[shammy davis jnr]

so far this year been thirteen weeks of real heavy duty rain as aposed to last year where we only had nine and still no let up for a full week since jan  how sad am i knowing to the week how we have been rained off its grim this year its the worst in about six years ,, this cant go on much more we had snow mon nearly half way through march ,,,,
so can you all get together and do a sun dance for us up here 
cheers shammy
cold wet and extremly p off ,did i mention it is also raining aswell he he 

[Dean Aspects]

I was rained off monday but the rest of the week has been great maybe a bit cold at times but i have got loads of work done and i am just about up to date

Dean

[Tosh]

Shammy,

It's got to be grim being a window cleaner in Scotland. 

I mean:

   You have the worst weather; coldest too.

   You need to pay the council for a window cleaner's licence.

   You're customers are tight Jocks where every 50p price increase is like a dirk going through their heart.

   And it can't be much fun at the top of a ladder wearing a kilt and getting laughed at by school kids walking   
   past.

How do you guys cope?

[shammy davis jnr]

in winter i wear the wifes thong under my kilt lol dont hide the meat and two veg well though he he
were a hardy breed up here your dead right about the fifty pence though  you would think you were asking for organ donation this is a humm dinger of a winter for us guys esp with the winds over past two weeks and the days it aint 40mph plus winds its raining ,,,,think the polar ice caps have taken up there new residance in scotland

[danny mckim]

Hi Shammy,

Im from Sunny Paisley where its a surprise if its NOT rainin!  Seriously though there cant be many people who could survive in this. Some weeks we are lucky if we can make 30% of whats available. I doubt if anybody in any other jobs could put up with this amount coming off their wages for the best part of 3 months. Roll on the better weather!

                              Danny

[frames to panes]

You guys, what stops you working, is it the wind or the rain? You must have noticed some on here clean in the rain - what stops you - the customers or yourselves not wanting to work in the rain. Are you trad or wfp?

[alanwilson]

danny I'm not too far from you (Braehead) and we always get at least 4 days a week of work.  The secret is a little bit of inside work and to work on in the rain unless its really heavy.  Too many guys get put off by a bit of rain, inform your customers that if they aren't happy with the results you will come back and clean them.  We never get asked to come back as the quality of work is always excellent.

you gotta grin and bear it

[shammy davis jnr]

rain aint to bad but what we have been getting is nothing short off inpossible to work in i all ways go out once im throgh to the undies its time to jack it  and thats through railway waterproofs to put you in picture ,
you know the one folk think you have a screw loose our something when they see you walk down the path ,,,most dont mind though on my run but there is rain and there is big rain  even haggis dont go out in it and they can take a fair bit of rain becase they are prety thick skined ,

[mci services]

so far this year been thirteen weeks of real heavy duty rain as aposed to last year where we only had nine and still no let up for a full week since jan  how sad am i knowing to the week how we have been rained off its grim this year its the worst in about six years ,, this cant go on much more we had snow mon nearly half way through march ,,,,
so can you all get together and do a sun dance for us up here 
cheers shammy
cold wet and extremly p off ,did i mention it is also raining aswell he he 

i am with you mate same as above applies to me and in my first year self employed so nothing put away to cover it either but hey if we can survive this winter i will have it in the bag.

[danny mckim]

Cheers Alan. You must be rubbing your hand at the amount of houses being built at Braehead mate!

[alanwilson]

nah not really, we've got enough to keep us busy and half of our work is commercial anyway.

if I was interested in taking someone else on then yes I'd be looking at the new ones springing up but as it is 2 vans, my son, 2 staff and myself is more than enough to keep on top of.

[danny mckim]

do you clean inside braehead of xscape alan?