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 Posted: Mon Mar 17th, 2008 08:40 pm
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IanM



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 Hey goldengrr - my apologies to everyone. I didn't mention the flip side, but I know a lot of people out there are hurting badly. I meant no disrespect. Yes, a weak internal economy and high domestic housing loan interest rates mean that many people lose their houses. Our Australian economy is a bit perverse, but similar things are happening. Australia (well, specifically Western Australia) has had house prices more than double in the last 2 years, and rents have almost trebled. Sub-contractors are impossible to find, and when you find one, they rarely finish a job, because the next one will pay them more. It is at crisis level here for support services. That makes life hard for a lotta people here as well. It is not much good having a strong international currency when it buys you less and less in your own back yard. I am one very lucky man not to be badly affected by all the negative - that doesn't make me better than anyone else, just luckier. And I hope that all my WIS mates ride this through without any hitches, too.

Cheers all - IanM