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Love G&Ts. When I used to go out Friday nights after work I would always drink them in preference to beer or wine, found they rarely led to a hangover. Don't drink much at all these days but still have the odd one when I find myself at a pub for a drink.
I generally drink them after 4 or 5 beers. They go down very easy when you're bloated as ****.
 

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I have two friends in England who are about to get married soon (was thinking about taking LSL to actually attend their wedding/holiday for me, but decided against it just too far) and I want to get them a present.

Issue is postage will cost a ****ing arm and leg and I really just want to get them something for no more than $50. (bit more if another person puts in who knows them).

Any ideas what I can get them, other than a bag of air?

Or perhaps order them flowers in the area where they live??
 
I have two friends in England who are about to get married soon (was thinking about taking LSL to actually attend their wedding/holiday for me, but decided against it just too far) and I want to get them a present.

Issue is postage will cost a ****ing arm and leg and I really just want to get them something for no more than $50. (bit more if another person puts in who knows them).

Any ideas what I can get them, other than a bag of air?

Or perhaps order them flowers in the area where they live??
Couldn't you just buy something from a online store over there? What is the exchange rate like?
 
Couldn't you just buy something from a online store over there? What is the exchange rate like?

Idk- that would probably just end up just as expensive. Remember I'm not going to the wedding. This is more a.... idk. Small token present. Still $50 that's a lot of cash for me. Hopefully this other person will put some $$ in.
 
Idk- that would probably just end up just as expensive. Remember I'm not going to the wedding. This is more a.... idk. Small token present. Still $50 that's a lot of cash for me. Hopefully this other person will put some $$ in.
Could buy them a Groupon (or alternate UK versions), print it out along with a nice handwritten note then post it over thus avoiding expensive freight.
 
Could buy them a Groupon (or alternate UK versions), print it out along with a nice handwritten note then post it over thus avoiding expensive freight.

Aaaaah I like the way you think! Will hunt around for that too. Not sure what they'd like tho. The guy is big into adventure stuff (is always up high- works with trees)- the girl not so much. And neither of them are big drinkers either- so anything with alcohol is out.

And they're British, I know!!
 
When buying or renting? (In most jurisdictions) it is mandatory for landlords to provide connection, if NBN is available it usually the only thing available. Be crazy for developers not to include it if its there, it would have to be done straight afterwards anyway.
We bought, however the suburb does not have NBN.
 

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So guys, I am starting to dip my toe into the 'purchasing a new car' waters, and I went and test-drove a Mazda 3 Maxx Sport (2011). Has anyone got a Mazda, or this car? I liked the feel of it on the road but admittedly I only drove around the corner and then up South Road (Moorabbin).

I had a look at some online reviews when I got home and found a lot of comments saying that it's clunky, uses a lot of fuel, acceleration is poor and sounds like an airship when driving, so this has doused my enthusiasm a little bit.

Anyone got any advice on what to do/what not to do when buying a car from a dealership? Sorry for the strange, open-ended question but yeah, just a little confused doing this on my own. Would hate to buy the first car I test-drive, but I honestly have no idea what else to try.

P.S. preferably looking for a car suitable to the city but also have family up in the country so also wouldn't mind something I can fang up the freeway in.
 

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I know I have asked before, but has anybody got a fair idea how offset accounts work re: mortgage?

For arguments sake, let's say we have 50k by the time of settlement. If we want to throw 35k straight onto the mortgage, spend 10k on furniture etc, and keep 5k in the bank - does all of it become redundant as it's an offset account and goes straight to the mortgage anyway, and we just take out what we need/want?

Done a bit of a shit job at explaining it, sorry if I am unclear. Any advice would be appreciative. Cheers folks.
 
So guys, I am starting to dip my toe into the 'purchasing a new car' waters, and I went and test-drove a Mazda 3 Maxx Sport (2011). Has anyone got a Mazda, or this car? I liked the feel of it on the road but admittedly I only drove around the corner and then up South Road (Moorabbin).

Got a new Mazda3 for my wife a few months ago. Fantastic little car. We use it for exacly what you describe. Great economy around the suburbs but lots of fun on the highway. Plenty of features, multiple awards and top of class for safety too.

We were tossing up between this and the Hyundai Elantra and I'm very happy with our choice.
 
So guys, I am starting to dip my toe into the 'purchasing a new car' waters, and I went and test-drove a Mazda 3 Maxx Sport (2011). Has anyone got a Mazda, or this car? I liked the feel of it on the road but admittedly I only drove around the corner and then up South Road (Moorabbin).

I had a look at some online reviews when I got home and found a lot of comments saying that it's clunky, uses a lot of fuel, acceleration is poor and sounds like an airship when driving, so this has doused my enthusiasm a little bit.

Anyone got any advice on what to do/what not to do when buying a car from a dealership? Sorry for the strange, open-ended question but yeah, just a little confused doing this on my own. Would hate to buy the first car I test-drive, but I honestly have no idea what else to try.

P.S. preferably looking for a car suitable to the city but also have family up in the country so also wouldn't mind something I can fang up the freeway in.
We've got a Mazda 3 and it's been very reliable, no complaints on how it runs or anything like that. I used to have a Mazda 2 and when I got to drive the 3 I thought it was a treat (the 2 was so so tiny). They are expensive to maintain if you go through Mazda but if you're buying a used one then I guess that won't be a problem!
 
We've got a Mazda 3 and it's been very reliable, no complaints on how it runs or anything like that. I used to have a Mazda 2 and when I got to drive the 3 I thought it was a treat (the 2 was so so tiny). They are expensive to maintain if you go through Mazda but if you're buying a used one then I guess that won't be a problem!

How's the fuel efficiency?
 
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