I read an article saying for example lemons are £3 each and even "low paid" menial jobs pay equivalent of £20/hr. Such is the weakness of GBP.
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostI read an article saying for example lemons are £3 each and even "low paid" menial jobs pay equivalent of £20/hr. Such is the weakness of GBP.
BBC News - Australia: Where the good life comes at a priceComment
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its pretty funny watching 'wanted down under' when the prospective migrants see the price of houses in Sterling. Mostly they are in denial about the value of the houses...no idiots its the fall of Sterling!
Should be even funnier now. Might even be one who faints.McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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Once the Chinese have extracted all Oz's mineral wealth it'll return to the sleepy 3rd rate provincial economic backwater it is.
The Ozzies are a bit like Arabs, their economy is nothing without their natural resources.
Hard Brexit now!
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If it falls much further it will reach parity with the average IQ of a contractorLet us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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I remember the Aussie government taking the p1ss out of us three or four years ago, about our spendthrift ways and our growing deficit, while they were trying to keep theirs down.
They were right of course.
Amazing. Aussies being right.Comment
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I was making AUD 65 an hour coding some crap in Perl in Sydney in 2000.
It was 3.2 AUD/GP to the pound then. I though I was being ripped off.Cats are evil.Comment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostOnce the Chinese have extracted all Oz's mineral wealth it'll return to the sleepy 3rd rate provincial economic backwater it is.
The Ozzies are a bit like Arabs, their economy is nothing without their natural resources.
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Originally posted by aussielong View PostDo you know 1/3 of the worlds uranium is under the ground in Oz, and yet largely untapped. India wants it. But I suppose you could be right.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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