Recent content by Bob Gates

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    Trying to get into the business, help needed!!

    Get yourself a legal pad and a few sharp pencils...go to the search area of this and other BBS....type in anything having to do with window washing...take notes...you should be able to fill several legal pads worth of information..... Good luck..... bg
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    questioon for yellow pages advertisers

    I agree with Mike..... Unless your company name is AAA Cleaning which puts you first inline in most books..You need to be as big as you can afford..The bigger the better. Something I do when using Yellow Pages... when I call a number...if I get no answer I move on to the next one....So it...
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    Deer Hunters Killed

    Why is everyone so surprised????? Play with automobiles and people "WILL" get hurt. No matter what the circumstances are....I am not anti automobiles....However put cars in peoples control and we should be surprised? 43,220 deaths in 2003 (40% alcohol related) Paaaa-leese! 6 people...
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    None of my business but....

    Is this a pressure washing bulletin board or a political forum? 300+ post about the president...Now it seems the next argument is gonna be the death penalty in the Peterson case.... Like I said....none of my business....and no offense to anyone...Hope none is taken.....
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    Little money on the side?

    If you are not cutting it in the lawn care business....I suggest you sharpen your blades....For a little extra money what not pick up an extra yard or two....isn't that what you do?
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    President's Record

    Yo Dale..... Story goes that in 1978 a guy named Jim Jones had a "church"(???) with a little over 900 members....They all packed up and went to Guyana in South America...creating a town name JonesTown...This of course was a cult with people being totally brainwashed by this guy. You know...
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    President's Record

    Sounds to me like some of you guys have been drinking alot of Blue Kool-Aid.... [puke] Me....I am careful what somebody gives me to drink...
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    Wet Sand/Soda Blasting

    Please don't take offense....but based on the information you provided I would suggest you pass on this and move on to something you have experience/knowledge about....And just so you want feel bad that is exactly what I would do...
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    Testing the waters with this.....

    $4500.00.....you deliver
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    striping wood siding

    If the idea is to strip and repaint then you might consider using just enough pressure to remove peeling paint but not enough as to damage wood...let it dry...the get out your paint scraper and get with it...
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    Am I making too much money with this contract?

    Jason..... In a word... YES...You would be making to much money...However; Go ahead and take the job...And send me $400.00 per month for consulting fees.... [hello]
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    President's Record

    Dan and Mark.... You da man!!!! I am curious too......who won????????
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    Xjet

    Mike. Am running 5.6/3500....been a while since I did my test...I have CRS disease. Maybe the 30 to 40 secs was for 1 gallon....then I was multiplying. Seems I was trying different porportioners to see the differences in draw. Anyway...Like you said....wide open makes it simple...
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    extend a wand

    Believe it or not....I clean a good many Churches...It's tuff to reach the top of the Steeple....especially on a windy day...A 8' lance on a 8' ladder with an X-jet barely does it....I need something longer....Extend A Wand or Coress??? What say ya'll??? I have read most of the post on the...
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    Shhh did you hear that?

    Yep.. Got plenty of gun powder....little work on stands and blinds and I am good to go.......... [hello]
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