Re : Leaving home (33)
Merriweather: Hi Freo
So agree with you... totally unacceptable to still be living at home right up to mid twenties.. like is happening now..
But to be fair... we had a choice of jobs back then, it was not hard to find work, so we could leave..
and by golly, we did..
but in my case, my parents left me at 16... home.. and took off with the rest of the family... and for a bliss year, I was at home alone...
I went to school and came home, and cleaned etc... they sent me money each week, an allowance to live on... and I had to account for all the money... damn... I was doing reconciliation statements back then...
But when the family came back to live at home, I moved out.. Fancy Mum thinking that I just would fall into being a subordinate being again... not a chance..
But after a few years, I did move back home.. for a very short while, just because I was getting married... and then off again, back into the world for travel and exploration...
Wow... look at all the above posts... we all took off independently ...
We got some gumption us lot...
So agree with you... totally unacceptable to still be living at home right up to mid twenties.. like is happening now..
But to be fair... we had a choice of jobs back then, it was not hard to find work, so we could leave..
and by golly, we did..
but in my case, my parents left me at 16... home.. and took off with the rest of the family... and for a bliss year, I was at home alone...
I went to school and came home, and cleaned etc... they sent me money each week, an allowance to live on... and I had to account for all the money... damn... I was doing reconciliation statements back then...
But when the family came back to live at home, I moved out.. Fancy Mum thinking that I just would fall into being a subordinate being again... not a chance..
But after a few years, I did move back home.. for a very short while, just because I was getting married... and then off again, back into the world for travel and exploration...
Wow... look at all the above posts... we all took off independently ...
We got some gumption us lot...
They don't make em like the likes of us any more we're old school tuff strong was our generation
very bloody Australian 
On ya! merri 
asha69: wow cant believe how grown up we all were back then, it shows though some of us had hard lives but we bounced back and became the adults we are today
when we came to australia my kids were 9 and 10, and all we had were 4 suitcases and $700 in the bank. we knew no-one and had no jobs to come to, never had even been here before it wasnt long before we both had jobs and bought our first house.we left all our families and friends for a new start and a good place for our kids.
that was back in 1990, so we paid full price airfares not ten pound poms would have been easier if we had been convicts, could have got here for nothing and here i am 22 years later
when we came to australia my kids were 9 and 10, and all we had were 4 suitcases and $700 in the bank. we knew no-one and had no jobs to come to, never had even been here before it wasnt long before we both had jobs and bought our first house.we left all our families and friends for a new start and a good place for our kids.
that was back in 1990, so we paid full price airfares not ten pound poms would have been easier if we had been convicts, could have got here for nothing and here i am 22 years later
You're like my best mate Ash she come over to Australia in the early 80's with her hubby and kids worked hard and paid the full price to get here. Bought their home within the first year.
I was her next door neighbour I strolls in and says to her ....
GIDDAY HOW YA! GOING I'M CURLY :handshake: at the top of my lungs , in my Aussie accent
she 
was like WTF was that 
even after all these years we have a laugh it being her first culture shock of Aussie people are like. 
curly28: You're like my best mate Ash she come over to Australia in the early 80's with her hubby and kids worked hard and paid the full price to get here. Bought their home within the first year.
I was her next door neighbour I strolls in and says to her .... GIDDAY HOW YA! GOING I'M CURLY at the top of my lungs , in my Aussie accent she was like WTF was that even after all these years we have a laugh it being her first culture shock of Aussie people are like.
I was her next door neighbour I strolls in and says to her .... GIDDAY HOW YA! GOING I'M CURLY at the top of my lungs , in my Aussie accent she was like WTF was that even after all these years we have a laugh it being her first culture shock of Aussie people are like.
OMG.... It's so you... love it... xx
asha69: wow cant believe how grown up we all were back then, it shows though some of us had hard lives but we bounced back and became the adults we are today
when we came to australia my kids were 9 and 10, and all we had were 4 suitcases and $700 in the bank. we knew no-one and had no jobs to come to, never had even been here before it wasnt long before we both had jobs and bought our first house.we left all our families and friends for a new start and a good place for our kids.
that was back in 1990, so we paid full price airfares not ten pound poms would have been easier if we had been convicts, could have got here for nothing and here i am 22 years later
when we came to australia my kids were 9 and 10, and all we had were 4 suitcases and $700 in the bank. we knew no-one and had no jobs to come to, never had even been here before it wasnt long before we both had jobs and bought our first house.we left all our families and friends for a new start and a good place for our kids.
that was back in 1990, so we paid full price airfares not ten pound poms would have been easier if we had been convicts, could have got here for nothing and here i am 22 years later
oh geez
just realised what i had wrote, my kids were 4 and 5 when we came over, they were 9 and 10 when i left their dad, dumb blonde moment curly28: You're like my best mate Ash she come over to Australia in the early 80's with her hubby and kids worked hard and paid the full price to get here. Bought their home within the first year.
I was her next door neighbour I strolls in and says to her .... GIDDAY HOW YA! GOING I'M CURLY at the top of my lungs , in my Aussie accent she was like WTF was that even after all these years we have a laugh it being her first culture shock of Aussie people are like.
I was her next door neighbour I strolls in and says to her .... GIDDAY HOW YA! GOING I'M CURLY at the top of my lungs , in my Aussie accent she was like WTF was that even after all these years we have a laugh it being her first culture shock of Aussie people are like.
you had it tough curls when you were young
but look at you now, one hell of a woman and your kids should be so proud of you.you would have made a brilliant neighbour, but you would have scared me to death doing that back then
we need more like you, 
Left home at 19 with the plan of going to Rhodesia to shoot commies . Dad had a heart attack soon after that , family is family , so back to the farm . Bought the place with a whole heap of money and mum and dad retied to town with dad dying a year or so later . I laugh a bit when people refer to their ex's as nutters , well I ended up marrying a real one , but was not to find out all the details till after the marriage went belly up 13 years later . I spent another 13 years looking after kids while trying to run another farm . Not to keen on this 13 year thing and will be keeping an eye on 2021
Sounds like you two fellas had lucky escapes. Your old men were wise men and had more than likely seen, in their lifetimes, way too many young men lose their lives needlessly fighting other men's wars.
my old man went through lot in ww2, never really recovered, mot kiwi went to tat in his time, the sort of upbringing that was in nz, far more british than you lot
asha69: you had it tough curls when you were young but look at you now, one hell of a woman and your kids should be so proud of you.
you would have made a brilliant neighbour, but you would have scared me to death doing that back then we need more like you,
you would have made a brilliant neighbour, but you would have scared me to death doing that back then we need more like you,
I come from a very large family so I am fortunate to have my siblings to lean on and to run to when I was young
I am very close to my family today. I feel very sorry for all those kids that run away and have no one to run to and they end up on the streets homeless so sad what makes it worse is they have parents alive out there somewhere that couldn't care a less about them 
Too many homeless kids On the same vein - a few years ago I was put in touch with an old friend from primary school. She has been working in the local library in town ever since she left college
I couldn't even list the number of jobs I have had - never been fired from any, I sat down with a pen and piece of paper one day and in a couple of minutes I had got to about 35 different jobs that I could think of?
Anybody top that??
Newlife08: On the same vein - a few years ago I was put in touch with an old friend from primary school. She has been working in the local library in town ever since she left college
I couldn't even list the number of jobs I have had - never been fired from any, I sat down with a pen and piece of paper one day and in a couple of minutes I had got to about 35 different jobs that I could think of?
Anybody top that??
I couldn't even list the number of jobs I have had - never been fired from any, I sat down with a pen and piece of paper one day and in a couple of minutes I had got to about 35 different jobs that I could think of?
Anybody top that??
Hi NL! Wow, 35, no I've had maybe 10-20. I don't feel like delving onto my memory to count them.
I've worked in factories, a camera store, as a builder's labourer, carpenter, saw miller, self-employed builder, civil engineer. The latter for 21 years in the same job!
Obscuritan: Hi NL! Wow, 35, no I've had maybe 10-20. I don't feel like delving onto my memory to count them.
I've worked in factories, a camera store, as a builder's labourer, carpenter, saw miller, self-employed builder, civil engineer. The latter for 21 years in the same job!
I've worked in factories, a camera store, as a builder's labourer, carpenter, saw miller, self-employed builder, civil engineer. The latter for 21 years in the same job!
Think there is a lot of Gypsy in me Obs
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