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Title: swine flu
Post by: tony talbot on August 14, 2009, 04:20:45 pm
cleaned a house the other day and when the custy come to the door she had really bad flu. anyway i took the money went back to the van and coated my face and hands with alcholic hand cleaner i dont seem to be any the worse now. but i do clean my hands before eating or rolling a fAg now. any of you guys take precautions or are you just going to chance it :-\
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: gerard mcmanus on August 14, 2009, 04:27:10 pm
do you really think the alcoholic hand wash will shield you from catching it, it will help, and I guess so would a face mask to some extent, but you could still catch it.

It is worrying though, a couple months out of commission could cripple the business's of small sole trader window cleaners, but I will cross that bridge when I come to it, if I do, touch would I don't and nor do any of you.
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: tony talbot on August 14, 2009, 04:30:36 pm
just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: chris@c.m.s on August 14, 2009, 04:41:42 pm
just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: tony talbot on August 14, 2009, 04:43:45 pm
just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.

sorry ,but that don't pay the bills
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: Mike #1 on August 14, 2009, 04:46:24 pm
use hand cleanser,  got 2 custys with swine flu , V ery rare i'm ill strong immune system hopefully i'll be ok
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: gerard mcmanus on August 14, 2009, 04:49:21 pm
use hand cleanser,  got 2 custys with swine flu , V ery rare i'm ill strong immune system hopefully i'll be ok

I wouldn't go to them for a couple of months, I am sure they would understand, or do them if you can and tell them to forward a cheque or something.
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: Mike #1 on August 14, 2009, 04:59:11 pm
i belive it only lasts a few days they're monthly so should be fine
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: trevor perry on August 14, 2009, 06:38:30 pm
heres an interesting website about swine flu i just hope their wrong but it does make you think www.theflucase.com
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: R W C on August 14, 2009, 06:42:39 pm
I had flu and was in bed for 7 days so cant see how anyone could work.
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: matt on August 14, 2009, 06:44:34 pm
alcoholic handwash is very good

this is the main reason why they say the americans havent had it so bad, they have the pumps in all shops etc etc

Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: Sean Dyer on August 14, 2009, 06:48:40 pm
use hand cleanser,  got 2 custys with swine flu , V ery rare i'm ill strong immune system hopefully i'll be ok

You have no anti bodies to swine flu though, thats why ots pandemic, even healthy will be struck by it!
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: ftp on August 14, 2009, 06:56:58 pm
I phoned up the help line and all I got was a load of crackling!

Think i've got bird flu - keep getting an urge to poo over cars and windows.  ::)
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: trevor perry on August 14, 2009, 06:57:58 pm
use hand cleanser,  got 2 custys with swine flu , V ery rare i'm ill strong immune system hopefully i'll be ok

You have no anti bodies to swine flu though, thats why ots pandemic, even healthy will be struck by it!
colloidal silver kills swine flu that is why during the spanish flu pandemic of 1919 that killed millions a lot of rich people whernt affected because they drank their water from silver jugs,
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: Gleaming windows on August 14, 2009, 07:22:29 pm

It is worrying though, a couple months out of commission could cripple the business's of small sole trader window cleaners,

A couple of months? Its only flu.

You listen to the news too much mate.
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: martinsadie on August 14, 2009, 07:26:51 pm
just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.

sorry ,but that don't pay the bills
self self self
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: tony talbot on August 14, 2009, 07:37:33 pm
just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.

sorry ,but that don't pay the bills
self self self

what do you mean self self  self, you may have reserves of money to carry you through illness etc. but what would you do if you wern't so well off, not everybody is so fortunate to have a choice!!!!!
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: matt on August 14, 2009, 08:07:46 pm
just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.

sorry ,but that don't pay the bills

a shocking attitude

so you have it and tap on the door of good old mrs smith who has just had her 89 birthday and you spread it to her and it kills her

all because you dont want to lose 2 weeks money  ::) ::)
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: tony talbot on August 14, 2009, 09:00:18 pm
just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.

sorry ,but that don't pay the bills

a shocking attitude

so you have it and tap on the door of good old mrs smith who has just had her 89 birthday and you spread it to her and it kills her

all because you dont want to lose 2 weeks money  ::) ::)

i think i should have included the fact that nearly all my custys pay by cheque or leave the money out. do not try to imply that i lack common sense. or lack respect for my customers. the whole poit of the post was to gauge how bad the flu affects you, and would it be possible within reason to work through it.
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: tacky on August 14, 2009, 09:19:05 pm
my wife came down with it tuesday night .wens n thursday really rough .bit better today .doc says she cant go out for severn days .told me to carry on as normal .
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: matt on August 14, 2009, 11:14:00 pm
just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.

sorry ,but that don't pay the bills
self self self

what do you mean self self  self, you may have reserves of money to carry you through illness etc. but what would you do if you wern't so well off, not everybody is so fortunate to have a choice!!!!!


just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.

sorry ,but that don't pay the bills

a shocking attitude

so you have it and tap on the door of good old mrs smith who has just had her 89 birthday and you spread it to her and it kills her

all because you dont want to lose 2 weeks money  ::) ::)

i think i should have included the fact that nearly all my custys pay by cheque or leave the money out. do not try to imply that i lack common sense. or lack respect for my customers. the whole poit of the post was to gauge how bad the flu affects you, and would it be possible within reason to work through it.

you made the posts, you said "sorry ,but that don't pay the bills" thus implying you would just carry on working

if you have swine flu and you carry on working, then you do "lack common sense. and/ or lack respect for my customers" as you can pass it on to them, the guidelines say " stay home " its easy to understand

Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: Glyn H on August 14, 2009, 11:31:44 pm
I had swine flu two weeks ago, symptoms almost the same normal flu.
I just stayed in for five days,none of my family caught it from me.

Locally hundreds of people have caught it and in nearly all the cases only one person in the family be it child or adult has had it in each household.

It seems that it is only dangerous for people that are already suffering from serious conditions.

Every winter 20,000 people in the UK die from the normal flu, their is nothing the government likes better than to have us all living in fear :-  be it terrorism, bird flu, foot and mouth,communism,the bomb etc etc
feel free to add all the other media/government  panics over the past few years
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: tony talbot on August 15, 2009, 09:47:56 am
just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.

sorry ,but that don't pay the bills
self self self

what do you mean self self  self, you may have reserves of money to carry you through illness etc. but what would you do if you wern't so well off, not everybody is so fortunate to have a choice!!!!!


just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.

sorry ,but that don't pay the bills

a shocking attitude

so you have it and tap on the door of good old mrs smith who has just had her 89 birthday and you spread it to her and it kills her

all because you dont want to lose 2 weeks money  ::) ::)

i think i should have included the fact that nearly all my custys pay by cheque or leave the money out. do not try to imply that i lack common sense. or lack respect for my customers. the whole poit of the post was to gauge how bad the flu affects you, and would it be possible within reason to work through it.

you made the posts, you said "sorry ,but that don't pay the bills" thus implying you would just carry on working

if you have swine flu and you carry on working, then you do "lack common sense. and/ or lack respect for my customers" as you can pass it on to them, the guidelines say " stay home " its easy to understand



thank you for your imput it is most appreciated
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: paulben on August 15, 2009, 10:42:53 am
Ive stopped doing inside of windows mainly old people who want inside doing I wouldnt want to give it to them and they die cos then lost a custy
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: tacky on August 15, 2009, 08:04:31 pm
if u catch swine flu .u can expect to take a few days off .this is worse than a case of bad normal flu .and no i am not a docter .its just seen what it done to my missis( .mind u its not as bad as man flu )
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: martinsadie on August 15, 2009, 08:18:54 pm
just how bad is this swine flu because i worked through really bad flu before and being mainly wfp it's not as though you have to go up ladders.
I think the idea is you stay at home so you don't infect others.

sorry ,but that don't pay the bills
how would you like to take your family out to Mcdonolds to be served by some one with swine flu  ;D
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: ftp on August 18, 2009, 09:05:11 pm
Just had a long weekend in Devon and every ice cream shop worker i watched handles the money all day then grabs you a cone with their filthy hands before adding the ice cream. I never realised just how easily germs can be passed directly to everyone so fast before.  :-X :-X

Can't be good for us handling money all day either.
Title: Re: swine flu
Post by: Glyn H on August 18, 2009, 09:47:12 pm
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how would you like to take your family out to Mcdonolds

No thanks