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the_stig

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  1. not normally my thing but sat and watched it tonight some cracking acts on whos going to win it my moneys on the darcy fella or jack pack ...
  2. with a stupid laugh ----don't be surprised if he picks you out now jim lad
  3. 2nd hand canopy ---- one for summer one for winter ...
  4. Scrapped just found out what they are there worth around 90 quid There can't be many folk that have not fallen foul of that if you didn't know you`d be fine but knowing would be a kick in the nuts ---I bought an ivory page turner nice thing carved with elephants and pierced in a lace effect from a jumble sale for 50p I sold it for £75 and was well happy a week later I watched it sell at auction for £300 everything gets checked and double checked before I sell it now...
  5. Yes must admit i prefer to quote for the job,and probably 95% of my work is on this basis but some folk especially if moneys tight will say can you give me a couple of hours hence the hourly rate. Like you say a price is better all round as you and the customer know the score for the job involved .But you should see the looks you get on a £100 job and your done in 2 hours,they forget you got machinery,petrol,tax insurance,waste disposal etc etc. And the ones with money are the bloody worse!! spot on mate!!! i priced up a job the other week, some huge conifer hedges surrounding a t
  6. It was that bad yesterday I actually got a tan pissing down here -----that`ll cause carnage for me I forgot to get the washing in ---- last thing she said when she walked out the door if it rains fetch the washing in it`s near on dry ---errrr not any more its not,,,
  7. Yes must admit i prefer to quote for the job,and probably 95% of my work is on this basis but some folk especially if moneys tight will say can you give me a couple of hours hence the hourly rate. Like you say a price is better all round as you and the customer know the score for the job involved .But you should see the looks you get on a £100 job and your done in 2 hours,they forget you got machinery,petrol,tax insurance,waste disposal etc etc. And the ones with money are the bloody worse!! spot on mate!!! i priced up a job the other week, some huge conifer hedges surrounding a t
  8. you ask a simple fooking question and it turns in to happy hour
  9. hope this one works out bolster mate...
  10. fook off I`m not sending you my address so you can break my legs
  11. inconsiderate fooker dying after you`d bought him a mower or was it a bad game under big sam that done him ......
  12. fooking billy no mates -------- just put your name down with a boat ask if you can make the numbers up on a trip..
  13. nice job but if I`m being picky I`m not keen on the hinges I think they let it down a bit---I`d look for some fancy cabinet hinges ...tell me to fook off if you like
  14. Scrapped just found out what they are there worth around 90 quid
  15. that's why I don't block the ones that send me death threats I see them as mates ...
  16. and me tonight when they laid the wreaths..... the wifes uncle missed it by a year he passed away last year his son put his medals into auction something I couldn't of done anyway long story short I bought them...
  17. end of September time then .... and you wouldn't of left the emporium empty handed I was planning on putting a few bits in the truck lol.. We'll get a trip sorted mate no panic mate to suit you 1st week oct`s out for me and anytime theres a frost or snow do I have to grow a beard
  18. thats the thing mate!!! my neighbour was doing his privet hedge few weeks ago with shitty electric trimmers and strimming his lawn with a shitty electric strimmer..........after an hour he had done f**k all lol...........i went round with my stihl gear and had the hedge done in 20 mins and the garden strimmed in 10...........never helped clean up tho......... bird looking at them pictures im guessing the job was around the £150 mark mate......... you know me mate , I never pay that lol , don't forget I done the lawns, and front hedges my self. so it was only back+side hedges , plus
  19. Did get three quarters of the way but the women took over ..a short relapse into the unspeakable LOL.. got half way through one it was a bit raw I put in on the back burner for a winters day about 6 year a go sent a couple of bits out of it to the countrymans weekly and they sent them back so I thought maybe its not good enough..
  20. end of September time then .... and you wouldn't of left the emporium empty handed
  21. no mate I don't even block the people that send me death threats
  22. Put me down for yours Stig I wish I had the time ....
  23. said it before I think the interview books are a quick cheap way of putting a book together but if it fills a gap in the market fair play ---when a good book come`s out about one mans story of a lifetime with terriers I`ll buy it ...not a big fan of eddie chapman but I rated his books.. about time you put pen to paper don ,,,
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