2012 US Elections

   Brush up on you US political history because I'm pretty sure they'll be money to be made on the US elections next year.

   It doesn't matter if Obama's opponent is a Gay Chinese Closet Communist, some states always vote Red and some states always vote Blue. For example, Utah is the most Republican state; Massachusetts is the most Democrat state. Utah has voted Republican since 1964 (11 in a row). I believe that Masachusetts has only voted Republican once since 1952.

   Get your history books out and do some research. Odds will be available on these bankers because there is always doubt in people's minds.

Is it necessary to reinvent the Wheel?

   My money heroes are Tim Ferriss, Robert Kiyosaki and to a lesser extent David Bach.

   Certainly in the first two cases these guys ensconce the sort of values that I have been banging on about on this blog for the last two years: live frugally, move from wage slave to business owner, re-invest the profits to get your money working for you.

   ........ and what is the connection between these guys? None of them (to my knowledge) have invented anything! You don't have to be James Dyson to get rich.

   The system, the attitude and the persistence are the key - no need to reinvent the wheel.

All the fun of the fair......

   One day, far, far off in the future, I'd love to lay on a fun day where all the stalls, attractions and events etc are sending their profits back to me.

   I'd have:

• tons of stalls
• donkey rides
• bouncy castles
• music
• food vans
• sport events (Highland games or something)

Lifestyle Design

   I've got so many lifestyle design plans. Can't wait to get started. Personally, I think discipline, planning, routine and time management are the key factors. The sky is the limit.

   Very exciting!

XXXL and above

   It's finally happened. After years of joking I've finally reached the stage where clothes in the normal shops no longer fit me. My years of bunterism have pushed me through the (very wide) doors of "High and Mighty".

   Well, they might have got me into "High and Mighty" if it wasn't so bloody dear. You pay a massive premium when you go XXX - in clothes and in porn!

   Here is my business angle. Stick an ad in the paper saying that you are looking for outsized gent clothes, with a charity donation being made in return. Take in all the gent's clothes you can. Chuck out the moth eaten stuff but keep anything at all wearable. Run a counter ad/ website offering outsized clothes for sale at cheap prices.

   Basically you are just acting as aggregator of the free stock. Give half of your profits to charity - everyone's a winner.

Home Bargains

   Anyone who buys anything whatsoever without first checking to see if it cheaper on Home Bargains needs their head examined.

Skinflint rhymes to work by..............

   Live by these two and you'll not go far wrong:

If it's brown, flush it down, if it's yellow, let it mellow.

Heat the person, not the room.