Monday 24 September 2007
Saturday 22 September 2007
money money money
A couple of weeks ago we made a punt on HiFX for NZDs and currently we've been proved right (should have done it a week earlier really. The Northern Rock fiasco has hit the exchange rate in a bit way, it's gone from about 2.9 to 2.7. No doubt it will go back to 3.0 next week.
Armchair economics aside, the upside is that HiFX will setup an account for your NZDs with WestPack. But you must be able to send WestPack copies of your passports
Armchair economics aside, the upside is that HiFX will setup an account for your NZDs with WestPack. But you must be able to send WestPack copies of your passports
1 car family
The old Fiat coupe has gone.
After a distinctly half hearted sales campaign from me, we've finally offloaded the Fiat, it has gone on to a better place (Bury).
No longer will it's dulcet tones be heard burbling in the drive.
See ya coop!
After a distinctly half hearted sales campaign from me, we've finally offloaded the Fiat, it has gone on to a better place (Bury).
No longer will it's dulcet tones be heard burbling in the drive.
See ya coop!
Thursday 20 September 2007
Shipping.
We've engaged Anglo Pacific for shipping whatever we have left. We've decided to take nearly everything that is still newish, since white goods etc are still expensive in NZ and none of us are keen on spending weekends traipsing round the elecrical stores.
We hope to fit everything in a 20 ft container which comes to around 3.5K. Given the distance and the fact that they will pack it all for us and deliver it to our new house I think this is a bargin.
We hope to fit everything in a 20 ft container which comes to around 3.5K. Given the distance and the fact that they will pack it all for us and deliver it to our new house I think this is a bargin.
1 sofa short of a suite
Take my house... please
We are currently languishing in that rarified part of the universe normally ocupied by solicitors and sick people in waiting rooms. That place where time moves so s l o w l y that it seems to move backwards.
Kate has taken to ringing the solicitor once a week the normal response was "4 weeks" however this week it was "next week sometime".
Consequently this week has passed even more slowly than the previous 8. We shall see if the man in the suit is true to his word...
Meanwhile we are now down 1 sofa, having given the other away. It's open season on all our old stuff. The kids particularly have been great at selling and off loading all their stuff. This may be due to the fact that they are being allowed to keep all the proceeds, this is adding up to no small sum I can tell you. Ash, particularly, is showing a disturbingly mercenry side, I have yet to ask him if he realises how his small stash of GBP will translate to a large wodge of NZD, I have a feeling that this thought looms large behind his avaricious little eyes. Think of all the lego! I havn't the heart to tell him that toys are 3 times more expensive in NZ. Sorry Ash.
We are currently languishing in that rarified part of the universe normally ocupied by solicitors and sick people in waiting rooms. That place where time moves so s l o w l y that it seems to move backwards.
Kate has taken to ringing the solicitor once a week the normal response was "4 weeks" however this week it was "next week sometime".
Consequently this week has passed even more slowly than the previous 8. We shall see if the man in the suit is true to his word...
Meanwhile we are now down 1 sofa, having given the other away. It's open season on all our old stuff. The kids particularly have been great at selling and off loading all their stuff. This may be due to the fact that they are being allowed to keep all the proceeds, this is adding up to no small sum I can tell you. Ash, particularly, is showing a disturbingly mercenry side, I have yet to ask him if he realises how his small stash of GBP will translate to a large wodge of NZD, I have a feeling that this thought looms large behind his avaricious little eyes. Think of all the lego! I havn't the heart to tell him that toys are 3 times more expensive in NZ. Sorry Ash.
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