Australian profit margins are high 

too high

wages too high

of course there's an opportunity for a better run business with a great business model to offer Australians a better deal 

Strange statement from a fan of Economists Raphael.  Most of Australias Economists list the stagnation of wages as one of the causes of Australias slow finnancial recovery.  It seems the less people have in the way of disposable income, the less that goes into the economy.  

What a strange turn of events.

Profit margins too high, aren't you all for a non-restrictive free market solution, I am sure that that is what you have stated very recently.  Or was that the other mind sharer, I tend to get you mixed up, you are so alike LOL.

Do you miss your newspaper boys dear Cindy?

ones interactions with society is not paperboys and grocery shopping or any other shopping my dear

its with friends family and casual conversations with stranger when me going for walks on a plane , in a bus wherever 

Raphael you are not a woman, fair chance of meeting friends at the shops and going onto coffee plus only if going into shops to do the shopping do you see what the local trends are - my local shopping centre was selling tomatoes for $10.50 a kilo but while visiting elsewhere they were $6.00! Need to see different areas to see these things. 

Thank Christ I am not a woman 

and to be PC - thank Mohammed as well

but my point was Viv - nothing stopping you from still going to the shops.

where there is demand there will be supply 

of that I can guarantee 

Well that's true we used to have 2 Bookshops and one secondhand bookshop, we still have the secondhand one, which is always busy, the 2 bookshops are now Bottleshops always busy. Bit of a sore point with me I read  but don't drink, lot of women must drink cos they are the main ones going into the bottle shops in the daytime. Lots of cafes too which is good. 

The paper boy still delivers my paper every day.

I agree Cindy Lou

This is an American survey and think it would apply equally here.

"According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 28% of Americans over the age of 65 lived alone in 2010.  The older you become, the more likely you are to live alone.

Loneliness affects your mental and physical health and can shorten your life.  It also contributes to dementia and depression.  These are all good reasons to make sure you do not let yourself become isolated.

Many retired adults do not have adult children who can take care of them.  Some never had children; others outlived their children; still others have children who are not capable of caring for them because of distance, estrangement or other problems.  

According to a study in Canada, about one-fifth of seniors do not participate in any outside activities, even as little as one time a month.


Isolated seniors are more likely to need long-term care.

Isolated people are more likely to engage in risky behaviors such as smoking, drinking too much, eating too much and living a sedentary lifestyle.

Isolation makes seniors more vulnerable to elder abuse, including verbal, physical or financial abuse by caregivers. 

Finally, in those cases where a senior is being cared for by a family member or other caregiver, the caregiver risks becoming socially isolated, too.  This, in turn, may contribute to the elder abuse, mentioned above."

The one thing I miss by being in a semi-rural area, getting the morning paper delivered.  But then again it is a chore sorting out the real news from the dross.

You supposed to come to my rescue 

being attacked by these women

at least agree with me ffs

must I pull strings with Mustaffa to get you back in line , woman !!! 

i do agree with yiou,   to some extent,    lets wait till they get here and see what they are like,         you have MAI LING to run you up a suit or daks when you need them,    were not all as lucky as you,    i hear she is VERY handy,  

Handy and lippy

i have learned to be lippy sice mustaffa came on the  scene,   he brings out the worst in me,   

Oh I meant a loving hand and lip job, 

you obviously mean it in a totally bitchy way :))

i am NEVER bitchy,    and i KNOW what you mean,    you have been around MAI LING to long,   she has taught you some nasty habits,    bet she gives you plenty hand and lip jobs,     

Ok glad we got that sorted

better stop now 

don't want Leon upset that YOU trashed his topic by posting rubbish

cant take you anywhere !!!

h ave zipped the lip,  

Poor mustuffa

Hes not getting any tonite 

hahaha agree Zorro!

Good on you mate!

We can get the paper delivered too Cats by a moving car and it ends up in the bushes, 4am delivery meant everyone cancelled so at week-ends I head to the petrol station to buy one AND they sell a decent cup of coffee for a $1.00 can sit in the park and read the paper, listen to the birds while I drink my coffee, then the dog gets a walk too.

our is delivered VIVITY,   but he puts it in the letter box,     they USED to throw it,     then hubby put a pipe onto the fence so they could put it in the tube,  but the silly buggers started putting it in the letterbox,   but yes,  ours is about 4 am,     i always know when it comes a the dog barks,  

I wonder what they do in blocks of flats? Must stop the van and put them in the letter boxes.? 

i used to live in flats before i got this house vivity,   yes,   they used to put them into the letterboxes,   but they used to stick out,    so always someones paper went missing,    i have a big letterbox,   and its locked so no one can get at it,    some thieving people about, 

In flats they just dump them outside. The local newspaper in a hand delivered heap and if you subscribe then tossed from a moving car with no regard for where it might land. AND you are likely to lose it to anyone passing by if you are not quick enough to retreive it. I cancelled my delivery a few years ago for two reasons, the delivery company was not consistent and I was losing papers. I object to paying for some else's reading matter.

And th busy corporate guy trying to run a home too 

Without wanting to be sexist Raphael, I have found most corporate guys have housekeepers.    Corporate women have house cleaners but usually do their own shopping.    

That is sooooo sexist 

you have no idea 

I do my own cleaning and shopping (physically)

it's one of my pleasures in life 

grant you I'm not on a multimillion dollar income and neither are most "corporate" men and women unless your at the uppermost echelons 

Oh I would not say that Raphael.  

The corporate business man works late into the night and up next morning, they hardly have any family life. then they get sent away on business trips, the same in real estate, if you don't live and breath the industry you get nowhere.  But I don't expect you to comprehend that.

To get returns there are those that just work their little butts off.

I thought husband worked long enough hours into the night.   I am just glad he did not worship the corporate bosses.

Because retailers over here are ripping off the public

their profits are going to take a massive hit

consumer wins 

It took me a while to get used to my Kindle, but now I would not be without it.  We went on holiday to Europe last year and I took my entire Library with me.  Nothing like sitting on the banks of a canal on a sunny day with a cigar, a bottle of whiskey and an old favourite to read.

There are also many free E-books available on Kindle/Amazon, many of them classics.

exPS....I would like to get a Kindle as I believe they are fantastic.

Has anyone got an ipod?  I walk every day on my treadmill and usually watch a telly at the same time but I would now like to listen to podcasts and is the ipod the way to go?

You can register your measurements with Tailors in Hong Kong and Singapore and get your clothes hand made for a fraction of the price you pay here for clothes that probably come from off shore anyway.

Just make sure that you upgrade your measurements as you gain or lose weight.  I believe that there are some outlets that can take laser mesurements of your body and send your measurements on to a tailor.

I have not used this service since I retired but I found it quite good.  

Yes great to have Thea, but clothes are so different in sizes can take an 8 in one shop and 12 in another --

I did buy my Fridge online BUT I had checked the one my Friend had 1st

Yes I always go to my BUTCHER/and we have a wonderful seafood place here ALL local/  we did have a great greengrocer  BUT Woollies nad Coles saw that they went out of business along without wonderful Deli -- but I still never ever by any Deli products from the big two