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Title: Strange Thing happened today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: riverkingwindows on November 21, 2008, 12:32:58 am
This morning went to price up a job at dentists, the practice manager walked me through the building and gave me the guided tour. She said "can you clean all the internal windows on a bi-monthly basis?” I thought yeah sure!

I was asked if I could do the flat above the surgery, I said "yes no problem" she took me upstairs to the flat and as I was walking round the flat the temperature in the flat was freezing cold, nothing unusual there I thought, but all the hairs on the back of my neck started to stick up and I started to feel ill.

 Soon as I got out of the flat, I felt normal again!!! Now at this stage I turned round to the practice manager and told her how I felt up in the flat, and she turned round to me and said without a blink of the eye "oooh that will be the ghost, we have!! Most of the staff has seen it and heard footsteps up their"
I thought she was winding me up at first, but she wasn't the type of person who made those sorts of comments! She also told me that they have had 3 window cleaners throughout 2008 and they have all stopped coming, now it can't be because of the money its nearly £70 for an hour's work!

But it's making me think twice about doing the job?? They want me there early in the morning before they patients start to arrive. Which should be fun, in the dark!!

What do you guys think? Have you had anything strange like this happened??

It did freak me out a bit, I'm not ashamed to admit it!!
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Post by: RSWindows on November 21, 2008, 01:47:09 am
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

tip-toe up the stairs on your first visit and sneak up to the door and wait for a sec and then burst through, ghost will crap itself for sure! you may be lucky and you will scare it enough to leave
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Post by: Wayne Thomas on November 21, 2008, 04:36:22 am
Take some white spirits for the awkward ones ;D Quite a few buildings are allegedly haunted if you believe that hype.
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Post by: peter holley on November 21, 2008, 07:16:28 am
who ya gonna call?
























GHOST BUSTERS ;D





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Post by: Dave Turley on November 21, 2008, 07:25:43 am
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

tip-toe up the stairs on your first visit and sneak up to the door and wait for a sec and then burst through, ghost will crap itself for sure! you may be lucky and you will scare it enough to leave

LMAO!  :D
Title: Re: Strange Thing happened today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Mr H on November 21, 2008, 07:28:56 am
Wear an empty backpack the first time you clean the insides...... That way you will look like the Ghostbusters and scare anything in there away..........

When your on your own especially early morning then your mind may wonder when it hears a creak or some other noise but its only the house expanding and contracting due to changes in temperature. The upstairs flat probably hasn't got sufficient insulation and the heating hadn't been on for months with no-one living there (dead or alive) then places get a stale feeling to them......

Its your own mind that will make it seem "haunted"

Regards
Mr H


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Post by: Londoner on November 21, 2008, 07:36:02 am
Don't be afraid of ghosts, one day you will be one yourself.
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Post by: Chris Galloway on November 21, 2008, 09:31:07 am
Might sound stupid, but talk to it if you feel its presence - if anything it might help you feel a little bit easier.

Tell you what, id love to do that job! So long as its not a bad ghost, that throws things!  :o
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Post by: lovewindows on November 21, 2008, 09:34:33 am
Do the surgery not the flat ! ::)
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Post by: ccmids on November 21, 2008, 06:02:35 pm
could be squaters  hideing and the dentist  thinks its a ghost
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Post by: David Slater on November 21, 2008, 06:08:04 pm
Include it in you Risk Assesment and put in place 'adequate controls' for ghosts  ;D
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Post by: geefree on November 21, 2008, 06:11:46 pm
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

tip-toe up the stairs on your first visit and sneak up to the door and wait for a sec and then burst through, ghost will crap itself for sure! you may be lucky and you will scare it enough to leave

... you will scare it to life.... poor soul. :)
Title: Re: Strange Thing happened today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: riverkingwindows on November 21, 2008, 07:16:15 pm
Funny guys!!! Well im cleaning them tuesday, will let you know, what happends!!!!

Title: Re: Strange Thing happened today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: foxy on November 21, 2008, 07:22:06 pm
i been to clean a house where there was a presence and it is not a comfortable experience. if it is a spirit; they wont hurt you. it may be that you are more attuned to them; (a medium). you will be ok and if you still feel 'funny' suspend your disbelief and go to a spiritualist church, someone there will be able to explain things more.  ;)
Title: Re: Strange Thing happened today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: riverkingwindows on November 21, 2008, 07:29:09 pm
Dont get me wrong, I'm cool to get on with the work, it just freaked me out a bit at the time. Plus they have got through 3 window cleaners this year alone by all accounts due to the supposed ghost! One refused to work up in the flat alone and the other 2 refused to come back at all!! Now to me for 70 pounds, I will put up with it!! ;)
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Post by: geefree on November 21, 2008, 07:29:33 pm
Seriously..

I have had the same "presence" type feelings loads of times throughout my life...

the last one around six months ago, in a friends new cottage, i went to the loo, was thinking, whilst weeing... how old the place is, and wondered to myself how many people have lived in this house, etc etc...

when suddenly, there was a cold rush of air from the , hit me smack on, in the face... i stepped backwards towards the door,... in fact i was walking backwards all the way out....the breeze changed direction and blew from behind me...

and the room turned really cold.... i legged it.  :o
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Post by: windowwashers on November 21, 2008, 07:34:01 pm
Today is the worse I have ever had  :'(
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Post by: trevor perry on November 21, 2008, 07:37:55 pm
i just felt a nasty presence but its only the wife  ;D
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Post by: Nathanael Jones on November 21, 2008, 07:46:57 pm
i just felt a nasty presence but its only the wife  ;D

LMAO!!!!

That gets my vote for "post of the week"!

:)
Title: Re: Strange Thing happened today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: scud on November 21, 2008, 07:48:45 pm
  I believe our house is haunted, the wife has also said the same, had several differrent friends over to stay and all of them have said they won't stay again.

 It's a long story about how we came to believe that the house is haunted, but I used to work with a woman who was friends with the previous owners (they emigrated), she confirmed that they had said the house is haunted, and that the previous owners had inherited the house when his parents were killed in a car crash.

 It isn't haunted by his dead parents though - his mother was a practicing white witch - and I tell you there are some spooky goings on at times!!
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Post by: foxy on November 21, 2008, 07:55:13 pm
i'm not a crank but life goes on. some people want to make their presence known after their body has died. some people are rotton and evil and the feeling you will get from their presence is nasty. some people are ok, nice and decent; their presence is different. it depends on how sensitive you are; (and though window clening is a blokey job, you can still be sesitive to these things).
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Post by: kenaltobelli on November 21, 2008, 08:09:08 pm
70 notes go for it just dont watch the exorciste any time soon
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Post by: ccmids on November 21, 2008, 09:06:18 pm
take your ipod with you then you wont hear anything, your mind will be on the music  and not the ghost
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Post by: dai on November 21, 2008, 09:13:35 pm
Never worry about the dead, they can't hurt you, it's the live ones you need to worry about.
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Post by: ccmids on November 21, 2008, 09:23:02 pm
your right . i heve never seen a ghost nor will i they dont exist .
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Post by: Tosh on November 21, 2008, 10:04:09 pm
... i heve never seen a ghost nor will i they dont exist .

And as the saying goes, there are more things between heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy (or something like that).

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Post by: suds window service on November 21, 2008, 10:17:39 pm
Seriously..

I have had the same "presence" type feelings loads of times throughout my life...
me too but it runs in the family but still freaks me out sometimes!
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Post by: Slash on November 21, 2008, 10:32:02 pm
your right . i heve never seen a ghost nor will i they dont exist .
THEY DO,I HAVE SEEN ONE LAST YEAR ON A BRIDGE NEAR HORSHAM,A PLACE CALLED KINGSFOLD IN SURREY,STARTING TO GET DARK,ME AND MY MISSUS AND TWO CHILDREN WERE COMING BACK FROM BRIGHTON AND WE SEEN ONE,MY YOUNGEST DID'NT AS SHE WAS READING A MAGAZINE !...............DID'NT BELIEVE IT AT FIRST AND SAID NOTHING ,THEN MY ELDEST DAUGHTER OF 18 SAID "DID YOU JUST SEE THAT" AND MY MISSUS SAID YES AND ME TOO, WE COULD TELL WHAT CLOTHES HE HAD ON BUT NOT HIS FEATURES,HIS FACE WAS JUST A BLUR................................................................................TRUST ME ,THEY DO EXIST! :o
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Post by: CLEANGLASSUK on November 21, 2008, 10:34:18 pm
your right . i heve never seen a ghost nor will i they dont exist .
THEY DO,I HAVE SEEN ONE LAST YEAR ON A BRIDGE NEAR HORSHAM,A PLACE CALLED KINGSFOLD IN SURREY,STARTING TO GET DARK,ME AND MY MISSUS AND TWO CHILDREN WERE COMING BACK FROM BRIGHTON AND WE SEEN ONE,MY YOUNGEST DID'NT AS SHE WAS READING A MAGAZINE !...............DID'NT BELIEVE IT AT FIRST AND SAID NOTHING ,THEN MY ELDEST DAUGHTER OF 18 SAID "DID YOU JUST SEE THAT" AND MY MISSUS SAID YES AND ME TOO, WE COULD TELL WHAT CLOTHES HE HAD ON BUT NOT HIS FEATURES,HIS FACE WAS JUST A BLUR................................................................................TRUST ME ,THEY DO EXIST! :o
Its against the law to drink and drive  :-X
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Post by: Slash on November 21, 2008, 10:37:46 pm
your right . i heve never seen a ghost nor will i they dont exist .
THEY DO,I HAVE SEEN ONE LAST YEAR ON A BRIDGE NEAR HORSHAM,A PLACE CALLED KINGSFOLD IN SURREY,STARTING TO GET DARK,ME AND MY MISSUS AND TWO CHILDREN WERE COMING BACK FROM BRIGHTON AND WE SEEN ONE,MY YOUNGEST DID'NT AS SHE WAS READING A MAGAZINE !...............DID'NT BELIEVE IT AT FIRST AND SAID NOTHING ,THEN MY ELDEST DAUGHTER OF 18 SAID "DID YOU JUST SEE THAT" AND MY MISSUS SAID YES AND ME TOO, WE COULD TELL WHAT CLOTHES HE HAD ON BUT NOT HIS FEATURES,HIS FACE WAS JUST A BLUR................................................................................TRUST ME ,THEY DO EXIST! :o
Its against the law to drink and drive  :-X
I WAS'NT,MY MISSUS WAS!
Title: Re: Strange Thing happened today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: CLEANGLASSUK on November 21, 2008, 10:39:22 pm
Funny guys!!! Well im cleaning them tuesday, will let you know, what happends!!!!


I suggest you wear a nappy just to be on the safe side  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Strange Thing happened today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: CLEANGLASSUK on November 21, 2008, 10:41:10 pm
your right . i heve never seen a ghost nor will i they dont exist .
THEY DO,I HAVE SEEN ONE LAST YEAR ON A BRIDGE NEAR HORSHAM,A PLACE CALLED KINGSFOLD IN SURREY,STARTING TO GET DARK,ME AND MY MISSUS AND TWO CHILDREN WERE COMING BACK FROM BRIGHTON AND WE SEEN ONE,MY YOUNGEST DID'NT AS SHE WAS READING A MAGAZINE !...............DID'NT BELIEVE IT AT FIRST AND SAID NOTHING ,THEN MY ELDEST DAUGHTER OF 18 SAID "DID YOU JUST SEE THAT" AND MY MISSUS SAID YES AND ME TOO, WE COULD TELL WHAT CLOTHES HE HAD ON BUT NOT HIS FEATURES,HIS FACE WAS JUST A BLUR................................................................................TRUST ME ,THEY DO EXIST! :o
Its against the law to drink and drive  :-X
I WAS'NT,MY MISSUS WAS!
I wouldnt of seen anything, cos i always close my eyes when the missus drives  ;D
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Post by: suds window service on November 21, 2008, 10:41:42 pm
or take my sister she ,s a medium ;D
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Post by: mr D on November 21, 2008, 10:44:43 pm
or take my sister she ,s a medium ;D

its a flat above a dentist not a cloths shop
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Post by: Ian W on November 21, 2008, 10:45:26 pm
The only spirits I am interested in are the type in a bottle!  ;D

Mrs W and I think our place has some spooky goings on. Somebody I know could get their "resident ghost" to open and shut doors on command...  8)
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Post by: Slash on November 21, 2008, 10:45:43 pm
I always had little doubts about them but to see one just made it clear to me that they exist,until you see one for yourself you probobly won't believe in them.
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Post by: CLEANGLASSUK on November 21, 2008, 10:50:13 pm
Watch this - MAKE SURE YOUR SOUND IS ON LOUD

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz1W_omigwg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz1W_omigwg)
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Post by: Oakley Windows on November 21, 2008, 10:57:04 pm
Watch this - MAKE SURE YOUR SOUND IS ON LOUD

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz1W_omigwg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz1W_omigwg)

I wonder which one that is  ;)
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Post by: RSWindows on November 22, 2008, 01:33:53 am
Never worry about the dead, they can't hurt you, it's the live ones you need to worry about.

so so true
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Post by: Londoner on November 22, 2008, 05:13:29 pm
I do believe in "somethings" don't know what they are or where they come from but my friend Ritchie  had a flat in Canning Town where doors banged and things moved all the time. I heard it myself but I wouldn't like to say what it was. Even now I couldn't use the word ghosts.
 
However, I do seriously believe they are like dogs. They play up if you are afraid of them. Ritchie used to tell them to "F" off and often they did.

Its wierd, I don't like to think its true but I did hear those doors bang. 
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Post by: trike on November 22, 2008, 05:24:43 pm
leave a srim in the room the ghost mite do the windows for you
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Post by: Slash on November 26, 2008, 04:14:56 pm
How did you get on then!
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Post by: HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy) on November 26, 2008, 04:23:39 pm
jaime oliver (the naked chef) cooking dinner in the kitchen finks he is seeing ghosts, runs out of the house and goes straight to see a shrink.......but he ran out of the house just wearing cling film round his waist.........as soon as he gets in the room the shrink says....." i can clearly see your nuts"......way over my head that one. ::)
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Post by: peter holley on November 26, 2008, 04:35:29 pm
jaime oliver (the naked chef) cooking dinner in the kitchen finks he is seeing ghosts, runs out of the house and goes straight to see a shrink.......but he ran out of the house just wearing cling film round his waist.........as soon as he gets in the room the shrink says....." i can clearly see your nuts"......way over my head that one. ::)

:o
:o :o :o
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on November 27, 2008, 04:36:21 pm
Any more news?
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Post by: Slash on November 27, 2008, 04:37:21 pm
He's probobly still in shock!
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Post by: AuRavelling79 on November 27, 2008, 04:45:54 pm
He's probobly still in shock!

P'raps he got taken off like that guy in "ghost" who was harrassing Demi Moore!
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Post by: riverkingwindows on November 28, 2008, 01:01:44 pm
No guys, nothing happened!! I had my Ipod on anyway, bit of AC/DC!!  But the staff did ask me, if I heard anything? I think they love winding me up!!