[macleod]

hi everyone... im a message board virgin so be gentle

two bits of advice i was given by a window cleaner when i first started 1st jan 2005.

firstly) as you get better work (easier, more money etc) drop the harder work (infrequent, less profitable, time-consuming, bad payers etc). its scary at first, but really worth it.

secondly get through winter and window cleaning can be the best job you have ever had!

both true...

[Easyclean Windows]

when i first started 1st jan 2005.

youve not got through winter yet.

[AuRavelling79]

It's good advice you've reminded us of macleod.

And if you started on Jan 1st you've been through a winter really. However, winters vary greatly so if you haven't ordered your gloves do it now!

[windows_chepstow]

It's not the Winters, it's the burning hot Summers that bother me!

There's not much worse than being up a ladder, all sweaty, tired and hot, with the sun burning the backs of your legs and kneck.

Mountain climbers say there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong type of clothing.

I prefer the extreme cold to the extreme heat.

[Moderator David@stives]

Tosh

you wont have that ladder problem next summer or have you forgot you have a wfp now

[Paul Coleman]

Tosh

you wont have that ladder problem next summer or have you forgot you have a wfp now

You've just made me aware of another benefit of WFP..  Instant shower on a baking hot day.  Just poit the brush in the right direction and stand underneath.

[windows_chepstow]

Tosh

you wont have that ladder problem next summer or have you forgot you have a wfp now

David,

I'm still water fed poling with a vengance.  

I'm just saying there's nothing worse than the heat of Summer.  In Winter you can add more clothing.  In Summer you can only remove so much; and still you're boiling hot.

I hope using a WFP is easier in the heat than using ladders.

[Moderator David@stives]

Tosh wfp is also an instant cold shower   

[Sarah Sarill]

In Summer you can only remove so much;

How much, Im coming to Chepstow next summer just to take a look 

Sarah

[AuRavelling79]

In Summer you can only remove so much;

How much, Im coming to Chepstow next summer just to take a look

Sarah

Sarah - you can come and see me if you like - however Tosh turns heads - I only turn stomachs!

[Sarah Sarill]

LOL


Note in my diary already Malc   

Sarah

[rosskesava]

The thing about clothing:

Mountain climbers say there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong type of clothing.

During the start of summer all the outdoor shops have sales of winter clothing and each year I spent about £300 on clothing for the next winter. Each winter the cold or the wet doesn't bother me at all except in that I prefer burning hot sunshine.

Each winter the other 2 I work with moan about the cold and the wet. Each winter they both say that for next winter they'll have proper clothing.

This year will be a repeat of previous years. I don't get it as who wants to be cold and wet while working outside?

Cheers

[Ian_Giles]

If the forecasters are right, Tosh could well be rueing that statement!
I hate the winters, I love the summers
I love being in shorts and a tee shirt, I hate having layer upon layer clothing on, feet that never quite get warm enough to be comfortable, cheeks and lips that are numb with cold, a nose that never stops running

Apparently the previous 8 winters have given us average temperatures about 3 or 4 degrees above the average, they are saying we will have temperatures that are going to be 3 or 4 BELOW average.....
That is going to mean temperatures up to 8 degrees LOWER than we have had the last 8 winters

Now that is a prospect that leaves me cold with dread   (cold....geddit )


Shivering already in anticipation,


Ian

[Londoner]

Its an intersting thread because although we don't get particularly bad winters we don't get a lot of really hot days in summer either.
In America where my mate Jim lives their summers are relentless 100 + every day. Then comes the winter and its 20 degrees below.
How on earth do they make a living ? They must all have skin cancer and no toes.

Has anybody any experience of  WC working in really hostile climates

[AuRavelling79]

Has anybody any experience of  WC working in really hostile climates

Yeah - the Lawrence Weston Estate in Bristol!

[Sarah Sarill]

Come on Malc - cant be as bad as Pill in Newort.

Thieves are scared to venture down there 

Sarah

[poles apart]

I clean windows in Pill beleive it or not!
Rod

[Sarah Sarill]

Hi Rod,

Bet they pinch your biscuits !!!!!

Sarah

[poles apart]

oops i meant believe

[poles apart]

Biscuits are under lock and key when I cross into no man's land