waynel – yep! all interesting! science probably answers less questions then it poses – for me anyway.

steve – thks your post – infact i still feel like a child of god. its just that i cant say which god it is – an in a funny way im not sure i need to.

it would help though….

cheers

nice spin life x. its not as if resiwaelth general point was difficult to understand. we all got IT!! I just dont agree with the ignorant crap that occampanied it!! keep rocking twinkle toes!!

you challenged redwing to show you a poor person with a good attitude. are you kidding??? there a great people without much money evrywhere in society. they choose to do other things with there life like charity, the arts, education, communal living, downsizing, sea changing etc etc.

i think you need to broaden your horizons…

i am someone who wants to believe. i would love to have faith and to me GOD makes sense. but what i dont have is the ability to take a LEAP OF FAITH….and say that jesus is the son of god…..

something inside tells me that religion is cultural and the largest detrmining factor on peoples faith is ‘where you are born’. if one is born in India…[Read more]

good one phil

unresolved issues, unresolved issues – are you a mind reader??

btw im not angry – your thinking is flawed and im pointing that out.

unresolved issues – you understand what i mean by that dont you?? no – please tell me what you think??

maybe the fact that you came from poverty (as you state) is a reason for your perception.

go…[Read more]

geez lifex thats cynical. i think the problem with your definition is that you expect something back for being nice. and you want it back now!!! you cant pretend – it has to be geniune and you cant be geniune when the only reason you are nice is so good things happen to you…

karma, do one to others, left and right, ying and yang, black and…[Read more]

i have wealth and i enjoy making money but i dont think poorer people are any less significant or important than rich people. actually the people i most admire in this world dont have money – or alteast money is not a significant reason for them to be admirable people.

try making a list of the worlds great people and people who deserved to be…[Read more]

its easier at the moment to find good deals (as opposed to 12 mos ago). if a newbie goes to 10 auctions – at the moment 5 are getting passed in. give a post auction offer on thos 5, 10-20 pct under the reserve and see what happens.

but yack your overall point is taken. if youre buying at market levels without much creativity – you would be facing…[Read more]

I reckon the most interesting/creative way to make money is the method Dick Smith uses. Find a reatil business/resteraunt etc that is run really poorly, but satill makes money. buy the business, improve the systems, custome service, make it efficient, effective and fun – improve the results – and then sell it for a profit.

not for everyone but it…[Read more]

be very careful. if something sounds too good to be true it usually is. you need to ask yourself why they are guaranteeing rentals. if it was a great investment they would not have to do this. you often find that there are some tricks and unless you read the fine print you could find yourself in deep s…t..

also you need to be sure the entire…[Read more]

who you calling odd?

btw – by deliberatley not talking about giving to charity isnt this false modesty??

charity should be encouragerd as an everyday thing – and people discuss everyday things, just like they discuss cars, houses and sex. sure its a little passe, a little middle class but if it makes you feel better and makes you give more then go for your life big…[Read more]

Pete – great post. you have some clarity that some of us will never have, due to your circumstances. at the moment i feel like im treading water a bit and your post has added some perspective.

thanks and good luck!!

hehe – i wanna know what the purchse price has got to do with what the apartments worth in the current market. not much really – some apartments have dropped more than the 5 pct she is offereing. a 0ne bedroom aprtment – even in leafy carlton – at 390k sounds expensive to me..you can get a one bedder in collins st for 200k, east melb for 200k and…[Read more]

i agree with ali g.

sometime i like to vedge for a week or so depending on how stressful the prevoius 6 months have been so Port Douglas, Broome, just about anywhere on coast will do..

othertimes we try and look for some inspiration/perspective. Best destinations for this have been Nepal (220 km/14 day hike), Bangladesh, and a little closer to…[Read more]

oh so funny la! sense of humour – can!

the singaporean government recently introduced a law trying to stop youngsters speaking singlish in schools. but its mostly spoken in fun….

think singapore version of cath n kim

todays paper

qte

It’s not quite the bridge, the rock or the reef, but it may have some pull with the macabre-minded.

A British man says he has offered to buy the suburban Sydney house where Sef Gonzales slaughtered his family so he can open it up as a tourist attraction.

“I’ve spoke to the agent. We have an offer on the table. We’re waiting…[Read more]

knock the place down – get the local catholic priest down to warn the demons off the land and bobs your uncle.

thanks guys for your reply

scotty – yes the bank was paying the builder at the end of each stage. the builder would invoice me and i would tell the bank it was then ok to pay the builder.

sonya – yep i think my personal banker was being a bit slack – so when you have one slacker talking to another (me) thats a recipe for disaster. because she…[Read more]

good suggestion the crest – im in!! send me the business plan!