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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dazmond on July 07, 2015, 07:46:17 am
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so guys what do you do?
shut up shop for a week or two and carry on where you left off when you get back
let your workers carry on while your chilling out on a beach
ive just booked a 3k holiday to ibiza for 6 of us for a week for later in the year.its amazing when i tell my customers im going on holiday as some say WHAT?AGAIN? ::)roll
im hardly a jet setter?a week in portugal,a week in ibiza and a couple of weekends away and thats it for this year.the thing is some remember when i went to new york,porto santo,bulgaria etc even though these were spread out over a few years so assume im "always going on holiday" ::)roll
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Must be 3* or less if it's only £500 each?
Who was that silly little twerp on here who banged on about a trip to NYC once? I think he's gone now. ::)roll
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Must be 3* or less if it's only £500 each?
Who was that silly little twerp on here who banged on about a trip to NYC once? I think he's gone now. ::)roll
haha!im slumming it for once(its a 4* hotel all inclusive)as im going with my missus and her 2 kids and 2 friends.its right near all the super clubs.although my clubbing days are pretty much over at 43! ;D ;D
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Must be 3* or less if it's only £500 each?
Who was that silly little twerp on here who banged on about a trip to NYC once? I think he's gone now. ::)roll
haha!im slumming it for once(its a 4* hotel all inclusive)as im going with my missus and her 2 kids and 2 friends.its right near all the super clubs.although my clubbing days are pretty much over at 43! ;D ;D
Sorry, sounds like hell mate!
Kids, "super clubs", all inclusive. Each to they're own tho I suppose. :)
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two 16 year olds(missus s daughter and boyfriend),her 22 year old gay son and 20 year old gay friend! ;D ;Dwe will have a laugh thats for sure! ;D ;D
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The sound of laughter will definitely follow you around ;)
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Why tell the customers anything ? just go relax and forget about window cleaning, you can pull it back when you return.
5 star Dazmond staying in two 4 star hotels in a row, something's not right with the universe. ;D
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I think if I was on houses I would get all work upto date and run them late when I got back, commercial is different - jobs have set days so the work needs to be covered on time
I also booked a 3k holidays for 20th of this month..............
..... Only problem is am not goin as far to busy so the wife and two girls are treating the mother in law ( propa witch ;D ) to a free holiday at my expense :'(
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[quote author=Matty Logan link=
..... Only problem is am not goin as far to busy so the wife and two girls are treating the mother in law ( propa witch ;D ) to a free holiday at my expense :'(
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Same boat. I'm sat outside Peterborough passport office trying to sort my daughters passport in time for a holiday on the 14th. If it doesn't get back in time I'm sending the rest of the family off without me, at my expense.
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[quote author=Matty Logan link=
..... Only problem is am not goin as far to busy so the wife and two girls are treating the mother in law ( propa witch ;D ) to a free holiday at my expense :'(
Same boat. I'm sat outside Peterborough passport office trying to sort my daughters passport in time for a holiday on the 14th. If it doesn't get back in time I'm sending the rest of the family off without me, at my expense.
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Why? Have you not got a passport either?
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I think if I was on houses I would get all work upto date and run them late when I got back, commercial is different - jobs have set days so the work needs to be covered on time
I also booked a 3k holidays for 20th of this month..............
..... Only problem is am not goin as far to busy so the wife and two girls are treating the mother in law ( propa witch ;D ) to a free holiday at my expense :'(
typical workaholic eh matty?GO! itll do you good mate.when your lying on your deathbed(which will be sooner rather than later!)YOU WONT BE WISHING YOU D DONE ANOTHER 12 HR DAY!thats for sure. ;D
best wishes
dazmond
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2 weeks in Greece in August and a good few long weekends during the year at a minimum.
I'll be buying a good camping set up for next year though as the kids will be of an age to appreciate it more, and holidaying in August is getting ridiculously expensive.
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I've pretty much cleared my round from the 22nd of each month, so can plan holidays at the end of the month if I want to. Either that or take a load of extras on to earn some more pennies.
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Taking motohorme on the 20th July to filey coming back 1st September , brilliant site for the kids
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I think if I was on houses I would get all work upto date and run them late when I got back, commercial is different - jobs have set days so the work needs to be covered on time
I also booked a 3k holidays for 20th of this month..............
..... Only problem is am not goin as far to busy so the wife and two girls are treating the mother in law ( propa witch ;D ) to a free holiday at my expense :'(
typical workaholic eh matty?GO! itll do you good mate.when your lying on your deathbed(which will be sooner rather than later!)YOU WONT BE WISHING YOU D DONE ANOTHER 12 HR DAY!thats for sure. ;D
best wishes
dazmond
I know ur right dazmond but I have to bite the bullet, it's more a killer giving it to the mother in law...
big job in Manchester about to start any day am on site Thursday followed by another massive one in Liverpool and then another in London then back to Liverpool for another big one, all done before middle of August
all this on top of the already over flowing day to day work and I have a crapload of pressure washing to do when I finish all this.
I know mate ......... But it is what it is
I do appreciate the care you have shown for me ;D ;D
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Oh sorry am off the Friday 21st August....... Only for the weekend tho ;D
Take the wife away every year for her birthday, her choice were we go but I do fancy Prague
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I go Spain 3 times a year :) The boys cover when I'm gone
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shame on you dazmond
just had a lovely week 9 day stay on the nhs at a super new hospital followed by 7 weeks all inclusive waited on,
now i off for another 8weeks stay with 3 weeks of that watching the tour de france live right in front of me and that all inclusive as well
who says window cleaning dont pay ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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[quote author=Matty Logan link=
..... Only problem is am not goin as far to busy so the wife and two girls are treating the mother in law ( propa witch ;D ) to a free holiday at my expense :'(
Same boat. I'm sat outside Peterborough passport office trying to sort my daughters passport in time for a holiday on the 14th. If it doesn't get back in time I'm sending the rest of the family off without me, at my expense.
Why? Have you not got a passport either?
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Got my own passport but don't fancy leaving my 14 year old daughter at home to look after the house
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[quote author=Matty Logan link=
..... Only problem is am not goin as far to busy so the wife and two girls are treating the mother in law ( propa witch ;D ) to a free holiday at my expense :'(
Same boat. I'm sat outside Peterborough passport office trying to sort my daughters passport in time for a holiday on the 14th. If it doesn't get back in time I'm sending the rest of the family off without me, at my expense.
Why? Have you not got a passport either?
Got my own passport but don't fancy leaving my 14 year old daughter at home to look after the house
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Wise move I should think ;D
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Just at the end of my first year as a window cleaner, it's been a good year. Celebrating by taking the family to Turkey tomorrow for two weeks, did next weeks work last week on top of normal week and will do the same when I return, but for now......time to chill 8)
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I take 3 holidays abroad each year, 2 weeks in summer ( I am in Orlando at the moment ) 1 week in October and 1 week in April. If any of my customers mention that I have a lot of holidays, I just tell them that my wife's good to me. I used to let employees work when I was away on hols but I was never able to relax and would usually have a few complaints to deal with when I got back. Now I am down to 1 employee so I just shut down when I'm away.
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So after all the bragging , I start were i left but cram as much work as possible into the weeks after my return working 6 day weeks until i am totally caught up or the weather dictates otherwise and puts pay to well laid plans .
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We never have more than a week away simply because I can't get back on track with the volume of work I have.
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shame on you dazmond
just had a lovely week 9 day stay on the nhs at a super new hospital followed by 7 weeks all inclusive waited on,
now i off for another 8weeks stay with 3 weeks of that watching the tour de france live right in front of me and that all inclusive as well
who says window cleaning dont pay ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D hope your on the mend franky just in time for winter! ::)roll ;D
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i dont try and cram in work before or after a holiday.i simply shift my entire schedule to when i get back and carry on as normal.
i know what you mean dave.i normally just go away for a week at a time so i dont get too far behind.
although im planning on having an entire month away in the future probably jan or feb(gary999 style)to have a break from the winter working when i reach 50.
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My life's a permanent holiday.
If it isnt and you're window cleaning there's something amiss.
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My life's a permanent holiday.
If it isnt and you're window cleaning there's something amiss.
do you still go scuba diving matt?or have you sold your soul to window cleaning? ;D
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Oh, yeah, and of course there's the regular trips abroad to Egypts red sea. Currently looking at booking a fortnight in the Indian Ocean, cant decide where exactly though. Ho hum, its a hard life.
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My life's a permanent holiday.
If it isnt and you're window cleaning there's something amiss.
do you still go scuba diving matt?or have you sold your soul to window cleaning? ;D
I was in Egypt a couple of months back Daz and all I did was lie on a sunbed, I took one walk down the pontoon to look at the fishys and that was it, I walked back to the sunbed and didnt move for two more weeks. ;)
I may one day, the qualifying was more fun than the diving if the truth were told. Its a lot of bother for 90 minutes underwater. If we go to the Indian ocean I will definately.
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I'm waiting for someone to say they have been to the moon to outdo everyone else.
::)roll ;D
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Oh, yea, Ive got 4 days booked beginning of September riding to Paris again on my trusty bicycle. Not a holiday but great fun.
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I only used to have long weekends away, apart from the odd week when it was almost a 5 week month.
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I've been to thailand twice and Vegas in the last 12 months but im not one to bragg ::)roll
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I wouldn't brag about wanting to bed strange gendered teenage boys in a far-eastern country either.
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Yes that's best kept quiet ;D
I also tend to do a week when I can, with 2 weeks and the last 4 days ya stressed out thinking about work.
I don't do long flights that well, although I have been Mexico and India both over 10 hour flights........I try to keep flight times to a minimum....... Even Cyprus is 5 hour which was a ball ache
And ya won't get me going anywhere near Egypt or Turkey or any other Muslim countries with the way the world is at the minute.
Best to play it save and not take any chances
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We're off to Egypt in September.
I love the place. I have seriously lost count of how many times Ive been there. Its probably around the 25 mark. I first went there in '87 with a rucksack, 6 bottles of vodka, some dirty underwear and £100.00.
You've more chance of accidentally ending up in A + E with a hoover pipe wrapped round you winky than of being killed over there.
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I did always fancy Egypt looks propa decent, and I like the Muslims an Arab people
But this isis crap is going to happen more an more and I wouldn't want to be anywhere near anything to do with it.
I know it will happen here an it will happen anywhere but I wouldn't be able to relax, it would be on my mind and how do I protect my wife and 2 girls with hand weapons to say against some crazy freak with an ak47..........
My luck I would be seen next on Al Jazeera tv in an orange suit
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I did always fancy Egypt looks propa decent, and I like the Muslims an Arab people
But this isis crap is going to happen more an more and I wouldn't want to be anywhere near anything to do with it.
I know it will happen here an it will happen anywhere but I wouldn't be able to relax, it would be on my mind and how do I protect my wife and 2 girls with hand weapons to say against some crazy freak with an ak47..........
My luck I would be seen next on Al Jazeera tv in an orange suit
Have you ever been to the Middle East or North africa?
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No mate, some lovely places there but not for me at this time of life.
Been the Canary Islands a few times if u count that in
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No mate, some lovely places there but not for me at this time of life.
Do you ever go in to London or any major city in the UK? You are in far more danger from extremists going there than the majority of the Mid East I should imagine at the moment.
It always seems a shame when people are scared to go to these beautiful places. :(
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Major cities mmmmmmmmm, yes mate I do everyday. Some of the jobs I do have security briefs that we have had to sit in on before being aloud to work on site.
Do you know that there is no bins inside major train stations....... Incase a bomb or anything is hidden inside.
I know what your saying mate but for me, not every one just me, I wouldn't be able to relax with the way it is and having my family there.
But that dosent mean people should stop going there, hopefully the situation will get sorted an rid of isis and I to can enjoy some of the Middle East
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No mate, some lovely places there but not for me at this time of life.
Do you ever go in to London or any major city in the UK? You are in far more danger from extremists going there than the majority of the Mid East I should imagine at the moment.
It always seems a shame when people are scared to go to these beautiful places. :(
I doubt that very much- ur far more in danger in London than the Middle East???
80% of terrorist attacks last year were in the Middle East, don't forget boko haram who are in Africa. I say stay away from these countries, riddled with filthy scumbag terrorists
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No mate, some lovely places there but not for me at this time of life.
Do you ever go in to London or any major city in the UK? You are in far more danger from extremists going there than the majority of the Mid East I should imagine at the moment.
It always seems a shame when people are scared to go to these beautiful places. :(
I doubt that very much- ur far more in danger in London than the Middle East???
80% of terrorist attacks last year were in the Middle East, don't forget boko haram who are in Africa. I say stay away from these countries, riddled with filthy scumbag terrorists
The Middle East is a huge place ::)roll. I am not talking about Iraq, Afghanistan or Syria. More westerners have been killed in Paris this year than the whole of Qatar, UAE and that area. I'm currently sitting sipping a beer in Dubai at this very moment. It's gorgeous :) I can't see a filthy scumbag terrorist in sight?
Matty Logan, there hasn't been bins since the eighties I think? Back when PIRA were the threat.
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Enjoy ya beers hummer 🍻, my point wasn't because of any individual group is was just a point I was making.
UAE looks a nice place Dubai is obvious a lovely place, am saying enjoy ur self but for me I won't be heading anywhere in that direction any time soon, posted earlier in thread I have no probs with the people out them ways but there's to many crazy freaks for me to be putting myself anywhere near them on there own turf
What happens if it goes Pete tong an your sat there with a flip flop in one hand an and ya beer in the other.... Not much against an ak47
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The last thing I would do if I was in Dubai is go on ciu ???
When I go away I don't take anything that I can be contacted on
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My luck I would be seen next on Al Jazeera tv in an orange suit
Least you'd die famous. :-*
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The last thing I would do if I was in Dubai is go on ciu ???
When I go away I don't take anything that I can be contacted on
I know, I must be bored! Work tho sadly, not a holiday. As for a flip flop versus an AK, didn't work in Paris either and won't in London or similar when it inevitably happens.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33469718
Just hope all involved return home safe an sound.