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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Glass half full?
« Last post by dd on Yesterday at 04:09:20 pm »Nice, any places of particular interest on the Island?
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Glass half full?
« Last post by markymark on Yesterday at 03:53:46 pm »Where are you going in Canada?
Our lad lives on Vancouver Island so we default to Victoria, then in-laws in Kelowna. It's all a scouting operation for The Great Escape....
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Glass half full?
« Last post by dd on Yesterday at 02:53:17 pm »Where are you going in Canada?
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Glass half full?
« Last post by Scottish Cleaning Service on Yesterday at 02:51:16 pm »Good convalescence time to catch up watching Utube videos. I think I'm getting addicted to them about building mobile cranes to making a JCB. Last one I was glued to was building a road through the desert to build a pipeline from the sea. I have found out that too much work is worse than too little. Good luck.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Glass half full?
« Last post by markymark on Yesterday at 02:09:07 pm »Good mindset.
But don't worry, this time of year most customers won't even notice you've not been. I usually take some of in January to go somewhere sunny. So with Xmas, I take off about 4 weeks. Trust me, no one noticed. Glad to have missed the horrible weather.
That sounds like a great way to spend January - I used to love winter but these last 5 years from January to April has become a real slog. Obviously I'm not going out in shorts in the sun anymore, but sitting under a parasol with a cold drink sounds better than wearing 5 layers and sat in the van watching it belt down
I've had a couple of cancellations, including one who got her husband to text the 'bad' news. In all I'm down 5 customers, which admittedly surprised me at first. In hindsight I reckon they are using it as an excuse to get someone cheaper or just save money by not getting them cleaned.
Downside of being off is I'm busy ordering nice things like cordless jigsaws, sports stuff, flights to Canada. You know, the essentials
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: Glass half full?
« Last post by The Jester of Wibbly on Yesterday at 01:34:06 pm »Good mindset.
But don't worry, this time of year most customers won't even notice you've not been. I usually take some of in January to go somewhere sunny. So with Xmas, I take off about 4 weeks. Trust me, no one noticed. Glad to have missed the horrible weather.
But don't worry, this time of year most customers won't even notice you've not been. I usually take some of in January to go somewhere sunny. So with Xmas, I take off about 4 weeks. Trust me, no one noticed. Glad to have missed the horrible weather.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: George help
« Last post by The Jester of Wibbly on Yesterday at 01:23:10 pm »Sadly there are only three options.
1. Get a faster laptop again.
2. Print of all your live customers, then restore George from your first original back up when you first set it up. Your database would be fairly clear of any data. Then go through a bit of pain entering all live customers again.
3, Jump ship.
Also have you tried running the data fix program?
There is another way as you can delete customer records and all it's associated data. But only one at a time and would be probably slower than option 2.
1. Get a faster laptop again.
2. Print of all your live customers, then restore George from your first original back up when you first set it up. Your database would be fairly clear of any data. Then go through a bit of pain entering all live customers again.
3, Jump ship.
Also have you tried running the data fix program?
There is another way as you can delete customer records and all it's associated data. But only one at a time and would be probably slower than option 2.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Glass half full?
« Last post by markymark on Yesterday at 01:19:56 pm »Or should I say bucket?
Anyway.... at the end of October I noticed a funny walnut-like growth on my calf. Inside 6 weeks it was diagnosed and removed and treated as Squamous Cell Carcinoma. I had a skin graft to repair the wound, and when I say wound I mean a big hole in my leg you could rest a pint glass in, right down to the muscle. It honestly looks like a cgi special effect.
And to make the recovery more fun, the lower leg makes for slower healing times. And I have venous insufficiency, which is how I ended up having my varicose veins taken out 12 months earlier, and of course makes for slower healing.
To top it off, the wound is now infected and needs antibiotics.
All of which means I've not worked since 11th December and I probably won't be working until the start of Feb at the most optimistically early.
12 months ago I'd have been sweating about this but the big take-away from the last few months is a spot of realisation. When I get back cleaning I'll still have more than enough work and still be financially secure. Bills will still be paid and I'll still have a decent standard of living. What I won't have is the few customers that have dropped me on my books - they've done me two favours.
Firstly, they're not the sort of person I'd want to associate with in any way, either in terms of a customer relationship or a nodding and saying hello way. "Yes, you're not well, but my windows are dirty" cuts no ice with me. No longer my problem. Delete and block number, ta very much
Secondly, and more importantly, it's given me time back.
The 15 or 20 minutes spent cleaning them will now mean I knock off that bit earlier. They won't be replaced, instead their time slot will be used to do something - anything - else other than clean.
In fact I'll be more proactive in removing people from my round at the first hint of awkward behaviour I might have put up with in the past.
2026 might not have begun in the ideal way but I'm going to make darn sure it improves. And I'm starting by sticking the central heating on full bore, stuff the expense
Anyway.... at the end of October I noticed a funny walnut-like growth on my calf. Inside 6 weeks it was diagnosed and removed and treated as Squamous Cell Carcinoma. I had a skin graft to repair the wound, and when I say wound I mean a big hole in my leg you could rest a pint glass in, right down to the muscle. It honestly looks like a cgi special effect.
And to make the recovery more fun, the lower leg makes for slower healing times. And I have venous insufficiency, which is how I ended up having my varicose veins taken out 12 months earlier, and of course makes for slower healing.
To top it off, the wound is now infected and needs antibiotics.
All of which means I've not worked since 11th December and I probably won't be working until the start of Feb at the most optimistically early.
12 months ago I'd have been sweating about this but the big take-away from the last few months is a spot of realisation. When I get back cleaning I'll still have more than enough work and still be financially secure. Bills will still be paid and I'll still have a decent standard of living. What I won't have is the few customers that have dropped me on my books - they've done me two favours.
Firstly, they're not the sort of person I'd want to associate with in any way, either in terms of a customer relationship or a nodding and saying hello way. "Yes, you're not well, but my windows are dirty" cuts no ice with me. No longer my problem. Delete and block number, ta very much
Secondly, and more importantly, it's given me time back.
The 15 or 20 minutes spent cleaning them will now mean I knock off that bit earlier. They won't be replaced, instead their time slot will be used to do something - anything - else other than clean.
In fact I'll be more proactive in removing people from my round at the first hint of awkward behaviour I might have put up with in the past.
2026 might not have begun in the ideal way but I'm going to make darn sure it improves. And I'm starting by sticking the central heating on full bore, stuff the expense
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: EV Van Drivers, give us an update…
« Last post by dazmond on January 22, 2026, 08:33:44 pm »That’s cos your van is stuffed to the brim, so you’ve got loads of weight on it.
Me pulling the hose reel and then the tourque of it being wound in, means if it’s just ‘wedged’ the hose reel could easily pull it out of place.
It's because the PF reelmaster weighs a ton!🤣
The plywood only goes to the edge of the tank/heater(not under it) so it's not the full length of the van floor. I change it periodically as it gets wet/tatty after a few years.
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Window Cleaning Forum / Re: George help
« Last post by Simon Trapani on January 22, 2026, 06:16:58 pm »Haven’t used George for years but I think I had similar at one time. Isn’t there an option within the George settings to not load all the finances or something? I’m sure it was something like that.