BG> My mistake, $1.20 is Mitre 10's cost, not retail, so stop
 BG> worrying. 

  I'll stop worrying at once. There's nothing worse than being
scrwewed on the price of a screw connector.

 BG> And Jewel is indeed much cheaper than the others up here as
 BG> well. A good example is Crown Mints, 200g for $1.53 at Coles,
 BG> or 300g for $1.47 from Jewel. That's quite an amazing
 BG> difference. 

  Yair... there are real bargains, but you have to be a bit cunning. I
think Jewel gets screwed themselves, on some items; it's not all
cheap. The two best bargains I know at Jewel are their Dishwashing
Liquid ($1.10, half the price of Trix and actually better), and their
100 Tea Bags ($1.08 compared to $3.00 for Bushells, and quite
drinkable if a little slow to draw). And as you say, their lollies are
cheap and good. I actually prefer the No Name Hazelnut chocolate to
Cadburys.

  Mum's legs are going, and I do the "heavy" grocery shoppng now.
Bloody women! Why the fuck do they always stop in the middle of an
aisle and look about as if they expect God to speak to them? And why 
do they always find the bill a suprsise? They stand there like a dead 
shit, and the checkout chick hits the button, and the stupid bloody 
woman always goes: "Shit! Do I have to pay? I didn't know that. Let 
me have a look in my purse to see if I have any money... what are 
these little gold ones worth...?"

  I think they find shopping such a wonderful experience that they
don't want to end, but one of these days a woman is going to do
that, and I'll throw her straight through the bloody window!  

Regards,
Bob
  
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