Steve,

Could you please clarify the following:

“Is it a bit rich to come on a forum which I pay for and declare that you have an illegal copy of a resource that other people have paid for?”

I am not sure that it is illegal to have in one’s possession a copy of something someone else has paid for. Having some knowledge of Intellectual Property,…[Read more]

Lucifer,

There’s a thread on this in Forum Fun started by Steve. You might want to make your contribution there, or add to it or something.

kay henry

Why not just enjoy life and do whatever makes you happy? Far out, life isn’t a strategic plan. I would rather be on my deathbed and think “wow- that was interesting” than still be stressing out about whether I’ve checked everything off my list. Because, at the end of the day, a life is a life, it’s all good and bad, happy and sad, and we can write…[Read more]

Steve,

I am not sure why you would listen to the voice of 1 newbie contributor when everyone else in that post basically disagreed with what the new contributor suggested, but anyway, I suppose minority views must have merit! [biggrin]

I reckon remove the stars altogether. People either (1) don’t give a toss about notions of stars (2) resent…[Read more]

Acey, my goals are more along the lines of “have fun” “love a lot” etc etc. I don’t write down goals because I don’t really have any :o) Call me unambitious but really, I’d rather just let life flow and whatever arises, arises.

kay henry

Yeah, russ, I guess I just get confused, because on the one hand, people say “success comes from doing things differently” and on the other, they might say “no point in reinventing the wheel”… kind of contrary messages…

You said:

“So many people wouldnt ask family,friends,strangers etc.And that is why most people dont get anywhere in…[Read more]

Yes, Russ- it does sound win/win :o) Problem is, if you lose all that money, then the 5 people who loaned you money may kill you – hehe.

Personally, I only loan from banks- not vendors, not family, not friends, not strangers. It’s my choice, and I may be missing out on these tremendous deals by only borrowing from bank, and not members of a…[Read more]

Russ, i don’t think you should feel specifically targeted as if people might read through your posts, desperately looking for a loophole in your arguments to pick on. I know for me personally, if something doesn’t make sense to me, I ask questions, or I disagree with the perspective- doesn’t matter who makes it- logic is logic, reason is reason,…[Read more]

Lucifer- yes, the absence of the “wrap” forum is an interesting nuance, isn’t it :o) I think we’ve become Somersoft!

kay henry

I guess I must have also misunderstood your compassion, Russ, viz “I also feel deeply for people who are less fortunate than myself”) because your topic was titled “Owners from hell”. I didn’t see any compassion in your first post about the lady that owned that house. All I saw was derision. In fact, it’s possible I felt more queasy on reading…[Read more]

Pisces- why were you sending an “urgent” email to complain to Steve about geo? I assume you’ve expressed your concerns to geo yourself before sending a formal complaint about him. Geo is always happy to receive any comments. He’s a nice guy- not sure what could have been so “urgent”.

kay henry

It sounds like the lady is not coping in life, Russ. The story you’ve described is a very sad one.

kay henry

Well, I guess I thought that the income earned would be less- lower tax bracket etc? Sounds like it.

If a person earned $25 an hour @ 40 hours a week, but then changed that to $50 an hour @ 20 hours a week (thereby actually earning the same amount), I am sure the bank would have no issue with it- as long as the new arrangement was the same as the…[Read more]

Misty,

Please let me know how you can reduce your hours and yet get the same amount of income. Even bracket creep (or the inverse- bracket return??) is not gonna have you working less hours but taking home the same amount of pay.

kay henry

sis, you have told the Forum that you were looking after your grandmother. Surely that can’t have been a wasted time. I am sure she appreciated having you greatly. All of our life choices are up to us. You have 12 IP’s at 21! If you were independent enough to do that on your own, then I have no doubt that you can make these other decisions too.

kay henry

sis, in layman’s terms, that’s called “burnout”. It *can* happen frequently in one’s work life, and if it ever happens, perhaps it’s time for a new job. Not every job we have can capture out need for creativity, or meaning, or good wages, or social engagement, or whatever it is we might need from work.

Time for a new job, sis!! [cap] I see work…[Read more]

Chan- belated congrats on being a Moderator- good for you :o)))

Problem is- all the fun ones go all quiet when they become Moderators. Dont lose your personalities, guys!! ?I am sure Steve made you Moderators because of your out there personalities as well as your property knowledge, of course). I am sure he’d want you to be like you were before…[Read more]

Exactly, Kylie- my point exactly. Just wondering if you have to relocate that relocateable home, though?? You are right though kylie- a bit of checking will come up with a heap of places. A few more checks on those locations will help decide if it’s worth investigating more. Finding places (for any price) is easy. Funding them is another matter.

kay henry

You can find a squillion places on the net in Australia for 60k and under. Check out regional/country victoria (as an example). If you go to realestate.com.au and just look up any place at random, it leads you to a whole range of other places. I saw the most gorgeous little church (reno’ed bluestone) for 60k the other day- wouldn’t be hard to get…[Read more]

Monopoly,

I also have a CGT bill to pay [guilty] But I’m thinking if I have other mega debts ot offset it, I should be ok :o) So I get back a large sum in tax and then I have to pay less CGT. If you work part-time (and therefore your wage probably isn’t that large), paying 77K CGT sounds very high! You must have made a huge CG to be paying 77k @…[Read more]