Well the dollar's gone down

**peasea** · 17th August 2007, 12:38

I'm going to attempt a wee sum here;
When I got my first V8 in 1973 gas was 47 cents a GALLON. Or 4.5 litres. That put the price at about 10.4 cents per litre and I was a poor, hard-done-by apprentice pulling the princely sum of $25pw.

Lets pretend I now earn twenty times that original weekly sum and pull 500pw. If gas had risen in price at the same rate then it would be running at $2.08cpl. Gas hasn't reached two bucks (yet) and I do better than 500 bucks pw so I'll not be moaning too hard for a while.

With a bike each, a shopping trolley and a V8 in the drive life really isn't too shabby. There'll always be someone who has a flasher car, TV, house, whatever, but right now; I wouldn't be dead for quids.

Life is good, be positive!

**ManDownUnder** · 17th August 2007, 12:42

Originally Posted by peasea

There'll always be someone who has a flasher car, TV, house, whatever, but right now; I wouldn't be dead for quids.

Life is good, be positive!

Blingety bling bling bling. Fantastic outlook...! Agreed 500%.

**peasea** · 17th August 2007, 12:47

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

Blingety bling bling bling. Fantastic outlook...! Agreed 500%.

Well, thank you; I'd also like to add that bourbon runs at about forty bucks a litre but I'm still buying that too!

**avgas** · 17th August 2007, 13:35

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

*ahem*

We're called exporters... y'know - the ones bringing cash into the economy...

tell that to fonterra and their $3 bottles of milk....Not that independant dairy is any better

**ManDownUnder** · 17th August 2007, 13:36

Originally Posted by avgas

tell that to fonterra and their $3 bottles of milk....Not that independant dairy is any better

Originally Posted by ManDownUnder

Not sure how that applies to me - being a Software exporter... please do... go on LOL

It rains... ok - sell SW
Sun comes out... ok... sell SW
Both... ok sell SW...

You get the idea?

Not sure how Fonterra comes into the picture. NZ does export stuff other than dairy produce.

**riffer** · 17th August 2007, 15:44

Well Nige, you see.

Milk will go up. Because its sold in US dollars. And we have to pay the same as they pay overseas for it.

**ManDownUnder** · 17th August 2007, 15:49

Originally Posted by riffer

Well Nige, you see.

Milk will go up. Because its sold in US dollars. And we have to pay the same as they pay overseas for it.

Well I got good news (for me) and bad news (for ... errr. not me)

Good news is I'm on commission based on NZD totals of SW sold in the US. In short that means I get more money for a weaker dollar... personally. So effectively - Milk drops in price... for me.

The bad news for errr not me... that rule probably doesn't hold true for all.

But thanks - tis a good point.