I don't even want to THINK about the number of my handtools that Dad inherited from Grandpa, finished wearing out and then handed on to me :rolleyes:
Richard
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I don't even want to THINK about the number of my handtools that Dad inherited from Grandpa, finished wearing out and then handed on to me :rolleyes:
Richard
Lefty,
I'll give you the bad news: the injustice of it all gets worse as you get older, (and you start to earn more money).
As a VERY young baby boomer, can I just tell you that apart from paying for private health services, I pay enough Medicare levy to fund a small hospital.
I pay for my own health services (as do a lot of we older fellas) and MY Medicare funding gets wasted on fixing the Social Diseases picked up by your mates mis-spending their youth, kids in their twenties having babies, and of course vasectomies....
Hope that makes you feel better!!! (No consultation fee required).
Oh! BTW there is a big movement afoot among the galoots to be buried with their tools, so they can have access to them in the afterlife, so don't count too much on those deceased estates!
Cheers,
P
:D :D :D :D
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Originally Posted by bitingmidge
Midge,
I'd give you a greenie if I could :D :D :D
Well theres also this to look forward too...
The current demographics are like an inverted pyramid...
Basically that means there are a lot more 'older' folk than younger..
As the baby boomers start retiring in bulk, not only will we have the cashed up ones driving up property prices, but we will have those who blow their load or have no savings becoming dependent on welfare. Guess where that money is going to come from...
This is why the government introduced compulsory super back in the 90's. For most people it is too little too late though.
And also, since we all have this lump sum payment mentality, theres nothing stopping the stupid or irresponsible wasting the lot when they receive it....
Expect ever increasing demands on the governments tax dollars over the next 10 years.... :(
RB
Lefty,
I too took your view (and still do around tax time usually), mainly due to the fact that as I earn just over the $50K mark, with little deductions (no dependants, etc) and no private health cover (being under 31 and fit) I get slugged the extra 1% - effectively taking at least an extra $500.
Then I felt sick one day, ended up in hospital for an appendectomy. Surgery, 4 days in hospital, associated costs, follow-up checks etc - all paid for by Medicare. I really haven't complained too much since then (except for around this time of the year :rolleyes: ). Swings and roundabouts, I've discovered.
I tend not to keep track of birthdays so I just take the start date away from the current date and get 53. Sad isn't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by craigb
But you are right about the 'old timers disease'. How many times have you gone into a room and forgotten what you went in there for, tried to think what it was and then left the room and forgot what you were doing in the first place.
There was a joke that was circulating around the internet about that and I nodded at the end of every line.
I used to laugh wnen my mother told me she did that a lot and now when we talk on the phone we each find it necessary to say "now what was I going to say," about a dozen times.
Peter,Quote:
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
Have you looked in the mirror lately?
Lefty,
It brought a smile to my lips to see an avowed socialist whingeing about taxes, just like us capitalist beasts.
Rocker
I'll wager that it's near the figure spent trying to take income support away from disabled persons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Termite
When I was a boy..............................................................................................................................................................
Another problem with getting old is we often lose the ability to empathise with others then we race each other to see who can get as far right of Genghis Khan and Adolf H as possible in the shortest time possible, check out some of our "journalists" & (un)popular radio talkback hosts changeling opinions over the years for further clarification. :D :D :D :D :p
This is just a little thing I've noticed about the formerly liberal minded "baby Boomers" you know they were the long haired hippies with a "hell no we won't go" attitude and spines of titanium when it came to social justice in days gone by.
its ok craig i gave him one anywayQuote:
Originally Posted by craigb
DOug
Lefty I hear where youre coming from but look at it this way.....youre 26 now and youre subsidising the oldies like me but in 30 years time when your body is starting to fall apart like mine is, your health care will be subsidised by youngsters 30 years younger than you.
Think of it as a modern version of the old fashioned concept of looking after your elders :)
Lefty....if you start stocking up on brand new Lie Nielsen hand tools NOW...by the time youre 65 youll be the proud owner of a huge workshop full of "vintage" tools.Quote:
Originally Posted by LineLefty
I was going to add some really pithy and relevant points to this discussion- but I forgot what they were.....
I was going to add some really pithy and relevant comments to this post-
But I forgot what they were...