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    Quote Originally Posted by Kathryn View Post
    Roses. So over pruning them. Winge. Winge. I wore gloves today but I still cut fingers arms and a leg. Hurry up spring

    My pet hate is asparagus fern ... have been pulling it out of nearly every customers garden. need leather gloves for them. And Scotch Thissle in the lawns.

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    Afrer working all through a wet, cold cruddy winter without so much as a sniffle, and now, with the promise of warmer weather just around the corner, I go down with the flu.

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    Making a booking with a someone to do a massive green and rubbish cleanup, they said they need it done ASAP as they move out in 1day, book a time to be there client said well be home perfect time. Drive halfway across the Adel to get there (40 min from home), get there on time and no one home, ring them and they say they are 30 min drive away on their way to the new house with a load they need to drop off and they'll call me back. I stupidly wait 45 min for them, get frustrated ring them and no answer. What a waste of 2 hours, oh well they can enjoy cleaning up on their own good luck not my problem anymore.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobC View Post
    Afrer working all through a wet, cold cruddy winter without so much as a sniffle, and now, with the promise of warmer weather just around the corner, I go down with the flu.
    Would that be the dreaded "man flu" Bob?

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    I'm grumpy with plasterers today. Leaving great big clumps of their crap all over one of my nice lawns leaving me to choke on teh dust as I mow through it.

    I'd like to find where they live a leave some glypho all over their lawns. Oops, sorry, didn't realise I'd left that behind...

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    Quote Originally Posted by SM MOWING View Post
    Making a booking with a someone to do a massive green and rubbish cleanup, they said they need it done ASAP as they move out in 1day, book a time to be there client said well be home perfect time. Drive halfway across the Adel to get there (40 min from home), get there on time and no one home, ring them and they say they are 30 min drive away on their way to the new house with a load they need to drop off and they'll call me back. I stupidly wait 45 min for them, get frustrated ring them and no answer. What a waste of 2 hours, oh well they can enjoy cleaning up on their own good luck not my problem anymore.
    I would have started the job, I invoice my clients by email i would have also got a letter from there letter box just to confirm they gave me the correct name incase of non payment.
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    I would have started the job, I invoice my clients by email i would have also got a letter from there letter box just to confirm they gave me the correct name incase of non payment.
    I thought taking letters from letterboxes was a federal offence?

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    I would if it wasn't for the 3 horse size bulldogs in the back yard......
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    Lantana.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawnmowing Wheelers Hill View Post
    I thought taking letters from letterboxes was a federal offence?
    You dont take them you just grab it out of the letterbox and confirm the name on it is the same as the name they gave you then you put it back. Your not permantly depriving them the right of it so it certainly isnt a offence.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tender Lovin Lawn&Garden View Post
    I would have started the job, I invoice my clients by email i would have also got a letter from there letter box just to confirm they gave me the correct name incase of non payment.
    im a bit paranoid about those one off jobs where they are moving. money up front please with those ones

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kathryn View Post
    im a bit paranoid about those one off jobs where they are moving. money up front please with those ones
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alby View Post
    My pet hate is asparagus fern ... have been pulling it out of nearly every customers garden. need leather gloves for them. And Scotch Thissle in the lawns.
    i'll see your asparagus fern and raise you bougainvillea.
    yesterday i felt like a pincushion, asparagus fern, bougainvillea, roses and cycads and a small fan palm that i dont know with big spikes. however whilst weeding under the orange tree(did i mention that that had spikes too) i was attacked by gravity fed oranges which i decided to keep, take home, juice an dilute with vodka

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    i'll see your asparagus fern and raise you bougainvillea.
    I've got a soft spot for Bougainvillea. It seemed to be the official flower of my old town (Richmond Qld). All of the centre gardens were lined with them and they really made the town look good. And not much else with any colour would grow up there.

    But I have to quote to remove some here this arvo, so I'm sure all those nice memories will quickly disappear.

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    cant stand the stuff. my skin welts up on any scratches from it so i dont prune the big ones

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