Most expensive vehicle in 2023

Southern Cruizer · Guru

Most expensive vehicle in 2023

peter67 · Guru

Gotta pay that one Cruizer.

rmoor · Senior Member

Too right!!!!!
Bought my 4 x Aldi raised garden beds today!!!!!
Always wanted a vege garden in retirement!!!!
Almost a necessity now.
Had my last visit ever to the local Chinese restaurant on Thursday.
First visit there in 3 years after lockdown and ill health.
Mongolian Lamb.
I think I paid for the whole lamb, need an overdraft for takeaway these days.
Nearly keeled over when it came time to pay.
How does $8 for a small fried rice cut it??

Southern Cruizer · Guru

Unfortunately that's the norm now. Takeaway sandwiches somewhere around the 7 or 8 bucks usually now, 2 slices bread and a bit of stuff chucked in the middle. We make our own when going out or travelling, just can't afford that amount. Better sandwiches home made, at least we know what's in them.
Eating out is not on our menu very often, the occassional chinese at the local Ex Servies is about the limit at the present time.

Whenarewethere · Guru

A basic pie, plain croissant, small chips. Prices are ridiculous. Basically not eating takeaway anymore.

Bicyclecamper · Guru

My takeaway, at out pie shop, is a white bun, plain egg with mayo and curried egg mixed together with cheese and lettus, they make an exceptional sandwich, as a matter of fact, I think I will boil up some eggs and make one now.

Possum3 · Guru

we are at that stage in Australia where the shop "assistants" wages even at minimum rates are similar to university graduates. Then there is the cost of all those incessant "Down, Down" ads.

Annual leave, superannuation, sick leave, maternity or paternity leave, insurance premiums (*thievery), and to top it off "payroll tax" (paying for the privilege of employing people), stock losses (theft/spoilage) - all these costs have to be added to the cost of two slices of buttered bread and a slice of devon.

Since the Wuhan Flu arrived the costs of all basic foods has doubled - one kilo block of processed supermarket brand "cheddar" cheese was $6.50 now $14.00 ($12.00 at Aldi). In season fruit $2.99 per kilo now $4.50 "on special".

I do a "grocery shop" once a week, with several minor shops bread, milk, etc. every couple of days - I now buy discounted items at, or near, expiry dates and freeze immediately, whilst actively seeking alternative choices for meats. Two minute Asian noodles mixed with a small can of tuna with chilli - is now a regular lunch time meal. The Friday night treat of fish and chips is now a distant memory.

Oh! How great it must be to be a never was, never will be - flitting around the World (along with Mistress), First Class on taxpayer dollars, dining like a Lord on steak and caviar.

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Possum3 · Guru

Todays news. www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/national-party-demands-inquiry-into-supermarket-meat-prices/vi-AA1jKpyu

Craig1 · Guru

www.news.com.au/national/politics/dirty-laundry-deputy-prime-minister-richard-marles-stings-taxpayers-for-washing-his-socks-and-a-115-on

$11.00 each for eggs here, $115 in total for breaky

rmoor · Senior Member

Southern Cruizer wrote:
Unfortunately that's the norm now. Takeaway sandwiches somewhere around the 7 or 8 bucks usually now, 2 slices bread and a bit of stuff chucked in the middle. We make our own when going out or travelling, just can't afford that amount. Better sandwiches home made, at least we know what's in them.
Eating out is not on our menu very often, the occassional chinese at the local Ex Servies is about the limit at the present time.

The danger one is the Maccas. Pay the national debt for a tiny bun with some feral processed meat inside and a cardboard container full of floppy skinny heart attacks and a watered down sugary drink. It is the supreme rip off! You are spot on with making ones own, it is just nice to occasionally eat out but getting wise now to suss the venues out online before going in the door? My travel will start with a few curried sausages meals pre-prepared and then to the little gas stove, an addition of a small bed of rice prepared (about 50 cents worth, not the $8 small flied lice from the local). The other one I have taken a liking to are the sweet potato wraps, cost effective and they keep for a long time. With some chicken added and some coleslaw etc I find they are a good meal on the road. I guess there are some old "on the road" recipe threads on here? Mind you, the Boorowa pie shop (NSW) gets me every time!!!!

Whenarewethere · Guru

Fortunately I have the time to shop & the room to store items. Basically only buy things when on special. Can go to all the stores to check items, couldn't be stuffed checking online as it's more tedious.

An example recently, Brie 2 for $20 in one store, $7.45 each in another. Haven't paid full price for decades.

With vegetables, it's a bit more challenging.

Whenarewethere · Guru

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Possum3 · Guru

Yep, Look at the spelling of "sandwich" - At least us grumpy selfish old farts learned how to spell.

Whenarewethere · Guru

Be reasonable, they got 'Egg' correct.

I'm surprised the price wasn't rounded to $10 or $20!

rmoor · Senior Member

Whenarewethere wrote:
Be reasonable, they got 'Egg' correct.

I'm surprised the price wasn't rounded to $10 or $20!

Too funny.

Also, don't give them $22, that would cause a major rukus.

The only solution is to find an "oldie" on the checkouts to work that one out.

It is going to be a nice old cashless society when Optus do their next software upgrade.

Whenarewethere · Guru

I don't get why Optus didn't do an upgrade on a redundant parallel system to test for issues. Everyone did that last century.