Gloomy Sunday

[kyburg]

Overcast, cool and not warm enough to go outside without a jacket. The forecast says rain tomorrow, too.

Sounds like a great day to warm up the house baking cookies. *nods* I've got some care packages to send out, and it's a good excuse.

I'm not really ready to turn the furnace on yet for the winter - but it's cool enough at night to heat up the herbal pack and tuck it in before heading off to bed. That's in addition to the wool blanket (accept no substitutes) and feather comforter.

It's also coming around to that time of year when gifting becomes acceptable again. There are a couple of things I know I need - like a new phone that rings loud enough to hear (programmable with something I like would be a plus), and I think I want the camera option, please.

We need a new laptop - either to replace Jim's or mine. His is barely useable, mine is a brick that only works with a lot of coaxing. I'm also considering a processor/memory upgrade for ol' Trogdor here.

Geek ever onward.

deense, could you answer a question about ATM systems in Oz? As in, would one of our debit cards from the US work over there? The credit portion I'm not worried about - it's the getting of cash portion I'd like to verify.

*yawn* Breakfast - and putting butter out to soften. Peanut-butter, I think. Or some oatmeal-raisin. Maybe both.

Comments

[pseudicide.livejournal.com]

Indeed, yes, they work with both the maestro and the cirrus system, so as long as your cards have one of those symbols, you're set.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

*looks*

Star and Interlink. Could you check around and see if anyone has ever heard of these guys? What banking chains are *everywhere* - not that I like them, but Bank of America has a kiosk on all the corners.

[pseudicide.livejournal.com]

Hrm. What symbols are on the back of your bank cards, and what do they look like??? It would the most help. Are they two circles interlinking, or a gold box???

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Neither. We used to have Cirrus here - but it looks like it went the way of the dodo. Interlink is a triangle made out of two lines...and Star, is well. A star.

[pseudicide.livejournal.com]

That could be an issue then. Most bank machines are cirrus or maestro...

Again, credit cards will always work, but...

And what are your exact dates??? i'm going to try and fly up to brissy for a couple of days, so yeah...

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

We arrive in Brisbane on November 12th at 8:10 AM - and will be going up to a Radisson Resort in Robina. (Will email details.)

We will be leaving Brisbane on 11/19 at about noon.

Boy, I'm glad I checked. I'm going to have to hold cash out of this next paycheck.

[pseudicide.livejournal.com]

Sigh,they do their dates backwards here, day, month year, so i looked at the 11/19 and thought, "what, they leave a day before they arrive???"

Yep, i'm acclimatised!!

It is definitely worth checking. I know you can find occassional bank machines that run on other systems, but they aren't very common, at least in sydney.