Funny Business

Makes You Want to Hurl
Tim.
You are not talking of Vista?s speed at the time when Bill is going out, are you. This too to me is the trebuchet. Or do I name this a boomerang?
I thank you
Firozali A. Mulla MBA PhD
P.O.Box 6044
Dar-Es-Salaam
Tanzania
East Africa
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This is really something. I love the tagline "serving the needs of the oversized casket community for 20 years!" ...

This is exactly the type of innovative thinking people need to be doing during a recession-like period, where everybody in the US is complaining about high gas prices. Think of how you can create residual income. A gold testing kit sounds like a good investment with high return.

Read some of these excerpts for more innovative ideas to help out during this tough economic time... www.readtheanswer.com/index.php?RTA=web2 ...

There's a lot of charities and single moms or young couples who need mattresses and can't afford them - and certainly not a good one. Don't forget to check with Salvation Army, Goodwill, Homeless Shelters, your local church, and even check craiglist to see if someone has a "needed" ad.

Ah, this is the best invention yet (although I did love the tumbleweed distributer, too). I can't help but think that live fishies in the toilet tank would make potty training way, way easier...what 3 year old wouldn't want to learn how to use the "big boy fishie potty?" I've flushed many a dead goldfish down the toilet (before having kids, of course...now we give them a proper burial). Never dreamed of having live ones there...

Great business idea, and one my friends and I often fantasize about. I'm an East Coaster happily living in California, but I can't visit my hometown of Boston without at least one trip to Papa Gino's. Why is their pizza so good? Boston also has Pizzeria Regina, Bertucchi's, and Pinocchio's in Harvard Square. West Coast pizzerias try but they just can't compare.

Actually, Robert, www.thesnaploan.com caters to start up businesses as well as established businesses.

Do you know about CFA. I see your experience in this field and hope you can contribute to our site www.cfastudy.info or www.cfa-study-guide.com. Thanks for your times.

I noticed that you referred Ralph to www.thesnaploan.com. I am wondering if this resource caters to start up businesses as well.

Very weird, haven't really thought much about these bugs before, but now I kind of want one. I would hate sending poor ants to their deaths, though. Those little guys work so hard.

Ralph, the statement, "Never, ever give up!" is an extremely powerful statement indeed. I believe in the old saying, "Where there is a will there is a way." Your credit card situation is delicate at best. However, I can sympathize. Sustaining your business by using your personal credit cards is a fatal mistake. Take it from me. It is one of the easiest ways to commit business suicide. Like me, many business owners put a lot of focus and attention on income that is not guaranteed and, when things don?t work out as planned, they are forced to use their personal credit cards to save their necks. I know! I was just about to draw my last breath when I found my saving grace. For those business owners, like me, who have already found out how easy it is to make this financial mistake and how hard it is to try to fix it, it will be a relief to know that there is an online resource that may be ideal for resolving this very stressful financial situation. At www.snaploans.com a business owner can apply for a loan for up to $500,000. I didn?t need that much, but I was very surprised to know that I could get up to that much. The part I liked best the approval process, besides getting back a response from the company so fast, was that they did not restrict me in any way as far as how I could spend my approved funds. I was able to pay of my credit cards and successfully separate my personal credit from my business credit. This sure did make my yearly tax return routine a whole lot easier. Besides, with my approved loan, I was able to offer my business and personal credit history another chance at survival.

I have read your article, and one particular line you used grasps my attention acutely. You stated, "Never, ever give up!" Now I have posed my situation on several forums and approached several experts. Unfortunately, the majority of them consider the prognosis of my business' survival as grim; it's death being only a matter of time. Here's why, I made a fatal mistake of trying to sustaining my business expenses with my personal credit cards, and I have been doing so for quite some time. I have successfully maxed out each of my personal credit cards. Because of this situation, I am trying to get a loan in an effort to pay off all my personal credit cards and then, hopefully, be able to establish a business line of credit. However, I find that most banks view me as a considerable risk because of my maxed out credit cards, and each attempt I make to acquire a loan is denied. I am not quite ready to give up on my business. It is all I have. I believe that by paying off my personal credit card balances I will take the noose of the neck of my business. With a business line of credit, I will be able to allow my business an opportunity to stand on its own two feet. However, finding resources that cater to business owners is my situation feels like it's next to impossible? So, I thank you for inspiring me to never, ever give up.

Shape is sure racy - but what a success. There's nothing worse than a bruised banana.

Never underestimate the power of suggestion. Now I MUST have a BananaBunker, don't know how I made it this long without one. I'm sure they sell them at the Container Store. (I noticed they even sold cupcake holders there that hold one single cupcake.) No more bent bananas for me!