acey its not ‘impossible’ for cost of construction to become prohibative for ‘some’ people..at a momnent in time (happens everyday) and yes supply and demand will change that eventually – its just that i think lack of supply is the issue for some time to come.

btw financial review today recommends holding of building your own house due to the…[Read more]

hi del. its an interesting one. heres what i reckon. since i was a kid i was brainwashed in thinking the only way to get ahead is to get a university degree. youre a loser if you dont pass your your high school certificate.

schools are also to blame being preoccupied with pass rates, tertiary acceptance rates etc etc.

everybit of govt propaganda…[Read more]

i reckon tasi still has legs. negative population growth is forecast by some but i question that. tasi has characteristics that people will/do find attractive in the years to come. perceived safety, slower way of life, pristine, relatively cheap (compared to mainland) etc

sure the local people look alarmingly alike but thats why we need to go…[Read more]

thats a man who takes his job very seriously. we need tram conductors like that also…

hehe – sorry – shld be kaye….

although kay is a mogul aswell

good one yack!! hehe.. only problem is kay and most of the others prob have offshore bank accounts….

me thinks you not so green…

sending my pic through shortly

anyone read ‘the Davinci code’. my neighbour is a wicken! and she thoroughly enjoyed it!

wallflower – hehe, i was just joking – being a rogue…her chest is average size – but nice nonehteless..

truth is the first time i met my wife i was immediately attracted by this sense of innocence and wonderment in everything she does…in the way she thinks, talks, listens etc she does so with a majestic lack of cynisism…its amazing and wize…[Read more]

hotshot – is there something you need to tell us about your relationship with jo???

my wife has a great set of hooters – it was these i first noticed.

her personality was an added bonus..

yeh i like the fathers character in american pie – very funny. for those of us in our 30’s i think american pie is the modern day version of PORKIES…wch is an altimate american teenage flick up there with animal house..

‘i now announce your fraternity name as ….flounder..’

‘whack… thank you sir may i have another…….. ‘

peter – do a search there are hundreds of threads discussing same….westan and minimogul seem to be the gurus

think they were gonna build more (they already have some at bald hill) down near walkerville in south gippsland but they got a environmental guy in to say that they were a danger to the birds in the area….

i personally dont see a problem with it..

as to whether rents go up – who knows?? the coastal areas are experiencing huge building booms…[Read more]

melbear – i like your suggestion that she ‘sell herself’ in order to meet her debts…

i guess thats one strategy open to most of us as a last resort. i am ugly so i dont see it working for me….

(hehe)

i think steve is being harsh….

if you snooze you lose….

your offer was too late my man…

lil man – excellent name. a great start to get you thinking properly is the series by, m scott peck – the best selling ‘the road less travelled’ and the off shoots.

he covers lots of stuff, easy to read, and central to his ideas are getting people to think properly…

evil occurs due to ignornace and ignorance is due to our inability to…[Read more]

as de botton wld say ‘we’re all selling something!!’

some of us just dont know it yet!!

here is the defintion he uses in the book

‘status anxiety – a worry so pernacious as to be capable of ruining extended stretches of our lives, that we are in danger of failing to conform to the ideas of success laid down by our society and that we may as a result be stripped of dignity and respect: a worry that we are occupying too modest a rung…[Read more]