Official Off Topic Discussion Thread #1

[Kittiee Katt]

I've never been paid $28/hr on purpose. Most I've ever gotten was $15 LOL. BTW $28 Aussie is only $20 US.

I think minimum wage here is only $8-$9.

hello; Could it be there are different dollars or perhaps the cost of living on what I think is an island?

I think the price of living is higher here. I dunno. Average power bill for a family of five is about $700 quarterly. A loaf of bread and 3ltrs of milk from the local corner store is almost $10. And here's a house currently for rent in a scummy area full of bogans where you hear gun shots and car burnouts almost 24/7 - my mum lives in that area because the rent is cheap, and she won't go for a walk without taking her two (med-large) dogs. She doesn't walk at night.
https://m.realestate.com.au/property-house-tas-herdsmans+cove-424665562

...don't be fooled by the modern kitchen and fresh paint, the area sucks lol

And yes S skjl47 , both Australia and Tasmania are islands.

 

[krichardson]

I think the price of living is higher here. I dunno. Average power bill for a family of five is about $700 quarterly. A loaf of bread and 3ltrs of milk from the local corner store is almost $10. And here's a house currently for rent in a scummy area full of bogans where you hear gun shots and car burnouts almost 24/7 - my mum lives in that area because the rent is cheap, and she won't go for a walk without taking her two (med-large) dogs. She doesn't walk at night.
https://m.realestate.com.au/property-house-tas-herdsmans+cove-424665562

...don't be fooled by the modern kitchen and fresh paint, the area sucks lol

And yes S skjl47 , both Australia and Tasmania are islands.

Shame.....it looks like such a nice and peaceful area.

 

[skjl47]

I think the price of living is higher here. I dunno

Hello; Does not matter if your wage will be enough to live on and hopefully have some extra for savings and such stuff.
Good luck in keeping the job now that you have it.

 

[imabot]

I bet it gets revealed later on that the two of them were in a relationship at some point.

Apparently the murderer was in a picture with the victim on his Facebook.

 

[krichardson]

.....and so, the sordid tale begins to unravel.

 

[krichardson]

Apparently the murderer was in a picture with the victim on his Facebook.

Well,I just heard that it has been pointed out that the woman in that photo is not the shooter.....

 

[Deadliestviper7]

hello; Could it be there are different dollars or perhaps the cost of living on what I think is an island?

The dollar doesn't go very far in oz, expenses for basic living are far higher than in most of the u.s

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Tonight's supper,my first attempt at real crab cakes.
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.....and the meat that I picked from them...yum yum!
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So how'd the cakes turn out?

 

[krichardson]

The dollar doesn't go very far in oz, expenses for basic living are far higher than in most of the u.s

Why is that?.....is it bec

So how'd the cakes turn out?

Very good thanks,especially considering I didn't pay a dime for the crabs and I already had the other ingredients on hand.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Why is that?.....is it bec

Very good thanks,especially considering I didn't pay a dime for the crabs and I already had the other ingredients on hand.

Oz has higher taxes, uses more expensive and less effective procedures for import and export, really doesnt do much trade, much of the stuff they get has to be braught in, also much of the farming and livestock is either raised/ grown in unproductive areas, this combined with the fact that ranchers and farmers don't use proper rearing methods, and a rather high taxation rate combined with a very messed up government all adds up to a rather high cost of living