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» 13/07/2023 12:40:28 PM Foxy, A Yes/No vote is a try at a quick fix. It will fail as many other well intentioned i.....
» 12/07/2023 7:05:51 AM Well said Fester ! SD.....
» 11/07/2023 1:46:58 PM Foxy. Is that a Royal "WE"? I have no answers and to date have not seen anythi.....
» 11/07/2023 12:40:48 PM Foxy, My work has taken to me the great majority of those countries you mention plus qui.....
» 11/07/2023 11:20:37 AM If it had not been English settlement in Australia it would in all probability have been s.....
» 10/07/2023 1:37:27 PM Foxy, I have seen so many projects, solutions etc fail over the years that I have no solut.....
» 10/07/2023 12:27:08 PM I bow to your knowledge and expertise Foxy. My comments are only what I have seen and expe.....
» 10/07/2023 10:04:47 AM Foxy, I have been watching the problems close up for nigh on 60 years and have seen little.....
» 9/07/2023 5:36:16 PM Foxy. I have a photo somewhere of my young bloke, probably around six years old, with his.....
» 9/07/2023 10:40:17 AM Foxy My start to life was a wee bit different to most being raised in an institution from .....
» 8/07/2023 4:48:09 PM Foxy, I do not know about achieve any thing but one can certainly achieve a great deal in .....
» 8/07/2023 2:13:28 PM Foxy. Finding a match for my blue eyes is a bit of an issue. Best I stick with my khaki s.....
» 8/07/2023 12:16:46 PM Foxy, Well done Foxy. My experience is nowhere near as esoteric as yours. Just day to day .....
» 8/07/2023 11:30:00 AM Foxy, My work and personal life had me involved with Indigenous folk close up, not via a l.....
» 8/07/2023 10:56:35 AM I think it was Winston C. who said "The truth is so precious that she must be protect.....
» 7/07/2023 6:00:24 PM Foxy, I am not buying into who is right or wrong in this discussion but to place too much.....
» 26/09/2022 4:43:24 PM Foxy, Looking forward to reading your book. I should be working now, writing, but it is to.....
» 26/09/2022 8:23:23 AM Cumberland, I lived in Rabaul and Moresby for a time in the 60s. My previous locations had.....
» 24/09/2022 3:52:04 PM Foxy, Some will always do it harder than others, that is life. Empathy and understanding i.....
» 24/09/2022 2:49:40 PM Foxy, I think pain is an overused word to describe what many folk have been through. Some.....
» 24/09/2022 9:28:32 AM Indy, Such industries are of little interest to me. Watching the sun rise over the bay whi.....
» 23/09/2022 7:42:31 PM Foxy, Just read Stan Grants story. I am a non indigenous person who was taken from his par.....
» 22/09/2022 7:03:28 PM Paul. I have never analysed who or what race or group fits with me. I usually say good da.....
» 22/09/2022 7:39:57 AM Good morning all. I feel it is too late to try and introduce any of the indigenous languag.....
» 21/09/2022 5:19:49 PM Foxy, Yes , pretty much the same as you, taking folk as I find them. I would not have surv.....
» 21/09/2022 4:35:36 PM Foxy. My kids grew up with indigenous friends. These kids stayed over, came away with us, .....
» 21/09/2022 1:42:26 PM Onya Foxy. I have had some writing published and am currently working on a collection of s.....
» 21/09/2022 12:15:20 PM Foxy, An interesting read. Changes in language over such a long period would be expected .....
» 21/09/2022 10:30:35 AM Morning Foxy. No matter what we put in place to conserve language it will always find its .....
» 20/09/2022 2:39:32 PM Most information passed down verbally is subject to error, go through one or more generati.....
» 20/09/2022 10:37:31 AM Sadly we do not have the advantage of compactness in Oz with the Indigenous population spr.....
» 19/09/2022 7:42:14 PM I suspect at best the indigenous Australian will end up with a version of Australian pidgi.....
» 19/09/2022 9:26:57 AM Indy. Yes I would go along with that. SD.....
» 18/09/2022 10:44:28 AM Morning all. Quite a while since I have posted on OLO. Ref de topic. An old Trade Commiss.....
» 2/12/2019 9:41:08 AM Just having my morning read of OLO. Some good posting on this topic. Take it easy. SD.....
» 30/11/2019 10:27:01 AM Foxy. A little time and distance can often make a difference. Take it easy. SD.....
» 27/11/2019 6:51:40 PM Joe, I am interested in other folks opinions and even if I could I have no desire to chang.....
» 27/11/2019 4:49:24 PM Joe, I guess the unseen reflection of ourselves in others can have a deleterious effect on.....
» 27/11/2019 2:40:42 PM I recall a quotation from way back that read something like. " Sometimes the first st.....
» 27/11/2019 8:31:39 AM AC, No never occurred to me that I was being bullied. Being on the receiving end of the ro.....
» 26/11/2019 10:40:20 PM "It takes all sorts." I guess that is what makes life so interesting, the variet.....
» 26/11/2019 7:22:57 PM Interesting post! Take it easy. SD.....
» 26/11/2019 1:24:30 PM Most forums I have come across, unless they are heavily monitored, appear to have a bit of.....
» 25/11/2019 10:10:44 PM Just catching up after a four or five year absence and reading a topic or three to see wha.....
» 25/02/2014 6:20:18 PM A good read Jay. SD.....
» 24/02/2014 9:20:41 PM Hasbeen, Found the item again, as you say no mention of race. I do note that it is avoided.....
» 24/02/2014 5:30:04 PM Hasbeen No defending the attack but I note it was posted on the ABC Sun 230214 at 0730 AES.....
» 23/02/2014 10:19:30 AM Butch, Everything changes, nothing is forever. The Australia I knew as a child no longer e.....
» 21/02/2014 8:23:28 PM Albie, Interesting post. My own view is Australia should not buy/bribe these poorer nation.....
» 21/02/2014 4:58:32 PM Hasbeen, Whatever; I do not think any of our recent Prime Ministers will rate too highly w.....
» 21/02/2014 3:09:33 PM Just in hindsight. I have visited Manus but it was a long time ago when I lived in the are.....
» 21/02/2014 12:05:31 PM It will be interesting to see how a history written further down the track will treat this.....
» 20/02/2014 10:53:01 AM Josephus, Expecting answers on a forum such as this is drawing a long bow. What is present.....
» 20/02/2014 9:27:35 AM Too true Belly. I suspect in twenty years time we will not recognise the Australia we have.....
» 20/02/2014 8:48:23 AM I am not wise enough nor do I have the knowledge required to come up with a solution to th.....
» 19/02/2014 2:30:04 PM Foxy, I have the collected works of both Lawson and Paterson, well read. I also have quite.....
» 19/02/2014 12:12:17 PM Try Paterson instead of Patersom. Did not have my gogs on. A typo. SD.....
» 19/02/2014 12:09:39 PM More of a Lawson fan myself. Patersom was a bit of a romantic. He could afford to be. SD.....
» 18/02/2014 9:36:53 AM Butcher, Inclined to agree. SD.....
» 18/02/2014 8:23:25 AM Westozzy, I have made a study of a long serving polly of many years ago. I have followed h.....
» 17/02/2014 6:03:41 PM OSW, Damn good question. I think leadership is something that exists in certain people. Ed.....
» 17/02/2014 4:20:03 PM Westozzy, You are quite right there about unqualified politicians heading very complicate.....
» 16/02/2014 6:36:22 PM Foxy, Sadly there is usually politics behind these decisions. Fire, flood or drought are n.....
» 15/02/2014 7:41:06 PM Butcher, A bit off topic but I kept an eye on those leases for a while where I saw the gol.....
» 14/02/2014 7:58:48 PM Butcher, It all comes down to the price of the commodity at the time. I can recall pulling.....
» 14/02/2014 9:00:56 AM Josephus, I think WA had the biggest rise but is still one of the lowest at 5.1 percent. M.....
» 13/02/2014 7:38:22 AM Bazz, Possibly my imagination but there appears to be less trucks crossing the Nullarbor t.....
» 11/02/2014 7:13:25 AM I feel we are about to see some massive changes across the board in Oz. They have been com.....
» 10/02/2014 6:14:44 PM Bazz, Right or wrong it has happened on his watch and history/folklore being what it is he.....
» 7/02/2014 2:32:32 AM Foxy, You will be missed. Return as soon as you can. Take care. SD.....
» 6/02/2014 11:11:40 AM NTP, Inclined to agree. SD.....
» 5/02/2014 4:26:46 PM Belly Sadly it is all about politics. If the factory was in the seat of any of the cabine.....
» 2/02/2014 10:45:47 AM Turn it off if you do not like it. My set, radio and TV are fitted with an on/off switch a.....
» 1/02/2014 11:19:04 AM OTB, Sunset clauses are inherent in nature. Everything comes to an end eventually. Some so.....
» 1/02/2014 10:38:23 AM Indi, Nothing is forever and that includes the style of the Auntie and Prime Ministers. Bo.....
» 1/02/2014 9:48:02 AM Hasbeen, Yeah I do not watch 7.30 Report that much these days. It does have a slightly hys.....
» 31/01/2014 9:01:46 PM Cohenite, I am a lifetime LNP voter and also a lifetime ABC listener/viewer. At various ti.....
» 31/01/2014 8:24:03 AM Belly, No doubt we do have problems in Oz when it comes to manufacturing, and in many othe.....
» 29/01/2014 7:31:16 PM SR, Inclined to agree. SD.....
» 27/01/2014 5:11:40 PM Rehctub, I am all for it but one problem is the amount of administration, supervision, ins.....
» 26/01/2014 12:59:14 PM Tosca, Anything worthwhile takes some effort. It is just too damn easy to walk away from y.....
» 26/01/2014 11:13:23 AM In my opinion and from observation if someone needs to be told how to get along with their.....
» 25/01/2014 8:58:52 AM Sounds like something thought up by the Conservative Catholics in the LNP. Time they got t.....
» 24/01/2014 9:50:19 AM Banjo, I distanced myself from my childhood, by a very long way, distance wise and emotion.....
» 24/01/2014 7:16:37 AM Some of the best Councillors I have come across, especially in my younger years, were barm.....
» 23/01/2014 11:59:23 AM I just wish the politicians and politics could be removed from the issue. We do not want u.....
» 22/01/2014 12:51:28 PM Foxy, I bow to your experience in such matters. My experience is not very current occurrin.....
» 22/01/2014 11:56:47 AM Foxy, With all the assistance and knowledge available to the modern family life should be .....
» 22/01/2014 11:47:47 AM Laz, I too watch Air crash Investigations. Do not believe all you see on TV as there is bi.....
» 22/01/2014 8:52:06 AM Belly, Not me watering it down. I was institution raised in the 40s and 50s when such thin.....
» 21/01/2014 7:24:54 PM Laz, Some people are just like that. War and suchlike may diminish the crime of paedophili.....
» 21/01/2014 5:28:11 PM Simon, Too true. SD.....
» 21/01/2014 4:04:14 PM I am not too sure whether paedophilia is totally about sex per se. I suspect the subterfug.....
» 28/12/2013 7:02:14 PM Hasbeen, I knew an old villager in Rabaul who showed me around the area in the time I was .....
» 28/12/2013 1:08:14 PM Hasbeen, Like you I am rather cautious these days. I reckon I have used up most of my nine.....
» 28/12/2013 12:38:51 PM I lived in Darwin and Alice Springs , before cyclone Tracy. Enjoyed my time in both places.....
» 28/12/2013 11:16:11 AM I remember times of reflection in various places. I wandered a bit in my younger years, us.....
» 28/12/2013 6:46:44 AM Chris, When I left I moved across the country and started life all over again. Put it all .....
» 27/12/2013 9:35:04 AM Hasbeen, No I cannot recall the Ball. Tavurvur the volcano, stank a bit and the place had .....
» 27/12/2013 12:48:14 AM Hasbeen, I lived in Rabaul for a time, around '68. I was a member of the yacht club, did .....
» 26/12/2013 9:56:25 PM Chris, Oddly enough I reckon I learnt more about mateship, empathy, morals and ethics from.....
» 24/12/2013 6:44:24 AM Christmas was a time I missed not having parents around when I was a kid. It was never a g.....
» 22/12/2013 11:00:35 PM Yeah have a good Christmas OLO people. I am not a horn locker but look forward to the disc.....
» 19/12/2013 10:29:46 AM Foxy/Suse, I cannot comment on the Catholic institutions, I did spend some time in one but.....
» 19/12/2013 8:34:33 AM Suse, You do not forget the past, that's impossible, but you should not live in it. That i.....
» 18/12/2013 11:35:54 AM Foxy, You have obviously read a bit on the subject. I cannot say I have but I have written.....
» 18/12/2013 9:18:33 AM RLP, That's an impressive list for his first 100 days. I imagine he and his cohort are qui.....
» 17/12/2013 6:29:58 PM Well said Jon J. SD.....
» 17/12/2013 1:38:42 PM Foxy, No offense but from my experience that sounds a bit theoretical. SD.....
» 17/12/2013 1:21:04 PM Foxy, I am not buying into this discussion but I was raised in a religious institution, no.....
» 16/12/2013 8:52:08 AM Hasbeen, Yeah I agree with your comments. SD.....
» 15/12/2013 5:25:33 PM Runner, That is a very good question. How many seats does the Govt hold. Ninety isn't it? .....
» 15/12/2013 7:10:37 AM Belly, To blame others for the situation you 'chose' to be in is the refuge of those with .....
» 14/12/2013 2:14:24 PM Runner, As have senior under performing management on obscene salaries. I suspect all part.....
» 14/12/2013 11:09:47 AM Foxy, I think TA is having to pay back his supporters, part of the system I guess, but I f.....
» 13/12/2013 1:49:17 PM Dear Julia, I am an LNP voter but that said the days of John Howard are past, we need some.....
» 13/12/2013 12:57:21 PM David, You have no argument from me, could not agree more. I was only referring to the sit.....
» 13/12/2013 11:14:06 AM Foxy, Yeah some fresh blood is what the LNP needs. The front bench are hasbeens from the H.....
» 12/12/2013 8:48:23 PM Hasbeen, I am neither a leftie or a labor voter but the front bench line up on the Govt si.....
» 7/12/2013 2:48:45 PM Hasbeen, Maybe you are right but I would prefer our Justice system and the associated Judi.....
» 7/12/2013 11:39:20 AM Indi, It is our system and like anything set up by us humans it is less than perfect. To h.....
» 7/12/2013 10:52:14 AM Foxy, Holden is an overseas interest as is Ford and Toyota. Icons belong in churches and a.....
» 7/12/2013 10:43:16 AM We wont always like the decisions of our judiciary but they should never be subject to the.....
» 7/12/2013 10:33:10 AM It is a difficult situation no matter who the Prime Minister may be. The way we are headed.....
» 6/12/2013 8:02:48 PM First sentence. For new read knew. Typo. SD.....
» 6/12/2013 7:52:09 PM Like most I never new Nelson Mandela, my knowledge of the man comes solely from reading an.....
» 4/12/2013 7:14:56 AM I cannot recall any government over a long working life that was of any real value. State .....
» 30/11/2013 5:15:46 PM The previous and current governments demonstrate just how much the current crop of politic.....
» 28/11/2013 10:18:30 AM A good article. I have no doubt there is the talent and ability in the Coalition to meet t.....
» 27/11/2013 6:17:56 PM I have always had reservations about Gonski but I would have liked to have heard about sup.....
» 14/11/2013 8:12:55 AM Belly, Since the beginning of mining in Western Australias Eastern Goldfields in the late .....
» 13/11/2013 9:12:33 AM Belly, Good morning to you. Back a bit I developed a real interest in dry land timber and .....
» 12/11/2013 2:14:21 PM OTB, Plenty of pine in our house. The house is all timber including the inside wall panels.....
» 12/11/2013 1:40:18 PM IM, Just a 30 year crop instead of an annual like cereals. Not too many trees in a wheat .....
» 12/11/2013 11:52:48 AM Belly, I have owned a couple of timber (Jarrah) homes over the years. Jarrah is as hard as.....
» 11/11/2013 8:23:39 AM Suse, Like you I have lived in cyclone prone areas such as Darwin and others. The majority.....
» 10/11/2013 9:01:11 PM Suse, I have lived in a cyclone rated timber house for many years. It is located right on.....
» 10/11/2013 6:07:02 PM When I am seeking information on climate change I do not seek the opinions of people such .....
» 9/11/2013 12:04:25 PM Spindoc, I think in the case of Oz and many other places good old human nature is the prim.....
» 1/11/2013 9:54:29 AM Spindoc, Love the way you write. Caught a couple of fish yesterday, herring, no they were .....
» 31/10/2013 3:09:26 PM Too good for me Spindoc. I shall have to leave the field to you. It is a pity that many of.....
» 31/10/2013 1:54:26 PM Spindoc, To get back to your original question. Yes I do think we should keep the ABC. Yes.....
» 29/10/2013 5:07:53 PM Thank you Spindoc for your marvelous and educational post. Very well expressed I must say......
» 29/10/2013 10:58:20 AM Tony, To asses bias one really needs to demonstrate a reasonable lack of bias in ones own .....
» 29/10/2013 1:02:24 AM Hasbeen, I make my own assessment and judgement on what I see or hear on the ABC or any o.....
» 29/10/2013 12:53:35 AM Hasbeen, Yeah I lived in the Territory and TPNG in the 60s. As you say there were a few ru.....
» 28/10/2013 4:02:17 PM Spindoc, Shaggy Dog does not run down any trails these days, a fast hobble at best. SD.....
» 28/10/2013 3:27:08 PM Hasbeen, I guess I have been around long enough to know when I am being fed a load of rub.....
» 28/10/2013 11:50:54 AM Bec, Country folk ourselves. SD.....
» 28/10/2013 11:44:29 AM I rarely watch commercial TV, in part because of the barrage of advertising and the obviou.....
» 28/10/2013 11:33:28 AM OTB, Good one. Gotta agree with that. SD.....
» 27/10/2013 8:08:06 PM In your dreams. Women should be allowed to be who they want to be. They should not have to.....
» 24/10/2013 7:24:03 PM Hasbeen, All our worlds are different to others. The trick is placing yourself in the wor.....
» 24/10/2013 2:45:28 PM There is a vast difference between being action man and running a country as Prime Ministe.....
» 23/10/2013 8:43:25 PM Bec, Carr cannily carrected his cunning comment. RD.....
» 23/10/2013 6:41:45 PM I thought Carr corrected himself and said canny. Politicians are cunning as a matter of co.....
» 17/10/2013 9:44:54 AM OTB, The only thing worse than a current pollie is a past pollie. They are all tarred wit.....
» 17/10/2013 8:13:18 AM Pontification by ex pollies is pretty much the norm. Ex is what they are and should be tre.....
» 13/10/2013 6:39:17 PM Jay of Melbourne, What you say is possibly true but from my own experience such things ten.....
» 12/10/2013 8:03:09 PM Some interesting and informative posts on this thread. I thought I knew a bit about New Gu.....
» 12/10/2013 6:39:35 AM I am none too sure what would be the best form of Government for Oz but one thing is for s.....
» 8/10/2013 11:51:14 AM Is Mise, I have no doubt its true. There is much mineral wealth involved and it not just .....
» 8/10/2013 10:38:02 AM Belly, Just a follow up to my previous posts. I am not some innocent viewing things from a.....
» 8/10/2013 7:23:46 AM Belly, The world is a very imperfect place and the people that inhabit same including our.....
» 7/10/2013 10:40:48 PM Foreign aid should be a good thing but too often it is distributed in an inefficient manne.....
» 5/10/2013 9:40:18 PM Foxy, I have heard worse than that in the cockpit. There have been times a set of water co.....
» 5/10/2013 5:38:16 PM Son: When I grow up Dad I want to be a Pilot. Dad: You cannot do both son. There are old .....
» 5/10/2013 10:20:26 AM Foxy, If you weigh a train at a railweigh station Where do you weigh a pie. Answer: ".....
» 1/10/2013 9:29:00 AM JKJ, I enjoy reading your posts as most are thought provoking and as such are of value. Yo.....
» 29/09/2013 4:53:05 PM TL, Not a good look no matter how one describes the method of movement. Hows about. ".....
» 26/09/2013 9:57:31 PM Chrisgaff, Yeah a bit of leadership and discipline about the shop would be a good thing. .....
» 26/09/2013 5:30:54 PM Chrissgaff, Whatever replaces Labor,if your prediction is correct, will need to be able to.....
» 26/09/2013 1:24:33 PM OTB, Yeah I reckon the Coalition will get two terms. It will take Labor that long to get .....
» 23/09/2013 12:19:21 AM The way government departments leak information I doubt they will have much success in sit.....
» 22/09/2013 9:01:35 PM I thought politicians were 'public servants' too. Many of our politicians appear to be wor.....
» 21/09/2013 7:42:58 PM We really should make it compulsory for our Pollies to read the OLO Forum twice daily as a.....
» 20/09/2013 12:43:02 PM You have to admit this topic sounds like parliament in session, nasty words at fifty paces.....
» 17/09/2013 4:36:13 PM OTB, My apologies You are right of course. How I could have got it so wrong I just don't k.....
» 17/09/2013 3:53:46 PM OTB, Read my post again. I only stated that with a population split of approx 50/50 one wo.....
» 17/09/2013 3:11:36 PM OTB, I agree, women can choose but they still need to be chosen. SD.....
» 17/09/2013 1:56:06 PM With our population divided approximately 50/50 between male and female one would expect a.....
» 14/09/2013 12:35:29 PM JKJ, Thanks for your posts. I like the way you think. Your posts on this topic are really .....
» 13/09/2013 9:31:47 AM JKJ, A thoughtful and well written reply. Solutions are generally coloured grey and are r.....
» 12/09/2013 5:50:17 PM Hasbeen, I look forward to seeing how our new Prime Minister turns out. I have read a fai.....
» 12/09/2013 4:59:49 PM Hasbeen, I am not too sure it could be called fluff. There are some valid points there wo.....
» 11/09/2013 5:23:22 PM Yuyutsu, A rhetorical question is what it was. The senate is supposedly the states house b.....
» 11/09/2013 3:20:15 PM Didn't Queensland delete their upper house back aways ? Our current senate is dysfunctiona.....
» 10/09/2013 6:11:37 PM Belly, Yes it should be a house of review and that only. Senators should not be able to h.....
» 10/09/2013 4:06:26 PM Belly, I hope your party comes good as they are a necessary part of our system. From my l.....
» 9/09/2013 8:36:47 AM Onya Belly, Good to hear you are coming good. I was wondering what had become of you. Int.....
» 9/09/2013 8:27:58 AM Chris, I think Shorten is bright, far cleverer than Abbot in my opinion, but he let his e.....
» 8/09/2013 9:31:32 PM Chris, My apologies if I misunderstood the intent of your post. SD.....
» 8/09/2013 9:14:36 PM Chris, I am not too sure whether a humanities student would be more qualified to identify.....
» 8/09/2013 8:09:28 PM How are you Belly. Long time no speak. We need a strong but non destructive opposition and.....
» 8/09/2013 4:22:27 PM I do not like Rudd or Abbot but I suspect when Abbot is shunted, and he will be eventually.....
» 8/09/2013 3:56:44 PM Neither Abbot or Rudd are inspiring speech makers. One can hardly speak at all and the oth.....
» 8/09/2013 7:08:02 AM Some people will find a situation or occupation stressful, others wont. How you handle the.....
» 2/09/2013 7:00:17 AM If Rudd and Abbot are the best leaders this country can throw up we really do have a probl.....
» 28/08/2013 3:34:00 PM It still comes down to profits. If you cannot make a quid on an Australian manufactured pr.....
» 28/08/2013 1:02:26 PM It is all about profits. Why make anything when you can improve your profits by importing......
» 28/08/2013 9:27:11 AM All facets of our Military are always under review and should never become a political too.....
» 27/08/2013 6:43:50 PM Hasbeen, Started with Qantas in Feb '58 as an apprentice. Handed my Maintenance Engineers.....
» 27/08/2013 3:03:29 PM Hasbeen, I assume you were a RAN pilot. When was that? Sea Venoms go back aways. You are .....
» 26/08/2013 10:58:27 PM Hasbeen, Not buying in to this discussion but I have worked with female pilots and was ev.....
» 26/08/2013 1:46:21 PM Hasbeen, I agree entirely with your comments, there is such a variety of people claiming t.....
» 26/08/2013 12:26:09 PM Banjo, No I am not a supporter of the left or Mr Rudd. He is a good example of politician.....
» 26/08/2013 11:27:58 AM Banjo, Whilst we are a civilised country and signature to various agreements to do with re.....
» 25/08/2013 9:47:38 PM Rehctub, I am not a Rudd supporter but the boat people pressure is now coming from many d.....
» 25/08/2013 2:01:57 PM I would be up for a Tassie built timber fishing boat. If I could place an order and collec.....
» 22/08/2013 1:56:42 PM Lexi, Life is what you make of it. It is not served up equally for sure but you have no c.....
» 22/08/2013 8:04:51 AM Morning Lexi, A while since I posted here. I was raised in an orphanage, left when I was .....
» 13/12/2011 11:24:19 AM Luci, I note you referring to an "SD" in your last few posts. Is my name being .....
» 12/12/2011 7:37:17 AM Onya Belly ! SD.....
» 10/12/2011 1:04:10 PM Arjay, Interesting point of view. Certainly a complicated, expensive and untidy way of g.....
» 10/12/2011 8:42:27 AM Jay of Melbourne, Whilst I cannot suggest a replacement, Democracy as we know it in this .....
» 9/12/2011 8:55:31 PM Lexi, I am no great fan of any political party but I am inclined to agree with what you s.....
» 2/11/2011 12:03:24 PM Vegemite !! SD.....
» 2/11/2011 10:08:49 AM Poirot, Possibly an excess of testosterone has driven the fair sex to find more convivial.....
» 2/11/2011 8:11:07 AM Blue Cross, Amen !! SD.....
» 2/11/2011 7:57:14 AM David, I cannot see it ever happening naturally. You can legislate against tribalism but .....
» 2/11/2011 7:42:40 AM Rechtub, I do not think you could advise anyone as to the best career path to follow thes.....
» 1/11/2011 5:28:40 PM Hasbeen, Glad I am not mixed up in it. There are some dreadful problems in front of many .....
» 1/11/2011 5:19:49 PM Belly, Thanks for your comments. Just from a history point of view the Licensed Engineer.....
» 1/11/2011 11:03:51 AM Blue Cross, Things have to change, we cannot help that, but it is easy to lose ones way i.....
» 1/11/2011 10:15:02 AM Butcher, Thank you for your response but my post was not intended to raise any hostile di.....
» 1/11/2011 9:16:51 AM I was just musing after reading some of these posts just how much times have changed. I s.....
» 1/11/2011 7:10:23 AM We live South East Western Australia, long way from Perth. ABC and SBS reception is good. .....
» 30/10/2011 8:05:16 AM Ref third para. Bad phrasing. I did not outsource myself but I imagine there were times th.....
» 30/10/2011 8:00:25 AM I have sat on both sides of the desk in aviation, not at the level Qanatas operates at, bu.....
» 29/10/2011 11:11:59 PM Yabby, Obviously not and I do not dispute the need to make a profit and my remarks as to .....
» 29/10/2011 9:23:36 PM Yabby, What I meant was that Nationalism does come at a price and whether that price is a.....
» 29/10/2011 7:30:01 PM The next few days will be quite interesting to say the least. It is hard to work out what.....
» 12/10/2011 8:34:09 PM DD, Yes. Quite! SD.....
» 12/10/2011 3:19:01 PM DD, To me there are some areas where words are inadequate as it is a different experience.....
» 12/10/2011 12:49:14 PM Diver Dan, I think we can be taught to understand the emotions involved in relationships......
» 12/10/2011 10:45:47 AM Lexi, Sounds okay to me. One hopes the journey of discovery lasts your whole life. Every.....
» 12/10/2011 10:24:20 AM Lexi, I have always had the impression that more heterosexual women support same sex marr.....
» 12/10/2011 10:08:28 AM Ta Anti. Will read it later on today. SD.....
» 12/10/2011 4:58:52 AM Anti, All powerful companies bother me too, especially when their influence affects good .....
» 11/10/2011 7:30:25 PM Lexi, The 64% who support would include a large number who do not give a damn as to what .....
» 11/10/2011 3:14:55 PM Yabby, Cost of labour aside. The location of QANTAS in Australia is now a strike against.....
» 11/10/2011 12:10:29 PM The treatment of minorities will always be more about rhetoric rather than actualities. I.....
» 10/10/2011 7:32:51 PM Lexi, It is impossible in the real world to achieve equity for all. If you manage to get .....
» 10/10/2011 5:38:39 PM Onya Belly, Been a union member and in later years encouraged my staff to join. Responsi.....
» 10/10/2011 4:28:46 PM Yabby, Said very much tongue in cheek! I used to have a very black and white view of the.....
» 10/10/2011 3:33:57 PM I do not see same sex marriage as a human rights issue. It may be seen as such by some in .....
» 10/10/2011 12:52:48 PM Yabby, I was an indentured apprentice with QANTAS way back. I was still a callow youth wh.....
» 10/10/2011 9:27:13 AM Yabby, Ref QANTAS. Sadly I think you are right, strikes are not going to solve the proble.....
» 10/10/2011 8:44:52 AM Lexi, Yeah I am still doing a bit of Post Grad study to help prevent the gray matter from.....
» 9/10/2011 11:27:43 PM Lexi, I wasn't going to post anymore on this topic but I have read some of Indis and your.....
» 9/10/2011 7:40:10 PM Lexi, No, my childhood was far from conservative. Unconventional maybe by todays standard.....
» 9/10/2011 2:30:38 PM Lexi, Re Sahggy Dog. I have been called worse. In regard the thoughts of youth I can lo.....
» 9/10/2011 9:03:02 AM Indi, Fair comment. It would appear to me to be a trend from both camps with quite a few.....
» 8/10/2011 6:39:40 PM Lexi, Interesting comment. I think when we are young we often see our seniors as narrow .....
» 8/10/2011 5:42:05 PM Lexi, When I was young I cannot say I knew many people with a tertiary education. They ju.....
» 8/10/2011 3:05:43 PM Yabby, I feel there are changes afoot that will dictate some very big changes in Australi.....
» 8/10/2011 1:43:25 PM Yabby, The demise of Ansett was caused by a multitude of factors, wages was just one part.....
» 8/10/2011 12:11:52 PM Belly, The maintenance side of aviation is a high cost area and management, not only that.....
» 5/10/2011 4:24:27 PM Anti, I would have thought detracting from the truth was what yarns were supposed to do. .....
» 5/10/2011 12:57:44 PM Antiseptic, Seems to me we have lost track as to the question you posed in the original p.....
» 5/10/2011 7:56:44 AM Antiseptic, Most of us make a fable out of our actual lives in one way or another. It is .....
» 4/10/2011 3:16:37 PM Jewelry, No one really knows what they would do unless faced with the actual circumstance.....
» 4/10/2011 12:15:53 PM I haven't read all the posts on this topic but it would seem to me that the survival insti.....
» 11/07/2011 8:24:25 PM NSB, I believe the world refugee problem is beyond the scope of any country to resolve in.....
» 12/04/2010 11:47:01 AM Peter, Most of all Australia requires some mature leadership. Something we have been lac.....
» 17/11/2009 10:11:27 AM It is all about entertainment. In my opinion we have become a nation of spectators and sp.....
» 4/11/2009 8:14:14 AM Too simplistic. I am sure the company could have done without the publicity and financial.....
» 29/04/2009 12:04:51 PM Ken, I am inclined to agree with your comments as like you I realised it was best for all .....
» 8/09/2008 12:22:39 PM Paul, As a follow on to your article I would suggest from my own experience that a lifesty.....
» 17/03/2008 11:09:52 AM I dont think it matters what the problem is, binge drinking, drugs or just plain anti soci.....
» 14/12/2007 5:57:08 PM I feel the Howard Govt suffered from the the Right to Rule syndrome that afflicts many man.....
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