[AT] Brits

[Phil Auten]

Good for you, Mattias! Chase those dreams. Most of us never had (or will 
have) the guts.

Phil

At 03:12 AM 7/31/05, you wrote:
>O.K. after discussing it for years we finally came to an end and I bought 
>this small contracting business in june. Not that the discussions were the 
>hard kind it was more how to solve to get me proper financing, managing 
>the tax issues etc. The former owner I known for years I have been his 
>main asphalt paving provider and he has helped me with a lot of 
>preparations before paving. The busines it self is doing things like 
>groundlevelling, foundations and a lot of other types of constucting 
>mostly at groundlevel but even some building. There are mostly eight 
>employees and as many hired guys. Most of the work is done in Västervik 45 
>miles south of here.
>     It's a very fine company with an excellent reputation. I'm not one of 
> those guys that always dreamt of having some busines of my own but this 
> was really the right thing to do and it feels so good. Both the former 
> owners (he shared it with his wife) have been able to work hard and earn 
> good money. Their kids live far away and they(not the kids) have reached 
> retiring age, though they have offered to help me for at least a year.
>     Västervik has became really expanding. People have begun to realize 
> how much nicer it is than living in Stockholm and how much you can build 
> and still have cash left over if you sell your suburban house in 
> stockholm. So the local market is growing and it looks very well. I've 
> been really lucky and got this opputunity to take control of my own future.
>
>Mattias