Why Australia ?
Dec 19th 2007 | 8:42 pm
#61
Crazy Cat Lady
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 65,493
Re: Why Australia ?
OK going out on a limb here but I think Aus is classless as compared to the UK definitely. I won't generalise because otherwise I'd have to slap myself and I'm not in the mood but suffice to say around here where I live there is no "I'm better than you, I have more than you, what I have is more valuable than you can afford". The rich and the poor live happily side by side and couldn't care less. They invite each other round for lobster or prawns, they share champagne or tonic water - it's irrelevant. It is also very very refreshing.
If there are people who claim class, IMO they tend to be relatively recent migrants from the UK who know no better.
If there are people who claim class, IMO they tend to be relatively recent migrants from the UK who know no better.
Dec 19th 2007 | 8:44 pm
#62
What Time is Love
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,132
From: Mu Mu Land
Re: Why Australia ?
OK going out on a limb here but I think Aus is classless as compared to the UK definitely. I won't generalise because otherwise I'd have to slap myself and I'm not in the mood but suffice to say around here where I live there is no "I'm better than you, I have more than you, what I have is more valuable than you can afford". The rich and the poor live happily side by side and couldn't care less. They invite each other round for lobster or prawns, they share champagne or tonic water - it's irrelevant. It is also very very refreshing.
If there are people who claim class, IMO they tend to be relatively recent migrants from the UK who know no better.
If there are people who claim class, IMO they tend to be relatively recent migrants from the UK who know no better.
Dec 19th 2007 | 8:45 pm
#63
da Bonehead
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 22,767
From: Lion in da jungle
Re: Why Australia ?
Why are you out on a limb ?
Didn't you read the thread ?
Tut, tut.
Didn't you read the thread ?
Tut, tut.
Dec 19th 2007 | 8:48 pm
#64
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Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 2,199
From: North East Tasmania
Re: Why Australia ?
OK going out on a limb here but I think Aus is classless as compared to the UK definitely. I won't generalise because otherwise I'd have to slap myself and I'm not in the mood but suffice to say around here where I live there is no "I'm better than you, I have more than you, what I have is more valuable than you can afford". The rich and the poor live happily side by side and couldn't care less. They invite each other round for lobster or prawns, they share champagne or tonic water - it's irrelevant. It is also very very refreshing.
If there are people who claim class, IMO they tend to be relatively recent migrants from the UK who know no better.
If there are people who claim class, IMO they tend to be relatively recent migrants from the UK who know no better.
Dec 19th 2007 | 8:49 pm
#65
Crazy Cat Lady
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 65,493
Re: Why Australia ?
No. But Australia's version is a very very watered down version of the UK
My shit shoulder is giving me hell today so I am one limb short.
My shit shoulder is giving me hell today so I am one limb short.
Dec 19th 2007 | 8:55 pm
#69
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 4,918
Re: Why Australia ?
OK going out on a limb here but I think Aus is classless as compared to the UK definitely. I won't generalise because otherwise I'd have to slap myself and I'm not in the mood but suffice to say around here where I live there is no "I'm better than you, I have more than you, what I have is more valuable than you can afford". The rich and the poor live happily side by side and couldn't care less. They invite each other round for lobster or prawns, they share champagne or tonic water - it's irrelevant. It is also very very refreshing.
If there are people who claim class, IMO they tend to be relatively recent migrants from the UK who know no better.
If there are people who claim class, IMO they tend to be relatively recent migrants from the UK who know no better.
Dec 19th 2007 | 8:56 pm
#70
MODERATOR
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 9,932
From: Redneck Wonderland
Re: Why Australia ?
Deb had always fantasized about me in lederhosen skiing down the piste. We both love the food Mmmm Wiener Schnitzel
And the Vienna
Boys Choir are amazing.
And the Vienna Boys Choir are amazing.
Dec 19th 2007 | 9:00 pm
#72
Account Closed
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 8,913
Re: Why Australia ?
Simple answer, we had family in Perth who raved on about it to us for 2 years. They got in our heads, fiddled with our brain's
...and here we are!!
The in-laws are leaving now
...and here we are!!The in-laws are leaving now
Dec 19th 2007 | 9:05 pm
#74
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,409
From: Adelaide
Re: Why Australia ?
I think there is a hierarchy of sorts here. There's certainly an absence of Blue bloods here but there most definately is a strong working class presence in the area in which I live. I drive to the other side of town to Hyde Park and there I find middle- upper middle class people.
Maybe it's wrong to use the word class in terms of Australia, but there is definately different socioeconomic levels in Australia..we are not all equal.
Maybe it's wrong to use the word class in terms of Australia, but there is definately different socioeconomic levels in Australia..we are not all equal.
