I'm Out of Here, DU....

For years I've wanted to deprive you of my witty humor.I have jealously watched as others with higher post counts grabbed and twisted your entrails to induce agony at their leaving and fully expect the "don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you" type reply....but I leave both differently and sadly.After a couple of years of bathing myself in the soothing pool of people dedicated like myself to the concepts of democracy and the basic nobility of the human spirit I find myself returning to a workaday existence that precludes the hours a day I have dedicated to the wisdom found here...I have started my first business and will be here much less than before.I love you all-even those who do not reciprocate.I will try hard to read all posts.Special thanks to Husb2Sparkly,Landshark,Horsewithnoname,and others...I'm too onery to never post,but love to all members...

Been there, done that, failed miserably. I hope you do much better than I did. Let us know how it goes...

See you when you're able to get here - or need to get here. ;)

:hi:

but I'll at least go down swinging.Thanks.

as many times as it takes to succeed, however you define succeed. Or, dare I say it, here's to succeeding the first time around.

:toast:

:hi:

Tom? Tom Bodell? :hi:

Best of success in your new venture catnhatnh !

My real name is Roy Allen and I've opened a hot dog stand at the airport in Rochester NH...just thought I'd tell all my friends that...

"This is Tom Bodell for Motel Six. We'll leave the light on for you." was playing around with Bluebear :9

Good Luck!

best of luck with your new business. But don't stop reading and don't stop posting. Do what you can when you can and do the best you can.

:applause: :applause: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :yourock: :hug: :hi: :hi:

fly

No doubt, it'll absorb your time. I'll be glad to see you posting when you can!

I might not miss you most of all-but where I come from you are a DEMOCRAT-caps intended...and respect implied...

I'm "eleny" not Tinman. And I will miss you!

...you are one of many who are singular and special to me.Your posts are measured and temperent.In a Mexican discussion you and I would be "simpatico" the OZ reference was for fun.Cat....

You really will be missed. Please stop in and let us know how you're doing. :grouphug:

It is ok to limit DU involvement, and thanks so if we don't see you, will know you are ok.

Admit it, you've been reading some Ayn Rand shit.

Seriously, you will be missed, Catnhatnh!

:toast:

I just believe if you make a good enough chili dog-they will come....

Yay, Chili Dogs!

:hi:

peace

:)

as a an owner of a struggling small business, I know the ups and downs, and this is an occasional refuge, sometimes to escape, sometimes as a transition as I take one hat off (accounting) to put on another (marketing), so don't say goodbye - say see ya, just not as often.

they all come back … the only one who never came back was James Caan … and I’m still waitin’!"

- Louie De Palma, "Taxi"


Best of luck in your new endeavor :hi:

seems needed.... I'm looking at about a 12 week period when I'm going to have to cut back, myself.

Don't forget to check in, when you can.... DU will be there and many to welcome you back. :toast:

didn't it.

of course if you were taking a survey, or a social study of the members here, you'd realize, or come to realize, it's just like a wave.

some go
some perservere.

it's all good. Or at least i keep telling myself ...
dp

that's not the way it turned out. I work for myself and everyone here have become surrogate office workers.
The post and people here give me that needed brake from the daily stuff you have to endure.
They are my sanity.
You'll be back more than you think.

I only get nominated posts because
I gather news.......and am terribly dull,
serious and try to keep my sense of irony.

You still get news like no other place, but
thankfully the Anna Nicole threads never
make it to the front or greatest page.

Now the DUZys are still worth a fraction of your time.

Good luck!!

that's terrific!

drop us an update postcard...:hi:

you can keep your word and lurk and post!

(((Good Vibes))) for success!

fail (as did a half hearted effort of mine 30 years ago to get a second income from a computer consulting effort that hit a high of a half dozen employees before I gave the existing contracts to those employees and bowed out for lack of money relative to time invested getting and supervising those contracts).

I really appreciate the effort you have ahead of you - good luck - and if you get some down time to play with, make it political! :-)

Much success in your new venture!!!

:toast:

This means a lot from you...Thanks Cat

have more time to 'indulge' yourself. DU, land of truth-I hope you continue to edumicate yourself! :hug:

and you can come back here more often!
:toast:

It takes a lot of dedication along with untold hours, blood, sweat & tears. I opened a restaurant 7 months ago, and so far my bank account is about $65,000 lighter and I have to scratch up 8 grand by the end of next month for the tax man, but I keep telling myself things are gonna get better. They've *got* to! Business is picking up every day now, and I fully expect it to boom once school is out and summer travel season swings into high gear.

Keep a close eye on your cash register, your garbage cans and your freezers/coolers. These are the main points of theft from employees, from my own experience.

Wishing you the best of luck and come back whenever you get a breather. And take care of yourself.

Just kidding around. Good luck with starting up the business. Hope it works out well for you.

I completely remodeled this home I am living in now a few years ago and that project put me out of commission for a good while so I know how that is.

Take care and see you later.

Don

You can get everything you want at Roy's Restaraunt......

Good luck!!!

.... back in another life, I worked for a company that operated **many** airport food establishments - they also catered airlines back when a ticket to fly also bought a meal.

We got some hot shot Harvard MBA type as our president. He brought along a gaggle of marketing types with him.

Instead of honest food at honest (if not a bit inflated - captive audience, yanno) prices, his motto was "Sell that hot dog for fifty bucks. You only have to sell two to have a successful day."

He didn't last all that long.

Best to ya, catnhatnh! :hi:

I **know** we'll be seeing you soon. Even hot dog moguls need to take a break every now and then!

I wish you well in your new endeavor.

I once saw success defined as "Having gotten up one more time than you have fallen down."
Kick ass, and sell lots o' dogs! :pals:




:kick:

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And don't leave - we need people like you around here.

There. I'd hate for you to leave dissatisfied. ;)

Best of luck. We'll be here.