…..but should 😈
I trust this doesn’t start an invasion…
a dollop of codswallop served with a pinch of salt
a dollop of codswallop served with a pinch of salt
I trust this doesn’t start an invasion…
Why so serious??
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Hmmm…the complete copy did not come through for me. I’ll try on the computer later. Sounds interesting…
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either that or you’ll need to check NYT on line,or, if the worse comes to the worse, buy a copy 😈 🐻 😀
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Yes, I read their articles. I’ll get it. Since I’m trying to pack, I could use a paper copy in multiple ways.
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Well, if he comes from New York — a city with a population density of 27,000/sq. mi — he might be used to a different social dynamic than what he would find there in Sydney, a city with a population density of 1,000/sq. mi.
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Why do you make it a practice of always being negative? It does kind of make you appear insular, so heres a special smiley just for you 😥
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Why do people always assume I’m being negative? Did I say anything negative? I pointed out that much of what he mentions about people is a byproduct of population density. I find plenty of people willing to joke, help, and in general practicing being nice to each other, all without having to move halfway around the world.
Obviously, it’s a new experience for him. All that speaks to is that he lived in a different environment than what I experience (I avoid large population centers; my limit is 250K).
A crying smiley? Oh, I see . . . you feel sorry for me. Well, I appreciate that; mighty christian of you, but I fear your sadness is — sadly — misplaced. As if you thought insular was a bad thing.
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Have you tried looking into Coober Pedy instead of Sydney? Now THAT’s what I call rural!
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Haven’t you read any of my posts on a place called Shay Gap? Now that made Coober Pedy look like the metropolis, Stuck in the middle of the Great Sandy Desert of West Australia with a population of 7 or 800 when I was there as the KING of Shay Gap 😀 ( I ran the boozer! 😉 🐻
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Coober Pedy was the first one I thought of for him because I just saw another show about it. I think that’s desolate enough for him.
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I take it you’re not fond of the NYT and their reporters 😀
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I have nothing against them except their god-like attitudes that the paper should be read like the Bible. They are not always right and not always truthful – any more than any other paper. That’s all.
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You wont find any argument from me there, just that some are worse than others,
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I think you’re safely out of reach of most Americans. Hence no invasion. Not that Australia wouldn’t be high on my list if I ever decided to leave the US.
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It sounds more like an invitation than an invasion.
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Well as it’s coming from a New York Yankee I think he’s planning an invasion; perhaps I should extend the invitation 😀 🐻
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Thanks for that. You certainly know how to stir ‘im up don’t you. Anyway I thought it was a good article. He can write a negative one later, just for balance.
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The privilege of age, stirring the possum 🙂
Was a damned fine article. I gave up my subscription to the SMH after they banned my letters to the editor and switched to the NYT; which I think is a bloody good newspaper,
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Australians have faith in government? No wonder they suffer from angst.
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Nice article. Like I said way back when you wrote about your great health care system, “Is there still room for me in Australia?” I do, however, agree that the reporter’s surprise might be due to where he has lived here in the USA. Still, there’s a lot to like in your attention to basic human necessities.
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Even the ultra rich Australians believe that health care and education is the duty of our elected officials, the pollies!
A few years back our right wing govt of the time decided to give them a tax cut, they told the govt to stick the cut, spend the money on education instead, and that’s the way it should be in any civilized society. 😀
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