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    I hate the watchers. Standing around watching everything you do. .
    I call them Helicopters - they just hover around!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs HMS View Post
    We had a few watchers, til Timmy got sick of it and said... if you watch it's $55, if you help it's $75. .
    i'll take the $75 offer
    Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
    And if you don't like what Ian has to say use the ignore function if you don't know how ask i will gladly tell you

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    Partners/spouses etc who always think they know better then you, always take the high road and have no compassion or understanding whatsoever. It gives me the ****s big-time and it never seems to change. The longer it goes on the worse it gets.

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    It's just so annoying, you can't avoid throwing a bit of grass around even if you use a catcher and they can't handle having some grass clippings on their path for longer than 20 minutes.

    Another block of flats I do there is this old Italian woman who comes out after I have mowed and sweeps the grass off the concrete, then I w-snip and throw more grass on the concrete, she comes out and sweeps it off again, then I come a long and blow all the concrete areas. I have told her a few times that she doesn't need to bother doing it because I will clean up the mess that I make. I think that she doesn't speak much English, even though she has probably been in Australia for forty years.

    Another time this bloke hosed off the clippings after I had mowed then when I snipped the grass stuck to the wet tiles and I had difficulty blowing it off, tosser.


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    I actually lost a good strata job the same way I had snipped and not even cut the grass yet when a guy comes out and said mate I'll lend you my broom to clean up your mess. I said the job wasn't finished and I was polite. Couple of days later get the email . Which is something that does make me grumpy people that text or send you an email to give you the flick, I think it's a spineless and gutless way. I ring people or front em, to tell them to get fcucked.
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    People who insist on paying by cheque. I am going to increase my cheque handling fee.
    Cheers

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    I know Bluey thats gets me...for 30 years my bank cleared them straight away, now the fckers make me wait up to 5 days......
    The other thing that makes me grumpy is that i am making sauce for the parmas tonight and i took a swig from the olive oil bottle which was standing next to my stubbie puh!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
    I know Bluey thats gets me...for 30 years my bank cleared them straight away, now the fckers make me wait up to 5 days......
    The other thing that makes me grumpy is that i am making sauce for the parmas tonight and i took a swig from the olive oil bottle which was standing next to my stubbie puh!!!!!
    That will teach you to buy cheap olive oil!! Not a mistake I would make as I always use a stubby cooler.

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
    I know Bluey thats gets me...for 30 years my bank cleared them straight away, now the fckers make me wait up to 5 days......
    The other thing that makes me grumpy is that i am making sauce for the parmas tonight and i took a swig from the olive oil bottle which was standing next to my stubbie puh!!!!!
    mmmm parma with chips or veg. Any tips for a good parma Geoff.

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    lol ! its not cheap olive oil and still taste like crap in mouthful quanties lol

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    You need to spend time in Greece and Italy. You get gallons of the stuff with your salad and after a while, like them you are lapping it up.

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    Clapped out gas struts on the ute canopy.

    Big gust of wind dropped the rear door on my sconce today. No hair left these days to cushion the whack.

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
    I know Bluey thats gets me...for 30 years my bank cleared them straight away, now the fckers make me wait up to 5 days......
    The other thing that makes me grumpy is that i am making sauce for the parmas tonight and i took a swig from the olive oil bottle which was standing next to my stubbie puh!!!!!
    LMAO....that made me spill my beer...not a nice taste I bet....an ex fisheries mate was staying down with us for a couple of days a while back. We had a big night before talking about the old days and as you do cracked a good bottle of port. Well next morning he and I are both hung over. He says he will make the coffee so goes about it. He gives me mine ......ahhh coffeeeee...just what I need. I take one mouth full and spit it out there and then all over the floor. He did the same. He had mistaken the salt pig my wife has beside the stove for sugar. Mmmmm coffee with 2 teaspoons of salt. Just what I needed with a port hangover
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    I hate the watchers. Standing around watching everything you do. I tell them to move as they are too close to the machinery. If the don't I deliberately flick crap at them with the whippy.
    Ha ha Bluey you should see this old couple that lives opposite to a block of units I have been doing for 3 years , from day one As soon as I arrive its out with chairs and they both stare at me the entire time, I did a landscaping job at these units a while back and was there for 4 full days and they watched me the entire time

    It was funny a few weeks back when I rocked up to do the lawns their neighbour had a couple of contractors doing the lawn and hedges and both had their chairs turned sideways and were staring when i arrived they looked back and forth a few times then settled on the husband watching what was going on next door and the wife kept an eye on me lol

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    I just wish I had that much time on my hands. That would be great ..... for a few days anyway.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bgs View Post
    Ha ha Bluey you should see this old couple that lives opposite to a block of units I have been doing for 3 years , from day one As soon as I arrive its out with chairs and they both stare at me the entire time, I did a landscaping job at these units a while back and was there for 4 full days and they watched me the entire time

    It was funny a few weeks back when I rocked up to do the lawns their neighbour had a couple of contractors doing the lawn and hedges and both had their chairs turned sideways and were staring when i arrived they looked back and forth a few times then settled on the husband watching what was going on next door and the wife kept an eye on me lol
    Everybody is entitled to MY opinion

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    when beautiful young kids get refused entry to nightclubs because there considered to large and most of there friends have already paid entry and gone inside earlier
    Anything Ian says may or may not be garbage, it may also be his own opinion or it may not be his opinion at all, it may just be something he felt like stating anyone following his advice does so at their own risk and may be doing something Ian would actually advise against.
    And if you don't like what Ian has to say use the ignore function if you don't know how ask i will gladly tell you

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