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    #11
    Originally posted by tay View Post
    I read it as him meaning when the work was rubbish, not the market.
    That's how I read it.
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      #12
      Originally posted by TazMaN View Post
      Max, just wondering what you meant by this? Do you mean you were retained by the bank even though the market conditions were bad?
      When the work wasn't good....ie:not greenfield development etc, you get to cosul yourself by watching the money piling up. Takes the edge of it for sure.

      And after 10 year, even if the market conditions are bad, and you're out of work, the money still comes in..but not so quickly. Interest and divis etc..but that's another story.


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        #13
        Originally posted by max View Post
        When the work wasn't good....ie:not greenfield development etc, you get to cosul yourself by watching the money piling up. Takes the edge of it for sure.

        And after 10 year, even if the market conditions are bad, and you're out of work, the money still comes in..but not so quickly. Interest and divis etc..but that's another story.


        Do the time...and it's all good
        Ah OK I understand. It's only been 3 years for me but it seems like I'm aiming for the same thing as you.

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          #14
          what about Austraila?... why come here?

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            #15
            To take contracts off British born folk. Then after making off with the booty we can run back to the antipodes and live like landed gentry whilst chortling at the Brits and deriding them at rugby... why else?

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              #16
              Originally posted by tay View Post
              To take contracts off British born folk. Then after making off with the booty we can run back to the antipodes and live like landed gentry whilst chortling at the Brits and deriding them at rugby... why else?
              I'm British but can I still come live in Oz with the rest of you criminals?

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                #17
                I am not Australian I do however come from the anitipodes.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by tay View Post
                  To take contracts off British born folk. Then after making off with the booty we can run back to the antipodes and live like landed gentry whilst chortling at the Brits and deriding them at rugby... why else?
                  You mean "the pay is much better in the UK"?
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                    #19
                    Sorry will rephrase...

                    To take contracts off British born folk. Then after making off with the booty we can run back to the antipodes and live like landed gentry whilst chortling at the Brits and deriding them at rugby... why else?

                    better?

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                      #20
                      Pay?

                      Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
                      You mean "the pay is much better in the UK"?
                      Err yes - taxes are lower as its easier to avoid the Aus vers of IR35, the exchange rate is good (but not as good as it used to be!). The wages are higher in the UK because there are too many Brits in Oz and too much outsourcing in a smallish market. Also cost of lving in Sydney is only about 20% than London. So we'll be here for a while! Pity about the weather tho...

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