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    Get my regular monthly handyman tasks from one of my corporate groups. The task was to remove some old stickers from their front doors. I have a minimum charge of $60 for any task if is under an hr in the contract. It literally took 5 mins or less at each office plus I get paid travelling. Got to smile at that. A nice kick in the wallet.
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    Did a quote today and had to speak to the tenant at this house. Knocked on the door and at the same time noticed this sign. I would have got a photo but he opened the door. This is what it said. It was a classic.

    Before You Knock

    • I don't want to buy anything from you
    • I dont want to give you anything
    • I have no money
    • I don't believe in God as I am an atheist
    • I don't believe in charties
    • I don't want to transfer any of my utilities
    • I am on prepaid phone, power and internet
    • Dont call me I will abuse you
    • Dont knock and ignore this sign or I will abuse you or worse
    • I hunt so I own a gun
    • I can fight
    • I own a dog. It bites
    • I am a racist so dont cry if I call something you dont like
    • If you leave anything in my letter box or at my door I will burn it


    So if you fit anywhere in this do yourself a favour and F**K OFF
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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
    yeah i wish but at the end of the day life is too short....I do have so much work on but sometimes family has to be a priority especially the young ones hey???
    Well said

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    Did a quote today and had to speak to the tenant at this house. Knocked on the door and at the same time noticed this sign. I would have got a photo but he opened the door. This is what it said. It was a classic.

    Before You Knock

    • I don't want to buy anything from you
    • I dont want to give you anything
    • I have no money
    • I don't believe in God as I am an atheist
    • I don't believe in charties
    • I don't want to transfer any of my utilities
    • I am on prepaid phone, power and internet
    • Dont call me I will abuse you
    • Dont knock and ignore this sign or I will abuse you or worse
    • I hunt so I own a gun
    • I can fight
    • I own a dog. It bites
    • I am a racist so dont cry if I call something you dont like
    • If you leave anything in my letter box or at my door I will burn it


    So if you fit anywhere in this do yourself a favour and F**K OFF


    lmfao bluey, almost spat the beer out.

    love it, lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff1969 View Post
    (turns out i slightly underquoted, my fault not theirs. 2hrs 20 mins and 5 cubic metres of clips for $165. geez that rover GOES VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM


    **** 5 cubic meters and only a $165 to do the job ....... would cost me aprox $110 alone just to dump the clippings ..

    yeah, i dont pay anything to dump em, and the dumps REAL CLOSE to home, lol


    got the second quote done and approved today - $150 for what looks like an hour and a halfs work and a metre of clips

    got the 3rd quote to do tomorrow

    giddy up

    (never approached real estates before, always eard they were pitas, - we'll see over the next few weeks how they play and pay)

    cheers guys

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    I might add this pic to my late payers invoices

    "I'm not alone cause the tv's on yeah,I'm not crazy cause I take the right pills.... everyday" Jimmy Eat World

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    Things that make me happy....

    Occasionally spending 20 or 30 mins talking to the older generation clientele, most of these old fellas & old ladies have had really interesting lives, I wish they got more respect in the community, that they truly deserve, we would all be alot better off for it.

    cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodchip View Post
    Things that make me happy....

    Occasionally spending 20 or 30 mins talking to the older generation clientele, most of these old fellas & old ladies have had really interesting lives, I wish they got more respect in the community, that they truly deserve, we would all be alot better off for it.

    cheers
    Totally agree its just amazing what you learn..the other day I did a large prune for a 90yo who was a Sergent in towns ville during the 2nd war and she was telling me two jap planes flew over prior to the bombing of Darwin and told me how they ran for the trenches...she told me some amazing stories of the people she met and dealings with the hierarchy of the yanks and aussie forces....the estimated job for pruning blew out to double my time but couldn't less it was fantastic to listen...

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    Looked at a feral cleanup yesterday. The place hasn't been lived in for four years. I was looking over the yard and walked right past this and didn't realise it was there until I walked back.
    Very happy to realise I walked right past and didn't get annihilated!
    wasp nest (Small).JPG

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    Pyrethrum...spray the buggers and watch the die.
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    I have come across ship loads of em lately,always when up a ladder hedging. Luckily no stings so far
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    That's just a baby nest.. ive been stung a few times now and this one place that i have been to 3 times now to hedge has well over 20 nests there all behind the hedge and on the wooden fence... he has called the pest control dude 2 times now and hasn't made a difference...

    I see well over 1000 wasps on each visit targeting me and each time i run... run, i tell ya...

    The other day i found a wasp nest in my backyard and quickly screamed at the missus for the spray.. she threw me mortein cockaroach spray as i was trapped in the back corner by around 20 of em and sprayed a path for me to walk to the back door... seemed to do the trick. sprayed the nest 6 hours later when i got back home and there all gone.

    Simmo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simmo View Post
    .. she threw me mortein cockaroach spray as i was trapped in the back corner by around 20 of em and sprayed a path for me to walk to the back door... seemed to do the trick. sprayed the nest 6 hours later when i got back home and there all gone.
    If it can kill a cockroach it can kill anything I reckon, scientists say those things will be all that survives a nuclear holocaust
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    Legendary quotes there! Loved it...So how was the bloke?
    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    Did a quote today and had to speak to the tenant at this house. Knocked on the door and at the same time noticed this sign. I would have got a photo but he opened the door. This is what it said. It was a classic.

    Before You Knock

    • I don't want to buy anything from you
    • I dont want to give you anything
    • I have no money
    • I don't believe in God as I am an atheist
    • I don't believe in charties
    • I don't want to transfer any of my utilities
    • I am on prepaid phone, power and internet
    • Dont call me I will abuse you
    • Dont knock and ignore this sign or I will abuse you or worse
    • I hunt so I own a gun
    • I can fight
    • I own a dog. It bites
    • I am a racist so dont cry if I call something you dont like
    • If you leave anything in my letter box or at my door I will burn it


    So if you fit anywhere in this do yourself a favour and F**K OFF

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    It's even more fun if you hit that mortein with a cig lighter and torch the bastards
    "I'm not alone cause the tv's on yeah,I'm not crazy cause I take the right pills.... everyday" Jimmy Eat World

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