Comments on: Where the recession begins to hit home http://canuckflack.com/2008/07/03/where-the-recession-begins-to-hit-home/ ... it's about public relations, marketing, retail quirks, government communications and oddities ... and written in Canada! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:22:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Justin http://canuckflack.com/2008/07/03/where-the-recession-begins-to-hit-home/comment-page-1/#comment-56752 Justin Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:12:20 +0000 http://canuckflack.com/2008/07/03/where-the-recession-begins-to-hit-home/#comment-56752 I'm visiting my parents in Australia at the moment and filled up the tank in my mothers car and bought a couple of bags of groceries - change out of $150.00 AUD... about $5.00 With the distances things (like food) have to travel in Australia the cost of living is going through the roof. Don't even get me started on the current price of a pint of beer... I’m visiting my parents in Australia at the moment and filled up the tank in my mothers car and bought a couple of bags of groceries - change out of $150.00 AUD… about $5.00

With the distances things (like food) have to travel in Australia the cost of living is going through the roof. Don’t even get me started on the current price of a pint of beer…

]]> By: Martyn http://canuckflack.com/2008/07/03/where-the-recession-begins-to-hit-home/comment-page-1/#comment-56648 Martyn Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:06:13 +0000 http://canuckflack.com/2008/07/03/where-the-recession-begins-to-hit-home/#comment-56648 Who is going to be the one to tell the Americans that they have been shortchanged on liquid measure since, well since whenever, they have 16 oz to the pint where the UK always uses 20 oz, so right there is 20 or 25% (depending on which side you start). So a "gallon of gas" simply isn't, and never really has been......I guess on this 4th July it is a sobering message not to start a war with your imperial overlords !?!?! Now that's sneaky. Who is going to be the one to tell the Americans that they have been shortchanged on liquid measure since, well since whenever, they have 16 oz to the pint where the UK always uses 20 oz, so right there is 20 or 25% (depending on which side you start).

So a “gallon of gas” simply isn’t, and never really has been……I guess on this 4th July it is a sobering message not to start a war with your imperial overlords !?!?!

Now that’s sneaky.

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