Sheldon > wrote in
:

> PeterLucas wrote:
>> >
>> > I think you're getting a distorted or inaccurate impression of the
>> > US society on the whole based on this family's unusual situation?
>>
>> No.
>>
>> My CA wife was a Theoretical Physicist (working on the 'Star Wars'
>> program) at UCLA and she counted *every* penny she had.
>>
>> I was an Aussie ex-soldier, bumming around the world skydiving,
>> earning more than twice as much as she was.
>>
>> Here's a look at the average wage for Aussies......
>>
>> http://www.domainsdownunder.com/wages-australia.html
>>
>> and when compared to this..........
>>
>> http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_fl.htm#b47-0000
>
> Your comparison is highly inaccurate...


No, it's not.


> you're comparing wages of
> construction labor in the US to what, unspecified AU jobs...


Can't you read?

It says the "average Australian wage".



>and the
> AU dollar is worth less


AUD$1 will buy us US.93c.

Pretty damn even if you ask me.


> and goods and services cost more... it costs
> more to live in AU.


That's crap.

http://www.finfacts.com/costofliving.htm


>
> http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au...?siteNodeId=32
&lang
> uageId=1&contentId=-1


Don't know where they got their prices from. Must have been a 711 in the
heart of Melbourne, because they're prices are crap.


--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


Wars begin where you will...
but they do not end where you please.

Machiavelli