Roger that. Our fortnightly shopping has gone from $200 to $300 in 3 yrs.
Inflation is low??? The seasonally adjusted election is coming percentage yeah whatever.

I am only 300km from Perth and it is $160 return for fuel. No big deal but to go to things you have to, like a wedding or funeral etc is just ridiculous

Now the GovCo says that our power bills will go up 10% per year for the next 8 years. WTF??? how can they justify that when a huge new coal deposit is about to be mined near my place, so not liek it is getting scarce.......and we sell gas to China at 3c per litre which we could use for OUR needs not theirs.
W^nkers.

Prices for groceries are up, thats for sure. Yesterday in the local busy Woolworths my wife and I were shopping. I needed a new toothbrush. The only ones they had for sale were around $4 or more each.

I thought bugger that. We went over to the bargain shop and I bought a pack of 3 Colgate toothbrushes for $3.

Personally I feel there are some people and companies in Australia making a great deal of money at the expense of everyone else. Too many sectors of our economy are virtually closed to competition. The big boys enjoy the bread and everyone else has to fight for the crumbs.

Hahahaha good memeory! Stick it to him Mike he will be ducking for cover now the bl00dy Labor voting dope

Kevin '07 has become Interest rate '08

Please I know there is no wind but can we leave the politics out of Seabreeze

Yes I know this is a comment from and earlier post

We don't need it

Instead lets bang our pointy little heads together and try and figure out how to make some breeze

elmo said...

Please I know there is no wind but can we leave the politics out of Seabreeze

Yes I know this is a comment from and earlier post

We don't need it

Instead lets bang our pointy little heads together and try and figure out how to make some breeze

Oops sorry Elmo I just saw your post. Good call

Fix your rates

TonyC said...

All businesses suffer including the local windsurfing shops.

The the price of toys is coming down then, so they can make a sale?
good'o then, whats the going price on long boards We going to make a dent in distance regardless, over winter and maybe that's the way to do it.
Besides RRD who else in Perth socks long boards like the RRD that Easty was talking up?

Mark _australia said...

Hahahaha good memeory! Stick it to him Mike he will be ducking for cover now the bl00dy Labor voting dope

Kevin '07 has become Interest rate '08

I was so laughing as I was typing that post

Rider5 said...

Greenroom said...

Fix your rates

I blame Harvey Norman ! and there interest free purchase plans (think about it)

Yeah me too... Walk out the doors with a big fk off plasma without paying for it until 2010!

C'mon, two facts;
1. Politics does not belong here
2. Interest rates and the associated problems have nothing to do with the recent elections. They are cyclic and we are all suffering for it.

All that said, I saved $100 last week by buying meat at the butcher and vege at the fruit and vege shop. Dont think I will be back at the supermarket for a while!

mineral1 said...

Just so you can have a "Plasma"!!


Just a small point of interest with these little items, check your power meter wheel speed (if you still have the old style power meter) with the Plasma off, turn the Plasma on, and go check power meter again.

[Geek zone]
You can work out exactly how much power it draws from you electric meter.
Most meters are 66.6 revs per KWhour or 133.3 revs / KWhr.
(It will be written somewhere on the meter face in small letters.)
So,... to work out the power draw on your new 180 inch Plasma tv;
turn off fridge and airconditioner, and anything else that might cycle on and off during test.
Check power meter and time exactly how long 1 rev of the wheel takes. (say it's 45 seconds)
Therefore power draw with tv off is 3600 / 45 / 66.6 = 1.2KWatts

Turn on 180 inch plasma tv. and repeat meter wheel spin time, say it's now 36 sec.

new power draw is 3600 / 36 / 66.6 = 1.5KW,
Subtract the first from the last,
which means tv draws 1.5 minus 1.2 KW = .3Kw or 300 watts.

Which means if it's on for 5 hours a night it's still only 5 X 300 = 3KWhour.
Which is only 3 X 12.7 cents = 38 cents!
7 days a week = $2.66
Cheap at twice the price. You need a bigger tv !
(don't forget to turn the fridge back on!)
[/Geek zone]

Cal said...

C'mon, two facts;
1. Politics does not belong here
2. Interest rates and the associated problems have nothing to do with the recent elections. They are cyclic and we are all suffering for it.

Just so happent he rates were high under Labor in the 1980's, "just happened" to drop under Liberal and just happened to rise substantially again under Labor.
Natural cycle of enormous conincidences.

Then again I am a Liberal voter but I must acknowledge it is Liberal's fault I can't buy a house as a $450K loan is my entire takehome pay. W^nkers.

Ok I promise, no more.

mineral1 said...

Just a small point of interest with these little items, check your power meter wheel speed (if you still have the old style power meter) with the Plasma off, turn the Plasma on, and go check power meter again.

Yeah Pweetas idea OK .... he's such a complicated bloke

But, Mineral1, it's a lot easier to check the manual
Panasonic LCD (not the flash plasma like you WA rich types ) only draws 138W
& .0.8W on standby

Wineman said...

mineral1 said...

Just a small point of interest with these little items, check your power meter wheel speed (if you still have the old style power meter) with the Plasma off, turn the Plasma on, and go check power meter again.

Yeah Pweetas idea OK .... he's such a complicated bloke

But, Mineral1, it's a lot easier to check the manual
Panasonic LCD (not the flash plasma like you WA rich types ) only draws 138W
& .0.8W on standby

much better get an inexpensive ahmmeter clamp and start clamping on electrical cords and you'd know how many amps and watts are being consumed

pweedas said...

pweedas said...

[Geek zone]
You can work out exactly how much power it draws from you electric meter.
Most meters are 66.6 revs per KWhour or 133.3 revs / KWhr.
(It will be written somewhere on the meter face in small letters.)
So,... to work out the power draw on your new 180 inch Plasma tv;
turn off fridge and airconditioner, and anything else that might cycle on and off during test.
Check power meter and time exactly how long 1 rev of the wheel takes. (say it's 45 seconds)
Therefore power draw with tv off is 3600 / 45 / 66.6 = 1.2KWatts

Turn on 180 inch plasma tv. and repeat meter wheel spin time, say it's now 36 sec.

new power draw is 3600 / 36 / 66.6 = 1.5KW,
Subtract the first from the last,
which means tv draws 1.5 minus 1.2 KW = .3Kw or 300 watts.

Which means if it's on for 5 hours a night it's still only 5 X 300 = 3KWhour.
Which is only 3 X 12.7 cents = 38 cents!
7 days a week = $2.66
Cheap at twice the price. You need a bigger tv !
(don't forget to turn the fridge back on!)
[/Geek zone]

No one is paying attention are they?!!!
There is an obvious error here and no one has picked it up because YOU ARE ALL ASLEEP!!
Just for that, the whole class has detention!

why is that tone of voice so famliar in high school!by the way that's why i quit electronic eng. in junior college cuz of all that math