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How do you tell if you are a true Aussie?

Here are Richard Glover's 43 top ways to tell if you're a local.
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You could bring back the hula hoop if you found a way of connecting it to the net

TWITTER is a social networking site that allows you to answer (in 140 characters or fewer) the question: "What are you doing now?" Yesterday no one had heard of Twitter. Today half the world has signed on with Twitter.
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Dealing with the nonaganerian within

My body is ageing in the strangest of ways. Everything on the left of me is going. My left toe, left knee, left hip. I have a sore tooth, left side naturally, and a left wrist that throbs when the weather changes. My right side, on the other hand, is perfect.
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Spring is eternal, just like weeds

The glory of a Sydney spring begins at 7 o'clock one Saturday morning when you stand at your back door and marvel at the beauty of the season. It finishes 2 minutes later when you notice the first weed pushing up between the paving stones on the back porch.
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The suggestible woman

Living with a suggestible woman is a lottery. Especially if she's a big reader. For years, Jocasta's mood has been influenced by what she's been reading.
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