Instead of seachange, greenchange or even hillchange maybe the next big thing will be ‘no change’

2 VERSIONS OF THIS

No change 1 – as in cheaper to stay put and get a reverse mortgage

No change 2 – as in market drops, interest rates rise and i dont have ‘no change’ to buy my cafe latte!!

if you consider seachanging interestingly there are huge savings to be had just by living on the outskirts of the coastal town. ie if you want right on the beach you will pay twice as much as a house with a rural outlook. not bad when you consider you are still only a 5 minute drive from the sand and surf….

michael – you sound like a great bloke – you come across as earnest and as someone who really wants to do the best by others. admirable stuff. i guess the point i was making is that unlike yourself i dont have as many answers. i still have trouble tying my shoelaces…

im not sure many people can live as easily in the two worlds as you propose,…[Read more]

thats it – im gonna organise a polo game for charity. all the polo players will be wearing hemp shirts, will not be able to use whips (animal curelty), and the field will be chosen as long as there has been no clear felling!

all champaign with be organically produced and the cheese will have no artifical additives.

we might even let the poor…[Read more]

you guys !! – im surprised…

i think ill sign you up for the readers digest sweepstakes – i hear its fantastic..

marc – regarding the pleasure of driving a nice car. isnt funny how we convince ourselves that something as innane as driving a machine can be pleasurable. how people have survived for thousands of years without the PLEASURE of driving a lotus is beyond me!!

my point is – the pleasure is in your mind. its a status issue again and the pleasure…[Read more]

i liked the comparison to companies (ceo’s middle managers etc). i knew most large companies are psychotic but fascist aswell…..probably from the same tree!!!

like most things in life we (humans) dont have enough self awareness to know what we are doing!! and those who do are often labelled radicals and troublemakers….

embrace difference,…[Read more]

lets clear something up right now!! i dont drive a BMW!! it was a turn of phrase to support an arguement…whew!! now thats clear my car is 14 years old and yes marc it might not make rational or even economic sense. the choice is a token one, a symbol of being uncomfortable with my middle class status….

guilt maybe a too stronger word. how…[Read more]

michael – i agree with alot of what you said in your last point. i would also add that i think a main difference between right and left is an intellectual one.

you will find most of the world great minds, philosophers, poets etc have a real left bent. and thats because “humanity’ rather than ‘self promotion’ makes more sense intellectually. How…[Read more]

Marc – dont fight it!! let it happen. nothing is new under the sun!!

g’day moose – why didnt you hang around and then leave after you received your payment.

nevertheless – depending on your contract, you should still get your bonus if you have reached all the criteria for which a bonus is given. Do you have KPI’s and have you achieved them – and is the bonus written into the contract?? if so then you should go see…[Read more]

nice website jo!

holiday rentals. yes there are numerous practicalities you need to take into account in order to turn a buck. check out the novemeber issue of api magazine whcih deals with this in detail

this is what i do

– i self manage
– i do letter drop around the area i live – about 1,000 handed out in novemebr.
– i put up signs at my…[Read more]

hi there!!

michael – i didnt even notice. yes i guess the post was perfect – all class and heaps of substance. hehe..

1000 posts – wow. do i get some embosted golf balls or something?

bec – great story and congratulations btw. ours was pretty special also. i asked my wife while we were sitting on public transport (a bus!!). long story but needless to say i got full marks for being such a romantic. i said i could have done it while we parachute, skydive, rock climb etc but she wld have thought i was a tosser …so i didnt.

i…[Read more]

jack – your easter bunny thing is fantastic – very witty. keep up the great work…..

interesting stuff…

wayne – too true. i also think the more we think we know the more we realise we know very little. if that makes sense.

loanwolf – you have described perfectly various organisations ive worked for. they can be horrible places to function normally..

i reckon you are too hard on yrself also..

we all have strengths and weaknesses. its about doing…[Read more]

Michael – unfortunatley my company means the company i work for LOL. have bonus time coming up (chinese new year)…which is pretty generous. my job is salary based but the bonus’s are good in the GOOD years..

Wes – the economists i listen to are industry econmists. those more specialised in certain trades. i always find that the best mixture is…[Read more]

wes – like it or not economists are a part of life and dismissing them totally is ridiculous. what yr saying is true – no one can say what the future holds for sure but you can have a bloody good guess. ive made (for my company) over 10 million usd profit this on the back of what economists have been telling me (commodity market). sometime its a…[Read more]