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blackster wrote:Madkaw has this affinity to attract the finer women of caravan parks whom appear happy to get there knee's dirty for a durry.
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Not much money in that though.... And I think she was more interested in the misses than any of us... :-) :shock: :shock:
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Had the option of taking working for my father and taking over my fathers' business 20 years ago. I worked there with my siblings during the school holidays and on Saturdays to get coin. My brother worked there for a few years. My dad lived more at work than at home, we called home his second home. The business made good money, we had jags, bmws a big house on the north shore all the trappings. But I saw the constant chasing people for money, getting ripped on the odd occasion it was work and work and work at home. I never felt I missed out as I was working with him from about 10 but I thought there has to be more to it. So I now work for multinational, made it up the food chain work just as hard but don't have the worry about being paid

As for business ideas I had a few in my late teens (20+ years ago)-
First one was to set up a boat hire/ share business where boat owners could put there boats into a pool to be hire out, sort of like time share.

My other idea came when I was first driving through the harbour tunnel and heard the tunnel announcers voice come over the radio. I thought wouldn't be good if emergency services could distribute a radio signal that could interrupt the radio on cars within a 200m radius and advise that they were traveling on George st headed South, please keep to the left. The extended idea now would be to hook it up to a map service that it would be automated and advise the emergency vehicle the fastest route. looked at it but wasn't smart enough to make it work
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Gazza - have you considered franchising?

There's a good breakdown of the better ones here - AUSTRALIA'S TOP 5 FRANCHISES

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Thanx Rob & Naked Twin
Pretty insightful info there guys.
Dave i did buy a franchise about ten years ago that did not go the way i would have liked, bad decision on my part but i still do it part time on the odd occasion but not as a franchise, got out of that deal along time ago.
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Gazza wrote:Dave i did buy a franchise about ten years ago that did not go the way i would have liked, bad decision on my part but i still do it part time on the odd occasion but not as a franchise, got out of that deal along time ago.
Click the link anyway... ;)
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red_dave wrote:
Gazza wrote:Dave i did buy a franchise about ten years ago that did not go the way i would have liked, bad decision on my part but i still do it part time on the odd occasion but not as a franchise, got out of that deal along time ago.
Click the link anyway... ;)

link keeps bringing me back to the motogp tipping comp.

is that right ?
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That is correct, could it be a trick to get you to sign up maybe?
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Gazza wrote:link keeps bringing me back to the motogp tipping comp.

is that right ?
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Seriously though, a few years ago I did think of doing something like THESE GUYS
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Gazza wrote:
red_dave wrote:
Gazza wrote:Dave i did buy a franchise about ten years ago that did not go the way i would have liked, bad decision on my part but i still do it part time on the odd occasion but not as a franchise, got out of that deal along time ago.
Click the link anyway... ;)

link keeps bringing me back to the motogp tipping comp.

is that right ?
Geez Gazza! Lucky you're pretty... ;)
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Maybe become friends with Ian McDonald. All of his associates seem to become very wealthy almost overnight.
Although you may end up playing muumies and daddies with Bubba.
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Gazza wrote:What ideas have you had over the years good or bad for a Business. ?
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