Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 > : > Makes you realise just how filthy your windows really are. I was flabbergasted this summer - I had this conversation with a window cleaner who was doing my next door neighbour`s house, in a painstaking though leisurely fashion: me: looks like you`re doing a good job there. w/c : yes me: do you want some extra work? I`m looking for a w/cleaner. w/c: sorry love, I`ve got a full round.can`t keep up with the demand. me: .........!(picks self up off the floor) oh dear. Will you let me know if you get a vacancy? (he didn`t sound hopeful. I`m not holding my breath. Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 Okay, on the not window cleaning front I reckon I might win. We've lived in our flat for four and a half years and have *never* cleaned the windows! Re: Windows > > : > > Makes you realise just how filthy your windows really are. > > I was flabbergasted this summer - I had this conversation with a window > cleaner who was doing my next door neighbour`s house, in a painstaking > though leisurely fashion: > me: looks like you`re doing a good job there. > w/c : yes > me: do you want some extra work? I`m looking for a w/cleaner. > w/c: sorry love, I`ve got a full round.can`t keep up with the demand. > me: .........!(picks self up off the floor) oh dear. Will you let me > know if you get a vacancy? > (he didn`t sound hopeful. I`m not holding my breath. > Barbara > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 Me neither! This thread has made me realise that when you all say you are untidy, you mean 'a little bit' untidy, as in 'only clean once a week'. You mean you actually clean windows? When I say untidy I mean - oooh, could it really be 6 months since the last time we had the hoover out, I found it hidden behind the lawn mower! Now MIL is coming to stay for the weekend, so have had man in to polish the floors (it needed doing, so DH said, and hiring just the machine would cost nearly as much as having man doing it) - so that saved me from hoovering this time too. Though shall have a panic toy tidying session 1/2 hour before she arrives. Any time before will be useless as they just get it all out again. Karina > Okay, on the not window cleaning front I reckon I might win. > > We've lived in our flat for four and a half years and have *never* cleaned > the windows! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 > > : > w/c: sorry love, I`ve got a full round.can`t keep up with the demand. > me: .........!(picks self up off the floor) oh dear. Will you let me > know if you get a vacancy? > (he didn`t sound hopeful. I`m not holding my breath. > Barbara My window cleaner presented himself when we first moved in 8 years ago and comes every 5 weeks. He's expensive (I think) but it only works out at 50p per window so maybe he's not too extortionate. He hasn't put his prices up once, he says he never does because each customer pays whatever the going rate was when he started doing their windows, and each customer always pays the same rate as long as he goes to them. So the people who have just moved in pay much more that I do! The trouble is, he's a Jehovah's Witness and never tires of telling me that I'm following the wrong track in life IYSWIM which gets very wearing - I try to avoid talking to him at all if I can these days, I've learnt my lesson! However, I agree that good window cleaners do seem to be like gold dust at the moment, so I'll hang on for a few more years! But the insides of my windows are truely filthy - nothing works without smearing them whatever the packaging says! Perhaps it IS the sunshine making them look worse - or maybe it's just that I don't clean them enough, which is far more likely! Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 > Okay, on the not window cleaning front I reckon I might win. > > We've lived in our flat for four and a half years and have *never* cleaned > the windows! > I do clean the downstairs ones on the inside....... Our bedroom windows have 8 years dust/grime/squashed flies/fly spray patches on them, so I think maybe *I* win...unless, of course, YOU know better......! Ruth> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 > Our bedroom windows have 8 years dust/grime/squashed flies/fly spray > patches on them, so I think maybe *I* win...unless, of course, YOU > know better......! Which I do. Sadly. Lived here 9½ years now .............. Lynda SAHM to (8), (6), Fraser (4), Callum (1) Newsletter editor, Mid-Northumberland Branch Area Rep, Region 7 www.familygarland.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2001 Report Share Posted November 6, 2001 Ruth wrote: > The trouble is, he's a Jehovah's Witness and never tires > of telling me that I'm following the wrong track in life IYSWIM which > gets very wearing - I try to avoid talking to him at all if I can > these days, I've learnt my lesson! So is ours but he never ever talks to me about religion. He knows I am Catholic and totally leaves me alone. He only does the outside, downstairs our windows are not too bad inside but the upstairs are horrible. I think DH might need to attack them! I dread to think what the window cleaner thinks when he comes. Trisha SAHM to 3 boys Jack 8, 6 and Isaac 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 > But the insides of my windows are truely filthy - nothing works > without smearing them whatever the packaging says! My husband is the one in our house who is fussy about windows - I never notice the difference when he has done them, which he does probably twice a year. Anyway, he swears by the old type of Windolene, you know, the pink stuff which needs about 3 different cloths, one to put on the window with, and two to polish off with! Then he points to them proudly and I have to pretend I notice a difference! Akiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 no no **I** win.... we've just had ours replaced cos they got too dirty.....! _________________ Angi 0:-) (j/k honest!) > Okay, on the not window cleaning front I reckon I might win. > > We've lived in our flat for four and a half years and have *never* cleaned > the windows! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 > no no **I** win.... we've just had ours replaced cos they got too > dirty.....! > _________________ > Angi 0:-) > (j/k honest!) Well we MOVED HOUSE because our windows were too dirty... Neh-neh-neh-neh-neh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 Re: Windows > > Well we MOVED HOUSE because our windows were too dirty... Us too! we left after 7 years windows still uncleaned. I bet they never were, since the new people were threatening double glazing! Sue Hutchinson, Mum to 30/01/98 and Isobel (HB) 23/02/01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 I never cleaned windows in first 3 houses we lived in-they only get cleaned now because we have brave and very persistent window cleaner ,who is not scared of dog. Kate Re: Windows > > > > > > Well we MOVED HOUSE because our windows were too dirty... > Us too! we left after 7 years windows still uncleaned. > I bet they never were, since the new people were threatening double glazing! > > Sue Hutchinson, Mum to 30/01/98 and Isobel (HB) 23/02/01 > > > *** NCT enquiry line - 0 *** > > Live chat http://www.yahoogroups.com/chat/nct-coffee > > Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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