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    Haha...did you know that Australia is the happiest rich country in the world?

    http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/australia-the-happiest-industrialized-nation-in-the-world-survey-finds/story-fn7ki14e-1226363833461

    +7  Views: 1234 Answers: 20 Posted: 11 years ago
    country bumpkin

    Moderator
    It's people like you that make it a happy place to live.
    eggplant

    That's nice, thanks. Australians laugh a lot, they can laugh at themselves.
    My sister had some American friends staying with her, she had a barbeque lunch and we talked a lot. The woman said, "Gosh you both laugh a lot."
    Deefer Doe

    Well, it sounds like you really hit it off well!

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    As they say.........Australia is the lucky country.

    Well then.....have a happy day!    hahahahahahahahaha      :)

    I think i will move there, too.  lol.

    eggplant

    Ha ha...
    lambshank

    oh, you big you
    Ed1530

    Oh that is not good… heheheheh.
    doolittle

    LLB- you are one funny cat!

    Not sure, great place, great weather, good tucker, but I still have to work, where is the place with all the palms, blue water and a waiter?

    Ducky

    Moderator
    Good tucker?
    Tommyh

    That's food Ducky.
    Ducky

    Moderator
    Okay...good food...I like that! :)

    I wanna move.... Australia sounds like a plan!

    eggplant

    Yes, we laugh a lot...
    Tommyh

    "COME ON DOWN".We may help you to forget your troubles.
    doolittle

    Jenn, I'll pick u up and we can travel together!
    Jenn

    Awesome

    Is their room for one more preferbly with a water front view ?

    eggplant

    There are plenty of water front views down here.
    bulletman

    Daren, being an island there is no shortages of ocean views.
    daren1

    Thats what i was afraid of B man no view..

    This is a rating by OECD - The Organization for Economic C-operation and Development. It only has 34 Member Countries. On Ratings of all the countries in the world.:


    Nr, 1 is still Denmark, Nr.2 Finland, Nr.. 3 Norway, Nr. 4 Netherlands and Nr. 5: Canada. Australia is Nr.7 and US. Nr. 11

    Colleen

    Moderator
    Bahahahaha! USA, number 11. You'd think for all the money we loan out or give away to most all the countries in the world, we could at least buy our way to the top, lol
    Ann

    If our countruy was rated by how much money we give in Aid, the US. would be Nr. 1. Our country has plenty of money, but is stashed in offshore accounts to avoid taxes. Steve Jobs set up shell corporations all over the world, in order to avoid taxes. The cofounder of facebook just denaunced his US. cititzenship in order to avoid 67 million in taxes.And there are many more.
    Colleen

    Moderator
    Greed can only go for so long before the crash and burn comes. Karma will bite them in the a$$.

    Oz is great but why do so many Aussies live elsewhere? Clive James, Barry Humphries, Germaine Greer.....................?

    Colleen

    Moderator
    More money in other countries maybe.
    nomdeplume

    Probably not Colleen, money is good in Oz, that is why thousands of Kiwis go there to work.
    eggplant

    They're following the money. As for Germaine Greer she's a nut-case.

    Sure, they say that now but wait until the gator bits someone on the butt. (Kidding)

    bulletman

    Ed, we don't have Alligators, only American eating Crocs.
    eggplant

    We have big crocs. down here. Salties they're called. They swim in the ocean up North and if they don't get you the sharks will.
    doolittle

    If the American ex-pats (like me;) ) are very very nice to me I will prevent those croc-a-butt bites.

    With you there, how can it be anything but happy......?

    That's from having all their blood going to their heads from  being upside-down all the time! LOL!

    Tommyh

    Yep.& you all wonder why we view things from a different aspect.LOL

    We do have a lot to laugh about & be thankful for. I've been to other places that were nice but there is nowhere quite like home.I love it here.

    Oh COME ON !  Everyone knows that Canada is the greatest place to live. Ann is right. Australia is 7th at best.  Her people are, for the most part, relatively decent but the climate is BO-RING.


    Canada has 4 real seasons. When it's cold, it's friggin' COLD, when it's hot, all men are forced to wear speedos. When it's in between, well...it's neither, but we do have it all.


    As for the 4 top vote-getters, who in their right mind would choose to live in Denmark, Finland,Norway or Dutchland. All they do is read IKEA catalogues, watch dreadful Ingrid Bergman movies and subsist on whale blubber and vodka.


    We are TRUE, definitely NORTH, STRONG and FREE !

    doolittle

    LOL..read IKEA!!! Love it! I'd be there in a heart beat but I can't handle the friggin'Cold part- bad spine, bad hips

    All I can think is...Heeeeyyy?   "Australian men spend nearly three hours every day cooking, cleaning or caring - one of the highest scores across the OECD's 34 member countries and ahead of men in the US, Germany and Canada."...what up with that???    ;D

    But I think the people aren't nice and they might be greedy.


     


    NO OFFENSE. THIS IS AN OPINION.

    Colleen

    Moderator
    A lot of the illegal immigrants are like that. They are trying to take over Australia, by force if necessary.
    Tommyh

    We are so nice!!!
    We are not greedy,we share.(mainly with Kiwis but we do share our beautiful country).
    eggplant

    Why would we be greedy? Are you poor?
    eggplant

    All the illegals want to come here because of the nice handouts from nice people
    lindilou

    Awesome eggie..could ya send some kiwis then? LOL ;D

    Visiting your country is on my to do list now. 

    Home is where the heart is!

    Canada is a crap place. Who wants to live in a place that will freeze your bum off. It's one of the coldest places on earth. I've been to Canada.

    lindilou

    It is not crap...it's cold as crap tho'...so ya got me there...but it's glorious and wild and beautiful.....just a little chilly right now is all...! ;)
    eggplant

    Okay, but you can keep that cold!
    Ducky

    Moderator
    Maybe you should try summer. Last week (still spring) the temperature in at least one part of Canada was 92* with the humidex at 31*. Would that be warm enough for ya'?

    Wonderful news! I'm glad there is happiness in Australia. Want to share your secret with the rest of the world?

    eggplant

    We laugh a lot and we laugh at ourselves. Not everyone is well-off.
    witchway

    Thanks for sharing eggie!

    " Perhaps it's because of it's notoriety of having the perfect conditions for producing some of the most delicious wines ." You can bet my wine cellar is well  stocked with some,tell ya! what ! " :)



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