cderham 0 #1 March 18, 2008 Anyone know this guy? It says some of things you will be buying is parachuting gear. There is a picture on the link. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,338807,00.html Man Puts Entire Life Up for Auction SYDNEY, Australia — A painful breakup with his wife has prompted a man to put his entire life — his house, his car, his job, even his friends — up for sale online in an effort to start over. Ian Usher, a British immigrant to Australia, said Tuesday he would auction everything he owns and more on eBay starting June 22. "On the day it's all sold and settled, I intend to walk out of my front door with my wallet in one pocket and my passport in the other, nothing else at all," Usher says on his Web site. Click here for Usher's Web site. Up for bid is Usher's three bedroom house in the western city of Perth and everything inside it, his car, motorcycle, jet ski and parachuting gear. Usher says he is also selling a one-time introduction to his friends and a trial run at his job — a plan endorsed by his friends and his employer. In media interviews on Tuesday, Usher said he wants a fresh start after realizing that most things in his current life remind him of the relationship he had with the wife of five years whom he broke up with more than a year ago. "Everything that I have — the furniture in the house — all has memories attached to it," Usher, 44, told Seven Network television. "It's time to shed the old, and in with the new." Usher said his life will be sold in one lot, and that bidders should expect to pay more than $390,000, which is the upper end of a realtor's valuation of his house that he has posted online. Joy Jones, who co-owns the rug store in Perth where Usher worked as a shop assistant, said she liked the auction idea and wanted to help out. Joy Jones Rugs is offering the successful bidder a two-week trial, which could be extended for three months and then become permanent if it works out. "When Ian came with this idea — because we had seen him go through a breakup of marriage and pain and bits and pieces — I thought it was really exciting," Jones told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "We thought, why not give it a go?" Usher said his friends in Perth had also proved willing to be introduced to the highest bidder — allowing him to advertise his auction as offering a complete lifestyle. Usher, who was born in Darlington, England, planned to open the auction at noon Perth time on June 22 and accept the last bid exactly one week later. He said he hopes to set off traveling, including a visit to his mother in England, as soon as the auction is over. "My current thoughts are to then head to the airport, and ask at the flight desk where the next flight with an available seat goes to, and to get on that and see where life takes me from there," he wrote online. Chris It's Jimmy Time!! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Fast-As-Fuck/6099474213 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSBIRD 1 #2 March 18, 2008 Yup, seems like he's 'cutting away' for real. BASE359"Now I've settled down, in a quiet little town, and forgot about everything" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #3 March 18, 2008 Did Squeak get caught?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #4 March 18, 2008 Good for him i might be doing something similar in the next few weeks. I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #5 March 18, 2008 QuoteUsher says he is also selling a one-time introduction to his friends and a trial run at his job — a plan endorsed by his friends and his employer. WOW! You know, when your friends and your boss are endorsing that you go away and get replaced by someone else, it leads to a weird inference, doesn't it? My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #6 March 18, 2008 QuoteDid Squeak get caught? I'm not a whinging POMYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyawaygirl78 0 #7 March 19, 2008 Yeah I am an American currently living in Sydney for awhile and I caught this story on the news the other night. I think its pretty cool that he's just picking up and starting fresh; just gonna get on a train, maybe hit the airport and see where it takes him. Why not, life is short and meant to be truly lived to the fullest!"Sex.... It's just like cuddling - only damper." Flying Hellfish#695 Muff Brother#3885 Rodriguez Brother#1526-Tronca Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
