Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AuRavelling79 on May 18, 2013, 09:52:41 am
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So yesterday I was out cutting the scrubland that passes for a lawn in my garden when I hear the clatter of a ladder and looking over my hedge I see an old estate draw up and the stiles of a ladder with gaffered-on laddermitts go up to a house diagonally opposite.
Ooooh ... a windy! Let's time him I think as I push the mower. So I look at my mobile and it says 12.45 exactly.
Whirrr clunk grind cut tear empty grass box, nose over hedge, wasseee doin?
He is using a car sponge to soap the window and a squeegee to take it off. He seems pitifully slow climbing the ladder and cleaning. He doesn't look that old - his hair is dark, may be 50? But his black and orange trainers seem new and incongruous.
On his belt there is a spray bottle and a ragholder.
On this 1920's house there are three windows at the front, a door and a high window at the side, then a locked gate. So he appears to do just the fronts and maybe the top side - definitely not the backs - then the ladder is back on the car (J reg Volvo estate) and he drives off.
What time do you think he finished that (half) house?
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10 minutes
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1 hour ::)roll ::)roll
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16 MINUTES
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Half an hour.
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25 mins
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12.56
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Who cares,
As long as the windows are clean he will do o.k. plenty of time to get faster
and improve his skills.
People need to get of their high horses on this forum.
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So yesterday I was out cutting the scrubland that passes for a lawn in my garden when I hear the clatter of a ladder and looking over my hedge I see an old estate draw up and the stiles of a ladder with gaffered-on laddermitts go up to a house diagonally opposite.
Ooooh ... a windy! Let's time him I think as I push the mower. So I look at my mobile and it says 12.45 exactly.
Whirrr clunk grind cut tear empty grass box, nose over hedge, wasseee doin?
He is using a car sponge to soap the window and a squeegee to take it off. He seems pitifully slow climbing the ladder and cleaning. He doesn't look that old - his hair is dark, may be 50? But his black and orange trainers seem new and incongruous.
On his belt there is a spray bottle and a ragholder.
On this 1920's house there are three windows at the front, a door and a high window at the side, then a locked gate. So he appears to do just the fronts and maybe the top side - definitely not the backs - then the ladder is back on the car (J reg Volvo estate) and he drives off.
What time do you think he finished that (half) house?
No idea on the time - just enjoyed the writing style !
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Who cares,
As long as the windows are clean he will do o.k. plenty of time to get faster
and improve his skills.
People need to get of their high horses on this forum.
Was it you ? ;)
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Who cares,
As long as the windows are clean he will do o.k. plenty of time to get faster
and improve his skills.
People need to get of their high horses on this forum.
Was it you ? ;)
Not me I would have taken twice as long then fallen of the ladder and put the ladder through
the window as I was leaving. ;D
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Tosh on your patch now Goldy? ;D
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Twice as long as what???
there has not been a time said yet..... :o
any figures at the moment are pure speculation.... :P
;D ;D
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13.22.
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People need to get of their high horses on this forum.
But if you think Gold is guilty of getting on his high horse aren't you doing the same by critiscising him? That makes you guilty of critiscism and of being a hypocrite.
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13.31
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So yesterday I was out cutting the scrubland that passes for a lawn in my garden when I hear the clatter of a ladder and looking over my hedge I see an old estate draw up and the stiles of a ladder with gaffered-on laddermitts go up to a house diagonally opposite.
Ooooh ... a windy! Let's time him I think as I push the mower. So I look at my mobile and it says 12.45 exactly.
Whirrr clunk grind cut tear empty grass box, nose over hedge, wasseee doin?
He is using a car sponge to soap the window and a squeegee to take it off. He seems pitifully slow climbing the ladder and cleaning. He doesn't look that old - his hair is dark, may be 50? But his black and orange trainers seem new and incongruous.
On his belt there is a spray bottle and a ragholder.
On this 1920's house there are three windows at the front, a door and a high window at the side, then a locked gate. So he appears to do just the fronts and maybe the top side - definitely not the backs - then the ladder is back on the car (J reg Volvo estate) and he drives off.
What time do you think he finished that (half) house?
Does it really matter how long he took?
I say good luck to the bloke for getting out there and doing it in the first place.You don't know his circumstances as to why he cleans in the manner he does or indeed drives an older vehicle than you probably use.So before you judge the fella,which is quite obviously what you are doing from the tone of your post,you may like to find out more about him first.
At the end of the day he cleans 5hite off the windows the same as you do. ::)roll
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We all had to start somewhere!
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So yesterday I was out cutting the scrubland that passes for a lawn in my garden when I hear the clatter of a ladder and looking over my hedge I see an old estate draw up and the stiles of a ladder with gaffered-on laddermitts go up to a house diagonally opposite.
Ooooh ... a windy! Let's time him I think as I push the mower. So I look at my mobile and it says 12.45 exactly.
Whirrr clunk grind cut tear empty grass box, nose over hedge, wasseee doin?
He is using a car sponge to soap the window and a squeegee to take it off. He seems pitifully slow climbing the ladder and cleaning. He doesn't look that old - his hair is dark, may be 50? But his black and orange trainers seem new and incongruous.
On his belt there is a spray bottle and a ragholder.
On this 1920's house there are three windows at the front, a door and a high window at the side, then a locked gate. So he appears to do just the fronts and maybe the top side - definitely not the backs - then the ladder is back on the car (J reg Volvo estate) and he drives off.
What time do you think he finished that (half) house?
Does it really matter how long he took?
I say good luck to the bloke for getting out there and doing it in the first place.You don't know his circumstances as to why he cleans in the manner he does or indeed drives an older vehicle than you probably use.So before you judge the fella,which is quite obviously what you are doing from the tone of your post,you may like to find out more about him first.
At the end of the day he cleans 5hite off the windows the same as you do. ::)roll
+1
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17.56 - then he rushed home to catch the weather on the bbc news channel, plan his next day and have a satisfying bag of chips with his missus
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orange n black trainers (off market?) + J reggy Volvo gas guzzler , you simply cant buy that sort of coolness . Extra points if the gaffer tape was all flapping as he drove off
id employ him strate away !
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my 1st job was 2 bungalows side by side. 2 of us had a bucket, sponge and chamois leather.
They took 3 hours.
It took ages to dry everything and my arms were hanging off by the end. The next month after advice from our own wc, we had boab, applicator and scrims. Took an hour.
A year later on my own were done in 25 minutes.
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People need to get of their high horses on this forum.
But if you think Gold is guilty of getting on his high horse aren't you doing the same by critiscising him? That makes you guilty of critiscism and of being a hypocrite.
Wasn't getting at Gold just trying to make the point that we all had to start somewhere.
But I see your point.
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orange n black trainers (off market?) + J reggy Volvo gas guzzler , you simply cant buy that sort of coolness . Extra points if the gaffer tape was all flapping as he drove off
id employ him strate away !
;D
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my 1st job was 2 bungalows side by side. 2 of us had a bucket, sponge and chamois leather.
They took 3 hours.
It took ages to dry everything and my arms were hanging off by the end. The next month after advice from our own wc, we had boab, applicator and scrims. Took an hour.
A year later on my own were done in 25 minutes.
Good post, I remember my first day, everything took hours!! I managed 12 3 bed semi's that day in about 9 hours, and was knackered but glad I'd got through them.
Oh the memories ::)roll ;D ;D
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I reckon he took as long as needed till the post office opened to collect his giro.
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Did he have 2 milk crates tied together with boot laces. My first downstairs erm ladder. A two pence piece for scraping the bird muck . One pocket with a wet scrim and a dry one ..seven quid a morning I got paid . Those were the days .1983 . ;D
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Forgot I would have done that in about 30 seconds. ;D
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PMSL, 2 WFP Vs Trad threads in one day!!! And the same old crew at it again! ;D ;D
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Granville Gold... I don't like it when people watch me work ive told you before. Cut ya grass and stay off my patch ;D
Erm i guessing he took 30 mins? :P
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Well come on then gold, how long :D
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Well come on then gold, how long :D
Maybe he's still timing him.
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Well come on then gold, how long :D
Maybe he's still timing him.
;D Hahaha
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Am I the only one who couldn't care less how long the bloke took.
I don't understand why it matters how long anyone else takes or how they do the job and all that.
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Am I the only one who couldn't care less how long the bloke took.
I don't understand why it matters how long anyone else takes or how they do the job and all that.
No, there's probably others as well :)
But I actually want to know just because I do :)
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come on gold, pray tell! Put us all out of our misery! I haven't slept a wink all night thinking about this! >:(
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come on gold, pray tell! Put us all out of our misery! I haven't slept a wink all night thinking about this! >:(
34 mins is there a prize?
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It sounds like en exact mirror image of me I was doing the same as him 7 years ago,
In 1996 I had upgraded to a G reg Volvo 340 estate. I started with a Leather and Scrim, I thought you had to Scrim first and leather last, each house took about 3 hours, then I discovered an all in B&Q Squeegee, the type without a separate rubber.
Those were the days
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Granville Gold... I don't like it when people watch me work ive told you before. Cut ya grass and stay off my patch ;D
Erm i guessing he took 30 mins? :P
You win! ;D
But in fairness there was a door to the side too. So 3 upper windows, two doors and a downstairs window. No bays.
>@DMSI
8 years ago I had just sold my "F" reg Volvo 340 Hatch and got a "J" reg Honda Accord Estate so I could put a Peter Fogwill trolley system in it.
You still moderatin'? ;D
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Hi Malc
Only in title at the moment, still got the powers, but I am not actively moderatin
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Granville Gold... I don't like it when people watch me work ive told you before. Cut ya grass and stay off my patch ;D
Erm i guessing he took 30 mins? :P
You win! ;D
But in fairness there was a door to the side too. So 3 upper windows, two doors and a downstairs window. No bays.
>@DMSI
8 years ago I had just sold my "F" reg Volvo 340 Hatch and got a "J" reg Honda Accord Estate so I could put a Peter Fogwill trolley system in it.
You still moderatin'? ;D
Yey, i won ;D
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Granville Gold... I don't like it when people watch me work ive told you before. Cut ya grass and stay off my patch ;D
Erm i guessing he took 30 mins? :P
You win! ;D
But in fairness there was a door to the side too. So 3 upper windows, two doors and a downstairs window. No bays.
>@DMSI
8 years ago I had just sold my "F" reg Volvo 340 Hatch and got a "J" reg Honda Accord Estate so I could put a Peter Fogwill trolley system in it.
You still moderatin'? ;D
Yey, i won ;D
joint winner :)
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Look why does it matter how long I took to clean your neighbours windows ?
I still earned £1, 75 more than them on the dole .