[matt]

from your reel post

But let me give you one unrelated tip if you want to score a few brownie points with the wife.Now that i have help i can maybe start having a day off.I have worked every day for two years.(i have to do a lot-buying on sundays or at night for instance for the market business).

Hmmmmmmmm you can see where i am going to head with that

so you can maybe start having a day off now and then

now where was that story about the fisherman ?? ? ? ? ?

[Clive McDonald]

Not quite grasping this, if anyone would like to make it clearer for me?
I will bump the reel thing back up for to have a look.

[matt]

you mentioned

Now that i have help i can maybe start having a day off.I have worked every day for two years.

the fisherman story, i found it on google

One day a rich Westerner who had made sqillions from speculating on the stock market was strolling along the beach and saw the fisherman pulling in his boat with his meager catch.

The rich Westerner stopped and remarked “not much of a catch today”. The fisherman replied “yes not much” but explained that his small catch was enough for him and his family.

The rich Westerner asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”

“I sleep late, play with my children and have an afternoon’s rest under a coconut tree. In the evenings, I go to the local pub to see my friends, play some music, and sing a few songs….. I have a full and happy life.” replied the fisherman.

The rich Westerner ventured, “I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you…… You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat.

With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have a large fleet. Instead of selling your fish to a middleman, you can negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to a city from where you can direct your huge enterprise.”

“And after that?” asked the fisherman.What a poor Fisherman can teach you about Retirement

“After that? That’s when it gets really interesting,” answered the rich Westerner, laughing, “When your business gets really big, you can start selling stock in your company and make millions!”

“Millions? Really? And after that?” pressed the fisherman.

“After that you’ll be able to retire, move out to a small village by the sea, sleep in late every day, spend time with your family, go fishing, take afternoon naps under a coconut tree, and spend relaxing evenings with friends…”

lifestyle choice 

[Clive McDonald]

Yes very good, i can see the humour in that, and it's never bothered me too much seeming to appear foolish, but if i could just point out the fishermans kids will never have education or healthcare, and sooner or later some russian person with a quota and a big tanker will stop him putting to sea at all.

Moreover, not only will he never own or live in anything approaching slumpbuster hall but  his wife will never have the roomba 530 automatic robot for hoovering the floors either.

[Clive McDonald]

I was a bit peeved that no one took any interest in my reel thread.I felt it was a legitimate topic and welcomed the opinions of others. I also felt it was a fairly neutral topic unlikely to offend.

 

[elite mike]

I was a bit peeved that no one took any interest in my reel thread.I felt it was a legitimate topic and welcomed the opinions of others. I also felt it was a fairly neutral topic unlikely to offend.

 

i thought it was a very pretty hosereel 

[ftp]

get reel  :

[Clive McDonald]

Exactly,(mike) where was the harm.Even if you don't want one Mike at least you know a little bit of the ins and outs.

Not only did the thread attract very few comments, it also got very few views.This is a window cleaning forum and a reel is one of the most basic peices of equipment that we have. It may be that you would never dream of owning a top end piece of kit of any kind- be it a gutter vac or a carbon pole- but with a forum awash with people talking about how passionate they are i found it surprising how few were even curious.

[Oakley Windows]

I was a bit peeved that no one took any interest in my reel thread.I felt it was a legitimate topic and welcomed the opinions of others. I also felt it was a fairly neutral topic unlikely to offend.

 

i thought it was a very pretty hosereel  

Pretty? I thought it was a very sexy hosereel. If Slumpy hadn't have locked it I fancied my chances at getting to know that hosereel a bit better

I was a bit peeved that no one took any interest in my reel thread.I felt it was a legitimate topic and welcomed the opinions of others. I also felt it was a fairly neutral topic unlikely to offend.

I dont mean to offend Slumpy, but come on, its only a thread on a window cleaning forum 

Get over yourself 

[ftp]

It was a glorious bank holiday weekend, so maybe not all of us were manning the laptop?