Three Ps, Face Paint, 99s and ‘So’
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This article was written for the SDC by the wonderful member Alan G.
As I get older, I find myself becoming increasingly judgemental. I see so many stupid things going on in the world – or rather, stupid acts by people who should know better. When we go on holidays overseas now, we have to check whether the place we’re going to is ‘safe’ or not. After all this time, there are still people trying to solve problems by violence, and we seem to have learned nothing from history. We’ve even got blokes in positions of ultimate power who seem only to have the mentality to barely walk upright. Luckily, I live in Australia – and I even know how to pronounce the word, unlike many interviewed on TV, who ‘Still Call Australia “Home”’ probably because they call our country ‘Straya’.
Well, it seems my grumpy views focus on three ‘P’s, Face Paint, 99s, and ‘so…’ so I’ll deal with these in turn.
Power:
As I said we’ve had a couple of blokes in top positions in countries overseas that thought they were all-powerful. It’s true what they say: All power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Narcissistic, vain, ignorant, petty, juvenile, un-statesmanlike, intolerant of criticism and absolutely unable to appreciate that he’d made himself and his country a laughing stock, can be aimed at one particular person, perhaps two, who have the apparent capacity to mess up this lovely little planet of ours. I think that’s the most frightening thought - that it was like putting the loony in charge of the loony bin – in both countries that spring to mind.
Politics:
I, like many others I suspect, are really disillusioned by politics and politicians. Not since Don Chipp or Natasha Stott Despoja have we had many (apparently) really honest ones. Of course, we look back on Bob or Gough and think they were wonderful – but not when they were actually in power and doing a fine job. If they were, we wouldn’t have gotten rid of them at the time.
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This article was written for the SDC by the wonderful member Alan G.
As I get older, I find myself becoming increasingly judgemental. I see so many stupid things going on in the world – or rather, stupid acts by people who should know better. When we go on holidays overseas now, we have to check whether the place we’re going to is ‘safe’ or not. After all this time, there are still people trying to solve problems by violence, and we seem to have learned nothing from history. We’ve even got blokes in positions of ultimate power who seem only to have the mentality to barely walk upright. Luckily, I live in Australia – and I even know how to pronounce the word, unlike many interviewed on TV, who ‘Still Call Australia “Home”’ probably because they call our country ‘Straya’.
Well, it seems my grumpy views focus on three ‘P’s, Face Paint, 99s, and ‘so…’ so I’ll deal with these in turn.
Power:
As I said we’ve had a couple of blokes in top positions in countries overseas that thought they were all-powerful. It’s true what they say: All power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Narcissistic, vain, ignorant, petty, juvenile, un-statesmanlike, intolerant of criticism and absolutely unable to appreciate that he’d made himself and his country a laughing stock, can be aimed at one particular person, perhaps two, who have the apparent capacity to mess up this lovely little planet of ours. I think that’s the most frightening thought - that it was like putting the loony in charge of the loony bin – in both countries that spring to mind.
Politics:
I, like many others I suspect, are really disillusioned by politics and politicians. Not since Don Chipp or Natasha Stott Despoja have we had many (apparently) really honest ones. Of course, we look back on Bob or Gough and think they were wonderful – but not when they were actually in power and doing a fine job. If they were, we wouldn’t have gotten rid of them at the time.
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I agree about the lack of "statesmen and women" in politics these days. It was great that Gough bought in free tertiary education of which I was a beneficiary. I like the fact that we had the Democrats "to keep the b...s honest". As I was once taught we get the politicians we deserve. We all have the right to vote and choose whom we have as our elected officials. Right and wrongly, if you agree or disagree with the elected officials. whether federally or in the state, you have to suffer them till the next determined election and then try again. We need at least 3 significant parties in this country to make a decent choice of whom should run the country. Unfortunatley, they are all so splintered into factions, left or right or centre both in Labor or Liberal. Now we have the TEALS and the Greens. I am curious to see what happens in the next State Election in my State of Queensland. The Greens are creeping into the local and federal sphere in my electorate and I would really like to know exactly what they are doing but my electorate takes in a University and the boundaries are predominantly Green. As for overseas and the people in charge of the large countries which we cowtow to, I seriously wonder where this World is heading to and what we are leaving our grandchildren. In a way, we are all to blame for the state of the nation and the World and I feel sorry for my greats who will probably have to try and fix the problems if we don't have a World War in the meantime. I know this is pessamistic but I really do wonder where the World is heading.
I agree.
A good example is the coming cashless society - Many Australians' (who favour the use of cash), are sitting back and thinking "She'll be right".
There is a saying that rings true even today, it essentially states that: 'Doing nothing (ie: She'll be right) serves to contribute to the change/issue.
I say, if you don't agree or dislike something, make a noise/take action that lets the changers know the community won't accept it.
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Note from the Editor:
This article was written for the SDC by the wonderful member Alan G.
As I get older, I find myself becoming increasingly judgemental. I see so many stupid things going on in the world – or rather, stupid acts by people who should know better. When we go on holidays overseas now, we have to check whether the place we’re going to is ‘safe’ or not. After all this time, there are still people trying to solve problems by violence, and we seem to have learned nothing from history. We’ve even got blokes in positions of ultimate power who seem only to have the mentality to barely walk upright. Luckily, I live in Australia – and I even know how to pronounce the word, unlike many interviewed on TV, who ‘Still Call Australia “Home”’ probably because they call our country ‘Straya’.
Well, it seems my grumpy views focus on three ‘P’s, Face Paint, 99s, and ‘so…’ so I’ll deal with these in turn.
Power:
As I said we’ve had a couple of blokes in top positions in countries overseas that thought they were all-powerful. It’s true what they say: All power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Narcissistic, vain, ignorant, petty, juvenile, un-statesmanlike, intolerant of criticism and absolutely unable to appreciate that he’d made himself and his country a laughing stock, can be aimed at one particular person, perhaps two, who have the apparent capacity to mess up this lovely little planet of ours. I think that’s the most frightening thought - that it was like putting the loony in charge of the loony bin – in both countries that spring to mind.
Politics:
I, like many others I suspect, are really disillusioned by politics and politicians. Not since Don Chipp or Natasha Stott Despoja have we had many (apparently) really honest ones. Of course, we look back on Bob or Gough and think they were wonderful – but not when they were actually in power and doing a fine job. If they were, we wouldn’t have gotten rid of them at the time.
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I thought it was "yes" campaign that high jacked the last referendum. There you go a difference of opinion.
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Having been in the retail sector for many years, the .99 factor always irked me. I honestly found that rounding up the dollar figure made not one iota of difference in sales results.
Note how Australia had $2 shops, the US had dollar shops, UK had pound shops etc. You can't tell me that they would have been any bigger if they had been touted as $1.99 shops, 99c shops or 99p shops.
I rest my case
Note how Australia had $2 shops, the US had dollar shops, UK had pound shops etc. You can't tell me that they would have been any bigger if they had been touted as $1.99 shops, 99c shops or 99p shops.
I rest my case
It maybe a stupid point, but I question what happens to the one cent that is out there in the economy every time we pay for Services, or Purchase any item.Yet another wonderful piece, Alan! Aside from the usual suspects, I've also been irked by the 99 Syndrome
At the risk of being dubbed an idiot, or simply missing the point, my question remains, what happens to that cent.
Is it out there in the Cosmos, just out there doing nothing just sitting there, or is it being exploited by the System.
I do not pretend to " be the sharpest
Tool in the Shed" by any means. But how
do we know if we are being deceived by this dilemma.
If anybody has the answer, please share
It with me or us, if there is some reason, for it to be out there in the words of a
Political Person who said " please explain"
True, but a lot of people who are really good at the English language and spelling don’t check what they have written before putting it out there, and the phone or iPad or whatever decides to correct a word or two you have written, by changing it completely or misspelling it. Modern technology is not so good sometimes.
BrodyYet another wonderful piece, Alan! Aside from the usual suspects, I've also been irked by the 99 Syndrome
It maybe a stupid point, but I question what happens to the one cent that is out there in the economy every time we pay for Services, or Purchase any item.
At the risk of being dubbed an idiot, or simply missing the point, my question remains, what happens to that cent.
Is it out there in the Cosmos, just out there or whatever. ?
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Having been in the retail sector for many years, the .99 factor always irked me. I honestly found that rounding up the dollar figure made not one iota of difference in sales results.
Note how Australia had $2 shops, the US had dollar shops, UK had pound shops etc. You can't tell me that they would have been any bigger if they had been touted as $1.99 shops, 99c shops or 99p shops.
I rest my case
I'll be losing sleep tonight thinking about that cent!
Maybe I'm a little bit thick but it was a valid question. If someone has a reasonable explanation of my question I would appreciate their knowledge if there is any type of answer. You haven't thought it out very well.Jarred SantosI'll be losing sleep tonight thinking about that cent!
IF it is out there how many trillions of cents would there be somewhere. Maybe even the possibility of someone utilising
those trillions right under our noses.
Fact is Stranger than Fiction.
Sleep well Jarred Santos.
Open to anybody who has a theory about the question I asked. If it is rubbish, so be it. I would just like to know, for my own
Personal Information.
Note from the Editor:
This article was written for the SDC by the wonderful member Alan G.
As I get older, I find myself becoming increasingly judgemental. I see so many stupid things going on in the world – or rather, stupid acts by people who should know better. When we go on holidays overseas now, we have to check whether the place we’re going to is ‘safe’ or not. After all this time, there are still people trying to solve problems by violence, and we seem to have learned nothing from history. We’ve even got blokes in positions of ultimate power who seem only to have the mentality to barely walk upright. Luckily, I live in Australia – and I even know how to pronounce the word, unlike many interviewed on TV, who ‘Still Call Australia “Home”’ probably because they call our country ‘Straya’.
Well, it seems my grumpy views focus on three ‘P’s, Face Paint, 99s, and ‘so…’ so I’ll deal with these in turn.
Power:
As I said we’ve had a couple of blokes in top positions in countries overseas that thought they were all-powerful. It’s true what they say: All power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Narcissistic, vain, ignorant, petty, juvenile, un-statesmanlike, intolerant of criticism and absolutely unable to appreciate that he’d made himself and his country a laughing stock, can be aimed at one particular person, perhaps two, who have the apparent capacity to mess up this lovely little planet of ours. I think that’s the most frightening thought - that it was like putting the loony in charge of the loony bin – in both countries that spring to mind.
Politics:
I, like many others I suspect, are really disillusioned by politics and politicians. Not since Don Chipp or Natasha Stott Despoja have we had many (apparently) really honest ones. Of course, we look back on Bob or Gough and think they were wonderful – but not when they were actually in power and doing a fine job. If they were, we wouldn’t have gotten rid of them at the time.
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i thought you would still have been in southland when gough was leader. anyway you lost me on that name and the booze/womaniser hawke. No one will ever get the political party that they want as they are all so greedy in their own needs. May I make a suggestion everyone listen to Matt Canavan, and Barnaby. Can't get any more rural politicians if you tried. OH! NO i hear Barnaby? he was a naughty boy was he not? To all the puritans, Why not, I have been a naughty girl in my day. I agree with the pronunciation of Australia, not even Peta Crdelin announces it correctly. Bring on the Kiwi accent.
Well they have created, their "Union", with the amalgamation with National Country Party. Which is backed by the National Farmers Federation, so their reach is well across the country.
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