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Re: Dan’s statue, neo-nazis, local government, potholes and Victoria generally

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2012 HAPPENED!!!!!!!

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Reply #32 –
Tony Abbot sent then Minister for Veterans Affairs, Michael Ronaldson, to represent Australia at China's 70th anniversary Victory Day parade and Albo's being criticised for sending a diplomat to represent Australia this time.
"Negative waves are not helpful. Try saying something righteous and hopeful instead." Oddball

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Land tax is a rort to cover up for crap government.

With Spring upon us this little black duck went to his favourite local nursery on the w/e only to be confronted by 'For Sale' signs. I know the owner well as I've bought most of my plants from him and we've had some terrific chats. My father was a landscape architect and gardener and owned nurseries in his time. This local, hardworking nurseryman is selling up due to the land tax.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17

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Reply #34 –
I understand it is now a significant impost, rather than a bit of an inconvenience.

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Reply #35 –
Dan always wanted Victoria to be like China.
Live Long and Prosper!
 

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The photographer clearly forgot "say cheese!"

What a bunch of sourpusses!
"Negative waves are not helpful. Try saying something righteous and hopeful instead." Oddball

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Reply #38 –
Quote from: DJC – on
Quote from: madbluboy – on


The photographer clearly forgot "say cheese!"

What a bunch of sourpusses!
In Russia, it's impossible to take a group photo, because when the photographer says 'Cheese!' they all form a queue......
This is now the longest premiership drought in the history of the Carlton Football Club - more evidence of climate change?

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Reply #39 –
In many countries, smiling at someone you do not know personally is considered offensive or creepy, I suspect the old Soviet block would account for a chunk of them.
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #40 –
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In many countries, smiling at someone you do not know personally is considered offensive or creepy, I suspect the old Soviet block would account for a chunk of them.
Yep, my experience with Russians was you dont smile at people you dont know and same with Germans.

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Reply #41 –
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Yep, my experience with Russians was you dont smile at people you dont know and same with Germans.
In Germany they think only crazy people go around smiling, a polite nod of the head as you pass is considered acceptable but outlandish, the preferred option is head and eyes down look straight ahead and don't run into anybody.

This was quite a challenge, last time I was there it was summer. We were walking down the main road through what is considered the fashion district, a girl came out of a house, actually it was probably an office as old terrace houses are used commercially. She was wearing a bright yellow 60s style one piece miniskirt suit / dress and white thigh boots, the type you might see in a Austin Powers movie. She walked across the footpath in front of us and started unloading a convertible through the passenger side window, to say that certain garments might be optional in Germany is a little short of accurate, either that or she doesn't feel the cold, regardless one of the blokes I was with knackered himself on a rapidly approaching parking meter. We all laughed at him and she berated us for being cruel!
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Reply #42 –
Quote from: LP – on
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Yep, my experience with Russians was you dont smile at people you dont know and same with Germans.
In Germany they think only crazy people go around smiling, a polite nod of the head as you pass is considered acceptable but outlandish, the preferred option is head and eyes down look straight ahead and don't run into anybody.

This was quite a challenge, last time I was there it was summer. We were walking down the main road through what is considered the fashion district, a girl came out of a house, actually it was probably an office as old terrace houses are used commercially. She was wearing a bright yellow 60s style one piece miniskirt suit / dress and white thigh boots, the type you might see in a Austin Powers movie. She walked across the footpath in front of us and started unloading a convertible through the passenger side window, to say that certain garments might be optional in Germany is a little short of accurate, either that or she doesn't feel the cold, regardless one of the blokes I was with knackered himself on a rapidly approaching parking meter. We all laughed at him and she berated us for being cruel!
The other thing I found was with Germans was dont try and speak pidgeon German to them if you want any help, better off you just say "English only"  rather than mangle their language with your Oz accent and verbal shorthand Deutsche.

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Reply #43 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Quote from: crashlander – on
Dan always wanted Victoria to be like China.
More like part of China....he looks the part in those photos as a member of the axis of evil.
Indeed. He would be rubbing his hands for access to Chinese State Security!
Live Long and Prosper!

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Reply #44 –
Quote from: ElwoodBlues1 – on
Quote from: LP – on
In many countries, smiling at someone you do not know personally is considered offensive or creepy, I suspect the old Soviet block would account for a chunk of them.
Yep, my experience with Russians was you dont smile at people you dont know and same with Germans.

It is more that Russian children were trained from the time of the Tsars not to smile in public. Back in those days, they thought smiling would attract the Okrana, the Tsar's secret police. It was more so during the days of the Sovietskiy Soyuz, where first Lavrenti Beria's NKVD was thought to be attracted to anyone who smiled. Considering that one third of the entire Soviet payroll was working for the NKVD, they always knew of such things.
I was there in 1997 and people still didn't smile in public: it had become part of the Russian psyche.

I didn't find the same thing in Deutschland, but I could speak some German. They didn't even pick on me for my nice Australian accent (not in German - they knew I was a foreigner because I didn't speak dialect, rather than from my accent. They wanted to practice their English; that's when they noted my accent. I'm sure I affected a significant number of Germans with my English).
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