Cat remote control

So does a Canadian

Travelling to Australia - Australian High Commission

Ironically, an Aussie does *not* require a Visa to travel to Canada

Countries/Territories requiring visas

Haven't quite figured that one out

 

Most kittens and younger cats are highly curious and will zip out the door once open. This exposes them to many dangers, such as cars on the street.

Once cats become older, perhaps a bit lame with arthritis, they are perfectly content living in a house

 

Isn't it because we a both part of the Commonwealth? The Queen rules!

 

Australia has always been very restrictive about immigration. I imagine that affects their policy on visa requirements.

Leonardo tried to get out the door any time he could, his whole life. Fortunately, he could not get out unless the front door and kitchen-to-utility-room door were both open at the same time. And on the very rare occasions he made it, I could always trick him into into coming back by shouting "I bet you don't know where the kitty is." He'd race back just to prove I was wrong, that he did indeed know where he was.

 

Yes, in the past, you had to be a convict to get in. :madgrin:

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[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_transportation]Penal transportation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

Actually, it's much easier for folks from the UK to travel/move to Canada and vice versa, than for Canadians and Australians to do so. Correction, it's EASIER for Australians to move to Canada, than for Canadians to move to Australia

I've never undrestood that. Either Australia is too picky, or Canada is too easy. I'm guessing the latter

 

Maybe in some sort of poetic justice, an Aussie will be complaining about the "bitter cold" morning in Adelaide, and find himself visiting with me in January, at -40, with -60 C windchills

I guarantee that Aussie will never again mention "bitter cold" while describing the weather back in Australia

 

Nicole's Blog - December 2006

The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart

50° Fahrenheit (10° C)

• New Yorkers try to turn on the heat.
• Canadians plant gardens.

40° Fahrenheit (4.4° C)

• Californians shiver uncontrollably.
• Canadians Sunbathe.

35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C)

• Italian Cars won't start
• Canadians drive with the windows down

32° Fahrenheit (0 ° C)

• Distilled water freezes
• Canadian water gets thicker.

0° Fahrenheit (-17.9° C)

• New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
• Canadians have the last cookout of the season.

-40° Fahrenheit (-40° C)

• Hollywood disintegrates.
• Canadians rent some videos.

-60° Fahrenheit (-51° C)

• Mt. St. Helen's freezes.
• Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.

-100° Fahrenheit (-73° C)

• Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
• Canadians pull down their ear flaps.

-173° Fahrenheit (-114° C)

• Ethyl alcohol Freezes.
• Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg.

-460° Fahrenheit (-273° C)

• Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
• Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"

-500° Fahrenheit (-295° C)

• Hell freezes over.
• The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup.

 

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Jayman we do get minus degrees tempratures in Australia during the winter, not -40 i'll admit. We do have snow in some parts of Australia as well, and when we say it gets bitter cold It does. The chills come strait off the Antartica.
When UK announce they are in the middle of a heat wave, but the temp is only in the low 30's, we comment that you are not in a heat wave until you are in the high 30's or low 40's. I guess it is all relevant. The seasons are all messed up now anyway. We seem to have long winters, and long summers, with not much spring and autumn.

 

Joking aside, Australia (up until recently, I don't know about now) would not permit people of color to immigrate, or people without either a lot of money or a job in advance. Australia's immigration law was overtly racist when ours was only covertly racist.

Australia went from being a place people were sent to against their will, to being a place that was very difficult to get permission to move to.

 

This is true! (It was called The White Australia Policy 1901-1973). The Australian government at the time ignored the fact that we invaded the country of the Aborigine, a dark skinned race.
My parents immigrated to Australia after WWII. My father was a carpenter by trade. They paid 10 pounds each to get here and are affectionately known as the 10 pound Poms. They came over on a ship with 2 small children, my older brothers. My father never had any problems finding work. At the time there were a lot of other migrants entering South Australia. Mostly from UK, Europe, Greece, and Italy.
Ignorantly they continued with the White Australia Policy until 1973. Now of course, they have their eyes wide open, and encourage migration from asian countries, colour of skin is not an issue, but as you mentioned other qualities are needed, like money and/or job skills.
The current government have apologised to the Aborigine Community, but have a long way to go in reversing the damage already done to this wonderful race.

 

A perfectly good cat thread gone bad. I see no reason I can't post cat threads in Fred'sHouseofPoliticalPsychos now.

 

Sure, mountain ranges can become bitterly cold in winter (Your winter is our summer and vice versa, due to the earth's axis of rotation not being truly perpendicular to the orbital plane) but do any of your routinely inhabited areas experience true winter conditions?

Eg, places like Winnipeg and Thompson, Manitoba, will easily see -40 in winter, if not colder

Winter takes another swing: record lows set in province

Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Edmonton, Ft McMurray, and Calgary, Alberta, and most of NW Ontario will see bone chilling winter temps of -30 C to -40 C and colder.

Fort McMurray: Definition from Answers.com

Of course, then we have places like Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories.

Yellowknife travel guide - Wikitravel

A lot of folks assume we don't have hot summers, but in the interior we can get some toasty days. Eg: 30-40 C isn't uncommon in July and August, with humidity that leaves everything very damp

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnipeg_Geography_and_Climate]Geography and climate of Winnipeg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

According to the digital gauge, if I didn't run the dehumidifier in the basement, the humidity would soar over 70%, causing mold and mildew problems.

I think the real downer to living in this climate is the severe swing in temps, from -40 in winter to +40 in summer

 

Or shark threads.

 

Australia and Canada have similar histories with respect to how the European white settlers treated (As it turns out, very badly) the native populations

Things like forcibly removing native children from their parents to be raised in Residential Schools, where the kids were sometimes subjected to horrifying sexual abuse

History - Indian Residential Schools

Not so much residential schools in Australia, but a similar desired outcome

Australia's 'Stolen Generation'

Appears the twisted religious dogma of the time "required" this, as for example a wee bit earlier in history with slavery. Gotta admit, nothing too proud of humans

 

I agree, would you like to see more cat photos?

 

Here, enjoy BooBoo all stretched out



And Doc snoozing

 

The similarities of how the Native Americans and Native Australians were treated, I think were conducive of the time. I don't know why, but for some reason White skinned people thought they were superior to dark skinned people. Religion did have a lot to do with it. People were brainwashed into beleiving this. This is a very deep subject, that we could talk about forever. I guess the bottom line is that we need to continue to repair the damage done to races that were badly treated. "Treat other people as you would want to be treated yourself".