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Re: The Adelaide Journal

Wed, 07 September 2005 05:26

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Sport
They have AFL, AFL and more AFL. I fear than when the AFL season is over that 3 radio stations, 2 newspapers and 1 TV station will have to close down 'cos they'd have nothing to report. There are 2 teams over here - The Crows and Port. It seems that supporters do not like each other. However, there appears to be a general dislike for Mebournian teams. Well, actually I just think that, in general, Adelaidians don't like much about Melbourne.

wait till the crows win the grand final this year and you'll see something youve never seen before..

back in 97/98 on both years the city went from dead quiet on a saturday arvo, to at least 100,000 people screaming and chanting and yelling in victory celebrations within the space of half an hour! burnouts on rundle street under a massive crows scarf stretched across the road.. everything! the cops were doin burnouts too! it was super! (gross misappropriation of taxpayer dollars i think, but least they werent there to serve and defect!)

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Traffic
Still looking around to see a traffic jam. One day, in the evening peak 5-minutes I saw some cars stop for a few seconds before moving on. I love the roads over here and the few (compared to Sydney) cars. However, not many drivers seem to understand how roundabouts work, moreso than Syndey drivers. Over here they go through the speed humps so quick that you often hear the car scrape and complain. I find this amusing. Zebra crossings seem to mean nothing to the average Adelaidian driver and their use of the indicator when turning is almost non-existent.

refer to my above comment regarding crows winning the grand final.. then youll have the western distributor on a friday afternoon x 100

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Cars
Hehehehehe. A few nice cars, but a lot of older shitboxes. I seem to see a lot of older Honda Civics - and I'm talking about the real old ones that were cute and had the metal bumpers.

i seem to remember adelaide being pretty rotary mad.. usually the meets/cruises used to start around the Rocca Bros Thebarton carpark on friday nights/saturday nights.. If you get a chance head on down to a Small Car Sunday (if thats still on..) when its comes around, that usually brings out about 400 of adelaides finest. I remember a lot of RX3's and RX2's from back when i was there..

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Hoons
Quite a few around. The thing that gets me is when these boofheads rev their engines, play loud doof-doof, scream the tyres or let their pop-off blow loudly, everyone nearby looks at them with a semi-impressed expression. In Sydney you just shake your head and laugh at these clowns or don't even bother to look at them. I think that over time the locals will adopt the same nonchalance.

Stay away from Heaven II an the Planetarium and this problem should not affect you much Smile

Oh and Glenelg on a Saturday.

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Houses
I love the local houses and their gardens. There's some really, really cool and big old places that look fantastic. I'd like to own such a house. Their gardens are usually well kept with lots of bushes and trees and heaps of great birds. I haven't seen a Willy Wagtail in Sydney for years, but they're over here and gee I like them. Most houses seem to have a carport and use the garage as a workshop.

my sentiments exactly. take a drive down Queen Victoria Avenue near Cumberland Park.. thats where im goanna live one day! Very Happy

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Churches
Crikey, Mother of God, they do have a lot of churches around here. It takes me 12 minutes to walk to work and I pass 6 of the mothers! I can't say they're nice looking churches where I am. Blandish buildings with the occasional stain-glass window. I got to go elsewhere to check out the more grand cathedrals. Mind you, the local churches ring their bells on Sunday and I find this rather quaint and satisfying. For those that watch WWE Smackdown, one of the bells a sounds like the Undertaker's bells and I get a smile out of that. Also, the churches in my area are never packed - nor are their car parks. I suppose that's what happens when you have so many churches that each congregation will be relatively small.

funnily enough, yes adelaide is the city of churches, but they dont specify WHICH churches. for reference sake, adelaide is also the centre of the Church of Satan in australia as well, which probably relates to the comments about the Goths above Smile

(i am yet to see a good christian goth..)

Culture.. you gotta love it Smile

Have you had your first Pie Floater yet? Laughing

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