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- originally posted by Scremin:
Paul and I were getting very upset that it wasn’t what we wanted, the caterers were being bastards and we just wanted it all to be over. So we cancelled it.
Shocked everyone!Hahaha, I love this! Well done. Our wedding cost $15K (but included flights from Hedland WA to Whitsunday Islands return, $4k personla loan, $2.5k Credit Cards – for fun & activities, the reception and our Honey-Moon). Mother-in-Law and my wife organised the whole thing, and like you, they had a terible time agreeing on anything!
Father-in-Law and myself dissapeared most of the time – booking venues and cars and being gofers. One day I had about a gut full (must have been my time of the lunar cycle!) and I told my wife, her parents and anybody else that was arguing with them about the wedding plans that I wasn’t doing it any more! I’ll go to Bali and they can hold the wedding with-out me.
The baker wanted $730 for the wedding cake and refused to do it the way my wife wanted it, so I barged into his shop and with the same diplomacy I used on the family I requested our depoosit back (he told me that I shouldn’t have wasted his time – usually I’m good natured, but….). I went to The Cheese Cake Shop and had them make three different sized Mudd Cakes frosted with Icing (muddcake, I luv mudcake!!) – told them it was for our Great-great grand mothers B’day party. One for each generation to be decorated by that generation and then stacked up for her. Got them for $100 cash, decorations $35 = total Wedding Cake $135 + $20 tip for decorator!
Would I do it again? With my wife, sure, but I’d get her to tell me what she wants and then I’d go out and get it for her. Something about big grumpy fellas that seems to work for me……
Comming up to our 9th aniversary. Wot is that? Wood?
“Don’t fall asleep on an argument!”
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C@34
I’m with Sonja on this!
My sisters name is Sonja, lives in Parkerville – not you is it?
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C@34
I love my wife!
The best man explained the three rings of Marriage as follows:
- First, there is the Engagement Ring;
- then comes the Wedding Ring; and
- last, but not least, comes the Suffer-Ring!
No wonder he is still single, but it was funny none-the-less.
Rob, if Governments had a sure-fire way of taxing methane, your would have to license your farts!
Just one of those things, I guess.I just want you to know that I wouldn’t be single for quitts!
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C@34
Well,
there are several options (lets forget the illegal ones – just for the moment)! Option 1: You give some-one in your family the authority to not only collect the money, but also to find out on your behalf what the problem is.
Option 2: is you call and ask for the Top Dog (the principle?!?!) and get some answers. Either they will sort it out for you or they will give you final reason for dumping their agency and then you’d have to send in the debt collectors. I doubt it will get to that point, though.
Other than that, wait unti you get back and call for a meeting with the principle and the PM get them to explain to the Boss why the stuff ups! Talking quietly and little (even if uncomfortable) forces them to fill in the viod (some psychology there for you – it helps sell cars too!).Hope that helps.
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C@34
Sorry to be so slo,
but can you put that into a table or something? I’m getting my trusts confused with the trustees share holding that you direct.As I am starting out on the road to being filthy rich, I need to/ and have been looking at some form of trust structure. Our family had two trusts (Investment trust and Family trust), there was also a pty ltd that was the trustee to the family trust trading as XYZ. My father is the trustee of the investment trust and ownes the premises which XYZ was renting. This whole thing is set up to minimised taxation (or so the accountant told us – he ain’t with us no-more!).
Is that what you are doing?Cheers
C@34
Not yet, but I’m working on it!
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C@34
Hi Scremin,
had the same issue here in sunny Port Hedland, except it was a cylone that blew the place to pieces. When we went to do some developing in the back yard (put in poles for a kiddy gym), the Shire not only made us do new site plans but also house plans.
‘Too bad so sad’ was their reply as we put up resistance. The only small victory for us was that we didn’t have to have an architect come out and do all the work, we got one of the parents in our day care centre to do it for us. He is a drafts person/ surveyor. I sent a bill along for the paper (photo copy charge) with the copies, hehehe – tiny victory, but small minds are amused by small things……
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C@34
Congrats to you all!
We have surpassed the 7th year (for such young people – and NO 7 YEAR ITCH) and I can tell you with-out hesitation that the more hard work you put in, in the early stages, the better and the easier it gets!
Must have been the marital vows ….”…and do you, Sally realise that the only way to get out of this marriage is to die!….”, still gave me the ‘I Do’! I’m soooo lucky![wink2]
Keep it up, you wont regret it.
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Loss of job…….
Who voted in that political party………
why is my son so gifted in dropping things……
phone bills……..
power bills – can’t even afford to run the falim A/c……..
who parked in my spot……..
Honestly, whit all the worry that is our lives already, why get ticked off with something like that? Aren’t we used to advertising from TV, cereal boxes, billboards, etc to not be phased by something so trivial?
Every-one has the opportunity to put a disclaimer at the bottom (in their signature) that could state” I don’t endorse Steve’s products!”, boom-boom! You don’t have to get upset anymore and the rest of us don’t have to miss out on your expertise.Don’t know about you, but the idea itself is rather clever and I realy have enough on my plate not to waste my time worrying aboutendorsements or advertisements. Having said that, there are some good suggestions in this thread and I hope that Steve or Admin take them on board to minimise the negative effect felt by some.
“Don’t worry, be happy!”
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C@34
Hi big A,
no and no. My father used the old type compressed air spray gun and the mission green fence colour, but that is as close as I got to what you’re doing. Remember to wet the fence with your garden hose first, otherwise the dry wood will suck you paint up like there is no tomorrow!I have made some attempts to learn about airless spray guns, here, at SS and on the Rono Bros web-site to little avail. I had all this info copied and pasted onto my hard drive at work but it was infested with a virus and ‘Poof” went all my info. Sorry to be of so little help. Best of luck!
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C@34
G’Day Scott,
anybody in the Port Hedland Karratha area?Cheers
C@34
Commiseration Gatsby,
I went thru something like this as a contractor, we went thru a legal investigation (set up by the company) which, in our case came to nothing. Not that I anticipate the same for you!I wonder what would happen if you bought yourself a small dictaphone and kept it in your pocket?! Record every attack, as well as keep your diary. The tape may be inadmissable but it may also, if called for, prove your point to the powers that be. Even if nothing legal happens, you might find that your boss (the bully) will be councelled or moved sideways or something with more distance between the two of you.
Knowing that you have the tape will alos cause the senior managers to act.You’re right about friends! They are people that only want the best for you, and understand that they may have to edit themselves (or you yourself) for the best possible outcome for both!
I wish you every success!
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C@34
Hey, who you calin slo?????
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C@34
Glad to be able to give a good lead!
Had a girlfriend once (long b4 I got married) with the same name so wasn’t sure if I was reminiscing (spell-check error!) or what, so I took a guess. I’ll definitly have to send her some chockies now!Hahaha.
Thank you for the offer, it is noted!
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C@34
Yeah for sure!
I have found VIP Settlements to be awesome to deal with! The girls there are alwys cheerful and nothing is too much trouble. Georgina is the owner (proprietor) and you can reach them on 08 93211010 (fx:08 93211019).Feel free to drop my name, see if they remember me fondly or not!
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C@34
I thought the same! As in that the GDT was abolished, we are still receiving it though, hence the post.
Anybody from WA that would know for sure?
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C@34
Hi Groova,
For Christmas Santa gave me Steve McKnight’s latest book and I couldn’t put it down. Since then I have purchased his first book (1-130 properties) and once again haven’t been able to put it down.In Steve’s second book, he itemises what and where he looks. Have another look, I don’t know the pages as I don’t have the book handy.
Book one gives you most of the calculations you could/should/would use to discover where you are, where you want to go and what you have to do to get there. They are quite good and will give you most of what you’ve just asked for. Once you’ve gone thru those you will be able to ask more pointed questions that will answer the more obscure issues.Hope this helps.
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C@34
Thanx big L.
I will be looking out for those!
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C@34
Ohh, I forgot to mention….
once in you can use things like ‘The Richest Man in Babylon’ or the ‘Rat-Race’game to further teach; not to forget the wonderful game of Monopoly (try to loose when instructing – it is bound to leave a fond memory in them).
Wots that tehy say…. encourage good behaviour and punish bad…..Did I just say punish your child???????? Soooooo sorrrry! Just give them what they want when they want it!!!!!!
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C@34
Aw come-on people (where is that spell check?),
Children that have an investment in the family (chores I think they are called) will always feel more ownership in the welfare of the family! So doing little jobs on a regular basis is a must and is rewarded with pocket money, extra duties should also incurr financial rewards – after-all that is how it works in real life!
Then you give them the option to manage their pocket money and buy their own ‘extra’ stuff, like they chip in to get the Label jeans instead of the Kmart jeans, etc. If they run out, too bad so sad! After a while they will either budget themselves or allow you to teach them about budgeting.
I believe you need to allow them to invite you in to teach them! Some of us can remember trying to give some-one advice they didn’t want, and how well that went!
It took 8 years for my wife to invite me to build a budget that works for her as well as me – now it works well. Anytime either of us want something outside of our budget – we need to show the other the benefits AND how or where the money will come from. It has been working very well for the past 6 months.Cheers
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