going rate for grounds maintenance

[Botty Cough]

43 minutes ago, Trailoftears said:

The Ideal scenario,the beds are ready,The customer has had £1000 odd worth of plants delivered with bark/alpine grit where needed.I have a mix of shrubs/h.perennials/gr.cover/rockery subjects in front of me-as specified by myself.Now its just a matter of thinking about heights,colour combinations, appropriate positioning etc.Now THATS what turns me on/gets me up of a morn.

Have you got posters of Alan twitcharse on your bathroom wall?🤣

Edited March 26 by Botty Cough

[sime42]

Speaking of Titmarsh - he's in trouble again. For wearing the wrong trousers this time!

 

North Korea censors Alan Titchmarsh's trousers on BBC gardening show

NEWS.SKY.COM

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North Korea is known to illegally stream western TV shows including Premier League football, and on Korean Central...

 

 

Bizarre .

 

 

[Botty Cough]

7 minutes ago, sime42 said:

Speaking of Titmarsh - he's in trouble again. For wearing the wrong trousers this time!

 

North Korea censors Alan Titchmarsh's trousers on BBC gardening show

NEWS.SKY.COM

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North Korea is known to illegally stream western TV shows including Premier League football, and on Korean Central...

 

 

Bizarre .

 

 

Yeah just seen that.

😂

Them Koreans are mental and far beyond anything that classes as mental in America....😂

[sime42]

6 minutes ago, Botty Cough said:

Yeah just seen that.

😂

Them Koreans are mental and far beyond anything that classes as mental in America....😂

Nah, I think there's one mental Korean, (little fat bloke with a silly hair cut, no not Donald Trump), and the rest of the country would probably be fairly normal if they were given the chance.

 

 

[Botty Cough]

3 minutes ago, sime42 said:

Nah, I think there's one mental Korean, (little fat bloke with a silly hair cut, no not Donald Trump), and the rest of the country would probably be fairly normal if they were given the chance.

 

 

Don't believe anything you see unless it's with your own eyes.

 

[sime42]

4 hours ago, Trailoftears said:

A few thoughts,Yes,I could make more money mowing 3 days a week than 5.5 days-which is what I do.However if all I did was follow machines around-well, I'd rather cut my leg off,thats simply NOT why I work in this sector.But I think my point is missed.For instance I charge one couple £140 a day-2 days a week 48 weeks a year,so they are paying north of a thousand pounds every 4 weeks into my account.I turn up at 9.45,commence work at ten til 1,then 45 mins for lunch and nattering.Back to work at 2 then at 4.30,Ill be sitting in their conservatory sipping tea.Also,I do loads of unnatended properties,some holiday homes,some rural farms/country houses.I'll give them an initial price for a mornings work-9.30-1.say £85.Initially that will take me 3 hours,after a few months, being reasonally quick and efficient-I'll be walking away in under 2 hrs.Even one off jobs which I quote fairly high-most people tend to tip me generously anyway.I set my own agenda/wrkloads generally,No one will see me before 10-4.30 I'm done.If its a stinky wet day-fine,radio 6 on/feet up/lager opened/good book dealt with.As long as housing/utility/food costs are met plus an exotic holiday when fancied plus as much draw/lager/ciggies as needed-that will do for me.Its not about headline earnings-its about quality of life and job satisfaction.Yes,money matters,but if thats all that drives you-you have a problem.

 

I guess I might be out on a limb here, (wink), but I there's a lot to be said for not over stretching yourself, in any sense of the word. If you've enough money for everything you need, and most things you want then that's enough I reckon. Preferably with a job you really enjoy. I've never seen the appeal of working all god's hours, away from home, just to end up with a fat tax bill that you can then moan about forever afterwards. Quality of life and free time has always been more of a priority for me, even more so now with young children around.

 

As I get older the endgame is becoming more important, I want to retire as early as possible whilst I've still got life in me. So pensions and other stashes are also a priority now, any spare money goes towards that rather than splashing it around on stuff I don't really need.

[sime42]

53 minutes ago, Botty Cough said:

Don't believe anything you see unless it's with your own eyes.

 

 

That's somewhat criptic. So, what do you believe is really going on in N. Korea?

[Botty Cough]

11 hours ago, sime42 said:

 

That's somewhat criptic. So, what do you believe is really going on in N. Korea?

Well certainly nothing we are given to see on the TV will ever be true 

It's all fake like the internet videos you see these days.

Computers can now think for themselves and produce TV and video of what ever you decide 

[Trailoftears]

I ABSOLUTELY defend N.Korea's decision to censor titface.Sadly they got it the wrong way round-if only they'd blurred his top half plus muted the audio-perfect job 👍

[sime42]

12 hours ago, Botty Cough said:

Well certainly nothing we are given to see on the TV will ever be true 

It's all fake like the internet videos you see these days.

Computers can now think for themselves and produce TV and video of what ever you decide 

 

You're a little bit previous, only a year or so mind.