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Listed below are comments made by kenilworth88 between Wednesday, 28th May 2008 and Wednesday, 8th October 2008.

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Capello will keep England grounded 1:14pm on 08 Oct 2008 Why does Gerrard have to play????? Are you suggesting he is picked because of who he is????.....tut, tut, tut..............The midfield against Croatia was the most balanced seen for a long, long time...........Lampard form wise both for england and chelsea deserves to stay in the team.........sorry gerrard time to sit this one out..........
Capello and Barwick suffer as England struggle 09:13am on 21 Aug 2008 Rebecca Adlington earns £12,000 a year and has to rely on handouts from her Mum and Dad.
I think John terry and the boys need to start pulling their fingers out and earning their wages ... and when they see Ms Adlington on that open top bus with her 2 gold medals, they should feel ashamed that they can't put that much commitment into competing for their country.

Team England hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Follow-ups and feedback 4:24pm on 29 May 2008 oooooohhh ark at her time for the personal insult's now is it?????............LOL .........................pull your head in luv............................

Lots of people in lots of countries have fantastic lifestyles and pride in their countries of resisdence but you don't hear them going on about it all the time do you????? ....................................Ohhh please listern to me as i descibe that wooooonderful lifestlye of mine,blah,blah,blah.......................must be that Aussie paranoia kicking in again...........
Follow-ups and feedback 2:17pm on 29 May 2008 youngspeaker;

"we brag about it so am sorry for that..."

LOL................and don't we know it.....................
Follow-ups and feedback 12:16pm on 29 May 2008 sj2533

Not sure where you got the 'nasty' from
espicialy in comparision to comments made from certain other people about the UK, (try reading thru some of youngspeakers previous posts) perhaps your all abit senstive oop Norf!!!

Funnily enough your trying to say exactly what i am that both places have their Pros and Cons!!!!! I too enjoyed my time in OZ but that didn't stop me from seeing the bad side of the place. Whilst myself and Mrs Kennilworth88 have chosen to live in the UK believe me it hasn't stopped me seeing the negative sides of the UK as well!!!!

Bombshell time...............................I too was born in OZ (all be it to 5 dollar poms who left after 5 years, although my brother has settled in Melbourne and is happily raising his family there)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just don't go for the "all is great in OZ propaganda"

My apologies for any OZ who's nose i may have put out of joint with my sense of humour but i thought i might try to address the balance by mentioning a few negative truths about Australia and that yes like the UK you too have social problems and yes believe it or not.......not everyone classes it as the ultimate paradise to live.......

You may now continue.....................
Follow-ups and feedback 09:04am on 29 May 2008 Hi sj2533

I was just trying to highlight to youngspeaker that OZ isn't the all welcoming paradise that she made out it to be compared to the UK..................My comment about 'almost enjoying OZ' was meant very much tongue in cheek believe me if i truely hated the place i doubt i would have lasted 6 years.........my apologies if that whooooshed over your head!!!!!!!

The main drift i was trying to get at was that both countries have problems, and to be honest what country doesn't??? I've lived in too many countries around the world not to realise that!!!!..............

I'm not sure why but their seems to be almost a paranoir concerning OZZies and their obsession with wanting to be liked by everyone.........something i picked up on when watching TV out there was whenever a non OZ was getting interviewed on TV one of the first questions asked would always be "well what do you think of OZ?", it's almost as if you need constantly reasurring by strangers that you do live in a wonderful country. Whether this is down to a historical lack of confidence as a nation i'm not sure, whatever the reason it is strange considering how you do punch above your weight in many fields (I'll try not to mention the cricket!!!!!)

Sometimes on here it almost seems like a crime to slag off oz whereas it's a free for all when slagginging off the UK(although i do realsie that pommie bashing is a natiponal sport)...........you can't say one bad thing about oz without someone jumping back down your throat and highlighting what great beaches, weather, blah,blah,blah oZ has..........yeah cool, great get over it..........blah,blah,blah

Anyway i will repeat "different horse's for different course's.........................and believe me even though it may look it, very rarely is the grass greener on the other side of the fence!!!!!!
Follow-ups and feedback 7:07pm on 28 May 2008 Agent00Soul

For the record the price of chicken in OZ has gone through the roof something to do with a grain shortage or something..........LOL....
Follow-ups and feedback 7:03pm on 28 May 2008 Hi youngspeaker

LOL........Glad to hear that you have had some good experiences regarding the UK..........LOL......

The way you come across towards the UK sometimes just seems so very negative (any excuse for a bit of pommie bashing hey...LOL)........my post was just trying to point out that this country and OZ all have their bad points some shared some different..........

What you say about what the average Oz thinks about the Uk from my experience couldn't be further from the truth...... Mrs Kenilworth88 is from Melbourne (main reason why i stayed in OZ for so long) and i know after 3 years she is loving it, she has many brit friends and a career that has bloomed whilst here..........We have many friends from melbourne who love the UK and London in particular(many having decided to stay long term, some went back home early, The same can be said for Brits in OZ from statistics a couple of years ago a larger number of Brits who had moved to OZ had returned to the UK within 2 years than had stayed!!!! (Now you don't hear that stat very often from the Ozzie propaganda machine )....... I guess What i am try to say is............ different horses for different courses.

Now for a rant:

Something that really gets my goat up is the constant banging on about how OZ is the most perfect place on this planet. Although this does understandably come from Ozzies the worst people are the Brits who rant on about OZ although the closest they have been to Oz is watching dross like Neighbours etc.
You couldn't believe the amount times i have been asked "ooh why did you come back OZ is awesome" and always from people who have never visited or just done a 2 week hoilday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rant Over

Anyway we could go on for weeks arguing the pros and cons of both our wonderful countries hope you have a great remainder 4 months and a brilliant trip home...........

On a funny side note concerning water when we over in Melbourne last november visiting family and friends it was announced that lake Eildon (one of melbournes main water sources) was so dry it was declared a FIRE RISK!!!!!!!!!!!! Fair dinkum cobbber i wouldn't lie to you............LOL
Follow-ups and feedback 4:52pm on 28 May 2008 Hi YoungSpeaker

I have read with interest some of your commenst regarding the UK and London in general........the conclusion i come too??? is that you are one homesick luveeeee!!!and you are wearing one hell of a pair of rose tinted glasses!!!!! ......... Not having a go for i was exactly the same for the Uk after 6 years in Melbourne.......I couldn't wait to get home.........and everything i saw in OZ was wrong and awful....and everything in the UK was hunky dory........
Now don't get me wrong for a couple of years i almost enjoyed my time in OZ.....but one look at online oz papers and you will notice that not all is well in the so called pardise they call Australia......... Interest rates about to hit 10%, inflation at a 25 year high, petrol prices have rose 50% in a year, violence on the increase, late night curfews being brought in for CBD's, water shortages, monthly food costs up $139 in the last year..........A public health service creaking at the seams, an ageing transport system fit to burst ...........Experience's from living in the reservoir area of melbourne also tell's me that you are far from racialy at peace with yourself's.........Now where did i get this info from???? well........thats right the Ozzie press..........
A bit of advice try and enjoy your time in this wonderful country you may not get another oppurtunity.......true we too have our problems but what country dosen't.......

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