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Old 21-03-2012, 11:21 PM
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strongmanmike (Michael)
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Originally Posted by Hagar View Post
So i asssume you are trying to say that because Australia is affluent we should pay much more than a less affluent nation

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A hanky to mop up the tears might be handy.
It's easy to let yourself be bitter when you have nothing to compare your standard of life to...or perhaps forget to.

I don't like the dollars rotating on the pump, or anywhere else, any more than the next person and role my eyes at the Clive Palmers and Jerry Harveys but fair suck, I look at the view from my window over Newcastle... and then in my beer fridge I look at my son undertaking pilot training or my wife making a good spaghetti and meatballs (yum) then while I am sitting at my laptop in front of my beautiful telescope under a clear moonless sky I remember I am alive and just how good I have it regardless.

Life is too short to forget the really important things .

Mike
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