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Forum: Australia
Jul 25th 2010, 1:54 am
Replies: 247
Views: 27,924
Posted By Wol

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

I am not talking about the well-off: they are capable of maintaining mortgages regardless of rental income. But I have met many "ordinary" people (and I don't use that in a pejorative sense) who have...
Forum: Australia
Jul 25th 2010, 1:36 am
Replies: 247
Views: 27,924
Posted By Wol

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

I used to think that too - see some old posts of mine. However, seeing the proliferation of charity shops and the like made me did around a bit and in fact the Highlands has below average income,...
Forum: Australia
Jul 25th 2010, 1:31 am
Replies: 247
Views: 27,924
Posted By Wol

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

>>Same with those brutally loud and offensive tv-commercials which use broad Pommie accents - they're intentionally abrasive in order to gain the viewers' attention. But they're deliberately...
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2010, 11:54 am
Replies: 247
Views: 27,924
Posted By Wol

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

Matter of opinion, but just about everyone I know has a handful of "investment" properties, many of which lose money overall, and expect to make a mint on rising prices.

In the past many if not...
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2010, 11:37 am
Replies: 247
Views: 27,924
Posted By Wol

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

>>- the massive cost of real estate. My theory is it is a consequence of the Aussie gambling mentality. Let's all turn up to auctions and outbid each other as that releases our competitive,...
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2010, 11:33 am
Replies: 247
Views: 27,924
Posted By Wol

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

We were sitting in a cafe last year listening to a girl and a fellow having an argument: she said that she was well off *because* she owned a property worth $xxx. He was saying (and this from an...
Forum: Australia
Jul 24th 2010, 7:45 am
Replies: 247
Views: 27,924
Posted By Wol

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

That's one of my big hates about the place - the obsession (bordering on the pathological) - with "investment" in property. It's not healthy.

Of course it's aided and abetted by the government,...
Forum: Australia
Jul 22nd 2010, 10:28 am
Replies: 247
Views: 27,924
Posted By Wol

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

Very true.

But again: Mrs Wol went up to t'smoke (Sydney) last month. First train had hardened vomit on one door, blood smears down the other side (plus the usual filth). Second one had a girl...
Forum: Australia
Jul 22nd 2010, 10:02 am
Replies: 247
Views: 27,924
Posted By Wol

Re: What do you not like about living in OZ

I'm tempted to say "all of the above" but that will only attract flames <g>.

Just back from a month in Europe, and am suffering from total culture shock.

From clean, efficient, ontime and...
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