You know you are (still) in Australia when.....

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Sep 28th 2018, 3:41 pm

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ozzieeagle

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Re: You know you are (still) in Australia when.....

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Originally Posted by spouse of scouse

Today I went to Fiona Stanley Hospital to visit my daughter in their spinal cord injury rehab unit. It really is a magnificent facility, we're so lucky to have such excellent health facilities in Oz

Daughter also enjoyed the roast beef dinner I'd made for her - the hospital food's not bad at all but a home-cooked meal from mum is always best

Hope your Daughter gets well soon and we are very lucky. My youngest daughter picks up her first car later today. We are now becoming something I've always tried to avoid. A 3 car family. So you know when you are in Australia when every driver in your household has a bloody car.

I'm determined to get rid of one of mine now.

Sep 28th 2018, 3:49 pm

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Re: You know you are (still) in Australia when.....

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Yes, no wonder the garages are getting bigger and bigger, everyone 17 and over seems to have a car.

Thanks, my daughter should be able to go home in a couple of weeks. She has spina bifida and diabetes - it's a combination that sees her in either surgery or rehab quite often.

Sep 29th 2018, 12:20 am

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Re: You know you are (still) in Australia when.....

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Perhaps I will sell my London properties too because of your resentment. I think not. They provide a fantastic income. Your resentment is yours. No one elses.

Or you'll wake up from the dream and discover net worth of nothing. Really need a spot of help to get over the 'money phobia', not to say claiming property that doesn't belong to you.

Anyway can't always focus on your problems, even though here to help, but back to topic.

Two mornings ago spotted two kookaburras for the first time outside my bedroom window. (sitting on a branch not too far out of reach) Nature and wildlife is IMO what makes OZ.

Sep 29th 2018, 1:34 am

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Re: You know you are (still) in Australia when.....

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Just a passing thought Badge, job descriptions like astrophysicist, engineer, etc etc, tell me nothing about the person besides what they do. Reminds me of the time The Brain of Britain turned out to be a London cabbie. That turned a few heads. Its not the clothes they wear , nor the swagger of the walk nor the talk and especially not the rank. Some of the worst examples of humanity in the way of sociopaths and psychopaths, are in top positions due to their very nature to control. Not because of being well rounded, interesting people.

Can't disagree, but a person can take control of many things they don't like about their lives: your oft complaint is the people around you. Of course these are labels, there are only so much than can be said to paint a picture: it is people who help combat some of the things you complain about.