I am putting this in here because I want it in here and the first one of you that moves it will be reduced to a writhing heap of cogs in seconds ! 
This appeared anonymously in a Local Magazine - thought I would share it …
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That made me laugh, Tabby - I know the feeling too! 
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Hah, I like that, Tabs.
Everyone in Oz says “How are you?” instead of “Hello”
It’s important to remember that.
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“How ya go’n?” surely
we’re not that posh! - but the transition from a dyed in the wool pom to a real ocker is an interesting process and can take years? right bruce 'mate?
I don’t know, I’ve lived here nearly 60 years. My kids claim I still have an English accent.
Oh my god they didn’t take ya tonsils out then - I thought they always did that when ya had half ya brain removed?
My tonsils and adenoids were removed and my sinuses cleaned at Cheltenham General in the butchery that went on in the 1950s in the early days of the NHS.
When I emigrated from the UK to Australia the collective IQ of both countries went down. 
Most people in Eire say ‘Howya’ - more or less the same, Smiffy.
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