Thanks, Allan. I've lived through worse, so have some sense of a light at the end of an eventual tunnel. I have 11 years before I can do any substantial travel...I'm anchored by parenthood.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > Hang in there Chris. You need to keep the goal in mind. > Wonder if there is any work here but the Netherlands as a expensive place > to live. > Allan > On Oct 5, 2011 5:13 PM, "Chris Jenkins" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Not unless you'd care to invest in a small design and development agency >> with no consistent history of profitability. :D >> >> I'm part of two equity projects right now as well, and we brought in a new >> CEO yesterday who advised she'd be fully funding our project. That's a >> bright spot I'll be able to hold onto for the next couple of months as that >> comes together. In the meantime, the winter's looking a bit cold. >> >> *C'est la vie, non? *I'm sure with a fine tooth comb and a judgmental >> attitude, I could likely point to hundreds of micro-decisions along the way >> which have contributed to my current position. It's not without a strong >> sense of personal accountability that I rail against the bigger problems in >> the system which contribute to this economic environment. Perhaps if I were >> more business educated, more vigilant about basing my decisions on bottom >> line accounting, I'd be better prepared, but that doesn't change the fact >> that the current economic environment is brutally unforgiving. >> >> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think the free lance world is a very difficult one to survive in.. and >>> takes a lot more than an average person has.. it is difficult to hang in >>> there some times,, I am hoping every thing will work out.. >>> is there anything I can do to help? >>> Allan >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:39 PM, Chris Jenkins < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I don't think further bleakness is really what I need. >>>> >>>> We've lost much of our hubris here, and perhaps for the better. Now that >>>> I'm out in the freelance world, I find clients paying later and later, new >>>> opportunities hotly contested, and many falling off the edge every day. I'm >>>> reminded of Floyd's video for ABITW Pt II, where the children simply topple >>>> off the edge of the walkway into the meat grinder. It's difficult to >>>> maintain minimal optimism under these circumstances, moreso arrogance. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 4:30 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On the bleak side Chris there's William Blum's 'Killing Hope' - >>>>> http://sandiego.indymedia.org/media/2007/02/125025.pdf - one can find >>>>> >>>>> similar on the British Empire too. Blum wrote of a Holocaust denier >>>>> asking if she also denied the US one, and we are all hiding such >>>>> skeletons. I suppose another method might be how many hectares of >>>>> planet space needed to support an individual in the US lifestyle. >>>>> Apart from the hair-shirt stuff I always think of generosity and a lot >>>>> of diversity. Your academics are less smug and more Bolshie than ours >>>>> and I once thought you thumbed noses at authority better than most. >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 4, 4:59 pm, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > LOL I may not be able to drive for medical reasons,, ( I still am >>>>> > perfectly able to drive, the law asks me not to and the reasons are >>>>> valid.. >>>>> > and actually after over 3,000,000+ miles of driving.. and far to >>>>> many >>>>> > driving courses I just prefer not to drive .. and this is actually a >>>>> great >>>>> > excuse.. >>>>> > >>>>> > Truth is growing up I actually admired the USA for good reason,, but >>>>> since >>>>> > the beginning of the Reagan era onward the nation as a whole has >>>>> > degenerated,, becoming uncaring that is not saying the people but >>>>> it lies >>>>> > in the leadership.. Just where their values are I do not know. Many >>>>> or most >>>>> > claim to be christian, but I think we read same but a different book >>>>> one >>>>> > with changing words depending on who is reading it.. >>>>> > >>>>> > My grandchildren and children still live there,, I would rather bring >>>>> them >>>>> > here as it would be a memory for a life time as they would have the >>>>> chance >>>>> > to see a different way of life. besides I already know what is there, >>>>> but >>>>> > they do not know what is here. >>>>> > >>>>> > The economic and political leadership on all levels is sorely >>>>> lacking.. not >>>>> > only there but here also. >>>>> > Allan >>>>> > >>>>> > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Chris Jenkins < >>>>> [email protected]>wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > > When I hear that phrase, I'm reminded of McCarthy, determining from >>>>> > > congressional committee whether or not someone was properly >>>>> American. >>>>> > > Apparently, being an artist, musician, philosopher, or wanting to >>>>> implement >>>>> > > social platforms to help the less fortunate were all considered >>>>> such. >>>>> > >>>>> > > Allan said that he had become un-American due to losing his ability >>>>> to >>>>> > > drive. I'd like to hear you flesh that out some more, Allan, and >>>>> then I'd >>>>> > > like to get some feedback from everyone what they think it means to >>>>> be >>>>> > > American, or UN as the case may be. >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > ( >>>>> > ) >>>>> > |_D Allan >>>>> > >>>>> > If your life is not going right, try making a left turn >>>>> > >>>>> > life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ( >>> ) >>> |_D Allan >>> >>> If your life is not going right, try making a left turn >>> >>> life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. >>> >>> >>> >>
