The good old days

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Re: The good old days

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peppermintpaddy wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:46 am
bobsboots wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:19 am The good old days? When I were a lad there was 22 of us living in a cardboard box in middle of t'road. Try telling that the bloody millennials now....and they won't believe ya.
you were lucky.....there was 72 in my family ,and we lived in a disused septic tank in a railroad yard,times were hard I tell thee.....the good days are now
Luxury.....
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saigonjackpot wrote:
John Bingham wrote: Sun Jul 02, 2017 11:13 pm
willyhilly wrote: Sun Jul 02, 2017 5:47 pm Thai bungalows on beaches for a dollar or two a night.
An Australian wage for a building worker was about $200 in 1976 so two dollars was pretty cheap.
I'm not saying things weren't cheaper then, I'm certain they were, but in relative value I'm not at all sure. I don't really get your comparison. Surely an average wage for a building worker must be $2000 or more now, while bungalows on the beach can still be got for $20 or less? :?
2000?

Try 8000 /10000 on ABN or 5000 minimum cleared on TFN.
Mate, I just came down off office buildings, I've worked mining and residential construction too.
You are so full of crap with numbers like that. Piss off!

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Barang chgout wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:42 am
saigonjackpot wrote:
John Bingham wrote: Sun Jul 02, 2017 11:13 pm
willyhilly wrote: Sun Jul 02, 2017 5:47 pm Thai bungalows on beaches for a dollar or two a night.
An Australian wage for a building worker was about $200 in 1976 so two dollars was pretty cheap.
I'm not saying things weren't cheaper then, I'm certain they were, but in relative value I'm not at all sure. I don't really get your comparison. Surely an average wage for a building worker must be $2000 or more now, while bungalows on the beach can still be got for $20 or less? :?
2000?

Try 8000 /10000 on ABN or 5000 minimum cleared on TFN.
Mate, I just came down off office buildings, I've worked mining and residential construction too.
You are so full of crap with numbers like that. Piss off!

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I clear before tax I am on near 6000 amount.

On abn these guys are on 40 an hour and doing 60 hour weeks here in WA that's 2400 a week before tax
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contractors? that $40/hr turns into abt 18 after all the tax and compliance shit is done. remember everyone- we are talking abt the pacific peso here not real dollars
so not that big a deal at $0.73
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It's a pretty narrow view of life when some-one determines the '' good old days '' as the period in their life when everything was cheap.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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Duncan wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:13 am It's a pretty narrow view of life when some-one determines the '' good old days '' as the period in their life when everything was cheap.
Well mate the good days in PP I remember number nine guest house I got pissed all week at spaghetti and Khmer amok every day and my bill was only 80$ plus the Khmer women hanging round were hot and never asked for a dime.

Nowadays Khmer women don't hang around and play pool at the cheap guest houses it's changed for the worse like Thailand it's strictly business and 50 $ a short time is a joke.

ST in Perth is 100 .
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saigonjackpot wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:27 am
Duncan wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:13 am It's a pretty narrow view of life when some-one determines the '' good old days '' as the period in their life when everything was cheap.

Well mate the good days in PP I remember number nine guest house I got pissed all week at spaghetti and Khmer amok every day and my bill was only 80$ plus the Khmer women hanging round were hot and never asked for a dime.

Nowadays Khmer women don't hang around and play pool at the cheap guest houses it's changed for the worse like Thailand it's strictly business and 50 $ a short time is a joke.

ST in Perth is 100 .


I hate to repeat myself but,,,,


[ Quote ] It's a pretty narrow view of life when some-one determines the '' good old days '' as the period in their life when everything was cheap.
Cambodia,,,, Don't fall in love with her.
Like the spoilt child she is, she will not be happy till she destroys herself from within and breaks your heart.
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Duncan wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:35 am
saigonjackpot wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:27 am
Duncan wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:13 am It's a pretty narrow view of life when some-one determines the '' good old days '' as the period in their life when everything was cheap.

Well mate the good days in PP I remember number nine guest house I got pissed all week at spaghetti and Khmer amok every day and my bill was only 80$ plus the Khmer women hanging round were hot and never asked for a dime.

Nowadays Khmer women don't hang around and play pool at the cheap guest houses it's changed for the worse like Thailand it's strictly business and 50 $ a short time is a joke.

ST in Perth is 100 .


I hate to repeat myself but,,,,


[ Quote ] It's a pretty narrow view of life when some-one determines the '' good old days '' as the period in their life when everything was cheap.
Yeh its better when its expensive ........



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One thing is true. As Asia becomes more modern changes are occurring, and not always for the best for travellers. Whilst i remember the better times of Snookie, i must also think that maybe things are getting better moreso for a locals point of view. Cambodia isn't there for tourists, but for the local people.

Think of Thailand, when it was cheap. Back then shoestring travellers spent nothing, and the locals didn't benefit. It was a one sided story, back then.

The good old days may have been great for travellers, but not necessarily for locals.
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shnoukieBRO wrote: Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:58 pm One thing is true. As Asia becomes more modern changes are occurring, and not always for the best for travellers. Whilst i remember the better times of Snookie, i must also think that maybe things are getting better moreso for a locals point of view. Cambodia isn't there for tourists, but for the local people.

Think of Thailand, when it was cheap. Back then shoestring travellers spent nothing, and the locals didn't benefit. It was a one sided story, back then.

The good old days may have been great for travellers, but not necessarily for locals.
Even backpackers leave $$$ and locals 100% benefited (who else but locals would have) ? Plus the travlers introduced them to a world they had never even imagined.
Phuket and Samui were built for backpackers back in the late 70's early 80's. Now look at them
same goes for snooky, kampot

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