Quote Originally Posted by Innuendo View Post
Problem was the average male weekly wage was $223.10 in March 1979.
Making one tank of fuel $10.78 (70 litres) meaning you got just over 20 tanks of fuel out of a single pay packet.
Hmm, that was good! Today you get only around 14 tanks for the average 2012 weekly wage!

Regards, Smooth
Yeah true, but also in 1979 my father bought a brand new Chamberlain tractor with his wool cheque from 1300 crossbred ewes. In 2012 that same number of sheep will buy you the same tractor but its now 33 years old. So some things have improved, but some have got way worse.