uk+kiwi

Aww sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon. Yes an extra hour today. Might start to feel a little long by the end of the day since youngest managed to wake up at the early end of normal according to the OLD time, despite keeping her up a bit later thinking it would be alright. Speaking of whom, have to go and finish the pumpkin outfit for Halloween now that I have been putting off and off and off. She's so full on active raring to go in the way that a 5 year old is in the mornings, we're still on the first cup of coffee. Sadly can't think of any more excuses. Catch you later.

karonious

You can't buy a decent wooly pully/ sweater/jersey for love nor money. I have been looking since we got here as I misjudged the weather and the washing machine (NZ one with is agitator in the middle) ruined my one and only sweater.
I have read this quite some time ago (months) but didn't think about it when I packed. By the time my stuff getes here hopefully I won't need them for a while

mazi

Ah yes, those funny top loading washing machines that don't wash

mazi

Ah! not clear - think he's joking anyway

mazi

Do you work for the blue boys? You haven't got your photo on a business card, have you?! Or on your car???????? I hope you find something more to your taste after Christmas.

Funny, I really like ireland. Saying that I'm not sure I could live there - makes me think of NZ a bit with all that green and no people! But you do get some great characters about the place - we spent a marvellous evening with an old guy in a pub there a few years ago. We laughed all night long and got very drunken. No idea what he was talking about, couldn't understand a word.

Hope your ear and head are better.

Jack The Lad

I never joke

cottageinthesky

Not 4% in Wellington!!

cottageinthesky

Unless they're Remax - then they pay a desk fee per month but get to keep up to 90% 'ish of the fee.

mazi

My life in Italy is great - the reason I am on this bloomin forum so much the last couple of days is because I am a proofreader and have a lot of work this weekend so I'm sat at the computer for about 16 hours a day - and as I have pointed out it's all that Jack daws' fault for enabling me to vent about NZ. I couldn't remember how I ended up on here as I didn't search for it but it came to me in a flash last night when i realised i hadn't done what I needed to do for the research i'm doing into the number of ex pats in the north of Italy - I'd googled british expats to try to get some stats and lo and behold I ended up here. I will be billing Jack daws for the time lost on here rather than doing my proofreading and research, so Jack, if you're reading...

And no, those comments weren't necessarily me, though i have to say I was offended by the bad haircuts and bad shirts and together with all the other things they did play a small part in my decision to leave NZ (yeah ok, only a small part, but lots of little things add up to a great big fat thing).

Also, do people REALLY make their decision to emigrate based on these forums? Maybe they do, this is a genuine Q, I'm not trying to be contentious. It's just that I've always found most people make a decision then ask others for their advice about it, knowing full well they have made their decision already but just wanting some confirmation that others think like them. Look at jack daws - he's asking for the good and bad points about NZ but really he made his decision 4 years ago and doesn't look like he's going to change it, but he has to convince his wife so he needs to present a balanced view to her. He also seems like a guy who just likes a good laugh so i suspect his threads are also for his amusement (nothing wrong with that!).

I could be very wrong , so apologies to you, and to Jack if I am. these are just the things i think about when I should be working.

cottageinthesky

Oh joy... to be asked for ID when buying booze

mazi

Oh crikey - I thought you were a bit of a larf meself. So these threads aren't for amusement purposes as well as for a balanced view?? bugger Sorry

mazi

I believe they have started to come down with their commissions now as so many people complained and they also got scared of that co. that charges the flat rate.

I beat our agency into submission - they didn't end up charging us 4% either, but every agency in the town was officially charging 4%. They're all in cahoots with each other, the buggers

mazi

aplogies, Batty, for the 'in cahoots' comment

SecretSquirrel

depends on how you feel about mullets .... :scared:

Jack The Lad

No need to apologize to me

About the decision making. New Zealand appears to be the right place for us, from what I have read about and heard from others that have been (we havent yet). However I am a realist and know that the only way to find out if a place is for us is to visit several times ect. But finances wont allow us to visit that many times. So the only other way of getting as much info and feel of a place is to ask you lot that have already done it


In the process of asking all these questions and getting all of these answers is to try and enjoy it. I do try to be serious when needed and have a laugh and joke when not. The thing about the forum is that its hard to tell if/when someone is being serious or joking. I try to use smilies to indicate which I am trying to be. It doesnt always out though.

PS I hardly ever get offended by post but may sometimes may offend by my posts. This is not intentional.

Anyway up your