That my dear Alex is 99% of the reason I don't associate with Aussie men. The beer swilling yob we are blessed with here does nothing for me.

Being married to a good looking woman has shown me an even uglier side, as a succession of 'mates' has taken one look at her & gone 'WOW', never to be the same again.

I'm proud to be an Australian, but am not proud to be associated with Aussie men.

When I was 15, working on a fruit block- a slightly older guy introduced me to the world as he saw it. When you get a car, you pick up a woman & stop miles from anywhere. You say 'get in the back or walk.'

One night as I sat in the loungeroom of a mate, with a group of guys- listening to the crap coming out of their mouths, 'oh geez I'd better get home to the missus' & 'you still with her?' etc. I looked around at the drug & alcohol sodden bunch & wondered what I was doing there.

I never went back- I wonder if they noticed?

Tojo