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17 May 2006, 15:33
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bucks
Boat name: Blue & Ding Dong
Make: Ribeye,SR4 & Bombard
Length: 6m +
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Codders you must have the patients of a saint!
If I had a boat that I had payed for & should have been ready last summer I think I would have gone mad with anticipation!!!!
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17 May 2006, 15:48
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Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
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...the way it's looking I may have to get a mate of mine to pick it up for me.
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You should have mentioned this a week ago... some of the UK's most experienced RIBsters travelled over from the Channel Islands to RIBex and could have either brought your RIB, or accompanied your mate.
BTW, is this your Ferrari driving mate? Anyway, I thought that your accountant was keen to make the trip?
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17 May 2006, 15:55
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
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You should have mentioned this a week ago... some of the UK's most experienced RIBsters travelled over from the Channel Islands to RIBex and could have either brought your RIB, or accompanied your mate.
BTW, is this your Ferrari driving mate? Anyway, I thought that your accountant was keen to make the trip?
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No it's not my Ferrari mate - he is a bit of a lounge lizard and getting cold and wet has no appeal to him at all.
Accountant was keen to make the trip but he is now too busy as I am. I may have to dash off to Bulgaria next week!!!
The joys of running your own business!!!
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17 May 2006, 15:56
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
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Codders you must have the patients of a saint!
If I had a boat that I had payed for & should have been ready last summer I think I would have gone mad with anticipation!!!!
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Not exactly!!!
since I had the photos of the boat on the water though it HAS been driving me nuts!!!
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17 May 2006, 15:58
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#165
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,410
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Originally Posted by codprawn
Accountant was keen to make the trip but he is now too busy as I am. I may have to dash off to Bulgaria next week!!!
The joys of running your own business!!!
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What does your Computer business actually do Codders, seems like alot of work, data services, or consultancy?
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17 May 2006, 16:03
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Reading, Hants
Boat name: Juicy
Make: Sealine F43
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2 x 370hp
MMSI: TBC
Join Date: Sep 2005
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sorry not to hang on and believe every word you say codders, but i would have rather thought that any normal boat builder who has been building a boat for someone would want it off their premises asap and the money in the bank. however if the money has not been forthcoming or perhaps constant changes and mods required then perhaps the patience is with the builder who has had a large rib taking up valuable space in his business while he waits for payment and collection.
obviously none of us know the real story (honest  ) as you try to keep it all secretive and talk in circles and keep people guessing
me i dont give a damn as i have a rib now and having lots of fun 
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Codders you must have the patients of a saint!
If I had a boat that I had payed for & should have been ready last summer I think I would have gone mad with anticipation!!!!
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17 May 2006, 16:04
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Country: UK - England
Town: Reading, Hants
Boat name: Juicy
Make: Sealine F43
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2 x 370hp
MMSI: TBC
Join Date: Sep 2005
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or the joys of a fertile imagination
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Originally Posted by codprawn
No it's not my Ferrari mate - he is a bit of a lounge lizard and getting cold and wet has no appeal to him at all.
Accountant was keen to make the trip but he is now too busy as I am. I may have to dash off to Bulgaria next week!!!
The joys of running your own business!!!
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17 May 2006, 16:17
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
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What does your Computer business actually do Codders, seems like alot of work, data services, or consultancy?
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Everything basically - full on computer services - everything from fixing hardware to technical architecture.
We do a lot of remote admin - hence the stupid hours I have to keep. Also helpdesk support etc.
Hoping to pick up work with a Bulgarian company shortly. Offices in Cardiff and Sofia.
We aren't very big at the moment - 15 of us but hopefully getting there!!!
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17 May 2006, 16:25
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Now back to being Mollers!
Country: UK - England
Town: Arundel
Boat name: Mike Bravo 1
Make: Scorp
Length: 9m +
Engine: Yanmar 300
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Ah! that explains it, I was chatting to an Australian guy in a pub the other day. He mentioned Prosport, I whacked him with my handbag and called him a 'Cheeky B*****d', he must have been refering to the Rib co. 
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17 May 2006, 16:26
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,410
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Everything basically - full on computer services - everything from fixing hardware to technical architecture.
We do a lot of remote admin - hence the stupid hours I have to keep. Also helpdesk support etc.
Hoping to pick up work with a Bulgarian company shortly. Offices in Cardiff and Sofia.
We aren't very big at the moment - 15 of us but hopefully getting there!!!
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Interesting stuff, best of luck to you, starting your own business is always diffiicult. Far be it for me to suggest abuse of JK's trade membership but have you got a web page, all sorts of people browse ribnet, and RIBs seem to attract IT consultants You may pick up some business, they always say its not what you know, but who you know 
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17 May 2006, 16:30
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
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We do a lot of remote admin - hence the stupid hours I have to keep.
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17 May 2006, 16:32
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#172
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Country: UK - England
Town: Dorset
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Wireless keyboard and mouse perhaps
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17 May 2006, 16:36
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Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Could be! It just accurred to me that I have no problems doing remote admin 9am -5pm on a 99.999% availability system.
Any out-of hours work is given to the night shift.
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17 May 2006, 16:37
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
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 Maybe Codders works on my night-shift team!
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17 May 2006, 16:43
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
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When it's your own business you work as and when required - I tend to put in about 16hrs a day at the moment - not funny - what I wouldn't give for a day off!!!
Have to do all the work out of hours as I spend most of the day running around seeing clients and dealing with business stuff.
If I was making loads of money I wouldn't mind - still maybe one day!!!
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17 May 2006, 16:49
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bradford on Avon
Boat name: tbc
Make: Sunseeker (AshleyD)
Length: 8m +
Engine: 2 x coal burners
Join Date: May 2004
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Hoping to pick up work with a Bulgarian company shortly. Offices in Cardiff and Sofia.
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Have you ever been to Sofia 
Also, don't forget to budget for the brown envelopes of cash to be paid to large gentlemen in cars with blacked out windows.....
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17 May 2006, 16:54
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#177
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
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Have you ever been to Sofia
Also, don't forget to budget for the brown envelopes of cash to be paid to large gentlemen in cars with blacked out windows..... |
Never been to Bulgaria - thought it was a lot better now as they are trying to get into the EU.
Still I have survived a lot worse places!!!
Didn't know Hugh Jardon lived there though.......
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17 May 2006, 16:54
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Uh oh....maybe that's how codders injured his hand!
Maybe it's bye-bye to his kneecaps next time
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17 May 2006, 16:56
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#179
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
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Uh oh....maybe that's how codders injured his hand!
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Nah that's what the Irish do......
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17 May 2006, 16:58
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Country: UK - England
Make: extreme 24
Length: 7m +
Engine: merc 6.2 320hp
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 711
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so have you a web site for your company cods ?
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