Electrical goods cheaper
Inflation is a much talked-about topic in Australia at the moment. Interest rates are going up and the Reserve Bank is blaming inflation.
Wages, food, rent and petrol are all getting more expensive, no doubt about it.
Whether raising interest rates is the appropriate economic remedy remains debatable. I can’t see the logic myself, because it just adds to the cost of lending and housing, thereby stimulating the inflationary environment. Read more
The dyslexic postman
That’s a picture of our letterbox. The number 5 is fairly prominent. There are only four houses in our court, but for some reason we keep getting letters for number 3 delivered to our box.
We think many of our letters are being delivered to number 7, because every so often a bundle of mail is dropped in our box in the morning, several hours before the postie makes his rounds.
So what’s going on here? How hard can it be to put a few envelopes in the right letterbox? Read more




