WHAT!!!!!!!!!! I'm almost out of milk and i need petrol

LOL Grumpy. As long as you have enough drinks who cares about the milk? Besides, if you've had a few sherbets you shouldn't be driving anywhere so you won't need the petrol either.

Hope you had a good Crissie mate. Put your feet up and relax. That's what I'm doing.

Cheers,

Alan R.

I popped up to Hahndorf a couple of hours ago and it was PACKED. Everything was open. Not too late to shoot up there for a look!

Sitting in a bar on Jetty Rd watching the cricket with one eye and the passing people with the other, most pleasant

Edit. No car and a taxi to the Hills and back would be a killer

Edited December 26, 201114 yr by Luc

Grumpy

The Shahin-Barista-BP-Mobil-bakery-deli-supermarket-bank supa shops will be open. They don't sell hi-fi, or music though.

G'day,

I recall an episode of The Gillies Report back in the 1980s summing the city up as follows: "Adelaide - a wonderful place to have lunch", which seems odd given Adelaidewegians enjoy the travesty that is the meat pie floater.

I've only been there once but I did like the palindromic Glenelg.

--Geoff

Geoff

I believe Pie floaters are only eaten between sunset and sunrise - not for lunch! They are normally consumed at a time when the memory will have failed the next day (ie post alcohol and other drugs of choice), so there is no reliable record of what a pie floater actually tastes like. I don't think they were designed by 'the chef' to be consumed cold sober.

Benje

Geoff

I believe Pie floaters are only eaten between sunset and sunrise - not for lunch! They are normally consumed at a time when the memory will have failed the next day (ie post alcohol and other drugs of choice), so there is no reliable record of what a pie floater actually tastes like. I don't think they were designed by 'the chef' to be consumed cold sober.

Benje

oh benje, maate! we ate pie floaters (with a dash of pepper, sauce and vinegar) for lunch and dinner down the Port and the Admiral Hotel right on the famous Black Diamond Corner had the best in the State (I suppose you could say the world). The Coppers from across the road use to eat them in there, Port Adelaide footballers ate them in there, Politicians could be seen slurping a 'floater' from time to time in there, as did the Timber Mill Workers (that would be a younger me) and Wharfies ate them there too. Hard workers enjoying a great lunch of Beer and Pie Floaters - not your half drunk-drugged disco revellers of the city who use to wobble down to the pie cart after a night of disco dancing only to regurgitate it in the cities gutters.

Oh where was I? Oh yea! I could go a floater right now.

Of all the times I've been to Adelaide I can't recall ever consuming a pie floater (hmmmm.... well if I did I can't remember it anyway). I guess you can draw your own conclusions. Personally if I ever did I must have been as drunk as a skunk at the time.

Cheers,

Alan R.

Never realised how much like a light Kiwi accent some Adelaidians speak with, kind of strangle their vowels in the same way. A couple I met I actually asked how long they'd been living in Adelaide for since moving over from Nzed, they came from Vic Harbour... dunno if they liked being mistaken for kiwis.

Yeah my old man went over to Canberra once for a work conference, and people kept on asking how long he'd been in Australia!

I like to think we treat the English language a little better than our interstate cousins

One thing I've definitely noticed about Victorians is they pronounce their e's as a's and vice versa..

Eg Malbourne instead of Melbourne, and elbum instead of album..

And sydneysiders end words with an 'a' all the time, instead of saying 'year' they'll say 'yeeaAH'.

Notice it on Triple J all the time as they broadcast from Sydney for the most part.

Doesn't change the fact that you lot sound like kiwis:p sex instead of six, which it's probably a good thing I guess...

I don't reckon I say sex instead of six... (I just said 'six' out loud half a dozen times to make sure, got a few weird looks. Maybe it does sound like sex!!)

I just said sex out loud six times and all I heard back was "I've got a headache", "go away", "are you for real", "too tired", "we've just got over Xmas" and "eat your dinner"

AND that was me answering myself. sounded like sex to me not six

I think Lucs hearing was damaged before he got here- have you been listening to very loud music Luc?

AND remember we are a NON convict state so we can speak however we want, so there!

I just said sex out loud six times and all I heard back was "I've got a headache", "go away", "are you for real", "too tired", "we've just got over Xmas" and "eat your dinner"

AND that was me answering myself. sounded like sex to me not six

I think Lucs hearing was damaged before he got here- have you been listening to very loud music Luc?

AND remember we are a NON convict state so we can speak however we want, so there!

Haha, and yes my hearing is industrially damaged but seriously...some accents are that strong that you just immediately think the speaker is a Kiwi where as with others it's just a light stretching of the vowels that makes me immediately think of a Kiwi accent. I asked about 3 or 4 Canberreans and a couple from Melb' and a couple of Sydney siders whether they thought they detected a Kiwi twang in South Oz and they all nodded their heads and said some were really strong and others you could just detect a difference on certain words.

I also found out that if your asked if you've had enough wine and you say yep...then they top your glass up anyway with the excuse that "we gotta finish the bottle!"

Anyway, we just walked in the front door after flying back to the GC and driving home, it's been a long day getting home(1215am). I'd just like to thank every one on this thread for their offers of help and the invitations and the general advice and help...I've really appreciated it and it was just great to be able to get advice via my phone from you guys while in Adelaide and also another big thank you to adrocks(Adam) for his hospitality and letting me drool over his kit (can I have those 300B's when your done with them? lol)

Oh, and I thoroughly enjoyed Adelaide and Glenelg was a great place to be based at, most pleasant.

Cheers and seasons greeting to you all

Lee :o

Geoff

I believe Pie floaters are only eaten between sunset and sunrise - not for lunch! They are normally consumed at a time when the memory will have failed the next day (ie post alcohol and other drugs of choice), so there is no reliable record of what a pie floater actually tastes like. I don't think they were designed by 'the chef' to be consumed cold sober.

Benje

I can vouch for that. The only times I have ever eaten a pie floater has been around 2am after a few hours consumption of amber fluid.

Yeah my old man went over to Canberra once for a work conference, and people kept on asking how long he'd been in Australia!

I like to think we treat the English language a little better than our interstate cousins

One thing I've definitely noticed about Victorians is they pronounce their e's as a's and vice versa..

Eg Malbourne instead of Melbourne, and elbum instead of album..

And sydneysiders end words with an 'a' all the time, instead of saying 'year' they'll say 'yeeaAH'.

Notice it on Triple J all the time as they broadcast from Sydney for the most part.

and Victorians pronounce school as skewl. I think New South Welsh may do that as well. And of course in Queensland, every sentence ends with hey.

Haha, and yes my hearing is industrially damaged but seriously...

I've just returned to Adelaide yesterday after spending Christmas at my sister's place in Canberra. Its been a while since I last flew, and I'd forgotten how badly the cabin pressurisation affects my ears. Its always the descent that does it. I had some discomfort on the descent into Canberra, but the descent into Adelaide yesterday was sheer torture. My hearing is still affected quite badly today, everything sounds muffled. This has happened in the past, and has always returned to normal eventually, but it takes quite a while.

I will be flying again at the end of February, two flights in one day. I'm looking forward to the trip, but am dreading the effect on my ears.

Does anybody else suffer from this problem, or know a way to deal with it?

There are some sort of earplugs I've seen advertised heaps at airports... whether they work is another matter. Something for you to investigate anyway.

and Victorians pronounce school as skewl. I think New South Welsh may do that as well. And of course in Queensland, every sentence ends with hey.

Not 'hey' but 'eh', living only an hour away from the border I get to hear it a lot, more prominent in the far north now, less so in SEQ.

Apparently in Sydney 'graph' is pronounced grar-ff and in Melbourne it is pronounced as Graf as in Stepphi Graf.

The ear thing is a problem with me too and it's called Eustachian Tube Dysfunction and more can be read on it here>>> Eustachian Tube

I've just returned to Adelaide yesterday after spending Christmas at my sister's place in Canberra. Its been a while since I last flew, and I'd forgotten how badly the cabin pressurisation affects my ears. Its always the descent that does it. I had some discomfort on the descent into Canberra, but the descent into Adelaide yesterday was sheer torture. My hearing is still affected quite badly today, everything sounds muffled. This has happened in the past, and has always returned to normal eventually, but it takes quite a while.

I will be flying again at the end of February, two flights in one day. I'm looking forward to the trip, but am dreading the effect on my ears.

Does anybody else suffer from this problem, or know a way to deal with it?

I have suffered the same, and it is agonising. Have found that by noticing when it begins and pinching the nose while "blowing" hard (ie increase the pressure in the sinuses) keeps it at bay.

There is a tube (Eustachian Tube) that runs from the middle ear to the sinus/nasal cavity somewhere sort of (Doctors?) that allows the pressure to equalise between the outside air and the middle ear. If it's blocked then the high pressure in the middle ear will push the eardrum out into the lower pressure and vice versa = hurties.

Ah .... Pie Floaters ...

As a uni student from the country, pie floaters were part of the normal diet. The favorites were "floater with a dash of vinegar" and consumed with ginger beer, and if finances permitted, we shared a (very) cheap bottle of sparkling wine (=champagne) for the delicacy to be known as "Le Floateau".

At the time, the Norwood pie cart was the up-market pick, but the railway station one was a lot closer.

Thems woz the dayz.

I've just returned to Adelaide yesterday after spending Christmas at my sister's place in Canberra. Its been a while since I last flew, and I'd forgotten how badly the cabin pressurisation affects my ears. Its always the descent that does it. I had some discomfort on the descent into Canberra, but the descent into Adelaide yesterday was sheer torture. My hearing is still affected quite badly today, everything sounds muffled. This has happened in the past, and has always returned to normal eventually, but it takes quite a while.

I will be flying again at the end of February, two flights in one day. I'm looking forward to the trip, but am dreading the effect on my ears.

Does anybody else suffer from this problem, or know a way to deal with it?

Get Karval(?) capsules from a chemist. Dissolve in hot water (ask a flight attendant) and breathe the decongestant vapours to relax the eustachian tube in the ear prior to descent and facilitate pressure equalisation.

Note--some airlines actually have these available on board if you ask.

Note 2--the earplugs are for noise and are **worse than useless** for pressure problems.

Note 3--this problem can be serious and may tear your eardrum and permanently damage your hearing.

Greg

Get Karval(?) capsules from a chemist. Dissolve in hot water (ask a flight attendant) and breathe the decongestant vapours to relax the eustachian tube in the ear prior to descent and facilitate pressure equalisation.

Note--some airlines actually have these available on board if you ask.

Note 2--the earplugs are for noise and are **worse than useless** for pressure problems.

Note 3--this problem can be serious and may tear your eardrum and permanently damage your hearing.

Greg

My sister suffers from the same thing, so perhaps we have a shared genetic problem. She flies far more frequently than I do, and went to see her doctor about it. Apparently her eardrum was in danger of sustaining damage, according to him. She has been using the earplugs and reckons they work. I bought a couple yesterday (brand name EarPlanes), and the box says they are designed specifically for this problem. (They also claim a 20 decibel noise reduction, but that appears to be more of an incidental effect.) They look quite different to the ordinary ear plugs, and are moderately expensive for what they are, but I'm willing to give them a go.

I notice today that if I pinch my nose and blow (gently), both my ears will pop, so presumably the eustachion tube is working. Maybe mine is just too narrow.

Oddly (or maybe not), I've not had this problem when I've flown in light aircraft which have unpressurised cabins. Perhaps the rate of change in air pressure is less in that case.

The Ear-Planes slow the increase in pressure and give the ears more time to adjust. If your ears are not equalising for hours then they may not be enough. The plugs also wear out very quickly.

The Karvol opens up the eustachian tube and allows fast equalisation (unless they are genetically very small.)

Light planes do not have same issue as you don't go up into the real low pressure heights.

I had very bad problems a couple of times SCUBA diving and the Karvol fixed that.

Good luck whatever you use, and take the expense with a grain of salt--compared to the air ticket it's all cheap!

Greg