MARYROSE02 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Being a lady of a certain age ..... that sooooo reminded me of the old Hovis adverts I was thinking of a Monty Python sketch, or was it 'Ripping Yarns?' of a Not the Nine O Clock News spoof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob1 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Monty Python Four Yorkshire men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbe2005 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Actually what on earth do I care about your opinions if you can't stick to the point/matter in hand. :wacko:well what did you EXPECT?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieF8 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Any thoughts/info would be gratefully received. Actually what on earth do I care about your opinions if you can't stick to the point/matter in hand. Make your mind up! :skeptical: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 What IS the matter at hand? Saturdays in Sydney mean sport, beach, pub, and more sport or, as Roy and HG once said, 'Too much sport is not enough!' And they were talking about Sydney not Melbourne, where they are even more obsessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Monty Python Four Yorkshire men Must update it to 'four whinging Pommies' - 'I don't like it here, it's not like home, the sun is too hot, the beer is too cold, where did they learn to drive? Call that a sausage Why should we shower once a day?' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I was thinking of a Monty Python sketch, or was it 'Ripping Yarns?' of a Not the Nine O Clock News spoof? Monty Python wasn't it? "When I was a boy we had to...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Monty Python wasn't it? "When I was a boy we had to...." That's right! 'When I was a young bloke (in Perth), there were fifteen of us living in a corrugated iron humpie, under the shade of the coolibah tree, on the banks of the billagong. We lived on one spoonful of Vegemite a week each. Sometimes, on Sundays, as a treat, Alan Bond would give us a can of Swan lager.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Tibenham Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 How are you going to afford the nanny you are now advertising for under the Jobs section if you can't afford to eat :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomPrincesses Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) A nanny will be cheaper than current arrangement plus 20% pay rise with new job secured today. Thank goodness :biggrin: Edited August 27, 2012 by PomPrincesses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joebloggs Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 This thread is hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Monty Python wasn't it? "When I was a boy we had to...." Dud 'n' Pete (Dudley Moore and Peter Cook) did it before Monty Python (who've said their sketch was a tribute). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I liked Dud n Pete (and Derek & Clive) but there's an even funnier show in OZ now, where you see Aussies going down to the Pommie soup kitchens to take the Mickey out of them. It's in almost as bad taste as Victorian families going to Bedlam for a day's enternainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Tibenham Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 This thread is hilarious So true Joe :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 A nanny will be cheaper than current arrangement plus 20% pay rise with new job secured today. Thank goodness :biggrin: I would imagine that a qualified nanny will command a qualified rate of pay though and if they're live in it will be an extra mouth to feed. The minimum wage is $15.96 per hour and $606.40 per week, but it will be more than that I'm sure for a nanny to care for more than one child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieF8 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I would imagine that a qualified nanny will command a qualified rate of pay though and if they're live in it will be an extra mouth to feed. The minimum wage is $15.96 per hour and $606.40 per week, but it will be more than that I'm sure for a nanny to care for more than one child. $80,000 + 20% = $96,000 After tax $71,000 or an extra $10,000 per year = $192 per week Cost of a nanny, (using your figures) $606 per week So will be $414 down employing a minimum wage nanny based on the the figures already provided Won't even be able to afford an onion for a late night snack :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JK2510 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Just when I thought this thread had run its course another strange post.....is this a wind up?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 $80,000 + 20% = $96,000 After tax $71,000 or an extra $10,000 per year = $192 per week Cost of a nanny, (using your figures) $606 per week So will be $414 down employing a minimum wage nanny based on the the figures already provided Won't even be able to afford an onion for a late night snack :laugh: I got the figures from the fair work ombudsman site http://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay/national-minimum-wage/pages/default.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob1 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 you don't paint a very nice picture of a house to work in, four kids (or is it 3 or 5 - depends on the post), fussy eaters, no food, and a mother with a tongue as sharp as a blue tongued lizard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomPrincesses Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 you don't paint a very nice picture of a house to work in, four kids (or is it 3 or 5 - depends on the post), fussy eaters, no food, and a mother with a tongue as sharp as a blue tongued lizard. Don't apply then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieF8 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 20th July All I can compare is our circumstances and my husband was job hunting for 3.5 years in the UK and has a role in Perth within 3 weeks working a very normal 9-5 for 85,000 so that will do for now. 12th August DH earns $140,000 and could work in Sydney or Perth, I earn about $80,000. 27th August A nanny will be cheaper than current arrangement plus 20% pay rise with new job secured today. Not done bad in just over 4 weeks Added $16,000 on to your wages & $55,000 on to your husbands wages Don't know how you even afforded a pot to **** in before your payrises..........you couldn't even afford to eat last week! :skeptical: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomPrincesses Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 (edited) Hence why we got ourselves new jobs there was no way we could sustain the family on the wages we were offered in Perth from the UK. Thank goodness there's bonus' too because the basic salaries just cover the cost of living. We had an issue and it needed to be resolved either moving somewhere cheaper or earning more, I didn't mind which happened but something had to we couldn't have carried on like that. Edited August 27, 2012 by PomPrincesses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Hence why we got ourselves new jobs there was no way we could sustain the family on the wages we were offered in Perth from the UK. Thank goodness there's bonus' too because the basic salaries just cover the cost of living.We had an issue and it needed to be resolved either moving somewhere cheaper or earning more, I didn't mind which happened but something had to we couldn't have carried on like that. So now you have a joint wage higher than $220k pa. You are one lucky lady, at least now you can repay all your friends whose BBQ's you went to and didn't take a plate or invite them back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomPrincesses Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Quite. Nothing to do with luck though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieF8 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Quite. Nothing to do with luck though. You both managed to change jobs, get payrises and find a new 457 sponsor all within 4 weeks.....sounds lucky to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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