That's gutting tbh, sorry to hear Danny.
keep being told the right one will come along but I doubt it.
absolutely ....... but you know the old sayings "if you want a job doing well ........" &" no one does it like you would yourself"
spent well over ten years single, 'fore Pam came along (and that's a story in itself) ... like Rory .... CNBA ... but it made a huge difference to the degree of effort and time i was able to devote to growing my biz .... self employment is seriously hard if you REALLY want to be successful ... end of .... let no one tell you otherwise.That's gutting tbh, sorry to hear Danny.
As I've said to a few people before I've not had a proper relationship since I was 19, Mostly due to the fact work comes first and I can't be f***ed dealing with needy people that want the rewards without giving up the time
Worked from home 11years and separate yard for last 4
You one of these have it easy second generation lads Rory mentioned somewhere
Lost old lad to cancer 10 year ago at which point i packed in plumbing and took his business on. Under different circumstances I'd probably have started on my own plumbing and probably should have done that prior to then. If I had done that i wouldn't have took the plant on. Glad i did though it's not as profitable as plumbing by a long shot for the effort required but living in one of the most stunning areas of the country and being out seeing it every day ain't so bad. The ready made business was too good an opportunity to pass up even if I'd only tried it for a year or so but it aint lost in me the effort it took for me old lad to get it going. It aint no multi million business i can keep selling bits off as i waste it eitherYou one of these have it easy second generation lads Rory mentioned somewhere
I'd rather still have the old lad here.See this is why he doesn't need to like the bobcat.... he can afford the takeuchi
When me old lad started for himself in 88 he wanted to start off with a new machine (3cx thats where everyone started back then) cos he didn't wanna be fixing it every night. He saved what he could prior and had to borrow off his in laws (which he hated) and finance the rest. The hours he worked when i was growing up were something else. If i wanted to see him for any length of time you basically had to go to work with him. That first 3cx was changed for another new one at 3 year old with 14500 hrs on it and the second clocked up 16500 in the following 4 years. He genuinely loved work and what he did and i honestly think a lot of the hours put in during the early years went without enough reward but with a mortgage wife and 2 kids it's what he needed to do. Knowing what went into it was a big reason i couldn't just sell all the machinery and let that business disappear.Interesting thread ..... its definitely tough to run your own show and it asks questions of you literally all the time.
What I was thinking when I moved to a country that speaks a different language, is notoriously riddled with beurocracy and high taxation to start my own business god knows
Luckily have been supported tirelessly by my long suffering partner of 32 years (she was 17) how the feck she puts up with me i dont know.
Although it seems she is starting to get pissed with me saying we havent got the budget to replace the ancient wreck of a car and then buying more plant
And most importantly, property that was cheap enough for one honest bloke to afford with honest graft. Those were the days!
Got lucky timing wise with where we are now. The property boom that followed probably trebled it's value over the 5 years after he bought it.