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Old 09-02-2012, 06:06 AM   #16
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S'true. Mum was able to buy very similar tea in Oz. And it probably wasn't home-grown.
Admittedly she couldn't buy the exact brand and flavour she likes... When I say she's fussy I'm not being overly harsh. The woman can tell the difference between water boiled in a saucepan (her preference) or in a kettle.
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Old 09-02-2012, 09:09 AM   #17
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Funny, the Americans are similarly strict but they allow tea. That's all banana lady has in her suitcase.
God help you if you try to tax it, though.

Chris, you'll be landing at the start of the football finals season. If you're in Sydney, that means rugby league, but IIRC you're going to Melbourne, which is Aussie Rules. They're pretty crazy about it there. You might find it helps to have a team. You'd probably do best with one of the Melbourne-based teams, and of these Hawthorn or Collingwood are a fair chance to win the cup.

Just don't say you're "rooting" for a footy team. We only use that word as a verb to mean having sex with.
Unless you are rooting for the team, of course.
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Old 09-02-2012, 09:41 AM   #18
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We have a new kettle. It's making the tea taste all wrong. Both of us can taste it. I may be a little "fussy" but beest certainly isn't. (He married me, after all....)
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Old 09-02-2012, 06:12 PM   #19
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Chris, have you looked on the internet for the cream you use? In some cases you can get stuff like that delivered by post and if customs don't happen to check it, it might get through. I assume that'd be the illegal way to do it, but if it's really important to you to have it, then I guess you would have to make that call.

The other alternative is to go see a doc here as soon as you land and get something similar that's legal in Oz. If you only need a couple of weeks supply you might be ok dollar wise. A doctors appointment will only cost you about $50, then the script will cost whatever it costs. You could have it sorted within a couple of hours.
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Old 09-02-2012, 06:21 PM   #20
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After a quick websearch, it looks like there's a product called 'testogel' which is legal in Australia. You should talk to your doc in the US and see if you can get that brand maybe? Alternatively, get your doc to contact a doc local to the area you'll be staying over here and arrange an appointment for you ahead of time.
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Old 09-03-2012, 02:59 PM   #21
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sorry for being off-topic but i couldnt resist:

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Old 09-03-2012, 03:28 PM   #22
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Major Haggis!

If'n you want to visit Aus, Ibby, my Uncle would put you up.
You'd be a bus ride away from meeting Ali.

I only say that so that when you are rich & notorious I can contact you and borrow for the airfare to go myself. It's the thought that counts, right?
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Old 09-03-2012, 05:16 PM   #23
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Clock spider! *shudder*
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Old 09-03-2012, 08:34 PM   #24
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We have picture spiders in our house, Razz.

Its a bit of a hazard moving pictures here, but I can usually see a leg poking out as a warning.
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Old 09-03-2012, 08:49 PM   #25
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Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!! I'm so not travelling anywhere, ever. I can handle regular teeny boring non-lethal spiders.. but giant and/or deadly ones freak me out something fierce!
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Old 09-03-2012, 08:55 PM   #26
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It was in the news recently that the stocks of anti-venom for funnel web spiders are running low, and the lab that makes it are low on spiders, and so ... wait for it ... they are asking the public to bring in funnel web spiders if they trap them.

Ummm , am I the only one who can see this going badly wrong?
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Old 09-03-2012, 09:15 PM   #27
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It was in the news recently that the stocks of anti-venom for funnel web spiders are running low, and the lab that makes it are low on spiders, and so ... wait for it ... they are asking the public to bring in funnel web spiders if they trap them.

Ummm , am I the only one who can see this going badly wrong?
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They have ample venom glands that lie entirely within their chelicerae. Their fangs are large and powerful, capable of penetrating fingernails and soft shoes.
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Old 09-03-2012, 10:08 PM   #28
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The bite of the funnel web spider is immediately painful, due to the acidity of the venom and the large size of the fangs. The fangs can exceed 7 mm in length and can penetrate fingernails and the skulls of small vertebrates such as lizards. If the fangs are deeply imbedded in the flesh, the spider may be difficult to remove.
Paraphrased from a Guide to Dangerous Australian Animals. Emphasis added, for the sake of the shudders.

Have a great time, Chris.
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Old 09-03-2012, 10:27 PM   #29
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Hey, you're addressing a world traveler who has survived the wilds of Africa, Paris, and other inhospitable environs. He ain't scairt.
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Old 09-03-2012, 10:55 PM   #30
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Yeah, he probably won't see any funnel webs anyway.


They're far too fast to see.
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