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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    Found out what happened.... The mother-in-law got involved without telling the son-in-law whom I'd been dealing with. I think the she thought she was doing them a favour but S.I.L sounded pretty peeved that she'd stuck her nose in.

    Sad thing was they'd paid me $100 that night, deposited into my account before I'd even done the job. I've since refunded this to them.

    Be interesting to find out what the contractor was paid though. The footpath and small front courtyard were done okay but the backyard was done with a ride-on, most edges were half done, grass clumps all over the place (and the grass wasn't even that long) but the worst thing was the machine must have been a heel-toe forward-reverse ride-on as there was wheel tracks and muddy streaks everywhere in the yard from spinning wheels... Looked horrible especially given it was an upmarket address.
    I wouldnt have refunded it mate i would hae said when ya want me to do the first mow on the next place.
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    I wouldnt have refunded it mate i would hae said when ya want me to do the first mow on the next place.


    or he could of been a prick and said ill keep the $100 bucks and complete the job properly and in the correct manor with professionalism once the other bloke finishes playing around ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs HMS View Post
    Geoff we red heads only have to think about going out in the sun and we burn. I recommend really really ripe tomato cut in half and rubbed all over the "well done" areas of skin, sure you smell like a salad but something about the juice (maybe the acidity ) really helps.
    vinegar helps too. my pom skin loves to burn, peel and go back to white again

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    Kathryn, where about in England u from?? im from Highington which near durham

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    im a southerner, haywards heath in west sus***. near brighton. met a new customer yesterday that was born in kent and lived in brighton. i said i was half an hour up on the victoria line and she said' oh haywards heath'. that was pretty cool. she is on a nice acerage place with a done up old house etc but its funny cos i can still see the pommy influences in the way that they have done things. looks like it should be country pub with huge hanging baskets and maybe a river next door.

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    Bit of a longshot but Greenie being a northerner do you know Haydock Park or I think Haydock Racecourse also? I think that's possibly the area my Great (or Great Great) Grandparents (mother's paternal side) came from.
    Might not be that far north though - more around teh St Helen's area I think.

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    Grumpy...

    and sore...

    When unhitching the trailer in the wind and rain and the bootlid falls with the corner hitting you on the back of your head.

    Massive lump. Splitting headache.

    The sooner I get back into a bloody ute, the better.

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    Lent me truck to and old mate so he could go see his son in jail why i did i don't know pure white trash some people and get all these toll bills dude says he makes like 3000 large weak hey bro the way you living you makin $229.95 a week A Wise man said losers like that only going to bring you down i said so true bro....
    But if you aint ''STIHL'' you aint real....

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    Lawns are starting too slow down 2 clients have gone to 3 weeks now

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    a $600 water bill

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    when some muppet backs into the family car so hard, the nudge bar stops the bonnet from opening. And of course there was no note. just a witnes which got a partial plate and make of car.,the admin at the cop shop cant find a match so now i guess its up to me to find the arseholes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greenie View Post
    Lawns are starting too slow down 2 clients have gone to 3 weeks now
    Mate out this way they are still goin off. I already have 3 in greystanes on weekly and another one asked me today to come weekly until winter.

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    i got a couple gone an extra week now, but plenty of rain, just not enuf sun


    annoys me when people LIE to you and expect youre a big enuf fool to believe them


    had to let a pita go today - i never LIKED her from the start

    $35 to do a 15 minute job, that sounds good,

    one time "a neighbour" did the front lawn which is 95% of the job, so i made up the rest on some weeding - not happy

    last time i mowed, again, front had been mowed, but she CLAIMED no one had done it - even tho i found the clippings in her bin

    i delayed that time one day due to rain, and the next day she didnt have the money "cos i spent it yesterday tee hee"

    so i let er owe me

    this time turn up at 7 am, car in drive, bashing door, wall, and ringing bell, no answer, i KNOW shes home,

    leave and do the next one then i came back cos i was MAD

    bashed and rang till it came to the door

    "i thought you were coming yesterday, wednesday is "OUR DAY" - i was ASLEEP"

    i said no, i gave you an invoice with reminder on it. have you got the $70.

    "no, i spent it yesterday when you didnt come tee hee"

    i said," im not doing your job any more, you lie to me, you get others to do your lawn, im done. im too busy to put up with this"

    now shes gonna pay me the $35 thru the bank, we'll see

    fully expect her to "forget"


    wish i could swear on here.

    "dang"

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    Quote Originally Posted by happymowin View Post
    i got a couple gone an extra week now, but plenty of rain, just not enuf sun


    annoys me when people LIE to you and expect youre a big enuf fool to believe them


    had to let a pita go today - i never LIKED her from the start

    $35 to do a 15 minute job, that sounds good,

    one time "a neighbour" did the front lawn which is 95% of the job, so i made up the rest on some weeding - not happy

    last time i mowed, again, front had been mowed, but she CLAIMED no one had done it - even tho i found the clippings in her bin

    i delayed that time one day due to rain, and the next day she didnt have the money "cos i spent it yesterday tee hee"

    so i let er owe me

    this time turn up at 7 am, car in drive, bashing door, wall, and ringing bell, no answer, i KNOW shes home,

    leave and do the next one then i came back cos i was MAD

    bashed and rang till it came to the door

    "i thought you were coming yesterday, wednesday is "OUR DAY" - i was ASLEEP"

    i said no, i gave you an invoice with reminder on it. have you got the $70.

    "no, i spent it yesterday when you didnt come tee hee"

    i said," im not doing your job any more, you lie to me, you get others to do your lawn, im done. im too busy to put up with this"

    now shes gonna pay me the $35 thru the bank, we'll see

    fully expect her to "forget"


    wish i could swear on here.

    "dang"
    I had one of those back in 1997 when I wasn't as melow as I am these days and after the 3rd time of prommises I grabed her webber and said she had one week or I sell it. I never heard anything so I sold it for the money owing never heard anymore about it I was expecting a call from either VIP or the police..
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    Quote Originally Posted by fairdinkum View Post
    Mate out this way they are still goin off. I already have 3 in greystanes on weekly and another one asked me today to come weekly until winter.
    Yep agree, the lawns are still going off around here... problem is my (few) weeklies have all gone to fortnight now

    My fortnightlies are hinting for 3 weeks

    And my monthly ferals are getting way beyond the joke...

    My 2-3-4 monthly ringing ins, I just laugh at now as they are chest height.

    I also cant believe how many pools have overflown and flooded the ground. I also can't believe that my mower is "sinking" into the soft ground and cutting the lawns shorter and shorter...

    If only i could get $1 for everytime someone says... can you come next week when i can afford to pay... Things are definately getting tougher and tougher for people... petrol now hovering around $1.60 here in sydney and that is prior to the "easter spike" and not to forget the July 1 "Carbon tax" that will probably push prices around $1.80 - $2.00 (extra $10 - $20 per week) before we know it!

    it might be a long winter / spring with long grass if this is the case with petrol, electricity, water, groceries etc all going up and consumer confidence shrinking and cutting costs.

    touch wood people will continue to hate mowing there lawns or get a second job and be time poor

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