I just found out today that I'm about 25% below the latest official poverty line here in Oz.
Never availed myself of any free food even 'though I've had to skip 22 000 meals since the mid '90s (I just worked it out).
Point being that it kinda disgusts me that so many peeps over there use stamps and whatnot to buy crap. Wish I could afford to buy crap, although it's prolly a good thing that I can't; I love it too-much.
Also prolly worth saying that had I not been trying to save for music gear these past 30 years, I'd likely have been to restaurants, movies, bought crap food and been able to run the heating in winter. The things we do for our art.
