Well if it was a joke I think he should have put his post in the [SARCASM]Insert joke here[/SARCASM] Quotes :winkwink:

Even better!!! :winkwink: :1orglaugh

Mmm.. thinking... it's worth checking to get the exact wording - but goes something like this.. At the start you need to be out of the country for.. think just over a year, but after that there is a sliding scale and it does mean you can end up in Belfast X months a year without incurring UK taxation. You are effectively treated as an expat.

I've been out for a while now and lived in the Caribbean mainly and Latin America. Some Caribbean islands are particularly good to live in - St Maartin is one, - no taxes and regular international flights to North America and Europe (and not a bit of bullshit in sight - unless you watch TV :winkwink:)

Costa Rica and Panama are much the same - nobody bothers you and no taxation. (You don't even get any tax paperwork to fill in). You can do as you want - within the usual reasonable guidelines.

Know the feeling :winkwink: One clue - and it's something I thought would be a problem in that you may want to get back "home". A few times, especially when I first left, I asked a few people when they were thinking of going back home. Not one had any plans to go back home - it was too good where they were and the common question back was - "What would I want to go back to the UK for??" :winkwink:

We have several projects going here at the moment and.. not sure exactly, but there are around 30 families from the UK moving permanently to Costa Rica soon. All of them have been here and seen the land/development and are in the process of "selling up" their homes and businesses.

So.. build your property scenario and spend some time experiencing the "other side" - that will give a good clue as to what you may want to do in the end :thumbsup

Thats great ! I'll certainly research it extensively before making any decisions, I actually know a few UK adult webmasters who have made the move to Asia so I'll be sure to ask them also about their experiences

Not having to endure the British weather, I'm sure that is a big factor :)

I think the thing I'd miss most would be my family and close friends but with the money I could potentially save not having to pay income tax there would be nothing to stop me from inviting them out (to where ever I'm located) for a few months each year

Sure.. got the same reasons - family are the main consideration. In practice they all end up getting these "paradise holidays" :)

One main "relief" least from my angle - was getting away from form-filling crap (ran a few UK businesses) - it took almost six months and constant checking with offshore lawyers to realise I was really free of all that crap. :winkwink: Kinda hits you in the face.

There are also a good few UK webmasters and friends who "escape" out here for a break - that all love it and a few are going to be moving out permanently.

I'm bored ...

:) I want ELRON to post again...:thumbsup

He's prob so "offended" at the thread title :1orglaugh

Thats always good if family or friends decide to make the move, I've read quite a bit about Costa Rica and it sounds like a remarkable place. All the different eco systems and climates sounds awesome, its certainly a place I'd love to visit at some point in the next few years

My only problem is flying, I'm terrified of flying :Oh crap I find it a very traumatic experience. Last time I was on a plane was around this time last year, Belfast To Amsterdam for my 21st, the longest hour of my life on that short flight :disgust

I guess I'll just have to take a few sleeping pills for long flights or have a constant supply of alchohal throughout the journey :1orglaugh

You are most welcome anytime Coatsy - I'll show you around and keep you permanently pissed till 3 am at the bar :winkwink: It's just totally laid back and no problems, but could have a touch of "education" on offshore and loads of other stuff as well.

Get totally pissed and on an aircraft direct to here (avoid Miami like the plague - it's a nightmare) and try and time this when the Costa Rica Bash is on - and you got some "webmaster" input as well. :thumbsup




PS One of my best friends came from NI - he's getting on a bit now, but started driving cabs in London with not a bean to his name. He's prob now the largest real estate "holder" for commerical/industrial units in the UK with around 3000 "sheds" as he describes them - basically everything from warehouses to office blocks.

haha ! Excellent ! The Costa Rica bash looks the most interesting of the adult webmaster conventions for sure, I've not been to any yet but if I was going to go to any of them I think it would be the Costa Rica one I think.

Do you know whereabouts your friend is from in NI ? Once people mentionthey have a friend from NI, it always has me curious just incase we're from the same town, I'm from a town just outside Belfast called Newtownards

Done deal :thumbsup :1orglaugh

He did say years ago, but damned if I remember now. He prob left there about 40 years ago and lives in Surrey now. I'll make a point of asking next time I see him. Both him and his brother took "turns" at driving this cab they secured on some HP deal and ran it into the ground doing two 12 hour "shifts" and worked their asses off.

First time I ever met him was at a commercial property (offices) we wanted to rent. This guy was sweeping the floor in reception - turns out that was his brother :) The guy was worth millions - appearances can be deceptive :winkwink:

Its very impressive what he has achieved :thumbsup Thats something I've learnt over the past few years, if you want to be successful then you have to put the hard work in. I'm currently working on a mainstream social networking site for Northern Irish people which I'm very excited about, I'm hoping with enought hard work this year that it'll take off in a big way. Ever heard of the Northern Irish expression "Bout Ye" ? Its the most well known Northern Irish expression there is.

Well I managed to get the domain boutyee.com which I'm VERY excited about :) So I'll be working my ass off this year on that project and 3 niche adult paysites.

Well my moto is "Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself"

I guess everyone is different but I notice that a lot of very successful people don't flash the cash, its usually the people without the money who flash it "trying" to look successful

Know the term well :)

You developing the social networking site as a commercial deal or as a "freebie"? Know one guy in Portugal (he's from UK) who is working on similar stuff, but he's getting an almost unlimited amount of funding from the EU for his project. (He's one of prob about 20 "experts" in the world at the higher levels of "sustainable ecology" and "eco tourism" and used as a consultant by numerous govts. I pulled him on to the board of one of our corps because he has just too many contacts and is of enormous benefit). I'll find out exactly what he's up to on this and let ya know. He's good at getting funding for social type projects - may be useful :)

hehe.. Think old habits die hard as well - ya swept floors at 18 years and despite having multi-millions, you are still sweeping em :winkwink:

Same with another character.. you prob know the name, he's in the adult biz in the UK and fairly well known. (Initials DS?).

We started off almost at the same time in adult and he is now one of the most wealthy people in the UK (well over a $1 bill in assets), - but was the total pits when it came to fashion and appearances :winkwink: I met up with him at his place once - he was counting cash and wearing some really shitty shirt that looked like he collected from the trash. Asked him "Hell.. I love that shirt - want to take an offer on it?" :winkwink: He had his "Mr Money" hat on and back comes a serious response - "Mmm.. How much you willing to pay?" :1orglaugh Some folks never change.

I would really appreciate that :) my email addy is [email protected]

The site will be 100% free, I honestly can think of an unlimited amount of ways to make money from this site once I have the traffic. I'll start the site as a dating/profile website similar to a site called www.bebo.com without a lot of the restrictions that bebo has.

Once I have the traffic then I'll implement all the other features, I don't want to give too much details away just yet :)

Its very important to me that the site is 100% free of sectarianism, I fully believe that the only way for the people of Northern Ireland to progress is to build bridges with one another (catholic & protestant) and try and forget the past and move forward.

I'm currently only in the development stage at the moment, I figure for what I want to offer as a free service the server bill could be quite pricey per month so I'm currently working on increasing my online adult income at the moment before I invest all my time and money into this project

Your just gonna have to tell me who it is :) I've been thinkin for a good 5 minutes now and its starting to drive me nuts ! Its not the owner of the adult channels on sky like Television X is it ?

K... Got your email added!

Yea.. sounds like initially a freebie and then on to other things... Agree - chatboard is not a good place to chat too much :)

This sounds like a challenge - and could do with some help. The man ya may want for some help is working in.. damn.. forget - some African country for the next month or so, but after that he's going to be here working on our projects for a few years - so will probe him then and let you know. He's also the EU Admin for masses of eco and social-related projects with an almost unlimited budget for "free money" - so if it's not his "area" - he'll know exactly who to contact. If you manage to get drunk and on an aircraft :winkwink: - chances are you can meet him here as well.

I've been doing my research and it would seem that the next wave in which there will be a considerable amount of cash to be made will be in "local search"

We have already seen google and yahoo roll out their local search technologies and its quoted to be worth over $1.3 billion in 2006, this will only increase as more local businesses see the power of the internet and how it can benifit their business.

So there is a lot of potential to make money from local advertising, as each year goes by this sector will continue to grow so its a great area to invest in imo so a lot of money can potentially be made from "local" type sites and there is massive room for growth so thats how I plan on making a very nice amount of money from this local website without having to charge users or sacrifice user functionality

Not sure if he owns the adult channels or not - chances are he has some interest :) He chucks about $14 mill/year into some crappy football team with a big tit "football manager"?? Second name is Sullivan??

Much appreciated Webby !

Jesus christ monkey balls !! The Co Owner of Birmingham football club !!!

nevermind..........

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Yea.. it's some club with Birmingham in the name... one of the brothers at Gold Star is the other half of the "ownership".

I never thought for a second he'd be in adult entertainment ! I'm fully impressed, fully!!

I made this post earlier in the year to help you understand why I'm so impressed ! http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showpo...1&postcount=32

Oh my god ! - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sullivan

That is an interesting read :)

Sheesh :1orglaugh :thumbsup

DS has been in "adult" for decades - same with the Gold brothers. I sold an adult biz to the Golds years back and they have stayed at the helm and kept it stable for years and earned millions out of it.

DS and I started at the same time in "adult" - tho these were the days when public hair was a sensation :winkwink: David stuck his head out from the trenches on a few occasions and pushed the boat out and ended up publishing around 50 monthly mags and then into publishing that crappy "newspaper" where he earned even more millions.

Damn.. he's even got an entry in wikipedia.org :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Got to tell him - he'll roll about laughing :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

This thread has turned out to be without a doubt thee most informative and impressive thread I have ever participated in my (nearly 4 year) stay on this board :thumbsup I always followed your posts with great interest due to the quality of your posts but I had no idea you had such experience and connections in the biz, I never really knew what you did but I figured it had to be something very impressive due to the vast amount of knowledge you have about so many topics !

I'd love to hear about your history in the biz, if you don't want to post it here thats cool. Even just an email with a few examples of the things you've ran in the past

Outstanding stuff !

No they wont. Know why.. The US doesn't invade states that have armies and that would fight back.

hahaha :)

I always thought people like DS and Beate Uhse were the kinda "secrets" of the adult biz (OK Beate was well known from her Euro retail operation - but not much other than that). Both stuck there heads out to push the "adult biz" ahead over decades.

Just reading the wikipedia.org stuff - it's like an era looking back :winkwink:

Notice they mention Mary (Millington) re DS. She was a nice girl (despite the rep) - always remembered my birthday and Christmas stuff :) Her life terminated with a suicide - why, we will never know.

I guess the names never rang a bell for me because it was basically before my time :) (sorry if Im makin you feel old Webby :winkwink: )

I gotta go here, its past 5am here in the UK and I gotta get some sleep here. Truly a pleasure Webby !

:1orglaugh

It's a small world :winkwink: Everybody seems to end up at the same watering hole at some time or other.

I did much the same as DS to start off - basically mail marketing - we did a few co-deals on stuff and I bulk bought the back covers of all his mags for years for full page colour ads. With other partners we did everything from "dildo manufacturing", film/video processing labs, audiotext biz (phonesex), manufacturing "nothing" lingerie, got a number of "sex shops" running, a party plan operation with about 1800 agents (sold that and it is part of what is known as Ann Summers now) - kinda done more or less everything related to the adult biz :)

In between I developed all the data processing and control systems to run that stuff - basically programming - so when the net came along it was kinda natural to extend into net trading.

Now it's heavily into real estate - takes less work and automatic annual capital increases - nice to get a rest!!! :winkwink:

Yea.. I am getting bloody old :1orglaugh :1orglaugh So are all the "old timers" who pushed the boat out and tolerated the occasional court case :winkwink:

OK man - nice to chat to ya Coatsy :thumbsup Will do again soon and hope to see ya for the CR Bash!

I've never claimed that Australia is, or needs to be, a world power, I am quite happy with what we are. I just find it hilarious how important the British think they are, and how some people in this thread seriously think militarily they could even go anywhere near the USA. Yes GB is a great place in the world, most of Europe is actually, when you see what other people live through, but you guys need to realise you are not a hugely important power to be reckoned with anymore. You may of survived WWI and WWII but you came out of it a shell of what you used to be, only some people seem not to have realised it yet.

Agreed - it's very amusing how a thread with a laughable first post has turned into this very interesting discussion.

Whats scary, is that I make a post, and people cant even see the irony and think its real. Just goes to show how easy people are manipulated

USA dont invade countries that the terrorist actually comes from. Like the terrorists in 9/11 was mostly saudis, but USA invaded Afghanistan.

screenshots or it never happend

Amen. Since Bill says it. It must be so.:1orglaugh