oldwoodcutter
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Break ins / thefts - any common MO?
oldwoodcutter replied to kevinjohnsonmbe's topic in Business Management
It may be silly i know,but i have never advertised who i am,or where ime from, on any of my trucks,to avoid being followed or bringing attention to where i live. Yes i know they can follow my chipper back to the yard,but without a chipper i am just another annonymous truck going along the road. Every little helps as they say. -
I have a small circle of other trades,plumber,electrician,gardener,fencer etc etc. Regularly get calls from potential clients where one of these has recommended me and i,in turn put a lot of potential work their way,and this works very well. After ive won the work i usually call the finder and thank him personally.
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Well is seems he walked out of hospital under his own steam so thats good,you never know whats round the corner in our game.
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Yes,sooner or later you come across a complete idiot,sometimes they appear more often,a favourite one is when you sell a little stack of cord or trunkwood off the pavement and the customer finds out somehow,he wants to knock that precise amount of the bill. Or a disgruntled log cust phones to complain that he has stacked your delivery up neatly and there's nowhere near a cubic metre there,either wanting partial refund or more logs to make up the short measure.
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Leastways there's one thing all log men can agree on,and that is hoping for a cold winter.
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Things may be quiet now,but wait til christmas eve afternoon,thats when 1 or 2 new customers generally call you to take some out, there and then.
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Gypsy sticks definately have their place,can save a lot of faffing about.
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If the mog is registered as agricultural and you are within a 30 kilometre radius of the address of the registered keeper,i thought you could run on red with immunity.
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Whenever i ask any of the young fellows that purport to work for me, to do something,they have a standard reply before walking off and doing it, either "awesome" or "wicked" I know what it used to mean, but can only surmise what it means nowadays.
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I shaved my 4 week old beard off this morning after a few comments from the younger members of staff like 'father christmas is around early this year' and inside the house mrs oldwoodcutters observation of 'a scruffy old mans moved in'.
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And another thing that can sometimes happen on an out of the ordinary job,is that although you've planned it in your minds eye,once you explain whats happening at the start of the day,you do occasionally not see the wood for the trees as you've been thinking too hard. This is when an unlikely member of staff may come up with a brainwave that makes a good contribution to the day's work.
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Thats the best performing 201t i think ive seen.
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Thanks for posting cjw89.
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Our eastern european friends send 44 tonners over here driven by 18 year olds.
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Used to use an old laundry basket that had seen better days. We now have a big chunky oblong wicker basket that caught mrs oldwoodcutters eye when she was last in the stove shop. Cost i believe,was about the same as a small s/h hatchback.
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Ive worked with a fair few climbers of all abilities over the years,and nearly all have welcomed my offer of a ladder to get up the first 25 ft to tie in,and as above,always footed properly.
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Whats the old saying - selling the unprofitable to the ungrateful . . . .
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Just watching it on channel 127 freesat.
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R.J. died in his early 40s before the war,from cancer. A brilliant mind cut down in the prime of life.
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Just started to watch it and its got turned over to london palladium, "because you've just watched the football". Bloomin heck.
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I thought he'd got blue hair.
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Funny lines that customers come out with!
oldwoodcutter replied to danroker1987's topic in General chat
A lady who was quite flirty when i priced her job last week called me at lunchtime today to say go ahead,i said that i will come on my own and do the job myself friday morning. " but dont arrive before 9 as i will still be in my nighty" I said i will be there at 7.30 then,and she said "well if you want to" I think i can still remember what to do. -
Funny lines that customers come out with!
oldwoodcutter replied to danroker1987's topic in General chat
"No its not protected (while discussing removal of a 700 year old yew in the middle of the village)and its not in the conservation area,but can you do this on a sunday by any chance" Yeah,right. -
Funny lines that customers come out with!
oldwoodcutter replied to danroker1987's topic in General chat
" you've taken too much off,can you put some back on again ha ha" excuse me while i bust my gut laughing at that one. -
Sat in front of log burner drinking tea most of the day,had a good run but need to recharge my batteries so good opportunity taken.
