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David Paste wrote:
On Monday, April 16, 2012 10:11:51 PM UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

I left at the end and emigrated. Id had enough bloody socialism to last
a lifetime.


Where did you go?


To the ultimate in fascism: apartheid S Africa.

It was - interesting and a wee bit dangerous. Being caught between two
sides you didn't have a lot of time for..

But as my aussie friend said 'at least you will get meat three times a
day' and fundamentally yes, I wasn't hungry and broke any more.

I came back cured of a social guilt after three years and set about
becoming a millionaire.




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To people who know nothing, anything is possible.
To people who know too much, it is a sad fact
that they know how little is really possible -
and how hard it is to achieve it.