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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 213914"><p>The MFS(Metropolitan Fire Service) members are well paid here. Apart from the brass,all CFS(Country Fire Service) are volunteers. You wonder why people such as me get irate about the disparity between city and country? I have to drive to Berri 100 km to a hospital, a dentist, a BigW, a Commonwealth bank branch, Services SA for rego and licencing. Waikerie 40km to a (reasonable)supermarket, or health service. Rent and rates may be cheaper, but the everyday cost of doing anything is more. Electricity is dearer. Wages are near half, jobs nearly non-existent, and most are hard physical work and short-term in general, like fruit picking, seeding/harvest or shearing shed work.</p><p>Tibooburra to Broken Hill meant 290 km of 50% dirt, smashed windscreens, savage wear and tear, and 2-3 punctures per trip.</p><p> My best year was $38KPA, and that was ONCE.</p><p>A trumped-up licence disqualification for me was akin to 12 months solitary confinement.</p><p></p><p> So how about you give me a break? :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 213914"] The MFS(Metropolitan Fire Service) members are well paid here. Apart from the brass,all CFS(Country Fire Service) are volunteers. You wonder why people such as me get irate about the disparity between city and country? I have to drive to Berri 100 km to a hospital, a dentist, a BigW, a Commonwealth bank branch, Services SA for rego and licencing. Waikerie 40km to a (reasonable)supermarket, or health service. Rent and rates may be cheaper, but the everyday cost of doing anything is more. Electricity is dearer. Wages are near half, jobs nearly non-existent, and most are hard physical work and short-term in general, like fruit picking, seeding/harvest or shearing shed work. Tibooburra to Broken Hill meant 290 km of 50% dirt, smashed windscreens, savage wear and tear, and 2-3 punctures per trip. My best year was $38KPA, and that was ONCE. A trumped-up licence disqualification for me was akin to 12 months solitary confinement. So how about you give me a break? :lol: [/QUOTE]
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