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Australian, deconstructed into English, Scots, Welsh, (probably) Irish, French, Swedish. That I know of. Basically a mongrel dawg. :D And proudly convict stock.

Spectra, I'm a nerd and have these issues. But I'm 48 years old, and have learned they're not actually issues. I spent a childhood being told I was shy. I'm not shy. I can mix it with 'em. Just learn that you're not shy - you sound to me like you're reserved. So am I. So are a lot of us...

Nice weather we're having...

http://factmyth.com/factoids/toilets-flush-backwards-in-australia/

Water in toilets doesnt spin the other way. Huge weather systems do. Yes, 'last fuel 400km' signs exist. There are stations (ranches) that are the size of Belgium. And then there's the deserts. But you have to buy the land and pay tax.

Shhhhhh... :) That museum page is quite academic, but it misses out some key facts: 1. The drop bear tends to prefer as prey those humans who do not have an Australian accent. Foreign tourists are advised to not speak when in woodland areas. 2. Sometimes a drop bear will drop onto a human...

I must confess I have never heard of the first. Might be a different Aboriginal nation (lots of languages). I'd be scared of a bunyip, for sure. Don't ask about the drop bears.

Collapse at home (where you live alone) and spend 4 1/2 months in hospital. The fridge is ummm... interesting. :D

Naizo, I've been there too. Relatively recently. Your experience fits almost to the exact last detail with mine. My life is infinitely better now, and I'm free. You're getting there too. Sucks at the time, but you WILL get there. Trust me on this one.

This is very good advice, but if I may add to it.... Parents need to pick up a few skills with this stuff too.  I had a relationship with a woman who had a small child.   I basically loved this boy, and was the most involved adult in his life (his mother was working two jobs, I was working...

Maturity is that time in your life when you start to know how much you don't know.

Thanks Jently. It's appreciated a lot. :)

Thank you so much Pathfinder and everyone. This means a lot. I'm so sorry I didn't even see this thing until now. I must seem terribly rude. I had a great day, full of love and general cool stuff. Y'all rock! :)

OK. I was a nerd at school. I'm 48 and can only give you my life experience. The "popular girl" will end up with a teenaged pregnancy and spend her life overweight and working at Walmart on minimum wage. You will quietly do well. I'm not saying this to be nice; I'm saying it because I'm old...

Sydney. Sunday morning (I'm a timelord). Sunny, 20 degrees C. And it's the third day of winter. Some of that North American REAL winter you guys have would be nice. They'll strip me of my Australian passport for this, but I much prefer the cold.

I don't have a problem with any of those.  "Rather" maybe can be a little 1930s British if used too much, but "though"?  That's just a regular word to me, no more overly formal than words like "it" or "cow".    "Neither/nor" is simply correct usage. What I think you are looking for is stuff...

You poor, sad, little fool.  You deluded twerp with the IQ of a sea slug.  Begone from my noble presence, peasant! I kid, I kid...   You're cool.  I just couldn't help myself...    :) I'll tell you a real pet peeve that's only sprung up lately, and shouldn't happen in these days of internet...

I lived at Bondi Beach in the 80s.  It was a fantastic place.  I was a three minute walk from the water.   But now, it's awful.  Insanely overpriced and full of millionaires.  But also, strangely down-at-heel.  Full of backpacker hostels, the inhabitants of which are drunk and stoned, vomit on...

I wouldn't go to one. We have a couple of nudist beaches on Sydney Harbour. It's not the nudists I'm worried about; it's the dirty old raincoat-wearing men with binoculars and cameras lurking in the nearby bushes. Also white people should NOT go nude in the Australian sun. Ouch.

There is NO greater love than that between a mother and child. Understand and accept this, and you'll be OK. Try to change it, and you may as well try to turn the tide. You can't. And you'll be shown the door.