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Two weeks to go…

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There is so much to talk about…

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Will an election be called this week, or will Rudd wait… ?

 

…. Update: See MV #10 — the man who knows the details.

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This weeks spot for all those thoughts that don’t fit anywhere else.

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Another spot to tell odd news …

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I’m looking for a facebook expert to advise me too…

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I think it’s my Chinese Year of the Gremlin. Yesterday some node belonging to our giant service provider broke near us. We have had no net access for two days. My new big beautiful monster sits mute. After another hour on the help line, they said the phrase no one in the modern era likes to hear (especially on a Friday): that’s “four working days”. But with some creativity and determination I now have that tiny mouseless lap-top working in an odd corner with a wireless-thingy-modem balanced on a tissue box on a windowsill. Still, it’s better than the dumbphone.

Hope your techno stars are lining up and the electrons are behaving in your house.

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For all the other news…

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Is it cold where you are?

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Sorry about that spot of maintenance. Out of my hands… back up now.

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For all the things you want to discuss.

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Who knows what might have turned up…

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I’ll be back at the desk later today… 🙂

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For all the non-hottest-summer in Australia talk.

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Worlds Greatest Treasurer and Gillard, achieves ruin, debt, during boom economy!

With Wayne Swan, Treasurer of Australia, being man of the moment this week, it’s the perfect time to revisit a comment left by Jaymez where he compares the nation to a household and adds up just how fast the House of Australia went broke. — Jo

Lesson One: Sending the House of Australia Broke (Quick Method).

A comment by  Jaymez December 15, 2012 at 5:32 pm

Imagine this. In the 2006/7 financial year you were on a salary of $118,500 pa. Your total living expenses, all payments and taxes, and even allowing for some retirement savings was $109,500, so you had a decent buffer. You also owned every asset you had with no debts and in fact you had cash in the bank of about $15,000.

Now imagine that since then, you had pay increases up to the end of last financial year (30 June 2011) totalling 39.2% so that your current income is a very healthy $165,000 pa.

Can you imagine that you would allow your expenses to creep up to $185,500 pa, that¡¯s 69.4% more than your 2006/7 expenditure? Can you imagine that this higher level of expenditure doesn¡¯t even include putting any money away for your retirement […]

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