1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Fitz and with Kate Richie. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 2: I want to turn this into a weekly segment because 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 2: we know the cost of living here in Sydney. But 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 2: some of these horrific stories that I'm hearing of what 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:12,400 Speaker 2: people are charging. 6 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: At the moment is doing my head in what happened? 7 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 2: Oh well, we've already spoke about the five doc RSL 8 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 2: remember that that was a forty two dollars schnitzer. 9 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 3: I went down. 10 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 4: I was at Barrow yesterday and I'm a bit of 11 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 4: a country ladder. I dragged me boots into bar What 12 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 4: does that mean? 13 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: I don't know. You're not a country ladder at all. 14 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 4: I am mate, and I saddled up at the bar. Sure, 15 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 4: I look at the barm and I. 16 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: Was right, You're not right, Richard Lavendon. 17 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 3: I don't know who you're talking about. 18 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: A good river. 19 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 3: I have a nostadion outside and I had a step one. 20 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 3: What anyway? 21 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 4: I ordered a lemon squash, small glass of lemon squash. 22 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 4: Five dollars five dollars five dollars for post mixed lemon squash. 23 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 3: Actually I only got back on. 24 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 2: My horse thirteen twenty four to ten. What blew your mind? 25 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 2: What did you have to pay? For how's this one? 26 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 2: Meta mate on Friday Hotel Centennial. I'm calling them out. 27 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 2: I don't care. I'm calling them out. 28 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: He's gone two light bees because I had to drive. 29 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 3: I'll see you on a horse as well. 30 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 2: Two light bees and a bowl of chips. Yep, thirty 31 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:22,000 Speaker 2: three dollars. Now, let's break that down. So the light beers, 32 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 2: I'll give you ten dollars for a light beer. 33 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 3: I can I can explain this. 34 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: So there's twenty dollars. Then you charged twelve dollars for 35 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: a bowl of chips? 36 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 3: Can I tell you why? 37 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 1: Why? 38 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:33,399 Speaker 3: Potato shortage? 39 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: Oh? Give me a break. 40 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 4: When I posted a photo of the family in front 41 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:39,680 Speaker 4: of me, isn't it No, it's not. I posted a 42 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 4: photo in front of the giant potato and Instagram at 43 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 4: Robinson right, and I had so many comments. 44 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 3: Could you bring it home? Please? 45 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 4: Could you bring home the potato? Because we have such 46 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 4: a shortage in Sydney. 47 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: Tom a shortage was the only during the war. 48 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,639 Speaker 2: Flood's mate Tommy showed me what is it? The bowl 49 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 2: of chips was fifteen So I've paid eight point fifty 50 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 2: for the light beers. 51 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 3: That's what I mean. 52 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: Fifteen bucks for a bowl of fries. 53 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,959 Speaker 5: It's applying demand, mate, there is no supply. Yeah, okay, here, 54 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 5: let's keep going. A woman here in Sydney, where was she? 55 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 5: So she's paid, she's quickly. She's seen a bagel? Yeah, 56 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 5: and said can I get a salmon bagel? And paid 57 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 5: twenty five dollars for a salmon bagel. 58 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 4: But I had an Assi bowl the other day. I say, 59 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 4: I don't know what you call it. Had an Assi 60 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 4: bowl with granola. Yeah, thirty two dollars, Nobe, thirty two dollars. 61 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 4: Where my double pipe? 62 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, it wasn't a double bath. And I was just 63 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 3: Storm and Norman. It was huge, it was good. 64 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,639 Speaker 4: But bloody, you want the shirt off my back as well. 65 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 3: I'm going to go back a morse. 66 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:53,239 Speaker 1: I'm going to blow your mind on this one. 67 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 3: I've been riding everywhere. 68 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: Shopper in Sydney's eastern suburbs. No way, not eastern suburbs. 69 00:02:58,919 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 2: You can't do this. 70 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 3: That's stuffed. 71 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: It doesn't say the cafe. 72 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 2: But the cafe was charging nine dollars fifty for a 73 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 2: cup of peeled mandarin. 74 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 4: Hang on a minute, let me get my head around 75 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 4: that peeled mandarin. 76 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, so for a pealed mandarin in an eco cup 77 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 2: nine dollars fifty talking about what is going on in 78 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 2: what did you see? 79 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: Rod? Of guys? 80 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 6: How are we? 81 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 3: Yeah? All right, Rod, struggling with these prices? 82 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 6: Eh, mate, this is out of control in the city. 83 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 6: Yesterday with my son have a lunch and we're welcome 84 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 6: back to the ferry and he's proppably sad in the 85 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 6: window in the easy Mark seen the Prime drink, which. 86 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: I oh, here we go, yeah logan, Paul Yeah, and 87 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: he goes out. 88 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 6: He comes and said how much was that? He goes 89 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 6: fifteen dollars. 90 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 3: That's cheap, cheap, Rod. 91 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 2: Here's a story for you, because my son is addicted 92 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:52,640 Speaker 2: to this Prime. 93 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: He wants it all the time. 94 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: Right, We've only we've only ever bought him three bottles 95 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,400 Speaker 2: of it. There's one at Hunter's Hill and the guy 96 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 2: in there cell it for fifteen bucks. My son said 97 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: the other day with his mate, he said, please can 98 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 2: we get I said, you can have one between you 99 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: if it's cheaper than fifteen dollars, because I know that 100 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: they're going to be putting it into woolies or something 101 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 2: like that. We go in there, Rod, the bloke's taking 102 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: it up to seventeen dollars. 103 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: He's a criminal. 104 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 3: Rod. Do you know what Ted said to me on 105 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 3: the weekend? Can we get some Prime? 106 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: Dad? 107 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 4: And I said, well, it's just gater, you know, it's 108 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 4: not even that good. And then he said what. I said, 109 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 4: why do you want it? And he said because all 110 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 4: the kids are drinking it at lunchtime at school, so 111 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 4: they're going through fifteen dollars a day a drinking Prime. 112 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 6: I couldn't believe it. I gurgled it and then I 113 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 6: found it on eBay. That's thirty dollars for one bottle. 114 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 6: Rod ten dollars ninety five past? 115 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 3: No way, you see what I mean. 116 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 4: And believe it. 117 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 2: Believe it. 118 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 3: Rod's furious. 119 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: All right, Let's go to Helen and Blake eas What 120 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: did you see, Helen? 121 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 3: Good morning, Hi, I take ken dollars for a bottle 122 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:57,520 Speaker 3: of water? 123 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: Well? What was it? Was it a one point five liter? 124 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 3: Helen? Where were you? 125 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: Helen? 126 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 3: And thanksown? Out of all places? 127 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: Was it at a music festival or something? 128 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 3: Helena a reception? 129 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, this is going on there. It's daylight rock. 130 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 4: I mean, Helen feels better for getting on of her chest. 131 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 4: But i'd i'd be boiling water. 132 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: Weekly thoughts on this one? 133 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 4: Yeah, are you thinking like thrifty fits? 134 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: Remember, well said Tom. 135 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:31,559 Speaker 4: What's where Fits is going to come up with hacks 136 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 4: about how we can dodge the price hike stops? 137 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 2: No, it's not. I'm not being thrifty Tom. I'm exposing 138 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 2: people too much. I thought we're doing the opposite you. 139 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 4: I mean to come up with ideas on how we 140 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 4: can save everybody struggling, made to put a meal on 141 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 4: the tape. 142 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:46,720 Speaker 1: I just want to expose these places. 143 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 3: And then so I've. 144 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: Thrown a hotel centennial them bucks for a bowl of chips. 145 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,359 Speaker 4: Give me a brother's That's what concerned me about a 146 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:57,040 Speaker 4: breakdown with with potatoes. I mean, you're right in the war, 147 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 4: that's all there was. And you can do so much 148 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 4: with potatoes, right. You can mash them, you can chip them, 149 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 4: you can make a stew, you can use I mean, 150 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 4: the skins are good for burns victims as well. You 151 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 4: can put potato skins on your burns. And here we are, 152 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 4: and we haven't got enough spuds in the ground. 153 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:14,479 Speaker 3: I give up 154 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: And with Kate Richie Nova