Introductions

Thanks for the warm welcome guys

G'day Granny Mae, I'm from Sydney. 4 weeks of solid rain atm, fuck-tacular. I reckon I'll move to the Gold Coast when I return to Aus.
Sorry to hear your health is keeping you from your plans, hope you can get back on track soon.

www.taobao.com seems to be down atm, I'll keep trying, thanks. I can read some of the more basic Chinese characters so I should be fine when I get the site to load.

Whoops - Missed Siddy! Welcome Siddy 

Yes the weather here is decidedly soggy.  I'm looking forward to making it to China in time to freeze again...

Welcome Siddy & Todd!

Although I also am most familiar with taobao.com, the advertisments on the metro have alerted me to several other websites that seem to do the same thing: ganji.com, baixing.com, 58.com. They all seem to have second hand stuff, jobs, apartments for rent, "group buy" (tuangou) stuff. No experience with them personally, but worth checking out.

Welcome Todd! 

G'day Granny Mae, I'm from Sydney. 4 weeks of solid rain atm, fuck-tacular.

Not that I'm a footy fan, but State of Origin 11 in Sydney last night was a bit miserable.



Welcome ToddDanno What is your Country of origin?

Apparently miserable weather helps us win though Granny! Lets just hope it's still miserable for game III.    

Granny Mae, I'm from the USA's Northeast.
Go Bruins!!!! 

Apparently miserable weather helps us win though Granny! Lets just hope it's still miserable for game III.    

Yeah! I hear that they did a great job I grew up in Tenterfield N.S.W. so I sit on the border.

Thanks ToddDano, I'll get out my Atlas. It sounds a bit cold up there?

Ha Granny Mae - I grew up near Tamworth. 

... and I had a nice bottle of pinot from Tenterfield the other day... (actually a nice couple of bottles but anyway... )

Is anyone going to explain to Siddy that at #702, he's really our 700th member?

Congrats Siddy!

Ha Granny Mae - I grew up near Tamworth.  

What do you call, near?

I'm a Gunnedah girl.  

Is anyone going to explain to Siddy that at #702, he's really our 700th member?
Congrats Siddy!

Of course. Congratulations Siddy on being the official 700th member! 

Is anyone going to explain to Siddy that at #702, he's really our 700th member?

Congrats Siddy!

Hang on, there's no proof Siddy can count. lets wait a bit and see.

700th member is an Aussie! Oi,oi,oi! Congratulations Siddy.

Cassnadra and Lone Traveller, I've been down around your neck of the woods. Last time I was in Gunnedah, I represented my school in a swimming competition. I think it was in 1959 or 1960.

   The side of a hill in the Moonbi ranges?  Halfway between Tamworth and Bendemeer...