"The time, Italian style" 13.9.07




Who needs a watch? ;o)


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"Sunset over chesil beach" 10.9.07


A beautiful sunset over chesil beach just as I was walking down the "incline", a steep path that leads from the top of the island to the bottom...pretty direct!

I was about 3/4 down by this time...should have walked slower! ;o)

BUT...I also videoed the sunset the other night and here it is.... :o)








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"Flipping heck!" 27.3.07

Nice day today... here is a picture of the car with the sun on it, just uploaded a small video to youtube but it's waiting to be available.

I will add that as soon as it's done!

UPDATED with video..

As seen below, only short one but my first video upload!

First of many... ;o)







Impressed with the simple uploading at youtube...anyone could use that.

Glad they are at least checked out before being available.


Take care,

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"Learning to play guitar" 26.3.07


Not me...yet.

But my youngest son has now got himself a guitar, kindly given to him.
He can now crack on with learning to play it which with the wonder of free videos on youtube, myspace etc should be fun for him to do.

I will also get a guitar sometime, sounds odd being deaf and playing one but the vibration is good as well me hearing it ok.
I thought if I learn he will always be a step in front of me which will keep him motivated too. ;o)

Once he has made some progress and shows he will keep on keeping on an electric one will be next on the wish list. ;o)

Music is a great thing so I am very happy to see him take notice and action.

Take care,

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"Cove inn" 25.3.07

This is the pub on the sea wall, I live right behind this and look forward to having a drink on the beach, watch the sun go down.

Would that make a nice video?

The sunset?

I can remember watching the waves pound this pub, going right over the top of it, roughly 50 feet high the waves were.

The last time this happened was the late 80's.

It used to happen roughly every ten years but since the late 80's...it's not happened.
I found this picture showing this as it happened, this is an old picture though.

Hopefully it won't again seeing as my home is behind it and on a lower level!

A wave is not what I want to see from the kitchen window!

Take care,

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"A few degrees" 22.3.07

portland bill lighthouseLike the light beam of the lighthouse, a few degrees width here is a big difference out there.

Set off on the wrong angle and it could lead to the vast nowhere!

One good reason I did the last post! :o)

Interestingly though my readership has gone up since adding pics and writing longer and better posts!

Welcome new readers, thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll be a regular reader now. ;o)

Funny it brings back some great memories looking at this picture, the lighthouse itself.
I used to love laying in bed late on a foggy night (believe me fog gets bad here) and listen to the great long deep bellow of the foghorn, I can hear it in my head now.

Yep I could hear it easy back then, living in Weston street (you locals will know it) it was only just over a mile or two from here so it was loud at times.

You know it makes me think about what it was like here one time in the says of old, where locals used lights to lure boats in, only to shipwreck right on the rocks or beach after being tricked.

Then looted!

What a life that must have been here then!

The caves and tunnels and alsorts here make me wonder, gotta be buried treasure here somewhere!....Ok don't rush... ;o)

Pirates and mermaids!! Gets me daydreaming!

Not to mention the "strangers graveyard" we have here.
It IS an interesting place here, too many younger ones don't really appreciate it yet, if ever they will.

Wouldn't a video here of...


sunset at portland



...the sunset be nice?!

Any comments?

Take care,





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"You choose, join in" 21.3.07


I was just thinking... why do I hardly get comments here?
Then one pops up on the top post.... ;o)

Life's a funny old game I tell ya!

I digress... what was I gonna say?

Oh yeah.. the pic reminded me! :o)

I think I'm at a real crossroad in life...NO not an early midlife crisis, I'm not quite that age yet!

More of what direction I go in life and what I do, things are changing whether I think about it or not, I can truthfully pin some of this down to reading or more precisely acting on two books, and having a few chats with a few people, including myself...please don't send the ones in white! :o)

If you are a regular reader of this blog you will have seen all these small things build up to whatever changes there will be, and probably relate to it. I mean I do blog about things in my life, head, whatever so you know it's some reflection of me, real.

By the every nature of blogs it's conversational.

I do feel I know where I am heading but also how too, yet you know you're part of it.
As big a part of it as you want to be in truth, after all it's your choice really, I am just grateful you DO read it, although I like writing you reading keeps me writing it.

But I don't really know what you like me writing about.

You see, I hope to have that camera I need in my hand as soon as I see it really, up to a limit of course, may have a mad rush of buys here or something ( ;o) ) that pushes me faster.

So...summer coming up, lots of pics, videos (you'll laugh or faint) and interesting things going on but I could try to relate these pics or things to things you WILL be interested in...you know for example "how can I relate this experience to (blogging, marketing, whatever?)" topic or viewpoint.

Which way will you choose for me?

I comment on quite a few blogs, even been thanked for it a few times, playing my active part on the blogosphere, and did wonder, as you see at the top of the post ;o) , but realised I simply don't ask you too often enough.

Strange but the ones I comment on often never ask you to comment, so I thought it worked, did on me ;o)

BUT, I will ask you, please comment, help me make sure I DO keep going in the right direction with this.

Take care,





P.s wow the first P's here I think ;o) In case you wondered what books they were I spoke of earlier...It was the "Mindset" one as seen on the sidebar which pays YOU 100% commission, and John Reese's "brain dump" which you can see in previous post or archive.

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"Making money online" Pt 2 18.3.07

**Continued from last post.

I asked if you recognised it...if you're involved in IM (Internet marketing), then you may well guess the "dream sellers" would have sold them the basic info I gave in the last post, with some filler fluff!

Shame on them...they got easy money, yet in this scenario, the "Harley nut" would feel let down, not knowing the "how to do" part.
There is nothing they can get from it, apart from the buzz of wanting to act on it...yep, been sold the sizzle!

Then he most likely will think less of the seller, feel ripped off!

Shame...short term profits for the seller AND a bad rep.

NOT the way you want to go.

This is exactly what is going on out there.
There is hardly anything that also shows you the "how".

Not to mention the fact the sellers of the dreams couldn't give a toss about you, they already have your money!

In this scenario what would I have done?

Well the first thing would be to grab this for the scripts, you will need them later.

I would have given them a plan of action to add to it, one they can do or learn to do.

In this case, create or edit a video just to show you ten tips on basic Harley maintenance.

"Ten tips to maintain your Harley and save service fees!"

Something like that, told him to stick it on eBay, as a limited to X amount box set of videos, relevant auction, ie Harley Davidson must be in the title, then post in the right section.

This way it's "fast boost cash" to carry on with the plan.

While the eBay auction is going, tell them to set up a simple blog at blogger.com, where you post pictures, write a bit about the pictures, post every other day at least once for the first few weeks, have the link to your blog on your eBay home page, have the blog called something related, like...

Home-built-Harley-Davidson.blogspot.com

It's clear what it's about.

Should have sold the videos and have cash coming to keep on building.

Now add other videos to blog and start building your Harley network.

The blog is up, it's simple enough for them to carry on with, post videos to it via youtube or myspace, posting a funny or viral video will help by spreading fast.

Set up a myspace page related to Harley's.

All the while there is a link back to your blog.

The first few weeks should be interesting enough to them to keep the work effort up, if you have a passion, like this person with the Harley's, it's not work...it's fun and more learning.

They should be getting a few keen hungry visitors, "fans" so to speak, "Harley fans" to be precise, a targeted market.

The next advice I would offer them is to visit Harley forums, read up on threads, see what problems and issues they talk about, you may have answers in either your head, or on a video.
Get involved in a subtle yet informative and helpful way.
Use a sig link if you are allowed pointing back to your blog.

Build relationships, you have something in common with them all.

All the plan is now is to set up "funnels" for the traffic you get and maximise it.

Next would be to set up a keyword related squidoo lens, probably the easiest site builder out there, have your blog feed linked to it, or just a normal link if feeds baffle you.

Write up a few good articles and post a few good pictures.

These should be good to keep you busy, update them often keep on reading the forums, you can resell more videos on eBay to keep cash flow coming in.

After the confidence grows and you know you will keep on keeping on...

Next would be to get a domain and hosting, domain should have related keywords, ie... Self-built-harleys.com for example.

Time to set up a site to sell you videos and other related things, ie affiliate products from Harley companies etc.

Should you know little about building a site, set it up using a template, or even using blogger or similar blogging software.

By now a month will have gone by, and you will have a few funnels of traffic set up, start getting some reasonable traffic from these as well as regular readers coming back.

You will also have started building solid relationships with "like minded people".

THAT is taking action, that is doable, that brings results.

Not so hard really, just take it one step at a time, yet start off with what's EASY.

Doing what you know and have passion for is EASY, setting up a blog is EASY.

Once you have started it will get easier and grow faster.

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"Making money online" 17.3.07

Making money online? Is that really doable and easy? How?

Sick of seeing this asked everywhere, then seeing people get suckered into buying through "purely good copy", meaning there ain't no meat behind it!

That's NOT all the stuff being "hawked" out there, just some, you know what I mean too.

I know...been there, but not for a bloody long time though, seen it all and it's not changed much...but it will now.

Listen, you got instinct for a good bloody reason, it ain't often wrong so LISTEN to it!

Ok...making money online, is it happening?
Yes, but what THEY don't tell you is the work involved with knowledge needed to apply it too.
Just a plan, blueprint, I can give you that! FREE!

I have now produced a couple of things of my own and although early days it WORKS, but was it "easy"?

NO...Simple? Yes.

Create something...market it...sell it.

See, simple. ;O)

Steps for actually doing it is another story, just what they don't tell you in the ebooks, because it's NOT so easy.

Things have changed a fair bit recently though and will continue to change alot, it's EASIER and better for you now then ever really.

DOING it is still up to you.

You wanna be one of those who are "making money online"?

There IS some work involved, so...

Still...wanna be one?

There may be some small spending if you want to speed things up, not much, but you could see it come back pretty quick, so...

Still game?
Think it's ONLY those in the know who make money?

Ok, a hypothetical scenario...

I glanced out of the kitchen window and spotted the neighbour working on his lovingly self built and personalised Harley Davidson in his yard.

"He is always mucking about with that thing", I muttered to no one but the empty room.

Half an hour later after breakfast and checking my site stats! ;o) I take the washing out of the machine and proceed out the back to hang it to dry. "Alright Dave" I call over to the Harley nut (as I mentally call him), "Hows it going mate?"

I noticed the sad look in his face as he looked over before he spoke, "Not to good mate, you?"

"I'm ok mate, what's up if you don't mind me asking?" hoping in my head I hadn't said the wrong thing, I waited...

"Got booted from work ain't I, not sacked, ya know laid off man"

I nod.."ah bad shit, sorry to hear that mate, been there myself, you got few weeks left then , enough to find another job before the last day?"

"Na mate...buggers done it already, finished, none left now and got a a few months at most before I struggle with mortgage you know, shit eh, bastards", he starts getting a little emotional.

"Might have to sell me bike now, that could pay a good chunk of the mortgage, being in me bloody 50's I paid most off"..."50's, shit who the hell gonna take me on!" it clearly was getting to him.

The thought crossed my mind that he had a camcorder, I had seen him using it to film the bike build and stuff..."well mate, chin up like, you got a camcorder, so you got a computer then?"

He nodded.."laptop thingy"

I smiled..."What you use it for? Alot?"

"Well I use eBay for getting parts for that bloody thing don't I" as he pointed to the bike.

A light bulb moment... "Great"...I muttered, more to myself than him.

A blank stare from him..."great?, wtf great about it, I ain't spending no more, so..." he trailed off..

"Can I check your videos out mate?" I asked.... "yeah, bloody hell pop over and have a beer man" he quickly replied with a sense of a new spark in him, I could almost touch his anticipation..."don't be long will ya" he added...

See, almost that touchable!

A real passion right there.

So, I went round to see them, armed with a notepad a pen, we watched hours and hours of videos, all the while me taking notes...him talking about certain points, more notes...

Early hours of the morning, he said..."Dude, what ya been taking notes about, and what for?"

"Well mate, been thinking, you could use your computer and passion to solve your income issue, after some work put in, you got a heck of head start because you have used eBay, use a PC, know what it is for a start, and probably have INFO here (me wagging my finger to all the vids) that people will pay money for."

"You serious?" he muttered...a slightly dazed yet excited look across his face!

"Yep, you got photos too?"...he nodded, so I handed him the notes...looking a bit like...

How to build your custom Harley!

Money saving DIY videos!

Self service your Harley videos, save money!

etc etc... a rabid hungry and passionate market here...a great niche.

Videos, step by step process,

viral videos,

Pictures on blog...step by step..forum, membership site..

Training videos to buy in membership... pdf's..

The tour videos and show videos, use as content and viral..

$7 reports, build list... $7 videos?

affiliates...Harley sellers, shops etc,

garages advertising on your site etc...

He handed it back to me...a sparkle in his eyes, "so, how do I do all that then?" (Recognise that?)



*** To be continued...

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John Reese and his great gesture 1.3.07

Many of you will know who John is, those who don't soon will... ;o)

John created some great videos that could change your life, well I couldn't use them as I just couldn't hear him talking on them, so John did a fantastic thing and had text transcripts done just for me!

THAT says alot about the man.

If you really want to read something interesting that could really impact your life, should you try it, take a peek at the warrior thread below and grab the offer, you won't regret it.

The thread!

I am very grateful for such a kind thoughtful gesture.

Thanks John, you are the man mate!

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Korean madness 30.1.07

Have you seen this crazy video??



That had me cracked up, the girl on the left has a strange way of moving her face... good fun I bet for them, a great example of being unique.

Doubt they realised how popular that would be!!
I have to say that its one of the funniest I have seen so far!
No wonder its viral.

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