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Title: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: Paul_Rolfe on October 05, 2009, 08:44:49 am: Do you work in the rain like this or is drizzle ok to work in?
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: S.A.J on October 05, 2009, 08:48:58 am: no work for me at the mo pi55ing it down ere!!

but did do 2 hours this morning on a com job (got very wet) so have some money to show for today.

Stuart
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: Paul_Rolfe on October 05, 2009, 08:50:29 am: We often miss it on the south coast, but when it comes... arghhhh!
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Post by: Pole 2 Pole on October 05, 2009, 08:57:10 am: Crap down in Surrey........Had an expensive weekend too ::)
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Post by: simon knight on October 05, 2009, 08:58:47 am: Drizzle or proper rain, either way you still get soaked and customers don't like it.
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Post by: Pole 2 Pole on October 05, 2009, 09:00:29 am: Heavy drizzle in surrey.........if that makes sense,lol........Oh you know what i mean ;D
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Post by: Richard Holt on October 05, 2009, 09:04:49 am: Its pishing in Portsmouth!
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: Pole 2 Pole on October 05, 2009, 09:05:04 am: Quote from: Pole 2 Pole on October 05, 2009, 09:00:29 am
Heavy drizzle in surrey.........if that makes sense,lol........Oh you know what i mean ;D
Retracting that last comment. It's piddling down :-[
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Post by: martinsadie on October 05, 2009, 09:13:13 am: Fine here ;D
not working as having hernia op later >:(
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Post by: S.A.J on October 05, 2009, 09:20:07 am: this is what its doing in Plymouth, looks like its in for a few more hours yet!!

http://www.meteox.co.uk/gmapstatic.aspx?zoom=6&type=zoom&x=114&y=287
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: martinsadie on October 05, 2009, 09:22:28 am: you southern boys arent used to it,you should try living and working around Manchester, then youd know about wet weather ;D ;D
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: leapstallbuildings on October 05, 2009, 09:23:33 am: Quote from: Stan The Man on October 05, 2009, 09:13:13 am
Fine here ;D
not working as having hernia op later >:(

Best of luck with it Stan. Speedy recovery, eh?
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Post by: jeff1 on October 05, 2009, 09:24:52 am: Quote from: Stan The Man on October 05, 2009, 09:13:13 am
Fine here ;D
not working as having hernia op later >:(
Hope all goes well for you Stan ;)

Oh and its pistantly raining in the SW
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: matt on October 05, 2009, 09:26:48 am: its heavy drizzle here now

i took my daughter to school this morning it was fairly light and i was going to go and work in it

BUT now its too heavy for my liking

i have a commercial job to do, so i can go and do that, so its a few quid in the bank, not sure how i will cope anyways, as my neck is still painfull
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Post by: martinsadie on October 05, 2009, 09:27:18 am: Thanks chaps,just going for a bath then im off to hospital ;D
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: matt on October 05, 2009, 09:27:47 am: Quote from: Stan The Man on October 05, 2009, 09:13:13 am
Fine here ;D
not working as having hernia op later >:(

you will be home tonight and feeling great, mophine is top stuff

tomorrow the pain starts

good luck
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: Pole 2 Pole on October 05, 2009, 10:01:41 am: Oh matt, the great soothsayer. I bet you're a bundle o joy in times of crisis ;D
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: John Walker on October 05, 2009, 10:58:38 am: I work in rain to a point and don't mind getting wet.

Rainy days are the best for new cleans - all that free rinse water :)

However, I wear glasses and if it's too hard I can't see what I'm doing - maybe contact lens or laser treatment is the answer.

How do any of you other 4-eyes manage in the rain?
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: rich fraser on October 05, 2009, 11:12:42 am: Quote from: John Walker on October 05, 2009, 10:58:38 am

I work in rain to a point and don't mind getting wet.

Rainy days are the best for new cleans - all that free rinse water :)

However, I wear glasses and if it's too hard I can't see what I'm doing - maybe contact lens or laser treatment is the answer.

How do any of you other 4-eyes manage in the rain?

Even wearing contact lenses dont make it much easier. when you get drops in yours eyes, your contact lense lifts and becomes uncomfurtable and blurry. i dont work in the rain but wen im working wfp and the water is dropping on to a lower window sill is a real pain.
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Post by: mci services on October 05, 2009, 11:29:23 am: beautifull sunny day here and my van wont start :'( forecast for tomorrow is pretty bad though
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Post by: Ian W on October 05, 2009, 11:32:28 am: Quote from: Dilligaf on October 05, 2009, 09:04:49 am
Its pishing in Portsmouth!

It certainly is Richard!

I thought it was supposed to have dried up by now, but it is still raining... ::)
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: Ian W on October 05, 2009, 11:34:27 am: Quote from: Stan The Man on October 05, 2009, 09:22:28 am
you southern boys arent used to it,you should try living and working around Manchester, then youd know about wet weather ;D ;D
;D
And good luck with the op Stan.
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: DaveG on October 05, 2009, 11:35:53 am: Quote from: Stan The Man on October 05, 2009, 09:27:18 am
Thanks chaps,just going for a bath then im off to hospital ;D

Is it your birthday Stan? ;D
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: Ian W on October 05, 2009, 11:36:54 am: Quote from: John Walker on October 05, 2009, 10:58:38 am

I work in rain to a point and don't mind getting wet.

Rainy days are the best for new cleans - all that free rinse water :)

However, I wear glasses and if it's too hard I can't see what I'm doing - maybe contact lens or laser treatment is the answer.

How do any of you other 4-eyes manage in the rain?

I don't usually work in the rain, but when I do I wear a baseball cap to shield my specs from the worst. It helps, but it isn't a solution. :-\
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: [GQC] Tim on October 05, 2009, 11:39:50 am: Pointless here in Surrey! :-[ Oh well, didn't have much work.
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: matt on October 05, 2009, 12:26:33 pm: Quote from: Pole 2 Pole on October 05, 2009, 10:01:41 am
Oh matt, the great soothsayer. I bet you're a bundle o joy in times of crisis ;D

;D ;D

i went though the op in jan this year

my only advice is to take the 6 weeks off, the amount of people i spoke to who went back to work too soon and are still in pain many years after
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: Murdie window cleaning on October 05, 2009, 12:31:32 pm: Lovely sunny day here in the Scottish Borders, a bit nippy but it is October ;D
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Post by: Paul_Rolfe on October 05, 2009, 12:40:36 pm: I spoke too bloody soon!
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Post by: chris@c.m.s on October 05, 2009, 12:47:01 pm: I thought it was going to stop :'( went out got to first job and it started again AHHHHHH >:(
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: John Walker on October 05, 2009, 02:24:00 pm: No let up here either >:( (Canterbury)

Haven't wasted the day though. Spent the morning in the garage servicing all the gear. Also got a new customer who was just passing and saw the magnetic signs on the car.

Still time left for it to stop raining and perhaps get a couple of local jobs done.
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: jodan63 on October 05, 2009, 04:31:57 pm: been nice and sunny down here in north cornwall ;D ;D
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: lovewindows on October 05, 2009, 05:03:35 pm: [

i went though the op in jan this year

my only advice is to take the 6 weeks off, the amount of people i spoke to who went back to work too soon and are still in pain many years after
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July this year, 4wks off and no problems, only thing i had to see the doctor so i could drive again ,ie insurance wont cover you if you go back too early.
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: bad trippy on October 05, 2009, 05:08:34 pm: Full days work completed here in Bristol today infact broke our record earnings for a days work today and picked up 3 custards.
Looked like it was gonna lash it down this morn but turned out ok
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: Gleaming windows on October 05, 2009, 05:11:56 pm: I did 2 treble twenties and a double top ;D

in Hampshire too, not been good day for windows.
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: rosskesava on October 05, 2009, 05:49:52 pm: Rain here in Brighton almost continuously from about 7am to 3pm. There's no point even trying if like me you're trad.

Some serious stuff coming over the next 48 hours courtesy ex tropical storm Grace.

http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=32792&posts=2#M477040
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: [GQC] Tim on October 05, 2009, 05:58:49 pm: Been pretty miserable weather down here. Spend day at home doing some stuff.

Quote from: trippy on October 05, 2009, 05:08:34 pm
Full days work completed here in Bristol today infact broke our record earnings for a days work today and picked up 3 custards.
Looked like it was gonna lash it down this morn but turned out ok

Yum, I like custards.
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: ftp on October 05, 2009, 06:03:26 pm: Drizzly here today but i managed to do enough work to buy a new van, an Ionics system, a new fifty foot carbon pole from Gardiners and I picked up fifty new customers. Nothing wrong with cleaning in the rain. Just a case of training your customers. ;)
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: AuRavelling79 on October 05, 2009, 06:40:36 pm: Quote from: trippy on October 05, 2009, 05:08:34 pm
Full days work completed here in Bristol today infact broke our record earnings for a days work today and picked up 3 custards.
Looked like it was gonna lash it down this morn but turned out ok

And dry here on the NW edge of Bristol too.
Title: Re: Looks like its going to be a wet week
Post by: combat1 on October 05, 2009, 06:45:58 pm: in Hampshire, very heavy rain this morning, worked through it.
Got so wet I had to buy a t shirt to be able to carry on as my original was soaking wet even through a kagoule.
Always work in the rain, they get used to it and as they say 'time is money'