Dear Rod, Your complaint list about Australia is long, living here has to be painful. You must be searching for somewhere in this wide world where your philosophy would feel at home. What country do you consider the better alternative? Cheers, Colin Beeforth ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************