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Reply #15 - Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 8:52pm

Vic wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:46pm:

Yes - let's. It is good to see a quote from a real american visitor to our country - one who obviously enjoyed himself and saw the great things this country has to offer.

I have lived and worked in the USA, i am a resident alien and even have a social security number.
He is wrong on a few points.

1.Your employer pays your health insurance in the USA so being covered is not a problem unless you are a lazy bludger.
I dont watch tv for hours so unlikely to see ads.

2.I found Australian Lamb is cheaper in a Boston supermarket than what is costs in coles or woolies here.
I bought a free range Turkey for $12 and it would cost $40+ here for the same thing.
Our fruit and veges are pretty good,if you want a decent coffee in the USA go into an Italian restaurant they know how to make it the Americans have no idea.

3.The Americans have bastardised the english language

4.Our free to air TV is nothing to brag about, who want reality TV i prefer paid actors.

5.I think the small shops in the USA are better than ours, they have more products to choose from and are cheaper.
$25 bucks for Reebok basketball boots and $20 for Tommy Hilfiger jeans, no contest on clothes take an empty suitcase and buy new clothes when you visit.

6.Camping is free in the USA,i prefer luxury.

7.We have religion in politics here,Fred Nile for starters,the atheists are quiter in the USA.

8.American roads are better, did he drive in Sydney or down the south coast past Batemans bay.
Our highways could learn from America,the road going into Disney world is better than anything we have and how old is that.

9.In America they are always American first and whatever else second, in Australia many migrants are wherever their parents came from first and put Australia second.
Since he mentioned Greeks you are only eating a genuine aussie hamburger if you buy it in a hamburger shop or milk bar owned by a Greek.

10.Port Arthur resulted in collective punishment for all law abiding gun owners from the acts of a madman.
We now have a feral pest problem in the country and the best tools for dealing with this problem were taken away.

Our native wildlife is pretty good, the only people allowed to hunt native wildlife are aborigines.

I will go back and work in the USA if our dollar goes below 75 cents, i have job offers and i think it is a great place to live.

Australia is expensive to live in because we are supporting about 21 levels of government with a population of 23 million people.

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Re: Comments from a REAL American
Reply #16 - Feb 23^rd, 2014 at 8:08am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 8:05pm:

Vic wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:46pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:09pm:

Woooooo hoooooo

Let's get our flags out and proclaim how great it is to be Orsraaaaaayan!!!

Grin

Yes - let's. It is good to see a quote from a real american visitor to our country - one who obviously enjoyed himself and saw the great things this country has to offer. I give him more credence than a retrenched accountant who's daddy put him through school and paid for half his house. It all comes down to breeding and education doesn't it - and the source of the OP seems to have that - but then, being a mod in a chatroom must surely give pecking credits in the board room of high business and be the main topic of conversation at management dinners

Maybe just maybe I use real life experience and not place on my credence in what somebody somewhere writes.

Then again they always said at school the military was for thick kids so I'll give you a pass on ability to think and assess.

Then again they always said at school the military was for thick kids so I'll give you a pass on ability to think and assess.

Well that would be yet another problem of the schooling you received. There are far more highly successful military people than there are highly succcessful accountants. Perhaps you should ask for a refund of some of your fees

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Reply #17 - Feb 23^rd, 2014 at 8:00pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:59pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:22pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:09pm:

Woooooo hoooooo

Let's get our flags out and proclaim how great it is to be Orsraaaaaayan!!!

Grin

So.....I'm guessing you disagree with the Colorado bloke. Why?

Because I've lived in Australia, the US and the UK and I put Australia last.
My personal experience was I paid more for cost of living and taxes than the other two.

In fact I found Australia to be boring and it's people insular.

Honestly, you couldn't pay me enough to live in either the UK or Seppolia.

Pre-Thatcher UK, yes, but not since. As for Seppolia, why would anyone
sane want to live somewhere that every second flat-headed, slack-jawed
uneducated yokel has an assault rifle???

And, while Obama is struggling against the Republican filth to try and improve
life in Seppolia, the UK have exactly the same kind of ignorant, lying maggots
running (ruining) the show as the pack of evil clowns we have in power.

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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Comments from a REAL American Reply #18 - Feb 24^th, 2014 at 10:21am Just watching this guy on ABC. Definitely someone with his head screwed on the right way.
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Winston Smith Gold Member Offline Ministry of Truth Posts: 1549 Oceania Gender:	Re: Comments from a REAL American Reply #19 - Feb 24^th, 2014 at 10:37am Looks like more 'you don't know how good you have it' apologetics.
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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Comments from a REAL American Reply #20 - Feb 24^th, 2014 at 10:44am Winston Smith wrote on Feb 24^th, 2014 at 10:37am: Looks like more 'you don't know how good you have it' apologetics. No, I don't think so. More like a few necessary but unpopular 'home-truths'.
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Winston Smith Gold Member Offline Ministry of Truth Posts: 1549 Oceania Gender:	Re: Comments from a REAL American Reply #21 - Feb 24^th, 2014 at 11:09am Kat wrote on Feb 24^th, 2014 at 10:44am: Winston Smith wrote on Feb 24^th, 2014 at 10:37am: Looks like more 'you don't know how good you have it' apologetics. No, I don't think so. More like a few necessary but unpopular 'home-truths'. It could always be worse isn't a position.
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Reply #22 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 6:58am

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:59pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:22pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:09pm:

Woooooo hoooooo

Let's get our flags out and proclaim how great it is to be Orsraaaaaayan!!!

Grin

So.....I'm guessing you disagree with the Colorado bloke. Why?

Because I've lived in Australia, the US and the UK and I put Australia last.
My personal experience was I paid more for cost of living and taxes than the other two.

In fact I found Australia to be boring and it's people insular.

I think that's because they didn't like you. They sense it when someone thinks they're superior and had a mummy's boy upbringing

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Re: Comments from a REAL American
Reply #23 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 7:03am

muso wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 8:33pm:

Most of his coments are fair enough. It's all a question of individual taste.

As far as the supermarkets are concerned, there is no real comparison. Sure, some of the fruit is better, but we don't have the variety they have overseas.

As far as Australians are concerned, we have our share of abnoxious Australians abroad, but probably not as bad as Americans and Germans.

I've been lucky enough to know people from widely different cultural backgrounds. Variety is the spice of life.

Coffee - yes can equate with that. I always remember in Ghana being served by a very dark waiter at breakfast time once. He asked "Would you like instant coffee or white man's coffee?"

In Australia, we do tend to have a preference for "white man's coffee". Most of Europe does coffee pretty well too. Even the UK is improving, but some of my most terrible experiences with coffee have been in the US.

I remember on one flight being served something that tasted like dishwater. I asked the flight attendent if she had tasted it herself. I explained that it was probably the worst beverage passed off as coffee that I had ever tasted.

I was in NY state once, ordered a glass of red wine at the bar (not a particularly hot day). They served it to me with ice. Now that experience scared me for life.

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Re: Comments from a REAL American
Reply #24 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 7:11am

Baronvonrort wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 8:52pm:

Vic wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:46pm:

Yes - let's. It is good to see a quote from a real american visitor to our country - one who obviously enjoyed himself and saw the great things this country has to offer.

I have lived and worked in the USA, i am a resident alien and even have a social security number.
He is wrong on a few points.

1.Your employer pays your health insurance in the USA so being covered is not a problem unless you are a lazy bludger.
I dont watch tv for hours so unlikely to see ads.

2.I found Australian Lamb is cheaper in a Boston supermarket than what is costs in coles or woolies here.
I bought a free range Turkey for $12 and it would cost $40+ here for the same thing.
Our fruit and veges are pretty good,if you want a decent coffee in the USA go into an Italian restaurant they know how to make it the Americans have no idea.

3.The Americans have bastardised the english language

4.Our free to air TV is nothing to brag about, who want reality TV i prefer paid actors.

5.I think the small shops in the USA are better than ours, they have more products to choose from and are cheaper.
$25 bucks for Reebok basketball boots and $20 for Tommy Hilfiger jeans, no contest on clothes take an empty suitcase and buy new clothes when you visit.

6.Camping is free in the USA,i prefer luxury.

7.We have religion in politics here,Fred Nile for starters,the atheists are quiter in the USA.

8.American roads are better, did he drive in Sydney or down the south coast past Batemans bay.
Our highways could learn from America,the road going into Disney world is better than anything we have and how old is that.

9.In America they are always American first and whatever else second, in Australia many migrants are wherever their parents came from first and put Australia second.
Since he mentioned Greeks you are only eating a genuine aussie hamburger if you buy it in a hamburger shop or milk bar owned by a Greek.

10.Port Arthur resulted in collective punishment for all law abiding gun owners from the acts of a madman.
We now have a feral pest problem in the country and the best tools for dealing with this problem were taken away.

Our native wildlife is pretty good, the only people allowed to hunt native wildlife are aborigines.

I will go back and work in the USA if our dollar goes below 75 cents, i have job offers and i think it is a great place to live.

Australia is expensive to live in because we are supporting about 21 levels of government with a population of 23 million people.

Yes I think you should go back there to live. It sounds like you will be much happier there. If ever you need a hand packing...just say the word

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FriYAY Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7395	Re: Comments from a REAL American Reply #25 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 10:27am Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 8:50pm: I walked down the street in Los Christianos, Tenerife yesterday and saw Dr No and Goldfinger hatching an evil plot. Didn'tcha 007?
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Reply #27 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 10:33am

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 8:01pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:09pm:

Woooooo hoooooo

Let's get our flags out and proclaim how great it is to be Orsraaaaaayan!!!

Grin

Better than proclaiming how good it is to be a warmonger with exceptional breeding !! Grin

Did you ear abbotts speech yesterday to the canadians where he quoted roosevelt about carrying a big stick?

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Re: Comments from a REAL American
Reply #29 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 9:17pm

ImSpartacus2 wrote on Feb 25^th, 2014 at 6:58am:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:59pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:22pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2014 at 7:09pm:

Woooooo hoooooo

Let's get our flags out and proclaim how great it is to be Orsraaaaaayan!!!

Grin

So.....I'm guessing you disagree with the Colorado bloke. Why?

Because I've lived in Australia, the US and the UK and I put Australia last.
My personal experience was I paid more for cost of living and taxes than the other two.

In fact I found Australia to be boring and it's people insular.

I think that's because they didn't like you. They sense it when someone thinks they're superior and had a mummy's boy upbringing

Enjoying Spartacus. he's a cheeky one alright. Funny though. Grin

There's no best place in the world to live as such, people enjoy different things.

But there sure are some worse places to live than Australia. There are some hell holes out there that even Andrei wouldn't swap for, I'm sure.

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