Understand that,, am wondering if there might be away of GB international Allan On Oct 5, 2011 10:48 PM, "Chris Jenkins" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >
