in austria on a skiing holiday, what’s up with the banks?
Ok, not really any of the subjects I’d speak about, but hey!
I live in Germany usually, but with the family in Tyrol in Austria. And I don’t ski… so I’m the ‘designated’ driver sorta situation.

I have a bank account with Sparkasse in Germany. I can go into a store or any place that takes an EC card (it’s a debit card for the bank account) and use it without charge. And that’s in Germany and Austria.

But if I go to a cash machine in Austria and try to get money out, I get charged! And I get charged from a Sparkasse cash machine (well the Austrian flavour).
about getting on that horse
Yes, it’s a life story about me. Well, not a life story, just a little snippet.
So, about 8 years ago, I was in Seattle… On a business trip. And as you know business trips involve going to a baseball game. It was fantastic and the photos of it were amazing.


I went back to the hotel, and on my way back I must have fell over.
it’s hard getting back on the horse
Yeah, that’s the coding horse of course. I’ve only spent 4 or 5 months out of real coding, and I’ve forgotten most of it. Well to quantify that, most of…
Just Say Hello
Yep just say Hello! I’m not against people just pinging me on Teams / Skype for Business / Skype or any other messaging engine, just to say Hi! And HELLO…