The young ones, they know it all. Another generation goes out ready to face the world, they don’t need advice, they don’t want the benefit of our experience, and once again, just like us a decade ago, they get scammed, taken to the cleaners and ripped off.
It happens to every generation, in a slightly different form, if there’s one thing that I can assure you that will happen to my children, is that they will get scammed. Naive and ready to part with their money for a fairy tale without a moments thought, or with too much intension to get rich quick, it will happen to them.
This might help you with watch to watch out for…
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I came across this site yesterday, delivering a nice list and apt examples of what defines this great country. If your not aware form my posting I am from Australia, a country down the southern end of the world, one that we consider is now on top of the world because our mining operations have delivered a good chunk of our heavy metals from the ground to the rest of the world, thus overturning what was previously at the top.
OK, go to this page, play the videos and see the pictures, but above all, read the commentary.
I am glad at last that the Australian Government has formally and completely apologised for it’s mistreatment of the indigenous population of this country. What it did to eradicate the alternative genetic strain of our heritage was nothing less than an ethnic cleansing, an attempt at least conducted between the 30’s and 70’s of the last century to dominate the country and enforce the anglo-saxon way.
I am glad it was a failure and that all these years later we are being held accountable for our actions, to say Sorry and to acknowledge what has been done.
I enjoyed seeing the country at an early age, venturing into central Australia and experiencing this alternative culture while I was young opened my eyes to the world at large, the vast differences in people that are among us and that deserve to be here. We are all visitors to this land, the land of this planet and the greater acceptance of people on a level playing field (albeit a ball in space) needs to be seen by each and every one of us.
So we say sorry, we apologise for the actions of our forefathers, the controlling and dominating forces elected as our representatives in the times past and we all should take this as a lesson that our actions may impact others forever more.
With reduced worry, but with no less humility I also say sorry for not posting things to my blog for a while. I got this site all started with good intentions and expected to have things to say almost on a daily basis. That’s not wrong, but I didn’t foresee all the time it would take to achieve. So for that reason alone, it’s not happening as often as I would like but I working on it and will endeavour to post more regular updates. On the other hand, I am also making a concerted effort to not be a complaining whinger, most of the things people post on blogs, and for that matter, things I want to get off my chest are just complaints anyway so I am avoiding posting that at the moment.
Stay tuned, good things will come of it all…
Well yeah, if you get good value, but is that a real value or a perceived value?
Given the opportunity, spending a little more can really make it better, the quality of some things can be determined by what you spend and where you buy it from.
This all came about a few years ago when my wife and I went on a holiday and used some available frequent flyer points to get nice business class tickets. My wife used to travel a lot and she is a princess so getting the upgrade for some extra luxury is a must. We got to the airport on the day and I naturally dragged myself toward the long(ish) queue at the check-in desk like all the other sheep. My darling wife then tapped me on the shoulder and reminded me of our
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