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rosskesava

How tall are you?
« on: February 22, 2005, 11:21:53 pm »
I'm the shortest window cleaner I know at 5' 7".

I do all the ground floor work because I am short and also because my reach is er .................. limited.

I have short arms also.
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Ian_Giles

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2005, 11:49:25 pm »
Ha!
I'm taller than you!
Well, ok, only by half an inch, and only then if measured within 10 minutes of getting up in the mornings ;D
I'm so fat I shrink to 4ft 2in by the time I've ate my breakfast :'(
Actually I'm not fat at all, it's just relaxed muscle, and there is a lot of it :o

My wife reckons its been relaxed for a long time now......sigh. :-\

Ian
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bigToe

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2005, 12:01:14 am »
Im a gangully (spelling?) 6' 6" although i have"nt  actually got round to cleaning any windows yet i "ve just bought some of the basics and im gunna practice on mine and a couple of neighbours and friends houses and just take it from there really.
   Are there any real advantagers to being tall for window cleaning? :)
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pjulk

Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2005, 12:02:49 am »
Was 6ft but had a disk removed 18 months ago so about 5'11" now

Paul
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Ian_Giles

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2005, 12:02:58 am »
Yeah, it saves carrying a ladder for those 2nd floor windows ;D

Ian
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mgcleaning

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2005, 12:23:33 am »
hi  rosskesava now you know a window cleaner at a staggering 5' 4" and a wee bit. I carry a 2 step, step ladder for doing the bottoms

Mal
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windows_chepstow

Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2005, 06:48:46 am »
Wor Lass is only 5' 1" tall.  You can see her in my avatar using an A Frame ladder to clean a cat flap.  There's not much she can do without it.

As for Big Toe being 6' 6" - jammy nit.  You won't need A Frames very much.
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marc al

Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2005, 09:32:26 am »
  i was 6' 4" until I fell from my ladder! Now only 5' 9"
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Chris Gillespie

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2005, 03:12:46 pm »
I'm 5'11 like my brother but i can't reach half as many windows as him because he has the arms of an orangutang!   :P

Chris
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Crystal Cleaning Services

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2005, 03:20:52 pm »
Well I am 6'0 and I do both ground floor and ladder work, as for the other two. One is 5'11" and will only do ground floor work. Occaisionally he uses an old crate for that extra bit height and the guy is 5'9" and again he does both ground floor and ladder work.
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pete fearn

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2005, 05:46:26 pm »
I am 5ft 5" and work on my own, i often use a pole with my applicater or squeegee on it if i cant reach or steps if its not to high, ladders to do the other stuff

             Pete
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seanc

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2005, 09:06:12 pm »
6ft spot on
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rosskesava

Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2005, 09:51:10 pm »
It's nice to know window cleaning seems to not be a tall person thing as all the window cleaners around here are taller than me.

Now having read the above, I don't feel so little or isolated.

Small is best. Yeah?
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AuRavelling79

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2005, 10:12:10 pm »
6ft 0" exactly

But I seem to be able to reach further from the ground! Are my joints loosening up?

My Bro did a bit of w/c he's 6' 3"
So did his son, my nephew, (obviously!) 6' 2"
My mate, the black guy I mentioned in a previous post 5' 6"
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NBwcs

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2005, 10:19:30 pm »
I'm 6ft 3"...  ok for reaching the tops of windows but a long way down to the bottom of French doors and shop windows! 
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texas girl

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2005, 01:41:36 am »
I have always said that big things come in small packages, which is what I am; a small package. :o

I am 5 ft 2; 108 lbs, and I can carry almost every ladder I own except my 32 ft. one.  ;D

I am muscular because of window cleaning and because I think it looks great for a woman to be athletic. :-*

I have been in the business for 25 years, and have the respect of my clients; however, my size has been an issue until they see me work. :P

I have had several men tell me they would prefer working with me instead of many men they have worked with because I take work seriously. ;D

I mean, when you get to the job; do it! Breaks; only if it is a very large job.

Anyway, size may matter in some situations, but I am an expert working in small places.  :-*

Best of hugs,

Texas girl
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pjulk

Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2005, 02:23:01 pm »
rosskesava said
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Small is best. Yeah?

That what my wife always say's to me not to sure why thou
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windows_chepstow

Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2005, 07:47:33 pm »
Quote from: Crystal Cleaning Services on February 23, 2005, 03:20:52 pm
Occaisionally he uses an old crate for that extra bit height

Tell him to get some A Frames, the tightwad!

Texas Girl Wrote:
I am 5 ft 2; 108 lbs, and I can carry almost every ladder I own except my 32 ft. one. 

I am muscular because of window cleaning and because I think it looks great for a woman to be athletic.

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I work with Wor Lass (in the avatar) and she runs marathons for 'fun'.  She did last years London Marathon in just under four hours - which is going some.  It took Lorraine Kelly (GMTV) six hours. 

She'll work all day window cleaning with me - I'm knackered - then she'll come home, consume a high energy drink and then run ten miles with her running club, after which she'll return home and wash the dishes.

Give her a set of doubles and she falls over!

Oh, she also tried getting out of work this morning, claiming her blisters and blackened toe nails were playing her up! "I can't put my foot down", she said.  Unfortunately she's used up her annual entitlement of sick leave.

Well, we both had a very productive day at work cleaning windows! ;)
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Jon T.C.

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2005, 09:16:41 pm »
5'10" ...................6' in heels :-[
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rosskesava

Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #19 on: February 24, 2005, 10:56:30 pm »
Stilleto heels I presume
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Jon T.C.

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Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #20 on: February 25, 2005, 08:36:13 am »
Quote from: rosskesava on February 24, 2005, 10:56:30 pm
Stilleto heels I presume

Completely hopeless on grass or flowerbeds :o
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bill_sykes

Re: How tall are you? New
« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2005, 06:11:26 pm »
rosskesava,

would you be intrested in being a chimney sweep the last small person i used is still stuck up one.
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rosskesava

Re: How tall are you? New
« Reply #22 on: February 26, 2005, 11:50:07 pm »
You've obviously got that somethig special................ well you do use small people who get stuck up chimneys ..........
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bill_sykes

Re: How tall are you?
« Reply #23 on: February 27, 2005, 09:36:40 am »
 ;D ;D
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