to say, the keys never arrive,” Mr Archer said.
http://parishousingscamwatch.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/rent-scam-rips-off-students/

Yes and Yes

I'm happy for you then!

Sigh. The housing/rental market is so tight these days, dadpad, that it doesn't surprise me that these sorts of nasty scams happen.

Has your daughter checked out any of the student/young folks advertisements in places like Readings bookshops? Does she have a car? I suspect she might not find the perfect situation right away. St Kilda is a very tight market at the best of times. I think she might have to look a bit further afield.

I wish I could be of more help. The best I can think of is friends with a room in Newport. But she'd need a car for that.

Kangaroo steak or Emu stew, anyone?