Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: M.Acorn on June 09, 2011, 05:15:03 pm
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Just spent an amazing week in Ibiza,went to Pacha,and cafe Mambo,spent far far too much money,got back late last night.
Guess what ?
Half way through my first £106. lounge and stairs,pump starts acting erratically,one min it's pumping the next nothing,fine I thought,I will just bung the other spare one in that I have in the van,clever me I think,spent half hour putting it in,flipped the on switch,nowt,so grabbed it and gave it a little bang,huge blue flash,popped the fuse,so took it out again,put the one I took out back in,and completed my job,having to lift the machine and bang it down to get it to come back to life again,job took me 3 hours in the end,also had to postpone a com job I had booked this eve.
Got another one on order from W bridge,here tomorrow,well it better be I paid nearly £13 to get overnight del,don't have bookings tomorrow as it's a mates wedding....Back to normal by the look of things,bit gutted the one that was in it packed up,was from Olympic,dated 2009 but it had a new pump head on,which Woodbridge fitted not long back,think it's a false economy getting new heads put on as it's only lasted about 3 months....
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Mark what do you do with your machinery and vehicles, they're always breaking ??? ???
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Least you got back in one piece mate.. ;D
Someone has gota feed them cats :)
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Only the one cat now Clinton,who my sister looks after,bless him he has not stopped meowing since we got home,kept us both up all last night by doing paddy feet on us while we were trying to sleep..
Jim the Flojoe that was in it is over 18 months old,a record for me,the other pump was dated may 2009,so in reality not too bad for me.
Just upset that it was ok when I took it out,as it was a kinked pipe stopping it working,well so I thought,apparently not after this morning..
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I've just come back from Ibiza mainly clubbing (the kids) we went to Kumhara's beach bar, nice view but bloody expensive £4 for a coke only had the one drink!!!
Got the feeling mine was a different holiday to yours ;D
Shaun
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With your luck (on your machine) I'm suprised you haven't got yourself a back up by now.
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We paid 37 Euro each to get into Pacha,some places were selling tickets at 70 Euro a pop,then it was 12 Euro for beer or a small bottle of water !! Pacha has a 43 thousand watt sound system,was the best sound I have ever heard anywhere,crystal clear,big bass bins built in all around the perimeter,was standing in front of one and my trousers were flapping,semi naked girls dancing on podiums,very classy night,one of the best I have had,and I did it semi pro for nearly 15 years.
Also went to Cafe Mambo,to see the Swedish house Mafia play,another one of my all time best nights,the deal was you had to spend 100 Euro,to sit there and see them,got there 7 pm,started on champagne sangria,4 ltrs in total at 25 a litre ,got hammered,paid the bill and got 2 free glasses of champagne,then I tipped our amazing waiter 10 Euro,and he brought out 2 more,which I had to drink as the wife was past it.Needless to say I was a mess,climbed through mambo window to go to the toilet,cut my back up on the frame..
I was in charge of getting us home in a cab,he dropped us off about a mile from our villa,can't remember if I paid him,fell over trying to walk up the hill home,we were right out in the sticks up a mountain,no lights,got in trouble off the wife for being so hammered.Hung over all the next day..
I was out there in 1995,a year after Mambo opened,it was just a crappy wooden beach bar then,playing chill music,now it's awesome,really lavish,decent food,the best we had on the island,and we went to some very posh places..
Made me wanna dust my tunes off and get out there playing,far less pilled up people there now,did't see any twated people
Here is the last tune from The Swedish house mafia (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/delk/th_06062011026.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v452/delk/?action=view¤t=06062011026.mp4)
Got loads more,but in Hd ,so they take ages to upload to server.Will be going back for the closing party's,
Spent time on Cala bassa beach,and a few others,we hired a 125 moped,to get around on,I have issues with them,as I try and lean into the corners like a proper bike,which scared the wife
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I've just come back from Ibiza mainly clubbing (the kids) we went to Kumhara's beach bar, nice view but bloody expensive £4 for a coke only had the one drink!!!
Got the feeling mine was a different holiday to yours ;D
Shaun
bloody expensive £4 for a coke only had the one drink!!! and 4 straws! ;D ;)
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Coke at that price :o what are the straws for snorting ;D
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Another one,cheeky Depeche mode mix,Swedish house Mafia set
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/delk/th_06062011025.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v452/delk/?action=view¤t=06062011025.mp4)
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The kids did choke back the tears when I took their money but as I said to them, "you can't take it with you unless your name begins with S and ends in N and has H-A-U in the middle"
S-H-A-U-N
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This is either Pete tong or Calvin Harris at Pacha,all gone Pete tong night
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/delk/th_Pacha3.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v452/delk/?action=view¤t=Pacha3.mp4)
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Looks like Lenny Henry on my screen!
Shaun
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Mark you got more breakdowns than the AA ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Shaun ;D ;D had me in stitches :D :D
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Mark
Stop going on Holidays get a new machine ;D ;D ;D
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Ha ha,wife has just booked another week,beginning of Sept.
Good news is my pump just turned up,so back to full steam ahead,fax machine keeps churning out work orders,so hope that keeps up,will buy another pump in a month or so so I have a new spare,as I hate not being able to work
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I don't know what it is with this industry.
I was due to fly out to the Caribbean on Sunday but have cancelled it because someone called Charles just phoned up and needs an after party clean up....something to do with an OAP having a big bash or something.
Never mind works work.
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not in Windsor by any chance is it??
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Can't say, it's a secret.
But I'm sure I'll tell you ALL about it next week. :-X
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At least they've forgiven you for that incident when you did a burn test. ;D
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Sounds like you had a good time - hope you didn't damage too many brain cells over there.
I haven't had it laarge in a good while. Always something to do early the next morning these days!
Chris
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Yeah,same here,can't really be seen out havin it large over here,due to the wife's job,so we really let our hair down,and yes my brain has only just started to feel normal,was getting worried that the,braindead feeling was permanent.
Glad to say feel fine now.
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Mark, if thats ur new van then its time to get a TM dont you think.
unless you now have a TM and that is playing up.
You really have some luck when it comes to motor and machines !!
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Well it's a 54 plate so not brand new,but new to me,tm once I finish paying the loan for the last van ;D Feel like I am being tested sometimes,the pump I took out which was running erratically,and cutting out when I put my finger over a short length of hose that I use to drain the machine,got put back in,think I sold my soul again,just so I could complete the job,I had sprayed ultra pac on the really bad bit's,was an expensive natural fibre Berber,so it needed rinsing.Managed it by lifting the front of the machine,and banging it down,which seemed to give me 5 mins of use,before I had to bang it again.
Glad it was an empty eot.
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Mark
That happens to me every now and then . I have a return hose in my solution tank so I just turn down pressure at wand such return hose until water flows sometimes takes two goes.
If it is always happening need new pump.
I think I bought two new pumps before I realised. Several years back now
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Well it's a 54 plate so not brand new,but new to me,tm once I finish paying the loan for the last van ;D Feel like I am being tested sometimes,the pump I took out which was running erratically,and cutting out when I put my finger over a short length of hose that I use to drain the machine,got put back in,think I sold my soul again,just so I could complete the job,I had sprayed ultra pac on the really bad bit's,was an expensive natural fibre Berber,so it needed rinsing.Managed it by lifting the front of the machine,and banging it down,which seemed to give me 5 mins of use,before I had to bang it again.
Glad it was an empty eot.
mark used to have the same van as you if you do upgrade to a tm in the future be carefull what tm you get as evenwith my spitfire was like driving a bloody freight train.
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Yeah,with my big 17inch buffer in the back I notice the weight difference..
If i used my thumb,i could stop the pump running,was a miracle I got the job finished really.
Put the new one in yesterday,and it's full steam ahead again now,got lot's of work booked this week