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Forum: Australia

Sep 2nd 2003, 11:03 am

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List of things that really are better in OZ.

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Posted By Florida_03

Your point is spot-on MM. I have already tried to...

Your point is spot-on MM. I have already tried to influence corporate decisions and have fought fierce battles with the board, executive, and CFO of my previous employer. It has left me tired and...

Forum: Australia

Sep 2nd 2003, 8:16 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

Views: 7,720

Posted By Florida_03

Well I did ask for it and you did deliver, boom...

Well I did ask for it and you did deliver, boom boom. There is nothing in what you say with which I disagree. We just see things differently. Choices come from other's voices?

Forum: Australia

Sep 1st 2003, 10:06 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

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Posted By Florida_03

Do you fly?

Do you fly?

Forum: Australia

Sep 1st 2003, 9:57 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

Views: 7,720

Posted By Florida_03

Not so. Many of the most safety-critical systems...

Not so. Many of the most safety-critical systems in Australia rely completely on satcoms. A couple of sats provides extremely high-reliability links.

The Swedish have invested in solar-terrestrial...

Forum: Australia

Sep 1st 2003, 9:02 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

Views: 7,720

Posted By Florida_03

Snedden's Banana Republic comments were about a...

Snedden's Banana Republic comments were about a lack of investment and an over-reliance on primary industry.

You are right about application, and I do not think that invention is the key. However...

Forum: Australia

Sep 1st 2003, 7:53 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

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Posted By Florida_03

Maybe so. I do however, feel that there is an...

Maybe so. I do however, feel that there is an unrealised potential in Australia. The arguments put by Snedden and then Keating are valid, are they not?

Forum: Australia

Sep 1st 2003, 6:56 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

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Posted By Florida_03

We will have to wait and see...I think however...

We will have to wait and see...I think however that Australia has become a consumer of the results of the work I do and not a producer.

I have seen what the innovative of this country are capable...

Forum: Australia

Aug 29th 2003, 9:21 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

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Posted By Florida_03

Raytheon, Boeing, BAE, ADI, Tenix, Honeywell, all...

Raytheon, Boeing, BAE, ADI, Tenix, Honeywell, all shingle hangers. They are all just local marketing and sales divisions. When it comes to the real work it is done in Europe or the USA.

Forum: Australia

Aug 29th 2003, 8:47 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

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Posted By Florida_03

I work in wireless communications and satellite...

I work in wireless communications and satellite navigation technology, so did Australia, once.

I wish to continue working. I like working. This is what I work in. I can work in Florida. I can't...

Forum: Australia

Aug 29th 2003, 8:31 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

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Posted By Florida_03

Old news mixed with urban myth? You must know me...

Old news mixed with urban myth? You must know me by now?

I am not defending Florida or my decisions in any way. Never have on this forum.

Australia is no utopia. Nor is the USA.

By the way I...

Forum: Australia

Aug 29th 2003, 8:16 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

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Posted By Florida_03

Good luck with the fishing. I've fished the...

Good luck with the fishing. I've fished the Bribie passage since my teenage years. You can still get a couple of bream and the odd Jew.

The trips that stick in my mind, and the best, were the...

Forum: Australia

Aug 29th 2003, 7:35 am

Replies: 68

List of things that really are better in OZ.

Views: 7,720

Posted By Florida_03

I found a five cent piece once. Did I tell...

I found a five cent piece once.

Did I tell you about the boss of my local nick getting shot the other day. Good aussie bloke and father, shot dead by some drugged-up victim of society. Sorry I...

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