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hank jr

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Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« on: December 08, 2011, 09:26:22 pm »
Hi all , i started as a window cleaner last march , and ive got about a grand and a half round on every 3 weeks. i just wonder if everyone on here will do window cleaning for the rst of their lives or is it a means into getting into bigger things down the line....

Im 32 and just trying to get some direction to my future. i like window cleaning, but i feel i should try and progress further....whats your opinion?
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Pope vader

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2011, 09:32:29 pm »
will be a wc for the rest of my life, might not always be on the glass, manly office work,
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JSMC

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2011, 09:36:51 pm »
yes hopefully. i am 37 and have worked in factories most of my life in elcetronic workplaces with roles ranging from technician-teamleader and then intoa tannery as a teamleader and then into technical team workig in quality ISO systems and studied H&S gaining nebosh and iosh certification. My plan was to keep going down that road but decided to totally chang emy life and i enjoy it.

In future would also like some other sidelines to keep me interested.

Also thought of doing some H&S work for places but it is very responsible work and ye can be held to account.
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clean

Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2011, 09:45:18 pm »
Yes,iv`e been at it 25 years and can`t ever imagine doing anything else, love it !!  ;D
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king marko

Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2011, 09:51:23 pm »
In a word - yes.
Worked in a furniture factory for nearly 20 yrs as fully skilled upholsterer - even ran my own reupholstery business alongside the full time job - never want to go back, thinking about it now makes me shiver  :)
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Ronnie Bryce

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2011, 10:13:13 pm »
Eventually, I want to go back into doing surgery. Private only though. I have to wait on my new licence application being reviewed, then granted.
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bobplum

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2011, 10:16:10 pm »
i am 50 next year thou you wouldnt know it ;D been at it three years cant see my going back to plumbing or hgv driving and next year i intend to reduce the round down to 4 days a week and take more time off
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Blue Frog Systems

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2011, 10:19:34 pm »
Same as Pope Vader ... would like to get bigger and eventually off the tools on a daily basis
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Dean Taberner

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2011, 10:26:55 pm »
Window cleaning can be very distressing at times.
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G Griffin

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2011, 10:38:19 pm »
Quote from: Dean Taberner on December 08, 2011, 10:26:55 pm
Window cleaning can be very distressing at times.

Yeah, it can be a right pane.
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Paul Coleman

Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2011, 10:43:25 pm »
WhenI reach 70 I intend to retrain as a brain surgeon.
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G Griffin

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2011, 10:47:39 pm »
Quote from: Paul Coleman on December 08, 2011, 10:43:25 pm
WhenI reach 70 I intend to retrain as a brain surgeon.

Not long to go then?  ;D
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Danny Guest

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2011, 10:50:04 pm »
I will be using my income to invest in the future...

Not sure what i will invest in but maybe a new van and wfp for next christmas
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edward1

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2011, 10:50:59 pm »
its looking that way .but who knows.
i am happy doing the job ,but there r rsi issues .
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Ronnie Bryce

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2011, 11:29:39 pm »
May not be a future for any of us. What if no one can sort out this financial mess? Quietly, you all may believe there is someone who can, there aint. Maybe a slow gradual decline into third world poverty for the UK. Eventually? Maybe? We all keep doing what appears to be the normal thing because the true reality, the real truth of the matter is just to scary to deal with. We all collectively are mass blocking it all out. Just a thought. brrrrrrr.  
Times are a changin. I recon I will do well though. I will trade a homemade wheel for a box of goose eggs cos I can make a wheel. Sorted!!!! You have to keep ahead of the game to survive.
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hank jr

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2011, 11:44:43 pm »
damn right things are getting worse mate. i see your up to speed with world affairs, its being said that the banks are bracing themselves for another collapse after xmas..... there just holding out for everyone to spend all their xmas money first....
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AS Window Cleaning

Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2011, 04:05:39 am »
Quote from: Dean Taberner on December 08, 2011, 10:26:55 pm
Window cleaning can be very distressing at times.

Wahoo, I've missed that!

window cleaning is a means to an end. it pays reasonable money for little responsibility. so I'm happy staying small and maybe having a little subby help now and then. but it can b what you want it to be, a work hard and build up your own little empire, or work less than full time hours and make a reasonable living.

I'm off all depressed now while thinking of the rest of my life...... :S
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bobby p

Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2011, 06:30:14 am »
once the c****s start to flex their muscles we will be in for a ruff ride.  already they own the big ports

 however im gonna run my windie biz for quite sometime i predict
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Smudgeoff Cleaning Services

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2011, 07:45:38 am »
Window cleaning is for life not just for Christmas!
 :D
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LWC

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Re: Will you be a window cleaner for the rest of your life?
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2011, 08:00:13 am »
Yep
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