Leaving Australia (again)

sptrawler said:

This is all going to end badly IMO.
Increasing population, no increase in productivity or exports, can't end well.

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StockyGuy said:

I have been trying to imagine a society, nay a brewtopia, where every single adult is employed as a barista.

Picture this... get off work after a hard day's work making coffees, then off to the local cafe to share stories about making coffee with your old barista brothers from that diner where you used to make coffee together back in the day. Then off home for a nice cuppa joe before bed. Wake up with a nice cup of coffee in your favourite coffee mug. You were feeling jittery, so hair of the caffeine dog always helps. Then off to another rewarding day of serving coffee to people who are on a break from their own barista jobs at nearby cafes. But hey you're just workin' for the weekend, right? That's when you can indulge your favourite pastime... going and exploring trendy new cafes.

But now there's rumblings about coffee cost going sky high, making the dream of everyone being a barista further and further out of reach: https://www.9news.com.au/national/c...-of-2025/6ca82eee-ea91-41db-8e92-98dfb1c16332

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TimeISmoney said:

I think student doctors will be taking those fancy barista jobs in WA .

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qldfrog said:

look at Costa Rica :

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SirRumpole said:

bring in grateful migrants

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dyna said:

You Tube video just out a month ago : " Why Brits are Migrating to Australia in Record Numbers " ( 25: 13 minutes ) Towards the end ...." The weather " ...Look , even if you're born into it , you just never get used to winter in Europe . My childhood memory of 'effin Deutschland is thankfully fading fast but I do recall ,even the raindrops then , were icy cold . Cold ...is.....the... pits . Get me away from it or shoot me in the head .
Don't forget to read the all comments below the vid , either.
They are brilliant .

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wayneL said:

I'll take the cold

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wayneL said:

A client just sent me this, which was taken during the above hellfire... leading me every summer to question my life choices

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wayneL said:

I'll take the cold

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farmerge said:

@wayneL And today more of the same So far has hit 40.8degC at about 1pm. One might say a cool change from yesterday's scorcher.

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farmerge said:

@wayneL And today more of the same So far has hit 40.8degC at about 1pm. One might say a cool change from yesterday's scorcher.

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wayneL said:

I am hiding from everyone who expects me to do any work today... Clients, wife, everyone

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Dona Ferentes said:

millions will suffer

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wayneL said:

Ah shadup. Just the yearly bitching about the Perth summer.

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farmerge said:

Totally agree with you Wayne.
I was driving through the new subdivision near Midland this morning (coming back from a medical appointment) and there were a couple of blokes up on the roof of one of new homes being built, shorts and no shirts.

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frugal.rock said:

Hope your health is improving.

I've heard of free ballin roofers getting sunburnt ballbags.
Metal roofs I believe.

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farmerge said:

@frugal.rock Feb 5 is now the big day with heart specialist.
Wouldn't be surprised if the Crown Jewels weren't fried by being on a tin roof with little protection with the temps we have had recently.

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wayneL said:

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If I croak in the next few days, it is more likely that they'll flog off my skin as pork crackling, rather than any my other bits

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farmerge said:

Today was cruel and this afternoon was crucifying with the humidity and the light sprinkle we got around 6pm.
Just made it a lot worse.

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