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Candee

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Oct 21, 2006 4:08 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I believe they will Yvette. It`s crazy what people will pay . I paid for information on the net that I discovered (later) I could have found for nothing , had I just kept researching. If Bizup had a drop down list with each domain, showing keywords to match the name, click on what appeals to you, and that takes you to a dummy website that you can purchase, build onto, and activate. Hey, do you think that could work?

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I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10b, NKJV.

YvetteMarie

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Oct 21, 2006 4:36 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I think it could! I just messaged you, Candee.. about another idea..

But yeah! Quentin.. I think youre on to something here if you just went with it! Who says you cant have a job making up.. jobs? ;c)

Yvette

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bizups

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Oct 21, 2006 4:49 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Thanks Folks for the responses...yes I do and have felt like I need some serious downtime...but for various reasons have not been able to....I have been rescuing dogs for several years and as long as you have a few of them under your wing there is not much way to get away and have down time...I rescue them and then find home for them..dont keep them...but between that and the business stuff I have totally burned out...now my car is falling apart and no insurance and not far from repossession and with all the biz debt I have run up I am being attacked by collectors...and at odds with most everyone in the family and the list goes on...so its easy and I hear it alot "just take some time off"....maybe once I get caught up and on track or checked in somewhere...thanks folks but I think Im going to have to just keep doing what ever I can and screw it...see what happens. Quentin

Candee

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Oct 21, 2006 4:58 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I feel you Quentin. (kudos for the good deed on the dogs) I have two myself. If you are a believer, then know He will bring you through it. I am most certainly a witness to that.

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I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10b, NKJV.

bizups

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Oct 21, 2006 11:54 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Thanks Gang...actually I was on way to developing BizUps! into full website and after a couple hundred dollars down payment to a guy that had developed some other sites he disappeared on me and I got distracted and never took to next level. So what you see is like many of my sites and just where I bought the .com domain and thru up a quick starter site. The plan was to have a graphic block ad for each BizUps! start up package where you clicked on it and it took you to that site. I ran a few ads in a local paper and only got a couple of calls from people that sounded more like they would buy a get rich quick package from an infomercial versus a BizUps! package where you would understand you must start a business from scratch and work hard to make it a success.

Regarding the LIST many of you have talked about and that I have heard before I made mine and it consists of three things:

Hot Chics

Cash

Peace

Hey we have to be honest on the list right!

Quentin

CraigL

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Oct 22, 2006 4:13 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Y`know, I`d put a post up awhile back about handling adversity. My intent had been to ask how other folks have come through what it seems Quentin is entering into....that long period of totally changing one`s life. It includes all the anxiety, fear, panic, and plain uncertainty of not having a clue what`s going on. Then, add to it, the stress of hearing your parent`s voices telling you, "Don`t you think you should just grow up, be responsible, and stop frittering away your life?"

Unh-hunh...I know plenty of folks who`ve been there, done that. And so I pondered how I changed; what got me through it all, and how it might associate with a wider concept of life.

Ultimately, it comes down to a single, fundamental belief. It can`t be proved or disproved, so it`s a belief (as opposed to a conviction). Answer the question, "Is there or is there not organization to existence?" (You can substitute "the universe" or "reality" for existence.)

If you come down on the side of no, there isn`t any organization, you`re an existentialist. That philosophy has been around a few hundred years, and made lots of people nuts. But...I suppose they`re happy. Unfortunately, all of us are left with the undefined, unarticulated secondary consequences of that philosophy.

But if you come down in favor of organization, then the immediate question is what`s the organizing force? Where`s the underlying unity? And that opens up an analysis of the nature of chaos and organization. NONE of that matters, but only that you decide: Is there or is there not some kind of organization---ANY kind of organization?

If you decide that from this day forward you`ll simply hold as an absolute that yes, existence is organized, certain things happen. Regardless of how stressed and freaked out you become, you have to assume that there`s a reason for it. What remains is to decide who or what is responsible for that reason. What philosophers ought to be addressing is that a "reason" doesn`t have to necessarily be a human reason.

People talk about having a soul or higher self that`s organizing our daily life. Fine, but if you can`t talk with it...so what? With all the problems and pains, collapses, and financial stress involved in my own restructuring, if I were to meet this higher self, well...as Jackie Gleason used to say on "The Honeymooners,"......".....To da moon!!"

If you can`t take the time to be still, as Candee points out, or to meditate, then there`s a reason for that as well. You can`t know that reason in real time, but you can be assured that in the not-too-distant future, looking back at now, you will know the reason.

It comes down to your underlying philosophy of life. Is this happening "to" you, or are you making it happen? And that`s the question you have to answer before you try to solve the dilemma of why you`re not focused in a particular direction.

When I first began my "list," I wanted to consolidate it into a single thing...a phrase. And so I said, "I want to be someplace where someone gives me lots of money, I can play with lots of toys, and go fishing."

Not long afterwards, I was working on retainer for Arthur Andersen. They couldn`t afford to let me go (as a contractor) for a "down time," since it would take too long for a replacement to get up to speed. By "toys" I meant technology, and I would go in to the office around 10, spend the day playing with their network, and leave around 4pm. I still got a weekly paycheck, amply sufficient for my needs, and then would go fishing when I felt like it.

And y`know what? I ended up bored out of my frickin` skull...! LOL!! Be careful what you ask for, because you`re probably sure to get it. You could end up being a "kept man" by some hot babe, who never lets you out of the house!

Candee

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Oct 23, 2006 12:48 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Craig, you absolutely KILL me! In a great way of course. .....

(i love reading your responses) You are so right though. You do not know why you are going thru something until you have gotten past it. (funny how we never try to understand when we are going thru something good though, isn`t it?) We are our own worst enemy, and sadly so many never catch on to that.

I have been thru some pretty trying times myself, and am experiencing some set back right now, but I know without a doubt, I will get thru it, and I will learn from it, and Craig you are sooooo right when you say be careful what u ask for.......even that hot babe could end up being your worst nightmare huh?......

Quentin, I still urge u to find that downtime. Total silence, if just a few hours man, then start talking outloud. (by yourself) start with the words: I need help, I can`t do this on my own.....see where that leads you.

You might be suprised......you can say it over and over if you need to.....

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I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10b, NKJV.

bizups

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Oct 23, 2006 3:04 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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First of all no woman would ever let me do anything. I am in control. Secondly if I chose to live with a hot chic as long as I had a remote control and plenty of sex I would be happy! Quentin

Candee

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Oct 23, 2006 3:16 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I`m laughing,,,,,,,, you guys have to have your remote control don`t you

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I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 10:10b, NKJV.

CraigL

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Oct 23, 2006 8:57 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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First of all no woman would ever let me do anything. I am in control. Secondly if I chose to live with a hot chic as long as I had a remote control and plenty of sex I would be happy! Quentin

I`m laughing too! :-D "You`re in control?" "No babe `let`s you` do things?" Let me open the archives of fallen men who`ve started with exactly that set of statements. LOL!

Most intelligent men know there`s the Normal mind, then there`s the "My Little Friend" mind. Okay, so with a frank exchange of views, in rare cases, we can manage the little friend, and retain some sort of control, even when it means looking like an idiot.

But little-known to many men, there`s also that dastardly Subconscious mind! And when THAT one gets into the mix, it`s all over. :-) I can only suggest that you keep an ear out for the words that come out of your mouth, so that if you hear yourself say, "Sure, honey...I`d love to watch that movie about covered bridges and farm houses," you know you`re in trouble! :-D

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