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Re: 'Bastard' is a term of endearment in Oz
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John Cook
Dec 19, 2009, 6:55:50 PM12/19/09
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On 20/12/09 9:53 AM, just john wrote:
> John Cook wrote:
>> I like what that says 'bout us.
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>> A lot of the educated ppl in Oz in the early days were 'remittance
>> men' - paid an allowance as long as they stayed away from england.
>>
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> Holy cow! That sounds like a career for me!
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> John Cook wrote:
>> I like what that says 'bout us.
>>
>> A lot of the educated ppl in Oz in the early days were 'remittance
>> men' - paid an allowance as long as they stayed away from england.
>>
>
>
> Holy cow! That sounds like a career for me!
>
I've got an arrangement like that with the Oz gov, they pay me a
disability pension as long as I stay away from unemployment statistics.
works good but - I like it...
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John Cook
Reality is not Democratic
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