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Title: English weather !
Post by: simon123 on September 04, 2008, 09:21:36 am
The forecast for the next couple of weeks is horrendous !!!  Please look away now if you are of a nervous disposition !   It is going to hammer it down !!!  There is going to be 3 years worth of water falling on all our heads !!!  ;D   Have a nice day  ;D
Title: Re: English weather !
Post by: Dale Smith on September 04, 2008, 09:40:42 am
We are rained off so far today...... gutted.... :'(
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Post by: Skyglide on September 04, 2008, 09:48:34 am
This weather will give a reality check to those that follow the braggers on earnings. Weather, equipment, repairs, insurances,etc,etc, all take their toll. You have to be determined and resillient to make this business work.
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Post by: Oakley Windows on September 04, 2008, 09:50:14 am
Which is meant to be worse, today or tomorrow?
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Post by: Cedaronics on September 04, 2008, 09:55:26 am
Tomorrow.
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Post by: john tomkins on September 04, 2008, 10:08:24 am
Yeah Friday forecast supposed to be up to 2" of rainfall :o
Probably be sunny all day then 8)
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Post by: ps outthere on September 04, 2008, 10:09:36 am
I keep looking for good days on the met office site -none forecast for Cumbria.
ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.
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Post by: simon123 on September 04, 2008, 10:35:09 am
was reading this morning that even the met office with all its state of the art , computers has had problems with predicting the bad weather this year  ???
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Post by: ftp on September 04, 2008, 12:14:17 pm
We are rained off so far today...... gutted.... :'(

Dale, what about your rain gurantee?
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Post by: bumper on September 04, 2008, 01:14:10 pm
dornt worry if you carnt clean just collect them ,they wornt know if thay have been cleaned or not with this bad weather.
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Post by: Dean Taberner on September 04, 2008, 01:22:22 pm
its chucking it down in stoke  >:(
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Post by: Oakley Windows on September 04, 2008, 01:29:08 pm
dornt worry if you carnt clean just collect them ,they wornt know if thay have been cleaned or not with this bad weather.

Yea my hourly rate when its raining is fantastic   ;D
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Post by: matt on September 04, 2008, 01:59:57 pm
im off on a school trip tomorrow, think i will be getting a little wet

we have a severe weather warning for tomorrow
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Post by: Roy Harding on September 04, 2008, 02:18:51 pm
Both of us worked all day untill 2:00pm, doing a huge green house. It even found its way through waterproofs.

Friday have to do inside of the house, that I did the green house for and that will be an all day job.

Its all worked well this time, as your normally having to do the inside and its sunny out.

Roy
Title: Re: English weather !
Post by: Dale Smith on September 04, 2008, 05:20:34 pm
We are rained off so far today...... gutted.... :'(

Dale, what about your rain gurantee?

Ha ha yeah I know, but it was tipping down..... up until today we have carried on ( unless its torrential ), but I think its started to effect our mood/attitude...... constant rain & no sunshine has that effect eventually I suppose.....  :-\
Title: Re: English weather !
Post by: Dale Smith on September 04, 2008, 05:23:05 pm
We definately gave up too early today, should not have listened to the weather reports!
This afternoon I drove past 2 local w/cleaners who were both out there working...... felt guilty then........ tomorrow we are out no matter what !!  ;) ;D 8)
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Post by: Ian Lancaster on September 04, 2008, 05:27:47 pm
Showers and sunshine in Kent :)

Did a full day's work and still home by 2.30.  Had one complaint, and it wasn't even raining at the time >:(.  Asked the bloke how he expected me to keep regular if I could only clean in ideal weather, he said "I don't care about you".  Next time he rings and wants to know why I haven't been I'll tell him:  "I don't care about you either" ;D

I welcome the rain - it's only a couple of years ago we were all worrying that the water companies would shut us down because of the water shortages.  All the time it keeps raining it keeps them off our collective back.
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Post by: peter holley on September 04, 2008, 06:04:33 pm
this weather is doin my nut in >:( i have worked through it all , but it is starting to get to me now! >:( here in wales it has been the wetest august in history ,and september has got off to a really wet start, im feeling really grumpy >:(aaaarrrgggghh :( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\ I CANT TAKE ANYMORE!
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Post by: LWC on September 04, 2008, 06:11:01 pm
ive had enough too, so decided today i have to carry on no matter what

my work just isnt going to get done without it. i was working in rain today and its not all that bad and no one said anything.

going to make a letter to all my customers reading something along the lines of

"due to constant bad weather i am forced to continue working throughout the rain. i fthere are any problems after they have been cleaned in the rain contact me within 24 hours and i will re clean affected windows"
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Post by: Tosh on September 04, 2008, 06:11:21 pm
I worked around the weather yesturday and had a really good day, but today the rain was constant at times, so my Missis made me do DIY jobs round the house, and since tomorrow is meant to be a 'write off' weather-wise, it looks like I've another day of sand-papering skirting-boards and stuff.

However, it's periods like this which make you put your prices up and take on new work at far better prices than your old work.

Title: Re: English weather !
Post by: WCE on September 04, 2008, 06:20:59 pm
I worked around the weather yesturday and had a really good day, but today the rain was constant at times, so my Missis made me do DIY jobs round the house, and since tomorrow is meant to be a 'write off' weather-wise, it looks like I've another day of sand-papering skirting-boards and stuff.

However, it's periods like this which make you put your prices up and take on new work at far better prices than your old work.


It's times like that you regret not being gay!!! I hate DIY! Good luck! Glad I am not you!
I agree though when the weather has been against you thats when you quote the best paying jobs.   
Title: Re: English weather !
Post by: Tosh on September 04, 2008, 06:42:27 pm
It's times like that you regret not being gay!!! I hate DIY!

This sounds like one of my jokes!  I've always said that I wanted to be bald, toothless, and gay; so I wouldn't have to bother with barbers, dentists, or women!

But I'm sure gay blokes do DIY (no innuendo intended); or maybe your insinuating that they enjoy it (no innuendo intended)!

Personally, I'd rather be out cleaning windows than sandpapering skirting boards and stuff though.

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Post by: [GQC] Tim on September 04, 2008, 07:25:13 pm
I found wfp today quite all right with the Rain, it was lashing it down now and then, I wouldn't call it torrential. I totally wasn't dressed for it, I had a jumper that did get soaked, but my polo under their wasn't, but it was okay anyway, the hose looking like a pig in the mud, and then me having to wrestle said pig covered in mud wasn't that nice, but oh well. Was good money, was commercial stuff today. I'm glad. :)
Title: Re: English weather !
Post by: simon123 on September 04, 2008, 09:42:47 pm
Please can you limit your homophobic comments and concentrate on the job in hand !    D,OH !