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Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:19:59 GMT

I woke up feeling very glum, no skiing until new year, future plans (which involve a small business in the Alps) seemed a lifetime away and finances dwindling quickly.

Then the estate agent phoned and told me I had been made an offer on the house, my mum came over and told me to book a week in Las Vegas for both of us and she is paying and another couple came to view the house and said they would also be making an offer.

I cheered up and thought what a difference a day makes! :D

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:54:05 GMT

Great news, now tell me about the business venture :shock:

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:58:45 GMT

Great news SB. I hope this thread doesn't go all off topic and end up in a row over star ratings.

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:11:14 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:Great news, now tell me about the business venture :shock:

Sell house, buy out of London, no mortgage, a bit of money in the bank, explore/research the Alps for a season and look for small bar/cafe! :D

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:11:59 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Great news SB. I hope this thread doesn't go all off topic and end up in a row over star ratings.

Stars are kids stuff! :wink:

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:55:31 GMT

Great news Snowb4ndit - I would love to get out of the rat race and do something like that too. Your sure to have plenty of Jet2 customers :D

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:42:39 GMT

ParalyticSkiCrazie wrote:Great news Snowb4ndit - I would love to get out of the rat race and do something like that too. Your sure to have plenty of Jet2 customers :D

j2skiers are welcome too! :wink:

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:45:29 GMT

Hi Snowbandit,
Well, I'm very surprised. I thought you were still looking for a new teaching job :shock:

I hope it all works out well for you. I did the same as you - moved out of London and the 'rat race' but I emigrated when I was only 19. I've never regretted it.

So, is your OH giving up his job as well, or can he work from home? It's not a bad idea to have some money still coming in regularly when you start a new business, especially to begin with. I have found that start up costs always seem to be more than I have anticipated, and it takes a while to start making a profit.

All the best for your new venture - I think it's a great idea,

Ally

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:09:47 GMT

AllyG wrote:Hi Snowbandit,
Well, I'm very surprised. I thought you were still looking for a new teaching job :shock:

I hope it all works out well for you. I did the same as you - moved out of London and the 'rat race' but I emigrated when I was only 19. I've never regretted it.

So, is your OH giving up his job as well, or can he work from home? It's not a bad idea to have some money still coming in regularly when you start a new business, especially to begin with. I have found that start up costs always seem to be more than I have anticipated, and it takes a while to start making a profit.

All the best for your new venture - I think it's a great idea,

Ally

The amount of time I have had off work together with all the skiing I've done has made me realise, even more, how much I don't want to go back to school. Hubby is a sound engineer and musician so will have plenty to do if we do end up running a bar! It's scarey but also exciting...Really need to sell the house before we can do anything though.

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:06:58 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:It's scarey but also exciting...Really need to sell the house before we can do anything though.

Welcome to my world! I haven't sold ours yet, but am borrowing in the meantime to release the money I need to get started. It will all come good in the end.
Rat race days are officially over for me too, as of this Wednesday.
I hope your dreams come true SB. You have to make them happen though, as no one else will do it for you.
Best of luck with it all.

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:12:47 GMT

Best of luck to both you and Tony.

Re:Yesterday.

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 23:18:17 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

The amount of time I have had off work together with all the skiing I've done has made me realise, even more, how much I don't want to go back to school. Hubby is a sound engineer and musician so will have plenty to do if we do end up running a bar! It's scarey but also exciting...Really need to sell the house before we can do anything though.

Isn't it strange, the more skiing you get to do, the more you want to do.

Re:Yesterday.

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:02:05 GMT

Snowb4ndit, good luck to you both! Be cautious and do lots of research before parting with your hard earned money )

Re:Yesterday.

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:44:30 GMT

Snow4andit & TonyH best of luck to you both with future ventures.

Finn

Re:Yesterday.

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:40:44 GMT

Finn wrote:Snow4andit & TonyH best of luck to you both with future ventures.

Finn

Ditto from me, and also, as Bandit says - be careful with parting with your hard earned cash.

Ally

Re:Yesterday.

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:28:30 GMT

snow4bandit - good for you, a lorra lorra luck came your way (sorry for the bad cilla impression, couldnt resist it) best wishes and hope it all goes well for you

Tony - good luck for the future move - anything planned?

Ally G - *tongue in cheek mode on "can you really emigrate to West Wales?" tongue in cheek mode off :lol: :wink:

Re:Yesterday.

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:32:15 GMT

karen72 wrote:snow4bandit - good for you, a lorra lorra luck came your way (sorry for the bad cilla impression, couldnt resist it) best wishes and hope it all goes well for you

Tony - good luck for the future move - anything planned?

Ally G - *tongue in cheek mode on "can you really emigrate to West Wales?" tongue in cheek mode off :lol: :wink:

:lol: :lol:

Re:Yesterday.

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:33:52 GMT

Karen,
You can certainly emigrate to West Wales - Wales is a separate country to England (I wrote a whole lot of 'wibble' about Wales and the Welsh flag somewhere - I'm sure you could find it if you did a search and you really want to know). And I emigrated on my bicycle - an epic journey indeed :D

Sorry Snowbandit for the wibble in the middle of your thread :oops:

Ally

Re:Yesterday.

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:34:52 GMT

Wow Ally, I never knew that. I half expected you to say you had emigrated to Canada and had ended back in Wales. Sorry to have missed your wibble and when I have a moment where I am wondering whta should I do today, I will have a look for your wibble on Wales x lol

Re:Yesterday.

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:45:54 GMT

Ally did you have a problem with the language barrier? :)

Re:Yesterday.

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:45:34 GMT

brooksy wrote:
Ally did you have a problem with the language barrier? :)

Brooksy,
I'm not exactly ignoring your question, but I'm trying very hard not to wibble any more. I was hoping that Snowbandit would come back and re-claim her thread :D

She might have more of a language problem than I did :wink:

Ally

Re:Yesterday.

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:55:17 GMT

TonyH - hope you had a good last day in the Rat Race and are looking forward to starting your new venture - Good Luck. Have a great weekend with Stew in Ser Che :D

Re:Yesterday.

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:46:26 GMT

ParalyticSkiCrazie wrote:TonyH - hope you had a good last day in the Rat Race and are looking forward to starting your new venture - Good Luck. Have a great weekend with Stew in Ser Che :D

Aww, thanks PSC. I will have a great weekend away from it all, ready to plunge into my new venture when I return.

Re:Yesterday.

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:24:03 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Great news, now tell me about the business venture :shock:

Sell house, buy out of London, no mortgage, a bit of money in the bank, explore/research the Alps for a season and look for small bar/cafe! :D

Let me know when you want some customers to practice on, I have had loads of experience in small bars in the Alps )

Re:Yesterday.

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 06:57:52 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Great news, now tell me about the business venture :shock:

Sell house, buy out of London, no mortgage, a bit of money in the bank, explore/research the Alps for a season and look for small bar/cafe! :D

Mmmmm my concern is whether you would drink all the profits :lol:

Re:Yesterday.

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 22:27:17 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Great news, now tell me about the business venture :shock:

Sell house, buy out of London, no mortgage, a bit of money in the bank, explore/research the Alps for a season and look for small bar/cafe! :D

Mmmmm my concern is whether you would drink all the profits :lol:

Just scrubbed your name off list of people to invite for a free accomodation. :roll:

Re:Yesterday.

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 22:35:14 GMT

Well yesterday I was outside in my pyjamas and slippers administering CPR but unfortunately the old boy did'nt make it.

Re:Yesterday.

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 22:48:59 GMT

Hi Snowbandit - Nice to see you back again :D

Rose - that's really sad :cry: Was he anyone you knew?

Ally

Re:Yesterday.

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 22:51:55 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Great news, now tell me about the business venture :shock:

Sell house, buy out of London, no mortgage, a bit of money in the bank, explore/research the Alps for a season and look for small bar/cafe! :D

Mmmmm my concern is whether you would drink all the profits :lol:

Just scrubbed your name off list of people to invite for a free accomodation. :roll:

I think you are just perfect for your new venture, snowb4!

Re:Yesterday.

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 22:53:45 GMT

AllyG wrote:Hi Snowbandit - Nice to see you back again :D

Rose - that's really sad :cry: Was he anyone you knew?

Ally

Just an old boy I used to chat to over the allotments, he always used to bring me beans and such to plant. I was upstairs looking out of the window and saw him face down, I have no idea how long he was there :cry:

Re:Yesterday.

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 07:02:11 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Great news, now tell me about the business venture :shock:

Sell house, buy out of London, no mortgage, a bit of money in the bank, explore/research the Alps for a season and look for small bar/cafe! :D

Mmmmm my concern is whether you would drink all the profits :lol:

Just scrubbed your name off list of people to invite for a free accomodation. :roll:

Just remember you might need my experience of 14 years in the pub game :wink:

Re:Yesterday.

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:43:11 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Great news, now tell me about the business venture :shock:

Sell house, buy out of London, no mortgage, a bit of money in the bank, explore/research the Alps for a season and look for small bar/cafe! :D

Mmmmm my concern is whether you would drink all the profits :lol:

Just scrubbed your name off list of people to invite for a free accomodation. :roll:

Just remember you might need my experience of 14 years in the pub game :wink:

Mmmm, which side of the bar was that, Ian? :wink:

Re:Yesterday.

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:03:47 GMT

RoseR wrote:Well yesterday I was outside in my pyjamas and slippers administering CPR but unfortunately the old boy did'nt make it.

Rose that's just awful :( Well done for trying to save him, and feel good about the fact that you did your best for him when it mattered.

Re:Yesterday.

Sat, 3 Apr 2010 14:32:06 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Great news, now tell me about the business venture :shock:

Sell house, buy out of London, no mortgage, a bit of money in the bank, explore/research the Alps for a season and look for small bar/cafe! :D

Mmmmm my concern is whether you would drink all the profits :lol:

Just scrubbed your name off list of people to invite for a free accomodation. :roll:

Just remember you might need my experience of 14 years in the pub game :wink:

Mmmm, which side of the bar was that, Ian? :wink:

Both sides Dave :lol: