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Just to try to get a sense of relative $$$$, What is  a lire of petrol, a big mac, and a pack of 25 cigarettes worth ? How about a pound of beef, a months rent on a 2 bedroom flat, and most important---A dozen beer LOL?

Here the minimum wage is $10.50 so the guy asking you if you want fries with that has to work about 25 minutes for that pound of hamburger or half an hour for a big mac. Seventy hours will cover his rent in a decent neighbourhood. One hundred hours will get him a nice place or a detached house. A box of beer ,a pack of smokes, and enough gas to go see the gang will use up a half days gross pay.

Our dollar is about the same, petrol $1.03lt, Bic mac $5, 25 pack of ciggies $25, beefshop.coles.com.au/online/national/meat-seafood-deli/fresh-meat/beef?gclid=CjwKEAjw_LG8BRDb1JTxm8uP_UwSJADu_8pWKT1bN1EB_kZC94Z_RIJEDc5crGk76uWYFr2ZXoLQsRoC9QHw_wcB&KEYWORD=_inurl:http://shop.coles.com.au/online/national/meat-seafood-deli/fresh-meat/beef&MATCHTYPE=Search&AD_ID=91605520567&REFFER=, beershop.coles.com.au/online/SearchDisplay?pageView=image&catalogId=10576&beginIndex=0&langId=-1&storeId=10601&searchTerm=beer There you go Darren , all of lifes necessities.

Honestly , I don't reckon it's worth what he is asking.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dik_wnOE4dk&spfreload=10

 Hi Darren. Mine was similar to this ,but I cleaned it up before advertising:)www.ebay.com.au/itm/Singer-132K6-sewing-machine-/231569976310They are a popular machine with motor trimmers over here and England, surprised they are not common in the America's.

Got my Singer 132K6 for my 21st birthday, Yes I was very attached to it but in the end I was not using it so much and after 33 years of good service sold it for 2G. I am still enjoying the 3 surfboards that money bought:)

We have 2 Electrolux 7kg front loaders that get used every day since we run units, had them for a few years, one of them for 7 I think.
Why front loaders? Use less water and electricity. Are more gentle on your washing so cloths, sheets last longer.

Much easier to bend and pull clothes straight into basket than lift clothes out through the top.

Cheers
Scotty

So Virginia, Have you put out a contract on your contractor?

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Perhaps the decline in membership on this site is that it is set up to talk just about upholstery, even if it is the number 1 thing in your life if that's the only thing people are talking about it's going to wear a bit thin and as far as staying on topic well that's just the way conversations go , they may come back to the original topic or may not, who cares.

Most other forums have a section they can discuss trivial  General Discussion :) I'm on a few surfing forums and the surfing discussions aren't used that much but when a post come up everyone put in their 2cents worth cause the logged in to have a bit of banter what your cooking that night in the "as I lie dying"thread. Yep that thread got a bit off topic, but it works.

Threads like this one and others that have little to do with the trade help brake the ice with anyone new as that might be something they know a bit about and can have a say and then feel more comfortable posting questions.

I read all of it , I like to hear how people in different places go about there daily life.

Sorry , I have another question, I was listening to the news the other day and they said over 40,000 people signed a petition to be allowed to take a handgun into republican rallies. Is this a right to bear arms thing or a right to have a shot a Trump? :-))

I had a short go of a servo for the first time, be quite honest from the perspective that I just sat down and sewed I could not tell the difference, I can control the speed on a clutch motor just as well , if I was buying a new machine I would get one, but I'd not spend money to replace a perfectly good clutch motor.

Wise words from sofadoc, I often find when I try to change something from the way it was originally done I find out why they did it that way in the first place.
A good way to learn is to take pictures as you take a piece apart so you can use them as a reference and just copy what was done until you get a better understanding of why. :-)

So when do you know who is actually running for president?

Do the political parties have a leader? Over here the leader of the party in government is Prime Minister and if the party does not think he is doing a good job they can vote him out, which is happening a bit to often lately.

Hi Darren, I honestly don't know which is better, compulsory or not. One thing the guy making the doco on Trump said at the end was that for him to be elected it could come down to the weather as most of the people at the rallies were low income or unemployed and did not have transport, so if the weather was bad they'd just stay home.
So I suppose it would make a huge difference if you had to vote by law as politicians have to target everyone to win votes, not just the ones that can be bothered to get off there bum.   

Hey Darren, is it compulsory voting in Canada? My wife and I just got a $76 fine each cause we were busy working and forgot to vote, we'll doing a postal vote next time. Speaking of which they just call an election here so they are going into elction mode, at least it only lasts 100 days, it seems to go for over a year in the USA.

Yesterday was stapling a few chairs, every time I ran out of staples I go and get some more put them on the bench use the stapler again and then load it :-[ did this 3 or 4 times ;D

What I really hate, is that local elected officials are tied to party lines. People vote straight ticket. Just because you're voting for a Republican president is no reason to vote against a Democratic judge or sheriff. I think that voting straight ticket can be just as irresponsible as not voting at all.   

This is a couple of things that I find a bit scary in your system is voting for a judge or sherriff, over here there is no local police it is all state police and the boss is head hunted to get the best person for the job. I'm of the understanding that it is the president actually hires the guy that is going to be in charge of defence, is that right?

By the way I'm not saying the political system in my country is any better than Americas, it has a lot of holes in it(it's the same as Britains) as well, at least Australia has so very little power in the world it can only damage itself.

Always interested to hear the views of you guys on what is happening in America as your mostly working class and educated with a good perspective on things.

From an outsiders view looking in, this Trump bloke is a bit scary for all the reasons mentioned in this thread, sounds like he could easily start a war :(he is being touted over here as the Hiltler of our time. Granted all we see is daily news clips of someone getting harassed at   his rallies. Watched a show last night of a Muslim bloke that was interviewed and seemed quite reasonable and attended a Trump rally to see what the hooha was about and he was one of the ones beaten up.

I feel for you guys, your choices of decent politicians rising to the top are few, I don't understand your electoral system, it's more like a TV reality show. Probably why Trump is doing well ;D, it must be tedious putting up with more than a year of %#*!