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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
    trust me geoff after that today i was a bit rattled and rang her to explain i am not happy about a safe work place,,she said they understand..trouble is its an 88 dollar lawn for 30 mins work lol so still said no thanks as my legs and balls are a needed product to my existance lol
    I didn't think you old boys needed your balls anymore

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    trust me geoff after that today i was a bit rattled

    **** if he can do that i would have be a bit rattled to ...
    $88 job a big hit to loose but a few weeks of work adds up to $$$$ lost if he sees you as a tyre , just keep a close eye on him mate , i dont trust those dogs ..
    I just don't understand why people would want to own one in the first place.
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    balls would be probably on top of my list , although my breeding days are over , even been snipped , but a big bite i am not really interested in at this point in time lol

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    Geoff me old mate you are going to have to start a book on the things that happen to you. It will be a best seller. Just one thing I want to know. After the bugger got the wheel off did he eat it.
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    actually blue he chucked it up and was sick as a human lol , yeah things do happen to me , my kids laugh and laugh , but hey they still love me , i think ....i know my little grandson does ...
    After all the years in this game mate if nothing goes wrong i reckon you are not trying hard enough..its like the theory you have to make mistakes to learn .....

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    I got a bit grumpy today because so much crap is still going wrong and putting pressure on me around here.....and it just continues when I get home too.... I even worry in my sleep!

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    there should be a cash incentive paid to anyone who shoots a pitbull

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    Quote Originally Posted by MowerRob View Post
    Going to a Pub for a beef snitty and they dont have Dianne sauce that makes me very grumpy .Cmon Ozone Hotel on KI what are u thinking
    And the ba$tards charge you for your bloody dinner roll there too! Do you live on KI Rob, or holidaying mate? We were there in November. I love the place, but it's changing! Last time we went there weren't many international tourists & they looked after local tourists real well. This time, as soon as they heard your accent, they weren't interested in you

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    And the ba$tards charge you for your bloody dinner roll there too! Do you live on KI Rob, or holidaying mate? We were there in November. I love the place, but it's changing! Last time we went there weren't many international tourists & they looked after local tourists real well. This time, as soon as they heard your accent, they weren't interested in you
    Just holidaying for week yeah its a great place and very relaxing. Spent today in Flinders Chase national park

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    I dunno what's up at the mo, the flaming nutters are coming out of the woodwork! One of my regulars reckons it's all down to the moon! Had a woman chastise me for being 4 minutes late getting to a job (really got upset!), also had a woman want me to go to her house to identify the issue with her hedge & advise her on the actions necessary for her to rectify it (for free), & my biggie was a woman who called on a Friday morn as I was driving to my scheduled job; she has a Chinese Elm that has dropped a branch. Must be gone B4 weekend. I stop everything I'm doing & go to help.When I get there, it's still attached to the tree about 7M up. I call the guys that I use to climb trees & they are 40 mins away, but graciously stop what they're doing & come to assist. When they arrive, the customer wants this branch & that branch pruned as well (WTF?) as well as the limb removed. She fires 40 questions at them about the tree & the stress is starting to show on their faces. They leave, I load said branch & prunings into trailer & knock on the door. I've now been there 3 hours on an emergency stop. The 2 tree climbers were there about 45 mins each. I ask for $200 for the job (I know, way under the odds!) SHE LOOKS AT HER WATCH & ISN'T HAPPY! "but they weren't here an hour" she says. We haggle & she pays me $165. GRUMPY????? YOU FARKING BET! We ALL stopped what we were doing to help this woman, I lost half a day. The house was a mansion in an exclusive area. Are you going back you ask? What do you think!

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    Quote Originally Posted by kakegc View Post
    I dunno what's up at the mo, the flaming nutters are coming out of the woodwork! One of my regulars reckons it's all down to the moon! Had a woman chastise me for being 4 minutes late getting to a job (really got upset!), also had a woman want me to go to her house to identify the issue with her hedge & advise her on the actions necessary for her to rectify it (for free), & my biggie was a woman who called on a Friday morn as I was driving to my scheduled job; she has a Chinese Elm that has dropped a branch. Must be gone B4 weekend. I stop everything I'm doing & go to help.When I get there, it's still attached to the tree about 7M up. I call the guys that I use to climb trees & they are 40 mins away, but graciously stop what they're doing & come to assist. When they arrive, the customer wants this branch & that branch pruned as well (WTF?) as well as the limb removed. She fires 40 questions at them about the tree & the stress is starting to show on their faces. They leave, I load said branch & prunings into trailer & knock on the door. I've now been there 3 hours on an emergency stop. The 2 tree climbers were there about 45 mins each. I ask for $200 for the job (I know, way under the odds!) SHE LOOKS AT HER WATCH & ISN'T HAPPY! "but they weren't here an hour" she says. We haggle & she pays me $165. GRUMPY????? YOU FARKING BET! We ALL stopped what we were doing to help this woman, I lost half a day. The house was a mansion in an exclusive area. Are you going back you ask? What do you think!
    i would have got the money off her then i would have left the branches on her front lawn ..

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    Quote Originally Posted by MowerRob View Post
    Just holidaying for week yeah its a great place and very relaxing. Spent today in Flinders Chase national park
    We stayed at the wilderness retreat down that way, Flinders Chase is a great part of the world. How are you communicating Rob? We used the WiFi at the Wilderness Retreat.

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    i would have got the money off her then i would have left the branches on her front lawn ..
    I know most of the the good operators in her area & I have a phone! She's already tried to get someone else there without much luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by andy056 View Post
    Well I must be very lucky, as the Police have found my toolbox with all tools still in it and not damaged

    It is back on my ute now, locked up much better

    Verry Happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by kakegc View Post
    I dunno what's up at the mo, the flaming nutters are coming out of the woodwork! One of my regulars reckons it's all down to the moon! Had a woman chastise me for being 4 minutes late getting to a job (really got upset!), also had a woman want me to go to her house to identify the issue with her hedge & advise her on the actions necessary for her to rectify it (for free), & my biggie was a woman who called on a Friday morn as I was driving to my scheduled job; she has a Chinese Elm that has dropped a branch. Must be gone B4 weekend. I stop everything I'm doing & go to help.When I get there, it's still attached to the tree about 7M up. I call the guys that I use to climb trees & they are 40 mins away, but graciously stop what they're doing & come to assist. When they arrive, the customer wants this branch & that branch pruned as well (WTF?) as well as the limb removed. She fires 40 questions at them about the tree & the stress is starting to show on their faces. They leave, I load said branch & prunings into trailer & knock on the door. I've now been there 3 hours on an emergency stop. The 2 tree climbers were there about 45 mins each. I ask for $200 for the job (I know, way under the odds!) SHE LOOKS AT HER WATCH & ISN'T HAPPY! "but they weren't here an hour" she says. We haggle & she pays me $165. GRUMPY????? YOU FARKING BET! We ALL stopped what we were doing to help this woman, I lost half a day. The house was a mansion in an exclusive area. Are you going back you ask? What do you think!
    4 minutes late. I don give out times people ask me what time will you be there and i say sorry cant give a time as i dont know how the day will go some times i say it will be after lunch or before lunch but half the time i have no idea what the time is untill the alarm sounds that i have half hour to pick up the kids.
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    I'm the same. I have early morning, late morning, early afternoon or late afternoon.

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