by Wedgie » Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:00 am
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by am Bays » Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:38 am
MW wrote:Booney wrote:When does Daylight savings finish? I'm worried I'm wearing out my headlight globes driving to work in the morning.
actually i must admit it is rare for it to still be dark when i get to work and it was this morning
by Brodlach » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:19 pm
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by dedja » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:22 pm
by Brodlach » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:26 pm
dedja wrote:People who are doing well are doing really well, those struggling are really struggling ... it's two paced, exacerbated by the Covid years and the fall-out we are experiencing now.
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by dedja » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:32 pm
Brodlach wrote:dedja wrote:People who are doing well are doing really well, those struggling are really struggling ... it's two paced, exacerbated by the Covid years and the fall-out we are experiencing now.
Agreed but would those not doing well not be doing well anyway? No matter how tge economy is going there is a portion struggling
by Brodlach » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:35 pm
dedja wrote:Brodlach wrote:dedja wrote:People who are doing well are doing really well, those struggling are really struggling ... it's two paced, exacerbated by the Covid years and the fall-out we are experiencing now.
Agreed but would those not doing well not be doing well anyway? No matter how tge economy is going there is a portion struggling
Yes, but Covid affected them more ... stood down or lost their jobs during the worst of Covid, and rapidly rising interest rates post Covid were extra-ordinary events that disproportionally impacted them.
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by dedja » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:45 pm
by Booney » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:46 pm
Brodlach wrote:I know this many cause some stick and I preface it that it doesn’t effect me as I am older and financially stable but…
Is the Cost of Living crisis as bad as the media makes it out to be or is it a media beat up? Certainly some are struggling but would those people be struggling anyway?
Just to mention a few things of recent times.
Melbourne GP sold out for the three major days, Thursday is close.
Record crowds at the Fringe
Record crowd for Round 1 of the AFL
NRL crowds up.
NBL Finals sold out.
Auction results/clearance rates very high.
LIV sold out
Gather Round sold out.
I know house prices and rent is increasing to some but not all.
Just a thought.
by amber_fluid » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:47 pm
by Brodlach » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:48 pm
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by Booney » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:49 pm
by Brodlach » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:52 pm
Booney wrote:Brodlach wrote:I know this many cause some stick and I preface it that it doesn’t effect me as I am older and financially stable but…
Is the Cost of Living crisis as bad as the media makes it out to be or is it a media beat up? Certainly some are struggling but would those people be struggling anyway?
Just to mention a few things of recent times.
Melbourne GP sold out for the three major days, Thursday is close.
Record crowds at the Fringe
Record crowd for Round 1 of the AFL
NRL crowds up.
NBL Finals sold out.
Auction results/clearance rates very high.
LIV sold out
Gather Round sold out.
I know house prices and rent is increasing to some but not all.
Just a thought.
Had the exact conversation on the weekend.
In short I arrived at the fact people are still living life on the back of the COVID restrictions, people are out and about as we were pre-COVID and big ticket things are the ones suffering.
Harvey Norman sales were down 7.8% in the back half of last year ( year on year ). Travel is hard to gauge, there's less planes in the air and prices are up based on demand but my guess is people, in general, are taking less big holidays compared to before COVID. Particularly the middle of the road trips, weekends to Melbourne for the footy type thing.
New car sales were a record high last year, that number is already slowing on the back of the post Xmas period.
I also think post-COVID people are just living life as opposed to worrying so much about nest eggs or what might come in years ahead.
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Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by MW » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:53 pm
by Brodlach » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:54 pm
amber_fluid wrote:Plenty of people attending events and having flashy cars and houses but they’re up to their eyeballs in debt.
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by RB » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:55 pm
Brodlach wrote:I know this many cause some stick and I preface it that it doesn’t effect me as I am older and financially stable but…
Is the Cost of Living crisis as bad as the media makes it out to be or is it a media beat up? Certainly some are struggling but would those people be struggling anyway?
Just to mention a few things of recent times.
Melbourne GP sold out for the three major days, Thursday is close.
Record crowds at the Fringe
Record crowd for Round 1 of the AFL
NRL crowds up.
NBL Finals sold out.
Auction results/clearance rates very high.
LIV sold out
Gather Round sold out.
I know house prices and rent is increasing to some but not all.
Just a thought.
by dedja » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:56 pm
Brodlach wrote:No disrespect taken and I did preface by saying that.
It’s the. number of expensive sporting sellouts which made me wonder.
Old enough to agree to disagree and be proven (and admit) if I’m wrong
by amber_fluid » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:56 pm
by MW » Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:57 pm
amber_fluid wrote:Harvey Norman sales may be down by what about Amazon and Kogan etc?
And you can’t compare 50 year old white collar workers with older kids and minimal mortgage to 30 year old blue collar workers with young families and big mortgages.
It’s the blue collar families that are struggling the most
by dedja » Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:00 pm
MW wrote:Don't put all blue collar in that bucket. I can tell you most blue collar would be earning well above my white collar salary.
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