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Title: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: Dave Turley on August 15, 2014, 01:58:17 pm
Hi all.

So I'm working away near Claverey near Wolverhampton this afternoon and I go back to the van to get my 44ft extreme and... It's not there!

It didn't take me long to figure out that I'd left it leaning at a block of apartments yesterday afternoon in West Bromwich, extended to around 30ft, leaning into a corner.

It was easy to see from the main road so I feared the worst and quickly drove the 15 miles or so, only to find it was still in exactly the same place I had left it!

That's saved me a grand or so I'm well chuffed!  ;D

Feeling lucky, Phew.
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: duncan h on August 15, 2014, 02:50:17 pm
lucky for sure. I leave my spray with virosol in all over the place. Wife got me 2 more yesterday from Sainsburys. On offer less than £2
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: Simon Mess on August 15, 2014, 04:50:12 pm
Are you more jammy than a jammy dodger?!

 ;D
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: pikeman on August 15, 2014, 05:07:29 pm
Glad it was still there dave be lost without my extreme so light with the extreme brush. brian
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: Bungle on August 15, 2014, 05:16:15 pm
Hi all.

So I'm working away near Claverey near Wolverhampton this afternoon and I go back to the van to get my 44ft extreme and... It's not there!

It didn't take me long to figure out that I'd left it leaning at a block of apartments yesterday afternoon in West Bromwich, extended to around 30ft, leaning into a corner.

It was easy to see from the main road so I feared the worst and quickly drove the 15 miles or so, only to find it was still in exactly the same place I had left it!

That's saved me a grand or so I'm well chuffed!  ;D

Feeling lucky, Phew.

Unlike yammers missing out on a freebie  :o
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: lal on August 15, 2014, 06:36:38 pm

 Nice one Dave glad you got it back, we all need a bit of luck sometimes, how have you been I havn't seen
 you on the forum for age's, when I joined the forum over 2 years ago you were very helpful to me with advice
 as a newbe.

Best regards
Lal 
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on August 16, 2014, 09:08:31 am
It's an awful feeling in the pit of your stomach isn't it? I left my extreme 47 against a block of flats and drove off to the next customer. I realised within 15 minutes but I had a cold sweat that hit me until the relief came of seeing it where I'd left it.

Not as bad as my mate's father who bought a new caravan on the Saturday and being a retired insurance agent told the dealer he'd sort out any insurance himself. He didn't get round to it and the following Wednesday it got nicked. £10,000 down the Suwannee.
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: G Griffin on August 16, 2014, 09:30:56 am
lucky for sure. I leave my spray with virosol in all over the place. Wife got me 2 more yesterday from Sainsburys. On offer less than £2
Not quite the same, is it?  ;D

I left my Brodex Hydra on a job and the git brought it to our house  >:(.
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: Avo on August 16, 2014, 10:08:47 am
Amazing luck..
95% of people would not realise what these poles are worth, if they did it may of gone in 30 mins flat  :)
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: deeege on August 16, 2014, 10:47:05 am
I once left a brodex carbon fibre 36ft pole leaning against a block of flats in a nasty area in Liverpool, tucked away in a courtyard.  By the time I realised (maybe 45 mins) I shot back there and it was gone. This was probably 6 years ago and the pole was probably £400+ worth. :(
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: KS Cleaning on August 16, 2014, 11:17:10 am
I once left a brodex carbon fibre 36ft pole leaning against a block of flats in a nasty area in Liverpool, tucked away in a courtyard.  By the time I realised (maybe 45 mins) I shot back there and it was gone. This was probably 6 years ago and the pole was probably £400+ worth. :(
Did the tenants need evacuating when the flats started listing?
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: Dave Turley on August 17, 2014, 09:59:35 am
Are you more jammy than a jammy dodger?!

 ;D

I think I am more jammy than a jammy dodger!  ;D
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: Dave Turley on August 17, 2014, 10:04:10 am

 Nice one Dave glad you got it back, we all need a bit of luck sometimes, how have you been I havn't seen
 you on the forum for age's, when I joined the forum over 2 years ago you were very helpful to me with advice
 as a newbe.

Best regards
Lal 



Hi Lal, I've been fine thanks, just busy. I do pop back occasionally but it is a lot of the same old same old on here. What's the best pole? What's the best gloves?
etc etc.

I'm glad I helped you on your way mate, all the best.   :)
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: Dave Turley on August 17, 2014, 10:05:01 am
It's an awful feeling in the pit of your stomach isn't it? I left my extreme 47 against a block of flats and drove off to the next customer. I realised within 15 minutes but I had a cold sweat that hit me until the relief came of seeing it where I'd left it.

Not as bad as my mate's father who bought a new caravan on the Saturday and being a retired insurance agent told the dealer he'd sort out any insurance himself. He didn't get round to it and the following Wednesday it got nicked. £10,000 down the Suwannee.


It is, proper panic lol
Title: Re: OMG How lucky am I?
Post by: Dave Turley on August 17, 2014, 10:06:09 am
I once left a brodex carbon fibre 36ft pole leaning against a block of flats in a nasty area in Liverpool, tucked away in a courtyard.  By the time I realised (maybe 45 mins) I shot back there and it was gone. This was probably 6 years ago and the pole was probably £400+ worth. :(


No way, that was proper bad luck.  :'(