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vgabndo
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Nice Catch Ged 
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
Nice Catch Ged |
No problema/o ....just keep pitching them out there.
[Edited on 7-5-2013 by motoged]
Don't believe everything you think....
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Bajaboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 55steve
I'm currently visiting Winnipeg, Canada - beer here is $22.50/12 pack! |
Didn't realize they had beer in Canada? Thought they just sold Moosehead, Molson, Labatts, etc
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EnsenadaDr
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My son left for Sydney yesterday after I dropped him off at the San Diego airport. Despite its high priced studios starting at $2000 a month, and the
piece of chocolate cake dessert that goes for $20 (the Australian dollar and US dollar are about neck to neck right now), my son wouldn't trade the
place for anywhere else. I was there last November for a while and I was not impressed. I guess he likes it because he has a job that he can surf
with his boss on lunch break.
The food is over priced, the people look down on you if you aren't dressed to the nines, (that means a tie for the guys), and NO Thanksgiving dinner.
The only one I could find was at the American Embassy for almost $100 American that wouldn't make more mashed potatoes when they ran out.
The natural foods are even more outrageously priced. My son said the only thing he would miss was the Farmers Market in Little Italy. He said the
vegan staple over there is very expensive.
I cried more than a few tears the last few days knowing he would leave, but felt better when he said that I could come visit as soon as he has his
apartment. He said there is an equivalent of Veterans of Foreign Wars where the average age starts around 45 and goes upward, but says you have to be
dressed very formally to socially attend, and it is the in thing to do there.
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chuckie
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As it should be....
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bajaguy
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Thanksgiving???
Why would Australians celebrate Thanksgiving?????.....I don't think any were on the Mayflower.
I don know where you went in Australia but I didn't have any trouble finding servicemen's clubs that served quite good food and drink, and I didn't
need a tie. The prices were OK. at the servicemen's clubs, I usually didn't have to buy as an American veterans were quite scarce.
If you look hard enough next time you are there they probablly have clubs that cater to the medical profession
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EnsenadaDr
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I know they celebrate Thanksgiving at Baja Mama's!! I would think the Australians would find an opportunity to cook Turkey!! | Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Why would Australians celebrate Thanksgiving?????.....I don't think any were on the Mayflower.
I don know where you went in Australia but I didn't have any trouble finding servicemen's clubs that served quite good food and drink, and I didn't
need a tie. The prices were OK. at the servicemen's clubs, I usually didn't have to buy as an American veterans were quite scarce.
If you look hard enough next time you are there they probablly have clubs that cater to the medical profession |
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Bajaboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
I know they celebrate Thanksgiving at Baja Mama's!! I would think the Australians would find an opportunity to cook Turkey!! | Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Why would Australians celebrate Thanksgiving?????.....I don't think any were on the Mayflower.
I don know where you went in Australia but I didn't have any trouble finding servicemen's clubs that served quite good food and drink, and I didn't
need a tie. The prices were OK. at the servicemen's clubs, I usually didn't have to buy as an American veterans were quite scarce.
If you look hard enough next time you are there they probablly have clubs that cater to the medical profession |
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How very ethnocentric of you
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Bubba
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| Quote: | | He said there is an equivalent of Veterans of Foreign Wars where the average age starts around 45 and goes upward, but says you have to be
dressed very formally to socially attend, and it is the in thing to do there. |
You lost me, what does this have to do with the cost of living, am I missing something?
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woody with a view
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easy Bubba, don't go asking a question you already know the answer to. it messes with their brains this early in the morning....
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Bubba
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
easy Bubba, don't go asking a question you already know the answer to. it messes with their brains this early in the morning....
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Roger that.
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acadist
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
saw a guy in a bar recently who said a 24 pack of beer in Oz if +/- $35 US.
in context, he said minimum wage was $20. |
At least the alchohol content is higher
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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EnsenadaDr
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Yes it does, to go out somewhere socially costs you more by having to pay for an acceptable wardrobe, unlike shorts and tshirts in Baja.... | Quote: | Originally posted by Bubba
| Quote: | | He said there is an equivalent of Veterans of Foreign Wars where the average age starts around 45 and goes upward, but says you have to be
dressed very formally to socially attend, and it is the in thing to do there. |
You lost me, what does this have to do with the cost of living, am I missing something? |
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EnsenadaDr
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I actually do my better thinking early in the morning, and don't hardly drink so I don't get hangovers... | Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
easy Bubba, don't go asking a question you already know the answer to. it messes with their brains this early in the morning....
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grizzlyfsh95
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Inflation is just warming up. Its going to get much worse.
The harder I work, the luckier I get
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
Didn't realize they had beer in Canada? Thought they just sold Moosehead, Molson, Labatts, etc |
As you said...."How very ethnocentric of you..."
Don't believe everything you think....
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EnsenadaDr
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Yes, but you forgot the vomit smiley....I was half joking on the Turkey and Australia...but no room for levity here on the On topic board I
guess... | Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
Didn't realize they had beer in Canada? Thought they just sold Moosehead, Molson, Labatts, etc |
As you said...."How very ethnocentric of you..."
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Alm
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| Quote: | It's all relative.
Purchasing power of the middle class has declined dramatically since Reagan simply because wealth has drifted upward. |
Decades of steady decline are not relative, IMO. Wealth, together with well-paid jobs, moved not upward, but Eastward.
Australia has also additional problem, being remote and void of resources.
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vgabndo
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Here is something Australia is doing that Baja could do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ci91EymsSo
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Bajaboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Yes, but you forgot the vomit smiley....I was half joking on the Turkey and Australia...but no room for levity here on the On topic board I
guess... | Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
Didn't realize they had beer in Canada? Thought they just sold Moosehead, Molson, Labatts, etc |
As you said...."How very ethnocentric of you..."
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Many would claim ugly American....but I was only half-joking
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