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    good on ya Courty - exactly how I see it too




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    Having that much work that I can pick and choose which jobs I do and don't want to do.
    I was asked to do a yard clean up and remove Bougainvillea plants from the back yard (which I couldn't get the ute in to). I just told them,

    "It's too hard and I'm too busy, have a nice day!"

    It is a far cry from when I first started in this industry and said yes to every piece of 5hit job that came my way.
    Everybody is entitled to MY opinion

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    Hit a dog turd today. talk about **** hitting the fan. Much of it went straight for my face, but .....i was wearing my husky full face protector muffs and the screen stopped all of it from hitting me. That made my day.

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    Picked up 8 work shirts today for $5 each light wate vented
    Woman in shop said they were from an order that wasn't
    Collected should have been $40 me very happy

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    The cricket is washed out but they are showing highlights of years gone by what a side we had. Gilchrist, Ponting, Clarke going the tonk great to watch on a wet arvo.

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    Very little today.

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    having breakfast with one of the most beautiful women in the world
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    having breakfast with one of the most beautiful women in the world
    Your wife I hope Ian
    Cheers

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    Happy to report I had a better day than yesterday,didn't break anything

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    Your wife I hope Ian
    naaa reckon he sneaked up to jo anne's hehehehehehe

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
    naaa reckon he sneaked up to jo anne's hehehehehehe
    Shhh...Timmy's away
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    Put the cars keys down Geoff.....
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    got rid of a pita customer,

    disabled fella, i felt sorry for him, so i been mowing cheap (60 to 90 mins and up to a cubic metre of clips for $50)

    rang his sis who pays for him, and told her $60/2 weeks max. said ok

    got there, and theres a half cubic of green waste to take away from when they kindly chopped it out on the weekend (no one told me beforehand)

    left a message on the sis's phone $25 for waste

    rang back an hour later, hubby says too much, then she calls me too, so i explain facts of life to her, already working for free/half price.

    told her not to come the raw prawn with me,

    she sacked me,

    went and told the disabled lads mum onsite (shes slightly disabled) what happened, and to say thanks for making me an extra $100 every time i dont do their job (ie its not hurting ME)


    now replaced with 2 yards in same suburb, one $70; one $50 (with a green bin and all) just need one more and i can say im that $100 better off for that afternoons work,.


    love knocking those pitas off now, and raising prices to all and sundry.

    thanks for the advice stripes, thats what im doing, but adjusted slightly cos of what you said.

    cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by happymowin View Post
    got rid of a pita customer,

    disabled fella, i felt sorry for him, so i been mowing cheap (60 to 90 mins and up to a cubic metre of clips for $50)

    rang his sis who pays for him, and told her $60/2 weeks max. said ok

    got there, and theres a half cubic of green waste to take away from when they kindly chopped it out on the weekend (no one told me beforehand)

    left a message on the sis's phone $25 for waste

    rang back an hour later, hubby says too much, then she calls me too, so i explain facts of life to her, already working for free/half price.

    told her not to come the raw prawn with me,

    she sacked me,

    went and told the disabled lads mum onsite (shes slightly disabled) what happened, and to say thanks for making me an extra $100 every time i dont do their job (ie its not hurting ME)


    now replaced with 2 yards in same suburb, one $70; one $50 (with a green bin and all) just need one more and i can say im that $100 better off for that afternoons work,.


    love knocking those pitas off now, and raising prices to all and sundry.

    thanks for the advice stripes, thats what im doing, but adjusted slightly cos of what you said.

    cheers
    Good stuff mate. Doesn't it make you feel good to drop the PITA's! and then replacing them that same day with a higher paying job puts the icing on the cake.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    Your wife I hope Ian
    nope my daughter
    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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