Liveline thread 09/04/2013 to 19/7/2013

sudzs · 14-05-2013 01:50PM

Yes it's expensive but the wages are proportionally higher so in the end it works out at the same as thr cost of living as Ireland.... when you compare it to the wages that is.

Roger_007 · 14-05-2013 01:50PM

That_Guy wrote: »

12 or 14 dollars for mints... LOLZ

Oh sh1t, I thought it was 'mince'.

syklops · 14-05-2013 01:50PM

signostic wrote: »

he was paying 12AUD for mints, not surprised he came home..

Mints or Mince?

Tisserand · 14-05-2013 01:51PM

signostic wrote: »

he was paying 12AUD for mints, not surprised he came home..

Think it would have been handier just to give up mints

signostic · 14-05-2013 01:52PM

syklops wrote: »

Mints or Mince?

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SEPT 23 1989 · 14-05-2013 01:52PM

How much is a pint of beer and a pack of smokes out in the colonies?

AK333 · 14-05-2013 01:53PM

sudzs wrote: »

Yes it's expensive but the wages are proportionally higher so in the end it works out at the same as thr cost of living as Ireland.... when you compare it to the wages that is.

Oh no it doesn't. Grapes $12.99 a kilo 3 peppers $9.99 (€1.79 in lidl)

I was on AUD 65k - thought I'd be on grand money - I struggled from week to week and luckily my house here was rented out so back I came. it is much much more expensive than here

snubbleste · 14-05-2013 01:53PM

syklops wrote: »

Mints or Mince?

Harry Angstrom · 14-05-2013 01:53PM

A sheila from Castleblaney. Joe is getting with the Aussie lingo.

AK333 · 14-05-2013 01:54PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

How much is a pint of beer and a pack of smokes out in the colonies?

Pint is about $10 - $12

Cigarettes are .... wait for it..... $16 PER PACKET

signostic · 14-05-2013 01:54PM

Is Aussieland in a serious bubble at the moment, which could burst anytime to send thousands of Irish rushing home?

That_Guy · 14-05-2013 01:54PM

"The cost of living was so high"

*comes back to Ireland*

:pac:

europa11 · 14-05-2013 01:55PM

Nice to hear Joe describe Australia's cost of living as "astronomical", and well it may be. But closer to Joe's heart and comparing our €160 per year licence fee to what goes on down under I found this....

"....Licence fees were abolished in 1974 by the Australian Labor Party government led by Gough Whitlam on the basis that the near-universality of television and radio services meant that public funding was a fairer method of providing revenue for government-owned radio and television broadcasters...."

SEPT 23 1989 · 14-05-2013 01:56PM

AK333 wrote: »

Pint is about $10 - $12

Cigarettes are .... wait for it..... $16 PER PACKET

:eek:

Roger_007 · 14-05-2013 01:56PM

What people don't seem to realise is that Australia is in the middle of a bubble, just like we had. It's just a matter of time before it goes belly-up.

AK333 · 14-05-2013 01:57PM

signostic wrote: »

Is Aussieland in a serious bubble at the moment, which could burst anytime to send thousands of Irish rushing home?

Australia is relying on its natural resources, of which China are their best customer. When they stop buying, their economy will slow down

That_Guy · 14-05-2013 01:58PM

"I'm having too much fun in Australia"

This caller didn't get the memo. You're supposed to talk about how shít it is.

BPKS · 14-05-2013 01:58PM

Thats James from yesterday on the line.

I'm waiting for him to say "Mr Aussie".

snubbleste · 14-05-2013 01:58PM

Roger_007 wrote: »

What people don't seem to realise is that Australia is in the middle of a bubble, just like we had. It's just a matter of time before it goes belly-up.

Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don't know how people who engage in that don't commit suicide because frankly the only thing that motivates me is being able to actively change something - Bertie Ahern, 2007

Lapin · 14-05-2013 01:59PM

AK333 wrote: »

Australia is relying on its natural resources, of which China are their best customer. When they stop buying, their economy will slow down

When the Chinese stop buying, the whole world will go tits up.

SEPT 23 1989 · 14-05-2013 01:59PM

Would it be too harsh to refuse entry to those who abandoned ship?:D

IvyTheTerrible · 14-05-2013 01:59PM

The sexism. Lovely.

europa11 · 14-05-2013 02:01PM

Sausagefest time.........Mooney does Malmo!

SEPT 23 1989 · 14-05-2013 02:01PM

the dancing queen is in Malmo

Roger_007 · 14-05-2013 02:01PM

Mooney in Malmo........that's not half far enough away!

Yakuza · 14-05-2013 02:14PM

Roger_007 wrote: »

Mooney in Malmo........that's not half far enough away!

Agreed, Baku was a good start, but that's about as far as you can get in "Europe" (as defined by the EBU, that is)

snubbleste · 14-05-2013 02:22PM

Yakuza wrote: »

Agreed, Baku was a good start, but that's about as far as you can get in "Europe" (as defined by the EBU, that is)

Would that not be Jerusalem, which is in West Asia
Baku is west of the Urals which is acknowledged to be the eastern boundary of Europe

Yakuza · 14-05-2013 03:01PM

There's not much in it, but in terms of distance from Dublin, according to here and here, Baku shades it by about 300km (Jerusalem is farther south, but Baku farther east)

Azerbaijan joined the EBU a few years ago, so I was using the loose definition of Europe the EBU uses

snubbleste · 14-05-2013 03:26PM

Technically, the EBU covers Russia...so the furthest away would be the Russian Far East, specifically Anadyr, the easternmost town in Russia

Yakuza · 14-05-2013 03:39PM

Dude, I made a throwaway comment, no need to get all nerdy. You're beginning to sound like Paul G. And those hyperlinked words just make you look like a smartass.

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