Who's the fool?

WhiteWalls

I was at a family wedding over the Christmas. There is a good few of us cousins around the same age, i.e just a couple of years out of college trying to get set up at what we want to do. None of us are what you would call flush with cash or will be any time soon.

Cousin of mine just about has a Leaving Cert is driving a machine(s) in Australia for the past 5 years. He is only 18 months older than me and has a house bought here which he is now renting while he is back in Oz.

I genuinely feel like I have wasted the last 4 years in college.

Jesus Wept

yea but is he happy

AndonHandon

So he worked in Australia but sent the money abroad? How dare he take that job away from an Australian if he isn't going to keep the money in the Aus economy!

kneemos

A brass neck will get you much better earning potential than a degree.

berger89

I know it's easy to say, but money isn't everything! He's been away for 5 years, missed plenty a family and friends events. You may think you'd like his money, but he probably wants your life (I don;t mean that rudely!)

You have a degree behind you. And look, different strokes for different folks.

If you can't beat em, join em!

kneemos

AndonHandon wrote: »

So he worked in Australia but sent the money abroad? How dare he take that job away from an Australian if he isn't going to keep the money in the Aus economy!

Should he leave it behind when he leaves?

AndonHandon

kneemos wrote: »

Should he leave it behind when he leaves?

When?

Topper Harley

AndonHandon wrote: »

When?

When he leaves. :P

DeadHand

Early days yet, my friend.

better call saul

WhiteWalls wrote: »

I was at a family wedding over the Christmas. There is a good few of us cousins around the same age, i.e just a couple of years out of college trying to get set up at what we want to do. None of us are what you would call flush with cash or will be any time soon.

Cousin of mine just about has a Leaving Cert is driving a machine(s) in Australia for the past 5 years. He is only 18 months older than me and has a house bought here which he is now renting while he is back in Oz.

I genuinely feel like I have wasted the last 4 years in college.

Aigh and what happens to all these cool dudes when the driving tractors in fields falls through they'll come back with no degree to fall back on don't worry about it kid keep the skunk in your balls

kneemos

AndonHandon wrote: »

When?

So he can never leave?

AndonHandon

kneemos wrote: »

So he can never leave?

Australian jobs for Australian people.

catallus

Life isn't a sprint, it's a marathon.

But some people drive motorbikes, so there's that too.

gctest50

i heart chewy louie wrote: »

yea but is he happy

course - lovely machinery over there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX7OmbY9kgE

0byme75341jo28

The answer to this question is always "you".

kneemos

AndonHandon wrote: »

Australian jobs for Australian people.

Why are they so eager to hand out visa's then?

Topper Harley

WhiteWalls wrote: »

Cousin of mine just about has a Leaving Cert is driving a machine(s) in Australia for the past 5 years. He is only 18 months older than me and has a house bought here which he is now renting while he is back in Oz.

I genuinely feel like I have wasted the last 4 years in college.

Does he have a mortgage or could he afford the house outright?

Because if he has a mortgage he may find that he won't be able to move home and still afford it even if he wants to, so it's not the be all and end all.

If he managed to afford it outright then yeah, maybe you wasted 4 years in college, as did many others.

Donnielighto

WhiteWalls wrote: »

I was at a family wedding over the Christmas. There is a good few of us cousins around the same age, i.e just a couple of years out of college trying to get set up at what we want to do. None of us are what you would call flush with cash or will be any time soon.

Cousin of mine just about has a Leaving Cert is driving a machine(s) in Australia for the past 5 years. He is only 18 months older than me and has a house bought here which he is now renting while he is back in Oz.

I genuinely feel like I have wasted the last 4 years in college.

Plenty of lads made a packet when I was in college during the boom, when the arse fell out of the construction trade they didnt have much going for them. Though buying a gaff was agood move that guys behalf due to timing.

Topper Harley

AndonHandon wrote: »

Australian jobs for Australian people.

No Irish etc. need apply... Aboriginal Australians only.

Peregrinus

WhiteWalls wrote: »

I was at a family wedding over the Christmas. There is a good few of us cousins around the same age, i.e just a couple of years out of college trying to get set up at what we want to do. None of us are what you would call flush with cash or will be any time soon.

Cousin of mine just about has a Leaving Cert is driving a machine(s) in Australia for the past 5 years. He is only 18 months older than me and has a house bought here which he is now renting while he is back in Oz.

I genuinely feel like I have wasted the last 4 years in college.

If your object in going to college was to acquire a truckload of money by your early twenties then, yes, you have wasted the last four years. Going to college would be an extraordinary strategy to adopt if that were your object, however.

DEFTLEFTHAND

A good work ethic and ambition will get you far, sounds like this man has a bit of get up and go in him.

catallus

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

A good work ethic and ambition will get you far, sounds like this man has a bit of get up and go in him.

You like the cut of his jib?

McDermotX

Who's the fool ?

I guess we are........we should be listening to your cousin.

He sounds deadly.

DEFTLEFTHAND

catallus wrote: »

You like the cut of his jib?

He sounds like a man's man, probably rolls his own cigarettes and everything.

I'm too white collar for my own good see?

catallus

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I'm too white collar for my own good see?

We must speak further on this.

What opinions do you have on starching white collars?

I'm against it.

Turtwig

The fool is the person who must look outward to consider his own satisfaction.

Or something to that extent.

You have no idea what their life is actually like. Focus on your own.

DEFTLEFTHAND

catallus wrote: »

We must speak further on this.

What opinions do you have on starching white collars?

I'm against it.

Yes only Priests should starch their collars.

catallus

Turtwig wrote: »

You have no idea what their life is actually like. Focus on your own.

What about the joy some people get from judging others??

Can they not truly live, too?!

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Yes only Priests should starch their collars.

Ecumenicism and starch? A potent cocktail! But I'm not so sure priests do starch their collars....

kneemos

catallus wrote: »

What about the joy some people get from judging others??

Can they not truly live, too?!




Ecumenicism and starch? A potent cocktail! But I'm not so sure priests do starch their collars....

Old American movies is the only place I've ever heard of a starched collar.

Topper Harley

catallus wrote: »

What about the joy some people get from judging others??

Can they not truly live, too?!

"Great minds discuss ideas;
average minds discuss events;
small minds discuss people."

— Eleanor Roosevelt (allegedly)

Mantis Toboggan

The Australians are fools. Serious earning potential in oz, around 3k a week into the hand in some places for very basic work, yet lots of Australians are lazy, poor work ethic and allowing the Irish to clean up!