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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Neil Gornall on September 21, 2011, 04:08:31 pm
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Are you ready for another tough winter? it looks as if we could get one.
I know they always spout doom and gloom but I am not taking any chances this year. gonna be ready just in case.
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/forecasters-warn-of-snow-in-october?ocid=tweet
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Are you ready for another tough winter? it looks as if we could get one.
I know they always spout doom and gloom but I am not taking any chances this year. gonna be ready just in case.
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/forecasters-warn-of-snow-in-october?ocid=tweet
I will go out each and every day and do what I can do ;D
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Are you ready for another tough winter? it looks as if we could get one.
I know they always spout doom and gloom but I am not taking any chances this year. gonna be ready just in case.
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/forecasters-warn-of-snow-in-october?ocid=tweet
I will go out each and every day and do what I can do ;D
Sounds like common sense to me ;)
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I will go out each and every day and do what I can do ;D
Me too; and I've got ladders if need be; I'll just cherry pick my accounts suitable for ladders.
And keep an eye out on your elderly customers; with rising heating costs, I bet some of them cut back on keeping warm.
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I will go out each and every day and do what I can do ;D
Me too; and I've got ladders if need be; I'll just cherry pick my accounts suitable for ladders.
And keep an eye out on your elderly customers; with rising heating costs, I bet some of them cut back on keeping warm.
think my ladders will have rusted to the rack its been a while ;D
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im gonna offer driver snow clearance if its too bad this year!
or do as daz does and go trad pole with screenwash if its not too bad 8)
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I'm going in the wardrobe, with the toytoise in a shoe box. The toytoise is in the shoebox not me.
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gear in the house and of some where warm for a month then see what the weather is may go trad if its two bad ;D
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This is the Met Office forecast for the 6th to the 20th October
Temperatures are expected to fall back to nearer normal for the time of year across much of the UK by day, dropping below normal at night, especially across the Midlands and southeast, leading to an increased incidence of overnight frosts. The cooler conditions at night will be mitigated by day in some parts by sunnier than normal weather, with both the far south and far north of the country favoured to see above normal amounts of sunshine, with nearer normal sunshine hours elsewhere. Rainfall amounts are correspondingly likely to be a little below average in most areas, especially in the west.
Not saying the Met Office is right but pointless worrying about it.
Not a great deal you can do about it anyway, its the weather.
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im gonna offer driver snow clearance if its too bad this year!
or do as daz does and go trad pole with screenwash if its not too bad 8)
There's not much point if the road is covered in snow, where they gonna go. We don't seem to get a lot of snow down here in Sussex by the sea. ;D ;D ;D
Rickster
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The cold never stopped me working for the whole day (early maybe)
But if snow falls and the roads are not cleared- thats what stopped me working last two years for a week or so during the worst.
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I'm going in the wardrobe, with the toytoise in a shoe box. The toytoise is in the shoebox not me.
is this some new sex game im not aware off :o :o
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mines all commercial work so not that fussed
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Is this the same website that promised a summer with 'Shades of 76...?'
The Met Office no longer do long term forecasts based purely on their wretched record for getting them right.
We can see what the weather is going to be like for the next 7 or 10 days. Anything else is pure guesswork.
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Forget the traditional ways of checking the forecast.
Try: raintoday? dot com
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Better still try
stickyerheadoutthewindow.com
Just copy and paste it into google search it's the most accurate these days
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I'm worried about a drought.
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Despite record snow falls last December it was the driest December for a number of years.
The difference is that we probably had only a handful of wet days, the difference is that when it fell it lodged on the ground for weeks!
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Darren
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Forget the traditional ways of checking the forecast.
Try: raintoday? dot com
Go one better and buy their Premium Service which shows where the rain may be in 3 hours time.
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I have been thinking for a while about just telling the customers I won't come in January and take a month off. Most of them wouldn't care less in fact they would probably like it.
Its not specifically about the weather but that is one consideration. A small price increase in the new year is coming anyway so if I made it a bit bigger it would pay for my month off the following January.
I don't find it a particularly productive time of year anyway so why not just swing the lead for a while?
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daft idea vince!last year the heavy snow fell a few weeks before xmas!i had a good month in jan this year after a pretty crap december.
IMO the best bet is to clean when you can and enjoy the time off when its really bad.be prepared and heat the van etc.
i dont go with the idea that customers dont want you round in jan either!new year!clean windows!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Its not all about the snow, I wasn't too bothered by it last year although we didn't get anything like as much as up north. More to do with just an excuse to have some time off when it doesn't make much difference.
And I still believe the majority of the customers would be glad to have a month off paying as well. As long as you tell them in advance
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I bet all this talk off a cold winter comes to nothing. No way can they tell what its going to happen that far in advance. Its like predicting QPR Will win the champions league in 2 years time. ; ;)
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Absolutely no point in worrying about it. By now everyone should hopefully have some winter dosh in the bank account and just work as often as poss.
Despite the weather last year we only lost 6 whole days work and as Dazmond said January was fine. I think August is the worst month as they all go on holiday.
Anyway, lots of gutter cleans to do before we have to worry about nasty weather - hopefully ;D