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  1. RumpledElf

    how tough is it in suburbia now?

    Its scarey how some people live. The ones who let large dogs inside and don't clean up the poop are the ones who really get to me though. We had a patch a while back where we had recently moved and got caught in a centerlink loophole where they'd only pay us about $350. Not each, not per...
  2. RumpledElf

    how tough is it in suburbia now?

    Ours don't seem to add that much to the budget - nappies and toilet paper is the killer. Its nice now the little one is barely going through 1-2 nappies a day though. I've never worked out how children use so much toilet paper though. Our grocery budget runs to about $100-120 a week for 4...
  3. RumpledElf

    how tough is it in suburbia now?

    Hehe ... this is actually my problem. Thanks to the wonders of modern contraception, I have two kids a healthy 7 years apart - and will be a total age spread of 9.5 years overall. Back in the day, such big age gaps were unusual. If the two girls were closer in age (or at minimum the little...
  4. RumpledElf

    how tough is it in suburbia now?

    We're doing it tough. We're buying the expires-tomorrow meat from the supermarket to save money. Still the nice stuff, just much much cheaper. Back in the day we would have been out trapping rabbits or shooting 'roos. I will have 3 children in a 3 bedroom house. If we stay here, we have...
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