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    Quote Originally Posted by 4 Gardens View Post
    Checked the tire - no air but when unloaded I didnt notice as it was a wide one. go to put in air - no damn valve sticking out. Only 10more meters to move.

    took it back and swapped it for a new one with a valve
    It probably DID have a valve, but moved and retracted inside because of being pushed with a load and no air!
    But point taken - you expect the thing to be ready for use right away - they should have checked and offered to pump it up before you left
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    Yesterday,

    I was travelling on a road that used to be the main Melb to Sydney link in my area at 5.00pm

    I pulled over 6 times in 2.5km's to take the calls. Yes I know I could have message banked it. But that takes time to sort out later too.

    1st - life insurance.

    2nd - Donation request

    3rd - Free business listing internet that becomes a cost.

    4th - I thought was a prank call from a mate with an accent of
    a overseas cricket nation for insurance. Which I hung up on.

    5th - You employ me, we work well, I like work for you.

    6th - I can make you another $2,000 to $3,000 a week if you
    met me and we talk. Hang up on that one too.

    Honestly the daily/weekly calls I get for internet sign ups, repeated donation requests, people wanting jobs, insurance, advertising offers although some are from respected local media re paper and on air.
    Or say Saturday night at 5.30pm, can you come mow my lawn now please and they were fairdinkum about it.

    Rain today, so a delayed full day landscaping job. Problem is this is the second rain delay for the same client. So I will be coy and reactive to PITA calls today.
    Cheers Garry

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    Sign of the time Garry. As soon as you get wind it is a pita call terminate it unless you have some time on your hands then have some fun and wind them up. I love trying to sell lawn mowing to Pakis who are trying to sell me something. Oh and better invest ina blue tooth hands free. Dick Smith have a great little one going for $38 at the moment. Saves having to pull over or getting pulled over
    Cheers

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    before you hang up make sure you say....I am not interested and please do not call this number again.
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    Are you listed on the do not call register.. once you mention it to them you usually only hear a "click"

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    SERVICESEKING.COM.AU makes me grumpy. Registered to see what the go was!!!!

    Andrew is ready to hire someone to do a Gardens - General Gardening job in Lysterfield South. It is a small job.

    Description:
    Andrew Lee needs gardening quotes for a large size garden in Lysterfield South, VIC, 3156. They need general gardening. They need the work to start ASAP. This job is urgent The job will be an on-going job The customer doesn't need new plants/turf. Andrew Lee's comments: Require a gardner for my mum, (Retiree) to help her with basic gardening services. (pruning bushes, hedges, etc) The land is flat, doesn't require heavy lifting, on well kept grounds. The size of the land is a quarter acre, but as above, is in well kept neat condition. She currently has a uni student gardner, but he is needing to decrease his regular intervals because of study etc. His rates are $20 an hour, so we would be in terested in keeping with that pricing or as near to. Please quote for 4 hours. Work will be fortnightly on going.

    View the full details here. You need 5 credits to start quoting

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    Yeah I registered with these guys too when it was free. All I got from that was cheap skates looking for the cheapest quote. Then they went paid so I ditched them. Quite a few people using them though.
    Cheers

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    Idiots drivers who cannot see out of their own eyes. Was in Norwood doing a handyman job on The Parade. Had to move some office furniture from one office there to another in Modbury. Only a little bit so took a small covered trailer with a ramp in. Getting parks there is bad at the best of time but I scored a loading zone with a free space behind so I could drop the ramp to load. I deliberately parked with the tail of the trailer poking into the free car park behind. We were at the tailgate dropping it when this ditzy chick in a bubble car whizzes into the park and pulls up about a foot from my leg. My look must have warned because she got out and said in her sweet little upperclass voice "oh am I in your way". Well yes lady you actually are unless you want me to drop this on your bonnet. She moved but not with good grace.
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    Yeah, got another one!!
    These young foreign imports from Queensland who send me texts saying its first day at work (on a Thursday) whingeing that its raining. Only had about 2-3mls

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    Idiots who assume that because i am towing a trailer I am slow.

    Jason Forrest
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    Quote Originally Posted by RSM-Gazza View Post
    Yesterday,

    I was travelling on a road that used to be the main Melb to Sydney link in my area at 5.00pm

    I pulled over 6 times in 2.5km's to take the calls. Yes I know I could have message banked it. But that takes time to sort out later too.
    1st - life insurance.

    2nd - Donation request

    3rd - Free business listing internet that becomes a cost.

    4th - I thought was a prank call from a mate with an accent of
    a overseas cricket nation for insurance. Which I hung up on.

    5th - You employ me, we work well, I like work for you.

    6th - I can make you another $2,000 to $3,000 a week if you
    met me and we talk. Hang up on that one too.

    Honestly the daily/weekly calls I get for internet sign ups, repeated donation requests, people wanting jobs, insurance, advertising offers although some are from respected local media re paper and on air.
    Or say Saturday night at 5.30pm, can you come mow my lawn now please and they were fairdinkum about it.

    Rain today, so a delayed full day landscaping job. Problem is this is the second rain delay for the same client. So I will be coy and reactive to PITA calls today.
    Gazza
    Get hands free installed in your car,that way you can answer the calls and only have to pull over if you need to write down details.
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    Hello good after morning to you sir are you de owner of de business.

    I had a clown pull up about 6 inches from the back of my trailer yesterday, felt like dropping the ramp on their bonnet. Don't they teach common sense at school anymore.While I'm at it this really pisses me off when you are doing 40 in a school zone and someone comes flying up behind you and tailgates you through the zone. One day I swear I will give someone a smack in the head for doing this....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawnmowing Wheelers Hill View Post
    Yeah, got another one!!
    These young foreign imports from Queensland who send me texts saying its first day at work (on a Thursday) whingeing that its raining. Only had about 2-3mls
    Wouldn't know anything about that! HTFU. lol

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    Not really a grumpy one today but while I was home briefly this morning I had a couple from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at the door. I think they have to do it as a service to their Church but it does get a bit tiring turning them away each month.

    As the woman launched into her speech about their latest magazine and the message of their Lord I politely interrupted and started to talk to them about the benefits of regular lawn and garden maintenance. Surprisingly they said they had to go?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NLALM View Post
    Hello good after morning to you sir are you de owner of de business.
    Yeah these are dead give aways. I get can I speak to Misda Bruce. Know it is a crappy call straightaway. Sometimes I play along. Misda Bruce he not here etc
    Cheers

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