Aussies?

[nicomac]

Hi there. Just wondered if there are any Aussies out there in the community? This is my second time doing PP and I'm determined not to fall off the wagon this time!! Lost nearly 20kgs (45lb) last time then put some back on by being slack, and more after surgery. I've been back just short of 2 weeks and have lost 3 1/2 kgs (7 3/4 lbs) , with about 10kg (23lbs) to go, and feeling much healthier. It'd be great to compare notes and ideas - and talk about 'local' foods and brands - with other Aussies.

[maxlharris]

mcsblues is in Oz.
I think we may have had a New Zealander about. Maybe that was a different board.

It seems, most people who gain back, gain it back through being slack.

[mcsblues]

I think we may have had a New Zealander about.

And the relevance of this is??:p

What's it like being Canadian Max?;)

[maxlharris]

I imagine there are a lot of similar products and issues between where you are and NZ.

Given the population of both, it'd be more appropriate to ask how I like being a Texan or a Californian. I enjoyed both.

[mcsblues]

Nope. In fact it would be more appropriate for me to ask you if you like being a Mexican! :slywink:

[maxlharris]

If I'm Canadian, it's nice to enjoy socialized medicine.

If I'm Mexican, I enjoy the hell out of being one of la raza.

[mcsblues]

Yeah I'm not having a go at Canadians, Mexicans or even Kiwis if it comes to that. The point is they are all completely different countries - not states. NZ is about 1500 of your miles away and yes, while there have been ideas floated to unite ... the idea of Australia as the 51st state has also been raised ... and both have about the same probability of coming about ... and over roughly the same multitude of cold dead corpses (on both sides no doubt).

[Mitra]

Without threatening your national identity, Malcolm, I would think that in the context of a largely American forum, there might be some things that you and NZ have in common that are different from the US - just as sometimes it feels as if Australian and UK cultures are closer, not because they're actually all that similar, but because they're both "not America" so don't have various US brands, use SI units etc.

[mcsblues]

Not feeling threatened at all, and I agree with you to some extent but didn't want to get into an US v the rest of the world contest. Sort of reminds me of being a child and some adult saying you are the same age as so and so's children so of course you will have lots in common! I have tried this in reverse on my now elderly parents ... for some reason they don't think it applies to them!:)

[Mitra]

:lol: My friend said she found the same effect when she went to some "mother and baby" meetings and found that having recently given birth wasn't enough in common to make her suddenly feel warm and cosy with a bunch of strangers.

Do you think Nicomac has an answer to the original question now? :)

[mcsblues]

Do you think Nicomac has an answer to the original question now? :)

I did actually answer it in another thread.:slywink:

[maxlharris]

US Centric apologies winging south and west. I do understand that NZ and Oz are not as close as Chicago and Toronto, though are as close as LA and Hawaii. Likewise, I do understand that there are large cultural gaps between the two, as there are between Chicago and Hawaii, or even Chicago and Chihuahua.