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Hi Ravi,
There's nothing with wrong with your parents advice. "Both my parents are poor and have given me this belief system that life is hard work. That i am suppose to go to school, get good grades to go to Uni, secure a well paying job and work the rest of my life."
Absolutely nothing wrong with it going to Uni, getting good grades, secure a well-paying job and working. Kent is an example of that. Just read his post in its entirety. The good news though is that Kent, and you, will likely also play hard. what with all the money you'd make.
Murdoch is one of the richest man on the planet, he's a geriatic and he's still working. He can afford to rest on his laurels but he doesn't.
My parents are self-made millionaires. My mum in particular didn't set foot in a school yard, let alone a classroom. She taught herself to read and write with the help of a tutor when she got married and had kids. She knows what anyone with guts and intelligence can achieve even without an education but she got us all to Uni nevertheless.
Parenting is tough and they, your parents, can only guide the best way they know how. It isn't being negative. It is being prudent and careful.
By all means, Ravi, go and follow your heart. You are very young, take your time. It doesn't happen overnight but it will happen.
You will get rich. Keep swimming. Save, Work, Invest, Manage.
Swimmingly,
Angel
Beautiful
Failing that contact "Today, Tonight" or "A Current Affair". One phone call to the tele stations will get that done. Go to the real estate office armed with cameras and microphones.
.Opps, hold on, don't do that. That's too cheeky.
Take care and follow correct advice and procedures as previously given.
Angel
Here's another one…
How to cure a damp house
Combat rising damp in your home – you can fix a damp house by employing one of a variety of solutions.
What is rising damp?
Rising damp occurs when moisture creeps slowly from the soil under a structure and up into the base of the walls. Most commonly, this occurs in buildings made of brick or stone, as the moisture follows the capillary nature of the masonry. This moisture carries dissolved salts, nitrates, phosphates and other naturally occurring elements. Damage occurs as the salts expand and contract within the wall through on-going seasonal wetting and drying cycles.
How do you recognise it?
Signs that your home may have a rising damp problem include stained walls, blistering or flaky paint on walls, curling or stained wallpaper, salt residue, disintegrating mortar, and rotting timber skirting boards or door frames but no mould.
Fixing it the old-fashioned way
The traditional way of combating rising damp is to put in what's known as a 'physical' damp course. This involves taking mortar out of the walls and inserting a membrane continuously along a horizontal mortar joint. However, beware – this method can cause structural damage to the house.
Another method employed to fix rising damp in Australian houses is called an 'injection' damp course. This involves drilling into the middle of the bricks at the base of the wall and inserting a silicone-based product that spreads throughout the walls, coating the sides of the pores and capillaries. This creates a 'repellent' layer to combat capillary rise without blocking the pores, which would inhibit natural vapour transfer.
Fixing it the modern way
Electro-osmosis is a modern execution of an ancient principle to cure rising damp. John Geraghty of Lectros Australia Pty Ltd explains.
'Essentially, electro-osmosis creates a means of repelling moisture. We install a series of platinised titanium anodes into the affected masonry at one meter intervals and introduce a very small, regulated and perfectly safe electrical charge into the wall just above ground level.'
This 'constantly-on' system prevents water from rising, thus avoiding any recurrence of rising damp.
Is it really rising damp?
Some not-so-reputable companies may tell you that you have a rising damp problem when in fact it's something else, like condensation or penetrating dampness. If possible, get an independent body to do an assessment of the problem before committing to a course of action to fix rising damp in your home.
Also be aware …
The CSIRO stipulates that any physical damp course should be effective below suspended timber floors. This should also be the case for injection/chemical damp courses. Put the damp course below floor timbers around the outside of the house approximately 150 millimetres above ground; inside, it should be put under the existing floor bearers.
To cure the dampness in your home, talk to a professional with experience fixing damp houses:
But wait, isn't 2012 the end of the world, the Mayans said so.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling. I read that when I was a kid learning to read.
Hay, the way I look at it, we are only as rich as we feel inside. I feel rich, I know I'm not because my bank balance tells me so. But no one, no one, ever, ever, can tell me I'm not.
I wake up everyday acknowledging that I have all I would ever need, and everyone who would ever matter!
If we wait for the sky to fall, it will likely fall on top of us. Better to carry on, and by God's grace, we may have ourselves hiding under the trees when it eventually falls.
Take care everyone.
Angel
How so very true, indeed.
You wouldn't even be able to tell them by the way they dress or by the car they drive. Some of the rich people I know are so simple.
I used to work for AMEX's as a Platinum and Centurion Customer Service Rep. They people who spend an average of $100K a MONTH (yes, 30 days) are very nice and polite. But you come across the trying-hards and they're so mean, "Do you know how much i spend on my card?" I was tempted, on more than one occasion, to say, "yes, you're at the bottom 2%."
I spoke to Mr Lindsey Fox, billionaire, and he goes, "hi mate, I just want to activate my card, mate."
Another memorable one, though not rich per world standard, is Cathy Freeman, such a sweetheart. Amazingly nice person, even when I was pretending not to know who she is. Since I still sound Asian she probably thought I was answering the call from Manila. Amazing human being.
The true world's richest, or even Australia's richest, we will never know. It would be between them and God and hopefully the people they have helped along the way.
Guess what, even the tax office doesn't know….
Happy day,
Angel
Thanks Scott
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