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Time to dispel some myths, heh:
So, do you have the Family Leg-Irons mounted over the mantle?
Yes, and a framed ticket-of-leave signed by the Gov'nor. No, FALSE, my folks emigrated from UK when I was a young'un, they weren't even transported (unlike the Bee Gees, who used to start fires as juveniles, until the local constabulary 'suggested' the family emigrate to Oz).
Is it true that Aussies drink their beer at room temperature?
FALSE. No, definitely not, not in this climate. That's a joke about the English not refrigerating beer told by Aussies.
many of them for trivial crimes like stealing a loaf of bread. Oh, how times have changed…
TRUE. I saw a doco the other day where a 14 year old girl had been given the death sentence in about 1778 for tricking another girl, taking her outer clothes and pawning them, at a time when people in London were basically starving. The judge thought this was an offence showing incorrigible moral turpitude in a 14 year old that required hanging. Luckily, the new colony needed breeding stock, and her sentence was commuted to 14 years transportation while she was lingering in the barges.
Canberra is a haven for bright, time-wasting public servants pretending to be efficient and effective.
TRUE, unfortunately. I always thought ajh was a private sector, outsourced kind of guy supplying IT services... ;)
I spent my life in China and the US, I wouldn’t mind something a bit different.
While I think of it, I don't know whether you'd find Sydney interesting, as there is a really big ethnic Chinese population there, which facilitates doing business and job-hunting sometimes. (Some people still claim a huge influx of rich HK businessmen caused the Sydney property boom, especially after the lease expired in 1997. It could have been a factor.) Other cities are more 'Anglo' generally, with more European immigration.
DS,
Thanks for the answers. What a relief to know that Aussies drink cold beer! I don't mind room temperature ale, but I loath to contemplate the taste of a warm Heiferweizen.
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My six saved searches in ZipRealty (covering Cupertino, Los Altos and Saratoga) are up an average of 15% since Dec 31. A realtor friend of mine had said that her agency was asking people to wait for at least a week after the new year, to avoid the dead season. In spite of this, some sellers seem to be jumping the gun already.
The majority of the listings show a reduction in "zestimate" from the peak which appears to have occured around mid-2006. I haven't spotted too many FB's yet - most of these are folks who bought and owned for a few years, although there are a few "extensively remodeled" flipjobs in the mix.
Asking prices seem a shade (sometimes even as much as a smidgen) lower than comparable asking prices last year - still obscenely overpriced, though.
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