sherri wrote on Jun 21
st, 2014 at 9:38pm:
Noisy birds?
Of all the things in life to complain about, 3% actually said noisy birds??
Don't laugh!
At my last forum board a fellow said the pigeons in the trees surrounding his house on the North Shore drove him NUTS with their endless 'cooing' on quiet Sunday mornings when he and his wife wanted to sleep in a while.
And then ... I've been driven INSANE by neighbours with their backyard aviaries full of squawking parrots waking me up at 5 every morning, and then continuing throughout the day. Very intrusive and annoying.
And then of course ... there's the lonely, solitary, godforsaken cockatiel hung out to dry in a small cage all day, everyday ~ its plaintive shriek renting the air like a nail being hammered into your brain.
It's
much better now than it used to be 20 - 30 years ago.
I can listen to chickens all day long, but not these damn parrots.
sherri wrote on Jun 21
st, 2014 at 9:38pm:
If that is the worst they can say of a country, then we have it pretty good.
As for the tyranny of distance. I personally don't care. This is the age of the internet and Skype, & of quick jets if you really have to visit overseas.
I think the fact we are surrounded by water and far from the madhouses of parts of the middle east, Africa, Europe.... well, it's got to be a bonus.
You've become institutionalised.
Like a long term prisoner you no longer feel you can cope with the uncertainties of the broader world beyond the high walls.
Eventually we will have colonies on the moon and Mars where the people will feel just as you do ... And just as with most Australian homes you'll have your Venetian blinds down and closed against a view of the street.
Insular, cocooned, introverted, and watching repeats of Judge Judy and The Bold and the Beautiful while sipping tea and nibbling on Arnott's biscuits.