Compound (Un)Interest

Every year at my company we get the chance to invest 800 Euros in a general fund for a period of 5 years.  And after 5 years we get our 800 Euros back PLUS all the interest that it has earned in those 5 years.

As you can see here, I made a whopping 10 Euro 58 Cents on my 2016 investment.  And my favourite bit about that 10 Euro 58 Cents is that I have to pay tax on it.  And paying taxes means I have to deal with the German equivalent of the Inland Revenue.  It's just not worth the time or the effort or the frustration.  I think I'll have to go on the run with my ill-gotten gains and live an outlaw existence.  I may never Blip again - the Federal authorities are probably monitoring this.

In other news, someone here in the neighbourhood was busy with a chainsaw - all morning - a relentless noise that stopped me concentrating and contributed heavily to me taking the afternoon off.  I phoned a colleague to say I was going to go.  Finished the call, went upstairs, got into bed and it was suddenly 2 and a half hours later.

I'm just permanently tired at the moment.