I understand that things/distances/number of mudcatters/etc etc etc are different in Australia than in the UK or USA, but come on OZ guys! (Male AND female) Where the hell are you? If this was happening in the UK there would be a queue of big brothers AND sisters at your door, and I cant think it would be any different in the US. Ok, so the fridge might be in Yorkshire for a couple of weeks and the toaster in Cheshire and you in Oxfordshire, but you would be OUT of that hell hole and looking forward to your new life!! (And probbably in a tent in a field somewhere in the English countryside attending a festival!!). JennyO, may be they are just shy and your friends,(Catters and non Catters) just need asking? Its only for a couple of weeks after all!!