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elite mike

Re: i gave up today
« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2008, 07:11:45 pm »
managed to get ten done today, better than nothing
we call it yo yo weather, here in sunny lydney  :D
mike

Sir Squeaky

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Re: i gave up today
« Reply #21 on: March 11, 2008, 07:16:22 pm »
managed to get ten done today, better than nothing
we call it yo yo weather, here in sunny lydney  :D
mike
Too windy 9 miles away though Mike!

Didn't fancy leaving houses covered in dirty spots.
Might have done some if I was still on the ladder.

elite mike

Re: i gave up today
« Reply #22 on: March 11, 2008, 07:25:06 pm »
hi squeaky
yes ime still trad, just chose my work carefully,
i think it might be a bungalow day to morrow??  :D
mike

L.J.Thorpe

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Re: i gave up today
« Reply #23 on: March 11, 2008, 07:41:25 pm »
What are you doing on here at this time of night on your birthday!!!

When you mentioned Look North I had a look at your profile to find out where you are from "in the North", but you're just a southerner like all the rest of them!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SOUTHERNER ??? ??? EASTERNER  ;D ;D ;D,and i dont see any reason to get excited about being 40 ::) still thanks all the same,its my little girls birthday tomorrow so extended family out for a meal  ;D

elite mike

Re: i gave up today
« Reply #24 on: March 11, 2008, 07:44:20 pm »
What are you doing on here at this time of night on your birthday!!!

When you mentioned Look North I had a look at your profile to find out where you are from "in the North", but you're just a southerner like all the rest of them!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
SOUTHERNER ??? ??? EASTERNER  ;D ;D ;D,and i dont see any reason to get excited about being 40 ::) still thanks all the same,its my little girls birthday tomorrow so extended family out for a meal  ;D

happy birthday bud
god i wish i was 40 again  :D
mike:D

dai

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Re: i gave up today
« Reply #25 on: March 11, 2008, 08:13:24 pm »
Got away with today, but it's looking bleak for North Wales in the morning. The winds howling now and they reckon we won't get the worst of it till the morning.

Paul Coleman

Re: i gave up today
« Reply #26 on: March 11, 2008, 10:28:34 pm »
Well I did four today then it started chucking it down.  Didn't matter though as I was on an early finish anyway. My friend was over from Spain and I had already arranged to spend the day with him from lunchtime onwards.  One of the things I like about being self-employed.

Nathanael Jones

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Re: i gave up today
« Reply #27 on: March 11, 2008, 10:49:24 pm »
I did some ground floor commercial stuff today,.. but thats about all I could manage. Spent a couple of hours dropping leaflets and quoted a job for next week,.... made a bit of money, but not enough to make up for missing yesterday,.... and tomorrow is looking bad too.  >:( :'(

Wayne Thomas

Re: i gave up today
« Reply #28 on: March 11, 2008, 10:54:29 pm »
I had a day off from work again today.
Kept myself busy fitting a new roof rack, roof platform and door ladder. Finally got some space in the back of my van for a gutter vac. Now all I have to do is make my mind up wether to buy an Omnipole or Ionics guttervac system.

L.J.Thorpe

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Re: i gave up today
« Reply #29 on: March 11, 2008, 11:01:08 pm »
. and tomorrow is looking bad too. >:( :'(
sure is....cant say i fancy that much,but they said it would be rough as a bears .... round here today and it was fine,i shall just wait for the morning.Its just gone dead calm here...real creepy calm,and yet 20 mins ago it was lashing down and blowing a gale  ???

peter holley

Re: i gave up today
« Reply #30 on: March 11, 2008, 11:36:38 pm »
put a coat on and get on with it!!!!!

your running a buisness....... :o

Ian_Giles

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Re: i gave up today
« Reply #31 on: March 12, 2008, 06:15:27 am »
The forecast for monday was so appalling I went to bed expecting a lie in....wasn't that bad at all and got everything done that was on my list, a few squally showers to cope with, but nothing too bad.
Tuesday started ok, but got windier than Monday and some heavy downpours, I gave up about midday, mainly cos of the wind.
However, on the one account (done in wet and windy weather) I did a house as a one off clean (a letting Company (estate agent)) that hadn't been done for a long time, full in and out clean, UPVC windows, half of which had oxidized badly.
Did the outside all WFP and fully expected to need to go around it, or at least some of it again.
When I looked at the glass I had cleaned I could see tiny particles on the glass, or rather in the water still on the glass...not helped with the wind of course.

Was so windy, by the time I'd finished the inside the glass on the outside was dry.

End result?

Much to my surprise they were perfect, well, ok, I did have to go over part of a bay window again, but even on this bay, which was appallingly oxidized - the water was coming off it the colour of milk to begin with - there was no spotting or dried out milky marks.

Sometimes you can do a perfectly good job in adverse conditions, and even on windows that on the best of days you would expect to get problems.
Of course, the reverse also applies, on the best of days you can do a poor job on work you'd expect to come up perfect! :-\

Unlike Squeaks though, if I am working then I'm WFP, if the weather is bad enough to muck up WFP, then it's probably bad enough to muck up trad.

Sometimes you just have to have faith in your ability.

But today out there, at least directly outside in the garden, it is the windiest day of all, unless the conditions ease I really don't know how much I'll get done ???

Which really is a major pain as I have my biggest and best paying day on my round to do :'(
And Tomorrow is a huge one too!

Ahh well...we shall see.....

Ian
Ian. ISM CLEANING SERVICES

Ian Rochester

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Re: i gave up today
« Reply #32 on: March 12, 2008, 06:29:31 am »
Beautifully clear skies with a slight breeze this morning.  ;D

Re: i gave up today
« Reply #33 on: March 12, 2008, 07:41:02 am »
Beautifully clear skies with a slight breeze this morning.  ;D
Blue shys here, only problem is all the trees are bending in half, going to have right fun today

Simonhammer

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Re: i gave up today
« Reply #34 on: March 12, 2008, 02:15:05 pm »
Blue skys and some light cloud covering here in North Norfolk. Windy as hell though...buggered if I'm going up my ladders this afternoon! My well being is far more important than £30.
Glass Act window cleaning

Jago

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Re: i gave up today
« Reply #35 on: March 12, 2008, 03:29:02 pm »
i am pottering about today and sorting jobs that need sorting

My arm is still knackered but less than was but do not want anymore trouble if the wind catches my pole as if my ligament goes it will be a longer lay off
I am going out canvessing though
hee hee
To Do Is To Dare

Sir Squeaky

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Re: i gave up today
« Reply #36 on: March 12, 2008, 03:57:39 pm »
My arm is still knackered but less than was but do not want anymore trouble if the wind catches my pole
The possiblities for double entendres on this site are endless... ;D