Re: Why Elon Musk Sees 1 Million People on Mars by the 2040s

In alt.astronomy Jim Wilkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Daniel70"  wrote in message news:[email protected]... 
> 
> R Kym Horsell wrote on 14/7/24 7:15 am:
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>> Colonising Mars will not be easy and that's probably a good thing.
>> The conditions are so hard and the place is so remote it will
>> quickly diverge from Earth customs pretty fast much like Australia
>> did from Britain. 
> 
> Australia 'diverge' from Britian!! You have got to be joking! Unlike The 
> U.S. of A. (and Europe and just about everywhere else on Earth), we in 
> Australia drive on THE CORRECT SIDE OF THE ROAD (which isn't the RIGHT 
> side) .... and we spell words the correct way (Well the older 
> generations do, those that haven't been so influenced by U.S. of A. 
> T.V.!!) ;-P

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Classifying the "old country" as POMEland,  compulsory voting, 
incomprehandible local termanology for everything, female franchise ,
public nudity, and bathing in the ocean during daylight hrs are just the 
start of a long list of "divergences".

A recent grab from TV has Will Smith approach a voluptuous woman
sitting at a bar in a swimsuit. Will tells her to "cover up"
because there are "peole... AUSTRALIAN people" present that might be offended.
The joke is of course Australians have a very non-Egnlish attitude
to public nudity.

From the early days in the colonies it was illegal to bathe in the ocean
during daylight hours because it offended the public decency.  Back home.

But Australians quickly developed an orientation for disregarding any 
damn POME law that didnt make sense and did so en masse.

Not only did they proceed to bath in the ocean every day and any damn time 
they felt like it they also liked to dispense with the neck-to-knee swimming
costumes the English favored. Eventually leading to the "universal"
adoption of the biniki and budgeesmuggler.