So what is your problem? Oh I get it you got nothing else Seriously we have it so good let's step back and appreciate it.

True

Many people carnt afford to take a step back' the financial institutions have it that way' even starting relatively low on the ladder has pretty steep costs
Out of the 7 different countries I've lived Australia has become one of the most financially pressured'
If only people could afford the time to enjoy it

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cauncy said..
Many people carnt afford to take a step back' the financial institutions have it that way' even starting relatively low on the ladder has pretty steep costs
Out of the 7 different countries I've lived Australia has become one of the most financially pressured'
If only people could afford the time to enjoy it

Only an issue if you believe you need the new house and the new car to enjoy life.

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hilly said..

cauncy said..
Many people carnt afford to take a step back' the financial institutions have it that way' even starting relatively low on the ladder has pretty steep costs
Out of the 7 different countries I've lived Australia has become one of the most financially pressured'
If only people could afford the time to enjoy it

Only an issue if you believe you need the new house and the new car to enjoy life.

Spot on hilly, work harder or want less. Its a choice.

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cauncy said..
Many people carnt afford to take a step back' the financial institutions have it that way' even starting relatively low on the ladder has pretty steep costs
Out of the 7 different countries I've lived Australia has become one of the most financially pressured'
If only people could afford the time to enjoy it

Only if we allow ourselves to confuse standard of living with quality of life.

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Marvin said..

That's pretty cool

I just came to SeaBreeze to post similar, and get some feedback.

That is exactly right; everyone gets so offended these days. There is no more "turn the other cheek" or "stiff upper lip" or "being a man".

And, importantly, it is the same on BOTH sides of "politics". The mad lefties are all up in arms about every minor slight, even when said with no bad intention, and the mad rights are experiencing some sort of persecution complex, where they feel like they are all becoming enslaved. Or so it seems from the middle.

Leaving us in the middle, somewhat confused by it all.

I forget who it was that said it, but a good definition of "freedom" is something like "You are allowed to swing your arms around as much as you like. and so long as you don't hit me in the face I won't mind."


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I blame The Internet. We read something, there's a 'Reply' button so it becomes "a conversation", and we feel like we need to respond. We don't.

Have you ever written a lengthy, and impassioned reply, to be interrupted by something before you post it? And then you returned a few minutes later, read it, and thought "man, who cares?", deleting it? That's a good, normal reaction.

I am on The Internet less and less and less these days, and feel a whole lot better for it.

Absolutely right.. "We've" never had it so good. But if you're not "we" then you're ****ed.

It's right up there with that other truism, "We were just having fun. Can't you take a joke?"

Yep, we are here in Australia the most offended by injustice happening in the world.
Like Hong Kong and now Tibet, the dictator in Syria, expanding the Chinese sea, even Russia mining its own business. Burning Amazon forest is also offending more than our own bush fires. If we could only draw even bigger budget deficit then we could buy even more weapons, send our troops to make the whole world peaceful again.We have been spared by the Covid19 pandemic, but anyway we are first to claim compensation and investigations.

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Gorgo said..
Absolutely right.. "We've" never had it so good. But if you're not "we" then you're ****ed.

It's right up there with that other truism, "We were just having fun. Can't you take a joke?"

Who in Australia is worse off now than in the 1950s?

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hilly said..
..Who in Australia is worse off now than in the 1950s?

Fruit growers who buy their seeds at Bunnings
Fisherfolk wanting to discuss fisherfolk things on Seabreeze.com.au

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hilly said..

Who in Australia is worse off now than in the 1950s?

Kids. In the 1950s we played cricket and kicked the footy in our suburban streets. We walked to school. Hung out with our mates around the corner and across the road. Where do you race a homebuilt billy cart these days? Kids can't do any of that now without risk of being run over or at least abused by motorists. We're dominated by the motor car, it's about time we wake up to it. Other than that, all pretty good.

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hilly said..

cauncy said..
Many people carnt afford to take a step back' the financial institutions have it that way' even starting relatively low on the ladder has pretty steep costs
Out of the 7 different countries I've lived Australia has become one of the most financially pressured'
If only people could afford the time to enjoy it

Only an issue if you believe you need the new house and the new car to enjoy life.

I know plenty that don't have a new house or car
And are working their arses off to keep their heads above water' ' some people who've never known hardship wouldn't have a clue'

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hilly said..

Gorgo said..
Absolutely right.. "We've" never had it so good. But if you're not "we" then you're ****ed.

It's right up there with that other truism, "We were just having fun. Can't you take a joke?"

Who in Australia is worse off now than in the 1950s?

No need to go back that far'

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Ian K said..

hilly said..

Who in Australia is worse off now than in the 1950s?

Kids. In the 1950s we played cricket and kicked the footy in our suburban streets. We walked to school. Hung out with our mates around the corner and across the road. Where do you race a homebuilt billy cart these days? Kids can't do any of that now without risk of being run over or at least abused by motorists. We're dominated by the motor car, it's about time we wake up to it. Other than that, all pretty good.

Local kids here build mtb jumps and have a ball. Odd broken collarbone. Fair bump play on.

So better toys for kids now.

Exceptions of course, lucky if you live on the outskirts. But most kids are in deepest suburbia so they'd be dependant on parents with a car for transport to a set of jumps.

Access to information is way better now though. If your maths teacher didn't speak your language and the text book was bewildering there was nowhere to go. Youtube is also responsible for a lot of broken bones. We did have bicycles but back in the 50s but those modern tricks weren't even dreamt of.

OK. I suppose kids are resourceful. Modern kids just accept living in a life-threatening sea of motor cars. But surely that affects the social vibe? I walked to school from day one, was never driven to school ever. And I can't recall any who were. We were independent coming and going to school was half the fun. Mum didn't have a car, she trammed or walked. Mid week ladies tennis. 4 ladies in our street played together at the local court. These days all those ladies have a car, one drives to the tennis complex, one drives to cross fit, one kick boxes the other drives 2 hours to go sky-diving . No wonder there's so much traffic. And they don't know each other from a bar of soap.

www.smh.com.au/healthcare/twothirds-of-children-driven-to-school-its-not-safe-to-walk-parents-report-in-livelighter-campaign-survey-20180122-h0m6y2.html

You know how we have a bunch of stupid days every year, like the queens random birthday (she has one ffs), well I reckon we ought to have a .... No complaining day.

Yup, and you can legally punch someone in the face if they mutter their neurotic sentence of displeasure.

So who's with me?

You can wear a piece of excrement to show your support. That's right, no sea life choking polypropylene/nylon rainbow/pink ribbons, just a piece of sh!t.
You'll really know it's your lucky day if a bird happens to relieve itself on you on the day, or you can feel better about yourself if you're one of those too engrossed in your stupid phone's dipsh!t feed to see where you're stepping.

I just spent a few days in Sydney for work and moved around using Uber & taxis and speaking to the drivers who were all immigrants they had nothing but love for Australia and all said it was the lucky country, No complaints from them and they should be a good barometer of how good this place is.
You only have to watch TV to see cooking shows promoting conflict amongst people and crying and getting upset at the most minor thing to see we have become a bunch of limp d!cks.

So is this a thread complaining about complaining???

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slammin said..
So is this a thread complaining about complaining???

Stop complaining about complaining about complaining

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hilly said..
Local kids here build mtb jumps and have a ball. Odd broken collarbone. Fair bump play on.

So better toys for kids now.

Ha ha, I broke my collarbone when I was 15 exactly that way.

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Harrow said..

hilly said..
Local kids here build mtb jumps and have a ball. Odd broken collarbone. Fair bump play on.

So better toys for kids now.

Ha ha, I broke my collarbone when I was 15 exactly that way.

Were you doing a cross up or going for a full pancake ?

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hilly said..Stop complaining about complaining about complaining

slammin said..
So is this a thread complaining about complaining???

NO, it's a thread about people who can't stop complaining about complaining about complaining.

Isn't it obvious?

But yeah, smashing that billy cart into the creek was kinda fun.