What if you lived in Australia?

[Trip]

I heard it was a ratio of 12 breasts to every one penis.

That's 6 women to every one male! (For you that are not math coordinated)

This was from an Aussie who defected to the states. He married one of ours.

Then, another Aussie defected to the states and said yeah yeah who cares.

So I know if I lived in Australia I would be tapping the wildlife there.

Also, there might be food, beer, and scenery there. L0L.

Tap the wildlife.

[buttsie]

Originally Posted by Estreeter

Is that normal

Does anything about this place appear normal to you

It does too me Anyway, I'm gonna answer you question.

Generally, Melbourne is hotter than Brisbane and Sydney in the summer months. Brisbane and Sydney tend too be warm to semi hot and humid.

I'm gonna answer your question like a teacher at school. So, pull up a front seat and desk and leave the teacher a pizza at end of lesson



Download that chart and view it full size..........

Now, between Australia and New Zealand you'll see a high pressure system. The high pressure systems only tend to be along that latitude, that's part of the problem. The wind direction around a high pressure system in counter clockwise down here. Now, see how the isobars from the high extend way up into central Australia..... All that inland hot air get directed straight down too South Australia and Victoria. It's also the reason Victoria is the most bushfire prone place in the world . Those kinds of winds wont get too Brisbane or Sydney so it wont get as hot, generally. It's not often their temps get above 35 C, it just tends too be more humid and stormy there. Perth and Western Australia has the same conditions as Victoria.

Understood

Now for my capitalist fee
Cheese, Tomato, Salami, Pepperoni, Anchovy, Mushroom and Olive pizza, Please

Sounds hot enough to break out Don Dunstans missing pink shorts
you bought at auction by mistake




Donald Allan "Don" Dunstan AC, QC (21 September 1926 – 6 February 1999) was a South Australian politician. He entered politics as the Member for Norwood in 1953, became state Labor leader in 1967, and was Premier of South Australia between June 1967 and April 1968, and again between June 1970 and February 1979.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Dunstan

[rupertramjet]

Originally Posted by palo5

Hard to disagree with an eminent expert, but was Pinocchio's ass better than Gillard's?

Maybe not but groping it would give you splinters, but then Gillards might just give your fingers frostbite!

[palo5]

Why is Australian real estate so expensive?

They have almost as much space as Siberia, so what is the problem?

[Estreeter]

Originally Posted by palo5

Why is Australian real estate so expensive?

They have almost as much space as Siberia, so what is the problem?

Good question,
Because we have cash and like too take it off others

But seriously, hard too believe for some maybe but, Australia is the most urbanized developed country as far as I know. I think that over 80 % of our population live in the major cities and with an hour from the the coastline. So. people wanting too live there will pay the cost for what they deem a quality lifestyle. Not too many are willing too live out in the sticks, which I prefer,

An average house price in Melbourne right now is about $500,000... Whereas in my hometown 70 KM from Melbourne the average is around $300,000, and that's also for usually a bigger house also.

Governments and Councils have tried in the past too get people too move too regional areas but with mixed results.

[palo5]

This is for Comrade Estreeter, because I know he'll like it

Stressing its successes won't be enough for Labor to convince voters

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politi...#ixzz2OrA4i5tM

But is this part really true?

"'Most people vote for selfish reasons, nobody votes for the good of Australia,'' Gregory says. ''We vote for what's going to put the most money in our pocket at the end of the year … no one actually gives a monkey's about the 'economy'".

I thought "It's the economy, stupid!". I know Australians are different, but are they so different?

[effCup]

Originally Posted by palo5

But is this part really true?

"'Most people vote for selfish reasons, nobody votes for the good of Australia,'' Gregory says. ''We vote for what's going to put the most money in our pocket at the end of the year … no one actually gives a monkey's about the 'economy'".

I thought "It's the economy, stupid!". I know Australians are different, but are they so different?

So you're saying, unlike those "selfish" Australians, Cypriots are pleased to be losing money from their bank accounts, because it's for the (collective) good of their country's (or Europe's, or the World's) economy? Or Portuguese/Irish/Italians/Greeks/Spaniards, etc. happy to lose their jobs/businesses/homes/etc. for the wider benefit of "the economy"?

It's by no means clear if it will be to the benefit of (the whole of) "the economy". Maybe only parts of it. Maybe only those parts that may have been principal cause of the mess in the first place, i.e. allegations of corporate/banking "welfare", etc.

It's pretty simplistic modelling, however, regardless of country, for Dan Gregory (@The Impossible Institute, quoted in the article) to claim that voting behaviour springs largely from personal (pocket) economy. That assumes perfect information, and ignores socialisation and other factors that have been repeatedly shown to powerfully influence electoral behaviour. He then promptly contradicts himself by suggesting it's nothing to do with policy but instead comes down to the "likeability" of the respective leaderships--so presumably not personal pocket, after all, despite having just said so? Oh right, that was just an earlier paragraph.

Rhetorical devices are used in all arguments, including this one (i.e. mine).

[palo5]

Originally Posted by effCup

So you're saying, unlike those "selfish" Australians, Cypriots are...

I said nothing about Cypriots. SMH produced the article, not me

What I wanted to know was, do Australians care more about their own pocket than the economy

[effCup]

I thought "It's the economy, stupid!". I know Australians are different, but are they so different?

Originally Posted by palo5

I said nothing about Cypriots. SMH produced the article, not me

What I wanted to know was, do Australians care more about their own pocket than the economy

You originally implied, and now repeat, that the article's claimed selfish behaviour by Australians is somehow different to other parts of the world, where "the economy" supposedly counts for more.

It was I who introduced the topic of the Cypriots, merely as one of several recent illustrations of places where people's pockets appear to count for more than their wider economy. I did so to question the assumption that "its the economy, stupid" is an accurate explanation for people's (voting) behaviour outside Australia, let alone inside. Is there evidence that supports it?

[palo5]

Originally Posted by effCup

...
It was I who introduced the topic of the Cypriots, merely as one of several recent illustrations of places where people's pockets appear to count for more than their wider economy. I did so to question the assumption that "its the economy, stupid" is an accurate explanation for people's (voting) behaviour outside Australia, let alone inside. Is there evidence that supports it?

I wasn't expecting a serious response, but thanks for giving one, effCup

If you want one from me, I think there are ideology-voters, economy-voters, selfish-voters, protest-voters, and non-voters. There may be others, depending where they live

The economy-voters are probably the most important in main elections, because they are the biggest "swing-voters", imho - that's probably why smart people like Clinton say "It's the economy, stupid"

Is there evidence? - only from polls, afaik