Alot of the jobs I have had in the past, or businesses that I have run, have tended to keep me fit, healthy and slim. After college I spent several years teaching outdoor activities, such as climbing, canoeing, caving, and mountaineering. Later I ran a jet ski business, which involved a lot of time working […]
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As you may, or may not know, the eBay ALife4Sale auction did not end as successfully as I had hoped it might, and eventually I had to sell the house via the more traditional route of listing it with a real estate agent. I also managed to sell my car before I set off on […]
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On Friday morning, after Marty had gone to work, Carol asked if I wanted to come down to Bella’s school for their assembly, as they were putting on an end-of-term show. I had seen Bella making her costume over the previous days, and thought it would be fun to go and watch. Without kids of […]
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Just over two years ago, on March 14th 2008, my ALife4Sale website went live on the internet, and the next day, an article appeared in my old UK home newspaper, The Northern Echo. From then onwards, my life was turned upside down, and the next couple of weeks became a crazy whirl of TV interviews, […]
Continue readingOnce again I have been surprised, and a little dismayed at how long it has been since I did anything with one of the goals I previously achieved. My friend Bek runs Urban Indigenous in Perth, and she had a booking for Monday morning, so I opted to join her and her customer Ricard from […]
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I have recently ridden several times past one of the pubs where I used to play poker. In preparation for my goal to play in a big game in Las Vegas, I got in as much practice as I could while in Perth around the same time last year. It is hard to believe that […]
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I have been spending a fair bit of time catching up with friends back here in Perth, sometimes to the detriment of the goals, but I am thoroughly enjoying myself. On St. Patrick’s Day I headed out early on the motorbike, and met an old friend Ed at the coffee shop in Leederville. I haven’t […]
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I have been back in Australia just over two weeks now, and I wonder how that time has gone so quickly. I am also slightly concerned that in that time I have only managed to tick off one more goal, the naked skydive. However, I am making slow but steady progress with several other goals, […]
Continue readingI haven’t seen my friends Andy and Karen for over ten months now, since I was last in Perth. They live to the south of Perth in the countryside, and used to be fairly close to where my old house was. But from where I am currently staying, it’s a fair hike to their place. […]
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I only have one sibling, my younger brother Martin, and today is his birthday. Martin and I have always got on pretty well, but with me living in Australia, and him and Rachel in London, opportunity to hang out together over the past eight years or so has been somewhat limited. However, Martin and Rachel […]
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19 goals left, 17 weeks to go!! When I was in Rio for Carnival, I had no further flights booked, and plans were somewhat vague as to where I would go next, and in what order I would try to tackle my remaining goals. So I spent a day or so doing some research, comparing […]
Continue readingI have been skydiving on an irregular basis for over six years now, and have done around 140 jumps in total. I still get a big thrill from it, but do not tend to go regularly enough to progress too much in terms of skills. At around 100 jumps many people try a nude skydive. […]
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I landed in Perth on Sunday afternoon, and was met by Marty and daughter Maxine, which felt like coming full circle, as when I first departed from Perth back on Day One of my 100 goals adventure back in August 2008, it was Marty, Carol and Maxine who waved me off. Perth is six hours […]
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