Hi Duane,
Good to see you back again. Ooh that rhymes! Must be all these limericks I've been doing.
I think there’s a lot in what you (and Expat) say about money coming to those who really care about it. Probably we all care to a certain extent in that we’d like enough to live comfortably on, but if you REALLY care, you go out and do something about it rather than sitting back, wringing your hands while you wait for someone else to hand you a windfall. Perhaps a second job, swotting up on investments and other money-making ventures, taking stock of your expenditure and that of your household to see if there are any leaks in it that can be plugged, getting rid of any unnecessary expenses like the second car that’s sitting on the drive, but rarely goes anywhere. Especially, watch how others make their money. There are many ways to make money, but you have to be clever at it to succeed and hang onto it. Me, I can hang onto it, just not very good at making it, but at least I’ve got one bit right.
I wouldn’t totally agree that money always finds its way to those who can manage it and utilise it. Look at all the lottery winners who’ve won vast sums and simply blown the lot – completely wasted it. And there are others who earn very good salaries, but still haven’t got 2 cents to rub together because they just can’t hang onto it. It burns a whole in their pocket.
I’ll leave the salary figures to those who know what’s what, but great news that you’re moving forward with your application.
A great British tradition, the
digestive biscuit. I’d say they have quite an ‘oaty’ or would it be ‘wheaty’ taste and are quite dry unless dunked into a cuppa. Appears they're called digestives because of the quantity of bicarbonate of soda originally used in their manufacture and this was thought to aid digestion. There are good brands and pretty cardboardy-tasting brands but, of course, the ultimate is the chocolate digestive. Mmmmm.
You can always tell a good Brit - we solve all our problems over a decent cuppa and a biscuit.
