Census tonight

[Wongo]

Because it is supposed to include anyone who stayed under your roof on Tuesday night. So say someone comes to your house tonight and stays and then goes home tomorrow, where do they do the census? They only want to capture each person once. It also gives them a statistic on how many people have house guests. Call yourself a mathematician? Pah!!

Yes Silent, if the census is about “Where are you on Tuesday night 8th August 2006” then I will agree with you.

Think about Australia as a whole. Are we not interested in things like age, work type, income and all that?

My point is this kind of information will not change over night. For example, according to the last census, 75% of our population drive to work. Does it matter if they are this question on Tuesday night or Monday night? Let say you normal would drive to work but because you are staying with a mate tonight so you catch a train to work today. OK 1 less Australian drives to work today. We will still get 75% anyway.

Hang on, I don’t normal drive to work but today I will. Just make up the difference.

I think I think too much.

[silentC]

You miss the point my son. They want it done on one night so that they don't get double ups from confused people who stayed at a friends house one night and were at home the rest of the week.

Also, it's meant to be a snapshot. "Where are you on Tuesday night 8th August 2006" IS what the census is about, amongst other things.

Anyway, just do what everyone else does and fill it in when you want. As long as it's ready when they come to pick it up, who will know or care? Not me and not a billion Chinese

[Wongo]

People will be confused one way or the other.

I was confused yesterday so I did the paper one and I will do it again today onlilne.

Snapshot my XXXX.

[meerkat]

Who is taking odds on how long it takes the online entry to go wheels up? That is if it even works to start with?

Just got tired of writing so i thought i'd try to use the ecensus. I accidentally pressed backspace and now have to wait 30 minutes to login AGAIN.:mad:

I'm computer literate, I feel sorry for those who try the ecensus and are still doing the census next year :eek:

At least they know the word security.

[silentC]

People will be confused one way or the other.

I was confused yesterday so I did the paper one and I will do it again today onlilne.

Snapshot my XXXX.

That's another reason they say to do it on Tuesday night, to avoid confusion about things like "I drove to work yesterday but not today". It doesn't matter what you did yesterday, it's what you did today they want to know. Yes Wongo, you think too much.

[Iain]

Our Norwegian exchange student is going home today so I have taken Lief off my Census
I know, I know, it's as old as the hills
The bloke who dropped the forms in for us told me that he gets a text message as soon as an E Census is submitted, and they started over a week ago.

[Auld Bassoon]

Who is taking odds on how long it takes the online entry to go wheels up? That is if it even works to start with?

Well, it worked for me - mine's already in

[Toolin Around]

So maybe I'll go stay down at the beach tonight and not fill out the senseless at all.

[silentC]

Sorry but homeless people are required to complete the census too

[Cliff Rogers]

All the 'park people' & even people staying out on the reef on a dive boat overnight have be counted..

[Wongo]

That's another reason they say to do it on Tuesday night, to avoid confusion about things like "I drove to work yesterday but not today". It doesn't matter what you did yesterday, it's what you did today they want to know. Yes Wongo, you think too much.

And as a nation, what we all did yesterday and what we do today should be pretty the same.

Iain, Please do not worry. Our new Norwegian exchange student arrives today. So the number of Norwegian exchange students in the country will not change

Anyway, I won’t be doing mine anyway because I already have something planned for tonight. Unless I change my plan of course.



OK OK I am such a good citizen so I will change my plan and do the census instead.

[bennylaird]

If you tick the ok I'm just see just what you put down when it becomes available in 99 years time. (We'll I hope too)

[silentC]

And as a nation, what we all did yesterday and what we do today should be pretty the same.

It's not about what we did as a nation, it's about what YOU did. See?

How do you think they will be able to come up with stats like "25% of single men under the age of 25 stayed at a girlfriend's house on Tuesday" if they let you do it whenever you want?

[Wongo]

So should expect a report specifically written for ME.

Like your second point though.

[silentC]

So should expect a report specifically written for ME.

Yes, you are compiling it. Keep a copy, it's all yours