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got me a costco nearby chez bld but i dont often shop there i use it mostly to gas up the fridge ferry today i was passing by at 10.00 when the opened and remembered a Finnish mate of mine asking me to get him 2 blocks of jarlsberg he loves the stuff even though its produced in ireland or maybe because of that ? anyway i am designated Drinker and chief tucker fucker tonight so i though i would also get me a few groceries. 700g block is $22 each pretty good value
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and i had the plan to buy a cooked chook for the ridiculously low price of $8.00
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that bad boy comes in this ziplock bag piping hot and all that chook juice is in the bottom of the bag and can hopefully be turned into a gravy? albeit a greasy one
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but the main game wasnt so much the bird its the excellent 3 cheese costco mac n cheese that will go well as a side plus some teeny weeny tators or tator tots $17 for the macn cheese, $6 for a bag of tator tots still got half a bag left and half a bird that bird is good for 2 meals for 2 kids. cant go wrong .
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and while i was there i grabbed the kids fave the excellent choc chip cookies. t
yeah, not a lot of veggie action going on but i will hide some pease in there dinner, bloody fussy kids
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you'd pay half that in the UK.
whats up bld? paying for food?
no more freebies from the ..."cough cough snigger snigger " motel, has your bin diving missus gone on strike?
we have costco here in the uk, you have to pay a yearly fee to shop there, stock always changes too. you would go in for some bread, cheese and eggs and come out with a sofa, a laptop, a lawnmower and half a ton of toilet paper.
petrol was cheap, but in the end i didnt renew our membership. aldi, lidl and tesco are much better here for staples, and marks and waitrose for the quality stuff.
But in comparison you're wages are lowQuote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
It is a new thing here in wa the membership is $60 a yearQuote:
Originally Posted by taxexile
. Worth it for the cheap fuel I rarely shop there except when it's open at a time I am.passing by.
are they?Quote:
Originally Posted by BLD
Yes. Fact.
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Just checked.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLD
Average Salary in Aus converts to £49,700.
Average Salary in UK is £37,400.
So salaries are roughly 25% higher.
Or maybe I've just been on the fat bucks for so long as an expat and now that I'm back in the land of big tits and solid shits I think.$8.00 Australian dollars for a cooked chook is cheap.a quick google of xe currency converter tells me that $8.00aussie pesos is equivalent to.3.85 British pounds. What's the minimum wage in the UK ? I can google that for you also
Fokin' 'ell that's some rort. I heard the place has gone to shiz but that's just taking the pizz. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by taxexile
What do punters have to pony up to rent ?.or buy? Is it affordable? Here it's out of control. Rents expensive, property's expensive. You're kinda fucked if you are a slave to a mortgage here. Which I am not. Infact I've owned my " shoebox " outright for the last 20 years. 15 of those years it was rented out while the exploration strategy called me to distant and sometimes bumfuck locations. Blds ma didn't raise no meatheads.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyrille
Gotta say though. Those choc chip cookies from costco are the ducks nuts. Gonna hide some before the kids get em all
Yes but how much income tax is there on an average salary in Britain? 20%?Quote:
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how do you know my wage?Quote:
Originally Posted by BLD
Just to join in, Jarsleberg cheese is Norwegian, not Irish, which may explain why your Finnish mate likes it, BLD?
A 700 gram block will cost you 127 NOK in Norway, about £9.30.
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Fvck, that was as predictable as getting the shits after a Chitty meal.
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zing.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyrille
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Food for thought cyrille. Hard to put a definitive number on wages in the UK or OZ I'm absolutely sure Australia is bloody expensive and just getting more so. We do produce a lot. But it could be were still dealing with a fucked up supply chain via covid disruptions that haven't normalised yet? Plus we're an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean . Shipping costs compared to lorry costs in the UK need to be factored in. Having said that the supermarket chains Woolworths, Coles etc have been accused of price gouging and I'm fucking sure that's true. But my superannuation portfolio contains some woolies and Coles stock so I would be a hypocrite to whinge or get all fucking righteous.Quote:
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This one is produced in Ireland. According to the packer. The mad fin loves itQuote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
Attachment 125460 It's produced in Ireland & the states. That's sure to piss off the norgies
From sometimes talking with friends and family back home about such things, it's completely foked.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLD
20% down needed for a mortgage and rents are so high that it's impossible to pay the rent and save the 20%.
Result: Professionals living in their parent's house until nearly 40 just to save up enough to get the down on a mortgage.
Then there are apparently refugees waltzing in and getting free houses, something like 10% of all housing projects must be handed over for government allocation.
Result: gangs out firebombing various properties. Possibly the professionals forced to live at home with their parents.
And now it seems they need to pay to annual fees to enter a supermarket. :)
In Australia it's on a sliding scale 19% being the minimum but the higher the income the higher you're tax threshold can be as much as %49 you've gotta employ a creative accountant and beat them at there own gameQuote:
Originally Posted by Molle
you saw the news about NIQuote:
Originally Posted by Edmond
Only costco. So far for the annual fee $60 standard or $80 business . I pay it because the fuel is always 50 cents a litre less than the conglomerates. And I live nearby do its a no brainer. Pop in for a cooked chook when I can't be assed to cook even better but yeah here first home buyers are needing a %30 deposit to get started.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edmond
prices in the uk are out of control, as are rents and taxation.
employers contributions, business taxes, motoring taxes, council taxes, VAT, green taxes, highest electricity prices in the world and more and more box ticking compliance.
but governments needs money to line the pockets of the unions, the benefit spongers and to give the illegal immigrants free accommodation, health care,legal fees and spending money.
anyway. back to costco and its greasy chickens.
So no numbers for a British employees average income tax, just a rant about how much tax you have to pay. As if I hadn't expected just that from you..Quote:
Originally Posted by taxexile
The average British income was already established some posts up. How much tax on that?
and what exactly is your point mole?
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Tax year 2024/2025
Yearly Monthly Weekly
Gross salary £37,500 £3,125 £721.15
Income Tax £4,986 £415.50 £95.88
National Insurance £2,493 £207.75 £47.94
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Take home pay £30,021 £2,501.75 £577.33
then of course there is VAT, fuel tax, green taxes on energy bills, council tax, tax on interest from savings and investments, car tax, insurance tax. and all the other deductions in order to prop up the sordid lifestyles of the millions of unproductive spongers and criminals that infest this country.
now say thank you.
Economic systems are generally rigged against young people. Tax and housing policies result in large transfers of wealth from the younger generations to the old-timers. Life is increasingly difficult for young folks. That's one of the principal reasons people are having fewer children.
And it's excellent choc chip cookies:) we gotta turn that frown upside down tax. Starting with d greasy chooksQuote:
Originally Posted by taxexile
Well I hate to blow my own trumpet but it seems like the ole ditch digger has started a thread that doesn't get every kunt all outraged and triggered and all pissy. I probably should be a mod.vote bld. The voice of reason.
And all it took was a cooked chook. Go figure:)
The voice of reason? I think the voice of banter is more accurate.
Costco is good. I had a membership when I was in the US. Bought gasoline there then went shopping. Those rotisserie chickens are yummy and cheap! Those big bags of salad would last all week.
I also got a 2kg bag of live black shell mussels for $13. That's great value. 1kg would usually cost that. Chilli mussels and garlic bread coming up
My point is purchasing power (Take home pay) and you would have understood that if you had read the thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by taxexile
There was a comparison of the average salary in Australia vs Britain but that doesn't tell much if you don't look
at the income tax.
What is your point in crying over all other taxes a citizen pays?
Paying VAT, road tax, fuel tax, electricity tax, jada jada is not something unique for Britain, they also have them in Australia.
And most, perhaps nearly all, governments don't collect enough tax. Year after year they are borrowing from young people without their consent. This can't continue forever. Taxation will get uglier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Molle