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davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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how far would you travel for a date Posted: 3/18/2006 10:38:40 PM
My limit is around 1hr car driving time radius anymore that would be far. However, I am not that keen to actually meet someone interstate because someone recently scammed me as late as last year and well that person started the scam in SA but made out she would go to Brisbane to meet me and she never turned up. Thanks to some great friends they gave me some tell tale signs of scams and tips on how to avoid them.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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How did you find out about this fantastic site? Posted: 3/18/2006 3:38:02 PM
"What is this FSO website I've read about a few times in the Auzzie threads?" FSO= Finding Someone Well this site is based in New Zealand (from the windy City of Wellington) anyway they charge between $14.95 to $19.95 per month to let you have unlimited access to sending of messages to people, sending smiles etc. Also they used to have a chat room that closed and also they have a Opinion board but you have to pay that amount above to contribute. Even if you are so called "Gold" there is one problem if you are banned from the Opinion threads then well you can still send smiles and messages to people but the problem is that if there is a great topic you want to contribute to (now there isn't) then well you can't. Find Someone has had some disgruntled customers and most keep their profile up (like myself but not Gold) but the chances of actually finding someone on that site I find quite slim due to the simple fact that some judged me automatically from what I wrote on the Opinion threads and didn't bother to see or hear the real me. In other words they took everyone's word and PM'd other members to find out what I was like or am like. Strange because the persons they PM'd me never ever knew me or only knew of me on the threads. This site is more friendlier because it allows to be on the site if we have a partner and then that means that makes the site helpful to singles because if a person posts something then they can talk about their partner in how they met each other and one partner might offer different tips than the other. FSO is going downhill and the threads of late has shown the maturity on some on the boards like someone counting down the days she goes and works across in another state which is annoying the hell out of some people. The originally FSO apparantly you could access everything for free but I came on it 2 years ago when even messaging other people was for free and it was great no problem with that then they decided to charge everyone. Last year they did a huge change of the boards and the site and they didn't bother to tell anyone until 24 hours before which you would they would have asked the clients what they think in a mass e-mail and yes it can be done given they are raking in quite a lot of money from singles. In fact when they scrapped the chat room they didn't bother to tell anyone and the only way people found out about it was they said "Improvements to FSO" and the improvement was the scrapping of the chat room (like IM on here). They are also known for their poor customer relations with taking up to 7 days or more to respond and they only respond within 3 days if you threaten them. It does say something. However, those who have been attacked it takes FSO around 14 days to 28 days to take action apart from that they jump down your throat if you have a partner because you banned instantly and the number of people banned instantly because they have announced they have a partner is so quick that you just snap your fingers and puff a smoke appears and your gone.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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When you shouldn't go back to an ex Posted: 3/17/2006 12:01:26 AM
What made my ex unusually that the reason we split up in the first place was because of lack of chemistry but I split up with her now because she dared to tell me what to do with my gran so early in the piece. Amazing as it may sound my family comes first always and then her. Something tells me that I think one thing is certain that she will find someone who will lay down there life for her and hand her things on a platter to what she expects. She does expect guys to have a outlook on life and if they don't she said they are not worth knowing.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Do you take note of how somebody relates to their Children? Posted: 3/16/2006 11:56:59 PM
Actually you have brought up a very good point Tony. A family I knew the mother was very pushy towards other, dictarorial (ie. in a school car park would tell parents off when they didn't park properly (ie. not between the two lines) she would then also tell visitors not to talk about Current Events (ie. Terrorism, Wars, Politics) because they don't want the kids to hear about it (ie. the kids were aged 13, 11, 7 years old) and that they are not allowed to watch TV because they aren't allowed to find about these events. Anyway so much to say the 13 year old girl ultimately had become like her mum very dicating actually telling all the time to visitors where they have to sit at the table and showing off that she knew better than anyone else about things when she didn't. Her parents were muscians so she thought she would get up and low and behold at a Uniting Church congregation profess at the age of 15 years old that she can teach anyone she wants and any customers who want to learn Violin from her. The congreagation just laughed for the simple fact as you would gather she isn't a qualified teacher so she was duping everyone. She actually was going to charge the same as her parents at $25 to $30 for half an hour. More to this was in fact the most famous thing that happened once the 11 year old who got into year 8 and year 9 then suddenly when the parents announced they would be going to back their home country to live he was bumped up to year 11 and year 12 all of a sudden- in other words he did half the year in year 11 and the other half doing year 12. Anyway when I was talking to him I thought to test how smart he was and he didn't know what the following words meant: Integration, combine, Internet service provider, route, interchange and dating. In other words he was not as smart as what he and his parents thought and well low and behold if he didn't understand these words then I think the parents bribed the school to make him get into year 12 because the school knew they would be leaving at the end of the year anyway. Makes you wonder doesn't it. By the way the Father was a typical Australian (even though he came from another country) and was laid back and really liked the Australian Lifestyle and got very used to it. All I can say that the father I think didn't want to go back to their home country but the wife ruled the roost and well you don't want to get on the wrong side of your wife as he always said to me.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Pet Roll Call Posted: 3/16/2006 12:56:39 AM
Have a 2 year Border Collie whose name is Bookshi (a Hungarian name translated to Butch in English) anyway she is cute and if you are eating the problem she always gives fives because she wants your food but I can also point out she is desexed and the amazing thing is that apparantly female dogs become more lazier if they are desexed I don't know if that is true or not.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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do australian men date? and how? Posted: 3/13/2006 3:03:54 PM
Yes as an aussie man I do date and yes I do go out to movies with my date or for a coffee and it depends on what the date wants. So yes I think Aussie Men do date but they don't boast about it, however there are some aussie females who actually well boast about going out on a date and then when it turns pear shape there friends rally round them. As for a guy he only gets asked by his mates occassionally if he has been out on a date and strange enough my mates ask me every 6 months "how's the dating scene going for you dave" because we have other pressing issues to talk about than talking about women.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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So Sad and Tragic Posted: 3/13/2006 1:19:27 AM
I feel for the mother and father and what they are going through but I also feel for the train driver. I have a friend of mine who is a train driver and on the Gawler Central line each day someone tries and commits suicide and achieves there goal of dying and sadly well what can I say he said he hit someone and I will give you a run down what a train driver feels. Initially they see the person near the tracks and then a bang sound is heard and nothing is thought of it and he continues to drive on (yes legally they don't have to stop if they can't I mean if another train is pretty much close behind) anyway you back to the depot you are told you have run over someone the thought in your mind "Oh s*it are they alright" and then they tell you he or she is dead and do you want counselling. Most train drivers elect not to do counselling because they are males and somehow it is a macho thing not to do. Anyway around two weeks later you have nightmares and then you take off 6 months from work because of the stress that happened you go and see the counsellor and also psycharitrist and they give you tranquiliser's (to not make you go crazy- but you aren't going back to driving yet) then they give you sleeping tablets. It takes around a full 12 months to recover and some don't even recover and retire from train driving all together or become either administration officers or ticket checkers or inspectors. My mate tells me most train drivers now where the well "hot spots" are for trepassers and suicides and it wouldn't surprise you that also some late trains in Sydney are because of suicides because for the month of August 2004 on the Cityrail network in Sydney there was four suspected suicides or 0.12 per 1 million passengers. Sadly what goes through a train drivers mind is of course a train can't swevre and he sounds his horn and puts the emergency brake but its just too late.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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So Sad and Tragic Posted: 3/12/2006 12:23:46 AM
Yes those poor little souls but apparantly police were called that they were throwing rocks at passing trains and trains travel along that part of the Track on the Ipswich line at 100kph. I think we should teach our children always never ever to play near train tracks or even throw things at trains. My feeling is that something was thrown at the train it rickeshayed back and hit one of the boys and possibly killed him and the other boys just died playing on the track. RIP and may it serve as a warning to other young boys or girls.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Do you remember the days of the old schoolyard dating? Posted: 3/11/2006 11:10:29 PM
Did you have "piggy tails" then?

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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best place to visit in Australia in April Posted: 3/11/2006 11:09:32 PM
Its worth coming to Adelaide in April it is not too hard nor too cold it is just right. Adelaide is very nice and has a grid-like street landscape in the city with parklands dotted around it. Its suburbs and hills are very nice and the hills are only around 20 minutes drive away. The public transport system is cheap and one ticket covers all modes of travel and you don't have to get a seperate ticket if you want to travel on a bus, train or tram. Most tourist attractions are located in the city and most in the suburbs can be accessed by public transport. Adelaide has cheap accommodation to 5 star accommodation. Glenelg is Adelaide's seaside resort and has been for over 150 years and is well regarded by locals. It provides a good beach, and also excellent cafes and resturants. Adelaide has many cafes and The Parade in Norwood, Melbourne Street North Adelaide, Glenelg, Rundle Street and East Terrace Adelaide have excellent cafes. Adelaide has a reputation for being a relaxing city it isn't in a rush and has a population growth of only 0.6% per annum compared to the bigger cities of between 1% and 2% per year. Adelaide's population is only 1.1 million and most Adelaideiens are happy with their lifestyle and don't like to be compared to the eastern states because they are much busier. The roads are quite good in Adelaide and provide for easy driving. Other than that I would recommend coming to Adelaide because it is relaxing and has plenty to offer.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Do you remember the days of the old schoolyard dating? Posted: 3/11/2006 11:03:10 PM
Just an adaption of Cat Steven's song. Anyway do you remember when you were young and you dated in the schoolyard? What was your earliest memories? I think my earliest memories would be in Year 2 and Year 3 I always wanted to "go round" with a girl with pony tails or "piggy tails" they called them in the 1980s and well I always wanted her to be my girlfriend. Then in later on in primary school in year 5 to year 7 we had socials (ie. disco's) and well the last social we had to take along a partner and I plotted a scheme that I would make one of the girls jelous of me for taking a girl Racqueal along. It didn't work initially but one week down the track the girl came over to me and said "you made me upset and angry that you couldn't take me" I learned then and there that girls don't forget things quickly. In high school I was more like interested in finding a girlfriend through youth group rather than at high school. There was only one girl I wanted to date at school but she left sadly within a couple of weeks. Others used me to get there assignments done because I was classified as a "geek" in high school (which I only found out December last year) anyway if they couldn't do computing work then they asked me of course I did it to suck up to them that didn't work. In Year 12 formal I and three other guys boycotted it because we had to take a partner along and well we couldn't find anyone outside or inside of school and well us three guys met each other 10 years after the formal and said something like "what a bunch of idiots we were". However, this aside my memories of girls in primary school that they were sweet, sometimes intelligent, and also some of them were ugly (thats the word we used). Then in high school they were good, attractive (I even tried dating a girl 2 years older than me and well she thought I am not dating a year 8) and well what can I say when I was in Year 10 to Year 12 we thought the Year 8's girls were very much developed yet we were too scared to date them. Thats my story now over you.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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The Worst Car Drivers You Have Encountered? Posted: 3/11/2006 4:42:44 PM
Well when I was coming back with my friends and my gran for the new trams in Adelaide Crush load test I had a police car follow us for up to 3kms (and tailgating as well) when to see if I was going over the limit or preforming something bad but amazingly they didn't pull me over but one thing is for sure if the police say they never target P-platers I think that is well wrong because I have the experience of being followed by the police.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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What do your parents think of you being on a Internet Dating Site? Posted: 3/11/2006 3:54:22 PM
About 18 year olds on the site well it possibly has to do with its the "in thing" and then they can boast to there friends "There was this hunky guy on the Internet and I messaged him and he messaged me and we are going out tommorow night" and then her friends says "ohhh she is in love hopefully she can find me a guy". There are also some very shy 18 year olds who prefer not clubbing or going to pubs and prefer the Internet but it seems like Internet dating is the way to go to make sure you keep clear of sleeze bags physically.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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The Worst Car Drivers You Have Encountered? Posted: 3/11/2006 3:04:55 AM
As many ex FSO members know I got my P's last November and well since then I have clocked up quite a lot of driving well around 5,000 kilometres and well in that time I have seen some interesting drivers but my pet hate so far are these: Tailgaters- I have had them from mainly with expensive sports cars or luxury cars like Mercedes drivers. So if I slow down to the limit they toot their horn and flash the lights to go faster- amazing one of them actually called out and said "Go Faster you "Dickh*ead" and Karma got him because the Police pulled him over after the next set of traffic lights. These luxury car drivers in Adelaide think that if I slow and they smack into me then they get a new car but I wonder what they will say when I tell the Police or even their insurance company that they were tailgating? My other pet hate is people on a 100kph stretch of road go at either 60kph, 70kph or 80kph and when you overtake them they look at you because they think you are a hoon. The last but not least pet hate is cars who suddenly decide to change lanes in front of me without using their indicators but that doesn't happen much but one of the worst ones I encounter is cars when I am going at 60kph decide its great to pull out from a street and I have to toot the horn to them to get back. They think they have the right of way.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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How did you find out about this fantastic site? Posted: 3/10/2006 10:38:42 PM
Yeah see if we can get Red Whine on here she might spice up the boards.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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What is the worst internet dating site you have been on? Posted: 3/10/2006 10:09:39 PM
The reason I am on FSO (but not a gold member) is to put it loosly to laugh at all the meanlingless threads some people put up and learn not to put them up on here. Yes I am a lurker on FSO.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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What is the worst internet dating site you have been on? Posted: 3/10/2006 10:08:19 PM
"From what i hear FSO has been taken over by Fairfax Trading who also operates rsvp so i doubt FSO will be around for much longer." Wasn't Fairfax Trading who tookover RSVP or was it News Limited not too sure but I am sure that Fairfax Trading tookover RSVP.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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What is the worst internet dating site you have been on? Posted: 3/10/2006 6:59:31 PM
Okay in no particular order they are: RSVP Lavalife Yahoo Personals and Findsomeone (FSO) The reasons for RSVP was because well because not because I met my ex there but because of their sheer money making exercise that you had to buy credits and if you didn't use them within 6 months you forfeited them and they never ever contacted you that the 6 months was nearly up. They still keep in contact with me about events. Lavalife was quite strange I signed up initially to put my profile up and then I thought might give it a go in contacting people met someone dated initially for only 3 weeks then she left me because she was still seeing her ex and also a person in a wheelchair and me so she didn't want to hurt the ex's feelings- what about mine and the guy in the wheelchair and what made matters worse she appears on Yahoo Personals and also Lavalife as completely different ages- she changes her age every month one month she might be 24 the other month 31 and other month 28 and the other month she is 30. or 32 or 35. Yahoo Personals was sort of okay very expensive though at around $100.00 it tips the scales as being rather expensive. The ads there are quite good but there are some people who might respond and there are some who might not respond but thats ok. Lastly Find Someone was banned permantly from posting messages in their opinion board all because I stood up for my own two feet when I was attacked. They claim if you are standing up for your two feet you are "promoting negative thoughts on the opinion boards". Also, I couldn't handle how they banned people for little things such as what Dream got banned for saying Blow Job. Amazing Find Someone will not let you use the word Penis, Vagina, or even sex or even f*ck or even something like that because they claim that is vulgar and disgusting makes you wonder if it isn't being run by the Catholic Church. It should be noted that Find Someone administrators come from New Zealand and if you have a complaint, suggestion or compliment it takes them 7 to 14 days to respond to e-mails or sometimes not at all. The only way I got them to respond within 24 hours was to tell them they will be reported to Fair Trading and then they responded so quickly and didn't apologise but you got a straight answer out of them.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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How did you find out about this fantastic site? Posted: 3/10/2006 6:47:02 PM
Well it was from Ray (that was his user name on FSO) and he told me about it in a PM and well within 24 hours of asking people to PM him about a new site (this one) he got banned because someone claimed in a PM that he was trying to set up people. Strange as it may seem but what I can see the reason why some sites (I use the word some) actually ban people from naming sites is probably two reasons: 1. Just in case a huge number of people escape their site and join another- loss of revenue 2. That they expect you not to name there site yet there site is advertised on the very site you told other people about. It is one of there odd rules but thats okay I am happy here. Previously when I didn't know about singles site I did a Google search under the name "Completely free Internet sites" and the first one that came up was Findsomeone and they were free to message and also well send smiles until the powers that may be decided that we should pay.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Hello Posted: 3/10/2006 4:00:22 AM
Welcome QG at least now we are seeing some of the FSO's raid this site and hopefully none of the riff raff (is that what they call it) comes over. But welcome aboard this is a good site but I guess you will find something to post.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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That women left nearly for dead at a Brisbane Bus Stop my comments Posted: 3/9/2006 2:53:35 AM
Thats right Dream I just remembered that Australia became the 52nd State of America as soon as we became an American Ally with the War Against Terrorism.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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What does Consumer Affairs/Fair Trading say about Dating sites Posted: 3/9/2006 2:50:21 AM
They have to also make it very clear in their guidelines (I forgot to point that out) that if you get banned for a particular reason that you should get some sort of refund or something. However, this aside this is a great site I don't have any problems whatsoever with it but they did say PlentyofFish is well regarded and possibly the best Internet dating site they have come across.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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What does Consumer Affairs/Fair Trading say about Dating sites Posted: 3/9/2006 12:11:05 AM
Today I had to pay my renewel of my small business trading name so whilst talking to the staff member I asked them how many complaints they get about dating sites and amazing she said that someone would have a word to me about this. Within 2 mins a female came over and spoke to me and she thought I was doing a University project and proceeded to tell me lots of interesting tips and tricks and some stories about dating sites, so I thought I would share them with you. 1. The dating sites are in one of the Top 10 of the Internet complaints they recieve a year and they get around 1000 complaints a year about dating sites in SA alone. 2. If the dating site says its "Totally Free" then be warned because you have to pay that extra to send messages or to send smiles, or even so to look at profiles. Apparantly Plenty of Fish sets a good example of what other sites should aim to do. 3. They warned about dating sights that have conditions that are vague or make you loose your status and without a refund. They gave this example on another site you have to be Gold to contribute onto their opinion threads and if you are banned from contributing due to an indiscression and you are still Gold then they can't take away the thing that they have given since you have upgraded to Gold before. This means one dating site who bans you for 2 weeks for something you did wrong on their opinion boards can't ban you from the boards they have to either give your money back or not ban you from the boards but give more warnings. 4. If you are totally banned from a paid internet dating site they must refund all your money contrary to the conditions they have. The simple fact is you paid for a service and 95% of the time it is not your fault you got banned. Its like going into a shop if say you brought something from that shop and they don't like you as their customer they still have to give back your money no matter what. 5. A warning about dating sites that have 1300 numbers or 1800 numbers as paying over the phone. This is ok to a point but when they have PO Box addresses only and no one to talk to over the phone if a problem occurs then Consumer Affairs claims these sites are very dodgy indeed. A customer needs a place where over the phone and in person that their complaints is heard and if only a e-mail facility is available that is un-professional and should be treated with caution. 6. If paying through the Internet look out for the Locked Symbol on the right hand corner of your Internet browser page and if it appears then it is safe payment if it appears with a cross or doesn't appear then you have to be careful because possibly hackers can access that sites financial information of its members- noting FSO has no locked symbol. 7. If paying by Credit Card and you cancel partway through your membership. They must refund a portion of that membership (Pro-Rata) however they must every time that you renew by Credit Card ask you whether or not you want to continue with the payment this is because of one main reason is that if you don't want to renewel then you can elect not to do so. They must also remind you when the payment is due via an e-mail facility or even by post in a letter. 8. If the dating site in question takes longer than what is necessary to get back to you about a Complaint or suggestion then it must be taken that either they are not interested in you as a customer and should be treated with Caution. If they don't answer your complaint to your satisfaction contact Fair Trading/Consumer Affairs immediately who will actually get a answer rather quickly or even a better answer. 9. If the dating site is based overseas they must also abide by Australian laws and regulations when they host in Australia or set up in Australia this means they must mostly abide by the Trade Practices Act 1974 and if they don't you can report them. 10. Lastly Internet dating can be fun if used properly but look out for conditions placed on your membership on the sites and be warned about sites which have restrictive conditions as well as change conditions or even rewards you get when you upgrade to a certain status because this may mean you get much less than you paid for initially. They must list all the things you get when you become a certain member. If you were a certain member and you cancelled then they must give you back the same prevelidges as other new and existing members get if they don't then that is false advertising and it is misleading and deceptive conduct which carries a $200,000 a fine for each offence. All in all I wrote down these things because I lucky I had my note book which I use for my work and all these tips came to 8 hand written pages and included Writer Cramp along the way. Has anyone got any questions or suggestions or even comments?

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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That women left nearly for dead at a Brisbane Bus Stop my comments Posted: 3/8/2006 3:22:22 PM
Lastly I want to point out most government bus drivers undergo training and usually they pass a Senior First Aid Certificate because just in case one of there passengers or a passenger at a bus stop becomes ill.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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That women left nearly for dead at a Brisbane Bus Stop my comments Posted: 3/8/2006 3:20:13 PM
"do you stop your bus and help the person and then get yelled at by passengers for your bus running late, or do you keep on going." Passengers would understand this situation and well they would also possibly help out because the driver just has to announce what he is doing and secondly where it was was actually a Busway station with buses running every few minutes so passengers could transfer to another bus. There are many times in Sydney trains run late because of an "ill" passenger and passengers don't mind it is showing customer service and general common sense to await an ambulance if someone is ill or even redering assistance.

davewithaheart

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That women left nearly for dead at a Brisbane Bus Stop my comments Posted: 3/7/2006 5:27:57 PM
Transport and Main Roads Minister Paul Lucas has launched an official investigation into the incident but said "it is disheartening it took so long for people to do anything". "All of us need to look at what we are doing and what we can do better," he said. He also flagged the introduction of a city wide poster campaign, in the style of the anti-terrorism reminders, that would prompt people to be more aware of their moral responsibilities and that "it could be their grandmother, daughter or son." Premier Peter Beattie said: "I was really disappointed, not just because a lady was allowed to lie unattended near a bus station for so long, but because it actually says something about our society." Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg said laws were needed to guarantee legal protection for good samaritans who helped others. But Mr Beattie said that, under common law, anyone acting as a good samaritan was already protected from prosecution. Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg said many Queenslanders were disgusted by the incident. "I am also told that a search of legal precedents has found no cases in Queensland where a bystander acting to assist someone has been sued," Mr Beattie said. "We have become such a busy society that we don't have time for the little things, sure as eggs if it happened in a little country town she would not have waited so long." Hundreds of people and many buses passed by Delmae Barton's prone body after she collapsed on one of the bus stop seats at Griffith University's Mt Gravatt campus on February 29. She was unable to move other than to turn over to stop herself choking on her own vomit. Translink provided information to Mr Lucas saying that none of their staff recall seeing Auntie Delmae slumped on the ground. Brisbane City Council transport spokesman Graham Quirk there was no written policy that prevented a bus driver from helping others. "We need to change that mindset so that all Queenslanders know that if they have acted as a good samaritan they would be protected," Mr Springborg said. But he said "there is an onus on everyone to check things out, and in this case it seems a lot of misjudgment and assumptions have happened". That is a short version of what today's Courier Mail reported and I will make some few comments. Firstly it doesn't surprise me about bus drivers who work for Brisbane Transport because some of them are arrogant and totally unwilling to help even elderly board there buses I mean when they have a low floor or wheelchair bus they never lower the floor of the bus which they can do with one button to press. Anyway back to the story we all remember that school boy who was not picked up by bus drivers on the Sunshine Coast and well he went missing and is now pressumed dead but it goes to show that some bus drivers only care about the money they earn and don't care about anyone else besides themselves. I think the problem in today's society we stereotype people and yes Bus drivers are well known for stereotyping just ask any teenager nowdays. This situation is the most embarassing situation that can occur in Australia and should be fixed up with a Federal Government backed campagn but I forgot the Howard Government doesn't care about us he just wants to screw us. I think this situation shows so very well what can happen when bus drivers and other citizens don't help a person who is incapacitated. I remember I once saw someone on the foot path laying there and well I asked straight away if she was alright and she said she wasn't and I asked would she like a Ambulance called and I called the Ambulance and well I helped as best I could. No-one else bothered in lovely friendly Adelaide to help. I am so angry to be an Australian when these incidents occur but I think its high time the bueraucrats start teaching bus drivers and fellow transit employees to look out for these people I think its a lame excuse Translink and Brisbane City Council is using but if she died there would have been criminal charges and yes Buses that go to and from the Griffith University operate very frequently and the fact remains and its quite obvious is that if one single bus driver didn't bother to help her well I think this is what should happen: 1. The drivers should be given a warning 2. The drivers should have there file marked with comments to that affect they didn't bother to help 3. If it happens again then sack the drivers and I don't care what the Union thinks.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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What do we think of POF compared to other well known Australia sites Posted: 3/7/2006 4:07:58 PM
Well what can I say Abyss you are lucky that person is not here who clocked up 3500 posts on the transport discussion board because I think he would start talking about Sex on Public Transport Vehicles and yes he is a bus driver and he would well give you stories.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Newspapers that support one side of politics Posted: 3/7/2006 4:04:00 PM
Sadly we had one un-bias newspaper and it was actually called the "Billboard" it was started by a school friend of mine's parents and was quite successful until a law suit by a politician for printing a quote he didn't want printed ended it.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Newspapers that support one side of politics Posted: 3/6/2006 6:58:29 PM
Yeah it was about the grubby Poli-tics and newspapers.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Newspapers that support one side of politics Posted: 3/6/2006 5:03:09 PM
Many South Australian's know this and it has become obvious more so since the Election was called. Well to put it loosly the day after it was called our lovely Murdoch Times (The Advertiser) said in an editorial "The Liberal's Must Win" and well that showed how one sided it is. Even about the tram extension to the Railway Station the Advertiser has printed more letters against the extension and only a miniscure letters supporting it and its headlines have been bias and slamming of the extension. Its editorial's have been one day not supporting the extension then the next day like the weather it changes and starts supporting it and then it is against it. Then we have a classic case that I think the Liberal Party are using Push-polling in order to win votes and most of the letters against the extension have been possibly Liberal Party members pushing their issue. Apart from that Melbourne just looks at us and laughs and thinks they in Melbourne can extend a tramline without any dramas and problems and anyone against them and that means Adelaide is too conservative and loves the smell of cars that pollute the atmosphere in the city. Mind you the RAA has said that it will cause more traffic congestion on the street with the extension then work this out look at a photo of King William Street with Trams and buses prior to 1958 and you will see that that there were hardly any cars now take a photo now. That means after the trams were scrapped from Adelaide's streets then congested increased because people purchased cars and well that was because there beloved 12 minute tram frequency all day and all night was not existent and they had no choice but to buy a car (and they don't like travelling by bus). Ask any Melbourne person and see what they think about the trams whilst they can hold up traffic if you said something like scrap them then they would say the 140 million passengers it carries a year (the tram system) then would actually clogg up the road with more traffic and that Melbourne's tram are an icon and that is what makes Melbourne more liveable than Sydney.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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When you shouldn't go back to an ex Posted: 3/5/2006 5:57:23 PM
Thank you to everyone on here for their support. I am recieving more support on here than from another discussion board I am on. You might be interested there my user name on there is: Adelaide Observer. Anyway, I posted the exact thing above and one person on the other board said straight away "Gold Digger" anyway one response was from a 31 year old who well has been known to attack me in the past and see what you people on here think of his response to me it clearly shows that he is either claiming I lied about a relationship or that he thinks I am talking about someone else or he just wants to lay the blame on me and think oh well one more stick I can poke in his chest. Anyway read the response by this 31 year old and see what you think- AO stands for Adelaide Observer not Adults Only: "Well AO's original post to me seemed a little ill-informed (no attack on AO) but it seems all his relationships that turn bad just happen to be the females fault & I know from longtime experience at relationships that more than likely the petrso to make such a song and dance about a problem is actualy the one at fault, trust me as Ive been there and done that. I am sure that someof the problems resided with AO though as it takes 2 to tango & I learnt that when in Hight School." Read the first few lines and see how he said no attack and then he says ill informed before it and well he is a male but it sounds like he is a female when he says trust me I've been there and done that... So is he a male or is he a female?

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Australia forum Posted: 3/5/2006 3:15:40 AM
With the Heysen Tunnels being built you don't have to through Eagle on the Hill but there are some motorists who go up that way to go to Mount Lofty, Melbourne, Murray Bridge. The new way is quicker, however coming down the freeway you have to use your brakes quite often because you might let your foot off the accelerator at say 100kph and you hit 110kph before you know it. And that is 10kph over the speed limit.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Australia forum Posted: 3/5/2006 2:53:03 AM
Well lib and mish and everyone I did my volunteer work at the Tramway Museum and then went for a drive into the hills because it was quite warm in Adelaide today around 33 degrees so worth driving up into the hills at night. Shock and horror for the first time I saw a Kangaroo and her Joey and also just near the Freeway Entrance and Kangaroo went and looked at my car and I stopped it hopped away and accidently slid and then went somewhere else. However, also in the hills tonight it was quite foggy strange enough (near Mt Lofty).

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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What do we think of POF compared to other well known Australia sites Posted: 3/5/2006 2:43:20 AM
"I can understand what abyss is talking about .Far too many divas on another site" I agree with that totally. I was actually on another discussion board site well a person who I know has clocked over 3500 posts within 18 months of its establishment and shock and horror he says he isn't there to be the biggest poster well in fact if you look at the Top 10 Posters he is number one. However, there are some people who post and that is I have learned they either put up 85% is full of lies and the other 10% are the truth and the other 5% you have to work it out yourself whether its true or not. Talking about this big poster he is fed by his so-called friends to post up something and he does and its incorrect but they want to see how gullable he is and and well he gets caught many times but ignores the wishes of the admin on that site.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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What do we think of POF compared to other well known Australia sites Posted: 3/4/2006 3:01:04 PM
Welcome to POF kajira I think you are right the other site was not moderated nor was it to put it loosly actually monitored and nine times out of ten if someone was attacking you then you got the warning for answering back. To those who have asked why I got banned from the other site for posting was because some people took the love of attacking me left, right and centre and well I answered back and Admin there took an exception to the rule and ruled that I promoted negative feeling on that board for actually answering back. Well what could I do when I actually did report some of them for attacking me and Admin didn't care a stuff. Anyway this is a more friendlier board and hopefully it will be because there are lots of friends we can gain on here and it just goes to show that if we remain, calm, peaceful, civil and friendly then we should hopefully get along quite well.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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whats your best pick up line? Posted: 3/4/2006 2:54:19 AM
I usually ask the female whether she works or studies and then if I get a response ask what she is studying or what does she work as. If she is interested in me she will ask me the same question and then we will have a conversation going.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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When you shouldn't go back to an ex Posted: 3/3/2006 10:32:19 PM
Tony I won't answer that question because that is none of your business or even could you please learn to not bring up what was on the other site into here. Not everyone wants to know about what I was like on another site I could say some things about others what they were like on the other site but I won't. And Lib you are right I will never go back to an ex and no way if a shot gun is pointed to me then no way I aint going back also.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Australia forum Posted: 3/2/2006 3:32:54 PM
Okay I forgot that is three (Red Whine, Kid and I) from SA keep on going we might beat the other states yet.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Australia forum Posted: 3/2/2006 2:58:57 PM
Welcome Kid to this excellent place to have opinions heard and typed. Anyway Kid now that we are both from Adelaide what about poaching some other SA people from the other internet site.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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which state/territory is the best Posted: 3/2/2006 4:00:28 AM
Yes and did you Know Holden's at the Woodville Factory (no longer there) built trams for Melbourne.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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When you shouldn't go back to an ex Posted: 3/2/2006 3:56:40 AM
A single man's got to do what a single man's got to do. Anyway welcome aboard Tony.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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Australia forum Posted: 3/2/2006 3:31:00 AM
night night mish sweet dreams don't let the bed bugs eat you. You have to report on everything that has happened tommorow if you want.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

Msg: 53 (view)

Australia forum Posted: 3/2/2006 3:26:11 AM
I'm in trouble now- better hide in the corner.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

Msg: 52 (view)

Australia forum Posted: 3/2/2006 3:22:13 AM
What about me Mish remember me? Mish that new picture of you looks like you are professional office worker or manager have you taken on a new look since well the other dating site. I think Mish is the best female any guy could date but alas I am probably too young for her.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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pick a celebrity Posted: 3/2/2006 2:53:19 AM
That kid from Hey Dad has well become a recluse and is no longer an actor but he is in some religion don't know which one. What about Tony Barber. Yes, I reckon Larry did that jigging up of prizes on the Price is Right and it was quite obvious by the amount of nice females winning the whole lot and also the average looking females loosing everything. Oh well Tony Barber for his fast talking asking Question on Sale of The Century.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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What do your parents think of you being on a Internet Dating Site? Posted: 3/2/2006 2:21:39 AM
Well my mum doesn't seem to care she always asks (she lives in Tassie) every second day when she rings- how are you going in Internet dating talking to anyone from the Internet? But my Step-dad on the other hand thinks Internet dating is so not good and he says go to the pubs and cafes and you will find someone there and I said to him as if.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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pick a celebrity Posted: 3/2/2006 2:19:03 AM
Sorry to say this and I think some ladies would agree but I think Larry Edmur is a Womaniser.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

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pick a celebrity Posted: 3/2/2006 1:57:17 AM
Can I phone a friend, 50/50 and take away two answers. The reason I ask possibly Eddy McQuire but he won't be Eddy Everywhere for much longer.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

Msg: 47 (view)

Australia forum Posted: 3/2/2006 12:20:10 AM
Red has the best sacarsm I have ever encountered.

davewithaheart

Joined: 12/30/2005

Msg: 46 (view)

Australia forum Posted: 3/2/2006 12:19:10 AM
Don't worry we can name the other site without getting banned on here. However, aint it wonderful the other site if you go off from their GOLD Membership and you relegate yourself to well non-gold you can't respond to messages people send you yet new members get this previledge its called discrimination on the basis of income. Anyway, this site is better because its free and and a great way to meet people.

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