“Is Australia a “better” place to live than the US? Maybe that depends on how much you like snow!”
Snow is good, it makes the illegals head back south. Its good for the crops and the water table and gives everything a nice clean look.
Winter plays havoc with the cucumbers, and tomatoes…Somehow a frozen Tomatoe is not quite the same as a fresh summer one…
Sundancing is definately a bit nippy on the extremities......!!!Fred Mills said:TMI :(
Sundancing is definately a bit nippy on the extremities......!!!
Ric Golding said:
"Is Australia a "better" place to live than the US? Maybe that depends on how much you like snow!"Snow is good, it makes the illegals head back south. Its good for the crops and the water table and gives everything a nice clean look.
The problem is, Americans need illegals to pick those good crops. Nothing’s changed from 40 years ago when, in another life, I got friendly with a couple of those Mexican-American families working the tomato crop in Indiana, and the farmers they worked for. Good people, the lot of 'em.
Dave,
When you replied and stated “Ric Golding wrote” -
“Is Australia a “better” place to live than the US? Maybe that depends on how much you like snow!”
You made it kind of look like I said Australia is a better place to live than the United States. I can assure you I didn’t say that. I’m very comfortable with my place in this World, very proud to be a citizen of the United States and I have no experience with living in Australia.
Further down in your quote of what I wrote you quoted “it makes the illegals go south”. Please don’t confuse my statement. The key word was “illegals”, not immigrants. My opinion, and that is all I’m expressing, illegals shouldn’t be here and they should and can be removed one at a time. I make no bones about not being politically correct. I vote and constantly express my opinions to my elected officials, while they serve. If they are not doing what I feel is correct, I do my best to get them removed from office and live with the consquences if others choose to keep them in power.
How does Australia handle illegals? I hope you are there legally? I’m thinking you are there legally with your statement of citizenship that you made earlier.
Enjoy life.
Ric:
No, I don’t think you said “Australia is a better place to live than the United States” - maybe you meant to write that the other way around? Whichever way around it is, that’s good to hear.
I didn’t use the word “immigrants” anywhere. Mexican families were living and working illegally in the USA in the mid-1960s, picking tomatoes in northern Indiana. I know that for a fact because I was there, working with them. The farmers I knew were delighted to have them. No one I knew was talking about removing them.
That was decades before 9/11. I can accept there are reasons to be more stringent about this issue in the early 21st century. However, the economic impact of removing all illegals from the USA would be something many American citizens wouldn’t like.
Chuckled at your question about whether or not I’m “legal”!!! We have had a swag of questions to answer at airports and border crossings over the years. Kay and I once took the kids to visit Niagara Falls, and we went on a brief excursion to the Canadian side. The kids are all dual nationals, and on the way back they showed the Customs people their US passports. For whatever reason Kay and I, bringing up the rear, showed our Australian passports. We eventually got back into the US, probably because I shut up and let my wife do the talking - LOTS of talking!
From what I can tell, most of us who frequent this forum are old geezers, set in our ways, and we’re unlikely to be changing others’ opinions. You kicked off a thread, I read it and joined in because I found the comments therein both interesting and provocative. Since that’s often the case here, I keep coming back for more.
Yeah, “enjoy life” - good idea. I’m OK, you’re OK and life is very, very good.
Dave,
No problems, Mon. I keep coming back for the fun of it, also. I found something funny and posted it. Nothing taken too seriously, here.
Old Geezer? I plan to leave this World kicking and screaming in an absolutley worn out body. I sure don’t want to go to my grave looking and feeling perfectly healthy. I’m that guy that plans to attend the funerals of the 9 guys, when they said 9 out of 10 of you won’t make it through this. Might even fire on one of the widows during the wake, if my wife will let me. 
Death could come shortly after that.
In the words of Jimmy Buffett - “I’m growing older but not up. My metabolical state has pleasantly stopped. Let the winds of time blow over my head, I’d rather die while I’m living, than live while I’m dead.”
Ric,
I enjoyed your thoughts above.
When I’m laid out at the wake, I don’t want anyone saying, “Oh, he looks so good.”
I want them to laugh and say, “Yeah, he partied.”
Steve Featherkile said:Or, in the words of a late colleague: "f*** 'em all but six, and use them for pallbearers."
When I'm laid out at the wake, I don't want anyone saying, "Oh, he looks so good." I want them to laugh and say, "Yeah, he partied."
Steve Featherkile said:
Ric,I enjoyed your thoughts above.
When I’m laid out at the wake, I don’t want anyone saying, “Oh, he looks so good.”
I want them to laugh and say, “Yeah, he partied.”
One foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel…eh!
My boss told me a couple of days ago I can’t get sick. For better or worse, he didn’t prohibit dying. If that has to wait until everything’s done, I will NEVER die!
Actually, dying could be fun. There are a couple of people here with no comprehension of the words “NO” and “LATER”. I’d enjoy haunting them!
Measuring time in the geological scale makes more and more sense to me. When someone wants something yesterday, I can say “Soon” and, a couple of million years later, “Done!” And they’ll say, “Gee, that was quick!”