[Buster Ingram]

Sadly Joe you'll stay broke like me with that outlook

but then again its better being rich in friends  than money!

[Joe H]

Im happy with that Dave.

If Banantynes got £300 million, so what.
Money does not bring happiness.
Yes it can buy nice things, but you get a flash new car and you worried where you park it-it might get sratched or broken in to, buy a flash house and fill it with rich furnishings and you worry when you go out that it hasnt been broken in to and all smashed to pieces.

I gave up a good job as a Transport Manager almost 20 years ago.
Still dont earn as much now as I did then, but people who really know me know I am a happier person doing what I am doing now.

[Martin S]

What a great outlook on life Joe, more power to your elbow as they say 

[Buster Ingram]

I see Joe your working to my plan then,

I'll race you and I bet I'll still be the poorest man in the cemetary.

[Mike Osbourne]

Have you seen the price of coffins these days?

[D woods]

I will take the money everytime, because it does buy happiness..

[Buster Ingram]

Not going to bother with a wooden box Mike, the wifes saving the cash and throwing me on the muck tip in a black bag.

She not that eco

[clinton]

Dave your eco

[Ian Gourlay]

I can tell you that BANATYNES GYMS use the roto wash to clean the Gym carpets........My mates a manager in one...... the cleaner does it every week..........they tight bugger wont spend money on getting it done rite.......

And oh bet you didnt know he takes 100s of people to court every years and makes sure they get CCjs if they dont pay there member ships for the year....even IF they been put on the dole!!!!!

The man as NO morals.... dont let him kid you with his TV smlie.... and nice chat......robin hood had a mask on!!!!!! : : : : :

I thought he bought 49% of a cleaning company

[Neil Williams]

I thought he bought 49% of a cleaning company

He did...A window cleaning business

[Martin S]

Not going to bother with a wooden box Mike, the wifes saving the cash and throwing me on the muck tip in a black bag.

She not that eco

Dave, we live down the road from the local Crem'.  My Mrs is saving on the black bag and taking me around in the wheelbarrow so its pretty convenient.  Only downside is the house gets very 'dusty' at times, in fact, i'm sick to 'death' of dusting 

[Fraser Thom]

Depends what your aim in life is Fraser.

If you want to be the richest man around thats fine.
But you may make many unhappy people on the way.

Mine is to make people happy if I can.
I like happy customers

Couldn't agree more Joe - well said.  I would counter that slightly though and say there's no reason you can be both filtihy rich and happy, and you don't have to be filthy rich to achieve the latter.

I've learned this year, following my wife being very poorly, just what's important in life.  Nothing makes me happier than spending time with my family.  As ling as we've got our health, life is just great 

[Sean Dyer]

I thought he bought 49% of a cleaning company

He did...A window cleaning business

they contract clean too

[cannon]

I thought he bought 49% of a cleaning company

He did...A window cleaning business

they contract clean too

http://www.ukcommercialcleaning.co.uk/     If anyone wanted to take a look

[Ricky M]

fair play to the lads hope it go's well for them , they had it in them selfs to get up and pitch 
why do this kind of work not to make as much money as you can and become really wealthy !!
might as well be 9-5 if you just want to make a living .

[Joe H]

Chris Straker makes a good living working just half a day!

Theres many a good carpet cleaner doing "9 - 5" - I think Doug H has just said that on another forum.

I work to live - not live to work.

A "successful" business guy here in Warrington developed a network of car dealerships, beautiful house, top quality cars in the drive etc etc, he dropped dead at 45.  What was the point - he didnt get to enjoy what he worked extremely hard for.

[Buster Ingram]

Spot on Joe!

If I wanted to make money by the shed load, carpet cleaning is not the business to do it in.

All the people I have met over the years and there have been a few, money was not their insentive to start carpet cleaning.

Most peoples goal was a better qauilty of life ranked high on the list, shed loads of money was way down on their list.

[clinton]

Right joe and dave

I also on the same lines a chris straker and always aim to be home early afternoon.

My quaility of life is the top on my list and what i do gives me a v good standard of living so i count myself lucky.

As you said dave if its bucket loas of money you want well c cleaning ain for you.

[Fraser Thom]

It's not just people who work hard and build up very successful business that drop down dead when you least expect it though, is it?  That can, and does, happen to people from all walks of life.

You've got to follow your heart in whatever you do, whether that means enjoying your job as a carpet cleaner of working 16 hours a day building up a multi million pound business.  It's not what you do, it's how you much you enjoy doing it.

It's the here and now that counts, not yesterday or tomorrow.

Fraser

[Robert Watson]

The past is but a memory, the future but a fantasy.
Only in the moment do we truly live.