Thread: I'm getting sick of our country losing it's identity

I don't disagree but most of it is a (belated) reaction by our slack local retail community who have finally realised that the application of GST to consumer imports hasnt saved their business model. I've yet to see anything that is worth buying anyway and with the $AUD down overseas stuff isnt worth the effort either.


Regards,
Tote

You're too late Mario. The younger generation now all go to the bathroom.

Grumpy old men ranting about the country going to the dogs, again...

Originally Posted by Tote

the $AUD

So that's a dollar Australian dollar? Why the repeat? I see often.

Originally Posted by bee utey

Grumpy old men ranting about the country going to the dogs, again...

It seems the only ones who take pride in anything Australian these days are the “grump old men”,, so,, so be it.

Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

over the last 2 days I have been getting advertising emails for local companies in Australia who are having Black Friday Sales.as an Aussie Black Friday to me means death from devastating bush fires, nothing to celebrate really But these sales reflect the sales for the day after Thanks Giving, which is a US holiday. More dreck from America that seems to be infiltrating our beloved country. We now have halloween, what are we going to have thanks giving also?When are we going to say enough is enough, we are proud aussies and stop being a wanna be Yankie Soon we won't be wishing anyone Merry Christmas, it will become Happy Holidays.Example for woollies and Connors clothing.Black Friday is an informal name for the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, the fourth Thursday of November, which has been regarded as the beginning of the country's Christmas shopping ... WikipediaDate: 23 November 2018woolies.JPGconnors.JPG

Bush fires? Surely you mean wild fires,.... Buddy?
.W.

Originally Posted by Chops

It seems the only ones who take pride in anything Australian these days are the “grump old men”,, so,, so be it.

Every new "Australian" tradition was once roundly mocked by the grumpies of the era. Take pizza, for example. Horrible wog food, what were these ghastly eye-ties thinking bringing their foreign muck into this grate country. Real men eat a Pie An Chips, drowned in Dead 'Orse.

Then those grumpies die off and a new lot whinge about a new lot of things they no longer control. Welcome to Australia, the ever changing country.

As for Black Friday, it's just another excuse for the retail industry to shove useless crap in your face to try and make you feel inadequate. Similar to every other seasonal cash grab, Fathers Day, Mothers Day, Easter, Halloween, Christmas, need I go on. Smart people invent their own reasons to buy stuff and throw sales catalogues in the bin where they belong. Celebrate family, not consumer tat. Frankly, IDGAF.

'Take Away' food is now 'Take Out' food.