I wake every morning at 6:59am as I have done for the last 7 years, grunt an inaudible good morning to good lady on my left, pass wind on schedule, attend to bodily functions in ablutions area, spend 2.69 minutes (on average) on the conveniences, shower with wheat germ soap as is the custom, select fresh underwear and remainder of white\/black\/grey apparel for another day of servitude.<\/p>\n
Arrive at work, sit in car for 4.27 minutes in order to schedule arrival at desk at culturally acceptable 8:28am. Open briefcase, remove lunch carefully wrapped in wax paper and place in desk drawer so briefcase does not smell like I am so cheap that I bring my lunch to work ….<\/p>\n
Then because I have nothing else to do, I ponder yesterday’s supermarket receipt which falls out of my wallet (plus that never-ending lint) and decide to compare prices with typical OZ supermarket prices. So I use the website of one of OZ’s 2 major supermarket chains and do some price comparisons. Prices are shown below. (Statistical correctness suspended !)<\/p>\n
Item<\/strong><\/td>\n| OZ price in USD | \n<\/strong><\/td>\n Dili price in USD<\/strong><\/td>\n | % increase in Dili | \n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Kellogs 850g Sultana Bran<\/td>\n | 5.87<\/td>\n | 9.45<\/td>\n | 61%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Pauls 1l Trim milk<\/td>\n | 1.36<\/td>\n | 1.50<\/td>\n | 11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Pauls 250g Thickened Cream<\/td>\n | 0.91<\/td>\n | 0.85<\/td>\n | -7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | JustJuice 1l Pineapple juice<\/td>\n | 1.42<\/td>\n | 1.60<\/td>\n | 13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Berri 2l Tomato juice<\/td>\n | 2.17<\/td>\n | 3.75<\/td>\n | 73%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Homebrand 500g spaghetti<\/td>\n | 0.51<\/td>\n | 1.40<\/td>\n | 172%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | RyVita crispbread<\/td>\n | 1.84<\/td>\n | 2.30<\/td>\n | 25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Mainland 250g Vintage cheese<\/td>\n | 3.35<\/td>\n | 4.95<\/td>\n | 48%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Heinz 420g baked beans (NZ)<\/td>\n | 1.22<\/td>\n | 1.00<\/td>\n | -18%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | tomatos (per kg)<\/td>\n | 2.34<\/td>\n | 1.30<\/td>\n | -44%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | eggplant (per kg)<\/td>\n | 2.34<\/td>\n | 0.50<\/td>\n | -79%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n | The results support my feeling that breakfast cereal is priced fairly ferociously (large volume, light weight ?). Milk is not bad (its all long-life except on the odd occasion). Juice variable. Spaghetti pretty ferocious. Cheese ferocious.<\/p>\n I admit I didn’t have a current OZ price for tomatos or eggplant but used AUD3 just for fun. So fruit and veg is a big winner here. Cereal and cheese losers.<\/p>\n The clear and obvious conclusion is that I should convert to a diet of baked beans and cream. Lots of wind and artery hardening.<\/p>\n Have you ever had one of those mornings when you wake up feeling like a chartered accountant ? And then I woke up …<\/p>\n Tomorrow … Bond … James Bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I wake every morning at 6:59am as I have done for the last 7 years, grunt an inaudible good morning to good lady on my left, pass wind on schedule, attend to bodily functions in ablutions area, spend 2.69 minutes … Continue reading |