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So... We're Moviing In A Few Weeks

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So... We're Moviing In A Few Weeks

... you know, packing stuff we'd forgot having.

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Yeah, so here's the go!  My niece is a store manager for the Coles supermarket chain here in Oz and she's having to transfer to enhance her career opportunities, meaning that she needs to move house while somebody else moves in to keep an eye on the place.   That's where we come in... not that I had any plans to move again any time soon.  Thing is, it is a much bigger house than the one we're in, with more living area inside and out, and my niece needs a rent income coming in to help pay the mortgage and maintenance bills, etc.   That's alright... it's a 100 bucks a month cheaper than what we pay now, and it's convenient to shopping, everything we need.  The real bonus about all this is the fact that my niece will not be wanting to move back into this house, so we can pretty much stay there indefinitely... it's more an investment for her kids when they're adults than being the family home now.

Yup, really looking forward to it!  There's upstairs/downstairs, a covered entertainment areas outside, a huge double garage for added storage (we don't got cars), and this massive entertainment lounge downstairs WITH a TV/projector, wall-mounted screen and  hi-fi surround sound already installed.  Like WOW, we're picking up this $7,599 (original retail value) entertainment unit for just $800. Bargain!!!   Apart from the fact that my niece didn't pay full retail price, due to 10% staff discount during a store-wide sale, she just doesn't want to have to pony up to have it professionally removed and reinstalled at her new place,

The place is semi-furnished, also, so although we already have our own furniture, it is for a smaller place and we would have had to buy more to fill the place properly.  We'll have an additional lounge/sofa suite for downstairs entertainment area, an outdoor lounge setting for the massive back deck, an 8 piece dining setting and a large BBQ setting (table and chairs) for the covered outdoor area.  Oh, and the storage in this place is like WOW.  There are built-in cupboards and closets everywhere, so we don't need to buy any of those for when we get there.

We have another 5 weeks on our current lease, but we well start packing and moving our lesser needed stuff as of this week,... saves doing it all in a rush at the end.  Anyhow, we mightn't be around quite as much over the next few weeks, but don't worry, we're not gonna disappear any time soon... and nobody think about disappearing if'n when we're gone, ya hear??

Oh, Kitty, if you're reading this, we'll be a bit closer to you n' wulfee... at Brassall.

:sun:

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Reply #51 from WinCustomize Forums Top

you could be forgiven doc....
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can't find maid service like mine growing on trees, can you? (the ugly bush doesn't count).

 

Maybe we should vote on the forgiven thing.
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i don't remember asking for another nemesis. on the 'bright' side, rnd just found his soul-mate.

 

There's no forgiving Doc... there 'll always be something we didn't see/read/know about...

... remembering he spells English stuff the American way.
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Nope.. no vote... for the aforementioned reason. Spelling shit the American way (dropping U's and putting Z's where S's belong) is criminal I say, and we must find him guilty and pass sentence forthwith. We might need a vote on the punishment, however. I propose we load him up with oodles more karma so that he buckles at the knees under the weight and can look Verne Troyer (mini me from Austin Powers) in the eye.

Alternatively, we could take all his karma off him until he's light enough to float right on up there into the upper atmosphere and gets carried here to Oz... and, hehe, I'd welcome him here with some 'lower-atmosphere' of my own.
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Baygon...Baygon....where's that Baygon/Raid when you need it?

 

 

Reply #52 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Baygon...Baygon....where's that Baygon/Raid when you need it?
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That'll only affect syd... we Quenslanders are so tough we breathe Baygon and piss napalm. :-"

Won't tell ya wot we can do with barbed wire. :rofl:

Ooops... 5.47am.... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay past my bed time.   Niiiiighty night... in the early hours of the morning. ;)

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Reply #53 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I must say that that is one almighty spectacular sight, to boot.

Yup 'tis one beautiful view orright..
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:)      I took that shot on my evening walk...

 

I can't wait to get up to our new place... the view from the back deck is pretty spectacular also... and the birdlife is even more abundant there than it is here. So being there are no real views of note here, and fewer birds also
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looking forward to some pics......the kookaburra in my avatar landed on the railing on my deck the other day.....stayed there for halfa...got some good pics.....was eventually chased off by indian minors..... X-(    ...the velocor raptors of the bird world..... :annoyed:

Reply #54 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting sydneysiders, reply 49

As for the bridge, I figure best you keep it....
 

link...    

 


we'll need someplace t' hang our maroon flags next year
 

                
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Beautiful shot...pastels and Japanese brush painting......lovely! [would make great opera... ;P oi-ida]

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Reply #55 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Beautiful shot...pastels and Japanese brush painting......lovely! [would make great opera... oi-ida]
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:inlove: hmmmmmmmmmmmmm can you imagine  it :inlove: <3

Reply #56 from WinCustomize Forums Top

would make great opera... oi-ida
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:lol:     very funny....

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Reply #57 from WinCustomize Forums Top

naww your such a good sport syd its good to have some fun :grin: :thumbsup: :-"

Reply #59 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I took that shot on my evening walk...
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Lucky you, to have such magnificent scenery right at your doorstep... beeeeyootyful. :thumbsup:

Where we are at the moment there are no nice views to speak of, just average suburban sprawl and roadworks galore.   Although the pocket we live in is pleasant enough, just over the hill there's views of concrete and roadwork as far s the eye can see.  It's all part of the Ipswich Motorway upgrade, and on a quiet night here, we can hear the jackhammers and machinery rumbling off in the distance.  It's not enough to be a pain in the arse, but I'd still rather be away from it all... when the motorway is fully opened there'll be the dull roar off constant traffic 24/7.

That's why I can't wait to move, Brassall is a nice and quiet area with little or no heavy traffic... or roadworks in the foreseeable future to facilitate it.  Yup, it's a win, win situation all the way. 

.the kookaburra in my avatar landed on the railing on my deck the other day.....stayed there for halfa...got some good pics
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We frequently have kookaburras here and their 'cackling' is fantastic... I love the sounds they make, and my niece informs me that several kookies frequent the yard up there... and perch on the rear deck railings while you're out there sipping morning tea.

looking forward to some pics...
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Yep, we're looking forward to them as well.... well the opportunity to be there to take them.... closer to nature. :sun:

naww your such a good sport syd its good to have some fun
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Yup, I'll drink to that. syd, you're a good friend and a great woman :thumbsup:  

Reply #60 from WinCustomize Forums Top

awww....   shucks...

that mean you won't mind letting the blues win next time then.... ;P

:)

guess you banana benders with designs on my bridge... are good folk too.... ;)

Reply #61 from WinCustomize Forums Top

love that kookaburra. cute little fella....

Reply #62 from WinCustomize Forums Top

and here I was thinking I understood English. Where did I get that foolish idea?
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  me too, until I started reading this thread!!  :w00t:

Moving is never ever fun, but I hope you guys get through it with everything in tact!!!  <3 Personally I think you could pretentd to move further South, it sounds to me as if Jafo is wanting company!!! :-" ;)

Reply #63 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That's why I can't wait to move, Brassall is a nice and quiet area with little or no heavy traffic... or roadworks in the foreseeable future to facilitate it. Yup, it's a win, win situation all the way.
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and now yr gonna be real close to riverlink.....i luv that place...<3   i often go there on payday to buy a few dvds....

Reply #64 from WinCustomize Forums Top

awww.... shucks...

that mean you won't mind letting the blues win next time then....
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Now that might be asking a little too much. :rofl:

Hang on a minute, tho... would that be a single game or a series win?  The former could possibly maybe arranged under great difficulty and duress, but the latter would most definitely be out of the question.  I mean, we wouldn't want the Origin Shield defaced now, would we???   Yup the Blues wouldn't have seen it for so long, they'd feel compelled carve their initials into it... to prove they'd at least seen it once.

:-" ;P :rofl:

guess you banana benders with designs on my bridge... are good folk too...
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Thanks, syd, and don't worry, your grip on the ol' coat hanger is quite safe.  We came to the conclusion it'd take an almighty expense to get it up here... and one bloody big truck.  And I must admit, it does look rather dapper going across that harbour of yours.

:sun: :thumbsup: :)

Moving is never ever fun, but I hope you guys get through it with everything in tact!!!
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Thanks, TBC, I appreciate the thought... though I've never been one for tact.  :typo:   Yeah, I've been known to put my foot in it at times, but yes, I hope we get through it with everything intact as well.

:-" ;) :D

Personally I think you could pretentd to move further South, it sounds to me as if Jafo is wanting company!!!
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Nah, as much as he might like 'some' company, I still think it better that he thinks we're (well, more me) staying North of the Victorian Border... otherwise he's likely to have lumps in what I'm well renowned for.   I hear sheer terror will do that to a person... and my curried cabbage reputation does precede me.

and now yr gonna be real close to riverlink.....i luv that place... i often go there on payday to buy a few dvds.
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Yeah, I've been to Riverlink once or twice, and I don't mind it.... just about everything you could ever want under one roof.  Last time I was up there I bought a Pioneer receiver/tuner from JB-Hifi to get surround sound for my entertainment setup... tho it becomes a little obsolete now I've got this ubeaut home cinema system.  Oh well, we got upstairs - downstairs, so it won't go to waste.

I guess now that we'll be up that way, we will shop there more often because of the huge variety it offers over our piddly Goodna shopping centre.

(doesn't that just piss you off... spell centre and other stuff the proper English way, and the English spell checker says you've got it wrong :S Damned Yanks :-"   Hehe ;P )

Anyhow, could be that we'll run into you (not literally) at Riverlink, and maybe go to Gloria Jean's for a coffee or something.... if not, we pour a pretty mean post-shop  Coke. :sun:

 

Reply #65 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Mates, malls, movies,, Moving has never been so nice.:grin:

Is it going fast enough for you's?      I'm betting not.... :sun:

Reply #66 from WinCustomize Forums Top

(doesn't that just piss you off... spell centre and other stuff the proper English way, and the English spell checker says you've got it wrong Damned Yanks Hehe )
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Hmmm..... looks to me like the spell checker knows something you don't, mate.

Or is it the spell chequer (the one you used on the title of the OP)? ;P ;)

Reply #67 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Oi vay, you yoots better behave, or it's the death Panels for da both o yu's. *_*

And Doc, I think you meant liquor, not checkyeur.....

Reply #68 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Is it going fast enough for you's? I'm betting not...
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Nah, I'd like t

Hmmm..... looks to me like the spell checker knows something you don't, mate.
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have been there yesterday... it's just our current lease holding us back, basically. :'(

"Ere, now don't you go getting all colonial/anti-England on me here.  Oz is a former colony of Mother England as well. and we saw no need to bastardise the English language to gain our own identity... nor tip shiploads of tea into Sydney's harbour.. 

Oh, that's right, the US is the illiterate bastard child of Mother England... not that it makes "honor/valor" any less excusable. :rofl:

Or is it the spell chequer (the one you used on the title of the OP)?
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Now wot's wrong wiv a lil typo between friends???  It bain't be like I spells stuff rong all tha tyme, be it?? :-"

And Doc, I think you meant liquor, not checkyeur.....
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I knew a teetotal prostitute once.... preferred men to liquor  :-" :X :typo: :grin:

Reply #69 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Do they know your moving? :-"

  :grin:

Reply #70 from WinCustomize Forums Top

"Ere, now don't you go getting all colonial/anti-England on me here. Oz is a former colony of Mother England as well. and we saw no need to bastardise the English language to gain our own identity... nor tip shiploads of tea into Sydney's harbour..

Oh, that's right, the US is the illiterate bastard child of Mother England... not that it makes "honor/valor" any less excusable.
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Baygon...Baygon....where's that Baygon/Raid when you need it?
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:P

have been there yesterday... it's just our current lease holding us back, basically.
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You mean you can't move...or they're gonna screw you with $$ to get out of the lease?

 

 

Reply #71 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Do they know your moving?
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Yes, they provided me with a cork... to be shure, to be shure.  ;)

You mean you can't move...or they're gonna screw you with $$ to get out of the lease?
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It's all about the lease.... if we move before it expires we lose the $1200 bond.   I'd rather have that back than hand it over to some real estate agent who will have spent nothing to get the place here re-rented within days of our leaving.  The new tenant is already on their books and she is ready to move in the moment we vacate, but the real estate would still keep our bond.... it's standard practice, deserving or not.

Nah, I'll do the right thing in every respect and give no cause for our bond to be forfeited... then if there's a dispute with the property manager I will have a good case with the actual property owner, who is a decent and fair-minded woman and I'm sure she will refund our bond if the real estate property manager decides to be difficult. The place is much cleaner than when we moved in, and some of the maintenance that needed doing then was done by me, so there should be no problems.

 

Reply #72 from WinCustomize Forums Top

My brother moved 3 x this year, he hates moving so he made sure to find one he really liked. Now he's happy again. But, he still has 2 more damage deposits to yet collect on.  Not that he moves alot, He was at his old apartment for 10 years. It, like alot of the apartments here are turned

into condos...OMG  Anything half decient, Poof, you're a condo. :(O And big monai $ to purchase.. :rolleyes:

But, if your rent is paid you can move out however ahead of time, with no penalties. Because they have their money in hand. It's getting your money back out of their grubbly little hands. *_*

I know it will go well. :sun:

Reply #73 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It's getting your money back out of their grubbly little hands.
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And therein lies the problem.  It seems the more money these 'grubby little hands' has the more these 'grubby little hands' want.. whether it's legit or not, deserved or not, they want it.  It has been a bone of contention here for many years, with property managers keeping bonds without due cause.  Often times the property owners know nothing about this, so I discovered, so it's not on the owners behalf, but jut another pocket lining thing wealthy real estates use to get richer.

I know it will go well.
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Thank you!  I'm pretty sure it will as well, mostly due to the fact that we know the owner and know that she is a fair minded and honest person.

:sun:

Reply #74 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Do they know your moving?
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that is just so appropriate.

So, Starkers and maybe I missed it as I haven't visited this post recently, when are you moving.

Reply #75 from WinCustomize Forums Top

So, Starkers and maybe I missed it as I haven't visited this post recently, when are you moving.
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It was going to be early to mid-August, but now it will be Sept 10th - 11th... as it seems most convenient for all parties then.