Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Deep Clean Newcastle Gateshead on April 30, 2008, 10:00:14 pm
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Hows Biz going? vote on it
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Ok bit better than dead but keeping the biils paid with the odd beer to spare!
Should be busier this time of year, financial worrying times ahead for everyone though thats the trouble...
£1.21 a litre tonight for diesel when i went to fill up.......
For gods sakes, when are this government gonna stop crucifying us all!!!
A stand needs to be made :-X :-X :-X :-X
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Had a really really good week ! 3 very quiet weeks over easter hols but now it`s gone mad ! i paid 1.24 a litre on wed garage on the a1 didn`t have any choice as was running low ,only put a £10 in at that price it`s sickening ! the US government are thinking of abolishing the tax on fuel over there ,and they pay half of what we pay !
When is Gordon the moron going to wake up ???
Could have been even worse on wed i got pulled over doing 47 in a 40 got told to slow down and if i got caught again that day i would get a ticket ! ;D
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A stand needs to be made :-X :-X :-X :-X
Well there local elections on today so lets see, shall we.
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Go easy you will have big brother after you ! no such thing as freedom of speach anymore ! and yes i have voted fpr the first time in my life,can`t complain about our rubbish dictatorship if i didn`t ! need to get Gordon the Moron out , we didn`t vote him in after all
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A friend of mine started to use Bio Diesel in his Vauxhall Vivaro van two months ago, which is much cheaper, does anyone know of associated problems with engines etc?
I agree that using the power of your vote at the next elections is key >:(
It will be goodbye Gordon then.
Regards
S
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Yes most certainly,i do not agree with his policy`s he is letting his christianity get in the way of running the country,he is pandering to the daily mail readers of this country.Blowing the whole drugs debate out of proportion and giving it far more space in the tabloids than it deserves !Knowing he will get middle englands housewifes on his side by telling untruths and scaremainering.
It`s about time he started dealing (ha ha ) with the real issues in todays society,just my 2 pennith worth..Pity i am not a chef anymore i would be running my van on chip fat if i was,but then i would not be doing the miles am doing at the mo,i have put £50 in the van so far this week having to travel further afield to work
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Mark, just a side note abou tthe fuel prices in America. You are quite correct that the price per gallon is much lower but 2 things you have to remember.
1) the us gallon is smaller and
2) and the biggest mention is dont forget that most vans, transit size or similar inlt do about 12 maybe 15 at most to the gallon. My Sprinter does 30 so effectively it works out the same for the states an us over here.
I am not getting away from the outrageous prices we pay here, just saying you cant compare what we pay and what the yanks pay for fuel.
We also charge on average twice as much here for cleaning carpets so in all we are better of here than in the us, foot for foot comparison.
Best, Dave.
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Yes have to aggree with you there ,all the americans i have worked for say how expensive it is , then they have to double it !
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I thought the US gallon was 10 pints, not our 8??
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Hi Guys
I thought I was quieter than usual for this time of year, checked last years diary and almost exactly the same .
Cheers
Doug
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Phillip, no it is still 8 pints to a us gallon same as it is here. Its just that the us ounce is smaller, making everything else smaller too.
Best, Dave.
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uk gallon = 4.5 litres
us gallon= 3.7 litres
I know this from all those years buying Chem -dry chems.
UK visit to doctor = free at the time
USvisit to doctor = $65.00 min
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Mark, just a side note abou tthe fuel prices in America. You are quite correct that the price per gallon is much lower but 2 things you have to remember.
1) the us gallon is smaller and
2) and the biggest mention is dont forget that most vans, transit size or similar inlt do about 12 maybe 15 at most to the gallon. My Sprinter does 30 so effectively it works out the same for the states an us over here.
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Best, Dave.
But you can buy a sprinter in the States Dave :) :)
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Dave, yes you can now but only over the last few years. Dodge have the rights to use Sprinters but have changed the fronts to accomodate the Dodge logo.
I know as I had one of the first ones over there. It has a completely different engine and the insides are much different. Auotmatic, power everything, air con etcetera etcetera.
Believe me you wouldnt even recognise them as a Sprinter, only by a similar shell
Best Dave.
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Last one,
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Regarding BIO-DIESEL.....always check with your dealer before using BIO-DIESEL. Vauxhall will tell you that no matter what you should NOT use BIO-DIESEL in any of there engines. I have a Vectra Diesel Estate & contacted them.....they said NO before i finished the sentence. Was told that they have between 2 & 4 vehicles in each week some with MAJOR engine problems because of people using BIO-DIESEL. The sellers of BIO-DIESEL will tell you that they supply loads of Vauxhalls with it ::)
Richie.
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Dave,
Smart looking vehicle, who's Christopher? Is he the boss ;D ;D
As for how busy, we are ticking over, carpet work is keeping one van just about occupied, windows is going through the roof as is our commercial/industrial work.
Seem to be getting quite a few leather jobs at the moment.
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Christopher is my son and he only thinks he is the boss.
Best, Dave.
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Just ok for me, the phone for new custys is not ringing tho.... :(
Oddly enough, a fortnight ago it was off the hook, just when I thought things were picking up. Dom and comm cleaning side of the business is ticking over nicely thank god,
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Is Gordon Brown really a Christain. I wouldnt have thought so.
30mpg is good for a big van. My transit 2001 model only gets 20.
Dave - nice pics, nice sky, nice gardens. Why on earth did you leave??
Mark
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Gordon Brown is a Protestant, which is an evolved Christian can't see how that would get in the way of his political thinking.
When I watch modern American TV I'm greatly impessed by their willingness to shout loudly about their Christian beliefs and national pride, sorely missing from this country whchis rapidly sinking.
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Gordon Brown is a Protestant, which is an evolved Christian
And we are a Protestant nation down here south of the border. Not sure if you have heard yet ;D
He is the son of the a Presbyterian Minster and famously said that his father gave him a morale compass. I think he has lost it and instead he has Captain Jack Sparrow's compass from Pirates of the Carribean.
Both my Grandfathers were Presbyterian Minsters and I have the morales of dog if that anything to go by.
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For me it goes dead when there is a school holiday or bank holiday on the horizon. I could dish out 5k of leaflets and still not get a call. Seem to be old clients and referrals keeping me ticking over.
I have a new 'campaign' planned for next week using a6 cards with upmarket look, yet hopefully still has all the right marketing. Talking to Rob Stubbs at CCDO, he was raving about them from DP Print so I thought I'd give them a go.
Had my first flood call out yesterday to old lady think I did what I could, went back today to pick up air mover and was dry although the hall carpet had come off grippers.
Mike
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Same for me on Bank holidays aswell always quiet uptoBank Hols as regards calls but straight after phone rings again.
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Must be expensive fielding calls from where you are Neil
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My next door neighbour holds my phone and takes messages and emails me the details so that i can call them.
Have stopped diverting the phone direct to my mobile, the last time I went away for 10 days it cost about £150.00.
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Yeah with you on the cost of phone transfers ! i am with virgin and it costs me a packet ! i get my landline diverted to my moby ! all my yellow pages adds so quite a few calls !
can be a pain in the bum when your working having to stop run to the van grab the diary etc !
i was getting 100 miles out of a tenners worth of diesel , now i dare not do more than 70 ! sickening yet i have not increased my prices,it`s just a matter of sussing the customer out i did a job yesterday 4 bed house letting agy clean priced up as 177. said i would do it for 160 ,chatted to the bloke the entire job got on really well talking about obsure rock bands like mudhonney,kmfdm,vnv nation,nine inch nails,velvet acid christ to name but a few ! after finishing the job i said mate i will only charge you 140 he said no iwas going to give you 170 so i said ok split the difference call it 160 ha ha
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Very busy again,
Dont know why??
Just am, thank god!
Thaks God.
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Meant to say
Thanks God
Stupid Budweiser!
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3rd can of carlsberg for me !
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Girls beer that, get some Superbock.. thats beer :P
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Love it it`s on my walkman phone ! My fave all time has to be The The /soul mining that album got me through some very tough times ! i like all sorts of stuff joy division the waterboys The smiths ,Morissey,talking heads,the cure,Pixies, vnv nation , kmfdm,suicide commando,some of the stuff pendulum have done,When i Dj`ed out i played banging stuff 146 bpm and over depends what time of night/morning i was playing ! nu energy ,trance , the stuff i have produced is all quite mad !
check out my myspace page ,it`s quite a read though and i am very open minded . my wife is reading a book called spirial dynamics at the mo ,tell you what colour people are there are 7 or 8 stages of development and i am at stage 6 ! most people don t get past stage 4 and stay there all their lives ! it`s mad i don`t see myself as different but hey ! ! myspace.com/mrd999....
I SHOULD ALSO ADD MIND YOUR SPEAKERS IF YOU LOOK !
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been quite for two weeks but flatout now going to have to put anthor unit out next week to keep on top of the work :'(
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been flat out this last month but next week only one job booked . and mark you have a fine taste in music the smiths and the pixies great bands
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Del
Where is most of your work coming from at the moment. Hope you are well, dont see you much on here at the moment.
Cheers
Neil
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been busy mate but got loads of work from leaflets
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neil, you should be on a plabe should you?
by the way yours and Dels chequea rea the only ones I'm waiting on. Poxy Surrey Boys :D
Pete
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Even I've paid up :o
Shaun
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Back tomorrow mate as previously stated. Cheque on its way as soon as I get back.
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Quiet?
I'm knackered, working all Friday, Sat morning, all Sunday, then I'm taking a week off!
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should be with you pete i posted it sunday