Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: spotless2000 on April 06, 2006, 08:50:35 am
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Just a thought .......
How many of you have tried to remove a small peice of dirt from a window with your finger nail?
Just think what germs etc. could be trapped under your nail? (especially considering the current news!) :-\
Steve
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what with bird flu now found is scotland :(
is it now time we looked at how we cleaned windows
this little snippet concearns me, its taken from the BBC website and is backed by the WHO
Birds excrete the virus in their faeces, which dry and become pulverised, and are then inhaled.
now this should make the alarm bells ring, how many of us use out unger scraper to scrap off bird poo (or as its been said before, use a finger nail)
is it time to do WFP upstairs and downstairs ?? ?? ?? ?? i think it might be
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Hi Steve
many times and still do, maybe i should start taking more care especially now theyve got it in scotland, you never think its going to happen to you
Brett
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Hi Matt
very good point
bird muck is very easy to get off downstairs as you can see its been removed, i myself have had no problems removing it from upstairs but in the past there has been a bit of a debate about wfp removing it.
But wether it be up or downstairs,wfp or trad weve all got to come up with a safer way to remove it
I am starting to do more downstairs with wfp anyway
Brett
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I tell yoo we're dooomed! We'rrre all dooomed!
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It's the birds I feel sorry for!
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It's the birds I feel sorry for!
Why?
It'll hit blokes just as hard if it mutates
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1 Swan doesn't make a flu epidemic.
There are 10 billion wild ducks and chickens in South East Asia, and 1 billion humans.
Disaster waiting to happen....
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So you think this could be another 1347 'Black Death' plague?
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no need to get in a flap :P
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My wifes parents own a medical supply business and they have just done their months sales targets on bird flu products for 4 different Police forces!
Id say if the government bodies are taking it very seriously then so should we.
David, the Duck - i hope i dont get the Bird Flu! he he he!
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So you think this could be another 1347 'Black Death' plague?
Easily!
They think the Spanish flu from early 1900s was bird flu! It killed something like 30 million people.
I saw a programme a few weeks ago. People were collapsing in the streets in England. It mutated from farm animals to soldiers I think, and off it went around the world in months. The next will be much bigger.
Coming to a street near you soon![/quote]
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Just heard on radio 1,window cleaners are at very low risk,Gaz
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That's it then, Radio 1 ;D
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Hey What do you do if a Bird Craps on your Window?
Don't take er out on a second date ;D
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I think I've already got bird flu. I feel really peckish.
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from the bit i highlighted its got to be considered
who uses a scraper to remove dried on bird poo, you scrape it and then where does the dust and particles go, thats right, you enhale them
its not a joking matter for me, i have a young family and i wouldnt mind see'ing my daughter grow up
i only posted so we could discuss the options (my post was then mearged with this un), you know what they say "2 minds better than 1 and all that"
but hey, if you want to make light of it, carry on ::)
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In all seriousness, 100 people froam asia to fife had met their maker since this "epedemic" started. I'd go as far to say we've got as much chance of winning the lottery "twice" than we have of catching bird flu.
That doesn't mean we should be complacent. It's probably not AS much of a danger to WFPers, but even trad cleaners will probably have more chance of Claudia Schiffer sending you a sexy text message than of catching the H5N1 strain.
And i know which one i'd rather be a recipient of ;)
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i stay 25 minutes away from wher they found it in fife.scary
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Had to be the Scots.... ::)
We should put the wall back up. ;D
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yep u can built it.
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fair point sqeaky ;D
It's a bit like the H bomb. It's not gonna pick on me..........or you or single any of us out. If H5N1 comes out to play it'll take half the UK out with it. And if that happened there wouldn't be loads to hang around for anyways.
The media would love us to believe that to be the case cos.....yep, it sells papers and gets the dark side of you watching their news channel and not the rivals. This time next week Trever McDonald will be doin his half hour bit from north of the border. Bottom line is, they'd just love it if this took out one or two of our population...........what a scoop.
But despite all the hype, this will all fizzle out like foot n mouth, salmanella and whatever crap was sent to scare the pants of us at the time. As tosh said, our feathered friends will be the ones on the pyres. Not us.
OMG I'm doing an Ian Giles......Sorry Ian ;)
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Without causing offence to anyone.wasn't AIDS supposed to have killed half of us by now?????
OK rant over.......... >:(
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personaly i think its all hype, the government latch on to things to distract us from their cock ups like Iraq, AFgan, BILLIONS in TAXES 4 NHS, IMMIGRANTS that should not be here, taxs going up up & away.
macc
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Some of you may be aware that i do office cleaning as well, one of my contracts is at a power plant where they burn chicken faeces to create electricity ( don't ask me how i'm not a scientist). The percieved risk far outweighs the actual risk.
My cleaners are being extra careful with their hygiene on and off site washing hands,covers on shoes, masks when walking through areas where the chicken faeces is stored. But other than that they are operating within an controlled environment.
How many of you wash your hands when your out on your rounds when you have sandwiches.
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How many of you wash your hands when your out on your rounds when you have sandwiches.
me, with anti bac hand wipes, then i still try not to touch my sarnies, i hold them in the clingfilm
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Maybe now I can not concentrate on cleaning bird crap off windows!
Gives a good excuse to my customers,
"Dear customer, bearing in mind the inevitable dangers Bird Flu now creates, I will no longer be cleaning these vile creatures faeces from your windows!"
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Had to be the Scots.... ::)
We should put the wall back up. ;D
And now that everyone else has stopped using ladders, they won't even be able to climb over it. ;D
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. . sarnies?? ;D
JohnL
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build the biggest wall???? birds fly dont they lol ;D jouk45
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i went into kfc for a take away meal at 930 tonight, the whole place was empty? got home read this thread,remembered what was on the news about bird flu.anyone want a piece iv kind of gone of it now ???
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i often wear glove's, latex n that v v v very sexy! [you tart carl]
got to keep my hands soft, and germ free!! :-\
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i often wear glove's, latex n that v v v very sexy!
And what about when you're window cleaning? ;D
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multi tasker i am! one of my customers thought i was also a part time gino! :o
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Joking aside I have two cuts on my hand and have had to go and buy some marigolds as I do not want to get them infected only wearing one and i look like Micheal Jackson
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from the bit i highlighted its got to be considered
who uses a scraper to remove dried on bird poo, you scrape it and then where does the dust and particles go, thats right, you enhale them
I always wet window before i scrape it, especially birds mess, am I right in saying that particles are less likely to get airbourne?
like said by others not worried about bird flu. just dog poo
& getting paid quickly.
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Had to be the Scots.... ::)
We should put the wall back up. ;D
Edited by moderator, we all rib each other, but that was a little too strong.
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To David Clare
Ducks are better than wimps. We use ladders!
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With a name like Ducky I'd be concerned about bird flu..... ;D
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If you all want to joke and swap one liners, then you all know the section of the forum to visit for lighthearted banter.
I'd hate to have to lock a topic of genuine concern.
Ian
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i dont think we are in any more danger than usual (as a trad) but as was said above foot&mouth did fizzle out but it caused untold damage up here 1st. if this flu takes hold it could do the same, but most brits dont live in the same house as their fowls do they,or do they??? so i think were safe :-*
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Well It's something else to think about. It will do no harm to soak before scraping.
Then we can put it into that little cupboard at the back of our minds.
Another automatic risk assessment we have to make a hundred times a day. Dai