ok, i've got to note a little kind of 'gripey' observation here ... this afternoon i found myself in a department store - actually i didn't find myself there as such (part of me is still kinda searching, but i digress ...); rather i wandered in there in order to kill a bit of time before an appointment.
anyhow, i went to the men's clothing section. despite the fact that tmorrow is the first day or the 3rd month of winter here, numerous clothing racks had 'summer 06' signs on top of them. ok, i can deal with that (look out for xmas paraphernalia in the near future ... ).
i saw a t-shirt on one such rack, mostly yellow, with a kinda of simple retro-type design in black on the front. something about a truck or truck race or similar i think. it was kinda like a semi-amateur screenprint jobbie from the 1970s that u might expect to see at a skate park (in the 70s), or similar. plus it was extremeley thin material - almost like it was indeed from the 70s and had been worn & washed at least every fortnight since then.
somewhat automatically, i grabbed the price tag and angled it up towards my eyes:
$89.95 !

sorry folks, but in my humble opinion that's just getting a little bit silly now, with out even considering the high likelihood that it was made in china by people who may not earn that much in a month.
given this as some kinda of rough index, perhaps i can start to appreciate recent comments from economists & others who get excited about such things, that inflation rates in australia continue to grow in magnitude ...

anyhow, needless to say, i didn't buy the shirt.
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ps - what a crap post!