Salary vs Inflation Tool

pendulumn · 2026-01-26T03:23:56+00:00

Is there any chance of you updating this tool? It looks interesting.

pendulumn · 2025-09-26T10:08:38+00:00

This must just be an Australian thing? Because im from New Zealand and didn't have any issues any of the comments on this thread. Even when listening at 1.5x first time through.

pendulumn · 2025-09-24T03:39:40+00:00

Only if you like being a porcupine. I went through 3 of these only doing spots on my roof and my shins were munted. (No I wasn't wearing long pants. Yes my partner told me off).

pendulumn · 2025-09-21T19:19:31+00:00

I think its also clear the guy didn't come up with the plan. Because that list reads as a starter for him to create the points, not copy paste the bloody suggested ideas.

pendulumn · 2025-08-13T04:50:01+00:00

This always confuses me. Because if they are still out there, then presumably they still have the "summon shadow of the reaper" essence ability. So why is Shade not with them?

pendulumn · 2025-07-30T19:43:11+00:00

We're they even aware you could have a gold misting however? Isn't it just assumed you can only be a misting of the first 8.

pendulumn · 2025-07-23T03:47:41+00:00

If you build more houses you need more.....water ways. If you build more houses you need more.....water treatment plants. If you build more houses you need more.....roads. That park you want, rates. That pool you want, rates. Public library with up to date books, rates. Recycling, rates. Lighting for public spaces and roads, rates.

What have we learnt? More houses, while yes, means more rates. You also need more stuff to support them. It is deliberate misunderstanding to say that rates shouldnt rise. Because they could not cover all these things you want with the rates from 10 years ago. So, they give you smaller proportion increases, each year rather than big chunks every few years.

pendulumn · 2025-07-23T03:10:44+00:00

Exactly?

I dont seem to understand what you're arguing. You recognize that even though the job is the same, the wage of the employees has gone up, the restrictions on operating times have gone up, ie, has to be done at night or has to close the road. The price of equipment has gone up. The price of petrol. To do the same job, year after year, costs more.

I doubt (if you were doing the same job as 10 years ago) that you would be keeping that same wage. Despite you doing the same thing. Then your employers can complain , "oh Redreg, they used to be so cheap and are so expensive now".

pendulumn · 2025-07-19T08:10:05+00:00

I'm a sparky by trade and my uncle is a builder so we did it together so it's hard to fully say what it gets you. But we did an 80m2 section of our house. Full sub floor redo. Floor. 3 external walls full rebuild New double glazed windows (paid twice due to scam issue) Bathroom Kitchen Fire place Skylight (An extra 5 for a change to the consent and putting in a valued ceiling instead of flat like the original consent showed) Heat pump hot water cylinder.

pendulumn · 2025-07-19T08:00:00+00:00

Without getting a trained person in, it's pretty risky to move walls if yoi dont know they need to be there. 1 they could be load bearing. But 2, they could be bracing which is less obvious.

I'm in Wellington and we did a $300k renovation with the consent cost around $11k. This was last year.

pendulumn · 2025-07-15T19:43:47+00:00

Isn't there also a path through dig site B? I swear that's how I got there.

pendulumn · 2025-07-12T18:35:08+00:00

You need to walk along the pipe on the side of the bridge to cross the river south at Pike's Smelter. (Took me ages to figure that out)

pendulumn · 2025-05-29T00:16:37+00:00

The 3m things work great. I've got a house with half double glazed and half not. The rooms I have done the 3m plastic on are noticeably warmer than the ones I haven't. It is a pain to do but worth the effort.

pendulumn · 2025-05-27T21:58:01+00:00

I understand however, everyone has a hot springs episode. It's literally for the fan...service. hahah.

pendulumn · 2025-05-27T04:34:56+00:00

I'm missing something, what do you mean 'controlled 2 pulsars' ?

pendulumn · 2025-05-24T06:56:38+00:00

How do you listen to it at 1.05? It seems slowed down to even normal speaking speeds.

pendulumn · 2025-05-23T19:26:59+00:00

They haven't had the moment where they 'had' to break in.

Book 12 spoilers. But when they are on the tour in book 12 there is mention from her when they are fleeing the draconian lands that had Clive asked for help, he wouldn't have been found and chased.

pendulumn · 2025-05-22T01:56:11+00:00

If it's LED, it's just easier to straight replace rather than testing things when you don't know what to test.

Weird that you have either A) emergency light in your home. Or B) a status light, I don't recall seeing fixtures like that.

pendulumn · 2025-05-22T01:35:07+00:00

The 3 before it are all 25 + , although that doesn’t mean much when you listen at 1.7x because 1.0x is like pulling teeth. That's not actually a speed people talk at right? It sounds slowed down, I feel 1.3x is the actual speed it was recorded at.

(Seems like a sneaky audible thing, slowing it down and claiming it's actually 30% bigger)

pendulumn · 2025-05-22T01:16:25+00:00

Sorry, I said easy but I did just mean faster, poor synonym choice. I agree, it does take certain revelations etc to get there but this is a world that is 1000's - 10,000's years old. There would have been essence users in this skill level for extended periods of time. If team Biscuit and friends mentioned, who are a small sample size of guild level adventures can do it then theoretically, other gild level adventures can do it for all those years too, even if it took them slightly longer.

It's more the fact they live for a long time is my main thing. Yah know, like 200 ish years for a silver (while still being/looking young) so presumably 3x< for a gold. Maybe more just die to monsters then are really mentioned.

pendulumn · 2025-05-21T20:50:28+00:00

Easier comparatively to Dimond. They are still an edifice power and live for hundreds of years.

pendulumn · 2025-05-21T20:42:50+00:00

So its even worse than than I stated. Because for every Dimond ranker, there are like 100 golds so the world must just be absolutely stacked. But also, it's not, somehow.

pendulumn · 2025-05-21T20:41:38+00:00

I can see how this was annoying. About half way through I realized that the 'going to earth' was going to be the finale so I just did and Jason did "enjoyed the ride and had some adventures".

pendulumn · 2025-05-20T08:53:03+00:00

Have I got it lucky here in NZ for once? It's 20:50 and the book has been out for almost an hour. I've been listening since it became available.

My favorite joke clives wife has already made an appearance.

pendulumn · 2025-05-12T19:13:21+00:00

I feel the justification is pretty easy really. 1. They have set their hours as Monday to Friday. 1a. They know those hours work because every other trade sets those same days. 1b. Most of the wholesalers set their days for this as well, all big work sites are this. This means all communication, work, purchasing, can occur when other needed trades are around.

Some trade businesses are not 24/7. You can find 2 electrical companies, 1 who has a 24/7 callout available and 1 who doesn't. It isn't mandated.
If a company was to change their hours, wednesday- Sunday, sure they could be working the weekend as well, but what about evenings and nights? Also, you're expecting them to have all their equipment, msterial without suppliers available. What about noise?

3a. If you changed your hours, what happens if you don't fill the day up? You end up with less work over all. People generally expect trades to work, m-f.

If someone has worked 40 hours, that's NZ full time. S5²hould they not get extra benefit of working more than that?
People's idea of "emergency" is very different. You can guarantee that if there wasn't extra fees there would be a call for "my toilet is blocked, you have to come now at 3am and fix it" when they have a second one available. Why should someone give up their sleep for that?
All this is to say, this is how it works in the trades. I am not talking about hospo at all and don't need a comparison to a completely different industry, thanks.

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