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Newannaive

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2010, 04:50:44 pm »
not with hot water, keep going  8)

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2010, 04:54:01 pm »
I've given up.And i'm near three weeks behind anyway. Bit of a disaster.

Tonight took 4040 etc in, took pumps in and drained heater.

It'll be jan when i face the punters again.I'm hoping not too many drop me, but if some do, they do.

three weeks behind ;D yesterday you were three years in front of us all ???

I am planning a bit tomorrow at -8, don't how I will get on but worth a try

JoeMax

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2010, 04:59:10 pm »
I've given up.And i'm near three weeks behind anyway. Bit of a disaster.

Tonight took 4040 etc in, took pumps in and drained heater.

It'll be jan when i face the punters again.I'm hoping not too many drop me, but if some do, they do.

jan and feb are normally colder i wouldnt bother coming out
of hibernation until march if i were you ;D ;D ;D

You serious about Jan and Feb?

Klean07

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2010, 05:00:32 pm »
Why dont you ask your custies if you can clean their insides Stu? Better than nowt mate.
kkleanwindowcleaning.co.uk

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2010, 05:03:58 pm »
Why dont you ask your custies if you can clean their insides Stu? Better than nowt mate.

I am doing fine mate, I have been out all week ;)

Klean07

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2010, 05:05:55 pm »
Would that be out working or out down the pub? ;D
kkleanwindowcleaning.co.uk

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #26 on: December 17, 2010, 05:07:58 pm »
Would that be out working or out down the pub? ;D

working mate ;) don't need to go to the pub I got a bottle of 12 year old malt as a tip today ;D

Klean07

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #27 on: December 17, 2010, 05:11:08 pm »
Fair play mate. One of my custies gave me a bottle of something but its wrapped up in xmas paper so Id better put it under my tree along with the other present I can open on the big day. ???
kkleanwindowcleaning.co.uk

A & J Owen Window Cleaning

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2010, 02:48:43 pm »
klean mate ows you doin today not bin out mneself snow and all next week sounds a lot better dont get despondent you will get em in do you do the merry hill centre thjen

lee_dewing

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2010, 03:16:27 pm »
Dazmond,
Good to see your fighting on; what do you say to custy that want you to leave it, there must be some?

Is it a case of see you next time, just curious, thinkinking of gong out next week when i can.

I'm wfp and been starting one hour later and finishing early; so 10am til 2pm on days 0c -1

Never been out in snow though; few inches now where i am in essex :'(

lee
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.     - Aristotle

Klean07

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #30 on: December 18, 2010, 03:23:07 pm »
klean mate ows you doin today not bin out mneself snow and all next week sounds a lot better dont get despondent you will get em in do you do the merry hill centre thjen
Hiya mate, Went out yesterday and got a full day in but woke up today and very heavy snow. Its only just stopped here. According to radio Merry Hell has been the quietest its ever been (thank god). -7 here tonight. Must be bad to have most of premier footie games called off!! As most have undersoil heating.
Well I'm still optimistic in getting all my work done before xmas. I've only got another 3 days max anyway. Good luck to you anyway mate.
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wfp master

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #31 on: December 18, 2010, 03:36:16 pm »
finished until after new year the snows gone but its to cold to work -5 -6 here everyday water freezing on windows 3 weeks behind but my customers dont expect me to turn up after the weather weve had. last year was the same.

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #32 on: December 18, 2010, 04:33:58 pm »
finished until after new year the snows gone but its to cold to work -5 -6 here everyday water freezing on windows 3 weeks behind but my customers dont expect me to turn up after the weather weve had. last year was the same.

Same here. The temps we get here during the day are what the southern softies get during the night.

Go out wfp'ing at 3am & see how you fare! ::)

See the news today 'cos they got a few inch down south ;D ::) We had over 1 metre two weeks ago!!! ::) ::)

birdymiller

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #33 on: December 18, 2010, 05:19:55 pm »
Been -3 all day today, im trad. Water froze til 12ish so used cloths. Managed to mop and blade for a couple of hours then started to freeze again. So called it a day. Im in sheffield and at moment we have not had this batch of snow. We got 2 foot two weeks ago which meant i had ten days off. Got fed up at home bored and not earning so went out in snow drifts just doing downstairs for a few days. Charged my custies half price and they were happy! Not going to get above freezing til after christmas so got to get round this either changing starting time or using screenwash or just cloths. tips are going well as well, custies are taking pity on me coming out in such extreme conditions so are tipping well and getting 4 or 5 hot drinks a day!

dazmond

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #34 on: December 18, 2010, 05:58:41 pm »
Dazmond,
Good to see your fighting on; what do you say to custy that want you to leave it, there must be some?

Is it a case of see you next time, just curious, thinkinking of gong out next week when i can.

I'm wfp and been starting one hour later and finishing early; so 10am til 2pm on days 0c -1

Never been out in snow though; few inches now where i am in essex :'(

lee

not had one "not today" lee.even if i did i would just say ok see ya next year as ive got too much work to get through.ill still not get through it all anyway before xmas. ill just clean as much as possible before my 2 week xmas break.

regards

dazmond
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A & J Owen Window Cleaning

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #35 on: December 18, 2010, 06:04:21 pm »
We really needed about 2/3 more days but it's not looking good but not prepared just to give it up - even if it picks up mid week then will give it our best shot.

We've got under 10% customers which are over 6 weeks but we've got a whole bunch which like an extra 'early' clean before Christmas. It'll be a case of most profitable/closest and apology phone calls to anyone we've promised but can't get to. Side roads are going to be out round here for certain until all the snow we've had today starts to melt (got approx 5/6 inches)

Problem is, first nice day they all think they are priority. My aunt's been on the phone and asked when we were coming to do hers.

dave.e

Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #36 on: December 18, 2010, 06:40:06 pm »
We really needed about 2/3 more days but it's not looking good but not prepared just to give it up - even if it picks up mid week then will give it our best shot.

We've got under 10% customers which are over 6 weeks but we've got a whole bunch which like an extra 'early' clean before Christmas. It'll be a case of most profitable/closest and apology phone calls to anyone we've promised but can't get to. Side roads are going to be out round here for certain until all the snow we've had today starts to melt (got approx 5/6 inches)

Problem is, first nice day they all think they are priority. My aunt's been on the phone and asked when we were coming to do hers.


6 inches you are joking you are not that far from me and we have had more like 14 inches so no work for Monday and yes you were right they did close merry hill down around lunch time today due to weather me and a mate off mine went down to great bridge today and it took us 2 1/2 hours to get back and it was only 6 miles the worse i have seen since i was 17.

Paul Coleman

Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #37 on: December 18, 2010, 06:53:05 pm »
Give up?  No chance.  I'll write off days individually if I have to and even part days.  There's no way I'm writing off whole weeks if there might be windows of opportunity in them.  I will be keeping options open until last light on Xmas Eve and also the 29th - 31st.  Indeed there is one job I may even do on the 28th if travel is possible.

A & J Owen Window Cleaning

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #38 on: December 18, 2010, 07:31:30 pm »
was 6 inches when i posted dave seems 10inches now that is stopped

Mike #1

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Re: Anyone give up yet till new year?
« Reply #39 on: December 19, 2010, 08:05:27 am »
if its warm enough to clean whats wrong with working in snow i was dragging trolley with full container thourgh a 12 " of the stuff it was bloody hard work but i made money and when its snowing i just keep working did 5 hrs with snow coming down all the time , also got a 4x4 just after first snow fall which i bought so i could get out to work nearly caught up now just a little bit behind should be all done for xmas , snow and ice  has been on ground for over 2wks now and more is forecast,  ADAPT & SURVIVE , lost 3 weeks work  last winter it aint going to let it happen again