Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! ... Oi! FUCK OFF!

Yup, I do live in great Aussie-land (or as my US-of-A buddy used to say "Auzzie-land"). Aussie-land, The Great-Down-Under, etc, etc, etc. Great place to visit, great place to come from, especially a great place to leave.

I'm getting sick and tired of the arse end of the world. Seriously how can a country in this day and age, with the number of people we have, be so backward?

I jokingly told a mate the other night that I was creating a list, "1001 ways why I have to leave Oz" - the joke was that I was on my 3rd list.

I seriously don't get it. I know this is a great country to live in and in comparison to so many other countries it's great. That is, if you fit the "norm" of society, if you conform to what has gone before, etc, etc, etc.

I feel like the eternal teenager .... and I'm getting sick and bloody tired of it!! I went through teenage-hood for a reason, not to get into the big wide world and do it all over again.

I have been asked many times in my past where'd I like to live and if (when?) I was going to have an "Overseas Experience" - those things that were all the rage before backpacking became the "new" new-thing to do.

I suspect I'm beginning to see why an O.E. would be of great help. For one I'd actually have a point of reference to base all these assumptions on (I've done a LOT of research, they aren't just assumptions) ... but the more important thing? I'd actually have the ability to go somewhere and know the place, even just slightly.

I've always dragged out the old "I can't afford it right now", "I have too many responsibilities", "I don't want to be too far from my family", "I'm starting a family and this house, too late" -- that last one no longer works and sure as hell never should have worked!!! I get curious as to what may have happened had I gone overseas a handful of years ago with my then partner. Ah well, plan for the future, don't re-plan the past.

Right, this thread was going somewhere and it seriously too a hook-turn there for a second.

Oi! FUCK OFF! ... that's where I was going.

Let's face it, the interweb is an accepted way of life now. For many years it was just the propeller-heads in dark corners of offices and homes that were just using the edge of what was to appear, but now it's accepted that there are nerds, geeks, etc out there ... no one in the "cool" camp will accept them, but at least they are "allowed" to have an existence now, not just hide away in the back corners.

Right, now that's covered the main argument right now - why the flying FUCK am I, in 2007 on FUCKING dialup?? (Or as I have created, Broadialup, because Australia DOES NOT FUCKING HAVE REAL BROADBAND).

See, I'm not far out of the city. I'm not miles away from other people. I'm not asking for something stupidly over the top (although fibre to the oz/usa link would be nice). All I'm asking for is the technology that has been out in the big wide world for almost 2 decades now. Something that is as easy as 1 + 1 = 2. Problem RIGHT there, apparently our telecommunications company (Yeah, see apparently a country the size of Aus, only NEEDS 1 major telecommunication company) ... this company can not add. ESPECIALLY when it comes to something like technology.

I have a theory - not only can they not add, they DO NOT want to add. See, why add when that means you have to spend more money. And why spend more money (that WILL earn you more money) when you are already receiving a metric arse load of cash for the backwards, rotting crap you have in use right now?? I mean, why spend $10 to upgrade something, when the current thing is earning you $100 and you paid off 35 years ago? Not that investing the $10 wouldn't get you another $100, but that's only a profit of $90 and that just doesn't work out.

I know there are plenty of people out there who work for this company who do their own metric-arse-load of work. I know this, I've worked with a division of this company before and these people work hard. The problem stems from the decision makers and the people around them and above them (YUP I'm looking at the Politicians here) ... Baby Boomers who have no concept of what is going on with the rest of the world and assume everything will run exactly as it did in the "Good-Old-Days".

Must say, I've caught myself a few times thinking "Gee that was better when ... " - but it stopped there, I caught myself and unless it was something REALLY stupid, I took the tiny amount of time to get to know/get used to the new stuff and I MOVED ON.

Unfortunately I have no idea what to do with the Baby Boomers. I guess the problem is that I've always known Baby Boomers who were switched on. Hell my Grandmothers (both of them) are like 77 and 82 (ish, can't remember exactly) ... and they BOTH have a laptop, email, DVD players, etc, etc, etc ... they are still Baby Boomers and don't like some things that are happening these days, but they still go out and see what's out there and try new things. Maybe that's why after about 20 years of "retirement" they are both still able to keep up and in most cases beat a young person in the energy stakes ... ever seen an 80 year old get up at the crack of dawn, cook all day and the party AND drink the night away til midnight ish?? I have - now THAT'S a REAL Baby Boomer.


Think I've had enough of this negative crap for one night, it's not getting me anywhere and I know there's nothing I can do about it. Well there is and I've got my ears and eyes open for a chance to get out of the country!!

To show how hip I am .... catch you on the flip side*



*Yeah I know, lame but you get that ;)