11 Dec 2010

Country Living

  • Remember when there really was service at the Service Station - when they filled your car for you, and then cleaned the windscreen while you signed the account? Ours still does.
  • Country drivers still wave to each other as they pass. I like that. They leave their hands on the wheel and just raise their fingers. Gets too tiring otherwise.
  • Everybody greets you by name in the High Street and asks how you are. They really want to know as well.
  • They home deliver if you're stuck. They'll even deliver to your friend's home if you can't do it yourself.
  • They still pack your groceries and carry them to the car for you. Even when you're parked a block away.
  • You never need to park a block away.
Nice, isn't it?
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10 comments:

  1. Joyfulmum11 December 2010 at 19:12

    Are you trying to make us city dwellers turn green?:)

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  2. Sarah11 December 2010 at 19:26

    We get the same treatment here and we give it also in our coastal villiage. It is nice! xxx

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  3. Clara11 December 2010 at 19:58

    We have some drivers wave here, but I would LOVE to have more of this kind of country friendliness you describe here. It's wonderful to know there are still places like that. I am very curious as to where you live? (Even a vague idea of what area of Australia if you don't like mentioning exactly where?)

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  4. Jeanne11 December 2010 at 20:31

    Clara, We're in Central Victoria.

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  5. Mel11 December 2010 at 23:42

    Mmmm love country life. Yours sounds ideal. :)

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  6. Sarah12 December 2010 at 03:13

    Parts of rural US are like that. I smiled when you mentioned the waving. My old school bus driver used to do that as he drove our bus along in the afternoons.

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  7. Unknown12 December 2010 at 09:04

    Lovely.

    One of my favourite parts of travelling around Oz, is the friendliness you discover on the roads as you head out of town. When you get close to a town, people stop waving again! And the discovery of a SERVICE Station - they are like little treasures.

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  8. Ganeida12 December 2010 at 09:06

    Yep ~ well not the servo but the shop will ring a taxie for you, people always wave, you'll get a lift if you're seen walking...just the usual... ☺

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  9. Catherine (Alecat Music)12 December 2010 at 12:06

    Our 'town' is now definitely a bigger suburb now, and I'm noticing the 'niceties' are disappearing. I guess all you can do is teach your children by your example how to share this friendliness.

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  10. Deborah13 December 2010 at 05:10

    Makes the country sound so inviting. :o)

    When on the road - we get so many waves by other travelers.

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