Re: 1:240 (approx) scale figures, accessories, etc?
- From: Greg Procter <procter@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:04:38 +1300
Paul Newhouse wrote:
In article <KEYNi.2194$rD1.920@trnddc01>,
"dgw" <dgw54@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
"Wolf Kirchmeir" <ElLoboViejo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:46f51619$0$31949$9a6e19ea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Greg Procter wrote:
[...]
Five years ago our dollar bought US 39c, a month ago it peaked at US[...]
81c. The problem became that our exports were being squeezed and imports
becoming ever cheaper. With your recent housing finance crumble our
dollar got a shake and fell to US 69c and has returned through US 74c on
Friday on what looks like an ongoing climb.
We (on average) take home about half the weekly equivalent that yanks do
but our costs for housing, food, health and education are lower. We
don't have the highs or lows of income of the USa.
This thread is getting quite OT, so here's my 2 (Canuck) cents worth:
It's not that the NZ dollar is climbing - it's that the US dollar is
falling. Relative to other significant currencies (the euro, the yen, the
yuan, the pound, the Swiss franc), currencies such as the NZ and Canadian
dollar change very little. (Our dollar is doing a little better than
yours, mostly because we have commodities that you don't have.) Check it
out.
You also (like most industrial nations) have a modern social welfare
system, which brings real costs even lower, so that in terms of quality of
life standards (longevity, education, health, literacy, public amenities,
etc) you equal or exceed the USA. On most measures of quality of life, the
USA ranks well below other industrial nations, and on some of them (eg,
infant mortality, income distribution) it's a 3rd world country. Not like
the 1950s and '60s, unfortunately.
Wolf: Do you have any data for us to back up your opinion that the U.S.
ranks well below other industrial nations on some of "quality of life"
issues, and is a 3rd world country on infant mortality and income
distribution?
The US infant mortality rate is at 6.4 per 1000. That's 2x of Japan.
The US rate is worse than some 3rd world countries such as New Zealand and
Canada.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004393.html
(there are many more sources of info on the net ... take a look)
While the US rate could be better it's under 10 per 1000. Sort the table
from above and judge for yourself how 3rd world the US is. Then analyze
the statistical significance of the populations of the countries being
discussed.
Greg is upset with the refusal of the US to buy his tired old sheep. He
claims he has some moral objection but, it's clearly economic.
There are areas where "moral" and "economic" are relatively difficult to
seperate. Consider for example the continuing US Corporate control of
economies such as Equador and pre-Castro Cuba, not to mention your
ongoing punishment of countries such as Cuba and Iran for not accepting
your imposition of repressive governments.
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