An "Ask Auntie Lowan" Digression.

Hey, Auntie D!
I tried financial counselling today! Interesting, Very interesting!
Ever tried it?

yes.

What did you learn? anything useful?

I admit I do salary sacrifice -which means me mortgage gets paid and me super put in wiv untaxed money.

It is the rest of the not spending everything on books and works of art and music and stuff I don't get - hence, the cats will get the litter, the bills will be paid and I will not eat this fortnight. And maybe no computer for a week.....sigh.....

apart from that, I am a reasonably functional human being -sorta....

OK, say no more!

I already did! heehee

Auntie D

Yes, surprisingly, it WAS useful!!! (normally anything to do with $$$$ causes the old mental block & extreme stress) ... This was practical, useful & very down to earth .. & FREEEEEE! (not to be scoffed at, when I discovered the paid for variety was something in the vicinity of $220+ an hour! Holy moley! ) Supplied courtesy of my bank - one of the titchy little ones. I left "Which bank?" in disgust.
Anyway, I was pleased that I wasn't encouraged to buy anything, invest in anything, etc ... just got help of the sound coping variety. How's that?

Smegging good, I would say!

Oh, poor Auntie D!

So you have to cut down on ALL pleasures spending apart from the critters? How sad that is! (I speak from experience! ) This mortgage business has nobs on!!
Good luck with it, D, & good night ... Bedtime.

Auntie Lowan ----

How many bath tubs filled with The Amber Nectar would it take to

#1 fill your average billabong

#2 wash a herd of jumbucks ready for the county show

#3 fill a 'roo's pouch

Oh! Oh! <jumping up and down> SP I could kiss you! And Mrs SP. Could you PM me an email address?

Oldandknew,

We do not pollute our billabongs with beer!

We do not waste our beer on sheep!

A stubby - only they are very elastic - a bit like balloons.


Yay! We solved a real problem! On ya, Seal!

Money, don't get me started. I ne'er paid attention to it, and am eyeing scant in my future. Hmm, now is my time for aestheticism. Or hermiticism. I am forgetting a word, starting with A, and ending in ism. Oh, well.

but not yet.

Money, don't get me started. I ne'er paid attention to it, and am eyeing scant in my future. Hmm, now is my time for aestheticism. Or hermiticism. I am forgetting a word, starting with A, and ending in ism. Oh, well.

but not yet. Still kicking.

Asceticism, Osso?

dear auntie lowan,

when i venture to oz what should i avoid?

<besides the wacky aussie's>

sharks. mosquitoes. funnel webs.

i'm surprised bunnies were not included

You won't be able to avoid the flies.

Should probably avoid tiger snakes and taipans as well.

taipans?

So - you WANT to avoid the Bunnies?

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