A lesson in money management
I still vividly remember the feeling I had when I first lost a substantial amount of money. I was probably about twelve years old, and my sister and I were visiting my grandmother’s house with She Who Was Born To Worry (aka my mum). My grandmother lived just outside Chester, and I often used to [...]
Are there dollars in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?
When you’re a Brit exiled in America, it’s difficult to avoid the fact that the dollar has about as much value as the Zambian kwacha. For a start, whenever your friends come to visit, you have to endure the tales of how they spent sixteen straight hours shopping, and bought two pairs of jeans for [...]
Taxing times
With January 31st rapidly approaching, it’s probably about time that I completed my UK tax return if I’m to avoid a £100 fine. Thankfully I only have to do the short one, although no doubt that will change next year when I attempt to claim back a heapload of overpaid British tax.
After more than ten [...]
One solution to the weak dollar?
Having been earning a good honest English wage for the last fifteen years or so, it’s come as a bit of a shock to the system to be earning a US salary.
Sure, I’ve been happily feasting on the weak dollar for the last eighteen months as I’ve travelled back and forth across the Atlantic. [...]
