Joining the great unwashed!!

[Wild Dingo]

Actually I didnt know which smilie to use with this post the thumbs up or the thumbs down... so I went with the lightbulb

Well seems my leaving me workplace has been taken outta me hands... its no longer a choice I get to make damn it! I was so lookin forward to tellin this dipstick to shove it up his proverbial too :rolleyes:

Friday came around and I suspected something was in the wind by the actions behavior and avoidance tecniques of the boss and others working in the office... then the arvo came round and I got chopped by 2 days and asked for the keys to the car and office... yes indeedy I ended up with less than 2 days a week work which I decided on the spur of the moment they could shove up their proboscus's and am now officially out of work!! :eek:

Yes yer ol mate the Dingo is officially one of the great unwashed :( ... nope no welfare for this little black duck either since after my thin figured workers comp payout last year I cant get that for another 6 months so... what to do? eh what to do?

A fella could get seriously depressed disappointed upset or downright angry I guess... but Im not sure If this is a good thing or a bad thing... presently looking on it as a real blessing damn it I dont have to drag my unhappy bum into that stuffy office working alongside those stuffy asses!... nor do I have to see anymore clients! oooh yeah!! :D

The work was getting to me anyways and the people I was working with were driving me nuts {two faced stuck up snots!} and health wise it wasnt a good thing and I was about to quit anyways... so Im thinking Im going to take a few days next week and just muck around with some wood while cogitating the next move for the Dingo and his mob of galahs :cool:

Sometimes I wish I had a boring staid life! This chopping and changing things happening every couple of months is starting to tell on a fella :rolleyes:

Never mind onwards to better and brighter things! :cool:

Plans so far are... Intend to find work with wood or with boats preferably both but not necessarily... intend never to go back to counselling no matter what else happens Im done with it dont get me wrong here I definantly enjoyed the years Ive been doing it just burnt out to the max and beyond... And hell its about time I worked at something I enjoy and find a pleasure doing rather than just something for the money to pay the morgage... so boats or wood or both it is maybe take a massive cut and do a mature aged apprenticeship to a boatbuilder? mmmm gotta find a woodenboat builder around here! I do set meself some fine challenges eh!

Now the question for me mates here is... what suggestions have you got for me future? chrystal ball gazin belly lint gazin or other fav voodoo hoodoo methods of future scoping all accepted with the same smile as always! :D

A life without dreams dramas and constant change would be soooo boring!!

[Meerkat]

First things first: a day or three out on the water in "canoe thingy" should do nicely to help you get over your angst... smile.gif Of course, all that rain you've been mentioning might put a damper on that idea... ;)

Secondly, if Oz is anything like the US, it shouldn't take much to have people come around looking for wood things, even if it's nothing more glamorous than book cases and other simple bits. The more you do and the better you get the more demand there will be and the more you can charge. Mr. Left8 and others can speak to that better than I can I'm sure.

[imported_Steven Bauer]

And how about recording some tapes? Either stuff you've written or some classic Aussie writings. The world is your market.

Steven

[Domesticated_Mr. Know It All]

Shane.....Find something you like. Life is too short to waste time on a job you hate. I realize you have a mob depending on you and I know that pressure all too well but, the combination of your health problems and the need for peace of mind are greater for you right now. You're a good man Shane and there's always a need for a good man. Keep the faith and don't worry, something will pop up. Who knows, maybe you'll step in something good this time. :D
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio

[SUE H]

I like Steven's suggestion. But if you talk like you write, no one will know what the heck you're saying! :D (just kidding, Shane, I understand every word)

But seriously, this country went wild for Paul Hogan, why not Wild Dingo??? You are quite a spinner of tales. If you wrote em' and I illustrated em', we'd make kajillions, or at least a few dollars! tongue.gif

Best of luck to you. Your train is going to come into the station any day now, just be watchful. :cool:

Maybe you could try your hand at a website? Sell your wares worldwide. You'd have to figure out what those wares are, and how you'd ship them, but that might be an approach to take. Name it something big and splashy, "Wild Dingo's Aussie Express" or "Wild Dingo's Wonderful Widgets". :eek: smile.gif

[Jack Heinlen]

Shane,

Now's your chance man.

I've had Eric Hoffer's The Tenor of our Times sitting by my potty for months now. I'll open and read a bit. Been through the whole damn thing at least twice.

One of the points that stuck is that writing is often undertaken as a redoubt of last resort...by the unemployed. He points out a variety of examples from history, of men who lost employ and turned to the pen, and wrote well. I won't bore you with his examples.

You've got the gift of word. Working it into usable, saleable form is a bunch of work, but better work than what you had. I'd think England or the States would be markets to exploit, rather than Australia, where they're used to Aussie idiom.

Why do you think Erwin(Irwin?) is such a hit here? It's not just his crocs, it's because Americans love something different.

Good luck mate. Keep writing!

Jack

[Leon m]

Whats that funny smell :eek:

[Wild Dingo]

Thanks!! man that makes me feel better when people respond with thoughts that have been playing around the edges of my mind... brings it into clearer focus :cool:

"A Dingo in America"?
"Confusing the idiom by the Dingo"?

okay so maybe a tour of the States would be the go? next prob I need a sponsor! HA!! :D

Seriously thanks fellas... and Sue? not a bad idea! ;)

[mmd]

"A Dingo in America"? "Confusing the idiom by the Dingo"? "...okay so maybe a tour of the States...?" - DingoWell, it's not without precedent. If all you need is gobs of enthusiasm, fractured grammar, and an accent as thick as cold molasses, well jeez, Shane, you da man! If Steve (flamin') Irwin can do it, so can you!! ;) tongue.gif

(I'll sneak out the side door, now... :D )

[Jack Heinlen]

okay so maybe a tour of the States would be the go? next prob I need a sponsor! HA!! Brilliant! smile.gif

I can't offer ya money, but you've got a place to crash for a week or so, simple fare too, on the coast of Maine, if you've a mind. I'll wager the entire continent is open so. You could write ' Aussie dispatches from that other English colony of renegades' or some such. Lord knows we Hamericans could use some perspective.

Seriously. You talked about an American tour. If you've the resources, why not? And you have a bunk and meals here for a bit. With the proviso that if you are a pain in my ass I'll tell you to leave. smile.gif

[Wild Dingo]

But Jack... I would be just that!!

A right royal pain in the proverbial with all me questions yammerin laughin at yer lingo and bewildered by your critters and ways Id drive a saint to distraction and drink!! :D

I mean Id be after yer every second "whats this for mate?" "strewth!! yer pullin me leg right?" "fair bloody dinkum??!!!" "wheres the boats?" "so hows do yous blokes do such and such" "wheres so and so" "how far is this town from here" "do yous fellas do any of this or that?" "come on Jack mate why are we sittin around here for? lets go for broke me ol china!" and similar stuff drive yer to get out and do somethin... ANYTHING to escape me!! :D

Bangor Star Banner newspaper headlines...
"Maine man found running naked down Bangor streets screeming "Gerrimaway! geerouttaityermug" Australian translator sought"

Sub heading...

Australian visitor translates "it was the dingo that did it" then disappears ;)

Michael dont yer go nowheres me Cunukian mate!!! ;) Yer on the cards to if I can ever pull this idea off!!! new titles...
"Can the Cunukians survive"
"Dingo does the white wastelands"
"Dingos against the odds in the frozen wastes"
"Halifax goes nuts for the Dingo!"

Can just see the local Halifax Times Tribune newspaper whatever...
"Dingo rips it up wild in Halifax"
sub title
"Will Halifax ever be the same? Local identity lynched after found to have invited dememted Dingo to Canada" :eek:

Still need the sponsor but Im in!!! put ol SteveFlaminIrwin to shame I would :cool: no worries! ;)

Truely it would be interesting to see how America survives a visit from yours truely... I mean Id need a spot on Opry just cause she needs to laugh!... mmmmm ah well sounds the go eh? okay back to reality! :rolleyes:

[Jack Heinlen]

Shane,

Well it's an interesting proposition. Fly into LA with a round trip outa Boston. Rent a little car and cross the country, visiting all the forumites on the way. Crusty boatbuilder Dave in San Diego. I'll wager Gary Berman would give you a bunk and meal or two up in Frisco. Cross the mtns. and visit our Colorado friends, then dip down and visit dear Norm. A stop at the Lakes for Doc and Kevin, a dip down to see the Huddlestons; Donn and Joe in the Hudson Valley. Many I've not mentioned. Aw hell, you could spend half a year wanderin' around and never have to buy a meal or a motel.

The problem is how to make the words marketable. I always fall down that way. And we're gettin' too old to just wing it, unless you're richer than me. Setting that up ahead of time, working on the contacts before you do this next summer, that would be the key. And that means selling yourself. And that means establishing yourself as someone who can write marketable prose.

'Course, with the nestlings gone, you could just take wing on your own and give it a shot, damn the planning.

All the advice. No one who ever made a difference in this world ever followed most advice. Most of us are just so much dust, marking the time.

You've got a bunk, wherever I am, if you take wing.