tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4453670003044489652.post-64924729163478955052008-03-18T13:59:00.000-07:002008-03-18T14:01:56.172-07:00<span style="font-size:78%;">from Reuters...</span><br /><br />"SYDNEY (Reuters) - A man in Australia is auctioning his life -- his house, his job, his clothes and his friends -- on eBay, after his marriage broke up, saying he wants to start a new life.<span id="midArticle_byline"></span><span id="midArticle_0"></span> <p>"It's time to move. A completely fresh start. I want to see where life takes me," Ian Usher, 44, told Australian television on Tuesday from Perth in Western Australia state.</p><span id="midArticle_1"></span> <p>Usher said he was auctioning his life as "a package" with his house in Perth valued at around A$420,000 (US$385,000).</p><span id="midArticle_2"></span> <p>"Hi there, my name is Ian Usher, and I have had enough of my life! I don't want it any more! You can have it if you like!," reads his Web site www.alife4sale.com, which has a link to eBay for bidders.</p><span id="midArticle_3"></span> <p>Usher said his life auction, which starts on June 22, included not only his house, a car, a motorbike, a jet ski and a spa, but also an introduction to "great friends" and a job at a rug shop in Perth for a trial two-week period.</p><span id="midArticle_4"></span> <p>"When it's over, I will just walk out the front door, take my wallet, my passport and start a new life," he said.</p><span id="midArticle_5"></span> <p>Usher said his ex-wife had heard of his auction.</p><span id="midArticle_6"></span> <p>"Her last comment was, 'it seems a bit mental to me'," he said."</p>Magnum Opushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09204869745681481124noreply@blogger.com