Why the difference...
Jun 25th 2008, 2:52 am
#137
Victorian Evangelist
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Re: Why the difference...
Please desist from any personal insults or the thread will be closed.
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Jun 25th 2008, 4:11 am
#138
Australia's Doorman
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Jun 25th 2008, 4:18 am
#139
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Jun 25th 2008, 10:15 am
#140
Ping pong PoM
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Re: Why the difference...
I really dont think anyone would decide to marry someone and live half way round the world without considering the affect it would have on them. Just as the rest of us did in which ever circumstances we emigrated.
as its already being pointed out to you on an earlier post everybody on here who has emigrated has done so looking for a better life, we were all you once upon a time. But until you live here yourself how can you make a comment on how people feel?
for some it works, for some it doesnt.
Your simplist view may be true, of course they have the choice to do so but could you imagine leaving your children in another country? Or leaving your husband?
I really hope your new life in Oz works for you and that we are not reading a disatisfied/homesick post from you in a years time, especially if your OH loves it here... but then you will have the choice to leave him and come back won't you.
as its already being pointed out to you on an earlier post everybody on here who has emigrated has done so looking for a better life, we were all you once upon a time. But until you live here yourself how can you make a comment on how people feel?
for some it works, for some it doesnt.
Your simplist view may be true, of course they have the choice to do so but could you imagine leaving your children in another country? Or leaving your husband?
I really hope your new life in Oz works for you and that we are not reading a disatisfied/homesick post from you in a years time, especially if your OH loves it here... but then you will have the choice to leave him and come back won't you.
So, is there a recipe for happiness that will work for all of us?
For Epicurus, one of life's greatest pleasures was to be found in friendship. He felt that good friends were relatively easy to obtain, and bought an almost endless stream of pleasure. A grand mansion filled with luxuries but empty of company would bring much less pleasure than a small basic flat which was shared with true friends, according to this belief.
Because of this, he advocated that the first thing anyone who aims to be happy should do is strive to find friends. Join a club, start a course, or play a sport in order to form connections with your fellow humans. A sure way to happiness is to spend more time socializing.
I hope that all of the karma that Rabsody received results in some true friends... if Epicurus is to be believed.
My own thoughts though lean towards Aristotle's....We are what we choose.
Although.....
A question that a philosophy lecturer asked me, after I made this statement!
6 birds are sitting on a telephone wire. 4 of them decide to fly away. How many birds are left on the wire???
Jun 25th 2008, 10:28 am
#141
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Re: Why the difference...
Thanks for making the observation Carol, I was beginning to feel that I was being overly sensitive! My observations and thoughts are just that. It appears that it was taken personally.
Don't worry about it. I think that leaving the posts there, enable readers to draw their own conclusions from the 'discussion', I'd much rather everyone saw everything in it's original form and draw their own conclusions, whatever they may be.
Don't worry about it. I think that leaving the posts there, enable readers to draw their own conclusions from the 'discussion', I'd much rather everyone saw everything in it's original form and draw their own conclusions, whatever they may be.
For what its worth - I too think that life is too short to be miserable in one place and if the only thing stopping me move back to the UK was finances, I wouldn't think twice about it.
All the best.
Carol
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Jun 25th 2008, 11:50 am
#145
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Re: Why the difference...
A teacher asks her class, ''If there are 5 birds sitting on a fence and you shoot one of them, how many will be left?'' She calls on little Johnny.
''None, they all fly away with the first gunshot.''
The teacher replies, ''The correct answer is 4, but I like your thinking.'' Then Little Johnny says, ''I have a question for YOU. There are three women sitting on a bench having ice cream. One is delicately licking the sides of the triple scoop of ice cream. The second is gobbling down the top and sucking the cone. The third is biting off the top of the ice cream. Which one is married?''
The teacher, blushing a great deal, replies, ''Well I suppose the one that's gobbled down the top and sucked the cone.''
''The correct answer is the one with the wedding ring on...but I like your thinking.''
''None, they all fly away with the first gunshot.''
The teacher replies, ''The correct answer is 4, but I like your thinking.'' Then Little Johnny says, ''I have a question for YOU. There are three women sitting on a bench having ice cream. One is delicately licking the sides of the triple scoop of ice cream. The second is gobbling down the top and sucking the cone. The third is biting off the top of the ice cream. Which one is married?''
The teacher, blushing a great deal, replies, ''Well I suppose the one that's gobbled down the top and sucked the cone.''
''The correct answer is the one with the wedding ring on...but I like your thinking.''
Jun 25th 2008, 11:55 am
#146
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Re: Why the difference...
V V funny!
Jun 25th 2008, 1:16 pm
#148
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