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sizzling – great point – apprentices are actually getting paid to learn…its obvious but i hadnt thought about it that way. its conventional to think its like slave labour but infact its like getting a grant to educate yourself…
if i had my time again i would certainly look closely at weighing up the benefits of =being inthe workplace and having no debt at the age of 22.
the price of education (uni and including private schools for years 10/11 and 12) and cost of buying a first home makes the traditonal university then get a job route seem way less attractive…
especially for investors!!
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 prohibitive costs..pg 27 smart investor
your point about wages being a market – is repeating my point (did you read the entire thread)
cheers
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 you here is about the imprtance of having an educated nation etc etc
its funny – when i was a kid in thew 70’s and say a neighbour has a university degree – it was a big thing. the person was one of the ‘educated’ ones and they were seen as quite different to the norm.
we all then wanted the same thing hence the move away from apprenticships/trades
unfort now we all have ‘eductaion’, whats happened is that its less precious and industries like accounting, engineering, medicine etc have not seen the wage growth that they might have expected.
sounds long winded but i reckon the cure is for trades people to start earning heaps of money due to the current shortage of supply. kids will then look at their older counterparts and say why should i be a doctor and be in debt for 20 years when if im a plumber i can have my house paid off before im 30. so it hasd a cyclical element to it..
maybe its time for us 30 soemthings to retrain to a trade much like in the 80’s and early 90’s people were doing the same with computers….
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 there..
finally – not too many investment vehicles are gonna see the returns property has seen in the last 5 years.
get ready to accept 4-7 pct returns if yr lucky…
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 at the same time..
plus – i found her incredibly attractivein a physical sense. very natural looking wch i like…
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 bringing in tradespeople from the city so you wld imagine the market for long terms rentals shld already be healthy..
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 think….so he reckons..
as de botton wld say ‘we’re all selling something!!’
some of us just dont know it yet!!
