Hello,

Just joined the forum today and thought I would come and introduce myself. I am the long suffering other half of Rufus and part owner of a rather lovely (even if I do say so myself) 60l tropical tank

I'm from england originally (well nobody's perfect according to Rufus) but moved out to the Tron 18 months ago for a year and am having too much fun to go home!

The tank is proving a steep learning curve but it has been fun so far and hopefully will continue to be so :bounce:

Hi and Welcome Tigger

Hi and welcome Tiger(i just got un baned today :lol: )

You will get help with everything you need here...

:bounce: WELCOME :bounce:

WELCOME

welcome tigger they're a good group of people they even allow us yanks to join :lol: . all kidding aside there is a lot to learn from these people

Welcome, and don't be afraid to ask stuff.

Oh, and you're not the only ex-pat here either :lol:

Welcome

Hi again Tigger. Of course we allow foreigners - gotta have someone to laugh at :lol:

Caryl wrote:

gotta have someone to laugh at

and I thought you were my friend...good thing you don't hear my accent :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hi & welcome Tigger,

Gee, I thought for a minute that my cat Tigger became a genius and learned to type :lol: :lol:

Looking forward to the pics...have you tried using photobucket?

Caper

I like a Canadian accent Caper

You may laugh at us in return :lol:

right hopefully I have fixed the little image glitch and you will be able to see my tank again!

Oooh look at that. Nice tank 8)

:lol: yea looks good hey tigger what fish is that in your avatar?

It's a gourami but I'm not totally sure what type, I did a google search for a blue dwarf but I think it gave me lots of random gourami...I liked his little face though

looks like a giant gourami ,im from england too , welcome

Very nice tank

Caper

Caryl, is your accent much different than Australia's??

Yes

Isn't that one of the sure fire ways to annoy a kiwi? Call them an Aussie!

welcome

Isn't that one of the sure fire ways to annoy a kiwi? Call them an Aussie!

Welcome Tigger! You are right on that one, I bet Canadians get annoyed when people call them Americans too.

Isn't that one of the sure fire ways to annoy a kiwi? Call them an Aussie!

It's easy to tell them apart. Aussies Keep "Tropcl feeesh, mate" and Kiwis keep "Trupucul Fush, 'Ay Bro". Also, be careful when asking a Kiwi for 6 of anything.

Kiwis walk around in "sweet as.." gumboots and black singlets unless they are a JAFA in which case they carry a latte and a man-bag .....and Aussies all wear "bonza" bikinis that match their hats with corks on ...... isn't that right?

As a Welshman I'm going back to my "tidy" choir in the Valley next to the mine and sheepfarm ....... Boyo.

But, as Vic Reeves said, "All generalisations are wrong".

(For those of you from outside New Zealand I'll let someone lse explain JAFA, I'm new on this site and don't want to get thrown off yet )

Oh jeepers...I'm sorry I certainly didn't mean to offend anyone. I wasn't saying that New Zealanders were "Aussies". I was just wondering if the accents were similar. I certainly know that different places different accents. Heck, my accent can be different from someone living a hundred miles from me or next door for that matter :lol: :lol: :lol:

Caper

You didn't offend anyone Caper, they are just trying to explain how we differ. You know people who come from the far south of NZ as they sound different (huge Scottish influence in the ancestry) but most kiwis sound similar. Unlike America and Canada where, as you said, accents differ widely across country.

Caryl wrote:

You didn't offend anyone

Whew, that's good to know

Caper