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United Kingdom
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| ahahhaha definitely I would hire a cleaning person | Jul 31, 2009 |
but also the idea of having a personal trainer does not sound too bad... if only I could afford one.
Can I ask a question guy? How do you schedule your day? Do you have a routine?
Thanks
(just out of curiosity and for personal improvement)
| | | | | I'd hire a... | Jul 31, 2009 |
...masseur(se)
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Angola
Local time: 09:51
English to French
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I already have a cleaning lady for the house (could use one for the office though), I outsource accounting and anything linked to computers, network with collaborators and my son is too old for a nanny... If I were rich, I might hire a week-end/hobby/holiday companion
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Mara Ballarini 
Australia
Local time: 17:51
Member (2006)
English to Italian
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| Definitely a masseur(se)! | Jul 31, 2009 |
Mykhailo Voloshko wrote: ...masseur(se)
Me too!
and then a bit of everything else...oh, I would do so many things if I could afford them!!!!
| | | | | Missing options gardener / cook | Jul 31, 2009 |
I do already have a cleaning lady (twice a week, 2x 2 hours) and a proofreader/secretary (5days a week, 6 hours a day), the thing I need next is somebody to help me in my garden, or perhaps a cook.
Siegfried
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Spain
Local time: 09:51
Spanish to English
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| Cleaning person | Jul 31, 2009 |
... but I changed my mind (I can afford it). The problem is, I get paranoid about security (I'm one of those paper-shredders).
Worst-case scenario: what if the cleaning lady started a bank run based on documents she had read on my lectern? (Sure, I'm paranoid, but "lying around" can get out of control in a one-person outfit).
| | | | John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 09:51
Spanish to English
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I'd hire people in this order:
1. A good collaborator (It's so hard to find good help these days.)
2. A personal trainer (One of those ones who yells in your face and tells you to stop being such a wimp.)
3. A cleaning person (Don't you hate dusting?!)
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| I am missing options | Jul 31, 2009 |
A driver would be good. I already have a cleaner and I also work with other professionals (accountant and translators).
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VALENTINA VIGNOLO wrote: but also the idea of having a personal trainer does not sound too bad... if only I could afford one. Can I ask a question guy? How do you schedule your day? Do you have a routine? Thanks (just out of curiosity and for personal improvement)
I get up at 5 and work till 1. Then I have a break until 4 or 5 and work till 8 or 9.
This is generally it.
| | | | | About the top 3... | Jul 31, 2009 |
John Cutler wrote:
1. A good collaborator (It's so hard to find good help these days.)
So true.
John Cutler wrote:
2. A personal trainer (One of those ones who yells in your face and tells you to stop being such a wimp.)
Maybe not one who "yells" at you, but definitely one who takes no excuse for an answer. But since I cannot afford one, I get by with Nintendo's Wii sports, which includes a choice of personal trainer.
John Cutler wrote:
3. A cleaning person (Don't you hate dusting?!)
I hate dusting, but at home we prefer to spend that money on other things, so we take turns about cleaning.
| | | | | Swimming Pool | Jul 31, 2009 |
The one thing I haven't got that would be really helpful and relaxing. The one I had in NY was a joy, but parts, supplies and competent maintenance there were relatively cheap; plus it was fed by an underground spring.
I have a secretary/assistant, cleaning lady, plenty of attorneys and accountants who owe me favors, but a pool would be a godsend where the year-round temps are between 14C and 29C. Unfortunately, not only its proper construction ( for a decent few-hundred meter square pool)... See more The one thing I haven't got that would be really helpful and relaxing. The one I had in NY was a joy, but parts, supplies and competent maintenance there were relatively cheap; plus it was fed by an underground spring.
I have a secretary/assistant, cleaning lady, plenty of attorneys and accountants who owe me favors, but a pool would be a godsend where the year-round temps are between 14C and 29C. Unfortunately, not only its proper construction ( for a decent few-hundred meter square pool) but also the parts, maintenance and supplies would cost a fortune here. ▲ Collapse
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Mary Worby
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:51
German to English
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| Nanny / Cleaner / Gardener / Cook / Secretary | Jul 31, 2009 |
Or preferably someone who could do the lot!
| | | | | Other - two roles - possibly in one? | Jul 31, 2009 |
Someone to do the running repairs at home and in the office (almost invariably little jobs which either I could do myself, or which seem hardly worth the call-out fee for a technician).
And someone to do all the small mending jobs on our clothes. Buttons, torn seams, little holes to darn, hems come unsewn, taking up new trousers...
Of course I can do almost all of this, but do I? Mainly, no. There is always sth a little more urgent, but seeing it all waiting to be done... See more Someone to do the running repairs at home and in the office (almost invariably little jobs which either I could do myself, or which seem hardly worth the call-out fee for a technician).
And someone to do all the small mending jobs on our clothes. Buttons, torn seams, little holes to darn, hems come unsewn, taking up new trousers...
Of course I can do almost all of this, but do I? Mainly, no. There is always sth a little more urgent, but seeing it all waiting to be done probably brings down the quality of my life!
Oh, and I would like to have a secretary who actually files. I am resigned to the fact that my long-term secretary, whom I inherited 14 years ago, (and who, to give her the credit she deserves, is the most fantastic receptionist) will never do this, however many times I tell her to - and she's still 15 years away from retirement!!
Perhaps next week I shall get round to doing some of the jobs mentioned above. It has to be said that I get a huge amount of satisfaction when I actually do get round to doing these things.
Cheers
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| | | | | I answered a cleaning person | Jul 31, 2009 |
but Mykhailo's idea didn't occur to me before, I would love to have a masseur!!!
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