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Erm, ok. I've putty'ed to my router and got a text prompt. What now?

YOU HAVE BEEN EATEN BY A GRUE!

Oh, yes, well I was assuming that. Davpaz has a computer at home.

To your router? To your computer, right? Log in.

LOL@ Wullie

Done that.

Well - he'll need to port forward on the router to hit his computer.

Perhaps this is a little complex for 5:30. I should be on my way home now.

Edit: yes it is. I'm going home. Will research more tomorrow.

OK, under ssh/tunnels in the putty config, you need to add the ports that you want forwarded. Then it should just work...

Is that it? Hmm...

Yes, either redirect to port 22, OR, move ssh on the computer to port 80 or whatever and forward that straight through.

Probably not to be honest. See above.

Thanks for the help. I'll try again soon.

The entire media was saying this would happen, and has been doing so since Saturday. I think "genius" is a very over the top way of saying "I agreed with the papers".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11421607

Me: what would you like for tea?

Preggo MrsP: Crisps

Having had a very brief look at this, Professional Indemnity insurance cover for up to £1m with annual fees being brought in of £30k is £1k. Setting up a company, call that £100 or so (I think, can't remember exact figures), laptop and decent printer £600 and some really nice paper and file covers £200 and advertising, I reckon I could set this up for £2k. Not sure about insuring the car for business travel. How much does a simple website cost to build, with some guff and a 'Contact me' section?

So, that's 20 wills at £100 a pop (ex VAT) if I visit someone, do the interview, draft the will, show it them and sort it to recoup initial costs.

I'm quite tempted by this idea.

Shop around for insurance. I don't know your industry but that seems rather high. I carry around thousands of pounds worth of kit and am insured against burning my clients premises down up to some absurd amount and yet I pay approx 800 quid a year. The trick is to use a specialist broker not a general broker.

Advertising costs more than you think because you need to find what works. For some industries flat advertising (ie printed) still works well), but for me that's now dead.

You also need the money for a good accountant. You may think you can save money by doing it yourself but chances are you are wrong. Just in a half hour meeting with my accountant on Monday she identified at least 1.5k's worth of stuff I hadn't realised I could claim for. Cheaping out on accountancy is the biggest false economy you can make.

Advertising is something I know little about, so that could get expensive quickly. Business volume also concerns me, as the two are linked.

I figured getting a 30 year old shelf company might add a veneer of respectability, but this will increase costs. Not owning the software could add to the time it takes to draft stuff, so I'll probably have to type up my boilerplate stuff from paper to make writing them faster.

I'll have a think for a few days over it all. Thanks for the advice so far, it is appreciated.

Sandwich board for advertising, Mali.

Do it, by the way. Even I have a company, and I know fuck all about business.

If you do that stuff if you're not a proper lawyer you have to very very much flag that you're not a lawyer. Which in and of itself is offputting for the customer.

Yeah, there's professional bodies which might mitigate that, though.

"I'm not a lawyer, but I'm a member of Dodgy Will Writers R Us". Yeah, that should do it.

So I've changed to plusnet. On a 10gig/month cheapy contract. But oh dear, it's now fast enough to watch TV on. I've used 1.5gigs so far today.

Stop putting him off kissyfur!

How do your competitors advertise? Is pay per click worth it? Once you are up and running you could get some adwords vouchers to find out.

Facebook advertising is quite interesting and I started using it yesterday. You can target people by age and by interests. I've yet to see if this works, natch.

But as with any business you need money to do this. I think your figures are low. I started on a low budget and it made things painfully difficult for the first two years. I couldn't even splash out on things like brochures that I now take for granted.

Although that said if I'd had more to spend I might have lost money over the first couple of years which I didn't. But I reckon you should allow for an extra cushion.

It's a nice logo.

But your point does flag up my greatest concern of attracting business. I might contact the local person that does this and see if they want a hand and see how she deals with it.

The other side of me says "it's a couple of k, do it"

I'm working up to being the sole partner in his business with him acting as my paralegal.

Friend of mines Dad does this for a living but I have no idea how it works. He is not a solicitor or legal person I know that much.

Somebody elsewhere suggested the name be "Malicious Afterthought Wills It". If you can live with that, then maybe we can talk.

Then you just need a sexy secretary for the office!

I hear Jonarob is free.

"Pimpninjalawyer Will Do You Will" and you're on.

Or at very least, cheap.

Watching Glee now. A whole Brittany episode!

I'd hate to think of the job the doctor would have if you ever decide to have a vasectomy. He'd be in there for hours trying to find them.

By contrast, I'm watching Ax [sic] Men, which is literally the best show on Sky TV.

Shut up, fool, it's ace. And this one has been all about Brittany. I have spent most of the episode either laughing or open mouthed in joy.

He's right on that one. Glee is brilliant.

Hang on, this is a musical show and they did a special on a region of Northern France?

heh, and on page two they discover that the 'editor' is actually the author, posting under a pseudonym.

Sooper.

Heh, sock puppets running amok! That's highly amusing

"Pike would probably laugh at such an email. I feel there is no place for it on AOL "

THE LOL.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/myth/index.htm

HSE "Myth of the Month".

ADHD genetic link postulated.

I can agree with th

I've only just got this.

Big LOL just now at the other person interrupting on R4 about this.

Num num, good salt lick

That has to be bullshit, no?