Numbers coming home from Australia?

WhiteWalls · 09-06-2014 12:44AM #1

Has anybody else noticed a lot coming home from Oz lately? I often wonder to myself how many will actually stay away in different countries

Banjo String · 09-06-2014 12:47AM

No way? Numbers is coming home?

I was talking to his da in the pub this evening. He never mentioned it. (maybe hes surprising him)

(and I hope auld number doesn't think I've forgotten he owes me thirty five euro either)

Sir Arthur Daley · 09-06-2014 12:49AM

There is no way Numbers is coming home yet, them sums don't add up.

WhiteWalls · 09-06-2014 12:49AM

Banjo String wrote: »

No way? Numbers is coming home?

I was talking to his da in the pub this evening. He never mentioned it. (maybe hes surprising him)

(and I hope auld numbers doesn't think I've forgotten he owes me thirty five euro either)

What does he owe u it for? thinning turnips?

Banjo String · 09-06-2014 12:51AM

WhiteWalls wrote: »

What does he owe u it for? thinning turnips?

Give him tree fiddy to put on a 10-1 shot. It won.

TeddyTedson · 09-06-2014 01:00AM

I'd love to see a big number appear in the post tomorrow.

09-06-2014 01:01AM

It won't be reported how many are coming home from Australia, it would put a dent in the "tragic emigrant" narrative the media are doing right now.
The only time it'll be mentioned will be in an article about those poor guys who went off for a few years and expected to be able to sign on immediately and they can't and the government are terrible because of that just like it was terrible last year and the year before and the year before.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 09-06-2014 01:17AM

Cant wait for them to regale me with tales from Oz.

If its that good there fcuk back there then.

09-06-2014 01:36AM

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

Cant wait for them to regale me with tales from Oz.

Don't worry, they'll tell you every last ****ing detail about it several times over.

WhiteWalls · 09-06-2014 01:37AM

ya sometimes it seems nothing can be talked about without it all going back to talking about Australia

nibble · 09-06-2014 02:07AM

I think people seem to forget that the majority of young people are just going on working holiday visas for up to two years maximum. I'd imagine there's considerably less people that would qualify for skilled worker migration and so forth.

It's not as easy to up and feck off as a lot of people think it is.

B.A._Baracus · 09-06-2014 02:18AM

nibble wrote: »

I think people seem to forget that the majority of young people are just going on working holiday visas for up to two years maximum. I'd imagine there's considerably less people that would qualify for skilled worker migration and so forth.

It's not as easy to up and feck off as a lot of people think it is.

Very true.
That's the thing about the news reports about people moving away to Canada or Australia... Vast majority of people will have to come back.

Gotta love the EU tho

Nothing stopping someone from just packing their bags and living years in a different country. None of this visa mess.

catbear · 09-06-2014 02:23AM

A lot the mine related construction work is finishing here, plenty of going away parties but generally most seem to be following the work, engineers heading to the middle east etc.

Working holiday visa will always supply a trickle of returns to Ireland. They can claim after a penalty period if they declare Ireland as their normal domicile after being elsewhere. The fact they weren't Australian residents helps.

the groutch · 09-06-2014 07:06AM

Banjo String wrote: »

Give him tree fiddy to put on a 10-1 shot. It won.

then you'd be owed €38.50

Duckworth_Luas · 09-06-2014 07:09AM

When you go will you send back a number from Australia?

Arthur Beesley · 09-06-2014 07:25AM

Banjo String wrote: »

Give him tree fiddy to put on a 10-1 shot. It won.

So he owes you three fiddy.

bette · 09-06-2014 07:43AM

Captain Cook came back from Australia. He was homesick!

Columbus came back from the Americas

St. Brendan came back from America.

Homesickness is a terrible ailment.

userod · 09-06-2014 07:50AM

Banjo String wrote: »

Give him tree fiddy to put on a 10-1 shot. It won.

Well then, he doesnt owe you €35 euro. He owe's you €38.50.

€35 in winnings and your €3.50 back aswell.

Mad4simmental · 09-06-2014 07:52AM

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

There is no way Numbers is coming home yet, them sums don't add up.

Their are thousands coming home and I was one of them. Every friend of mine abroad will not be far behind me.

Mad4simmental · 09-06-2014 07:59AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Don't worry, they'll tell you every last ****ing detail about it several times over.

Probably a better conversation than hearing about you complain that you have to drag your hole off the couch once a week to collect your free money.

Yes it's small minded people like you that say you will go do this and that, all your life but many years will pass and guess what you will still be a I'll go do this person. Pull back your curtain and pass your view on the world outside WE DONT CARE

Dan_Solo · 09-06-2014 08:04AM

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Yes it's small mined people

Exquisite.

Mad4simmental · 09-06-2014 08:07AM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

Exquisite.

Fixed for you.

worded · 09-06-2014 08:15AM

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kpZbaz3Wlfw&feature=kp

Very funny URL above

Australia was ah mazing

Lambofdave · 09-06-2014 08:17AM

How many have come back in a box?
Australia isn't as nice a country as the sun and sand suggests

professore · 09-06-2014 08:19AM

Lambofdave wrote: »

How many have come back in a box?
Australia isn't as nice a country as the sun and sand suggests

Careful Now! Down with that sort of thing!

Mad4simmental · 09-06-2014 08:22AM

professore wrote: »

Careful Now! Down with that sort of thing!

He is right. Too many.

catbear · 09-06-2014 08:35AM

A damp day in Ireland won't kill you whereas oz has crocs, sunburn, sharks, ripcurls, bushfires, stingrays, snakes, spiders, women who look like men, angry drunks, racist rednecks, more religious freaks than Ireland, crap beer, crap food................

What the fook am I still doing here?

Oh yeah, the money.

jank · 09-06-2014 10:52AM

catbear wrote: »

A damp day in Ireland won't kill you whereas oz has crocs, sunburn, sharks, ripcurls, bushfires, stingrays, snakes, spiders, women who look like men, angry drunks, racist rednecks, more religious freaks than Ireland, crap beer, crap food................

What the fook am I still doing here?

Oh yeah, the money.

Eh what?

catbear · 09-06-2014 01:09PM

jank wrote: »

Eh what?

Budweiser is considered Premium Beer!
Beer like leffe that can be bought for €5 for a four pack in Lidl in Ireland can cost almost the same as one bottle in an bottle shop in Perth! Even their good local craft beer is really expensive in comparison, the last time I was back in Ireland a new craft pub was I drank was easily half the price. The wages may be good here but whatever advantage is lost to cost of living.

On the other hand there are smashing wines that are really cheap here and most places are BYO.

Pumpkinseeds · 09-06-2014 01:21PM

I have neighbours whose 3 adult children were still living at home. Currently 2 are in Australia staying with relatives, before that they were in America staying with relatives. The son came back from Australia then 1 daughter headed off over there, now the other daughters been there for a few months.

The 3 of them tend to come back and move in with the parents, work in the same factory as the mother for long enough to get the price of the flights and some spending money together before heading off for another year or so. Now they'd be in their early to mid 20's, I can't help wondering how much of this so called emigration in that age group is actually just extended holidaying. Of course a lot of people are leaving for a better life too.

Alf. A. Male · 09-06-2014 02:02PM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'd love to see a big number appear in the post tomorrow.

Here you go 7

Numbers coming home from Australia?

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