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You're right of course but it always seems more excessive with football.
Maybe because we hear more about the cost of transfers etc on the news than we do other sports.
We actually don't hear the kind of info here at all. But we know they make the money. However rugby is bigger here than football.
 

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It is right. Search a little with google and you find the answer.
and it seems they don`t take only water from poor countries .....
But if they don't take it then the government will right. Our municipalities are now charging us a fee for providing water and that is regardless of wether you use their water or not and on top of the increased prices they are charging for the water itself. So either way you still have to pay for it. It is NEVER for free.
 

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But if they don't take it then the government will right. Our municipalities are now charging us a fee for providing water and that is regardless of wether you use their water or not and on top of the increased prices they are charging for the water itself. So either way you still have to pay for it. It is NEVER for free.
But water resources should never be in private hands. Never.
You are right: Clean water is never for free but when a private Group like Nestle makes the price it will end in a desaster. In Africa one litre of clean water is more expensive than one litre gasoline.
The next world war could be for water resources. I don`t want to imagine.
 

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But water resources should never be in private hands. Never.
You are right: Clean water is never for free but when a private Group like Nestle makes the price it will end in a desaster. In Africa one litre of clean water is more expensive than one litre gasoline.
The next world war could be for water resources. I don`t want to imagine.
Yes definitely water is going to be a really high demand commodity and could be the cause of the next world war. And i won't delve into politics too much as we are not allowed to. But my experience with government is that they might as well be private as it seems that money ends up going into private pockets anyway. Well at least on this side of the world.
 

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But water resources should never be in private hands. Never.
You are right: Clean water is never for free but when a private Group like Nestle makes the price it will end in a desaster. In Africa one litre of clean water is more expensive than one litre gasoline.
The next world war could be for water resources. I don`t want to imagine.
And petrol costs around R15.79/ ltr and a 5ltr bottled water costs R21.00 so R4.20/ ltr.
 

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Next door’s 5 year old lost her first tooth this afternoon.

Mum just came over in a panic as she had no change. I was able to come to the rescue. Disaster averted. The tooth fairy can call! :D
Whahaha. What is the going rate for a tooth over there? Over here it can be anywhere between R10 to R100. We always either gave R10 or R20 depending what we had in our wallets.[emoji23]
 

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Yes definitely water is going to be a really high demand commodity and could be the cause of the next world war. And i won't delve into politics too much as we are not allowed to. But my experience with government is that they might as well be private as it seems that money ends up going into private pockets anyway. Well at least on this side of the world.
That could be a big problem in South Africa. You are right. I just saw a report about South Africa and Nestle who bottled the water there and the poor people who live around have no clean water at all, but unfortunately the report was in German language.
 
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We pay between $3-5 a tooth depending on age.
At current R.O.E that would be around R41 to R68. Hmm better not tell my kids that. Oh wait only the youngest has a few baby teeth left and he does not get money anymore. Hee hee maybe i should save this little ti-tbit for my grandkids.[emoji23] [emoji23]
 

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We pay between $3-5 a tooth depending on age.

That’s expensive!

Neighbour was saying that some parents pay £5, but that is expensive and requires a note.

Some pay £2 - we also have a £2 coin, but they’re not as common as the £1 coin.

Using a £1 coin is simpler... hence the lack of inflation since my kids lost their teeth.

With contactless payment increasingly replacing cash in Europe, it makes you wonder how the tooth fairy will cope in future!
 

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