> I see that quite a few of you actually are fed up with me for patronising their countries... let me explain.
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> I live a very sad and lowly life, living as I do in a recluded hell-hole of a village in the duldrums of the country of the most snivelling, sarcastic and sinister country that has ever had the misfortune to own land on the planet.
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> However, I also have the misfortune to actually BE snivveling, sarcastic and sinister. I also have a false sense of patrionism spurting from a bit too many exposures to the Union Jack. This means that I try to make it look like our fine (pah!) country is actually the best place in the world.
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> Sure, we may have some advantages over the USA (sorry to use it as an example - it is the only country I have fairly good links with) - we are generally more intelligent if looking at average tests - but we are a lot worse in others - we pollute more per capita, we moan as soon as we see anything we don't like, and we have so many murders and robberies and such like that we can't trust anybody.
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> I am sorry if I have offended anybody, and I also promise that I will not insult any country ever again - even the USA.
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> Chr"I think a funy quote would be inappropiate"ico

Well, Chirco, you don't really offend me. However, I'm not easily offended. I suppose it's that old American thing about freedom of speech. But I must say that you need a few weeks in Guatamala. Then maybe a few more in Mexico or any number of African countries. Guatamala, for example, is a beautiful place with a good climate, hard-working people and some of the worst living conditions imaginable. They don't have little things like good highways and hospitals. They couldn't use them if they did, because highways are for vehicles and hospital care costs money. A brief stay there might make England look really good.

As for the duldrums, if you are stuck there, you have no one to blame but yourself. I remember being stuck in dirty, smokey coal mining town when I was a kid, and I promised myself that when I was old enough to get out on my own, I was going somewhere -- anywhere -- else. I was fortunate, because my parents thought along the same lines and we moved to Florida.

My advise to you is to get as much education as you can, and when the time is right, go put it to use in a place that is more to your liking.
Howard