Super

Ok so I seem to have struck a nerve talking about Kiwis getting their super out of Aus.

Yes Ed, last time I worked here, 15 years ago, I took my super with me back home when I left. It was about $500!! After a year's worth of toil over a hot keyboard.

Not this time .. at least, will find out. It's more like $5K now and I don't wanna wave it goodbye when we get on the plane home next year.

It's true I certainly have the time to explore this further right now and it will do me good to be using my brain. Because I'm sure it's going to get weird. I fear it will involve complicated equations about tax and things.

Whatever, it's got to be worth doing if there is a way to get the money back to NZ. It's no use having money sitting here because you can't borrow against it in NZ. It just sits here and costs you money.

ON a completely different subject .. I was just interrupted by a young man calling on the phone to tell me he was doing a "survey" about internet use. And when he eventually got to the part about saving me money on my mobile phone ... I said thanks but no thanks. Now I've made a few cold calls in my time so I always try to be nice, but firm. This guy used the line "but can I just say one thing" and then he told me about saving money ... and I said 'NO' and than he said again 'but can I just tell you one thing" ... and I waited and he said "you have a very beautiful voice"!!

Good try! I don't think I ever used that line myself. Didn't work tho. I'm not buying yet another mobile phone plan, no matter how nice I sound on the damn phone!

PS. And no, I will not be providing audio clips of my voice on this blog. Although, podcasting might be fun ...