Lazy Day

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Having a relaxing evening so far. After work on Friday, _sps_ and I went over to Sandy's place where she served us supper and a business proposal. She wants to set up a particular internet business and is looking for parners who know more about the technical side of things than she does. The business idea has some merit but would:

1. involve lots of work to set up (mostly on the non-technical end of things),  and
2. require a fair amount of research, and
3. possibly involve convincing the govt. to change some regulations.

So, Sandy is really gung-ho about the idea, but I'm sort of indifferent. After all, I don't have much free time now, and this would eat up lots of it. _sps_ is, if anything, less enthused than I. Still, having come to the recent conclusion that working for other folks has so far failed to make me rich, I do need to seriously consider other avenues.

Then on Saturday, _sps_ and I went for a long walk in my neighborhood and played some card games in a local cafe.

After, along with taxlady, the three of us went to Shahi Palace for yummy supper (I know I was there on Friday, so sue me!)

After that, we dropped _sps_ off at the bus, and I went home and did the sleep thing.

Now its a very lazy Sunday morning, and I'm not really doing anything right now, except chatting with azrhey on trillian.

Comments

[lasher.livejournal.com]

personally, #3 would knock this venture off my list... changing governmental policy / regulations is a slow process.... at least in the USA... my aunt has done a lot of work trying to get things FDA approved... and that is a major effort... and they aren't even trying to *change* things... just get approva.

[swestrup]

Actually, #3 might be a saving grace for this proposal. You see, its a simple venture that hasn't been done in Canada. There IS an American equivalent and it seems to be making lots of money. So, the big question is: why not here?

Our best guess so far is that there are a few govt. regulation hurdles that need to be overcome, as its as technically doable here as there. (It may also be intertia -- no one has gotten around to it yet, but that seems unlikely.)

Anyway, its much easier to get changes to regulations when you can show existing systems that work and can demonstrate that the thing will save the regulators money.