How Far will You go?

Will you go as far as this man went to get rid of the life that he once had?

Man's Life in Australia For Sale online

SYDNEY, Australia - A painful breakup with his wife has prompted a man to put his entire life — his house, his car, his job, even his friends — up for sale online in an effort to start over.

Ian Usher, a British immigrant to Australia, said Tuesday he would auction everything he owns and more on e-Bay starting June 22.

"On the day it's all sold and settled, I intend to walk out of my front door with my wallet in one pocket and my passport in the other, nothing else at all," Usher says on his Web site.

Up for bid is Usher's three bedroom house in the western city of Perth and everything inside it, his car, motorcycle, jet ski and parachuting gear.

Usher says he is also selling a one-time introduction to his friends and a trial run at his job — a plan endorsed by his friends and his employer.

In media interviews on Tuesday, Usher said he wants a fresh start after realizing that most things in his current life remind him of the relationship he had with the wife of five years whom he broke up with more than a year ago.

"Everything that I have — the furniture in the house — all has memories attached to it," Usher, 44, told Seven Network television. "It's time to shed the old, and in with the new."

Usher said his life will be sold in one lot, and that bidders should expect to pay more than $390,000, which is the upper end of a realtor's valuation of his house that he has posted online.

Joy Jones, who co-owns the rug store in Perth where Usher worked as a shop assistant, said she liked the auction idea and wanted to help out. Joy Jones Rugs is offering the successful bidder a two-week trial, which could be extended for three months and then become permanent if it works out.

"When Ian came with this idea — because we had seen him go through a breakup of marriage and pain and bits and pieces — I thought it was really exciting," Jones told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "We thought, why not give it a go?"

Usher said his friends in Perth had also proved willing to be introduced to the highest bidder — allowing him to advertise his auction as offering a complete lifestyle.

Usher, who was born in Darlington, England, planned to open the auction at noon Perth time on June 22 and accept the last bid exactly one week later.

He said he hopes to set off traveling, including a visit to his mother in England, as soon as the auction is over.

"My current thoughts are to then head to the airport, and ask at the flight desk where the next flight with an available seat goes to, and to get on that and see where life takes me from there," he wrote online.

Politics

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, 'What is Politics?' Dad says, 'Well son, let me try to explain it this way:

I am the head of the family, so call me The President.
Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government.
We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.
The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class.
And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.

Now think about that and see if it makes sense.'

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said. Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room.

Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, 'Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now.'


The father says, 'Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about.'

The little boy replies, 'The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit. '

That just about sums it up, don't you think ?????

Cows, The Constitution, and the 10 Commandments

1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments

C O W S
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad
cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada
almost three years before, right to the stall where she slept in the
state of Washington ? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But
they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around
our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.


T H E C O N S T I T U T I O N
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq . Why don't we
just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it
had worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.


T H E 1 0 C O M M A N D M E N T S
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a
courthouse is this:
You cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal,' 'Thou Shalt Not Commit
Adultery,' and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers,
judges and politicians...It creates a hostile work environment.

IF A MAN WANTS YOU.............

IF A MAN WANTS YOU.............

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.
If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.
Stop making excuses for a man and his behavior.
Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache.
Stop trying to change yourselves for a relationship that's not meant to
be.
Slower is better.
Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.
If a relationship ends because the man was not treating you as you deserve, then heck no, you can't "be friends." A friend wouldn't mistreat a friend.
Don't settle. If you feel like he is stringing you along, then he probably is.
Don't stay because you think "it will get better." You'll be mad at yourself a year later for staying when things are not better.
The only person you can control in a relationship is you.
Avoid men who've got a bunch of children by a bunch of different women.
He didn't marry them when he got them pregnant,Why would he treat you any differently?
Always have your own set of friends separate from his.
Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you.
If something bothers you, speak up.
Never let a man know everything. He will use it against you later.
You cannot change a man's behavior. Change comes from within.
Don't EVER make him feel he is more important than you are...even if he has more education or in a better job. Do not make him into a quasi-god.
He is a man, nothing more nothing less.
Never let a man define who you are.
Never borrow someone else's man.
Oh Lord! If he cheated with you, he'll cheat on you.
A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.
All men are NOT dogs.
You should not be the one doing all the bending...compromise is a two-way street.
You need time to heal between relationships...there is nothing cute about
baggage... deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship
You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you...a relationship consists
of two WHOLE individuals...look for someone complimentary...not supplementary.
Dating is fun...even if he doesn't turn out to be Mr.. Right.
Make him miss you sometimes...when a man always know where you are, and your always readily available to him- he takes it for granted.
Don't fully commit to a man who doesn't give you everything that you need.
Keep him in your radar but get to know others.

Share this with other ladies..... You'll make someone SMILE, another RETHINK her choices, and another woman PREPARE.
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate
them, a day to love them and an entire lifetime to forget them.

BY THE WAY, THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A MAN, SO TAKE A HINT....

I'm Looking for....

I want to thank you for all of the feedback coming from my letter. Well this is in response to everyone asking 'what are you looking for in a man'? This is what I am looking for in a mate. This list can change at anytime, but this is the basics.

I want a BMW - Black Man Working. For all of the other nationalities, this means that you need to be independent with a job.

I am looking for a mate that is kind, witty, and have a good sense of humor. He needs to know how to respect, treat and spoil his queen. He must know that I will treat him like a king and my equal. He must be affectionate and romantic, and knows how to appreciate the finer things in life. Communication, honesty and compromise are key ingredients in a relationship foundation, so know all three. I am drug,disease, and drama free, so I don't expect nothing less. If you have kids, please don't bring that baby mamma drama to my doorstep either.

Above all else, he needs to have the fear of God in him.. that way I don't have to do it for you :-)

Feedback is good

Thank you for all the feedback from my last posting. Keep it coming!

Single Forever! An Open Letter

Well world, I think I am going to admit to myself and to you that I will stay single and be single for a loooong time to come. I am sick and tired of the games that men play around these parts, and it is really getting on my nerves.

For the longest time I thought it was all me. Maybe it is because of my honesty. Maybe it is because I am showing you the real me (Adrian) instead of a character (StormAndThunda) that you think I am. Then I thought, well, maybe it is my work schedule. Yeah, that's it - my schedule. So I began scaling some things back to give myself some more free time. Well I can't help when duty calls, so I tell you to be patient with me while I finish this or that. No satisfaction on that front. So I thought 'let me look into myself for a second or two'. They see a attractive, independent woman that is doing her own thing, but don't want to take the time out to see what makes her tick. These guys wants all of the benefits of having a girlfriend but don't want to put in the work for it. Even if they say that they want to take it slow, they are still trying to bed you all the same. What ever happened to getting to know a person? What happened to building something positive and meaningful? That is when I realized that it wasn't me, but the combination of my personality going against the society at large.

For all of my ruff ridin', weed smokin', non-working ebonic using bastards, please do not reply to this 'open letter'. If you are a real man, that works everyday and want a good woman in your life, then step up to the plate and be heard.