Greenland to Vote on Greater Autonomy

Sunshine wrote:

<quoted text>I'm glad that my branch didn't end in the Middle East or Africa either. Being a woman in those societies would be the worst experience anyone could have.

Too right!

Cut, covered and ignored.....

leah wrote:

<quoted text> It makes you wonder just how bad conditions were at home for people to brave the trip to the new world. My family came from a very rural area, the work was mainly in agriculture or in service for the women.
Was there a preference over which area to live in....depending on cultural background......or did people move around until they found home - so to speak.
I googled the Mouse Spider and what a horror it was......my husband watched a programme recently about the worlds deadliest creatures, and most of them were in Australia. Are schoolchildren taught to be aware of such things??
My dog used to enjoy chasing spiders across the carpet......

My children weren't taught about the dangers of spiders at school but I taught them from an early age not to touch.
My eldest son pick up a red back spider and put it on the palm of his hand to show the lovely spider. I over reacted by flicking it off his hand then stepped on it. My son said "you killed one of God's beautiful creatures." I had to explain that some of God's creatures are deadly and the reason why they were. He was 3 at the time.
I called in the pest man. We lived out west in those days and red backs were common. I personally don't believe in killing spiders but when you have small children it's too dangerous not do something. Being biten in Australia is uncommon, follow a few simple rules. Always garden with gloves, if you leave gloves or shoes outside always tip them upside down and shake, before putting them on or taking them inside.
My dog chases everything, which is a worry but my biggest worry has been tics. They can kill your dog and I have found 3 on her since being here, one in her ear.
The conditions in Europe for the poor people was terrible and even thought they lived in terrible conditions here in the early days, they did enjoy a better climate and food on the table, especially as they could grow their own.
When the first fleet arrived in Australia they cooked meat to celebrate most of the convicts had never tasted meat before. They were very short in structure and skinny, so we believe they were all suffering from malnutrition.
Even the early settlers died on the journey to Australia from disease and malnutrition.
Will answer the rest of the question later.

treat others decently even those who are rude to you not just because they are not nice but just because you are nice

leah wrote:

<quoted text> Too right!
Cut, covered and ignored.....

LOL so true.

Rao Khalique wrote:

treat others decently even those who are rude to you not just because they are not nice but just because you are nice

An excellent comment. I have found that being nice to an angry or rude person, usually shocks that person back to reality.

European Union is too stupid and National Fascism that they (Parliament members) is both political bias and liar concerening Lisbon Treaty, No Referendum and another countries. I know that Europe has around 12 countries seek independence and own financial currencies and Thanks for Scottish National Party, Bavaria Party and Breton/Corsica National Party over independence struggle for 21st century!!!