[Tommy]

Guy,
I truly understand. .. Many years ago the USAF sent me to live in Germany. Shortly before I arrived, each dollar would buy 4 Deutsch Marks. The old guys referred to that as the really good time when dinner for four cost $5. The exchange rate had dropped to 2.4 DM : 1$ by the time I arrived. I leased an apartment and within three months the exchange rate was around 1.7 DM : 1$. It was a very lean time for me and my family. .... I blamed that situation (and many other problems of the times) on our President Jimmy Carter. So why I can do little more about the current USA:Australia exchange rate than you can about my weather, I can suggest that you start blaming your government. It won't help much, but it may make you feel a little better.