Comments for Josh Reviews Everything http://josh.sg ...in Singapore! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on A channel check: what’s happening to Australia’s retail sector? by Eleanor http://josh.sg/2012/01/whats-happening-in-australia/#comment-1698 Eleanor Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:59:16 +0000 http://josh.sg/?p=1840#comment-1698 Um, wow. I made my first pass down the Little Collins strip since Christmas, and the sudden emptiness there is stark. Shame, since it just saw the arrival of Readers' Feast in November, hopefully resurrecting itself after the Borders implosion. Clearly it is my civic duty to traipse down there more often, and buy books as well as coffee from Quists. Um, wow. I made my first pass down the Little Collins strip since Christmas, and the sudden emptiness there is stark. Shame, since it just saw the arrival of Readers’ Feast in November, hopefully resurrecting itself after the Borders implosion. Clearly it is my civic duty to traipse down there more often, and buy books as well as coffee from Quists.

]]> Comment on A channel check: what’s happening to Australia’s retail sector? by S http://josh.sg/2012/01/whats-happening-in-australia/#comment-1687 S Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:41:28 +0000 http://josh.sg/?p=1840#comment-1687 Mate I just landed in Sydney for my assignment, it's stunning how expensive things are here, particularly food. Odd because if you have to import most of your food and retail widgets, you would think the A$ would be a boon for those kind of things sensitive to the currency and changes therein. Maybe the empirical evidence from FX pass through (or lack of) applies to australia as well as US? Not sure what exactly is going but now that I'm down here should be interesting to try and find out. Maybe fallout from the relentless yet subtle china QE and commodity bid?? Mate I just landed in Sydney for my assignment, it’s stunning how expensive things are here, particularly food. Odd because if you have to import most of your food and retail widgets, you would think the A$ would be a boon for those kind of things sensitive to the currency and changes therein. Maybe the empirical evidence from FX pass through (or lack of) applies to australia as well as US? Not sure what exactly is going but now that I’m down here should be interesting to try and find out. Maybe fallout from the relentless yet subtle china QE and commodity bid??

]]> Comment on Grand Canyon, Tiny Robot by josh http://josh.sg/2011/11/grand-canyon-tiny-robot/#comment-1604 josh Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:22:36 +0000 http://josh.sg/2011/11/grand-canyon-tiny-robot/#comment-1604 Tiny Robot has a long-lost twin! (That would make for some pretty amusing photos.) Tiny Robot has a long-lost twin! (That would make for some pretty amusing photos.)

]]> Comment on Grand Canyon, Tiny Robot by JB http://josh.sg/2011/11/grand-canyon-tiny-robot/#comment-1603 JB Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:16:16 +0000 http://josh.sg/2011/11/grand-canyon-tiny-robot/#comment-1603 I have this exact same robot... in Australia. Awkward. Ah yes, the random things you stumble upon. Thanks Internet! I have this exact same robot… in Australia. Awkward.

Ah yes, the random things you stumble upon. Thanks Internet!

]]> Comment on What were they thinking… OF DEATH! by Loxy Bagel http://josh.sg/2011/11/what-were-they-thinking%e2%80%a6-of-death/#comment-1587 Loxy Bagel Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:53:41 +0000 http://josh.sg/2011/11/what-were-they-thinking%e2%80%a6-of-death/#comment-1587 He must have made some <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=20+mule+team+borax" rel="nofollow">impression</a>. He must have made some impression.

]]> Comment on Does YOUR shopping mall have trained hawks patrolling the skies? by Ross Tasker http://josh.sg/2011/10/does-your-shopping-mall-have-trained-hawks-patrolling-the-skies/#comment-1546 Ross Tasker Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:38:48 +0000 http://josh.sg/?p=1785#comment-1546 No, my local shops don't have trained hawks. The MCG does though. No, my local shops don’t have trained hawks.

The MCG does though.

]]> Comment on Save the planet: buy a V8 by Ross Tasker http://josh.sg/2011/10/save-the-planet-buy-a-v8/#comment-1529 Ross Tasker Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:08:54 +0000 http://josh.sg/?p=1779#comment-1529 "I coulda had a V8!" “I coulda had a V8!”

]]> Comment on Suffer in your jocks, Vancouver by josh http://josh.sg/2011/08/suffer-in-your-jocks-vancouver/#comment-1464 josh Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:07:57 +0000 http://josh.sg/?p=1733#comment-1464 Buy iron ore! Buy coal! Buy gold! What could possibly go wrong?! (Incidentally, Perth has to be on that most-expensive list somewhere. Last time I was there, a dinner out at <a href="http://www.halorestaurant.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Halo</a> ran to the wrong side of AUD100 for one person, two courses. (Great food though.)) Buy iron ore! Buy coal! Buy gold! What could possibly go wrong?!

(Incidentally, Perth has to be on that most-expensive list somewhere. Last time I was there, a dinner out at Halo ran to the wrong side of AUD100 for one person, two courses. (Great food though.))

]]> Comment on Suffer in your jocks, Vancouver by sam http://josh.sg/2011/08/suffer-in-your-jocks-vancouver/#comment-1457 sam Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:23:01 +0000 http://josh.sg/?p=1733#comment-1457 Perth #90 to #8 in 10 years, how do i hitch a ride on that train? Commodities can only keep going up because China growing at 10% forever. -retail day punter Perth #90 to #8 in 10 years, how do i hitch a ride on that train? Commodities can only keep going up because China growing at 10% forever.

-retail day punter

]]> Comment on “Extremely motivated seller!” “Won’t last long!” by Loxy Bagel http://josh.sg/2011/08/extremely-motivated-seller-wont-last-long/#comment-1451 Loxy Bagel Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:48:39 +0000 http://josh.sg/?p=1718#comment-1451 For $6500? Assuming it's a traditionally-sized lot, it could be great. As you can see, Kalapana is at the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pahoa,+hawaii&hl=en&ll=19.363948,-155.021896&spn=0.246813,0.308647&sll=19.410907,-155.159912&sspn=0.493482,0.617294&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=12"far edge</a> of the lava, and very close to the beach. For $6500 and the cost of an RV, you have a place in Hawaii. Drive it on out of there if things get dicey. For $6500? Assuming it’s a traditionally-sized lot, it could be great. As you can see, Kalapana is at the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=pahoa,+hawaii&hl=en&ll=19.363948,-155.021896&spn=0.246813,0.308647&sll=19.410907,-155.159912&sspn=0.493482,0.617294&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=12"far edge of the lava, and very close to the beach. For $6500 and the cost of an RV, you have a place in Hawaii. Drive it on out of there if things get dicey.

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