Now you may think I am about to have a winge about them but far from it. My daughter had 8 young ladies travel from Perth to Tassie for her wedding. We had 5 of them stay with us for the week and you couldnt get a nicer lot of youing ladies. These 5 young ladies all went through uni with my daughter at Curtan, All are early childhood teachers. They had a few drinks at times, like at the hens night but no excessive drinking (lots of tippies girls though) and at all times very well mannered. I have given them all an open invitation to return any time in the future. Nothing was to much trouble for them. The 3 that stayed at the Hotel/motel spend a deal of time with us also and again wonderful girls. These 3 are girls my daughter worked with. Cant praise them enough. If the standard of this is, is the standard to teach and serve our kids there may be more hope for the future than I would have thought. cheers blaze
It is the young blokes that are the big problem in Melbourne.Always wanting to harm maim and carry dangerous weapons of mass destruction around And the Police have their hands tied behind there backs because of Courts and the do gooders Then go and blame everybody else for their problems......I guess every City in Australia has them....So I guess you are lucky to have meet some fine women.....Don't know about the Kids bit Blaze
PS I wager Julian wishes he had met some nice ones.
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I have found that for every nasty young person there are at least three that are worth their weight in gold. I have now much to my delight 9 grand children and two Great grand children and yes we have three that I could give away but the rest are more than I could wish for and the other 3 I hope will someday see the light.
Do not ever give up on the young...........Our oldies didn't.
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Indeed, JRH. My late brother used to maintain that there were no problem kids, only problem parents and I think he was right. This was borne out last week during five days at the Guilderton caravan park, about 90km north of Perth, much of which was made horrid by the antics of uncontrolled feral spawn. And not only the little shrill ones, either. One group of 17-18 age group thought nothing at all of playing soccer, loudly, on the road outside my van at 6am. They were soon disabused of the idea. Consideration for others seems to be a forgotten concept, sadly. Cheers, Tony
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Thanks Blaze for such a positive story pity there are people that need to find something to say in reply
Thanks cheers blaze
Hear! Hear!
Yes Blaze it was a positive story and it is not a case of people needing to find something to say in reply but a case of relating experiences.
We could take our kids anywhere and be assured they would sit quietly and chat amomgst themselves and they were, and still are as adults, polite and respectful of other people.
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Yes there are some , meet two in Tassie just this week around 22 year mark, both none smokers and very well mannered .Traverling in a poptop troopy .. they got wet so we asked them in to get warm by the diesel heater and gave them a big cup of milo and a big slice of cake.. Were they happy ,you bet. we werent there when they left ,but found a nice thank you note on the door..SO there are some good ones out there.
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I would just like to thank those that seen this story in the positive light it was intended. At no time have I sugested that people not tell their stories how they see them, positive or otherwise. I may have choosen not to acknowledge the negitives but that is also my choose, the same as its yours to post them. I am sick of all the negitives about and believe positive will eventually atract positive. Keep all comments coming cheers blaze
Hi Blaze, another positive approach similar to mine about schoolies, will always be the case of negative returns as especially the older brigade who we find very demanding in general and single minded as well, will never change. Keep up with the positive approach, well done.
I would just like to thank those that seen this story in the positive light it was intended. At no time have I sugested that people not tell their stories how they see them, positive or otherwise. I may have choosen not to acknowledge the negitives but that is also my choose, the same as its yours to post them. I am sick of all the negitives about and believe positive will eventually atract positive. Keep all comments coming cheers blaze
My reply regarding the parents of today's kids was not a put down of the kids but I was trying to bring some facts into the discussion. I feel sorry for the kids that have not had a proper upbringing, that they have parents who could not care sufficiently to raise their offspring correctly and then the kids are the ones who suffer because they don't know how to behave properly.
You will also note that I stated that the problem with A LOT of kids of today is their parents, Not that all were a problem.
I realise that this topic has very little to do with NOMAD THINGS but I did not start the topic.
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I would just like to thank those that seen this story in the positive light it was intended. At no time have I sugested that people not tell their stories how they see them, positive or otherwise. I may have choosen not to acknowledge the negitives but that is also my choose, the same as its yours to post them. I am sick of all the negitives about and believe positive will eventually atract positive. Keep all comments coming cheers blaze
My reply regarding the parents of today's kids was not a put down of the kids but I was trying to bring some facts into the discussion. I feel sorry for the kids that have not had a proper upbringing, that they have parents who could not care sufficiently to raise their offspring correctly and then the kids are the ones who suffer because they don't know how to behave properly.
You will also note that I stated that the problem with A LOT of kids of today is their parents, Not that all were a problem.
I realise that this topic has very little to do with NOMAD THINGS but I did not start the topic.
You seem to raise this point about not to do with the nomad lifestye/topic, well I pose to you what is ? It means alot to me about to set out on the road in January that there is still some good people, young adults and kids about our towns, it makes me secure to know that there may be people I can call on if I have an hour of need. Most people our age (being generally of the older generation) have been there and done it, just ask us, we spend a fair amount of time telling others. To me if it means I sit around a campfire discussing youth of today, maybe even the help they have been, or maybe why my solor panel charges at 100amp or my vehicle is using fuel at a rate of 15 mpg, aint they all topics worthy of discussion So I ask again "what is a Grey Nomad Topic" cheers blaze No malice intented
got lost trying to find --INALA QLD-- sign that was there last visit 3 years ago on main road had gone due to roadworks , pulled into a garage to get directions , they gave me a directory to look at not much good when you don't know where you are. Young chap asked me where i wanted to go, i told him , he just said follow me i'm not going there but close and would put me on the right road which he did , i could have kissed him lol
It's great to hear positive stories about our experiences, whatever they are. It's even greater that you shared it with us on this forum. Then there are the stories which contradict the positive experiences. That's life. While in Cairns I met 3 young English blokes who were sort of backpacking in an old, but reliable landcruiser. They picked up another English traveller in his 60's, to help him out. The old traveller then proceeded to steal their car and all their good stuff such as cameras, laptops and iPods etc. The Police eventually picked up the guy and returned the car to the young blokes. The young fellows were so devastated at the time of the event when they returned to the park at 1.30am, after a night out with friends. One literally cried on my shoulder because he was so heart-broken by the disappointing actions of their travelling companion. There are good and bad in the young and the older. It's good to be able to compare these events.
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I am a scout leader and I am very fond of all my "kids". They are always respectfull and willing to help. I was a Girl Guide leader for 10 years and have been a scout leader for this ten years and I have great pleasure when a young person comes up and thanks me for their time in Guides or scouts, particularly when they are grown up and have a family of their own. Can also make you feel very old.....
