Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Londoner on April 24, 2008, 07:28:31 am
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I've got a day off today, going shooting at Bisley. Nothing like it for recharging the batterys.
Its important, I feel, to have something in your life apart from work. All work and no play etc.
What do other members of the forum do?
And keep it clean.
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got the day off fri, picking up a new classic car for my collection (my hobby)
actually it's not a car it's a 1960 morris minor van :)
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My next door neighbour has got a "Moggie" absolutely immaculate.
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I go for a blast on my Honda Blackbird, it blows all the cobwebs out of my ears!
Gazza
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Day at the races for me (my hobby)...earn some real money....not ;D
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I go for a blast on my Honda Blackbird, it blows all the cobwebs out of my ears!
Gazza
I got my first bike yesterday cbr400rr after a 5 year break, thank god my leathers still fit ;D
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My next door neighbour has got a "Moggie" absolutely immaculate.
i got 2, a 4 door saloon immaculate and the van is almost concours in origional condition
take a look www.mildred-the-minor.co.uk
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Rebreather diving....diving without the bubbles....
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Climbing Rocks mainly on the sea cliffs in Cornwall, or if the surfs pumping then I go surfing - otherwise spend time with family, and house always needs repairing.
:)
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Looks like a rainy day today, so my favorite hobby of taking the wheelbarrow full of dosh to the bank will be the order of the day. That's the second time this week. Then i'll probably polish my beautiful carbon pole and run my fingers through my brushes. You need some passion in this job!
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I go out jetskiing off Brighton Seaford and Pevensey Bay, the waves are great for jumping also do a bit of wake boarding of the back off the ski,
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I used to jet-ski but ten gallons of fuel an hour was a bit much for me!
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Looks like a rainy day today, so my favorite hobby of taking the wheelbarrow full of dosh to the bank will be the order of the day. That's the second time this week. Then i'll probably polish my beautiful carbon pole and run my fingers through my brushes. You need some passion in this job!
;D ;D ;D
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week away next week, so lots of nothing and lots of let do what we want to when we want to if we feel like it....can't wait, been a great start to the year, but time to re-charge already ;)
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Steve-uk Pevensey Bay, thats 30 seconds away from my house.
Chris
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Rebreather diving....diving without the bubbles....
Taking as many excursions to the Red Sea, going on Monday, 2 weeks of scuba-diving ;)
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Kayak surfing (same as board surfing - but in a kayak).
Go in the sea at Cleveleys (near Blackpool) for a 'workout' but travel to Saltburn-by-the-Sea for the proper stuff.
It's a 3 hour drive from where I am - 4 hours surfing - then a 3 hour drive back home.
I'm then totally re-invigourated or totally knackered (it's an age thing),
Mike
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Day off too :) Just booked our holiday ;D MEXICO here we come
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Kayak surfing (same as board surfing - but in a kayak).
Go in the sea at Cleveleys (near Blackpool) for a 'workout' but travel to Saltburn-by-the-Sea for the proper stuff.
It's a 3 hour drive from where I am - 4 hours surfing - then a 3 hour drive back home.
I'm then totally re-invigourated or totally knackered (it's an age thing),
Mike
Hey, small world - sold my Mega carbon Slingshot not long ago (too old now) do a bit of kite buggying when i get the time, used to cycle everyday but that's gone out of the window. Sad to say my main hobby has been windowcleaning for the last year. Going on a motorcycling holiday in Spain in September though.
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Photography or golf for me.
I'm off this morning, but no time for either of them.
My daughter's teachers are striking for the day, so I'm here until my mother can have her at about 12.
Off to work then, but I never get into when it's not a full day.
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Squeaky, what sort of photography do you do?
My youngest son is off today because his teachers are on strike but I just lock him in the airing cupboard and go out anyway. He's alright, I leave him some biscuits and he's got his Ipod.
(Actually, he's gone up to London with his grandmother before anyone starts phoning Social Services)
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Photography or golf for me.
I'm off this morning, but no time for either of them.
My daughter's teachers are striking for the day, so I'm here until my mother can have her at about 12.
Off to work then, but I never get into when it's not a full day.
i dont even bother if it gets much past 12, i just write the day off and spend some time doing what i want
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Squeaky, what sort of photography do you do?
My youngest son is off today because his teachers are on strike but I just lock him in the airing cupboard and go out anyway. He's alright, I leave him some biscuits and he's got his Ipod.
(Actually, he's gone up to London with his grandmother before anyone starts phoning Social Services)
Hi Vince.
All sorts, and allsorts!
I like low light and seascapes best.
Here's my photo site:
www.flickr.com/photos/10024613@N06/
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only looked at one page but like the ones of weston pier many a happy
hour spent on there with kids and the torquay photo brings back some memories.
no expert but they look good to me plenty work in photography ever thought
of doing it for a living? especially as you seem to enjoy it so much :)
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I built storage and pole holder in van
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chris , i normally launch off the beach in the car when i had my yamaha superjet ( stand up ) i went skiing with carl (electrician) who lives there andy & grant , havent been over there since last summer though but will be getting another sit down
djw , when i had my last sit down it was doing £50 - £100 a day in fuel when it was 70p a litre , i had a yamaha gp1200r. the new di and 4 stroke skiis are out now and suposed to better on fuel, they need to be now at the price of fuel !!
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I've got a day off today, going shooting at Bisley. Nothing like it for recharging the batterys.
Its important, I feel, to have something in your life apart from work. All work and no play etc.
What do other members of the forum do?
And keep it clean.
Well I went for a lovely stroll around Kew Gardens recently. They're constructing a "tree walk" that should be open in May so I will go again later in the Summer. I also like to go and watch banger racing sometimes and, once in a while, I go to a football match when the local football team are at home.
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Photography or golf for me.
I'm off this morning, but no time for either of them.
My daughter's teachers are striking for the day, so I'm here until my mother can have her at about 12.
Off to work then, but I never get into when it's not a full day.
i've seen samples of your photos....very good too ;)
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Sorting out my receipts from last year for my tax return :( :(. Wish I was diving/climbing or jet skiing too! What a boring life I have!!!
What I really like doing in my spare time is mountain biking, going to gigs, playing guitar and spending time with my beautiful new wife and wonderful son!
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Rebreather diving....diving without the bubbles....
I go diving sometimes and have heard about rebreathing equipment... heard its much harder is this correct? Would you recommend it and if so why?
Ta!
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Rebreathers are just another way of diving it's one of those trad v wfp type of things.... have a look at Rebreatherworld .com
Its not hard..but is very different....
Would I reccommend it...yes...I used to do alot of 60 - 90 meter diving in Thailand and the Philipines....and it worked out at around a dollar a breath...taking into account gear, gas etc...so rebreathers made diving better...for me
Is it cheap...no...once you have your setup...then it's cheap..will you ever get you money back no....my rebreather has these words engraved into it by the maker...."This unit may kill you at any time". !!!
Dave.
Dave.
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Lol, a bit of a worrying engraving that!
Will check the website - cheers for the info!
Claire
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only looked at one page but like the ones of weston pier many a happy
hour spent on there with kids and the torquay photo brings back some memories.
no expert but they look good to me plenty work in photography ever thought
of doing it for a living? especially as you seem to enjoy it so much :)
I'd love to do it for a living, but very very hard to make any decent money out of it these days.
Since the advent of digital everyone's a photographer.
If you're good at editing you can make any shot look good.
Short of setting up a stall in the market, there's not a lot you can do with them.
Even then, people will stop and look and say "Ooh, isn't that lovely", but there's a world of difference between that and them actually paying £75 or so and walking off with it.
Press work is crap now too, as everyone's got a camera on their phone, so there's no exclusive scoops.
A picture of a singer fighting outside a club may have fetched £20,000 in the past.
Now it's virtually worthless, as the punters will be pointing their phones at it.
Newspapers are very low resolution, so a phone shot is good enough.
Weddings aren't bad money, but we're overrun with top guys around here.
Besides, taking people pictures doesn't really interest me.
I'm still looking at ways to make money though.
At least this job is flexible enough to make a start in something else. :)
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Bird watching (NOT twitching - different thing altogether)
Every walk with the dogs has the promise of something different - and if you combine it with digiscoping (taking digital photos through a telescope) you can keep a record of all the unusual and beautiful feathered creatures you encounter. (Note I avoided the obvious noun - knowing the mentality of some on here ::))
Maybe you should investigate it, Squeaky - it might open up a whole new range of subjects for you ;D)
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my rebreather has these words engraved into it by the maker...."This unit may kill you at any time". !!!
Dave.
Dave.
Id have thought it would be more accurate for the engraving to read 'incorrect usage of this unit is likely to kill you at any time'
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Hi Matt...here is a photo of the engraving on my kiss unit...slight wording err on my part but still The late and great man Gordon Smith who designed this unit meant it...
Cheers Dave ;D ;D
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I've got a day off today, going shooting at Bisley. Nothing like it for recharging the batterys.
Its important, I feel, to have something in your life apart from work. All work and no play etc.
What do other members of the forum do?
And keep it clean.
I use to go shooting at bisley. I use to get paid for it being in the battalion shooting team with a sniper rifle. Good fun. Tried using a colt 45 as well, you should try a magnum, the recoil is wicked.
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I've dived the famous blue hole near the Turnreefe Islands in the Caribean, I'd love to do it again as it was a thermal incline. Could only go down to 39metres. Plenty of sharks down there.
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only looked at one page but like the ones of weston pier many a happy
hour spent on there with kids and the torquay photo brings back some memories.
no expert but they look good to me plenty work in photography ever thought
of doing it for a living? especially as you seem to enjoy it so much :)
I'd love to do it for a living, but very very hard to make any decent money out of it these days.
Since the advent of digital everyone's a photographer.
If you're good at editing you can make any shot look good.
Short of setting up a stall in the market, there's not a lot you can do with them.
Even then, people will stop and look and say "Ooh, isn't that lovely", but there's a world of difference between that and them actually paying £75 or so and walking off with it.
Press work is crap now too, as everyone's got a camera on their phone, so there's no exclusive scoops.
A picture of a singer fighting outside a club may have fetched £20,000 in the past.
Now it's virtually worthless, as the punters will be pointing their phones at it.
Newspapers are very low resolution, so a phone shot is good enough.
Weddings aren't bad money, but we're overrun with top guys around here.
Besides, taking people pictures doesn't really interest me.
I'm still looking at ways to make money though.
At least this job is flexible enough to make a start in something else. :)
Rog. If you were a pro photographer, you would probably get the sort of customers that would expect to sit still for 30 seconds while the photo was still being made and they would want you to hold a lamp up in the air while you peered through the lens with a dark cloth over your head. :)
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personally I like nothing more than snorting a kilo of coke and basically going on a complete bender for 4 or 5 days at a time.
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only looked at one page but like the ones of weston pier many a happy
hour spent on there with kids and the torquay photo brings back some memories.
no expert but they look good to me plenty work in photography ever thought
of doing it for a living? especially as you seem to enjoy it so much :)
I'd love to do it for a living, but very very hard to make any decent money out of it these days.
Since the advent of digital everyone's a photographer.
If you're good at editing you can make any shot look good.
Short of setting up a stall in the market, there's not a lot you can do with them.
Even then, people will stop and look and say "Ooh, isn't that lovely", but there's a world of difference between that and them actually paying £75 or so and walking off with it.
Press work is crap now too, as everyone's got a camera on their phone, so there's no exclusive scoops.
A picture of a singer fighting outside a club may have fetched £20,000 in the past.
Now it's virtually worthless, as the punters will be pointing their phones at it.
Newspapers are very low resolution, so a phone shot is good enough.
Weddings aren't bad money, but we're overrun with top guys around here.
Besides, taking people pictures doesn't really interest me.
I'm still looking at ways to make money though.
At least this job is flexible enough to make a start in something else. :)
Rog. If you were a pro photographer, you would probably get the sort of customers that would expect to sit still for 30 seconds while the photo was still being made and they would want you to hold a lamp up in the air while you peered through the lens with a dark cloth over your head. :)
I don't get that, sorry. ???
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jay (grafters) our you going to use your new minor as marketing tool..
if not you should ... signed up old style writing great advertising
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only looked at one page but like the ones of weston pier many a happy
hour spent on there with kids and the torquay photo brings back some memories.
no expert but they look good to me plenty work in photography ever thought
of doing it for a living? especially as you seem to enjoy it so much :)
I'd love to do it for a living, but very very hard to make any decent money out of it these days.
Since the advent of digital everyone's a photographer.
If you're good at editing you can make any shot look good.
Short of setting up a stall in the market, there's not a lot you can do with them.
Even then, people will stop and look and say "Ooh, isn't that lovely", but there's a world of difference between that and them actually paying £75 or so and walking off with it.
Press work is crap now too, as everyone's got a camera on their phone, so there's no exclusive scoops.
A picture of a singer fighting outside a club may have fetched £20,000 in the past.
Now it's virtually worthless, as the punters will be pointing their phones at it.
Newspapers are very low resolution, so a phone shot is good enough.
Weddings aren't bad money, but we're overrun with top guys around here.
Besides, taking people pictures doesn't really interest me.
I'm still looking at ways to make money though.
At least this job is flexible enough to make a start in something else. :)
Rog. If you were a pro photographer, you would probably get the sort of customers that would expect to sit still for 30 seconds while the photo was still being made and they would want you to hold a lamp up in the air while you peered through the lens with a dark cloth over your head. :)
I don't get that, sorry. ???
Squeaky, I am a photographer, or was. I worked for Kodak and have an HND in photography. I have photographed all sorts of people, mostly sports people and the like although we did do Take That for a publicity shot that was never used. We used to run the press centre at wimbledon every year which sounds great but was a real slog.
I worked in the Daily Mail for about six months on loan when they were setting up their colour darkrooms.
When I got made redundant from Kodak the one thing I was sure about was that there was no way I was going to try and go it alone as a photographer. I had seen a lot of our customers struggling over the years and the prospect of joining them didn't appeal.
So when redundancy loomed on the horizon I signed up to do the taxi knowledge for London. It took me three years to get my licence but at least I could go out and earn a wage every day regardless.
I still have my licence although I haven't got a cab anymore. Its hard in London with all that traffic and I find window cleaning less stressful. My round has grown and grown and I wouldn't have time to drive a cab anymore.
I still go to exhibitions and galleries occasionally. There is an Ansell Adams exhibition on in Oxford I would like to go and see. Also, they have photographic exhibitions at the National Portrait gallery and the Photographers Gallery in London.
Good luck with your photography but I agree with your assesment of the long term career prospect.
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I love Ansell Adams work, and have done for years.
His photos of the Sierra's and Yosemite are inspirational.
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jay (grafters) our you going to use your new minor as marketing tool..
if not you should ... signed up old style writing great advertising
That would be really good.
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only looked at one page but like the ones of weston pier many a happy
hour spent on there with kids and the torquay photo brings back some memories.
no expert but they look good to me plenty work in photography ever thought
of doing it for a living? especially as you seem to enjoy it so much :)
I'd love to do it for a living, but very very hard to make any decent money out of it these days.
Since the advent of digital everyone's a photographer.
If you're good at editing you can make any shot look good.
Short of setting up a stall in the market, there's not a lot you can do with them.
Even then, people will stop and look and say "Ooh, isn't that lovely", but there's a world of difference between that and them actually paying £75 or so and walking off with it.
Press work is crap now too, as everyone's got a camera on their phone, so there's no exclusive scoops.
A picture of a singer fighting outside a club may have fetched £20,000 in the past.
Now it's virtually worthless, as the punters will be pointing their phones at it.
Newspapers are very low resolution, so a phone shot is good enough.
Weddings aren't bad money, but we're overrun with top guys around here.
Besides, taking people pictures doesn't really interest me.
I'm still looking at ways to make money though.
At least this job is flexible enough to make a start in something else. :)
Rog. If you were a pro photographer, you would probably get the sort of customers that would expect to sit still for 30 seconds while the photo was still being made and they would want you to hold a lamp up in the air while you peered through the lens with a dark cloth over your head. :)
I don't get that, sorry. ???
Just a bit of banter about how you seem to have a lot of customers who prefer you not to work with newer technology.
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only looked at one page but like the ones of weston pier many a happy
hour spent on there with kids and the torquay photo brings back some memories.
no expert but they look good to me plenty work in photography ever thought
of doing it for a living? especially as you seem to enjoy it so much :)
I'd love to do it for a living, but very very hard to make any decent money out of it these days.
Since the advent of digital everyone's a photographer.
If you're good at editing you can make any shot look good.
Short of setting up a stall in the market, there's not a lot you can do with them.
Even then, people will stop and look and say "Ooh, isn't that lovely", but there's a world of difference between that and them actually paying £75 or so and walking off with it.
Press work is crap now too, as everyone's got a camera on their phone, so there's no exclusive scoops.
A picture of a singer fighting outside a club may have fetched £20,000 in the past.
Now it's virtually worthless, as the punters will be pointing their phones at it.
Newspapers are very low resolution, so a phone shot is good enough.
Weddings aren't bad money, but we're overrun with top guys around here.
Besides, taking people pictures doesn't really interest me.
I'm still looking at ways to make money though.
At least this job is flexible enough to make a start in something else. :)
Rog. If you were a pro photographer, you would probably get the sort of customers that would expect to sit still for 30 seconds while the photo was still being made and they would want you to hold a lamp up in the air while you peered through the lens with a dark cloth over your head. :)
I don't get that, sorry. ???
Just a bit of banter about how you seem to have a lot of customers who prefer you not to work with newer technology.
Ahhhh!
Git. ;D
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I built storage and pole holder in van
hi ya why dont you bye pole carry then bi the way im ian
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only looked at one page but like the ones of weston pier many a happy
hour spent on there with kids and the torquay photo brings back some memories.
no expert but they look good to me plenty work in photography ever thought
of doing it for a living? especially as you seem to enjoy it so much :)
I'd love to do it for a living, but very very hard to make any decent money out of it these days.
Since the advent of digital everyone's a photographer.
If you're good at editing you can make any shot look good.
Short of setting up a stall in the market, there's not a lot you can do with them.
Even then, people will stop and look and say "Ooh, isn't that lovely", but there's a world of difference between that and them actually paying £75 or so and walking off with it.
Press work is crap now too, as everyone's got a camera on their phone, so there's no exclusive scoops.
A picture of a singer fighting outside a club may have fetched £20,000 in the past.
Now it's virtually worthless, as the punters will be pointing their phones at it.
Newspapers are very low resolution, so a phone shot is good enough.
Weddings aren't bad money, but we're overrun with top guys around here.
Besides, taking people pictures doesn't really interest me.
I'm still looking at ways to make money though.
At least this job is flexible enough to make a start in something else. :)
Rog. If you were a pro photographer, you would probably get the sort of customers that would expect to sit still for 30 seconds while the photo was still being made and they would want you to hold a lamp up in the air while you peered through the lens with a dark cloth over your head. :)
I don't get that, sorry. ???
Just a bit of banter about how you seem to have a lot of customers who prefer you not to work with newer technology.
Ahhhh!
Git. ;D
Thank you kind sir.
I'm flattered ;D