Gordon wrote on Sep 29^th, 2021 at 10:01pm:



We have surf beaches on the Eastern side of Melbourne but the best ones
are 1.5 hours away on the surf coast.
Many people have holiday houses there for the summer.
I've been there - it's beautiful.
I'll post some pics of there that I took if you want?

They are super clean compared to Bondi.

Gordon wrote on Sep 29^th, 2021 at 10:02pm:


There are always hot ones wherever one goes, even India

You're right AiA...pre war Australia WAS dull. The diet was dull. No one knew about pasta and extra virgin olive oil. Who knew about basil and garlic and oregano? Everyone cooked in fat and lard and used salt and pepper. I used to have these wonderful talks with my first mother in law (sweet lady but her son was a bastard unfortunately) and she used to tell me about growing up in Sydney back in the 30's and 40's. She and her husband owned a few butcher shops in the 50's in Bondi and its surrounding suburbs which were working class places. They worked hard and bought a few places over time there mainly shops with a flat upstairs and eventually they settled down in a federation styled house in Rose Bay. That double brick house was on a very small block of land. But it was in a quiet street.

Not 1 of their 4 elite private school educated children saw fit to try and keep that home in the family. I (the newest daughter in law) was hoping to somehow buy it after the death of both my in laws but the rest of the family insisted it was sold. And sure enough it was. Their local Jewish real estate agent sold it for a shocking low price of $650 grand. To his cousin (remember that word: family). That was 20 years ago. It's now worth $7 million.

Stupid decisions like that is what typically holds back many Australian families. They don't think like Europeans (or even Jewish) people. Asians are the same. They stick together and support each other. As families.

If you look closely at who is buying what in Australia you will start to notice this : Aussies are buying units and villas and townhouses anywhere cheaply just so they can get a foot into the property market.

(There's nothing wrong with that. They're trying hard to do what they can and that's great).

Meantime Europeans, Jewish and Asians in Australia are only looking for free standing houses on decent blocks in quiet streets close to water AND with water glimpses/views. Why? They know this sort of real estate is the new gold rush and it will soon end. Anything fitting that description will make you millions quickly. It's all about dirt. Owning dirt.

Dear Lord that sounds depressing. But it's also true. We work hard to own the very thing we will one day end up becoming : dirt. 😩

Lisa Jones wrote on Sep 29^th, 2021 at 9:31pm:


I have found that many "pure" English are in fact far from attractive.
The men tend to have no chin and buck teeth.
The women have too much symmetry and also have too many teeth.
Small jaws and pointed China.

From my male perspective.
I find Irish far more attractive in general, although not always.
Scott's are sometimes quite attractive.

The most attractive women I have seen are Hawian/ Japanese, Truely stunningly beautiful.
Some Russian ladies are amazing, as are some Greeks, but as they get older, they are dreadfully.

Chinese and Japanese ladies can be amazingly beautiful, but again, they are poorly sometimes.
Their body shape is a little outputting, they tend to be quite small in several ways.

But African, or in fact any people with massive lips, huge noses and dark skin do not do it for me.
It's a fact that they smell different.
And their body shape is different, puts me off.

There are some rare exceptions in all of the above.
And what I consider beautiful, some may say is unattractive.

My wife was gorgeous when we started dating
Long flowing curly red hair
35, 23, 35 figure and the most beautiful face you can imagine.
At just under 5 foot, she was a real stunner, but her strict Christian upbringing stopped her from really understanding how beautiful she was.

She is 63 now, as am I.
She is still pretty to me, but age has worked it's way with us.
Her beautiful red hair has been replaced with grey, but the natural curls still are there.
Her laugh lines are proliferating and she hasn't the bounce in her step that she once had.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, they say.
And love is a filter that changes the way we see each other.

Lisa Jones wrote on Oct 4^th, 2021 at 10:30am:


41 years this year and still in love.

Every day is a treasure with her.

We met at 18, married at 22, but it still seems like yesterday.

As you have sated, my only worry is that we are getting on in years.
We are both 63 and even though both our families are long lived, eventually we will pass on.

My daughter said we are not allowed to die.
Neither of us, she wont hear of it, we have to live forever.
She is 26.
My granddaughter, immediately after attending my wife's fathers funeral, said that we were not going to die, she would not allow it.

My family are very close and its not a good idea to harass any of us, you take on one, you take us all on.

Valkie wrote on Oct 4^th, 2021 at 6:14pm:



Lisa Jones wrote on Oct 4^th, 2021 at 6:22pm:


Sounds nothing like your family .... how many husbands have you had? 

John Smith wrote on Oct 4^th, 2021 at 6:26pm:
Shes got the one who goes out to work and the one who works next to her in her home office looking over her shoulder when shes doing her intensive urban farming while washing loads of nappies for her 2 young perfect children and looking after 2 extremely gifted adult children and cooking highly nutritious homemade meals while posting 12 hours a day on OZpol and making bucket loads of money property investing and having time to have intensive and lengthy conversations with her neighbours who are all highly qualified professionals and well known in their field and who all perfectly agree with her about anti vax and other wacky views. So 2 at the moment. Stay tuned.

Lisa Jones wrote on Oct 4^th, 2021 at 6:22pm:


Hey Valkie....are you European by any chance?

I'm first Gen Aussie of Italian and Greek descent.

Our families are very close.