UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: paul@ctcs on October 09, 2004, 07:28:56 pm
Title: Carpex
Post by: paul@ctcs on October 09, 2004, 07:28:56 pm
I just got home from Carpex and thoroughly enjoyed my day out ;D I managed to get some goodie bags including possibly the tastiest scones in the world from the boys on the Hydramaster stand. All in all a top show, only problem is i dont know what to spend my money on after seeing all that great stuff, maybe more scones ;D ;D
Paul
P.S, Nick, Good to meet you at last, thanks for the samples :)
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: strakercleaning on October 09, 2004, 10:31:53 pm
Maybe if i never stopped for liquid refreshment on the way home, i could have been the first to congratrulate the crew at Carpex.
VERY good show, great stands and seminars, TOP scones and very nice atmosphere.... 8) Nice to see people for the first time ever (Nick & gang), good to see people for the first time in years (John Gotts & Hydramaster mob)and a pleasure to catch up with old faces.(Paul Pearce, DB, Martin..etc)............. ::)
Cannot wait for the next one. ;D
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: stevegunn on October 09, 2004, 10:39:45 pm
I bare no resemblance to Minty either ;)
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: clive on October 09, 2004, 10:46:15 pm
Sorry steve but you are a dead ringer!!
Good to see you mate,
Clive.
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: paul@ctcs on October 09, 2004, 10:51:26 pm
I'll second that, for a while i had the Mrs going, she thought minty was looking to get into Carpet Cleaning ;D ;D
Paul
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: Doug Holloway on October 10, 2004, 07:48:47 am
Steve,
I suppose your going to tell us you're not a Geordie next. ;)
Nice to meet you ,
Cheers,
Doug
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: HolmansUKLTD on October 10, 2004, 09:30:55 am
What about me Chris :(
And :(everyone will be pleased to know i won the bottle of Lanson champagne ;D
But i dropped it on the way home >:(
Straker sabotarged my bag the git ::)
Nick Holman
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: peter_collins on October 10, 2004, 09:54:31 am
Cracking Show, the seminar's were interesting, great to see so many old faces, loved the cornish cream tea, thanks hydramaster! just off out to measure up my van for some of your fantastic shelving. cheers pete.
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: strakercleaning on October 10, 2004, 11:37:08 am
Nick......you don't count as met you before and recently. ::)
Surprised handles lasted that long ;D
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: nick.solution on October 10, 2004, 05:32:35 pm
Hi Guys Fantastic show great to actually meet so many of you face to face, Steve ( Minty again) Chris I thought you said you were going to drink it and fill the bottle with water before you gave it to Nick, now he's dropped it he wouldn't have known (Oops)
Best regards Nick, Sue and all from Solution
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: stevegunn on October 10, 2004, 05:59:57 pm
I suppose your going to tell us you're not a Geordie next. ;)
Nice to meet you ,
Cheers,
Doug
I'm definitely not a geordie but a born and bred Mackem ;D
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: Len Gribble on October 10, 2004, 08:04:13 pm
Yes a cracking show, also the putting names to faces.
All the Cornish hospitality (John & Nick) will now be added to sales patter
I would also like to thank Derek Bolton for advising Nick, Steve and I wrong seminar room.
Nick H
You sent Chris back for it wasn’t you in the pub hic. ;D ;D
Len
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: strakercleaning on October 10, 2004, 08:26:02 pm
Len, Nick could hardly walk straight so not surprised by expensive PUDDLE ;)
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: HolmansUKLTD on October 10, 2004, 09:03:32 pm
I have reported you to the moderators Chris :o
Just for being annoying ;)
Nick (shampoo) Holman
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: Len Gribble on October 10, 2004, 09:20:41 pm
Chris
Wasn’t he the one wrong seminar room? Never mind we got there. ;D
Len
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: HolmansUKLTD on October 10, 2004, 09:38:21 pm
wasnt me 8)
i was drunk :P
NIck
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: Len Gribble on October 10, 2004, 10:20:17 pm
Nick
Did you find out what was used on the draft marks?
Len
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: strakercleaning on October 10, 2004, 10:22:54 pm
Len.............it was Eco spotter ;D
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: Len Gribble on October 10, 2004, 10:36:54 pm
Thanks
Len
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: Derek on October 11, 2004, 07:13:05 am
Len
You little tinker...as if I would!
Listen you Guys and Gals, I found Len and his bodyguards sitting in a seminar room on the front row ..they told me they were waiting for the Paul Pearce presentation on carpet/upholstry audits.. This, I was informed, was so that they were in a prime position to heckle him ;) I informed them politely that they were in the wrong room (Which they were)
Nice to see you guys again ;)
Derek
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: HolmansUKLTD on October 11, 2004, 08:37:28 am
Thanks for that Derek ;)
Nick
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: strakercleaning on October 11, 2004, 10:21:02 am
Derek, No heckling but i did answer two questions correctly........... alas i forgot my shiny red apple for teacher ;D
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: woodman on October 11, 2004, 12:44:41 pm
Although I could only make a short visit on Friday of a few hours I did enjoy meeting and discussing all manner of things with Mr J Bolton, Derek,Paul Pearce Doug (from Leigh on Sea) Steve Haywood, Tim and Mike Boxall (I'll look out for the e-mail Mike ;)).
I wished I had arranged my time better so that I could have stayed down over night and had a few beers ( my son had an important match the next day) with some of you, may be next time ;)
I thought the venue was great and luckily had no problems getting there (apart from M25/M11 roadworks >:()
Here's to bigger and better things next year.
PS: watch your skips at night when John Boltons about ;D ;D
Title: Re: Carpex
Post by: HolmansUKLTD on October 11, 2004, 04:48:36 pm
Chris those 2 questions you got right were your name and shoe size ;D The 1 you got wrong was your age ;)